- This corps, now forming under the command of
Major De Salaberry, is completing with a despatch worthy of the ancient
war-like spirit of the country. Capt. Perrault's company was filled up in
48 hours, and was yesterday passed by His Excellency the Governor; and the
companies of Captains Duchesnay, Panet and L'Ecuyer have nearly their
complement. The young men move in solid columns towards the enlisting
officers, with an expression of countenance not to be mistaken. The
Canadians are awakening from the repose of an age secured to them by good
government and virtuous habits. Their anger is fresh, the object of
their preparations simple and distinct. They are to defend their King,
known to them only by acts of kindness and a native country, long since
made sacred by the exploits of their forefathers." - (From the Montreal
Canadian Courant, 4th May, 1812.) Does the sacred fire still burn as
bright? We hope so.
[77] The Hotel Dieu is fully described at page 63 of "QUEBEC PAST AND
PRESENT."
[78] Bouchette's British Dominions in North America, 1832, p. 254.
[79] The practical jokers in our good city were numerous and select; we
might mention the Duke of Richmond's sons, Lord Charles and Lord William
Lennox: Col. Denny, 71st Highlanders; the brilliant Vallieres de St. Real,
later on Chief. Justice; Petion Christie, P. A. De Gaspe, the writer; L.
Plamondon, C. Romain and other legal luminaries; recalling the days of
Barrington in Ireland, and those of Henry Cockburn in Scotland; their
petit souper, bon mots, boisterous merriment, found a sympathetic
chronicler in the author of "The Canadians of Old". Facile princeps
for riotous fun stood Chas.
![Picturesque Quebec, By James Macpherson Le Moine
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[75] Voyage Sentimental - LaRue, page 96.
[76] THE VOLTIGEURS, 1812. - This corps, now forming under the command of
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