, 1864-12-24
THE ST. ALBANS RAIDERS,
Proclamation By the Governor
General, :.
Mutual Understanding Between the
United States and Canada,
From the Toronto G1obe |


y the Eame may concern-GREET1SQ:
G. Whereas a WARRANT in due form has bcen ;szn
D. 1or the apprehension of Bennett h. Young, SAINT
y Eugene Iackey, Squire Turner Teyis, Eexani
H. Caleb Mcdowell Wallace, James Alexsn1sr la Ia
~ 5oseph McGrotty, Samuel Simpson Gregg, b.
~ sey MooIs' Thomas Bronston Collins, Marc
~ oath with the crime Of murder, asssult w3th
=. tent to commit murder aud robbery, commit
IT by them In the state Of Vermont, one Of the q
- a7eqnisihon has been duly made By The anthori
IL Of the United Statcs; and whereas there IL reast
g S to believe that II TIE said Bennett L Young,
:. Of our Province Of Canada; Now Know VI tlia; l
ID reward Of two hundred dollars will be paid 10 nj
psfs1n s 's or ReTsTns =, t ha wn give such
any one and each Of the said persons 20 accused.
d IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF We have caused the.
q oqf letter. ter t1 Be made patent md tho qreatse
II atll1ed. Witness, onr right truly and wel-b
q 1oyed cousin the Right Honorable Charles stal
ley E1seount Monck, at our Government uous
at cur city Of Quebec, IN our said Province {
g Canada. this 19th day OF December, in the yes
+ Of onr Lord, 1864, and in tho 18th year Of on ID
! By command,
WA. McDou0ALL, Secretary.
4 failure of Justice having occurred in cor
,, sequence Of the action Of the servants or IL
Canadian people, it becomes our bounde
+ duty to do what in us lies to retrieve the ii,
flculties that have resulted. As it was to h.
expected that the raiders would be re-arreste,
without trouble, the reward is very properl1
offered when 1t is discovered that tie Inter
ests Of justice demand It.
applications continue to pour in from cap
talns Ut volunteer companies who desire t
perform service on the frontier.
t Col. Wiley has left for Windsor to preparf
quarters for the companies to be stationed
there.
Learn from the best authority that Gen
DIX, Immediately after Issuing his proe1a1na
non win regard to raiders from Canada, dis.
to get definite information. That centlcman
returned to New York perfectly satisfied that
the Canadian authorities were takjnr every
necessary step to perform international obi.
1t is to be regretted that the United States
period to the importance Of Keeping our. Sow.
eminent fully advised Of the Steps taken here
| by CSDtederates with view to violations ri
our neutrality, and which had come within
INC cognizance Of its agent. Driven from
every other part, the last refuge ofthe South
efn agents Is to embroil the United States
and England in war, using Canada as the me-
dium. How successful tie game has thus M fur
eeen worked, the indammable state Of tue
frontier today testi1ea. Canada Is now fn]lv
aroused, and will not suffer hcrselfto he made
eats-paw to play this ignoble part. This
the Washington Government fully under.
sian slaaos from the daily communications it has
WIN our Government, through the medium
Of The British Embassy. The best under-
standing prevails. MIR. Seward las indcn}
made q most favorable impression here by the
prompt and considerate manner In which he
LAS recently acted.
The Consul: General of cannda, Mr.. Potter,
Is T. unEc1l, ard has gone to Wisconsin. Sir.
lnurston, v1ce-Consul- General, is likewise
H. 1t would certainly be to the advantage
Of Amerlcap interests at the present time If
| It had SOME person here to advise with our
government, that uniform action might be
The intelligent sentiment here continues
strong that Mr.. Coursol should either be dis
missed or suspended.
person suspected to be one of the raiders,
Was arrested at St. Michel yesterday. and
taken to Montreal last night for the purpose
The court is still sitting in the case asainst
LamotIe.
\ portion Of the Victoria company Of vol
nnteers leave tomorrow night for Windsor
ana oarnta. Several Of them lose situations
BY going; Some refuse togo.
a., an address to the Governor General is in
TIC right hands and will be largely signed.
The Hit'ess insists on a meeting to express
public sentiment.
The Telegraph says if insurance we're eiYen
that the raiders would be tried before the
Judges III England before their cases were
finally disposed of, it would be better for them
serve all The ends Of Justice.
there yet.
Mr.. Kerr, in long letter, maintains that
Nr- Coursol is right, and that the order In
council was not proclaimed by speech or mrs.
sage to the Provincial Government. or even
published according to the 39th section Of the
Union Act.
VOLUNTEER ARMS,
In consequence of information the Govern
mcnt have received, they hare deemed It ad.
vlsab}c to issue orders to the Brigade Majors
to look after the arms in the possession Of
the volunteers. Many Of those arms are de-
posted in places easy Of access, where any
night they could be seized by q mob, Fcnian
or otherwise Provision ought to be made
for their greater safety, aud The Brigade Ma
jors are required to effect this as best they
may in tue absence Of efficient armories.
CONFEDERATE RowDl1sN.
tFron the Montreal Witncss.l !
Yesterday the eyes Of the people going to !!
posters, around whirh now and then uroups |
Of readers were gathered. They read Is fol- |
lows:
"BRToNsl
ITO TIE RESCUE!
:" Several Yankees, some Annexatonfsts, and |
n
1sa for the purpose OF denouncinc BRiTjSn
JUDGE fer the conscientious performance OF hIs |
tnty. as also to express sympathy viii Abe e Lin. In
culn aEd his nEsro11C GoyEHyxESr.
"Will yor permit iris In nee Csnalal
. IF NOT.
ATTEND AND VOTE THEN powSi''
The above needs no comment Its meaning
Is plain and significant. The riwht OF free |
speech is to be invaded. 4 meeting adverse
to the interests Of the slave Conicderacy and
Of their Canadian tools, will not be alloacd
to proceed. a mob is invited to come and
interfere. The attempt Is thereby made to
lntlmIdate peaceful citizens, and prevent their
Thisappesl to mob, riot aud violence must
settle definitely with all law -abiding citizens
their opinion OF Southern sympathizers in
canada: The cause can be judged at one
Glance by the mems to which it resorts. II
It ever had any respectability, it has now de-
to be that Of rowdJfsm.
NO MORE RAIDS. J.
The raiders organs have cont1lentia,ly
to the public that their friends
Till make no more raids-that the game docs
1ot pay, DC. In other words, being com :,
3lacently LIT of this time, the raiders rive
heir word OF honor to be good boys in future. I
Now, We have no great confidence in raiders
Sord Of honor, and We think the authorities
N both sides IF the lines cannot be too vigi- ,
ant. The reports of threatened raids form
'rly were ridiculed by the sa1ne lslpcrs; but
hc reports TUNED out ia. be correct, and the
rgans to be wrong. :
Since the declared intention Of the Aueri-
m authorities to follow raiders into Canada
nd arrest them there, to bc taken back to {
he states for trial, 1t appears to US the dam t
er Of raids is enormously increased for, to |
mbroil Britain and the States, is exactly
hat the raiders want; and their orgaus may
G Just 1ulling the vigilance Of our authori- !,
les to sleep, in order that the diabolical nlot =
embroll two mighty nations, and make p
anada @ battle-ground, may be Carried out. :
ne hdoeds corpus net should. as the Globe \
'ggests, be suspended at once as regards p
oens. U
From the Montreal Hcrald.1 >, r.
We learn that q force of volunteers arr tn 4sa
called out for immediate service. They i
e. We understand, to be placed under the i
'mmand Of three volunteer officers who te
!Ee served in the regular army-Lieut. Col. 4,
:: Q; smith, Lieut.. Col. Duric, Of Toronto, II
ID Lieut.. Col. Taylor, Of London, C. ", Il
no companies Of the Victorias, Of this city. =.
e nder orders, and the corps commanded IT,
Col. Tayler: of London, known az the OK 7,
I'd Greys. We presume 1t is intended to b
AGE the whole force employed under tie n n
ntrol OF some experienced officer Of the req fu
ar service. The whole number Of men &c
lied out will be l 500. We believe that sey- n
u OF our merchants hare already expressed III III
etr willingness to permit the clerks in Their tt
lployment to volunteer for the service. "a
cpng open their places for them till tie Ii
fing, by which time 1t is hoped that the r
csent necessity will be at an end. The ~
rernment Is, We learn, determined TO do all e. s
lis power to preserve peace on the frontier | NJ
m whichever side it may be assailed. th
NE sEURDERER MULLER. ae
In Letter to His xParents-He Declares ~ 2.