Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1839-03-21

sion and outrage, and have broken open cerlai
stores in Woodstock, in which arms and ammt
milton belonging TO her majesty were deposited
and have taken the same away for that pun
pose--I do hereby charge and command all PEI
sons concerned in such illegal acts, forthwith
: return the arms and ammunition, so Illegal
taken, to their places Of deposte, as the govern
: Iment of the province will take care to adopt al
necessary measures for resisting uny hostile IN
: vasion or outrage that may be attempted upo
; ANY part of her maiesty's territories or sub
ects.
And do hereby charge land command al
magistrates, sheriff's and other officers, to By
-Ivigant aiding and assisting in the apprehen
sion of all persons so offending, and to bring
the INTO Justice. And in order to aid and assis
the civil power in that respect, if necessary,
have ordered q sufficient military force to pro
ceed forthwith TO the place where these outra
ges are represented to have been committed
as well to repel foreign invasion, as to prevent
1.-THE illegal assumption ofarms by her majesty s
subjects in this province,
And further, in order to be prepared, II ne
Icessary, to call in the aid Of tho constitutional
military force of The country, ! do hereby
the first and second battalions of the militia Of
the county of Carlton, forthwith to proceed as
the law directs, to the drafting Of body Of
men, to consist of one-fourth OF the strength
of cash of those hattaions, to be in readiness
for actual service, should occasion require.
Given under my hand and seal at Frederlckton,
the thirteenth day of February, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and thirty-nine, and in the second year her
majesesty's reign.
BY his excellency's command. God saveI
he Queen. VIM f. ODELL.
/ is said that q portion of the militia of No. 3
lad taken up their line of march on the l4th
tit. for the Aroostook, and that regular troops
lad also been sent from Fredericton, st, John
nd Halifax.
The Legislature Of Maine have appropriated
100000, to defray the expenses Of defending
ne soil in dispute. Two thousand men have
cen ordered out which number readily volun-
'ered, and the force was 10 be increased toI
IN thousand, Unnecessary.
Governor Fairfield has called on Massachu- !
Its to assist in this war, which request has
used Governor Everett to send message to
c Legislature, in which he says that the SOW 2
eighty and jurisdiction of the land belong to [
alne and the United States, and that should II
c general Government call on Massachusetts Il
r force TO aid in protecting the territory of Ii
aine, the call will be cheerlully complied a
til. c.
Mr.. Mclaughlin, warden Of the public lands o
N. E. and Captain Tibbets, of the Tobgne C
element, had been taken prisoners and carr- el
to Bangor. $
Governor Fairfield, Of Me. has sent mes
lger 10 Sir John Harvey, to ascertain if the
oture of McIntire, and the trespasses commit
upon the lands, and the Imprisonment OF
lerican citizens were authorized or counte-
need by the provincial government Of New
unswick ofthese things, the Ken
Dec Journal, leading paper in Maine,
rs:
IF after Mr.. Rogers has an interview with
vernon Harvey, he shall not Immediately re-
sc the land agent or if he shall attempt to
vel the American force by British troops, let
have the issue at once. Let the sword be
wn, and let the scabbard be thrown away,
If the general government at Washington
not sustain us, let US call Massachusetts,
Our aid, and beat up for volunteers in all the
er states
we have suffered indignites and insults G.
Ugh. If our land agent cannot be sent to F
'tect the property of the state from thieves,
hout being seized as eulprit, and put into
Jail, ii is time that we should show
title ofthe spirit of '76; and not rally 10 de-
d our own territory, but peradventure de- 4,
llsh the prison at Fredericton, which has for W
IRIS been standing monument Of our dis
lcc.n
Great excitement, ofcourso prevails in Mane,1
it was thoughtthe affair would be arranged
hout producing awar between England and
United States. A