The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1864-12-31
Canada On n War Footing.
From the Toronto Globe, Doc. q.

LOWER CANADA VOLUNTEERS.-The
Lower Canada volunteers will pass
through this city to-day, Ell route for
Windsor. They will partake of dinner
at Smiths dining rooms, at the Union
depot. They will be along here, it is ex-
pected, about ] o'clock.
OFF FOR THE FRoNT.-Yesterday af-
ternoon, Colonel Durie and eighteen men
left this city for Niagara, for the purpose
of preparing the Butler Barracks" for
the reception of the remainder of the
Toronto volunteers, who will leave about
the end of the week The men were
fully armed and equipped, and as they
departed, q number of their frieuds and
ethers whe were at the station gave them
three hearty cheers.
VOLUNTEERsFROM THE WEST. T.-fester-
day morning two companies OF volun-
teers from Woodstock and Beachville
passed through this city en route for
Laprarie. They consisted of sixty-tive
men to each company, and were under
the command of Lieutenant Colonel Tay-
lor The Woodstock company is officered
by Major Richardson, Captain Beard,
Lieutenant Smith, and Ensign Stitt; and
the Beachville company by Captain
Gregg, Lieutenant Henderson, and En-
Sign Aikens. They left Woodstock at 8
O'Clock yesterday morning, and We're es-
corted to the train by hundreds of per
sons, who cheered them Justify as they
moved away They proceed to Laprai-
rie with all speed, and, in order to pre-
vent delay on the road, they carry with
them two days rations. They are fine,
able-bodied lot of men, composed princi-
pally of the farmers SONS of the county
of Oxford, and depart on their duty will
lingly aud cheerfully.
From the Kingston Wing, Dec "a
For the last three days large amounts
of military stsrss for the use Of the vol
unteers have been dispatched from H. NJ.
dock-yard here for Windsor, Chatham,
and Sandwich. AccOutrements for the
whole of Captain Wallis's company at
Whitby, from the volunteer armory, left
yesterday afternoon.
Telegram TO the Toronto LEADER
QUEBEC, Dec 26-The three compa-
nies of volunteers called out in this city,
left at noon to-day The rumOr about
the return of those British troops which
had left Canada in the summer, to which
referred yesterday, is given for to, by
the Chronicle of this morning stating
that the departure of any more troops is
eountermanded pending the action OF
the Federal government in regard to pla-
cling an armament on the lakes.
PUBLIC MEETING AT BRANrFORD.-At
meeting q motion was carried mani
mously, requesting the Mayor and Town
Council, at its earliest convenience, TO
appropriate the sum of six hundred and
fifty dollars to be presented to Captain
Grants volunteer company, to complete
their outfit for actual service in main
tanning our neutrality laws and prevent
ing raids upon the border states from this
Province.
From the Toronto Globe Dec. 81
We have had during the last few weeks
many letters about raiders and Fenians,
which we have pitched into the waste
paper basket, no doubt greatly to the
disgust of the authors. But we have
lust received q communication from
source which, as it appears to us de-
mands notice, 1t represents that some DIS
CHARGED United States soldiers, together Wifh
Others on tarlough, aOw in Buffalo, hare
formed the design Of making raid into
Canada, I'm rsrenge for the st. Albaas affair
and the capture of the Philo Parsons
a raft, it is said, is being prepa red tor pur-
noses of transport, aud here our informa.
tion stops. We do not wish any undue
importance to be attached to the report,
stiil we have reason for thinking that 1t
is not eroundless We have, Of course,
forwarded the data, Of which we are in
possession, to the proper authorities,
whose best attention, we are sure, 1T Will
receive, IF there is anything in it, well
and good; if not, 90 much the better
At any rate, it should be looked after