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The embarkation of the troops immediately commenced, and, although it blew hard on the 17th, the whole Regiment were g«l safely on boardthe steam lrigate and bark by »uu-set that evening. Two horses were also safety put on board, notwithstanding there wen- some who had previously deemed it impossible even to embark the soldiers. Besides the Officers of the 65th Regiment, Lieut. Colonel Spark, of the 93d, just arrived from England, and who came over laud to Shediac Lous Halifax, Dep. Asst. Com. Gen. Milligan, who proceeds to take charge of the Tcmiscop..U PoiUge, Lieut. Ingall, 15th Regiment, and Major M’Cord, Quebec Volunteers, both of whom had been sent overland from Quebec, with despatches to Halifax, came passengers in the Medea..'I he voyage was exceedingly iioclemeut, being ill general a succession of storms of raow and severe cold, which the men, although suffeiiug much, bore without a murmur; hi-fug only anxious to arrive in time to put down the vexatious and brutal attacks of a band of ruffian pirates, who were allowed to collect iu hordes on the frontier of a country, at present labouring under the curse 1 of an imbecile Government.
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Kingston Upper Canada Herald
Kingston, Ontario, CA
Tue, Dec 11, 1838
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