Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1846-05-28


CASADA.-On the Attn instant while the people at the
settlement on the Chez Marse. were clearing
their lands and burning the refuse, the wind coming
on to blow furiously, the flames were carried along
the settlement destroying houses, barns, cattle seed
grain, agricultural implements, &c, and reaching
the village, at the mouth Of the river DESTROYED
every house there. including the Catholic church, and
two extensive mills, owned by VIM. Price, Esq, of
Quebec The Ere continuing mile further round to
Green Bay village, also destroyed all the houses
there, except the church, the Presbytery, and Mr..
Prices store and houses The number OF people left
houseless, and without means of sowing their lands
is estimated at about three thousand.
letter from the Catholic Missionary at that place
states that all the provisions had been destroyed with
the exception Of few barrels of four
Accounts from river Ouee (Souh shore,) state that
the fire is also raging with fury in the back settle
mens of that place. and three four horses and barns
had been burnt to ashes.
The government of the Province Immediately took
measures to distribute ratons among the sufferers in
the Saguenay Country, and recommended the Legs-
ature to take into consideration the proprety grant
ing pecuniary relief
Extract of a letter from Gen. Felix Huston, dated
Port Hudson. May 10.
do not feel much anxiety about Gen Tsy Iors
ton. think be will lose more horses than men,
not think with good generalshp the Mexcans defeat
him. have not the highest opinion of the of
but will gamble it they do ,chip him. They
will annoy him. and he will find it hard Craze his hor
ses and may have 10 eat few but if The Mexcans attack
him at any place where their cavalry act. Twiggs
cavalry will ride them down like sheep. These ID
"ChGPertb stick IN my craw; as soon as heard the reg
uIar officers talking about Chapere" thought. charge
Uncle Sam with forty millions for " Chaperels" 1t puts
me in mind of Everglades and " Hsmmocks." Every
place where three hundred baggage wagons cannot get
along has some ID hard name.
My old boys (green fellows just like those who
going from New Orlesns) never heard Of "Chaperels
but they learned beat the Mexicans their
game They did not mind " bush whacking," i" muskeet
ihickeis," "prickly pears" and common things like
swamps and under brush," and thank God. they
heard Of "ChsPereIs
The fact is, an American Volunteer Army, composed
Of clerks and oars mechanics and fiders farmers and
haboat men, backwoods aud city dandes, can fight
any people any ground from Daniel Boone down TO
the present me they have beat Indians and Mexicans in
all kinds of brush and boys. only excepting Everglades
and Chaperes.'
There is great mistake about men. hear people
say Oh have of the old Texan. Mexican
and Indian fighters, they the toys Those who say
do probably know, that they mostly raised in
Mississippi and N. Orleans. and great many of them
shabby looking set Of fellows as saw; but they
took the prsres and musqeet hickes like New Found
lands 10 q fresh pond. We had +" Chapcrels" when
the boys whipped the Mexican cavalry across the Rio
Grande and drove off 900 Mexican cattle They
nearly ell from New Orleans.
Men raised like those in New Orleans be made
officers and good soldiers but they not Ire trammeed
and much annoyed with the manual and straight
lines; that will do when there is time and leisure NOT
n0,c.