Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 23, Number 18, Vincennes, Knox County, 9 June 1832 — Page 1

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BY ELIHU STOUT.J TTTSaCESJItfgS, SiiTURBilY, JUNE 9, 1832. VOL. SXI2I. NC. 18

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2Z?CtCTU SttU I Vny niany of those supposed to be kil ls published at S2 50 cents, for 52 ! ' haVf c0.me int "mp ,ea.vinG onI;

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numbers; winch ni3v ue cischargcd by , . . r .1 . r on . .i r i ) whom have been found dead and been the payment of &2 at the time ot sub-s . . , ,, , .. . ... . .,rir;' i buried; the two remaining are still mis n s. ' i , ; s'.nir, and it is thought thev are also kil-

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ges; their benncts have been found, but ihcir persons arc still missing. Heaven protect then,! Gen. Atkinson and the governor are on Rok river, slowly driving the main body of the crtnv before them, not vet strong

there is danger. It was addressed toj Indian Hostilities Wc have (says Mr John McCormick, of this town, and the Cass County Tin es ol 2Ghol May.)

dated

"Mat 23d, 1832. Conversed with a very rt specuble cc

tseman trom oouth litnd which place

failure to notify a wish to discon-I ri,,?K ?f ter l,,c battle, and at that time , d;ans are supposed to be making for the such as win no doubl almo,l ruin mam p that the excitement was pr uc at the expiration of the time sub-' !f "l"!'" a",ounlcd to 53 but alter -Big-woods, when it is hoped they will ; families. I received the alarm on Sun.: by an express from Chicago, wr

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tney were comine in for

tir.uc at the expiration of the time sub

j r i i j j w w iiiv y wire U'lllll rrr.i fp.r. wi he rnnsit erpn a new en 1 . .. . . J .

: c. ' ..,u.:i.. ,:u n lnrce da's' navn lost their hordes, and

. .,11 i heen themselves bst, until the number discontinue, until all arrearages are paid. . J i numucr - , ., . , ' I vves reouced as I have stated. Subscribers must pay the postage on .m . r , u' their papers when sent by mail. Let- c oodie when found were cut and tcr by mail to the Editor on business I in the most shocking manner, niust be Paid,or they will not be attended PRonvcE Vill be received at the Cash 1" having other acts of indignity perMarket Price, for subscriptions, if deliv- j if0? 'hcm l0, S."3 nd in cred within the year. dcnt lt bf na,med- 1 heie ne ' Adveiitist-mehts not exceeding fAr-1 jept.on to the above; a young man was rrCn:r,, will be inserted three times for ifou,nd ief; ithh,s head partly cut off, one dollar, and tvjentyCve cents forj f m.br.aced - , 1 htc a . r , : lhad been tomahawked, and the Indian each after insertion longer ones in the , u,'u yic -n r I shot through the body. It u thouirht sime proportion. fe7Persons sending ., , b 3C , u ' ?T1 :r.. ,u 'i that the yourg man after shootimr the

x r.- .i u u - Indian, had no lonrxer the mcan of deher of times they wish them inserted, or , , . a . . , , Wi .i ii i i .'i lence, and that the Indian had strength they will be continued until ordered out, ' , . . . . , , a"bu , i i r i i enough lelt to tomahawk hi rot but, in and must be nau! for accordingly. t . ... . , j. !

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I have this moment returned from

our Indian expedition, and am happy to ' ne ,cU on Moiday, who informs u that tell von that the rlnpr ; Kv nn, n.P-.nc ! Rreat alarm prevailed in tha' ouarter.

enough to go into their strong holds with so "eat as has h2en am,rPhrnftf.(,. i,t-and throughout the nor'h pan ol this

army the; a sure prospect oi success. The In-1 the effects it han nrori. -rr,l I.vr brrn!St3te and Michigan Territory. I p.

ho arri-

day night, at midnight, that the encmv,lcu ai iNl,t"s cn 3unaay. his way to weieinforce at Iriquois, or nearer, and ; l)elroU- ur informant did not lca;n that all the settlements west of Big Pine I l,,c I,arlIC,J,ars br -ogln by the express, were broken up and on their way in, and ! bl,t say when he lctl ScUlh Be: (1 lr that if we did not afiord them relief car i numbers ol families trom the Doer PraU ly next morning, they would break up at i rie mo,nR cfl' ,hal thc PtrP,e 61 N''ca Pine. This f resolved immediately to s were huildn g a biockhouse, and 'he Pot. do. We took measures accordingly, ! taattamies were to bold a counci' at the and by eight in the morning I was at tht J Carcy Mission on Tuesdcy. and i- was head of more than 50 mounted men j unce,ta"ln hat course they would purand by II o'clock we were at Parish's 1 u,e' as a P3rl of their rat,on had joined Grove, 18 miles on our march. Here Hlack Hawkfs party. For our part we we found the families were all gone and ,eeI no e,arm, although as much expothe road thronged with movers, flying in I "Cl1 35 &ny Part of thclrontie-; we think all kinds of ways, but learned that thcu fi,J,!e Prcbable that the report U put enemv was not so near nor so dangerous ! 10 circulation lor the purpose of :cu.

have committed vatious depredations, j as apprehenued. I then proposed for 25 latiQn lo prevent persons from attending

assemble for a stand.

Respectfully, Your most ob!t servant, R HOLMES, U. S. A. B. McCahy, Eciizr Bcardstczvn Chronicle. Frori the Laftiyettc Free Press of ?,fiy 25. INDIAN V. false alarm A large portion of our population on the West side of the Wabash, was seized with great consternation and alarm on the night of Sunday, and thc day following, in consequence of intelligence having arrived of the approach of a large bodv

of hostile Indians, who were reported to

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"'J7ic fiur iKdinns." It must be mighty j 3 ?XMl,J 111 u,c lJbl ccuvui"reeable intelligence for the advocates otislvc grspof life. lie "t:ocr Indian" to find that the Sacs The alarm and distress on the frontier

.uid Foxes have succeeded in gaining over; cannot be described; it is heart rendincr

lo their cause the Winnebagoes and Potta- j to see the women and children in an agowr.mmies, and that they have so far sue-1 ny Qf fear fleeing from their homes and

ceertcu in uieirooiaautMiipiavuiiuw.njj . . . :n,A-ur :c

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the galling yoke of the United States, as to defeat the force sent against them. No tloubt the fihilanlhroists who have so much

interested themselves in the cause of "the

but a short respite from death. They

are, I trust, however, safe from this point down, but those above, north and

poor Indians"- will now exert themselves to east, it they arc not already massacred, thc utmost to raise contributions by which are in emminent danger. The Indians

thev may be enabled to carry on thc war, j are scattered and divided into small bands

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and m the hope taat Uiey wm nnaii) sue- j of 20 tQ 30 1,1 ma;n bod on ceed in establWiing their entire uiaepen-1 Rock Rivcr cxccptcd-and are overrun-

of

and among other acts of violence and

outrage, to have murdered two white men within Jifteen or twenty miles cf this town! The channel through which the intelligence came, was, of course, not generally known though the most implicit reliance seemed to be placed in

every syllable cf it. I he alarm was m-

volunteers to join me and proceed until

we should be between the enemy and the retreating party. The number was made up in less than ten minutes, and we proceeded accoidingly. We advanced to Iriquois the same evening, a distance of 20 miles further, passing vast numbers

the sale of the Michigan Road tandsf which is to take place at South Bend in a few davs.

1'row the Paltimure Prfmhlican GENERAL CONVENTION. The Convention met at the Atr.cenc.

on the retreat. Wc there learned that j urn at 11 o'clock y?terday mou ng,

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auurcseu uic mceung as lotions; GEN1LEMEN: T he proposition for

calling a genera! convention ol delegates

donee, bring disgrace and destruction on

the present administration tor (laving to ad v.se the removal of "the poor Indians'

west of the Mississippi. That the present hosti'.e measures

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'.her from across the Atlantic or nigher

home, little doubt can be entertained, for of their own mere motive there is little probability. The British government, however, we "should suppose, have other matters to

attend to, and the stronger probability i, j

ning the country wherever there are j opportunity of displaying their valor of

houses, which they crpect to find unpro

tected, by their isolated situation. Chi cago is threatened by them, ar.d thc vo

ise tribes have been produced by the in- j lunteers from that place staitcd back for ferenceof the white philanthropists whe-: s protection.

While I am now writing, a party lias come in from Indian Creek running into Fox River, and about 15 or 20 miles from here, where they had been to pc form the last melancholy duties paid to

stantly given. Runners were dispatch-j Hickory Creek settlements were entire- when Mr Sumner, ot New Hampshire,

ly broken up, and the peopie mostly arrived, many of them leaving most of their properly behind and that several fami

lies had been killed on Fox River. I to act on the nomimtion of a camlwlato

concluded to go on to Fox Rivcr and as- iter President, ar.d to selc.t a bti; aMc certain what had been done: the distance candidate for the efnee ot Vice P-csi-

(we mean the neighbourhood) was up in V?s 75 miles further. I procured a guide dent of the United S'a'es. originated in arms! Several brave and pa- riotic com- and advanced a few miles further, when i thc State of New Hampshire, by thc

wc met a Mr. Hazlcton, from Fox river, j friends of democracy in that State; -nil who left there cn Sunday last, and a Mr. j it appears that the proposition, a';hoiigfi Reed, of Plein River, who gave me such j opposed by the enemies of thc demosatisfactory accounts as determined us cratic party, has fcund lavour in 'early

not to proceed any turthcr. 1 heir account is as follows: that about thirty Indian?, supposed to be Sacs, had burned

four houses, robbed two stores, and pro

cd, or dispatched themselves, in every

direction, (except, we suppose, that from which thc savages were expected,) to arouse the people to a sense of their danger. This took place on Sunday

night; by Monday morning thc country

mandants of companies had paraded their

trooifi, and were anxiously awaiting an

chieving a signal victory over their hos

tilo ar.d savage invaders, or nobly and gloriously perishing in the bloody strife! Every possible preparation was made which time and circumstances would

permit, to give to the expected visitors a bably killed four men; at any rate four

that incendiaries from the ci-Atlantic phi

lanthropists have been the prime movers of the mischief. If these surmises should be

veil founded, we do hope they will be disco

human beings to 15 men, women and children, the victims of a most inhuman butchery, perpetrated yesterday morning

iiiounucu, unique uu.u,,.,,,. lhc rulhlc9S inhuman barbarians vered. and that the fate of Arbj atlurot and; mmilaled b d (he mbnstcr may be theirs. We have no ( , r . , . . ' , doubt that the force sent against thc marau- , cach of 3 modest description; the woders from Illinois will be completely success-j men hung up by the feet, end the most ful, and that the eyes of the unfortunate j revolting acts of outrage and indecency Teonlc will be opened to thc delusion of their practiced upon their bodies. The chil-

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warw receitio?:! An expitss was sent men were missing that were in a house this sort

and perhaps all the States in the Union, so that we find collected at this time :iid place a greater and mors general delegation from the people than wis ever

j before assembled upon an occasion cf

false fiiv-'iuls, the traitors who have excited

them to resistance. Cin.1dv. Prom the Mion Spectator Pxira, of Wednesday May 50, 1832. The following, containing the names of the persons killed in the defeat on Sycamore creek, and some particulars of the bloody massacre perpetrated on thc waters of Fox

liver, we extract trom a slip trom the olnce

to Gcnl. Walker, with a request that he

would make a call upon the militia of thc county to eq jip 'themselves instan ter, and march without delay, to the succor and reinforcement of their fellow citizens on thc other side of thc rivcr, there to act in concert with the troop already raised for the patriotic purpose of repelling thc enemy. Gen. Walker, Colonel

dren were literally chopped lo pieces,

and placed in thc most revolting position; the houses were burned, thc furniture

all destroyed, and the stock killed, even thc barn yard fowls. The work of destruction and devastation has begun; the blood of helpless women and innocent children, fresh and warm, reeks I hope to Heaven on this frontier thc echo of

i tbe Beardstown Chronicle, which has ( their cries have scarcely died away in

Icen politely furnished us. The Indians the forests and on thc plains the deadly have prosecuted the war with vigour since! stiiincss cf yesterday's cheerful dweltts commencement, and the whites have asj nngs, speaks with a solemnity that al-

vet Hone nomine, we uu uui utci rlirJ !h Mnr. r nnn ,

Davis, Lt. Col. Jenners, Capt. Brown, of dered it useless for us to advance any

further, unless wc were going stay and protect them effectually This was

. r :-J to svmnathv for his fellow beines. To

see the agony and distress of these peo

pleto listen to their talcs of woe watch thc smoke of their ruined dwellings, and then think of the apathy of some, situated beyond thc reach of dan-

the jlrtillt'Tyy and various other gallant

spirits, mounted their steeds and pro ceeded to the .drmy and thence upon a scout into the Grand Prairie to discover, it possible, the number, situation, and intentions of the Indians. In the mean time, the aged and infirm, with

women and children, and those who did not care to stand in thc way of a bullet,

were making good their retreat to the east side of the Wabash, and we should guess that by Monday night there were within our precincts between three and five hundred new inhabitants. At dusk the General and his associates returned, without having seen the Indians and those who chose to do so, were permit-

ted lo go to bed not knowing, however, hut they might awake next morning and find themselves bald headed!

that is burnt, and had fired out of thc i Thc object of the representatives of

nouseontnc nostne party; wnctner they j the people ot New Hampshire who cal

led this Convention was, not to inposc on thc people, as candidate for cither of the two fi'st f tTifts in this government, any local lavouu:e. but to concentrate the opinions of all thc States. T hey believed that the great body of the people, having but one common interest, can and will unPe, in the support cl important principles; that the operation ot tho

machinery ot government confined with-

are burnt or killed, is yet uncertain

They told mc they were all within a short distance behind; that the enemy were gone; that they had been back to examine some of the houses; that much of their property was destroyed and car

ried off. They told me that thev consi

out of our power, as wo were but few jin its legitimate fphcre is ihe s.me. in

jOThe alarm seems to have been much more extensive than we apprehended, when thc above article was penned. It extended to several counties be-

the army, for we are satisfied the fault is not

attributable to them, they have shown themselves a match for the Indians at a time when their physical force was far inferior to what it now is but to the ccre'ullnesfi end discretion of the regulars. We confess

;t makes us angry to near tne writer spea j er-think of their ridiculing the losses in the manner he does , cf our people; lead-1 j di5lrcC8 of lhe fromier citizens

tncvbUmtto be cneratt-d upon bv the Vise-! think of lheir obcinS call of their low us. Its effects have been of a seri

ricsef our fellows. We do not b. lieve there I Governor, the call emanating trom Ihe rs one person in cur State but deeply feels j field of distress and the sacr ed feelings for t'r.ose who are exposed to the inroads ot j cf humanity; I say, think of their obey-

the savages; and not one but would willing- Jngj that call with cornstalks in their

b. nds, as if to deride ihe shrieks and waitings of the sufferers, enough to excite the indignation of eery true citi

zen of every honest man. It is enough

in number and without supplies; and

knowing that the alarm was great at home, 1 concluded that it would be bet ter to return and stop the alarm from increasing. The first cause of alarm pro ceeded from a letter from the Indian Agent at Chicago, written to the people at Hickory Creek, that a party of the Militia had been engaged with the Sacs at Rock Island, and had been defeated, and that it would be advisable for them to retreat to some place of safety They acicd very imprudently, never waiting to have a council together, but fled forthwith. The La Parish settlement acted

the north, south, east and west; that al

though designing men, ever unce tho adoption of the constitution, have never ceased in their exertions to exene sectional feeling and sectional interest, and to array one portion of thc coumry against another, the great and essenial interests arc the same. They bc-icved that thc coming together of rcp'-tstn'a-tives of the people from the extrem.ty of the Union, would have a tendency to soothe, if not to unite, thc jarring interests, which sometimes cornc in cinflict, from the different sections cf tho

country.

ly peril his life to make their condition less hazardous. But they do laugh at the manner in which matters proceed under irgular cwidance; and thev have a feeling in now ise . r

Ain to risibility when they rctiect on me

distress the prudence vi one man is about , iu Mir up uic peopit- io expennem wnn to plunge the State for they believe that aj every indignity from that country whose little energy on thc part of Gen. Atkinson, ; welfare and prosperi'y they thus conat the commencement of thc disturbances, j terrm. The country should spew them would have dispelled the humour that has j ul Qc jts mouljli

now gathereu to seen an ai.jjrv m.u.. T Iiurians arc :n D3rt:cs around us.

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ith

are

Th people have been s5 often deceived! , y .,v the" crv if :-::': and thev have so ! the' . a,rcad' knw oi our arrival w ,P h-n ustlcsslv called en. that thev at; provisions, but 1 much doubt if they ;

tint placed no dependence in what they strong enough to attempt an attack. itird lesoectina: the strength and designs) The volunteers from your place arc in

,1 ti e In.'.ur.s. Now that they have com-j spirits, and if attacked, I have no! a hos.ile Indian, in all probability, withmenced the work of blocd, we warrant that Jobt will give a good account'ef them-jin 100 or 150 miles of this town and

n.ore will otter the-r services Man t.;c be-; .... n! .u- rn-mv

ous character, in more than one point of

view. Besides all the pain and distress

occasioned to the female, and the less courageous of our male population, it has caused for some days an almost entire abandonment of agricultural pursuits and, should not the confidence of our farmers in the entire security of their families, be speedily restored, we apprehend the most calamitous results. A few days of abstraction from business on the part of our Yeomanry, at this particular time, will prove a cleat i blow to their prospects of making corn crops. From information received from a source entitled to credit, wc have no hesitation in assuring our readers that there is no cause for alarm that there is not

more prudently, having got together and i They considered the individuals, who

lortea, ana are saie. iiuonaru wun 4uu i might be se ected as candidates 'or cflice,

militia from Danville, is said to have

advanced to join our troops at Rock Island, but crossed below where the ene my were doing the mischief, not knowing their situation. The people are all returning to their homes as far as Iriquois, and some of the men arc return

ing to Hickory Creek. I am truly sorry

to be of much Ires consequence than thc

principle on which 'hey are designated; they thought it important to ascertain the fact, whe'her the people themselves, cr those uho would frustrate thc voiro ot thc people, should succeea in car elections.

They believed that thc example oF

the people have acted so wild about ! this convention would operate favorably

home here, where there is not the least . in future elections; that thc people would danger. My advice is for all to return j be disposed, after seeing the, good effects home and attend to their domestic con-jof this convention in conciliating, tho cerns as usual, not doubting that the go- different and distant sections of the coun-

vernmcnt will provide all the protection

that is necessary, in due time. Yours, Sec. W. NEWELL.

:ntr will be willing to receive.

stives and the enemy.

We have gene on beyond Ilennipin to

that ihe depredations alleged to have been perpetrated on our borders, (if

a

r r;- - : this piacc, Lrozter s Lanairg to be as committed at all,) were perpetrated at

E t k a Mav Co. S j near the army, which wants provisions, j distance cf from inoto 10 milea crV.

... ,. r r - , . as rvosiuie. inueej, ii;s 1 1 cr ntiu iorm i several namei oi ir.ouiueu men nave

i hro-jgn tne po.:encss c: a menu, we . .. . . . . i. : . 4 . ,th ti,,. Ho nn-rh-r . f t ir . t h e 1 1 ne o t cp ? r auon s . a s ! u r m s h :;i g mc r c at times, since the alarm, been engager

try, to continue this mode of nomiraticn. And for the purpose of leading to a proper organization of this assembly, I would propose that the Honorable Judga Ovfrtoj:, of Tenn officiate as Chairman pro tern.

Indian arw Information (says Mr Eaton, of Tenneisec. remarked

the St Joseph Beacon,) has been b o'i;that Judge Overton, although in towr?, into this part of the country by express j was lhis moininj; ror fined to his room

irom nicago, mat a ccnsweraoic oony by indisposition. He thanked the Con-

ol Indians consisting prmcipal.y ot the , veniion, on behalf of the Tennessee dc-

Sacs. rox and Kickapo tribes, are not ; legation, for the honor that had been rerfar distant from that place, apparently j dcictl lo thcir venerable cnJIeague, ar J with hostile intentions, and that they j concluded by moving i hat GenJ. R bert have committed some depredations rn IUCas, of Ohio, be substituted foi Judgo the Illinois frontier. The object of thejQvtrton, as Chairman pro tern which express, we understand, is to obtain a motion was unanimously concurred in.

1 j reinforcement to march to Chicago, and ! (;en Lucas was accordingly conduct

Sin.; imoii Journal brought to h

vate eonvtvance six s in arm

the mail, from which wc arc enabled to give

the names el all but one vi the uniovtimate :.i!i'ert v in the late coniliCt with the Indians a S v" un re Creek. C:.v- J '' Adams, ?!ajor Isac PerI.I:-.s.

Crimes, oi l'a2'-

i-uulbv pri- facilities for the transportation of troops: in scouring the country for many miles! to put the people in this part of the ' er !0 the Chair, and returned thanks in

icipatiou of -n l provision:, U.an y other rout?. j to the west and northwest, but r.o bigns j country and Michigan 1 crrirory on their : a b-jcf ariC! pertinent address

protect tlie

i:

jv. Civisirr s here I of Indiana have been discovered.

Mer-dtr.'ull.am!-

v-il coui.tv; James Milton, cf Macon cv-xn- ; 1) njhtv, of Peoria CvMinty; John Walters, lV.td Ellis, nvA FarrK e." Vel'.tn cou..tx ; Diaper, cf Mc!.ean

uciivereu over o tt,ei

s a rrreat scarcitv of.

i - 5 throughout ail t!:e cm:::trv;'

.ouutv. ( ' py t S'ates

letter from fl

IUiiicis Uivt i

A;

Bp

Holm ft

1 ied l"i ..ier's Mav l.OJ.

We shall

until they are troops Tl.cre

prov isio

in fact, it is stated br all, that tlicre I not more than ten days' ration for the citizens cf ilenr.ipc",, v.! z werr a!mo-t

destitute of e; erv ti.ir, end ro ariTs to !v allayed.

protect then?, tve:: in i.si::tijj fur the subsist enre. The iiimct ( f t: ? fjm''ic rnc:rcr rr Inciaii Cot:';, were ilall. Davi . ur

Dear Sir, I am l appy to inform you, '"br. iiticc the dcltat ot Mi. Siilluiati'v.

Penr.igrc.v. s ;,;so t:

jei::

w.lc;) t r i r. t two

gnato; ar.d for these purposes have pa'- Qn motion of Mr. Burke, cf Ohio.

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Alost ot our larmers wuo were inda j cd cn to uetroit. i nose tribes nave j John A-Dix, ol N York, was appointed ced from the pro-pect of invasion, tore- J been long in the habit, it seems, of p3s jsecretaiy. move their families to this village, have, j sing through thh pirt cf the country in j On motion cf Mr. Hubbard, of Newwe believe, icturned to their farms, and considerable botlies, on their annual visits Hampshire, it was vre iincerely hepe all feats and appre to thc British Post Maiden, where they rrlr,,J Tk, , f

enstonsfor ti.c.r safety, rosy be speedi-j receive presents from the Bntuh Go srom cach c bc inlcd l0 t

'r '.VV. . . r vermucu., -uu . i.nw aencu j i0 the Convention the names of the X)q.

i tollowing letter trom Capt. ;ew-j they are cetermined to lorce their W3y!.et;a.es n attendance, cl!, of Warren county, who, at the head ; through. Thc militia in this rrjrt, and;1 ' ' " , of a party of mounted men, proceeded! of the adjacent counties of Michizar. The following persons were then naseverul nu'es beyond Iriquois, immedi-jare organising, for the defence of the med members of the said committee, by -tcly cfxr ihe alarm was given, and w ho country, a portion of hieh will proba ! thnr respective delepations: !; .-. rrv.irr.ed home, may pon?bly serte blv marcti in a few das ia the direction. Maine Jnhn I). McCrate.

;a of -:h aa stltt tliinkiof Chicago.

V IInTiihire John Langdon Elwyo."