North American. [volume] (Swanton, Vt.) 1839-1841, 1841-06-23


posed II Canadian Refugees and lew
Americans Landed on Navy Island, ~ The
BRITISH waters, and rAsfd the iwin-stafred 4
hnnnct, snd with the sound Of caunon aud I
the roar of muskelty, they Proclaimed -
the as,ounded royslisis that the Struggle
Tor Freedom was not yet ended, and iha'
they Should spend many sIerless night
before the patriots oi Upper Causda would /
give Up the contest.
Mr.. Mckenzie, as Chairman pro lem o.
The Provincial Government Of the STATE oil
Upper Canada, issued two proclama'ions,
the frs. detailing the reasons why tie If.
uer Canadians rvnounerd their allecisnct
10 England and The form of government,
thry iatcnded To adopt the second offered
I 500 acres Of land and 100 dollars in specie
| 10 every volunteer who would JOIN The
patriot forces on Navy Island See (k.k J
and &. IT, on the last page. The nomte
If those who were willing 10 risk then
lives in the holy battle NJ freedom against
despoiism, vas increasing very fast and a.
such an extent as To excite the tears Of o'T
Francis Bond Heads officials at Toronto.
Colonel McNab was despatched by the
British Governor 10 prevent The land'ng a.
1.-The patriot forces on The main land. and
every exertion was made 10 lrustraie then
movements. A large body NJ volunteers
and regulars were posted at Chippewa, op-
posiie the Island, and were constantly
, mourning n heavy cannonade upon the PAT
, riots, who, in ;her turn, projected by the
very position Of the Island, laughed at the
) vain Efforts Of their enemies. A steamboat
raned (" the Caroline" regularly chartered
| on The American side, aud sailing unde,
American coors, had been plying betwerr
$ R~aaio and Schlosser and had made a trii
Ito Navy Island. This steamboat wa
l,loomed To certain destruction by the Gov
- Iernment of Unper Canada, and on ih'
n night Of the 29th Dec, 1897, number
men under the immediate command
!, Cant, Drew Of the Royal Navy, left til
Canadian shores in search Of the +" Caro-
line :" which they believed to be al Nav
Island, hAt finding her 10 be moored a
;, schlosscr. they boarded her and after
!. short confic, between the invaders an
:. those on board the vessel, The sieambo'
/, was captured-cut from the whari---iowr
~ 10 The swift current of The Niagara Rive
70 Sc, on fre-and finally hurled over n
70 cataract. 1t is not asceriained wheth'
n there was any one on board when she WI
i, fred. neither could il be known how mar
d persisted by this waulon and batb
u midnight assassination. A Mr.. Duri'
was shot in the head and found'dead {
as the dock. -
The President Of the united States hi
,e previops 10 the receipt of the news oi n
% violation Of the American territory
:, British invaders, issued his proclsmati'
- 10 wan the people against interfering
The commotions and warlike movenen
- which then sgitated the Province Of UPp
Canada, and on The same day, Martin VI
Bugen suggested 10 Congress, the propr'
!, tv Of altering The old statute laws for q
preservation and maintaiDanre OF neuiTs
10 IN suit tie views al this loeer
ReprdIiean Institution seated IN {
Presidential chair, the law which ca
' demned Mckenzie and Case 10 long 81
solitary confinement and 10 heavy ia
~ was not s,rict enough. and His Excrlirn
~ the President OF the United States, IN {
disprsee of his honnIed and honorable
/. fee. wished Republican Congress
adopt more despotic and efficient means
- 90, down the spirit ri liberty, which b
= hurst into such a blaze in both Cspsd
and on the frontiers Of the States of NJ
!. York. Michigan and Vermont. iadisi'
a. ais unaeqesinted with American poii,I
gill be as,ouished that al American c.
sress, composed Of tie descendants of
f.. Heroes Of &c, abeyed so readily the
"a ta,,s Of the auii-repUbIiean Individual 81
=. had called upon them for farther powers