North American. [volume] (Swanton, Vt.) 1839-1841, 1839-05-08

The troops az On Gre the Presbytety
he ceevsnt shA Re MAJOR hoate y b,ch
ereeps the tAsscbs wss ike oaiy ssSoag
bssl8isgs Ia that vicinity the patriots could
rssse zee N. The Church vas immediate
IL ssrfosn3rd by the English army and
saoa thr whole church was envcloPed in
flames. Oar hsfo was ioFeed 10 abandon
has strong hold. 6ghiiag bis way through
the enemy. Numbers were stain in at
,emptiav to re, oct Of the church, others
prtisbed In the flames very Few were
made prisoners.
As soon as DR.. Chenief had jumped from,
. window Of the church he received ball
In ooe OF hes knees which brought him IN
,l,r gtosnd. He Immediately got up and
discharged his masket at the enemy. A
uccosa bal brought him again 10 she ground
-. second tine he rose and Cred at the
enemy. A yollcy Of mosqaetry brought
bim fof The ,hird tine to the ground, he
rose again, but the jour.h. time he fell to
sise no more. lie had fought, bled and
etpired Ike herg 5aithful TO his motto
I" La Carde pactgi mails nc SC rend pas"
His house and oil hIs property were SET
on Gre by order Of the cruel and lnhuman
CaAotne. Il vas about six O'Clock in the
evening when bis body was at lergth recog-
nzed among tle heaps of slain. Death
could not save il from insult; they exeTcis-
eli their vengeance on the mangled corpse
oC oae they dreaded so much while he
vet retained spark Of lie His clothes
were pluuderej by them and his body was
exposed naked on the counter OF Ander-
son,s store. DE- Arnold Jr. oil Infamous
.toge,ber with some other demons
10 human Shape, quarieTed the body,
pulled out the entrals and tore out his
heart. !, was taken 10 Montreal by the
tory friends OF Arnoldi and his associates,
who showed il as a trophy II victory.
Who could believe that religion and hu-
maae feelings are SO little respected by
those wreicles that some young men IN
Montreal were permitted TO play with the
heat OF our departed friend as with ball.
Such scene in the 10Th century and that
too in province on the borders oil Re
public, and ia the immediate neighborhood
Of an enlightened people! But such acts
are worthy the cause OF Dcspotsm.
-. - l--;-- II -.
war, when they took possession of Toron-
10 find the seal ps Of American citizens
nailed over the chair OF the Speaker Of the
Legislative Council OF Upper Canada |!
A gentleman who was at ST. Eustache, K
some few days after the battle, gives the
following description" We afterwards
went to the house OF Mr.. Anderson, where
we saw ia the passage to the yard four
lead bodies, and in the house the body Of T
Chenier, (the commander) exposed on a
counter, 10 view Of the crowd who visited !,
be place. The clothes had been stripped 7
rom his yet warm limbs. He was terribly 4
nutlla,ed-sut IN four quarters and his I
lears torn from his BREATH! The >,
peciacle was most horrible and repugnant i
o humanity" Il
Americans, such are the acts Of outrage b.
upon your neighbors, the de- ,,
pendants OF those Frenchmen who fought in
y the side Of Washington for American e,
independence How long will this CONT Z
ent groan under the yoke Of British des- -. "a
oism. ~
While these disgusting scenes were f.
,acted, the beloved wife Of Chenier was ye
ear the village, begging the body of her as
ear husband, bot she was constantly re- nu
sed till the stencil obliged the British TO vi
I'VE Il inferred. The friends orDr. Che sp
er then applied to the Catholic priest 10 ly'
We the body buried in the Cemeuy. But e,
en- a'ter his death, Chenier's Balowed ~
|. Thi, .,n. n, -. leg
my oas' o. butter and pork, plundered from tho rs
lnad'ans' AT Ste. Rose he plmdered 4, ,yhaIe ma
CO Of geese, and other poullries HIS bouso ., the
onheA was furnished with beds and hsdd,. the
80" ron the poor innocent Aabifaa, such = TT
raseAssy Of the leFaiists OF Canada. But mis- If
. lsae,''sa his isihcr's disposition 10 murder.