The following account of the death of Lieutenant Weir is
taken from the Montreal Transcript. How it was communicated, does riot appear ; for neither of the parties implicated in the homicide could have given such a description of the occurrence— ' " After Lieutenant Weir had been betrayed into the hands of the rebels, Dr. Wolfred Nelson ordered his removal from St. Denis hi St. Charles. The person intrusted with this duty was Jalbert, the ex-captain of Weir's arms were forced hack, and his e!hows made List to each other with ropes. Thus pinioved, he ono placed in a cart, into which Janie" t and another man under him, whose name we forget, also mounted, the former armed with a Sword. the latter with an axe ; and they proceeded towards St. Charles. The roads were in so very bail a state that the horse became fatigued, and with difficulty continued at a foot.pace. Jalbert fast ordered the man to get out and walk ; he afterwards got out himself; and finally Ile made a sign to Mr. Weir, who, although he was in so helpless a condition, descended as best he might. Ile had just reached the ground, and was steadying himself with one baud rested on the back of the cart, when Jalbert made a rush behind hint, and plunged his sword into Mr. Weir's back with such violence that it trans- fixed his body. Surprised, writhing with pain, fie/picss I! and influenced by the first impulse of nature, the weapon was no sooner withdrawn than Mr. Weir got under the cart, where he hay bleeding and in agony. After a short conference, the two assassins approached the cart, and commenced a most savage and brutal attack on their victim, one on each side ; the other strikiug with his sword, as the wheel and the position of Mr. We ir gave opportunity. At length the axeman inflicted a severe wound on Mr. Weir's 1. ft side, elute to the hip. Roused by the brutal character of the attaek, and the reflection that to remain where he was would be to die by inches, Mr. Weir crept from under the cart, and regained his legs. Seeing these wretches again advance upon him, he resorted to the only possible expedient left ; and, weak as by this time he was, be raised his right leg, and made a kick at Jalbert. The man with the axe seised the advantage of the moment, and aimed a heavy blow at the Weide of Mr. Weir's head. He saw the blow coming, and instinctively raised his hand. The blow took effect across the side of the head and on a line with the temple. After cutting off all the four fingers of Mr. Weir's hand, the axe laid his skull completely open, nearly severing the' top of the bead. The young man then sunk upon the ground, a dreadful object to behold."
According to another Tory paper, Weir was stoned to death.
The New York :Express supplies the following account of Weir's death, which corresponds with that first given, and is much more pro. bible than the one in the Montreal Tory papers- " Lieutenant Weir came to St. Denis as a spy ; and, by custom, might have been hanged on the find tree. lie was, however, treated with every attention, bat told he must make no attempt to escape. He gave much trouble during the night. In the morning he was put in a Cart, to be sent to Mr. Brown at St. Charles. On the road he sprang out; sad being an athletic ratan, made vigorous fight with the guard. In the struggle, he was necessarily killed, fur the struggle was one of life for life; but to us it was a cause of great pain."
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