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There arc unquestionably many pages of our history — some pregnant with especial interest — yet unwritten. Of the latter, may be reckoned those, recording the great civil commotion inaugurated by Louis Joseph Papincau, in Eastern Canada, and by William Lyon Mackenaie in the western section of the Dominion. Despite the rancorous feelings engendered at the time, by this social upheaving, the day cannot be far distant when the mem- ories of this fratricidal strife will have lost much their bitterness ; nay, such unlocked for, such momentous events, have crowded on us, since that warlike period, that an utter revulsion of feeling in many cases has been the result. The sundering of the colonial tie, for attempting which, the «, Patriots " of 1837 were gibetted by the score, when not exiled or plunged in dungeons, seems of late years to be considered by many Imperial states- men, but a question of time or expediency. In 1837, he who sat in state in the Castle St. Louis, in the name of Majesty, held very decided views on the doctrine of colo- nial -^.dependence ; Attorney-General Ogden held it to mean a hempen collar. Duquette, DeLorimier, Narbonne, Hindelaug, and twenty others, found it so, to their cost ; still • barely a generation has passed when good Queen Vic, knowingly makes a belted knight of the most prominent champion of independence: Sir A. T. Gait: Tempora mutantur. Without pretending to anything very elaborate, let us collect from the lips of a few surviving actors of this strange drama, some tid-bits of information and gossip anent the stirring volunteer days of '37-38, prefacing our sketch with some general remarks, calculated to make it more intelligible to our enquiring nephews. We can well remember the time, when to the excited vision ef a Quebeeer of British descent, all that was vile, unprincipled, trea. sonablc and wicked might be summed Up in the one word, " Papinoau," Then, indeed, the eloquent leader of the Canadian Com' mens, could, like the great agitator, O'Con- nell, boast that he was " the best abused man" in the country. A superlatively loyal French song of the period, after enu- merating calamities of every hue, which could be charged to the arch-agitator, with* out forgetting cholera-morbus, earthquakes and the potato rot, concluded each stanza with the well remembered words : •' C'est la faute ^ Papineau." A dreaded monster was he, this same Louis Joseph, in the eyes of superlatively loyal men, such, for instance, as Bob Symes, one of His Britannic Majesty's Justices of the Peace, in and for the District of Quebec, in the year of...* fuss 1837. But peace to Louis Joseph's ashes ! may they continue to rest where some loving hands have placed them on the 24th Sept., 1871, at Monte Bello, his own baronial seat, on the green banks of the Ottawa. Peace to his memory ! he is now before a higher- tribunal, to answer for his deeds in the flesh. We said Bobby Symes. Who then was this incomparabte J. P., this sworn, ever watch- ful defender of the Hanoverian succession and citadel of Quebec ? Has he too been knighted Tor services rendered in this fair portion of Victoria's realms ? Echo pau?es for a reply ? Bob (or rather Bobby Symes) for under no other cognomen were his praises weekly sung in Mr. Aubin's witty Journal, Le Fantasque. Bobby was the pink of civic virtue — a perfect- pundit in constitu- tional law— the impersonification of loyalty. Bob discoursed ot treason while awake to dream of it afterwards. Each Monday morning, said Mr. Aubin, Bobby had, at hia fingers end, the whole ramification of some deep laid plot to murJer His Majesty's lieges. Bobby denounced rebels the last thing be- fore going to bed and the first thing on waking. Bob would shake hands with his fellow-citizens impressively, and tell them each morning to be thankful that so far they had not been shot, or piked, or hung, and that with the helping hand of Atty .-General (>gden and the Volunteers thoy might yet escape the devil and Papineau. It was invigprating to witness the sight; it did one's heart good to see bow brightly in every bosom burned the hallowed flame of' patrii tism. Another trait yet ere we dis- miss this well-remembered Justice : Bobby had several points of resomblaneo with the noted Judge Esgrovp, of Scotch fame ,' both had refractory tailors to deal with, but John Teed, of Quebec, was a "patriot," whereas he, ot Edinburgh, was a malefactor, and in this, the heroes of the bodkin widely diifered. Had Teed risen in ani»s, which he did not, and injured the body or uniform of any of Ilia Majesty's Forces, Bobby Symes would more than likely have selected some impres fitve sentenees like theermincd sage of Edin- burgh is reported to bave used, od passing sentence on a Tailor for having stabbed a British soldier, '^and not only did yon murder him, but you did thrust,— or push,— or pierce,- or project,— or propel the le-thal weapon through the belly band of his breech- es, which were his Majesty's." The Canadian Radamanthas could be quite as impressive when he delivered his dreaded sentences, from ilie Bench now occupied by Mr. Justice Doucet. 'Ho had at times a picturesque way of giving to the prisoner, the usual jobotion. More than one practitioner of the Police Court may possibly yet remember the case of the two sailors, who refused to join their ship ready for sea, on the ground that she was not sea- worthy. The two salts had most forbidding countenances, to this Bob Symrs seemed fully alive. Throwing himself back in his seat he uttered majestically the following : " Go on board my men, Go on board, I te!l you, without fear. You are evidently born to be hanged and never can be drowned." The Quebec and Three River Districts, at the voice of their leaders, political, and religious, seceded at aa early date from the armed resistance inaugurated without arms ! by the Montreal District ia the Richelieu yalley. In the counties of Champlain, Portneuf, Dorchester, meetings were held in Novem- ber and December, 1837, expressive of loy- alty, though advoc:iting reform, by consti- tutional means ; there had, however, been "agitation meetings," in Bellechaso, at St, Thomas ; at the St. Paul's Market, St, Roch's Church door. Glacis School House,, n the city of Quebec, fortunately of noim- portance. In this, ditl the Quelec District show Its good sense. The frenzy of loyalty and martial pre- parations, in the city itself, bad scarcely cool reason oo their aide. However, this ebullitions, sprung in many cases fVom one of the purest of sentiments, patriotism, civic vir- tue ; as such deserving ot all praise. Though the French Canadians, as a people, were true to one another, and refused to serve, there were several offers of service, in the Quebec District, from that class ; of which Government declined to avail itself. Amongst the most noted "Rebs" there were several, not bearing French Canadian names, in the District of Montreal r Robert Nelson, Wol- fred Nelson, E. C. O'Callaghan, T. S. BrowD, Hindenlang, Girod &c. " About the 1st November, intelligence was received of the arrest and rescue of po- litical prisoners ; and of the shooting of Loyal Canadians, by the Insurgents, on the 5th of the same month. The excitement this caused was augmented by an official report of the' murder of Lieut. Weir, 32nd. Regt. and ■defeat of Col. Gore at St. Denis bv the in- ' surgent leader Nelson; these deplorable events produced immediate and energetic action, to organize a system of defence. Ou the 27th of November 1837, Civil Secre- tary, S. Walcott by letter dated "St. Lewis Castle" addressed on behalf of the Earl of Gosford, to Honb. J. Malcolm Eraser, Wm. Price and J. B. Forsyth, Esquire, and some dozens of other men of note, in Quebec who had in a public meeting at the Quebec Exchange, offered their services, to serve as Volunteers, in order to supply the ab- sence of the regulars who were ordered to Montreal, accepted their offer. Volun- teering, DriU and Parade duties were sooa begun in real earnest. Though the sinew of war, had to bo provided out of raw militia,. i t* I f*^* there were a good many tough bits ol' fight- ing stuff remaining,— Peninsular officers,— some of Brock's veterans and regulars enough to leven the whole mass. The Karl of Gosford had selected a most popular head : Lt. Col. Honorable Jas. Hope, Q. «t the (Coldstream Guards, son of Major Ge- neral Hope, who was ee?ercly wounded and taken prisoner at a tortie twin BiiyoBue, at the close of the Peninsular war; he subse- quently became Earl of Hopctoun, to which title his son succeeded " A finer man or better soldier, I never met, says Lt. Col. Wiley," then the active major of Brigade of the Volunteer Force. In 1839, a dinner was given him, by his officers, which went «>ff with great ectae for those were fes- tive days too, those Volunteer times of 1837 8-9. Such was the good feeling between the regulars and the citizen soldiers, that when Brigade Major Wiley, appointed adjutant t-o the Ist. Proviacial Regt, had to raise men for frontier service with its head quarters at Fhilipsburg, and having succeeded out of the "dyVcto membra" of the disbanded Volunteers, to raise in 48 hours 200 reeru its, he was kindly given by the officers of the Guards the use of their splendid Drum and Fife corps, to play him and the men under his command to the steamer. Capt. (now Lt. Col.) John Sewell, late of the 49 (Genl. Brock's Eegt,") was appointed with the rank of Major, to take command of theVoluoteer Regt. Infantry^ this active and intelligent officer, succeeded, so well in imparting mili- tary knowledge to hisoorp.*, which had been incorporated in a Battallion, that in the month of December 1837, the Quebec Gar- rison being reduced to one company of the 66th Regt. and some companies of Royal Artillery, this Battallion was placed in charge of thpt important post the citadel of Quebec. Conspieious amongst the Volun- teers, was our old fellow townsmen Henry LeMesucier, for many years one of the ving- nates of St. Peter street, and married in a distinguished French Canadian family (to Miss Guerout). Mr, LeMesurier, by his pluck, genial disposition and military cx- Derience, was a valuable addition to the force. Born in Guernsey in 1791, he was son of Commissary Genera\ Haviland Le- Mesurier ; had entered the English army iu 1811 ; served under tlio Duke of Welling- ton in the Peninsular campaign ; was present at the battle of Salamanca, and, when -carrying the colors of the 48th Regiment, his right arm was carried away by a round shot, wlvea he Joined the Commissariat ; served during the war in Canada in 1812, retired on half pay in 1818, and died iu 1861 a Lieut.-Colonel of Militia. Our worthy old friend Major Temple, late of the 15th, vas, i« 1837, an active comma«d«r of the Queen's Own Infantry. Other veterans had also offered their services, viz., Lieut-Oolonol Charles Campbell, late of the 99th, recently dead. (JOBBBC LIGHT INrAXTUV. Major John Sewell, coniMiftnding. l8t. Company : Captain, i. S. Campbell ; Liuut., Th08. Frostc; Ensign, Paul Lcpper. 2n(l. Company : Captain A. Simpnon; Liuut., H. SImrples; Ensign, E. H. Dtividson. 3id Company, (rifles): Ciiptain, (Hon.) .Jolm Vonng; Lieut., Hy. J. NoJid; Ensifen, W , Patta-son. 4th Company : Captain, Ja«. Gillespie ; Liciit., W. K Baird ; Ensign. Joiin Martyn. 5th Company: Captain, Henry LeAlesuiier, Lt., Henry McGill; Ensign, Ale. Bell. Adjii- \ixat ol the five coimianies, Ensign (now Lt.Col.) Thomas Wiloy. Surgeon, Uniform.— Companies No 2, 3^a»d coat, buff breeches. No, ' " 6, blui' uiHit, uuix y^^^ ". --. 4 Company, white blanket coat, green facings, blue breeches, blue cap and light band, LOYAL QDKBEC ARTIFICERS OU FAUOn-A-BALLACGU . Captain, John C. Xaxon ; Lieut., James Thorn- ton : Ensign, Richard Freeman. Uniform —White blanket coat, red sash, green buttons,— green facings, and green seams; high cap with green top falling over, blue breech- es and red Ptripe. ■QCTES'S OWN LIOUT INrAKTflY. Major, Henry Temple ; Lieut., Fred. Wyse ; Ensign, William Clarke. Uniform.— White blanket coat, red facingrt, blue breaches, red stripe, high cap. KNQINEER RIFLE CORPS. Major, George H. Vincent Whitmore (Lieut. Royal Engineers), commanding the two com- panies and the Royal Artificers. 1st Company : 1st Captain, Henry M. Blaiklock ; 2nd Captain, Francis VVyatt ; Ist. Lieutenant, Charles Jas. Clarke; 2nd Lieutenant, Fred. W. Blaiklock. 2nd Company: Ist Captain, Frederick Hacker; 2nd captain, John Phillips ; 1st. Lieutciwut, . 4 Oeoigo Drown ; 2n(l Llcutimnnt, Edward J. KU'tcliiT; luljutant of tho two coiupanios uiul of tho Uoyiil ArtittcerB, William Scott. Lniforin.-Wlnto bliinliot frock coftt, reds lionl- d.;r Ktrftp«, collar nnd culVtf bluo, cui) biuo with red band, biucchcH bluo and rod stripe. MANO'S END VOLUJITEEnS. CJiptrein, Willinm IVntltind; Lieut., C. runtlnml, Kusign, JiiH. Farley. KOYAL QUEDKC VOLUSTEEH AUTILLEIIY. iBt ConM'fvny: Ut Captnin, William BnrnH Lindsay ; 2nd Cnptain, Uoorgo DcHbarats, (acting' pnyniastor) ; 1st Lieut., \V. D. Dupont lind H. H. Wickstcad ; 2ud Lieutenant, Mc- Ureot;or Pink. 2nd Company : lstCni»taln, Edward It. liowcn ; 2nd Captain, John Ulack ; Ist Lieutenant, Simeon Lelievre; acting quarter-master, John I'nnet ; 2nd Lieutenant, H. LeMcsuner. 3rd Company : 1st Captain, W. K. McCord ; 2nd Captain, Andrew Stuart ; 1st Lictitenant, Isaac .U. Eckart ; acting adjutant, A.J. Maxham ; 2nd Lieutenant, E. J. U. Hooper ; rayuiaster, Capt. U. Dupont ; Quarter-master, Jas. Molz ; Surgeoi7 Jas. A. Sewcll, M. D. BOYAL QUEBEC VOLVNTEEnS. Colonel James Baird f GGHi Regiment) command- ing. Major, William A. Hale. 1st Company : Cnpt., A. Campbell ; Lieutenant, Charles C. Shepi)ard, 2iid Company : Captain, J. Dydi; ; Lieutenant, W. A. Cuppago; Ensign, Antoinc Vanfelson. Srd Company : Captain, W. Power ; Lieutenant, Joseph P. Bradley, Ensign, Charles Alleyn. 4th Company: Captain, J. G. Irvine ; Lieuten- ant, E S, Montizamburt ; Ensign, Colin Bruce, ntli Company: Captain, T. W. Lloyd: Liuntcn- ant, Harry Ball ; Ensign, Thomas A Cary. Clh or Hiu'hland Company, [Megantic | . Captain, Arch. McKillop; Lieutenant, P. McKillop ; Ensign ; J. 0. Clapbam. Uniform.— Hob Koy Tartan Trcwa, Scotch bonnet, dark frock coat. Ttn Comiiany : Captain, J. P.O'JIcara ; Licuten- unt, J. H. kirby ; Ensign, Ed. G. Cannon. 8th Company, [Queen's Pets] : Captain, William Uayside ; Lieutenant, A. C. Bucanan ; Ensign, Walter Douglas ; Paymaster, William Kemble ; Adjutant, Thomas ilamilton. Uniform of companies No. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 7, blue loose coat, with red collar, blue breeclies, high fur cap with long ear.s, Tho 8th Company or Queen's Pets wore long blue pea jackets, blue breeches a round fur cap with long ears, and red woolen cravat ; there arms were, horse piiitols, broail cutlasses and a carronade. Tlie writer of this sketch, thougli very vountr at tho time, can well recollect an episode of the great insurrection. It took place at St. Thomas, where resided, one of the most energetic •' sympathizers " of those days. Dr. (since Sir E. P. Tache, aide- de-camp to the Queen). Evidently, in 1837, Dr. Tacho hud not tho slightest inkling that our beloved sovurcfgn would knight hiiu and make of him one of her aide-de-camp ; his denunciations of British rule, or more properly misrule, were loul and deep, he and tho M. P. P. I^tourncuu, Capt. Tetu and others, had been the chief originators of the enthusiastic ye/e clampdrc, given to tho great agitator, Papineau, solemnized with speeches, cannon and cavalry at tho BoU de Boulogne, at St. Thomas, on St. Jean Uap- tisto day, 1837. Though an ardent patriot, Dr. Tachc, the respected village physician, was one of tho warmest personal friends of an uncompromising old Loyalist, a near and dear relative of mine, tho lute Daniel Mc- Pherson, J. P., of St. Thomas. Each day tho eloquent doctor stepped over to treat professionally or enliven his octogenarian friend, Mr. Macpherson, with items of news, My youthful fancy had never yet wit- nessed the spectacle of burning eloquence and patriotic feeling with which Dr. Tache, narrated the heroic death of Dr. (Jhenier at St. Charles, who he said had died "comme un hcros digne de la Grece antique." One of the commanders of the Volunteers, Captain Joim Sewcll, had been commissioned to take steps to watch over the safety of the 43rd llcgt., brought from Halifax to Quebec, in the depth of winter ; the numbed Britishers were packed two by two with a driver in front, in little low sledges, the temperature very severe. They halted at St. Thomas for their dinner, and our house being considered a peculiarly loyal one, a bevy of stalwart sergeants anxious to get as close to the fire as possible, sat me young- ster as I was on their knee, scaring me with their dreadful threats as to what they would do to the "b dy rebels," whilst some of their officers were bountifully pro- vided with bread, cheese and porter by the kind old Scotchman, their host. Neither shall I forget how easy it would have been had there been any " llebs " abroad, to secrete themselves in the narrow woody defiles of Cap St. Ignace, where there was a savane three miles long and to shoot down the helnlcss and frost bitten soldiers, I Wan J who would Ivavo received the bulls before seeing the enemy at uU. But there was no intention to rise— nothing existed beyond a patriotic fervor cither in the br.ast of Dr. Tucho or any one else. Though the Dr. was subjected, to a most unploii- Hunt doinicilary visit,— a search for fire arms and cannon supposed to bo hid- den under a heap of kidney potatoes, in the cellar of his capacious dwelling. The police did find a pair of duelling pistols, for in those days, the doctor was not a man to be without this very indispcnsiblo article of pcntleraan'3 wardrobe, but this "Mons Mo-'O'" * was only six inches Icng and be- lon-^^d, it was satisfactorily established, to, the°br's. juvenile son— the present worthy assistant of the Commissiouer ot Crown Lands. Alas 1 Bobby Symes and you, and Thomas Ainslie Young, you were at fault here ! " The regular troops stationed at this Garrison consisted of a few regiments of the line, among whom the gallant 32nd, Ihcy were immediately ordered to proceed to that portion of Lower Canada where hostilities had already commenced, leaving the strong l" 'tress of Quebec in charge and defence of a volunteer torcc J he militia organization was, as might be expected at that time, very imcomplcto and inefficient ; the roll on paper certainly look- ed very formidable indeed, with a Ion- array of colonels, majors, captains lieuten- ants and ensigns, but their knowkdge of military discipline, tactics and drill, were thoroughly imperfect and useless. JNo SnS o'r muLr of militia had taken place for several years, many ot the men having never handled a musket. When it was decided to withdraw the troops from the garrison, the old country portion of the community were enrolled into companies, and quite a martial spirit prevailed. The first paid corps raised con- sistcd of laborers, mechanics and trades- men, chiefly Irish, and were called the PORK-EATERS, forming a regiment of about 600 strong. I KoTE— The St. Thoma? piece of ordnance had not, like its prototype of Edinbro', m 174o tl^ honor of removal by «\« ^^^^^^'^^^e^' the Tower of London, or Citadel of Queuec. UUus was probably owing to the circumstance thvCit did not '-craclc" like the Big bcotch g^u.- "Secut mons megga crackasset.-'-cDrum- niond'H Macaronics. able, resolute follows, who, on being equipped, at first presented a motley, awk- w'lrd squad ; but after a period of thorough drilling by the non-commissioned officers of the regulars, and subjection to strict mi- litary discipline, they became efficient, and before many months elapsed, present- ed a very soldier-like appoarauco gomg through their evolutions almost as ■well as the regulars, and, had occasion reouired, would have prove a formidable body lor an enemy to encounter. Colonel Irvino had command of this regiment ; and Colon- el Hope, of the Grenadier Guards, was the Commander-in-Chief of the garrison A fine cavalry corps of well-mounted and active young volunteers, under Major Burnet, also served during this pcr>od- The next corps was a unique body ol men called the queen's pets, comprising the seamen and seafaring men who happened to be in the port ot Quebec, and were enrolled under the command ot Captain llayside, a veteran naval officer, well known as the captain of the Montreal and Quebec steamers, and after ^rards as harbor-master of the port. Their umtorm consisted of blue pea-jackets and trowsers, equipped with pistols, cutlasses, and a small carronade. Had they been called into action, either for land or water war- fare, they would have proved a resolute, brave and useful means ot defence. Ihcir services were frequently called into requi- sition, hunting up concealed arms and amunition and disaffected parties, accom- panied by llobert Symes, an acUve and zealous magistrate. The Queen's Pets became, tor a long time, quite a household word. J The next arm of defence was composed of THE VOLUNTEER ARTILLERY, a fine, able set of men, officered like the infantry by young merchants and proles- sional men, who, after being instructed by the regulars, acquired great proficiency, particularly in the art of gunnery, and handled the canon around the battlement walls in a most creditable manner, forming an important branch of the service for gar- rison duty. CITIZEN VOLUNTEERS. This corps was made up of Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 companies ; they were unpaid sol- diers, furnishing their own uniforms— a blanket frock-coat, witdcaps and leggings ot the same material, with red, blue, green, 6 r. ! mid yellow facings. Eiich company was (Hstin^uiHhed by «ome peculiar cognomen, one of wliicii was Hinioua as the Fiuujha- JiaWiijhi. No. 3 RifleH was considered n crack corps of young merchants and clerks, of which the writer was a full private. This company was officered by Captain, now Hon., John Young ; Henry J. Noad. Lieu- tenant ; and William Patorson, Ensign. They acquired great proficiency in drill, especially that pertaining to rifle move- ments and skirmishing. The members of this company now living (alas I how few !) fltill entertain a pleasant regard nnd happy remembrance of their gentlemanly and efficient instructor, Mr., now Colonel, Wiley. THE POT-BELLIES wore composed of Lower-town merchants of the elder class, who turned out manfully on this occasion, and subjected themselves to the drill and discipline of a soldier's life with becoming alacrity and good-will. It was cheering to witness their portly figures as they marched up to the Citadel armory, and received their accoutromerts of black leather belts and cartouch box, with 20 rounds of ball cartridge, and a flint lock « Brown bess." And oh ! the drilling! mark time — form fours — eyes right — left front — dress — such puffing and blowing — excited many a good-humored joke and smile as they moved about their heavy cor- porations at the word of command. The unpaid volunteers were under the command of Colonel Sewell li 111 1: 1 • GARRISON DUTIES. To garrison the fortress of Quebec would require ft force of several thousand soldiers. Those who have visited the Citadel and tra- versed the walls and battlements, and enter- ed through the ponderous gates, can /orm some idea of the vigilance required to guard the several points around the city. But the present mode of warfare h&s cciapletely changed the style of fortificatious of former days, the strong forts on the heights of Point Levi, now nearly completed, being considered as a more efficient means of defence. THE GUARD ROOM to the soldier is a place replete with many an interesting reminiscence, and proves a most welcome resort to the weary sentry, afler walking for hours his lonely round. Here it was that we assembled to receive the orders of tha day, and to bo told oflf to our several duties, some to the Citadel, some to the gates, and other parts of the garrison. Those who have passed to and fro as sentry in the Citadel in winter, when the thermometer murks 32 degrees below zero, can cull to mind the snlitiry hours before being rcliovod — the officer of tho day coming stealthily along — the challenge : " Who goes there ?" " Hounds." " What rounds ? " Grand rounds." " Stand grand rounds and give the countersign." " Pass grand rounds." " All right I " To relievo the monotony of our duties, our companions in arms would gather round and discuss the topics of tho day, or some subject would come up for interesting und animated d'^bate : songs and storytelling continuing far into the night, till, becoming weary, we turn in on tho soft side of the plunks of our bunks, and smk into a profound slumber, till aroused by the beating of the reveille, INCIDENTS. Business was generally suspended, and rumors of various kinds were rife concern- ing the Patriots, both in Upper and Lower Canada, which kept all on the qui vive for the latest intelligence. No lightning then flashed the news over the telegraph wires every minute, as if the events occurring thousands of miles away were within sight and hearing distance ; no railway to trans- port troops in a few hours to the remotest scene of action. ARRIVAL OP THE 43rD FROM HALIFAX. This regiment had received a few hours' notice to start for Canada ; and, embarking in winter vehicles, proceeded to their des- tination, arriving at Point Levi. It was an interesting sight io witness the long string of carioles as they came over the hill of tho opposite side of the River St. Lawrence, and then tho crossing over amidst the float- ing ice, in wooden canoes, with flags gnily flying at the stern — the landing at Quebec — the weary and weather-beaten soldiers as they quietly fell into the ranks, and answer- ed to the roll-call, marching with military precision up Mountain hill to their quarters for a brief rest, preparatory to proceeding to the seat of war. ESCAPE OF GENERALS THELLER AND DODGB FROM THE CITADEL. The sympathy of the people in the United States with the Patriots was very exten- sive ; and no doubt, in many intanccs, really sincere. Their own struggles for freedom and independence ever burning fresh in their minds, naturally leading them to entertain, perhaps, exaggerated notions and mistaken views of the " situation" of their neighbors, caused some prominent parties to aid and 8< sympathiso with the Pntriotn, ODdmen, nrina nnd money were furnished, to dome extent : but want of concert, and the partial intor- foradoo of the United States troops, fruBtrat- tod their designs and aperntimis. Among those who took nn active purl in aHsiMtinB the patriots wore Generals Theller and Dodge, both profusaionul men, who wore tak<'n pri' soners and brought down to Quobcc, and lodged m the Citadel, under sentence of trans- portation. By Homo means communication was kept up freauently during their incar- ceration with French-Canudiun and Irish ratriota in the city. The Grenadier (Juards occupied the citadel barracks, and the friends of the prisoners having convoyed to them florae bottles of beer or porter, strongly drugged, the sentry was induced to partake BO freely that he loll into a profound sleep and they walked quietly out of the place of their confinement to the bastion tower on a dark tempestuous night. Cutting off the ropes of the flagstaff, they lot themselves down on the glacis below ; but, owing to some mistake of preconcerted plans, they found themselves alone, without a guide or direction of any kind, in a strange city ; and after wandering about for some time, met a French-Canadian on his way to work, by whom they were taken to the suburbs of St. Koch for concealment. la the mean- time the alarm had been given, and the guard ransacked the city in every direction the gates of the city being closed, and every person scrutinized as they passed through the wicket ; but the vigilance of the friends of the Generals managed f) protect them from discovery. In the meantime, horses saddled and bridled wore conveyed by the ferry-boat to Point Levi, ready for their escape ; and after remaining for several days in concealment at Quebec, they crossed over tho river in a small boat, and guided to the place of rendez-vous, jumped into the sad- dles, and ridmg' with groat speed, reached the United States in safety. AN ALARM. By a preconcerted plan it was arranged that should any suspicious demonstrations be made by tho Patriots during tho night- time, the sentinel on duty was to discharge his musket, and two discharges of cannon would follow from the Citadel, and one from the artillery barracks at Palace-gate, being the signal for the troops to meet at the rendezvous in fiont of the Parliament buildings. Having retired to bod ono night at my own dwelling, with my accoutrements and "Brown Bosh" placed near my bedside I was aroused at early dawn by tho boomina of cannon i and, hastily doi.ning my uni- form, and taking my guu with fixed bayo- net, proooodod to the appointed rendezvous wliere tlio volunteer troops wore assembled ready for action. Hcouy havir.g returned from a ook-out, reported t\w cause of tho alarm. All, however, wore not, on that mema. rable night, like J. V. P., enjoying that "sweet restorer, balmy sloop," when the ominous guns resounded. Some were most merrily «' tripping tho light fantastic toe," amidst floods of light and beauty, under the hospitable roof of , enjoying wildly, " the ball of the season." " There was a sound of revelry by night And Canada's capital had gather'd then ' Her beuuty and her chivalry, and bright Iho lamps shono o'er fair women and brar© men ; A thousand hearts beat happily ; and when Music arose with its ycluptuons swell, Hoft ayy look'd love to eyes which spako again And all went merry as a mar.iage bell ; ' Hut hush I hark I a deep sound strikes like a rhing knell. Did ye not hear it 7 No; 'twas but the wind Ur the car rattling o'er tho stony street ; On with the dance I let joy bo uuconflned • No sleep till morn, when youth and pleasure meet. To chane tho glowing hours with flying feet Uut, hark i that heavy sound breaks in once more, As if tho clouds Itt. echo would repeat • And nearer, clearer, deadlier than before! Arm I arm ! it is the cannons opening roar. It was not quite " the cannon's opening roar" but the preconcerted three shots the signal of a rising. The horizon appeared all around in a blaze of light. The glare of tho conflagration seen from afar proved to be merely the blaze of a large fire, lit at dawn of day to singe a large pig— killed the day before— in the yard of the Hotel-Dieu, near Palace Gate. The morning was hazy, with a light snow falling, and the sentinel had mistaken the reflection of the blaze for a signal of gene- ral rising of the Patriots. " There were more than one droil incident of this bloodless campaign. During tho winter of 1838, a leading merchant of St. Peter street, Hy. Atkinson, Esquire, when not at his beautiful rcsidcaca 8 I V It spencer Wood, occasionally gmerecJierche dinners to his mercantile friends, in some very cosy rooms he owned, aUj^ aing his office in St. James street — occupied now by the Inland itovenue Office. Surrounded by many choice spirits he had nearly got through all the loyal toasts of the period, tied tans and all, happening to look towards his wharf he fancied he saw a light, around the bright pino deals, &c., and fearing incen- diarism he rushed out noiselessly, in his dress coat, merely taking his cap, but was prompt- ly-seized, by a Volunteer sentry, a brawny Scotchman who spoke with many b-r-r-rs, and thrust him unceremoniously iu his sentry box, despite his protestations of lo) alty. The night TiTas cold and the Laird of Spen- cur Wood soou bcseeched his remorseless cus- todian tu allow him to go on parole, to his office and get his great coat, elso, he would certainly " get his death of cold" bu^ stern patriotism and love of discipline prevailed — so Mr A — seeing his case hopeless, pulled out a valutible gold watch ani presenting it in the hand of the grim Volunteer, said " keep this watch until I come" wont this do? "No said the uncorruptible son of Mars" Do you want to br-r-ribe me ? i^nd in the centry box he thrust his prisoner until released. On the night of the Hotel Dieu ssene, at French Canadian merchant, whoso dwel J- ng was close to the Parliament House, tho rendez-vous in case of alarm, hearing the uproar, and fearing that in the general melee likely to ensue, his throat might be cut, should he be taken for a Tory, attempted to rush to the Parliament House in rather light marching order as to unmentionables, but wearing a portentous looking BuflFalo coat, with a double-barrelled fowling-piece, minus the ramrod, protruding from beneath the skirts ; a sentry had been placed near the door of the K. 0. Presbytery, and hailing her Majesty's portly subject, called on him in English " give the countersign," while Monsieur responded in most emphatic French '* sacre countersign, Je ne le connais pas, je suis loyal." When H. M.'s volunteer opening Monsieur Ic Cure's door said : " Walk in then, in my sentry-box," and Monsieur had to do as he was bid, though the sentry was a well-known lower town merchant and friend of his ; he was released, however, with whole bones an hour later. J. M. LeMoine. Spencer Grange, Christmas Eve, 1872. 1^ ' MlNTSD AT THE BttDOET BOOK AND JOB OFFICE, QtTEBEt'. m t