Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1839-02-08

OdNADh D'iShs CuSS'Ch'e1 S"'"P'
Dumouchele, Laberge Louis Dumouchele,
Govette, Rochon, Prieur, Lanois. DE
Lorimer, and Touchette, have been found
guilty Of high treason, by the court.marta',
and sentenced to be executed at such time
and place as Sir John shall appoint. 1t is
in,imated that some of them will be taken
to the parishes to which they belong for
execution.
The sentence ofdeath WAS communicated
to Charles Hindenlaug on Saturday evening.
MONTREAL, Feb. q. -Rumours OF further
piratical invasions have been revived in
Upper Canada, but. whether or not they
rest on substantial grounds we cannot pos
,ively state. It is said that the symyathiz.
ers are again mastering at Detroit in force,
intending to make descent in that quarter;
and the Prescott Sentinel, Of Tuesday last,
states that between two and three thousand
Americans are collecting near Gravelly
Point, with like intention. We shall see.
Courier.
Previous to the 10th, three persons only
had been executed for participation in the
Sandwich invasion: Hiram B. Limo, Daniel
D. Bedford, and Albert Clark. The fol-
lowing persons had been tried, and as moth
ing is said Of the result, it is presumed they
were convicted: r. P. Goodrich, Innis
Purley, Cornelius Cunningham, James NJ.
Aitchison. Joshua G. Doan, John Spragg,
Joseph Horton, Ezra Horton, Oliver Gran,
dell, Riley M. Stewart, Cornelius Higgn
Daniel Kennedy, and Robert Marsh, and
two others, names not mentioned.
Nine more persons had been brought in,
the names Of five Of whom, who were from
the United States, we subjoih:
Oliver Crandel!, U. States, aged Al
John H. Smons, do. do 23
Riley NJ. Stewart, Mass, do 80
Abraham Tiffany, Albany, U. S. do Al
Cornelius Higgins, Vermont. do l6
The Toronto Patriot says that three
pardons have been granted by the Lieut..
Governor; 10 Solomon Sly, Heory Styles
and Ephralm Cook. The first was sen.
fenced to transportation, and the latter
bauished, for participation in the original
rebe lion.
On Friday morning last, three companies
of The 85,h Regiment marched up as far as
Windsor, and on their return were fred a,
by some person or persons Immediately op.
poste, little below The city of Detroit. A
young gentleman, who was q short distance
ahead Of the advance guard. heard a bal
whiz past his face he said that it came
within an inch Of his nose. The bah wa.
found lodged abou, an inch deep in the
post of fence. He marked the house
from whence the above and several Other
shots where fired, and says that it ia occu.
pied by French people.-U. Canada paper
On Saturday evening last, the French
prisoner, Charles Hlndenlang, who was
found guilty of aiding and abeling in the
murder OF Captain M'Alister and others a
Lacole and Odletown, received an oficia
ntmuton that hls sentence Of death vii
be carried into effect, It is supposed, on Fri
day next. lie has been, all along. unde
the impression that such would be his fate
and has expressed himself prepared to NEE
it like man and soldier. He is of tn,
Calvlnist doctrine in religion, and has beer
visited, at his own request, by the Rev
DR.. Belhune of Christ Church, and tn,
Rev. Mr.. Findlater OF the PresbyteriaI
3 Church. Great Efforts have been mad
by his fellow prisoners, twenty of whom
are in the same cell, though each hav
n separate apartments, to convert him to tn
Catholic ia1h-but he has expressed hi
, determination to die as no has lived,
Protestant. The Baron Frattelln is in tn
: same apartment with him, and he too, i,
4 we believe. a Protestant. We have nc
heard on what charge this gentleman
confined, and we understand that he hs
made repeated enquiries on this subject ,