Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1841-10-23

/ had embarked. Were you among hem when the V
/ landed? Yes. For what reason? | had one Two
particular friends in the party. md wished TO know
their fate DID you find thcml ibid. Did sou no
tee The party particularly did. DID YOU &c
Mcleod among them? M DID You sec any
/ ihag of the other bnatsy Yes. it was daylight
when .hev came In, | hnk You saw them pass
the beacon light? 1t was Then nearly extinct.
Did they landl They did, bat think did no.
witness them lending. The other party htd gone
| ashore? Yes. Were YOU at Dlvls's tavern du-
! ring that nigh? | was, frequently. and early in
| the morning. Did you Mcleod iherel NJ, |
re me nber seeing him The day before abau, noon,
No. that morning. No. When did you him
mex, day? Abpu, II o'clock. Hheres and
another officer had gone the river opposite Ma
w Island. neur the residence of Captain Ushur.
Did YOU see Mcleod come up there? Whilst
sanding there them bring up cannon.
Who! The people Navy Island; and they
charged the cannon; and, l3oking down the shore,
we saw two or three gentlemen on horseback.
Some said, .Fhat's Col hicNah;'' bat said.
mo, us Mr.. MeLeod.' renamed thero for
some hours, hen the two gentlemen returned
Where The firing? just Mcleod and his
party came up together HID there been any f.
ring tina, dav previous7 Yes the day previous.
Cannot? Yes. They fred at the people on tho
Canada shore? They did. ANY htileds
Mr.. Hal osiect-t Object TO sucn course.
Mr.. Spencer M learned friend seems a Iitile
FESTIVE; surely indulge feeling of smugg Inns
in evidence. hold that full evidence reIa,,ve
10 the conduct Of the occupants OF Navy lsland
IS relevant and apprehend that he Will find it
difficult TO show thai this is not competent evi-
dence. Has he himself proceeded in that way? !
did not Il, all anticipate thai question would be
raised here.
The Cour: said that it had been already deci-
ded that the authority of the Supreme Court must
regulate this trial. With respect TO this cannon
aiding, i, had already been shown, aud the hostile
character of the occupants Of Navy Island was
fully gone INTO, and rendered recurrence to the
operations of the Navy Islanders unnecessary and
illegitimate.
Mr.. Spencer requested his exception TO be no.
iiced TO the refusal Of the Court TO receive his
offer To show that three OF the Canadians were
killed bv the cannon fired from n wy Island
Examination Of ,oitness resumed--Is i, safe
+ to cross at Navy Island III wInfel? Yes. for per
sons accustomed to do Is there ice Schios-
ser SO as intercept tho passage? No. unless
floating from Like Erie. Is II q swift ct,rren,
there? Not strong the Canada Shore
Would a stean,bpa, the river there be n most
powerful auxiliary To the Navy Isanders2
Mr. Hal obi ,c'ed.
The Court ovcrrIed the objection.
1Ir Spencer requested the Court note the
question.
Cross eramined by Hr. HuN--Where is the
place of Your nativity? Canad,. Where? Cald-
wells Manor, forty miles from Montreal Have
YOU resided any where else? In the u Sia!es.
Where? Rochester How ong2 | think went
there IN 1924 and 1898. Were YOU in the a army I?
Yes Where enlisted? was Graughied Where !?
About sixty miles from Montreal, in the Eastern
,rnwnshln In ,rhai rAa.9 Ia 1e2a WA1iI
you go to that place, and where frcmP had
been there many years. How many? From
when was SIX wears old. Ii1w came you to 60
there? Nv parents took What your
occupation III r Rochester? went TO publish
elementary school book. What was ii? pro-
uouuciug dictionary. What turned your aften-
ton to that? Nv property burned, and
sick; and when convalcseent | opened
school, and there originated the book.
The Court remarked tha, ii had frequently Eel,
disposed to stop such Of examination
Ii they were TO have as many autobiograp hies
witnesses. they would not get through for a year.
Examination continued.-"ere you
nected with the Patriot army2 Yes. Are you
captain now? NJ, You were? Yes. La the
armye No; in an Incorporated company OF M.
ltil. or what cnnnty were the guard you spoke
of? They were c1lored men. Had YOU this
company Chippewa? Yes. How did you
ceive your authority? ] was commissioned by
the Gov ernor to take command Of them. Were
there any Indians among them? Yes.
The Court DESTROYS give Mr.. Hall the
utmost latitude in relevant matters; but really
tire sagacity of the Court could not discover any
relevancy in such n course of examination. The
case should be tried in lawyer-like way.
Mr.. Hall proceeded-Where the sentinel
placed at the point Of embarIlatlon
Witness again described the position o. the
tinels. as he had on his direct examination He
was also minuteIy questioned respecting the cha
racter Of the place where the boats embarked
The cross Examination Of this witness was con-
tinued until The recess Tor dinner, but nothing Of
importance elected, except that the day
after the destruction of The Caroline, al about /
O'Clock in the morning, the witness saw Mcleod
on horseback. coming toward Chippewa, from
some place down tie river.
Sir Allen " Mc-Na6-Resijes at Dlndurn.--
This is the name of his seat Hamilton. IN
the Gore district A body Of militia was assem-
bed at hippewa, IN December 1887, and Janu
airy, 1888, TO the humber Of between two and
three thousand, to repei an expected attack from +
rebels and others assembled on Navy Island, and
On the American shore near SchIosser They