Carnifex Ferry, W. Wa. Here

August 10, 1861, General Floyd, formerly Buchanan’s Secretary of War, was attacked and compelled to retreat by General Rose crans of McClellan’s army. Floyd had superseded Wise in the command of the Confederate forces. The latter failing to obey orders and come to his relief, he was obliged to retire to Big Sewell Mountain. The numbers engaged on either side were small. “ Caroline.” In 1836-37 there was a strong Republican spirit rife in parts of Lower Canada, which culminated, in December, 1837, in an insurrection in Toronto. The leaders fied to the United States, and one, Mackenzie, with twenty-five men, among them some citizens of Buffalo, whom he had persuaded to join him, seized, December 12, 1837, the Canadian Navy Island in the Niagara River, set up a provisional government and i ued paper money. December 26, a party of Canadians cro ed the Niagara and seized, at Schlo er, on the American side, the ‘‘ Caroline,” a steamer in the service of the rebels. Several men were killed, and the ve el was burned. This invasion of the American lines caused great indignation. President Van Buren i ued a proclamation declaring that the neutrality laws should be observed. The New York militia was called out and placed under the command of General Scott, The rebels finally abandoned Navy Island January 13, 1838.