New-York tribune., 1841-10-11

s;rs N.vv Island some guns were brought 20 oeaf
,,r, -. tr,r, tire Island aa5 treG We went up 10
C,rta;, ,Lers and returaed we went oncN
.i,siv ID a. TO be les, exposed 20 shot a common
.bo, from rhe Island struck and buried IN The oanN
near them q solder picked It up ana gave II 10
NJ Mcleod. wso carried it away they went UP
mile above Chippewa.
Cross-s-amiasE By III Hal.
I, wa. between 10 and IL o'clock wnen they
passed Chippewa going up they were near an
bour ridins lp and down BY Navy Island. Ne
thing material vas elected ~ the cro>s-eNamna-
lon Atits close. the Court adjourned at Aai!-
pastS o'clock.
From The EStra sun.
Fifth Day. .SrrRutY, Ost ;
The Court met at s. o'clock. and llr. Spencer,
in continuation OF the testimony fer the prisoner
stated 10 the court that be would nov offer. II he
had not done - Jetore parole evidence IN addition
.9 the documentary parole evidence 70 Nh9w The
state OF affairs Oh the border abeut the urne oi the
event upon whichlhs prosecution was toundsd'-
He then called 10 the stand
.Jare3 S,0ckiRg. who depo,ed. am brother
20 Samuel Stocking. of this cliy. reside NJ Ma
arara. L. {. In December, 1887. WAS stationed
n, Chinr..vya and commanded regiment OF dra-
goons. was there on the 3Gth o.; that month
know the witness Pre.se He resided opposite 10
me. saw him at Chippewa the 29.h Dec. 1897.
He dined with ms that day and spent the after
noon with hin. 1t was his first appearance AZ
Chippewa knew Mr.. Reyucock. He was my
neishbor He wa, a custom house officer and
often entered goods at his Office. am creditor
OF Ms. and know that he left Canada before the
breaking out OF the troubles think It was IN the
summer.
Crosse Fzqmiae2. i believe there were about
5000 soldiers at Chippewa IN December 3'-in
which month the insurgents took possession OF
NAVY Island. think they evacuated IN January
about three weeks after the burning o; the Caro-
linc. After the evacuation went 90 the island out
ofcuriosity. 4 few military went oyer--how many
.on't snow-to cut down timber. so that in case
the insurgegt, returned there they could be seen
wa, not in the expedition uenstthe Caroline, and
knew nothing of it ull ,he wa. floating down The
river on tire. at which time was in be-. | think
/, was about o'clock, A. VI. saw the Caroline
making tnp between the island and Schiosser
the previous afternoon After the destruction OF
the Caroline another was afterwards running there
blu, the only boat ever there was the Cnro-
line am positive il was the afternoon prece-
ding the destruction OF the Caroline that was
with Mr. Presse. ami walked up with him to lock
ut Navy Island. They were at that time building
battery on the island. | am sure tins was not
On the dav of the evacuation OF the island. / was
not with MIR 2 when he LETT Schosser that after
noon, nor did see him 90. Some time that day
saw the prisoner McLcod-cant tell the hour.
The battery they were erecting on the island was
toward the upper end OF the island, near head
quarters /. was OF large oak timber that had been
brought in ship from England. The CaroIiue
was small boat think larger than vas neces-
.arv for ferry boat. Cannot describe her size
we'll
The battery they were erecting was Is or 20
feet long It not completed nor was any
thing mounted upon it. There was another bat
tery some rods below it, on which a gun was
mounted When visited the Island found there
mad been three batteries and bock-house there,
but tney had been destroyed. There Were no bnt-
teres on the Canada shore except those before
mentioned. The witness here explained to the
court and counsel that the batteries and remains
# batteries he had been speaking of were on the
Canada shore opposite Navy Island, and not on
the Island, the court counsel, and reporters rad
understood him to say ] saw nothing on the
Island ,nat looked like batteries the remain. OF
batteries saw Mcleod on the 18th n. Davis :
tavern walking in the streets. Politically have
raken no part in the Canadun troubles COM
mander OF Dragons did my duty. he witness
now saws that he did see the remains OF battery
on the Isund toward ;he Canada shore, the post
ton OF which showed that somebody had been
there who well understood engineering cannot
say whether the battefie. were standing the a!ter
noon took the walk with AIr. Picsse. The upper
one wa..
To 3l Spencer-Co M'Nabs quarters were
out or 10 rods from Dayi,'s tavern, opposite, in
the same square.
On the evening of the 29th Col NI'Nab sent to
me for arms, and | furnished them. The corps |
commanded had been organised or 10 years.
Mr. Spencer here and said, that the court
having excluded the testimony first proposed
the opening of the deence-that Of national
character-and thereby confined the defence to
testimony benring upon the other branch Of the
detence-to wit, the absence of Mcleod from par
ticipation in the destruction OF the Caroline the
counsel for tho defence had nov brought before the
Court and iury all the evidence they had 10 oHer
IN that behalf aud now closed their testimony and
rested
Prosecution Rcsnnied.
Mr. Hall here offered in testimony the enroll
ment and license under which the Caroline ran
lo,! dated 1T Dec. l337 He then offered to read
ne statement made by the prisoner, formally, be-
toie Justice Bell signed by hra, in the presence Of
his counsel Mr. Brsdly, dug authenticated By the
Justice. No objec;iens being made, the statement
read. 1t wa, in substance that he went with
Capt Graham round Navy Leland, to look out for
tn- Caroline, on the afternoon Of the 22,n Dec
1889 Then returned to Davis, tavern ,yept TO
bed and remained there till or O'Clock in the
evening, and about o'clock left on horseback for
Niagara.
That he rode to Capt lforri.ons 5 that evening.
stopped there that night going to bed about /
o'clock, and remained there till after breakfast
next morning. Before he left, Capt. Morrison
came TO hm in The house, and informed him tha;
Col. Cameron had called and told him that they
mad destroyed I steamboat, the previous night. Al
the Pavilion Hotel he overlook person whom he