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

men a, the latter place; she then returned
TO SchIosser and let off her steam
Witness reported this to Col. McNab or Capt.
Drew. or both, and suggested The expediency oil
c,,,;no her out To The hes, Of his rccoi ton,
never saw Mcleod at Dtv.s' tavern. The ex-
act number in the expedition under Capt. Drew
was forty-one, in the five boats that made The at
tack There my have bean as manv as tweiVe
in the two boats that were unable 10 come IN sea
son. Took very active part :: sc''ne "c' o''
fire. and was the last man that LETT her alter she
vas on fire. The boats employed was generally
called cutters.
Captain Andrew Dew comm ndcd one Of the
boats. Lieutenant Mccormick another, Christie
nh.r Bill a third Mr.. Gnrdon the fourth, and the
Hon John Eimsley the fifth. The two which dad
not reach the Caroline were under the command
If Messrs Hector AMI Biucrsby. There were
nut a few seconds between the times of the five
boats reaching the Caroline
The boat 10 which tho witness went the
frs, alongside md tho last that left Resistance
was made by the persons on board the Caroline
Some of them had apons; bu. whether all had
bo cannot saw There were firearms; pls
FOL 10 the hand Of one person: who snapped IT al
one Of The crew Of his boat; another had Il gun
or rifle and fired from the bow Of he vessel as the
boat was approaching. tho ball from which pass
ed between Captain Drow aud witness
The persons who fred called out ''iurn up boys,
the coun,ersicn" aud then fired Thinks he "
other weapons in the hands Of some of the crew.
Firearms we're also fired from the direction OF a
white house, and not far from the wharf. probably
at the distance of sixty or seventy yards.
Witness says tina, no cannon were mounted on
the Caroline nor did he any firearms, NUM-
tions of war, or military stores IN any part OF the
boat, besides those seen in he hands of the peo-
pie as before stated. Witness is not sure that a.
ny killed board; one or two were
wounded Of them had a sabre cut: saw no
wound inflicted: every one board the Caroline
driven ashore before she was cast off. Capt.
Drew gave orders to drive al! ashore and hurt
few possible. 10 cast her off from the wharf pre-
vious o setting fire TO her, as to prevent The
possibility Of any in jory being done to private
property shore.
Wi,ness was not on shore, but he ,.inks Mr.
Elmsey and some others were on the wharf: does
not know that any one went into the warehouse:
did not take any articles from the Caroline knew
nothing of her until the ooh OF December: be
first saw her coming down the river when she
was near Buckhorn Island knows family near
Chippewa named Wiscoon, bni not ut that
family was employed as pilot for the expeditions
there was no one OF that me III the expedti"n.
The order given to Capt. Drew verbal aud
private: it was not permission--it was a com
mand
Edpard Zealand. Of Hamilton, knows Aexan-
der Me .eod: only knew him BY sight, until al
ter December, 1887: did not know his name un-
al after that time: was ut Chippewa at the time
Of the expedition for The destruc tion of the Car
aline: is fully satisfied that Mcleod was not III
the boat In which witness was: witness was
board the Caroline, and all the assaIlants:
Mcleod was not one of them.
lie landed "a & hins-er; .here 49," e---i $500
on The dock, but he was not carried there; the
man referred TO, witness thinks met his death dn-
ring the attack thinks the shot which struck hltn
procce dcd from the direction Of tho tavern on
shore; witness thiuks that he could not have been
taken there from the boat without his knowledge.
Did hear any orders given before they started,
but knowing that Capt Drew was in commnnd,
he knew his duty, and acted as III the regular
service.
Cross eramned Up TO the time OF the expo
dtion witness was charge of the boats and sea-
men a Chippewa saw The recounoltcrrng boat
90 round The island previous TO the attack; noticed
the persons in il. a nd from sub<cgpen. Knowledge
Of Mcleod knows that he was one of the party.
Witness ashore at SchossPr TO cut the stern :
fast Of the Caroline, 10 prevent the laurs reach
ing the warehouse. No article - taken from I
the boat except mattress. on which Law Lieut..
Mccormick. and piece of carpeting, which wit =
ness took up to cover Mr. Harris, who had fallen ,
overheard, and was rescued; the CARPET ia
ken for other purpose but to keep Harris from
the weather, which was cold; there no
one on board the boats in the capacity of IDIOT.
To be continued