The Sun. — London, England, 1841-10-26 00:00:00

MORNING SUN the gentlemens' cabin came up partly through the engine room. It was a narrow, crooked way, and different ! from the companion -way f boats generally. I believe there were only two discharges of fire-arms before I left the boat. I heard several after, and considerable clash ing of swords. There was no firing from 'Ave. Cross-examined by Mr. Spencer--I saw Durfee in the course of the afternoon, when we were running from Navy Island to Schlosser. I don't know• that he went down from Buffalo. I had never known him up to that time. He told me he was a stage-driver in Buffalo. That was my first trip down. I considered if there was any thing to do on board I was to do it. I was not em ployed as a hand. It is customary for boatmen to ride on any boat for nothir , ; but if they are asked to do anything, to do it. I had been a boatman for two years. I went to see what was going on, more than anything else. There were very few on board, seven or eight, perhaps, from Buffalo. We took from Buffalo some bar rels. We took some provisions on board at Buffalo. We went to Schlosser, and took on board some things for the island ; straw, a quarter of beef, a cannon, and boards. A good many men crossed over, perhaps fifteen or twenty. I do not recollect that any were armed. There might have been. In the course of the afternoon I saw one or two muskets in the ladies' cabin. I did not go on the island. There were a good many men at Schlosser, and a considerable stir. I heard some one say the cannon we took was a six-pounder. I heard the evening before that this boat was going down. I still reside in Buffalo. lam not yet a boatman. Frederick W. Emmons, examined by Mr. Hawley— I reside at Buffalo. I was at the inn at Schlosser the night the Caroline was destroyed. The small island in front is called Corner's Island. It is 30 rods from the Schlosser wharf. When the attack was made on the Ca roline I was in bed at the house. By Judge Gridley—The wharf up and down the river is perhaps seventy five feet ; the warehouse occupied thirty cr forty feet of the upper part of the dock, so that it left about thirty-five feet of docking below the warehouse. The dock extended into the river. The lower front of the warehouse was open to enable boats to load and unload ; the upper part was closed ; the floor of the docking constituted the warehouse ; the railroad track was below the warehouse ; there were five or six feet between the railroad and the warehouse ; the floor ing of this docking had holes in it to the water ; there is very little business there, and it is not kept in good repair. By Mr. Hawley—l was roused from bed by some one who said the boat was attacked. We sallied out, and I went partly down to the warehouse. I was not armed. I knew Amos Durfee ; I had known him for a number of years. I went down to the _warehouse after the boat was hauled off. rwent - 'doWn in ten or fifteen minutes after. The row-boats were in sight. I found Durfee on the railroad, twelve or fourteen feet from the river. He was on the dock, between the rails of the railroad. His head lay from the river. I turned him over and recog nised him. There were two or three others with me, and we had a light. He seemed to be dead. I left im mediately after, and went to Buffalo. On examining Durfee, I saw he was shot in the back part of his head. I think Capt. Appleby was with me, and Capt. Haggerty. I think Durfee's cap lay near him. I saw the body of Durfee afterwards, in Buffalo; he was laid out at Baldy's. Where Durfee ray I should think it would be sharp shooting to reach him with a shut from the tavern. I went on board the Caroline, after she was tied up that night, with Durfee. I did not see any arms on board the Caroline. Field, who keeps the public-house, is my bro ther-in-law' and lam much at home there. During the time the boat was attacked, we feared the house would be attacked also, and we looked for arms, but could only find one musket about the premises. When the row-boats cast off from the Caroline, they went in the direction of Coroner's Island and Chippewa. The planks of the floor of the warehouse lay loose. It was not used a great deal. Cress-examined by Mr. Spencer—l resided at Buffalo at that time. I was then at Schlosser only for the night. I assisted my brother-in-law in the inn. I was there frequently fur two or three days at a time. I was not there when the party took possession of Navy Island, which was about the I7th or 18th of December. From that time to the 29th, I cannot say how many days I spent there. I was there three days at a time. There were arrivals from Buffalo, with what I cannot say. They crossed over to the island. The Attorney-General thought the Counsel was tra velling too far in his cross-examinations, when he in quired what other boats carried. Judge Gridley said it was desirable to be as brief as possible, and to ask no more than was necessary to give the jury the history of the transaction. Mr. Spenc - _,r assented, and the examination was resumed. Witness—l sa,vf a piece of ordnance go over in a scow boat, and I saw armed men go over. I was on the island the day the Caroline was destroyed. The musket found at Field's taTern on that night, was discharged once by Captain Keeler. He ran out in the road and fired it off. I did not see which way the gun was pointed. After the Caroline was turned loose she grounded, and remained so until she turned near the water's edge. The stream there is five and a half knots. The current on the Canada side is six, and on the American side about five knots. By a Juror—l saw I)urfee after the gun was fired from the house. •By Judge Gridley—The gun was fired while they were casting the. Caroline loose. By Mr. Spencer—l helped to get the Caroline out at Buffalo from the ice. I do not recollect how many were engaged in cutting her out. I supposed she was to run between Buffalo and Schlosser with passengers. There was a good deal of excitement passing there. I was going down to my brother's that evening or the next day, and that was the reason I assisted. I was not engaged by any one. I did not go to the boat,. but by the railroad, which ran twice a day both ways. I have seen times when the railway could not take all the pas sengers. The cars ran near Field's tavern. I supposed the boat was to carry passengers. I did not know that she was going to Navy Island, nor that she was to pro mote the interests of the - Navy Islanders. By Mr. Jenkins—The man who fired the gun was three or four rods below the main railroad track. By Mr. Hawley—The railroad employs horse power. There have been two boats on the last season, and there is one now ; there was a horse express at the time from Schlosser to Buffalo ; the people who went there went there from curiosity ; there were all sorts of people , there ; Mr. Field was out of health, and I staid two or three days at a time to help him. By Mr. Spencer—He had a great run of custom then. The express, I suppose, was for the press. An invasion of the island was expected from Canada, and they wanted to get information. I did not understand that there was to be an invasion of Canada from the island. They were not strong enough. The express ran from the time the Navy Islanders took possession of the island until the Caroline was destroyed, once a day, I believe. The Attorney-General again objected to this mode of cross-examination. The Court intimated again that the examination should be brief, but as the subject alluded to was part of the examination in chief, and a part of the history of the drama, it was admissible. Mr. Spencer said he had finished, but nevertheless he should insist upon having out the whole truth of the matter. James Field examined by Mr. Hawley—l live at Schlosser, and lived there in December, 1837. I kept the public-house there. I recollect the night of the destruc tion of the Caroline. I got up. I saw Durfee about one o'clock that morning. He was lying on the wharf dead. He lay with his head from the water, partly on his face. I saw the wound. He apeared to have a ball shot through his head. It appeared to have gone in at the back, and come out in front. The orifice was small behind, and bursted out in front. I should suppose he fell where he lay - . He lay about four feet on the dock from the water. There was blood near where he lay. There was not a great deal of blood ; but some night have run through the plank. I saw his cap. It lay partly off. from his r ight ear, by his h ea d. T he perforations in that were the same as in his head ; one behind and one before. I thought the cap was singed. I kept it a year. The singe was at the back, about the small hole. Finally, I gave the cap to a man who ca ll e d himself his brother. I was not on board of the Caroline that day or night. .The people in my house that night were not armed. There was one gun in the house, and that was all. That gun was fired. The man w h o fi red it stood about ten rods from the hou s e. He fired south, or towards the river. He fired at the men who were taking the boat off . Th e boat was then in the stream, but sh e h a d not got to the foot of the isla nd by thirty rods. They were about tea rods below the warehouse. A line from where the man stood to the men who were towing the boat, would go twenty the rods below where Durfee was• Court —The boat was ten rods below th e l i ne By of the store-house, and fifteen or twenty r o d s out in the stream. A N —From the way in which the man fi red By Mr. 11-wie: eet ' rods below where Durfee was, it must have gone try ,. Judge Gridley— I ow Y clo 'ou make that out The witness, on reflection,_ .. ) said the shot so fired, would pass Durfee live or six i rod s• Mr. Hawley —I remonstrated.r with the man for firing the gun. I said it might aggravate them, so that they might come to the house. By Mr. Spencer—l lived week or so before the boat at Schlosser when Navy Island was invaded. It was a was burned. The invaders, I understood, went from Grand Island. There was a good deal eal of pa re-passing after the island was invaded. The land and s n where my hou se stan d s i s a b ou t l e vel. At that time they were carrying men and munitions of war to Navy Island daily. and There was a great assemblage at Schlosser daily and 9 • niehtly Provisions were brought in on wage-cons railroad cars. Th ere were a goo d ma ny pieces of artil lery t a k en over. I cannot tell how many. I had as much business as I could attend to, and I saw only three, I saw a man go over occasionally , should er. with a gun on his The gai l Attorney-Genera a • nation • n objected to eross-exami- The Court th h be bro I oug t the nature of thi s ex p e dition should ug it out. The Attorney. was an General said he conceded that there , .expedition and great excitement, but it had no tothing do r te •i s tl t l ni tohe ease here. Before another forum Mr. Field's might be necessary. Mr. Spencer-117r concede that, it is all we require. The Court hone the nature of the proceedings should be made Examination continUed—l saw beef and other provi sions carried over I er or the Navy Islanders ; the burn which I saw on thgeocna! raa round the hole where I sup • posed the ball had as a quarter ni The hole was singed round, about as big a dollar. The cap was a snuff colour knit or woollen eap () ;. it was a kind of plush. The until the body was not moved turned over when I then saw next rnornin,g ; it was twelve feet north, or-back I was about ten or of e m it a'n when he fired. He fired rather at random. . BY Mr. ll4wley—There wer o c t inilitia ord ere d ou t a b out u • my place. The militi a were ordered ou t unti l a f ter the burning of the Caroline. here were mars h a l s sions and other there to preservether things bein -neutrality. when I spoke o f provi g c anted over to Navy Is/and I alluded to the time both before and after the burning of the Caroline. _ . _ ..... By the Court—The beef, hogs, flour, and cannons, that went over, were some before the burning a.nd some after. One cannon and flour went ever before; two cannons and other things after. By Mr. Spencer—One cannon went over about a week before the burning. I was on the island then. The Attorney-General protested against the prosecu tion of this inquiry further. It was admitted on the part of the prosecution, and was not necessary to this cause. _ _ The Court thought the main facts were material col laterally. It appeared there was a hostile force on Navy Island, which was furnished with materials by the Caro line from this side, but he thought the minute details were not necusary. Mr. Spencer said the Attorney-General took wide ground in his Opening, and if he expected to confine the examination to the single fact that five boats came over, he was mistaken. Judge Gridley said if Mr. Spencer desired it, he would take a note that minute evidence was offered on this point and overruled, so that advantage could be taken of it hereafter. Mr. Spencer said at a future period of the trial he in tended to submit some questions to the Court respecting the strength of the force on Navy Island, the batteries there, &c. The examination was then continued—There was a military force on the Canada shore, and cannonading from there and the island. J. C. Haggerty (examined by Mr. Hawley)—l reside at Buffalo, and resided there in December, 1837. I was on board the Caroline when the attack was made upon her. I was in her when the watch called us. lam a sailor. I sailed a vessel as master that year. I was only a passenger on board the Caroline. I did not pay anything, nor expect any pay. It is a custom among sailor folks not to pay on any boat on which they may travel, they are then called " dead heads," but they are required to assist on a pinch ; William Kennedy was on watch, and he put his head in the ladies' cabin, on deck, and said a boat was coming ; we did not believe him at first, and nobody got up ; he went away for about a minute and then came back, kicked at the door. with an oath, and said we had better get up, or we should be burned up very soon ; two men then got up with me. I went to the starboard stern gangway, next to the river, abaft the wheel-house. I saw a boat full of men—ten or twelve I should think. They were armed. One boat had a man standing upon her. She stood with her head up stream, as the steamboat did. I and the two men stood at the rail next the river, and three pistols were fired at us. One of the men fell. Ido not know who he was. Mr. Leonard, one of the two men, started and went into the cabin. I started to the gangway on the larboard side to go ashore, but I met men with swords and cutlasses, and could not get ashore. They were getting out of a boat under the guard of the steam-boat, and some of them were on the wharf, and some of them were on the steam-boat. I went back to the gangway, between the companion way and the ladies' cabin, to get off at the fore-end of the boat. \\Then I got to the starboard side, I saw a man lie there. The men we ri then in the act of getting on deck. I went forward, and when I got on the forecastle, I heard pistols fired and clashing of swords. I imagined the parties were fighting themselves, and I got a chance to go ashore through the main building of the warehouse. I saw Durfee three quarters of an hour after. He lay on his face when I first saw him. The boats then had gone. I had not been asleep when the attack was made. I had not been aboard more than half an hour. I had been to the Falls, and could get no lodgings. There were five others with me. We went on board the boat to sleep, and lay on mattrasses. I had a pocket-pistol which was not loaded. I saw no other arms. I heard no fire arms discharged from on board before I went to the gangways. I think there could not have been any pistols discharged without my hearing them. I don't know that I heard more than one man speak before I left the boat. As I passed the dead or fallen man I heard one man say, " Give it'em, God d—n 'em." When I got ashore I heard them cursing among themselves. Cross-examined by Mr. Spencer—There was a light which hung in the gangway which led from the ladies' to the gentlemen's cabin. I broke the lamp with a bolt. Some one cried—" Put out the lights." There was a light forward and also in the cabin. That light was on the forecastle, and I believe it was put out too. The ladies' cabin was on deck. The gentlemen's cabin was below. I got ashore as soon as I could. The boats had not got fast to the steam-boat. I saw five of them. Durfee lay ten or twelve feet from the edge of the wharf. His head was farther off. I did not help to get the boat out at Buffalo. There was another boat came down after the Caroline was destroyed. She was called the Barcelona. Henry Emmons examined by Mr. Jenkins—l lived at Schlosser when the Caroline was destroyed. I was awoke by a noise in the house, and an alarm that the boat was attacked. I got down into the road leading to the Falls. I heard a loud noise : there was hallooing and guns were fired. I could not hear what was said so as to understand it. I remained there till the boat was got loose and set fire to ; she was towed off fifteen or twenty rods from the wharf, and ten rods down the stream. They left her, gave three cheers, and rowed up towards the wharf. We thought they were coming to burn the warehouse, but they did riot. When they had gone we went down with a light, and found Durfee. He was eight or ten feet from the boat, in a direction from the gangway, on the railroad which runs to the edge of the wharf. I saw his cap. It is called a Canadian cap. It is of a dark colour. There was not a great deal of blood there. There was one gun fired from the road. I was two or three rods from where the man stood who fired. He fired in the direction of the steam-boat Caro line. The man was thirty or forty rods from the ware , house. The shot could not have gone within seven or eight rods of the warehouse. I saw no arms there more than this gun. Cross-examined by Mr. Spencer—There was a Capt. Lawton, who formerly ran a steam-boat, who had two pistols. I was looking at the Caroline ; and the man who fired went two or three rods from me. The steam boat was then burning. I was looking at the man with the gun. There was a remark made, that if we had arms we could kill some of them without much danger. That attracted my attention to the man who fired. John Hatter, examined by Mr. Hawley—l live in Niagara county. I was at Mn Field's, at Schlosser, on the night the Caroline was destroyed. The gun was leaded with powder merely, and was fired to alarm the company that boarded the Caroline. I did not fire it. I think there was no other gun fired from the house. By the Attorney-General—l was on board the Caro line that night, and I did not notice that she was armed. I was aboard about eleven o'clock at night. Cross-examined by Mr. Spencer—l lived at that time at Lockport. I happened to be at Schlosser. Out of curiosity mostly, there were many there at that time. I had not been to bed. I had been to the Falls with some gentlemen who requested me to walk down with them. We returned about eleven o'clock. The distance from Field's is about three miles ; I had no particular business there, and went to Field's to get lodgings ; there was no chance to get any there, and I went to the boat, but the berths were full, and I returned to Field's; the gun was loaded in the kitchen ; a man brought it from another room, and Mrs. Field brought the powder ; I stood about two feet from the man who loaded it ; I might have drank some that night ; it is very natural for a man to drink a little, but I was sober ; I think I stated the next day that the gun was only loaded with powder; the man who fired the gun loaded it, but Icannot tell who he was. I stated it to se veral persons at the Falls, that the gun was only loaded with powder, and I stated it t o -d a y t o M r . E mmons. I saw the gun fired. It was fired about four rods from Field's house, towards the warehouse. I have stated all I know about it, and I cannot say whether it would not have answered the same purpose if it had been fired at the house, if loaded only with powder. By Mr. Hawley—l was subpoenaed above a week ago, to give evidence on this trial. By Mr. Spencer—l don't know that I was told what I was subpoenaed here fur. Nothing was said to me about the firing of this gun, nor have I mentioned it from the time of the occurrence to this"day. Joshua A. Smith re-examined by Mr. Hawley—l reside in Buffalo, and did in December, 1838. I follow steamboating and engineering. I was on board the Caroline at the commencement of the at tack. I was in the ladies' cabin when the alarm was given ; I had not been asleep but had just laid down on a row of mattrasses, and the alarm was a boat or boats were coming ; I thought it was a false alarm to get us out of our berths that others might get them. In about a minute after they came again in a good deal of alarm, and said there were boats coining filled with armed men; we then got out; I went to the starboard gangway and looked over; there was a considerable rumpus; I went aft tl and saw p eop l e gett i ng on b oar d f rom a sma l l b oat on l river side. There was a gun fired, and some one fell b a y t the m my side who apparently came from forward aft. I , thought h e f e ll from a shot. I was somewhat frightened N l vas we n n o t t acrosst , h n e or boat and went aft, not very slow. e t n E t e g aarrldmdo,were an • of the men to my knowledge. I think armed aauflt was one. When l er w the there were no fire-arms dis charged until aft fd tandhe not ststhensteam-bolt, aemo l .hb t e h o 4 i o n t t h t e h there sailants' boats under Cross-examined by Mr. Sp emnocru,' er : --I wept onboard the boat at Black R oc k dam the - been down befo re th at winter t n „oefore. I h a d no t not know whethe r th e perscei retoreY recollection. I do sailants or of the perso'2,s on fell was one of th e as deal of clashing. board. There w as a goo d By Mr. Fawley —I was one that occasion. of the ' • dead heads" on -.lames H. King, examined by the Attorn e y -General— In December, 1837, I resided i n Buffalo. I of the Caroline steamboat. I was on boardw theon mate 2 of December, 1837. I remember th e attack madeon her that night; I retired to the ladies cabin a b out 8 o'clock, and was asleep when the alarm i was given ; I wa s awo k e by the firing of guns and a noise on deck. I got up, put on my boots and hat, threw my overcoat on my arm, and went out, but armed men shoved me back to the back part of the cabin, where they made me lie down on the mattrasses, and they beat me and stamped up on me ; they beat me with swords and cut and mangled me a good deal ; they asked me where I came from, and a good deal ; they cut my arm as I "fended" o ff the blow with it ; there were fire or six struck me ; th e place was not high enough for them to use their swords much, and my coat saved my arm some. There was noise and confusion, and low talking. As I was lying on the mattrasses, after I was wounded, one ma n came in and said, " roll over you damned Yankee son of a bitch, and give me those mattresses." I rolled over, and he threw the mattrasses through the window. They took a large corn-basket, set the lamp in it, and put the cross-bars from the window upon it and set fire to them, which drove us out. As I lay there one said, " what shall we do with this man —kill him ?" " No," said the other, " take him prisoner." A man then came in who was an officer, and said, " oh, we want no prisoners ; he's we pr ale. etty nleamad rly e t • d dead, lethim go ashore." I was then ld very ov , •e the sentry, but be Rou not THE SUN, LO et me pass. The officer sent a man to pass me. I did not get a very good sight of that officer. I do not know that I could recognize him. I have not seen any man that I supposed might be that man since. I went ashore. I staggered along the railroad track, and my friends met me. Mr. Wells, I believe, was one—and they took me into the house. I had a serious wound on the left arm, and other very serious cuts. I was not aware of arms being on board that night, nor armed men. Cross-examined by Mr. Spencer—l was in the ladies' cabin. There was a light burning in it all that time. All the others escaped when I was in the cabin, as I have mentioned. Ido not know that the basket was the only fire made on board. All mattresses and the bedding were thrown out of the cabin window. I should think there were twenty of the attacking party in the ladies' cabin. I went on shore. The boat had moved then from her moorings. I did not see any one go ashore after me. There was a little boy in the cabin, and I have the impression he was there when I left. He was twelve or fourteen years of age. I helped to get the boat out of Buffalo Creek. By the Attorney-General—l was not acquainted with the prisoner at the bar previous to that time. It was now one o'clock, and the Court took a recess fur dinner. The Jurors, the prisoner, the bar and the re porters, the Court, and the audience retired in the usual order, one class retaining their seats until the other had retired. Never was a Court so well regulated. AFTERNOON SESSION. At two o'clock Judge Gridley took his seat on the bench, and the trial proceeded. Gilman Appleby, examined by Mr. Woods—l reside in Buffalo, and have lived there more than six years. I was on board the Caroline when she was attacked. I took charge of her at the request of the owner, Mr. Wells. I went to bed on board of her that night. I was awoke about fifteen or twenty minutes after twelve. I was alarmed by one of the watch. He came to the companion way, and said there were armed boats approaching. I was in a berth in the lower or gentle man's cabin. I got up as soon as I could. I got my boots on and my vest. I had my pantaloons on. I went to the companion way, with my coat on my arm. The compa nion was in a very narrow passage. One side, next to the engine, was not sealed up. The stairs are winding and very narrow. I attempted to ascend the stairs. Captain Harding, and, perhaps, some others, was a-head of me. A scuffle took place between him and some one on deck, and the door was closed, perhaps by the scuf fling, and shut me in. I remained on the stairs two or three minutes, and heard such expressions as " show the damned Yankees," or " the damned Yankee rebels, no quarter." There was a firing and scuffling. It was one general noise and confusion. I again got to the door, and had got it open about a foot ; a man sprang at it and said " down," and the door was shut in a twink ling, and struck at me with a sword which cut my vest. It went down to my pantaloons, and struck a metallic button, which turned the sword off. I sallied back, and went below. There were a number be hind ire. I had the lights in the cabin blown out, for I expected they would come to search for us when they had done all they wanted on deck. I recollected that I could get through the engine to the deck, and I crept through to the upper, or promenade deck. There was no one on the upper deck, but there was considerable noise on the main deck. I got from the deck to the warehouse. I hung on to it some minutes. When there I heard one say " God damn them, what has become of the six-pounder that was there before night ?" In a very few minutes I heard some one say from near the warehouse door, " Bring a light, God damn them, we may find some of the damned Yankees here." There was no floor nor anything but sleepers. As they searched there I thought I was discovered, and I jumped from where I stood into the water. I went down and was rather strangled. As I came up some one struck me on the back. I got under the pier, and after wards crept out, and made the best of my way to the tavern. I thought at the time I was struck with an oar or a boarditig-pike. Saw the man who gave me the blow with the sword. There was a globe lamp hung at the head of the companion -way. It hung just so that a man could clear it as he got up. I then supposed that man to be the prisoner, Alexander M'Leod. I had had an introduction to him at the Eagle Tavern in Buffalo a week or ten days before. I thought then I knew him. I was examined the day after this transaction at Schlosser, before a Magistrate. My attention was called to this subject the next day, and I told every one I supposed it to be Mr. M'Leod, but it was done very quick, and I might possibly have been mistaken about it. I went to Field's tavern. I after ward's saw Durfee lying on his face, dead. I saw where he was wounded; the ball passed through his head from behind, and came out in front. The brains were blown out. There were blood and brains where he lay. I did not go down there again that night. I believe there were ten of the crew, and twenty-three others on board the Caroline that night; none of them were armed; I beard the report of a gun immediately after the alarm was given, and before I got out I heard the report of other guns; some five or six I should think, but there was a great noise. There was a boy on board called Little Billy. He had been with me in the Constitution on the lake, as a kind of second porter. He was twelve or fourteen years of age. I have never seen nor heard of him since. Cross. examined by Mr. Spencer—We lay at Navy Island when I last saw the boy. There was another boy on board of the name of Luke Walker ; he was on board when we lay up for the night. It was said he was taken to Canada. I have seen him since. Mr. Wells spoke to me about running the boat. I was to run from Buffalo to Schlosser. I volunteered to go until the next morning if he could get nobody else, and I could return by rail road. I had had enough of it in the summer. We did not take much from Buffalo to Schlosser. When I went below there was a lamp in front of the ladies' cabin, in the passage way, and one forward. The one in front of the ladies' cabin was a globe or single lamp. It hangs overhead above the companion way to the gentlemen's cabin. ‘I pushed the door open- about a foot. Outside the door there was not much light. I had not disco vered anybody before 1 opened the door. It was jerked open quick, and at the same instant a sword was thrust at me. I shrunk back pretty quick, and got into the cabin as soon as I could. The transaction was done in a - twinkling. I did not mark the features of the man at that time. It was only a supposition of mine. Ido not now say it was M.Leod. Samuel Brown examined by Mr. Woods—l reside at Canandaigua, Ontario county. I have resided in Canada. I resided at Chippewa in December, 1837. I recol lect the time the Caroline was destroyed. I was at tending bar for Mr. Philo S. Smith. I know Mr. M`Leod. I knew him in December, 1837, arid then had known him three years. I lived one year in St. Catherine's and two years in Chippewa. M`Leod then lived at Niagara, distant about twelve miles. I saw him sometimes once a week—sometimes once a month. He was Deputy-Sheriff of that district, and I have seen him attending Courts. I saw him when I re sided at Chippewa. I attended two or three of the Courts, and saw him at Queenston. I saw Mr. M`Leod at Chippewa. On the evening that the Ca roline was destroyed I saw him once. It was after the Caroline was burned, and where the rails were burn ing. They have a canal cut from the Niagara river to the Chippewa Creek. It is called " the cut," and it is about forty rods long. The Niagara river empties into the cut. Th e r e were many ra il s burning there. I should think, judging from the fences afterwards, there were over a thousand rails burned there that night. I went there from curiosity. Platt Smith was with me. There were people there keeping up the fires. I saw two er three of the boats come into the cut from towards Schlosser. They went up Chippewa creek, and I followed them. There is a tow-path be iween the road and the Canal. There is a highway there. From the centre of the road to the Chip pewa creek it may be two or three rods. There is a road running along the Niagara River, and when it got to where the river empties itself, it runs up to the village. It diverges from the cut. The boats landed ,just below the steam mill on the Chippewa Creek. Three boats landed there. When the men disembarked I was near to them; There were ten or twelve men in a boat. I should say M`Leod was one of them. I was eight or ten feet from the boat. I saw them all get out of the boat. I stood about ten feet from them. Mr. Smith was with me when I came up the canal, I said I would go and see who was in those boats, and I ran to the spot. The men who came from the boats went to Mr. Davis's tavern, which was distant ten or t . .% elve rods. They were talking about the Caroline. There were other persons came to the boats, but I asked no questions. When they got to Davis's tavern, some said, " Let's- go in and take something to drink." There was light in the house, and the door was opened two or three times. The man was there that I call M.Leod, and I don't think I am mistaken about it. I was within eight or ten feet of him when they made a halt at Davis's tavern. He stood about ten feet from the stoop. Persons talked with him. There was a good deal said, and many questions asked. lam as sure that it was M.Leod as that he is now sitting before me. He then went into Davis's. Some of them said our bar tender is here (meaning me), we will go over to Smith's. Five of them went with me. From daylight to sunrise the next morning some one came in and said M‘Leod was standing on the steps. The man that said that M`Leod was on the steps said that AP.Leod was wounded last night at the burning of the Caroline. I said he was mistaken, for I saw him last night and he was not wounded. Two or three said he was wounded. I think it was Peter Smith that spoke to me about M`Leod being wounded. It was spoken of by several. I went over to see if M`Leod had his arm slung up, but did not see him. I asked Davies bar tender if M`Leod was there, and he said he was some where about. When I looked out M`Leod stood on Davis's stoop, near the hall-door. That might have been four or five rods from where I stood. M.Leod had a belt round him, and a sword at his side when he gut from the boat. Cross-examined by Mr. Spencer—l am about forty seven years of age. I went from , Canandaigua to go to Canada. I l e f t t h ere t h e Is t o f September, eight years ago.' I l e f t to go there to ma k e mone y. I did in not run away. I did not go awa y for debt or anything dis honest. I returned to Canan d a i gua April, 1838. I am a farmer. I know Mr. David C. Bates and Mr. Phineas B ates. I went into the bak i ng business at St. Catheri ne ' s. From there I went to Chippewa. I built i me a hou se t h ere, and some part of the time I was u the lumbering business, and some part of the time I was carrying p ass engers from the steam-boats ; I only staid with Smith in the bar six weeks • I commencect there at the time they began on the Island ; Platt Smith re turned with me that night, and a couple of sailors that I did not know. Captain Miller also I believe ; we started together from the front of Davis's,' the sailors were of the party that came from the boats ; I asked them their names, b u t t h ey gave me no other answer than that Colonel Clark would pay their board ; they boarded there two or three days before, and one day after the affair of the Caroline ; the sailors had belts and boarding pikes. I saw men down at the boats. I saw them down at the boats, I knew them. In front of Davis's they DON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1841. asked me if I was going home ; the first day they came • there they gave me their pistols, cutlasses, and blankets. They were there two nights before the affair of the Caroline ; they wore their cutlasses in their belts ; they had their blankets rolled up ; they called for their cut lasses and pistols the evening they came, after supper. They took them and walked out. I saw them again the next morning. Mr. Platt Smith laid them away for them the next morning in the same place where I had put them the day before. They remained till evening again. The sailors then called for the arms, but not for the blankets. The sailors lay up stairs part of the day. I saw them at their meals. The night the Caroline was burned, they took their arms again, and said, "We'll take something to drink, we shall never see you again." The fire where the gaols were burned was a little above thi head of the cut. I thought there were but two boats at first, for they went pretty quick, but when I came up, I saw there were three. It was as late as three o'clock when they landed. I was not absent above three-quar ters of an hour from Smith's. I was absent to see the boat burn. I was not in bed for six, weeks. It was a busy time, and I slept on the counter. I went up to where the big light was to see the Caroline burn. I could see it from the house, but there was not so good a view there. Some thought they saw them on tilt boat, but I did not. I thought they were trees that intercepted our view. I only know Mr. M'Leod and the two sailors that landed from those boats. It was a cloudy night. I should think there was a moon, but I did not see it shine. It was a dark night, but I think I should know a man ten feet off. I (lid not speak to the sailors. I did rot think it was my business to meddle with other people's business. They spoke to me first. Ido not recollect seeing any other light than that at Davis's tavern. I went up within twelve or fifteen feet of the stoop. M`Leod stood up to the stoop. His . side face was towards me. Folks were talking with him. M‘Leod was asked the question how many were on board the Caroline. He said there were a good many. He was asked if any of his own party were hurt, and he said there was only one armed man on the Caroline, and he stood sentry. I don't know how many lights there were in the bar. APLerid stood between me and the light. I cannot tell whether there Was a light out side Davis's bar or not. There was a lamp hung out there sometimes on dark nights. I knew IPLeod by his voice, and also by the light. The light by which I saw M'Leod was inside the tavern. I cannot say whether it was a lamp, a candle, or fire-light. I only saw a light shine through the window, and I stood ten or twelve feet from him. I cannot say how the prosecutor knew that I knew this. I was subpcened last winter to go to Lockport. I don't know but I told this story to Mr. David C. Bates. I don't know that I ever told it to Mr. Wheeler, post master of Canandaigua. Many people have asked me questions about it. When I was lumbering, I was some time with Mr. Walker, and sometime with Platt Smith. After I went home with the sailors that night I laid up their arms. I saw the sailors again the next day. They told me they were going to board on a schooner. They called for their blankets, and said they were going on a schooner. I saw one after and asked him where he " put up," and he said "on the schooner." I never held any conservation with M'Leod. I had seen him at the court-room, and at Niagara, and St. Catherines, and Chippewa ; I have " passed the time of day " with him, but never held any conversation with him. I knew his face best that night. I was satisfied I knew him. I knew nothing about the Caro line. I knew an expedition was got up one night to go round the island. I was not accustomed to run about that time of night, but I then suspected they were going on the island. I knew nothing of the burning of the Caroline until I saw her on fire going down the river. I did not know that the expedition was for that purpose until they landed from the boat. I heard in the evening that there was an expedition on foot. The sailors asked me if they could get in in the night if they came back. I told them they would find me up. I ran down to see who were in the boats that I might see these were the sailors there, that I might go home and let them in. I saw the sailors there, but I did not speak to them. I did not know anybody there until they got out of the boats. They stayed to pick up their implements at the boats about two minutes, and about three minutes at Davis's. Isaac P. Corson, examined by Mr. Woods—l reside at Niagara Falls. I have been there about three years —since September, 1838. I am a builder. I lived in Chippewa from 1833 to 1837-8. I was a master builder there. I remember the time the Caroline was destroyed. I saw a light, but lam not certain that I saw her. My house was about a quarter of a mile from Chippewa. I was in the village that afternoon and evening. I know Alexander IPLeod. I knew him in 1833, and from that time on attending Court ; I saw him the day previous to the destruction of the Caroline at Mr. Macklem's store; I also saw him at Davis's ; he was in the back part of the store ; Captains Drew, ➢lozier, and Usher, and others were with him ; I thought they were taking liquor ; glasses were spread around ; I remained but a minute or so ; the man who kept the store wished me to retire—they had some private business ; his name was Call, I think ; I saw M'Leod again about nine o'clock in the evening at Davis' tavern ; he came out at the bar-room door as I went in. I did not see that he was armed. A man went out behind him, but whether in company or not I cannot say. I saw him again the next morning, between daylight and sunrise, at the stoop of Davis's Steam-boat Hotel ; there was a crowd around him. He was telling some of the exploits on board' the Caroline, and what the performance had been. He was saying he guessed they would not want to see him there again. He had killed one damned Yankee or two. There were many around, and I was listening to one or another bragging of what they had done in the expedition with him. None of them dis puted M'Leod nor said he lied. I might have seen him that day again. I saw him a day or two after that coming up from the north side of the Creek to Kirk patrick's. He had a spy glass. He had been looking over at Schlosser ; there was a gathering there. He talked of the gathering at Schlosser,- and said the Yan kees were a set of cheats, robbers, and thieves, and he should like to be on such another expedition as the Ca roline, and cut out and burn Buffalo. - - Cross-examined by Mr. Spencer_l saw M`Leod when he was taken up at the Niagara Falls. It was last fall, but I cannot say what month. I think it was December. He was taken up for this murder. I understood there was an examination, but I was not present. I was there in the evening, at the Eagle Hotel, when he was there. I was told Squire Bradner issued the process. He was sent to Lockport then, as I was told. Ido not know whether he was discharged by Squire Bradner or committed, but I was told he was sent for to Lockport. When I came up there I was told he was under a warrant, and was to be examined the next morning. I did not appear against him as a witness, nor did I tell anybody that night what I knew about this matter. I appeared before the Grand Jury against him, at Lockport, after that, three or four months after. I don't think he was discharged before Squire Bradner. I heard that M'Leod had a hearing on habeas corpus there, and was discharged and went home. I appeared against him before the Grand Jury in Febru ary. I was at the Falls when he was arrested at Lewis ton. He was there under arrest three or four, perhaps five days. I did not go down. I was not subpoenaed. I did not tell anybody what I knew. I did not want to have any trouble about it. I did not tell anybody until I was taken into Court, no more than what I had told on the other side of the river before I moved over. I moved in September, 1838. I had told there what lie had said about the Caroline. I recollect him being examined before Squire Bell. It was the same fall as he was discharged under habeas corpus. I heard of his examination before Judge Bowen. I did not attend either examination. I kept it to myself on this side. The Captain Usher that I saw was the Captain Usher that was murdered at his own door. I only knew Cap tain Drew and Captain Mozier by sight. It was the 28th or 29th of December that I saw them. I only knew it was that time from the almanacs. I was doing a heavy business, and I kept my books, and put down the dates usually at the foot of my bills. I was engaged three or four weeks making out my bills, off and on. lam well convinced it was the latter end of December that I saw them at Macklem's. It was the day previous to the de struction of the Caroline I saw the fire on the opposite shore: I lived in the Tillage of the Chippewa. I was in at Macklem's frequently. I have seen 11`.Leod at Davis's frequently. I saw him there at nine o'clock that night. I had heard a whisper about two or three o'clock that day, that the troops or volunteers that they were getting up were going round the island or to cut out the Caroline that night. I don't know that M`Lad is one of the troop, but he was among them some time- I did not know one in a hundred that came out of Davis's that day, nor do I know in particular why I noticed AP.Lued then. I did not speak to him. He went towards Macklem's store, and he went off toward the cut. It was as late as nine o'clock. The next morning I was within four or five ' feet of him. I did not speak with him. There were a great many flocking round him. The people that were round him were principally strangers. I think Mr. Wil liam Caswell was there, but I urn not certain. Mr. Cas well is here as a witness. It first struck me this mo ment that Caswell was there. We have talked some little about it. Ca swe ll t o ld me he was subpoenaed as a witness. I think we have talked about seeing M'Leod that morning. By the Court —I cannot say which spoke of seeing M'Leod that morning first. I think I did. I think he said he saw M'Leod the next morning after the burning of the Caroline. By Mr. Spencer—l think Caswell told me M'Leod bragged about being in the boats. We did not fix what he said and the time together. Mr. Hall objected to the witness being asked what another witness had said. Judge Gridley thought it was proper. The witness had said that it never occurred to him till this moment that witness was there, and he also said that Caswell and he had talked on the subject before, and that Cas well told him he was there. The examination was proper to ascertain whether the witness was mistaken, or alluded to some other time. By Mr. Spencer—Caswell resides in Buffalo': By Mr. Woods---;Chippewa was filled with troops and other people. There were 2,000 there. Many were quartered at Davis's. By the Attorney-General—Recently, after the affair, I told several at Chippewa what I bad heard and seen. By Mr. Spencer--I told John G. Davis, who keeps the hotel. Mr. Davis is here as a witness. It being now six o'clock the Court adjourned until fifteen minutes to eig,rht o'clock next morn i ng , and the jurors and others retired with their usual order and re gularity. The prisoner was re-conveyed to Bagg's hotel, where he is kept in the custody of the Sheriff. The pri soner sat throughout the day with bis counsel much at his ease, notwithstanding the strong testimony of some of the witnesses against him. THIRD DAY. (From the Second Edition of the New York Herald of October 7.) We received in time for our last edition the report of the third day's trial of M'Leod up to one o'clock, the hour for the •apses to leave Utica. The testimony is Erect and positive to the fact of the prisoner's partici pation in the Caroline affair. UTICA, WEDNESDAY, OCT. 6. Judge Gridley took his seat this morning at fifteen minutes to eight o'clock, at which time there were but a few officers, lawyers, and reporters, and not a single spectator present. The prisoner was brought in soon afterwards. The Jury were a few minutes later, and then about a dozen witnesses and idlers took possession of the spectator's seat. Charles Parke was the first witness called (examined :)3 , Mr. Wood)—I reside in the Niagara district in Canada. lam a native of Canada. I was raised on Chippewa Creek. I was there when the Caroline was lestroyed. I was attending bar for Mr. Davis. I was here rising three months, commencing about the 10th or 15th of December, on the day on which they first dis covered people on the island. I have known Mr. M'Leod the greatest portion of the time—he has held the office of Deputy Sheriff of the Niagara district. I saw him at Chippewa in the afternoon of the day previous to the night on which the Caroline was destroyed. I saw him pretty much that day, and almost every day for that mat ter. I saw him that day. He went to bed at Mr. Davis's pretty early—before dark, I saw him again after dark. gentleman came aryl asked for M'Leod, and he was shown where lie was. Mr. M'Lcod got up. It was be tween eight and ten o'clock. He came down into the bar-room, and I think he said to Mr. Davis, if his brother should come, to say he had gone to Nia gara. I saw him after he had left the house that night at between Mr. Davis's and Chippewa-cut. It was, perhaps, three quarters of an hour after. There were a good many people along the road. Whether you could consider them in his company or not .I cannot say. He went to some boats tied up at the side of the river. There were from one hundred to two hun dred people there—one hundred at all events. He proceeded up the Niagara river with the boats. I think he got into one of them. He went, I should think, three quarters of a mile up the river with the boats. They had got out of the boats again, and towed the boats up the river to the point of embarkation nearly opposite the lower end of Navy Island. The current is stiff, and they towed the boats to ;et them up earlier. They shoved off from shore, and steered across the river as far as I could see. I remained there an hour, and then returned to Mr. Davis's and went to bed. I left Mr. Johnson, the bar tender with me, up. I have understood he is in Detroit. I have not seen him since the fall of 1838. I saw M'Leod again next morning, about sunrise, or a little after, or a little before. I saw him in the village of Chip pewa, either in front of Mr. Davis's house, or in the square. There were a great many people stirring at that time. There were none very close to him. I do not recollect hearing him say anything. If I recollect right M'Leod had a sword by his side. I believe I saw him again during that day—l think not a great while after, standing on Mr. Davis's platform or stoop. I don't recollect how often I saw him. I have seen him very often since that day. He was about Chippewa a good deal that winter. lie was often in the officers' mess-room. I think I have heard him say something about the destruction of the Caroline. It was two or three days after. I think it was in the mess room where the officers dined. Captain Stennet was one that was there, and Major Cockle of the dragoons. There were four or five of them. He said he had killed a Yankee, or something to that purport. They were conversing in reference to the Caroline. I speak with considerable certainty when I say that M'Lcod got into the boat opposite the lower part of the Navy Island. I have no doubt of it. Cross-examined by Mr. Spencer—When I am at home I live now in the township of Mamfleet, seventeen or eighteen miles up the Chippewa creck ; I am farming and have a family ; I cannot exactly say I own the farm ; it would be a lengthy story to say how I hold it ; I hold it with the other heirs of my father—my brothers and sisters; my age is 29. I attended bar for Mr. Davis something like three months and a half; it was a busy time there ; there was a man named Johnson attended bar there. He was there before I came. Mr. Davis attended some times. The regular number that belonged to the officer's mess was six or eight. There was Captain William Stennett, Lieutenant Caldwell, Captain Lackey, Mr. Cockle, who had some office in the Dragoons, whether Major or Captain I cannot say. I don't recollect the names of the others. There were other guests about the house. There was a great deal of business doing. (The witness was under examination when the ex press left.) FEELING ON THE BORDER.—Several meetings have been held in Vermont, along the line, respecting the re cent abduction of Grogan. Strong resolutions were passed unanimously at Burlington and Alburgh. They were firm, decided, yet calm and moderate. As an in stance of their firmness, and of the feeling of the people in that region, we give one of the resolutions adopted at the Burlington meeting : "Resolved—lf this outrage shall be justified (by the BritiSh) it will be an affront to the nation ; and to the nation we confide the keeping of its honour and the pro tection of its citizens, hereby pledging ourselves to a hearty co-operation, and guaranteeing that fifty thousand green mountain boys, good and true, shall be ready for the crisis." We subjoin the most interesting miscellaneous extracts from the papers, and also the latest commercial news : (Correspondence of the Courier and Enquirer.) CASE OF 3PLEOI). " 'UTICA, SEPT. 30. " I have just been told by a member of the citizens' guard (ten of whom are on duty every night at Whites borough, where APl.cod is confined), that the Sheriff has ordered them to have thirty men fully armed and equipped every day during the trial. The same person informs me that in this county alone there are upwards of 400 Hunters,' who are gradually centering towards this place. " It is rumoured that Captain Appleby, who com manded the Caroline when she was destroyed, has de clined attending as a witness on the trial of 11PLeod. " We learn from the Army and Navy Chronicle, that Commodore Thomas Ap Catesby Jones was appointed on the 23d ult. to the command of the United States squad ron in the Pacific Ocean, and will hoist his broad pennant on board the frigate United States at Norfolk." The Savannah I?epublican of the 27th ult., gives a long catalogue of the destruction of crops, mills, bridges, and various descriptions of property, occasioned by the recent freshet, which extended throughout the State. At Columbus several bridges, mills, and mill dams were swept away. At Forsyth it rained from Wednesday night to Thursday afternoon without intermission. The water-courses were swollen to an extraordinary height and nearly all the bridges destroyed. At 'Washington (Wilks county) the storm was more violent than ever known before ; bridges were carried off, and scarcely a mill remains uninjured. The fields have been swept of whatever grew upon them, and the cotton has everywhere been so much injured as to be entirely worthless. (From the New York Morning Herald of Oct. 7.) HORRID ACCIDENT ON THE WESTERN RAILROAD. We have just received by the Western Cars the follow ing extra:— " Republican Office, Springfield, Tuesday Evening, Oct. 5. " This aftermoon the eastern and western pas senger trains of the Western Railroad, both going at great speed, met in a curve about four miles west of Westfield, and the effects were shocking and disastrous. 'Westfield depot is the place for meeting and passing, but as the train from the west was behind its time, the other train went on, the con ductor hoping to arrive at the next turn-out before meeting the other train. The baggage cars of each train were behind, of course bringing the passenger-cars directly behind the locomotives and tenders. The two locomotives and two or three passenger-cirs of each train were smashed to a complete wreck. The passen gers were jammed and tumbled together in the ruins in dreadful confusion. We are informed that eighteen or twenty have limbs broken, and as many more are severely bruised and lacerated in various ways. Mr. Warren, the con ductor of the train from the west, is shockingly mutilated, but his life is not yet despaired of. The engineer of that train escaped without much injury. Mr. Moore, the conductor of the Springfield train, narrowly escaped by jumping off. Mr. Taylor, the engineer of that train, is badly wounded. A young lady, niece of Major Whistler, is said to be danger ously hurt. Col. Harvey Chapin is much bruised but not dangerously, as is now hoped. The Rev. S. Elliott, an Episcopal clergyman front South Carolina, and family, left here this noon, were brought back to the United States Hotel this evening in sad condition. The ladies were not seriously hurt ; but his two sons were wounded —one scratched and bruised, and the other had his leg broken above the knee. " These are all the particular cases of Which we learn. " We are not sufficiently informed of the circumstances of the sad accident to make any comment. "It is reported that Mr. Warren, mentioned above, died this morning. He was formerly conductor of the steam-boat train to Norwich, subsequently clerk of the steam-boat Worcester." A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT.—The Montreal Herald of the 27th Sept., relates the particulars of a frightful ac cident. It seems that K Narcisse Benoit, a farmer near Three Rivers, L. C., recently went with his wife and her sister, a Mrs. Macdonald, into a mill at Rouville Mountain. The miller having agreed to show them the mill, they ascended to the upper story before him. He lost sight of them for a minute, and was looking for them, when he heard a terrific scream from a small room, in which was enclosed a portion of the ma chinery, and into which strangers very seldom entered. He rushed into the room, and to his astonishment and horror, found both sisters entangled in the machinery. Catching hold of one he endeavoured to pull her out, but to save himself he was compelled to let go. Mrs. Macdonald was drawn through a space less than six inches, every bone in her body being crushed. Mrs. Benoit was also so mangled that she died instantaneously. General Edward Paine, one of the earliest settlers of Northern Ohio, died at his residence in Painesville, on the 28th tilt., at the advanced age of ninety-six. Gen. Paine was one of the first who engaged in the glorious revolutionary struggle.—New York Courier. COMMERCIAL NEWS. NEW YORK MONEY MARKET, OCT. 6, 6 nisi. At the stock board this morning sales were large, and prices were gen era lly b etter . H ar l em declined * ; Pa ter Eon ; Mohawk improved 1 ; Stonington ; _Dela ware and Hudson ; Indiana bonds declined ; Illinois Sixes 1. Sales of Bills on Philadelphia 2i a 3 ; Balti more 2 a 2*. A sale of teas took place to-day, at prices nearly equal to the last. The London market, it appears, has fallen heavily under the latest ads - ices, to the effect that twenty million lbs. was about to be shipped. This enormous quantity was to be paid for in the precious metals. The Comp roller of the State has already advertised for a loan of 123,000 dollars at 6 per cent., redeemable in 1850, to redeem the notes of th 9 Commercial Bank , of this city, which are selling at 5 per cent. discount. The notes will be received at par in exchange for the stock. New York 6 per cent. stock is quoted at 98. RATE OF SALES AT 'TIE STOCK EXCHANGE. $l,OOO Indiana Bonds 1,000 Illinois Sixes, ]870...870......................S 30 45* 10 Shares North American Trust 100 Ditto Mechanics' Panking Association 45 Ditto Stonington, R. Ft. 75 Ditto Farmers' Loan 15 Ditto Untted States Bank 75 Ditto Canton Company... r 28 25 Ditto Paterson Railroad. 30 Ditto Boston and Prov 96* 50 Ditto Long Island 18 Ditto Utica and Syracuse llB 50 Ditto Mohawk R. R. 100 Ditto Delaware and Hudson ... s 3 102 150 Ditto Harlem Railroad SECOND BOARD. 50 Shares Long Island •........b 10 53% 50 Ditto Harlem b6O 14 10 Ditto Delaware and Hudson 2,000 Indiana s3o 47 STATE OF TRADE. There is no great degree of activity in the several mar kets. The following are the sales of real estate :—Four story store and lot of ground known as No. 37, William street, near Wall-street, 42,000 dollars. Surrogate's sale of property on Oliver. street, being part of the real estate of Matthew King, deceased, bounded easterly in front by Oliver-street, containing in front and rear 25 feet, and in length on each side 80 feet, 2,300 dollars. A tea sale was well attended, and, the prices current at the last sale were well sustained. Terms, 6 months, pay able in the city. FLoua TRADE.—This market was very much depressed to-day by the news from Europe. Scarcely any sales made in consequence., Holders would willingly sell at 6 dollars a barrel if large lots were taken. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—We might not have thought it proper to make the deplorable acts of incendiarism reported in another part of our paper the subject of leading com ment. But we cannot leave unnoticed the effrontery of the Times, which, while it still affects to retain some shreds of its old character of enemy of the Corn-laws, inserts the following slander on their .sincere enemies— "from our own correspondent :"—" The perpetration of these diabolical atrocities is attributed to strangers, probably acted upon by the Anti-Corn-law agitation." The Anti-Corn-law agitation is a safety-valve to feelings less dangerous when openly expressed, and directed to a definite object, than when vaguely smoul dering. Those who would stifle the Anti-Corn-law agi tation are only weighting the safety-valve. May we besides suggest that the means resorted to for stifling that agitation in rural districts, have been sometimes of a nature not unlikely to suggest outrages on pro perty, and acts of incendiarism. It is not long since our columns recorded drunken orgies and threatening bonfires as demonstrations encouraged by the tutelary powers of the land against Anti-Corn law ogitators. Why may it not be supposed that the lesson of unreasoning violence which found such apt performers, in some quarters may have left some of those performers with acquired talents easily transferable from one work of disorder to an other ? We do not mean to affirm that Anti-Corn law lecturers are temperate in their style. We do affirm, however, that their propositions arc rather of a nature to effect a divers'en in the minds of their auditors from the blind and spontaneous impulses which men unem ployed or ill satisfied might otherwise be ready to obey. We do not say the Anti-Corn-law agitation is without danger. Denunciation of injustice to multitudes cannot well be without danger to its perpetrators. The Catholic Association was not the safest of all societies. The Bir mingham Union, which, like the former, took birth and gained strength under the Tory Ministers, was a de monstration anything but devoid of danger. The Anti- Corn-law League, which, like all the former ones, owes its existence to the protracted obstruction of necessary measures by the Tory via inertiw, is dangerous in a similar way, and for similar reasons. It is dangerous because it is a combination of wealth and instruction with poverty and discontent in hostility to the predo minant power in the State. It would be idle to deny the danger of every such combination. That such combinations ever should be resorted to by classes of men by character and circumstances the most adverse to demagogue agencies—is the most damning evidence possible against the policy of that party who have forced those whose cause has been advocated, without an ex ception, by every great authority, economical or poll litical—to feel all authority, and all argument, vain to procure them justice. STANDARD.—A great deal of uncalled-for ap prehension has been excited by the accounts furnished by the newspapers of our respective ports, of the bustle and activity which are said to prevail in the Royal dockyards ; and an inference has been deduced there from which has no foundation in fact. During the last few days we have seen paragraphs in the newspapers to which we refer, headed " Increase of the British Navy," which have recorded nothing but the prepara tion of those ships which have been called into requisition by the late wholesale appointments of Lord Minter; and the repair of vessels destined to supply the place of those whose terms of service have expired. The idea of any im• med , ate inc. ease in the British navy has not, we believe, been contemplated for an instant. In the event of a war with America, which Heaven avert ! we could with the present vigorous executive at our Admiralty Board, soon equip ships enough for any immediate ob ject ; and no other contingency is likely to occur to render an augmentation of our naval forces necessary. It happens, however, that the term of service of an un usual number of our ships has either expired, or is on the eve of expiring, and much of the bustle in our dockyards, which has excited so much attention, has accordingly been occasioned by the necessary preparations for the ap proaching demand. We would, however, not be un derstood to offer by this explanation any excuse for the indecent conduct of Lord Minto. 'Whatever demand may hereafter arise for the ships which he commis sioned during the last few days of his official career, in so unprecedented a manner, it is clear that he had no right to anticipate it ; and we now find it acknow ledged by even his own organs, that he was actuated in making these appointments chiefly by his anxiety to provide for such political friends as had not otherwise been rewarded for their services. COURIER.—We do not believe that the annals of this or any other nation—that the irrepressible fury of the coarsest and most exciteable democracy that ever existed in its maddest moments—could furnish a paral lel or approximation to the infamous and outrageous slang with which the landed interests of the country are habitually assailad by the Anti-Corn law League, by its hireling backs of itinerant lecturers, seem ingly &fleeted...to judge from tone and demaancu from the most ignorant and unscrupulous of brawl ing bravoes prowling the streets for bread and a job ; and by a press which lives only by lies and libels, and by pandering to the worst passions of the more depraved portion of the community. Language could not be more closely ransacked for the accumula tion of the vilest terms of reproach and opprobium ; deliberate destruction, lingeringatarvation, premeditated murder, and wholesale assassination of the people, are only the mildest of those forms and phrases of speech in which, as by conventional accord, the agricultural classes are daily denounced by mob orators and mil lionaire millowners, by an unprincipled press, and from desecrated pulpits whesa the fanatical furies of Dissent beat the drum ecclesiastic " of party imprecation. The Leeds Reform Association, presided over by Mr. J. G. Marshall, a flax-spinner in that town, of enor mous wealth, and of wealth in the production of which —as the Reports of Factory Commissioners, not assu redly animated by unfriendly dispositions towards the man at whose groaning tables they feasted sumptuously every day, and still less to be suspected of sympathetic yearnings for the poor and oppressed—the strap, the billy-roller, the misery, and almost the life's blood of factory children entered for so large , a component pro portion—the Leeds Association, presided over by this man, we say, resolved not to be outdone in the manu facture of horrors by Manchester Anti-Corn-law Leagues and lecturers, have lately put forth a manifesto of their own, embodying formally a bill and particulars of indictment, charging what is called the " dominant class," that ia, the landed proprictory of the empire, with a diabolical and systema!ic design to reduce, to decimate, the numbers of the population by aggravating their distress, and delivering them over a prey to famine and pestilence. THE MARKE'T'S.-YESTERDAY. CORN EXCHANGE. Last week's arrivals of English Grain were small, but of Irish Oats fair. The fresh supply was short. Good English Wheat Is. per quarter dearer, and Foreign firm at last quota tions. Barley of good quality sold freely at former quotations. Beans and Peas rather higher. Oats experienced a small im provement in value, with a fair sale. Flour sold readily at last week's quotations. ARRIVALS OF GRAIN IN LONDON DURIN(i 1 AST WEEK Wheat. Barley. titttb. Flour. English 2,8 52 qrs. 4,46.) qrs. I 1,599 Irs , 6,2:2 sat Rey Irish - 11.51'8 , - Foreign 3,740 3,437 1,43 d :1, 07 rls rzzcza fax BOARD OF SFIP . Wheat,Red (old) ..... ....- s. --s. Beans, Small (new) .... 36* rs,. - White (01d)..... --3. -s• - (old) ..---- Red;1841) .. ..... 525. 555. -- Tick (new) SO 32t. ----- Fine ............565. 631. • (old) 16.. ass Superfine ..... .643. €'3s. - Harrow (new) 34,355 . --White (1841)....515. 54 5. ----.-- Fine 605. 6:25. Brank -._Superfine 601 s. Vs. Oats, Feed Foreign free 515. 755. -- Ness Isi.23s. Rye .38s. 40s. - Poland 2tis 32, --New 211, 251. Barloy . -...-- Grinding "Ss 325. - Potatoe -s --g. - Malting 325. 365. -- wew 21..275. Malt 56,. 60, - Scotch 26s 295. ....-. Fine New 625. 65s - Irish 16s, ... 19, 23*. Pease, Grey, New 1.55. 375. Flour Town (per sack)... 565. 625. .......... Maple New .......565. :395. - Seconds 50s. 545. .....--- White .345. 116 s. -.-..-- North Country.... 43 5^ ...--••• B o il e rs .375. 40s. Bran , a. • SMITHFIELD MARKET. 7.. Es. The supply of Cattle was large, the trade brisk, and our quotations were fully supported. The supply of Sheep was rather short. Fine qualities were much in reqnest, 'the mid dling and inferior sorts a good trade. The supply o f C a l ves fPigs was but middling ; fi ne young prequest; other qualities a goo d t ra de. Beasts, 3 , 747 ; Shee p, 23,680 ; w o a r s k s e l l ! s o r were . e r e The much supply in Pigs, 650 ; Calves, 650. Beef, 3s. 4d. to 4s. 6d. , M u tt on , 4 s . t o s s. ; V ea l , 4 s . Bd, to 55. 4d. ; Pork, 4s. to ss. 6d. HOP MARKET. The demand was good for coloury sorts, and full rates were paid; common kinds met with more attention, and priges were -- - -- - firmer. The duty is estimated at 140,000/. The supply has by no means large. TE A MARKET. The ma let was firm, and a Lir business was pany's Gongou, Is. 100. cash. TALLOW MARKET. • • h diffieUlti The market was dull, and former rates were wit r cwt' supported. P.Y.C. on the spot, 475. to 475. Srl• P e PROVISION MARKET. n tell 11% Butter ' in good request, and prices firm ; fine — 0 d ha ,/ per cwt. Bacon sells freely, prime at 61s. to 635.• °P.., done. Cuill' at 58s . to 60s. Lard firm, prime at 745. to 775. pee e^,'" lhe highest Loaf. GoLd Brad may be bad st Sid. P R er e C o w C t iover...sos Efls l PILES OF SEEDS. gew En glish t ri • e ot Pl fr t le ' 4 E d i.j,,k;lii3ell3l6ctloup.llis is 10d- for i ,1, 1 lip , ' Old Ditto Ditto New Foreign Ditto — s s sG s s 80a55PRticeFeGyeirGa5r.a55.17:..r....:Q.....7...:..t...e...r....-.4.-7.;•"425.:: ''...4:51 01,1 Ditto Ditto New White Clover 4 - 1:l s s 65; 72ss''DI)i111,elo'rfosorwfeine.dgiPjr..:.....--:4:50; ;al Old Ditto Ditto —s —s &Ditto, for cruShirig .... . 4E43 New Tre: - oil —s 26s 46s I-Icmv ............ ••••••• 1010! Old Ditto English Carraway 'frfolium Foreign Ditto l4s Oti Wtt , —s 44s 50s Brown Ditto ......... ~., Ic ID VI. Coriander —3 : 4 2 465 4 . : 57408505:wanhaitrey.;.u..F6.t.t.r.rd..8.....u.6...t.1.--- : 40 . 154 rd ' —s —6 Tares ........ .. ........ 6 U. PRICE OF TALLOW, SOAP, 4ke. per 1121 b: 0., 1 1 0 Town Tallow £2 10 6 Melting 5tuff..........' ....s.i . 4 Yellow Russia ... 0 18 White 0 0 0 Graves ...................... ... 5 Soap Ditto 0 0 0 Good Dregs ............... ~... . PRICE OF RAW FAT, per stone of 6110. .. --.... 041 Price of Tallow (as stated by the Tallow Meltors) ........... . tt•' , PRICE OF OIL. sA2 0 Rape Oil, brown, per ton., ............................ .....--... 0 Ditto, refined ..... ............... be 0 Linseed Oil ..... , ............ .... ........................... . ................. ... ie. ........ . 8 1 10 Linsi t akedOe, per ilCak t e e a n t the Mill (per 1000) ............... 1 0 Ita i . 7 Carta •• . COAL MARKET. , ,spoffnatrotpley Ships arrived since last market day, 7J. .• • , L • 2 . 2 6 .... , 18 t Walls End Hetton ....!..• .. ye ; ... . ..-.... 13 t walls Nand 1 eau's Main. l4 It W. E. North Mawr .1. , 7 ° "' .. s o ! Nelson's West Harley l7 0 Wa.is End t emberuin ._•::::...)2.!, Old Tanfield . l4 • Walls End Russ ell's Haw" 0 O. Smith's Pontop .. 14 6 Walls End Stevrart's •••• ..... ge t Shipcote l5 3 Walls End Carad0C...."" . ..." 22 A Wylam Walls E d Bewicseand C. to 3 'Pennant's-Hartiepool;•r .... , it ... Walls End Brown's waits EndeiewabaiL Walls - End .4osforth s s E E n n d d A L d v e c i nw id oo e . c 11. : 7 " .. 1 13 8 Walls" End Heaton Walls End Killmgworth Walis End Newmarch Walls End Perkins Walls l E is . E fi n ra d d ß d e y i l in llti a etton 2 22 2 : 0 : b , coWßly;pcilseix.E..n..d....a....°. ................................................... _ l r: 6 -1 :, Walls End Haswell . ,22 6 Hartley ......................... ....... h a I. ‘ W v al is s EEIS ItTiecehsards°......n..',.l.• ... 9 1 4 1 .' I I , • COUNTRY' CORN MARKW______ Wheat. Barley. Oats. B eaDL to Per Quarter. 3. to s. 2, to a. a. to s. s. to 11. Carlisle Hexham 69 81 Morpeth •5O t 4 28 29 20 21 53 53' •••• 40 Penrith 6B 32 2$ —" ••••• Sheffield — 2t 1 7 ' 35 L A, 50 Winchest, r 56 71 29 32 20 26 40 Per Bushel. s.d. s.d. s.d. s.d. s.d. RA. a.d. V () u I I 0 Carmarthen s. 7 9 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 3 5 h '4 %I . 0 t 60 ':',owbridge 7 9 80 00 4 00 $0 50 $ P - :wansea 176 84 40 44 6 30 5 11 " Per Boll.e g 0 1 11 Barnardcastl 13 01709010 0 4 0 7 4 la g g 0 Durham 13 6 15 6 0 90 59 69 00 " 9O '' 12 0 0 Richmond l2 0 20 010 0 11 0 60 7 410 0 Stockton la 0 196 1 90 90 60 70 90 11 6 0 0 1 "' _CO WAKEFIELD CORN AIARKE r 661. ..gt • • 601118' Wheat, Red, FlOrfollitaluiitTrfoli ...". 634 ' " :clll. fine `,,i,. -- Lin. and Cain. ........ —s. 618 . to fine , dl. ..------ Yorkshire .... e• 615. 1064;• i 6ne ( 1 70. ----- N9hite 5• 64, to • fins. ,---- Foreign fled —s. 61s. to .20. 01, one 36 , ...s. 645. te c..,„ o n e ~ 4 Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk 32i. to .4 , '' . mg.! , 32 5 . to 35 , 0 031 Lincolnshire Yorkshire Wnld . 305. to --I• nom' "" vs. 10 30 e .1 3 Foreign 411 Beans, New - Bo 0 ....... ..... _ .....6. e --- Old Oats, Potato .. . 5. to •pa ....._ ..... j. 10 245. " 5 115 , . --..- Poland ' 5 , to '2 , N• e ; PI F riesland and Small ~ 12d.P 1,03 &eating , ... ... ltd. t ,„. Per 04 Shelling Malt Rapeseed —l.os 34/. 0 4 . .--• NEWCASTLE CORN EXCH ANON. , vofte , Red. 50 1" Wheat, Northumkcrland --- Norfolk and Suffolk .--- Berwick and Scotch Foreign 6 551 3 0 05: f 6 4 6 4 4 5 ,........::: :: eld',.. 0 : 67 :1 603. 640...-.. Rye, Norfolk and Suffolk Foreign 9.95. 361.......... 4 ....s .. sj Barley, Malting, Norfolk and Suflblk 3.is. 405 .....•• .. 4 ...4. s , r Grinding and Feeding 33s. 315. ....• . 0 . 4 .4. ~ Malt, Norfolk and Suffolk s3s t3 s ....... ..„.....11. Beans, Beans, Sinai! „.. ...... 11 . - Tick .... 403. 4'-'5....... "- _,...,4. Pease, White 39s. 405. ...• ~. s, ;„,s, ----- Gray Oats, Northumberland , Potatoe ...... ... 20s. 285......• -•".. -44 .........................••••..... Feed ...1 . : - .5.• Foreign Flour (per sack) 46s. 505..•.••• SCOTCH MARKET o* ni l O. S ' . e t•:. Wheat. Barley. Oats. 8 e .. ........ an'. 'Tslol -- ---•--- --- ---- kbercleen 6O to 70 27 to 28 20 to 24 -- t° 33 31 ),,, $ l/ Berwick 36 53 18 24 15 21 50 so N. 011 Coldstream 4O 52 22 24 17 19 ' 2B , g 6 5 r Cupar (Fife) 46 65 26 31 IS 22 2* , 58 .' I, Dunbar .. . 59 65 25 214 21 24 37 y 9' .° '' Elgin Inverness - Kelso ~ 49 51 24 27 17 20 3 0 4 0 go e Kirkaldy Perth 8:'1. The size of the measure varies throughout tP • . 11 ADDINGTON CORN MARKET',,, ....., r . Wheat. Barley. Oats. • oc :iii First F6s Od 3c , s Od 29s 04 ,j. ed ; ,,,i,v- Second 69s Od 13; I d 25s 6,1 4 ,..."' 0,4 • Third. 604 Od 39s Od 23s Od 4,1 * ' • Average DALKEITH CORN3I.I4UIA9dRKSEIr.: raiOnit Wheat. Bariey. I Oats. ,P, e , 34 0 e 4" ' . 0 .4 ~j First Bls ru 36s 1;d : 30s $d ..'". Od . ...4 V . Second 7Ol Od ;•.2s 6d (t6s Sd — : 04 Third s2s 0,1 24, Ott les 01 ••••• A 1 1 6 GLASGOW CORN 1111 RlCE''' • 0.-' pr . Wheat, per 2401 b. s. d. s. d. British, old 3 3 1 1 00 to 3 31 6 6 B l 7i l t b i; t h a..t . ......................................... ° a t ° L I P ---- new Canada, free — 0 0 Beans, per '-- 9 47- •Y 0 Irish Barley, per 3201 b Scottish ................. e o _ j t o ) English Scottish , Irish 00 0 2 2 257 8 60 6 FoPietaturnsrec.,pable*,erpoometrtilstob2...4.4).......:. , 3: d o ._.... co ; le am FATAL EFFECTS OF QUACK 14 " 1 „ r de i rdr I have in the previous part of this chapter, hat, 94_, 1 Tal jecture as to the annual amount of mortality ftee'"„ e gli which may fairly be ascribed to the agen c Y 4 S," ea t % II empiricism. That it must be great, may 5 3.- t 'der'he' be inferred from the fact that Goverunl i e , ll , il es yearly revenue from the sale of quack eleut, f ," s to 9, tween 50,0001. and 60,0001. The sources °' are the stamps, the duty on advertisetnee.',o fps patents, and the duty on the paper emploYed ieter' so ping up the medicine. Such a quantity ° f doss.K„ it ee medicine cannot be taken without producing that :01 results. Dr. Thornton made a calcula ti°ll „, etO / Tfor years ago several thousand children wer:ciss N killed by a quack medicine advertised sa 0 f' P the Cure of Worms.'—Lights and Shadow!. Lift, by the Author of " The Great Metropolis' g $ If I ° bil l ' SILVER TEA SER • 4 7,0 r ,1b s —T. COX SAVORY, Working Silversmith, 0014. London, seven doors from Graceehurch-street,4l6s iTiejto prices of the following SILVER TEA and C°' 'IWO ° VICES. The Cottage Pattern is plain, standing ?_ the tea and coffee pots with a flower ornament 0 tP O .4 s ev" King's Pattern is richly embossed with Bowers I' The shape of either is ne and elegant. 00 16 . p" COTTAGE YA.TTERN w . ZING ' S n ot s. Strong Silver Tea-pot „At? 0 Strong Silver rrea-iogsla Ditto Sugar Basin 6ln Ditte 'S u g ar Sl ef lb . " Ditto Milk Ewer. 410 Ditto Crea°' Ditto Coffee-p0t..15 0 Ditto C dfee- ;40 .... %t P• Complete ...... ...Z3B 6 c orn_ p sf lete .. 'seri sir A variety of upwards of fifty Tea rad G effe. .4 e /eti fi sr be seen in the Show-rooms, where may be seiect_._est • eh of silver requisite for the sideboard or 91a var i ous 1111100. 'phlets of prices, illustrated by sketches of tfie ictio° gratis, and forwa-ded, postage free, to any par t , n , le e " —T. COX SAVORY, No. 47, dornhill," n " -e from Gracechurch-street. 0 . 1:: nue .T id . ) l il ceDutEehraNt from The bthheaegs rid e Fri e° ,oig subjoined (Copy.) oa. lir lie bor, f " Admirilty , 29th Septezu 10 0 Q, i , " Sir—The annual trial of chronometers in t the so r . S i cae Majesty's Government having now terminatek../Ity tomni mended by my Lords Commissioners of the Ad °3l 7hise_A . o l7° begs just d tmohi Admiralty ttyh7lt acquain t o u 0 nbri s o ft•e e 8 i - you that their Lordships have directed me to plar a4+'. lowing chronometers at thevarious prises sPe cilv- respectively, viz.:— Wi g Dent, No. 1,571 t• 55 g uise o s J , Dent, No. 1,606... ............ 4 0 g a u- e ess .g olc w - Dent, No. 5,621 (pocket).•.•:: 3° fr-11 tu`-'00P " Their Lordships having been pleased, i n order ..0 , 0 superior performance of 1,571, to assign to it sP' 4 . increased price to that usually given. o ot, asC• " I am, Sir, your most obedient ser dr 0 o op!. , " F. BEAUFORT, 111.,,e fie " To Mr. Dent, Chronometer Maker , 82, St r•- t ibj o ,,t tlei Out of 60 Chronometers by various Malath j o ie' ' C a the late trial by order of ;heir Lordships, a 1... cli 0 2 134 1"; above three, with two selected for the Niger i""P sr ho Plt Pr others, enables Mr. Dent to a ffi rm that he belic /e e terel 4, : ol year supplied their Lordships with more nichedCh to th y : use of the Royal Navy than have been fur • In t it any other Maker. th te' te mse dig It affords Mr. Dent additional pleasure to wel stutholl::0. to their Lordships' hi h - 1 • h e l4li. g recommendation t o t o having made a Gold Chronometer , presented to be* te pedition by his Royal Highne ss Prince Albert . NOW o tl • d 0 111 Dent's Lectures on Chron omete rs , Clocks , au re . h'llin', bu t P be obtained at 82, Strand, price one s i 0 0. cow customers gratuitously. 10 Present price of Two-day Chronometers, - --------- BIRTHS• tihi. o e D ani ?! . .Y' Esse°sls ; DX . the lady Of non On Lo t d h g e e, 2 o 2 f d a in so st : at Harrow-on-the -hill, the t 0. 4 ' f ° lll On th is, e 22d inst., Mrs. Thomas Greenwood, 0 ..„ 0, 414 . 4 . n , t o l t r a 2 s 3 o tinst., at York-terrace, the lady " 4 P. ° VI o f . 1 101 l ~ the On the 23d inst., at Leiden House, Esies• Vr • o stero Bax, Esq., of a son. 0 031 On the 24th inst., at Old Ptlace•yard, W T. W. Webster, of a daughter. ------------ W l ' and yi's MARRIED. t he obt Lucy, second 21st inst., at Milford Church, Lynairyttlf:ieAloo., t l o 'rederiek Walter Baker, Al. A.. of St.lfary's,,,, '',., 4 don 10 granddaughterse cpoonfdcdiaouyognfhett.he the Right o ß f i t g h h e t late and granddaughter of the Right Re' Il ißichardclard vvr7ooo 0 1, Lo 0 auughet iiitoov i‘' i t iis o n the 21st st., at St. George's Chore., 0 , of Payne, of London, to Bessy, youngest d Rogers, Esq., of Bristol. ssti.' DIED. , c , . 1 Vi r 11 eb' A On the 14th inst., at Merton Hall, D. i'l,llo. 'PI r.. . younger brother of Rigby Wasori Esq. “. 1 %." A ' A ust . ' ' On the 17th inst., in Store-street, 13L" -- - - wife Frances Walwyn, aged 78. • e the d— 0 On the 20th inst., at Worthing, Carollipn : 00 . e , .. i e'l via - rick Mackenzie, Esq., of Flowerbour n ~". , ° l - 1 1- -1 1 71, te ter of Mrs. Parker Hamond, of Pamper'wo" - 11 'of v --(11$ On the 22d inst., at Chertsey, Sarah, relict Dew, Esq., of her Majesty's Customs, aged B°. 0 01 IP uult1)0 trA°lll Loudon : Printed and Published 1190 Si No. 112, Strand, at TheiSun Oface; . o° ' lir' the county of Atliddl tion , Tueiday, October 26, MORNING SUN 119 76 \ th,