Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1849-05-03

we had anticipated The cloud that has bs.a
gathering backness and terror, has bur.r wink
vengeance at last. The iocsin has been SOM
ded the fury of the populace has broke oo,s
and The sword and the faggoi mus, now A.
their work. II appears that the Governor, Lord
Elgin, at a late hour on Wednesday la>,, Ven,
down TO The Legislative Council and gave hi.
sanction TO large number OF bills, and anon,
others, to the bill indemnifying the rebel. "a,
loses sustained in ls47. Upon this being mad.
known 10 the mob outside, The Governor q,
entering his carriage was peted with sone,
rotten eggs, dirt. &c amidst shower nf which
the Vice Royal Corage drove off 10 a few
hours the excitement in the ciiy became m
conlrolable, and by seven O'clock printed M
tees of a mass meeting to be Immediately heu
IN The Camp de Mars were issued. Person,
were commissioned 10 alarm The peopIe h.
driving through the streets in caaches wrS
large bills. The fire bells were also hrouob,
into execution. A, 8 o'clock, a crowd of 4OOo
persons or more assembled, and after srro,,
resolutions had been passed, The cry was rais.i
$40 the Parliament buldingsw The enrsus3
multitude Immediately rushed a, run throo,b
the streets, and by 9 o'clock the first stone ".
thrown through a window into the mid-t or,b.
Legislature Assembly, a. the time in full ,.,,
sion. A constant shower was kept up into h.
windows ull every thing was smashed. n
the meantime the members assembled IN Hs
lobby. when band Of twenty-five of the lead.
ers Of the mob rushed into the chambers. and
one having placed himself in The Speaker,
Chair, announced, Gentleman, Ihe French
ID. i
with the mace 10 present it to Sir Allen McNab
al Donnegana's Hore. The cry Of i,e va,
now raised, and it was soon found hat he Par.
lament Houses was IN flames in hundred pI,.
ces. The fire spread with great rapdIy and
IN half an hour the buildings were one sheet Of /
flame. The mob had now augmented to Al
least 1000 persons, and the burning building,
were surveyed with The most stoical difference
on The part Of the spectators. At 6rsI The frs. /
men refused TO play, and only attempted TO save
the buildings close by Everything has been
losl-al the archives and records of The Coo.
nies for several hundred years. Not slOO /
worth of properly has been saved. The mill.
tary were called out and were received wlh
loud cheers on The par, Of the mob, which {. /
nally dispersed, but so threatening vas the a..
pecl of affairs, that during the nigh. military
guards were placed IN all The houses Of he
ministers. Sir Allan McNab, the Hon "
BadgeIy, and g. B. Turner, Esq, one of tn. /
editors Of the Montreal Courier, wese cut og /
of The Parliament House with axes. while The
fire was raging. Soon after The Outbreak
message was sent TO MonkIand., the GovetI
nor's residence, a mile or Two from the cry {
and the Governor and family Immediately cane {
into The town. A council was held during tho /
night, and one hundred and forIy-eighl Tar
rants for arrest issued, among whom i! Is mrp.
TONED are ihe names Of Messrs. MonIgomsT,
Mack, Howard, and F. Smith. /
The excitement on Thursday was, il srk
thing. greater than on The previous nigh.--
Meetings were held and the population Of al
classes determined TO stand by The acts Of the
night. The 81. Andrews Sociery met IN the
morning, and expelled Lord Elgh as patrOad
the society. The military and largely f
creased police force stroye in vain To dl.pers
The thr0ngs of people In various paris oil Ils
city, aud despite their efforts, when il WI
known that Montgomery, Mack, Howard Fer
rs, and other leading conservatives were ARES
ted, and ordered TO be commiued after shOr
examination, multitude of some three or Og
thousand accompanied Them 10 prison, amds
continued deafening cheers, escorted as hsY
were by strong military guard. The Sbdt
military force OF the city was under arms, and
a memorial had been got up, TO SIR Benz Dn
bar praying to order The troops TO reBaln
quarter, and TO leave the people TO settle incl
own affairs. During the day the rioier, resos f
on another meeting IN he Camp de Mars al
O'Clock on Friday, and Hon Geo. MOdat ES
selected as chairman, which becoming kno'l
he was Immediately arrested on the charge
high 'reson, and confined in the jail, which
was feared would be burned that night. lhE
French ciuzens were enrolling themsel'e
a body guard TO prolec, Lord Elgln. and De-
patches had been sent by telegraph 10 The U
per Provinces, for such military force as eOai
be spared. Thus matters stood uptO Thur'dI
night.
10 us. This result, or this beginning Of a II
suit, though startling and sudden, is mol sd
pfislng, and 1t Is moreover an earnest 0i
iu'ure, which proud and naughty as 'hs
England canno, overlook But as matter di
al present upon the Continent of Eurcpr
IN Asia, II Is not easy TO foretel aha, he 70
oil these things will be. With all her vs,I +
sessions. England at his moment uembls'
the future. The catch word. Of Libery
sounded by almos, every tongue upon the FI
of the globe, aud republics are rising here %
there from the ruins of dilapldared thrones y
erumbing kingdoms, as if by magic. lreb
Is ready 10 strike whenever the iIoa gasp
her adversary is relsased-Indla is sIrugsp