North American. [volume] (Swanton, Vt.) 1839-1841, 1841-04-16

rnrmh%F OF Lnsd Gnsfofd.s Executive
CoSncil. ives taken possession al bv the
psltio' forces. which, fson tire enthuslssm
rtsvalen, IN the adioiaing parishes, were
hourly Increasing, more particularly alter
the Q uisant trpuisr which the British irtnp.
bad inrt al ST. Deals. Mf. Debarasch'a
house wss strongly fortified and well cn.
iTenched slockadc was hsilt with TREES laid
ieagihwise, while ,h- insrfsiless were flied
w'ili mod, and The branches we've lrIl pro-
ies,ins Ia measured five fcet high, aix
feet % the base aud 1850 feet at the top.
these Trees were supported by GOES timbrfi.
This brcasiwork was OF semi circular
form and extended acfoss The main road,
where Il was defended by two guns. Such
was The siate Of the dcleners ai ST. Charles,
when alter the battle oil ST. Denis, DR..
Wolfrrd Nelson. upon learning that de.
'schmcni Of British soldiers was marching
upon ST. ChafIes, sent a messenger TO
General Brown, pfonefing his AL and as.
sstance with all the men AT his disposal.
Dot the Commander al ST. Chates refused
The offers ot DR.. Nilsson. ara conirn,rd
n.nsen with replying thai he needed not
The assistance % any ONE. knowipg AIR.
i. s. Brown as We do, we cannot chafge
him with ambition o. JEALOUSY, but we shs'g
again venture % repeat what We have III
ready said, that his intellectual faculties
bad heen injured by the ervrre blow he
had received on The sixth Of November.
Those patriots, who had been eaticed 10
leave the county oil L'Acadie on unioun-
ded rumor, had scot q special messenger
from Swanton, VI. who carried with him
a paper signed by nearly oil those who had
been SD far deceived as 10 cross the Line,
inquifing into the stale oi affairs al 81.
Charles, and requesting Gen. Brown to in
form them how they could be most service.
able 10 the cause ol their country, Offering
al the same iime to furnish him with a
beautiful brass six-pounder, declaring also
their readiness 10 reef0ts the Provincial
line and join the patriots at 81. Charles or
elsewhere. The messenger CALAMITY full
filled his mission. and reformed with The
answer Of Gen. Brown, which was, that
however much he regretted The absence OF
those who had thus too soon fed from the
Province, he advised them TO remnin quiet,
and as to the cannon he replied, that he
did not need IL, as he should take enough
such articles from the British. Such wns
the answer which Cen Brown gave, both
10 DR.. Wolfrcd Nelson and 10 the patriots
al Swanton. Had he accepted Of The offer
ofihc Hero Of ST. Denis, there il no doubt
that The battle Of ST. Charles would non
have been lost by the patriots, and conse-
quently the Canadian cause would NOT
have been crushed. But such WIS the
self confidence or rather blindness &c the
commander Of ST. Charles, tibet the reason.
able proposals which we,e made 20 him,
were refused al moment when their ae-
ceplance whuld have operated 80 happily
upon the destinies 0f a whole Province
struggling against despoiisru.
On the day previous 10 The battle Of 81.
Charles, Canadian enihusiasm was fsis-
cd 10 such pitch by the victory Of ST..
Denis, that over three hundred men were
lonDd IN the camp, under arms and ready
TO encounter the encmy. Bot through Inc
eulpable negligence and want OF discipline
on the part Of the commander, this number
was reduced 10 81 men bearing guns,
when The British soldiers appeared before
the patriot camp on the succeeding morn.
ing. What excuse can ever be given Tor
this Ia K Of foresight and military discip-
line, we know NOT. When General
Brown was sware thata large disciplined
British force was marching upon him, and
had encamprd on the Righi Of the ISL end
cath, al bU, few miles from him, how. in
the name Of common sense OF Of common
prudence, cnuid he allow his soldiers tn
leave his camp on the futile and shallow
promise Of saoa returning Such con-
duct on The part Of General Brown can
never be explained otherwise Than By his