North American. [volume] (Swanton, Vt.) 1839-1841, 1840-04-08

/ nulled, al the discte ton o! this house:
/ That the shameful surrender OF the
post at the eedafs, Is ehaTgeable on The
commanding officer: that such other oi The
prisoners, as were taken there, saewed
willingness and desire to fight the enemy
aud that major Sherburne aud the prison.
ers taken with him, though their disparity
/ II nambCrs was great, fought the enemy
bravely for considerable time, and sur
rendered at last, but on absolute necessity:
on which consideration, and on which a.
/ lone il IS resolved, that the said sponslon
be ratified; and that an equal number Of
captiyes from the enemy, OF The same RANK
and condition, be restored to them, as STU
| puated BY the said sponson;
That, previous 10 the delivery of the
prisoners to be returned on our part, the
British commander in Canada be required
| 10 deliver into our hands, the authors,
abettors and perpetrators OF the horrd
murder committed on the prisoners, to
suffer such punishment as their crime de-
serves; to make indemnfieation for the
plumber at the Cedars, taken contrary TO
the faith Of the capitulaiion; and that, un-
I'll such delivery and indemnllicatlon be
made, the said prisoners be not delivered:
That, if the enemy shall commit any
further violence, by putting to death, tor
turing, or otherwise i'll treating the prison
ers retained by them, or any of the hos
tages put into their hands, recourse be had
TO retaliation, as the sole means OF stop
ping the progress of human butchery and
that, for that purpose, punishments OF the
same kind and degree be inflicted on an
equal number Of the captives from them in
our possession, till they shall be taught to
respect The violated rights OF nation:
That copy Of the above report and
resolutions be transmitted to the comnan-
der in chief Of the continental forces, 10 be
by him sent to generals Howe and Bur-
goyne."
Whilst all was disappointment and ruin
in Canada to the American cause, con-
gress, not yet apprised Of it, was busy
making new provisions for the army. On
the 22d Of March the committee to whom
had been referred the letters OF gen. Wash
ington, dated the 10th and 18th Of same
month, made full report, in which were
confirmed certain instructions given by
gen. Schuyler to Mr.. Price, the commssa-
ry general Of the province, in regard to
the provisions to be hereafter sent to Can
ada, and the manner in which these pro-
visions were to be paid for. Gen. Schuyler
was again left to his own judgement and
discretion to devise the best means Of sup
plying the Continental troops in Canada.
1t was also said in this report that the
greatest difficulty existed at that time to
procure hard money; and gen. Schuyler
was directed, in order to encounter this
difficulty, to purchase in the English colon
les, as much provisions and other articles
necessary, as he could, and TO appoint
store-keepers sc. to sell & distribute these
articles to the Provincas in Canada. The
report also intmated to gen. Schuyler that
congress did not lose sight of the two
great objects they had in view from the
Of the invasion of Canada;
which were--frst, 10 protect their Cana
dian friends who, like themselves, wished to !
resist EngIand's arbitrary and tyrannical
pretenSions and, secondly, to occupy so |
much Of the country as would prevent all
between the British and
the Indian nations in the Upper part of
the province. They recommended in con-
sequence to the American general to d.
rect posts and Notifications to be built to
effect these purposes, as also TO build arm
ed vessels, and to open new roads; the
superiniendance of which was left to a |
council Of war,to be held in the locality itself
which was to be guided by circumstances
aud their knowledge Of the country. Gen
w ashington was desired by this report, TO |
send from New York to Ticonderoga, as
many light cannon as would be sufficient 10 |
arm the vessels then on Lake Champlain.
To be con!inued.)