Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-09-28
sIcLEoD'S TRIAL.

The Oneida IN. ~ wing Oh iuesudy Buys 'Less
ep,ors should be- led to omit early preparation OF
their causes from notice in Of the papers that The
trial of Mcleod would take place on The 2'th INST yes
rJa we are requested to say that there IS no certainty
that he will be tried in the early part OF the circuit and
that parties who desire TO try their causes, shoulo ho
fail TO be prepared for trial
In republisbing this paragraph, the ". I. CONNER
cial Advertiser OF Thursday afternoon remarks:
awe think the public may make up ITS mind Tor an
aconi,tal of the prisoner. From hand the in
forna ton reaches that the commissions sent into
Canada have been returned TO Utica, and opened, and
that the evidence to prove ubI 10 clear and over
whelming. host of unimpeachabe witnesses have &c
established the fact of presence else where on
the night of the Caroline affair." that his participation IN
that affair is out of the question"
rim consequence of the illness Of Chief Justice Mel
SON. Judge Gridley will preside at the trial letter
in The N Y. COMMERCIAL from Utica, 22nd inst, says
aThe most we have TO fear is for the personal safety OF
Nc Leod after he is acquitted have not doubt ne
will be- If he wishes to return to Canada, have rea-
son to believe Governor Seward will adopt those mea
surcs of precauton which will ensure him safe con-
WOW 10 the frontier perceive by your paper OF Tues
day evening, that bad spirit again manIfestlnI IT.
self along the borders II cannot now be lnstgaed by
Lett for he is where he ought TO have been long ago
Gen Scott, if correctly informed, learned sufl-
Gent while on his recent Western tour to satisfy him,
that mischief again brewing, but the steps which
he took | hope will put stop 10 any farther outrage.
No one deues that Lett fred the Great Britain, on
board of which large number of passengers
that he blew up the monument erected to the memory
of braye officer who FELL to he sure, while leading on
an army against US during state OF war; but all who
knew General Brock will say that he was moi only
most honorable man, but who did every thing in
his power 10 assuage the horrors OF war Again, the
attempt to destroy the Welland Canal, by blowing up
its bridges and its cuverts was an act which deserved
the cxecraon of every good man. And with know
ledge of these facts there are papers Which say, ne
I'D hut, n ux
Of our country, and that an accidental one
The Madisonian says, the Department at Washington
is thoroughly informed Of the movements on the From
tier, alluded 10 by its ~ Y Correspondent, who writes,
"There not doubt that the "Patriots on our from
tier and through the interior of this State bent
mischief The recent firing of cannon British
vessels from Navy Island the stealing of guns and pow
der from their repositories, the demonstrations
Mcleod, all prove il. have no doubt that should
Mcleod be acquitted next week, concerted attempts
will be made lynch otherwise mareat him by the
cowardy ruffians who are bent on exciting war be-
tween lie U. S. and England. | trust abundant pre-.
cautions are taken to shead' any such operation
The following Proclamation Of the Chief Magistrate
of the IT, S. is called forth by the circumstances which
have recently ranspred, and in part by their
ion with the Mcleod case:
BIZ the President Of the u S of .7merica.
A PROCLAMATION.
Whereas it has come to the knowledge Of the Go
yerDment OF the w. States that sundy secret Lodges
Clubs or Associations exist the Northern Frontier
tina. the members of these Lodges bound together
BY secret oaths that they have collected firearms anc
other military materials, and secreed them in sundry
places; and that is their purpose 10 violate the laws
their country by making military and lawless incursions
when opportunity shall offer, into the Territories of
Power with which the U. S. are at peace and whereas
it is known that travelling agators, from both sides Of
the line, visit these Lodges, and harangue the mem
bers in secret meeting, stimulating them TO illega
acts and whereas the same persons known to levy
contributions the ignorant and credulons for the
benefit, thus supporting and enrichng themselves
by the basest means; and whereas the unlawful nten
lions of the members Of these Lodges have already beer
manifested in attempts to destroy The lives and property
of the inhabitants of Chippewa, in Canada, and The
public property of the Brth Government there being
Now, therefore, l. John Tyler, President of the u S
do issue this my proclamation admonshing all sncl
evil minded persons of the condign punishment which
certain to overtake then assuring them that the law
of the u s. will be vigorously executed against thei
illegal acts; and that il, in any lawess incurson int
Canada they fall into the hands Of the British auho
rifles they will not be reclaimed as American citizens
any interference made BY this Government in thei
behalf