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Newspaper
North American
Location
Swanton, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1841
Page
2
A Niagara Chronicle snippet notes Lewiston visitors last week including a Handy, once a major and later a general, who led men armed with knives and bayonets after swearing to untruths at Mr. McLeod's examination. The fragment references a North American context and a charged scene.
The May 1842 Montreal Ward election devolved into violence as British troops faced Liberal opposition. Gunfire wounded and killed civilians including Chauvin Billet and Languedoc, while officers McIntosh and Temple faced murder charges but bailed. The piece condemns British actions and predicts further conflict amid political tensions between Reformers and Tories in Canada.
North American report from Swanton January 96 1841 describes Alexander McLeod arrested for involvement in the Caroline affair. It notes Mr Fox the British minister in Washington demands McLeod’s release arguing government instruction, while President Van Buren rejects the demand. The piece laments the diplomatic standoff and hints at possible military response, including the 98th Regiment moving on Lewiston Lockport jail. It also defends McLeod’s arrest as an American legal matter and criticizes British conduct and Canadian patriots.
A Boston Herald report recounts an alleged British backed assault near Madawaske on three American travelers Thomas F. Templeton George Cady and John H. Kenwick. They suffered physical abuse threats and a gunfire wound as British soldiers halted their passage amid disputed territory tensions. A depostion was sworn and Sir John Harvey notes British troop reinforcement to Mada weska to support civil authorities and to protect magistrates Rice and McLaughlin, amid ongoing frontier hostilities.
Governor general letters warn of unauthorized actions by British forces off the coast of Africa. The Salem brig Tigris, under Captain Frye, was seized at Ambriz with cargo including coffee and cotton. The incident sparks calls for government response and tensions with Britain over slave trade suspicions and American traders’ rights.
Row over boundary between Vermonters and Canninnia parties ends in Vermont victory amid reports Canadians planned to cross into Vermont and burn a resident’s home. Source Troy Budget.
A reader disputes Doctor Quesnel of Lace dials claims about the burning of a dwelling at Pointe a la Mule. He asserts flames began in a cellar heap of pee straw behind the kitchen and accuses Quesnel of fabricating parts to shield volunteers. He cites Major Berton of St John as the officer nearby and calls for a proper investigation by Governor Thomson and the Radical party.
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