Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1849-09-06
From the National Intelligencer.

Wa had BY Telegraph last week various
,,.,norts Of arrests and rioting in Montreal.
~ Gazette Of the 18th, gives the follow
;n~ account Of these disturbances
The foundation Of good deal Of ex-
.:,.mant was laid yesterday, and, we fear,
e q excitement which, il proceedings go
=. vill lead to esults ofno small Importance
-nIt is stated that General Rowan COM
,s,,aer or the forces, has left town, in
i.edine 10 be absent for some time, and
80 4 The Caledonia Springs when de-
.,.tch reached him on Saturday last, re-
asirjng his immediate presence in Mon
;nreal. On arrival, it is said, he was made
. !. with two facts; the one, that
Inrd Elgin was Immediately going TO
1--we The country, and the other, that the
rol;tic,l arrests so long talked OF, were at
FL resolved upon. Arrangements were
-,ae on Monday for the speedy passage
i troop. from the Island of St. Helens to
tha civ. 10 reinforce the garrison i'll case
ne civil power should be overpowered. !.
e We rest at present upon mine, Of
~b;ch / mad Ministry hold command. a
.;nple spark may blow them and every
hcdy else into the air, and finally into the
United States"
On Wednesday, 18th, writs were ISIS
ued aeainst nine persons, some OF whom
vere arrested in the course Of the day.
Rail was refused for several OF the prls-
soners arrested, and they were committed
% iail. The account Of the Gazette goes
N 10 state that ON Wednesday night mob
a, soon collected and proceeded to La
fon,aine's house, hooting, throwing stones,
&c. The Minister, however, perhaps an
ticipa.ing such proceedings, had, during
The CAV, introduced into his house num-
Der Of Fortin's dragons, disguised in
plain clothes. The dragons, when the
mob began to pelt the house, fired, by
which several were wounded, one named
Mason MORALLY. This ended the attempt
in this quarter. Another branch of the
mob assembled in the Place d'Armes, but
dispersed on the approach Of police.
Between ten and eleven o'clock corps
Of cavalry was marched to Monkland to
protect Lord Elgin, and another was pla-
ced near Lafontaine's house. AT about
eleven o'clock barricades were commence
ed in Notre Dame street. Other barri-
cades were erected during the night, and
musket shots were heard in different parts
Of the city until late hour. AT an early
hour next morning the Government placed
large military force at the Government
House, and also at the Jail, in anticipation
Of further troubles.
1.-THE unfortunate accident" says the
Gazette, /" which we dreaded, has hap
pened, and deeply do we deplore it as the
commencement Of that undying bad feel.
ing Of which the end is not yet. The first
blood has been shed, and by the French.
On Friday night, as We learn through
the Telegraph, further rows occurred, es
pecially with the horse police, who free
on the people, and then went on board
steamer and crossed tie river where They
now remain.
On Saturday the funeral of Mason tool
place, and was attended by nearly thou
sand persons. The coffin was clothed il
red, a. were the mourners. During the
night further disturbances took place
principally with the horse police, who
were called out 10 preserve order, and, in
going their rounds, fired upon the crowds
who had congregated at different points
At the Congress Hotel, where an inquest
was investigating the cause Of the death Of
Mason, several persons were wounded.
On Monday morning when the inques,
was still progressing, and Mr. Lafontaine
was giving in his testimony the Hall was
discovered to be on fire. Great confusion
ensued the soldiers took charge Of La
fontaine and escorted him 10 the Govern
ment House and at this time, the lates,
date, the greatest excitement prevailed.
STATE ". J. S. WISE.
Below we give report Of the termina.
tion of the examination. We had promis.
ed, and expected to accompany this report
with synopsis Of the argument Of the
counsel, but at the request of the counsel
for the defendant, we refrain from pub.
fishing it.-Mo. Republican.
PALMYRA, Monday, August ~, is4s.
GENTS The court met this morning
pursuant to adjournment, when A. w
Rush, Esq: delivered the following as the
opinion Of the court. give you only the
substance, and send it 10 you from the fact
that almost everything pertaining TO this
case has been published in your paper:
Gentlemen: It's unusual-perhaps un-
precedented-for an examining court ia
give reason for their decision, or pref
ace it by any remarks. Blu, knowing tina,
there are erroneous opinions prevalent in
this community in regard TO the duty i'm
posed upon us by the law, conceive il
but right that we should make remark
upon that subject before giving our decis
Ion, 50 that such decision may not have
. prejudicial effect. Some suppose tina,
the law requires us to decide upon the ties.
timony produced by the prosecution alone
This Is erroneous. 1t is our duty TO con.
sider the evidence in favor Of the accused
~ well as The State. Others suppose tina,
We must pass upon the guilt or insocens.
Of the accused under :. ...r rules that goverr
the petit. jury. This is also erroneous. :
lhc law makes ii our duty TO ascertain
lst.--lfany offence has been committed
2d.--Whether there is probable caus,
to believe that the accused is the offender
We think the killing Of Thomas B. Har
Is an offence against the law, amounting /,