Southern pioneer, and Carroll, Choctaw and Tallahatchie Counties advertiser. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1840-1842, 1841-02-06

or injured, or even stained, be the consequent
ces what they may. AS the affair of the Car
oline is now more than two years old, have
looked over some letters received by me at the
time from the frontier, from which gather
the following facts, which may be depended
upon, and which are of particular interest Just
at this moment. A short letter, dated 'Scho-
loser, Dec Both, 1872 A. NJ reads thus:
"The facts of the Caroline are these:-Five
boats came to the dock where the boat was
lying, rushed on board killed one man, severe
ly wounding another, and one slightly-a
number missing-boat cut loose and set on
fre-has gone over the Falls with probably
some bodies on board. There were about 80
on the vessel--a number unaccounted for
The action took place at ia this night. Yours
&c" Subsequent letters stated, "Mr. King
mortally wounded; Mr.. Harding Gu, in the
head with cutasS; Captain of the Caroline
wounded--swam ashore; his son, aged four
teen, killed at his side IN THE CABIN" McNab
gave orders 10 shoot every man that did not
wear red cockade The Caroline was crow
ded with visitors, who had come from different
quarters to see an attack that it was rumored
the English were to make the day following
upon Navy Island. Being unable to obtain
lodgings in the town, the Captain invited them
to remain on board the Caroline all night
The cry Of those who boarded the Caroline
was--"No prisoners! no quarters'' Twelve
,Lo 10
and probably went over the Falls in her or
persisted in the flames. At the time of the
cutting out she was moored at the wharf at
Fort Scholosser, and in American waters.
The Legislature of this State being in ses-
sion, Governor Marcy Immediately sent in a
special message, in which he says: "By the
documents accompanying this communication,
it will be perceived that the steam. boat Caro-
line, owned by, one of our citizens, while ly-
ing at Schlosser, on the Niagara river, within
the limits of this State, on the night of the
29th December last, was forcibly seized by a
party of 20 or so armed men, in boats, which
came from and returned to the Canada shore.
"The crew and other persons in this steam
boat, amounting to thirty-three, were sudden
| ly attacked at midnight, after they had retired
to repose, and probably more than one-third
of them wantonly maSsacred."
On the same day the Caroline was cut out
dec. 80, 1887. McNab addressed a letter
to the Distric Attorney for Erie county, in
which he stated explicitly, that he had no in
tention of invading any territory belonging tc
the United States! Gen. Scott lief this city
| for the frontier Jan. 7, 1888, and at once es
tabished Gordon, and soon after the "Patri
OTIS" of Navy Island went home. There wa;
but one ''piece of artillery" on board the Car
olne. and to use on lrishism, that was a pocke
pistol, for which there was neither ball mol
powder.
McNab, in his official account of the cutting
out, stated that the Caroline sailed under Brit
ish colors! This was contradicted at once b,
the Captain of the boat, who swore that NJ
colors were on board of her, except the Amer
lean,
AS we have no news in town, and this !
the aIl-exciting subject, have given you all
can gather now, that can be depended upon
| The mercury is IS degrees now, and a reg
ular rain and January thaw is upon us.
: New York, JAM 7, lS4l.
By the arrival last night of the packet sh
England, Captain Waite, we have some inter
: {os+;pr ;+opos FROM E,rona ord Tondon on