ANNALS OF CLEVELAND

Abstracts 646 - 649
CLEVELAND NEWSPAPER DIGEST JAN. 1 TO DEC. 31, 1838
FOOD & DRINK (Cont' d)
City Coffee House, 21 Water street, when he wi 11 be happy to see his
numerous friends and patrons. John Bennet N. B. Tickets to be had at
the Bar, at one dollar each. (1)
See also Alcoholic Liquors; Groceries & Grocers; Meat
FOREIGN RELATIONS
646 - H&G Jan. 1: 2/4 - "We notice placards for a Canada meeting at the
Court House this evening posted up in the city. An officer from the
camp at Navy Island will be present. Objects of meeting not stated.
Go and see." (1)
647 - H&G Jan. 2:2/3 • Last evening, pursuant to a call posted up about
the streets of the city, at an early hour the Court House was filled to
overflowing by the friends of the Canadian cause.
On motion Mr. J. R. St. John was called to the Chair and Mr. Samuel
Cook assisted as Vice President. T. Ingraham and F. W. Lawson were appointed
Secretaries. After some appropriate remarks by the Chair, the
Rev. M. Willey addressed the meeting in an eloquent speech in favor of
the patriots of Navy Island.
General Sutherland, from the Patriot Camp at Navy Island, was then
announced, and the enthusiastic cheers which welcomed him attested the
sympathy of our citizens with his cause. He laid before those assembled
the condition of the Canadas, their wants and desires, the hopes which
animated them to the struggle for freedom from a foreign despotism.
On -motion of Mr. Briggs. a committee was appointed to report resolutions,
which were read and adopted, and another committee of 21 were
appointed to receive donations for the benefit of the Patriots. The
meeting was then addressed by several Gentlemen ably and patriotically,
and closed by Mr. S1. John with remarks suitable to the occasion. (14)
648 • H&G Jan. 3; ed:2/3 - The news of yesterday from Buffalo creates
much excitement. A dastardly attack was made in the night upon unarmed
and defenseless men, which ended in indiscriminate butchery and the destruction
by fire of the steamboat CAROLINE.
"The burning of the CAROLINE and murder of those on board will aid
the Patriot cause more effectually than all that has hitherto taken place,
and probably will lead the way to such further aggressions on both sides,
as must render the continuance of peace between the two governments extremely
difficult. Farther intelligence is looked for with anxiety, as in
regard to the future state of affairs, much depends upon the occurances
of the next eight and forty hours succeeding the attack upon the
CAROLINE. " (5)
649 - H&G Jan. 4; ed: 2/2 - The excitement in this city is intense over
the British outrages on American citizens at Navy Island; which will be
increased by the report that Mr. Ward, recently of this city, and brother
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