The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1841-10-19

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was on the shore when the expedition embarked,
! and that he did not see Mcleod whom he knew
most intimately. Then every boats crew were
acquainted with each other, and they respectively
testify that Mcleod was not among them But we
will produce before you living witnesses who will
speak of what they know. BY n Mr. Hamilton we
will show that Raynack of whom Wilson spoke
as being present with Mcleod between the 9Th q
10Th of Jan. was absent in Europe, and could not
possibly have been present ut the place and the
occasion described by Wilson. With regard to
Qumby, we will show you that a short time ago
| letter was received by the Postmaster here, from
! gentleman Of responsibility in Warren Co. Pa.
who, hearing Of Quimby's intention to come here
as witness, and knowing his character, wrote a
warning as to his worthIossness; and acting on this
information, wrote to two worthy citizens there,
who have come here to speak Of Qumby's charac-
ter. This Quimby you recoect is the fellow who
J sold his load of hay and went to get payment.
We will then show you further more that Nc
Leod was at Chippewa, in Davlss tavern, on the
day o! the destruction of The Caroline that he
went to bed early, as he was fatigued having been
one of the party who rode round Navy Island. He
| renamed in bed till shutdown, when he rose We
will then show you that he went in company with
Mr.. William Press, then living at Niagara, and
was keeping the "Hamton House, in Hamilton,
Canada, and in his company Mcleod left DAVIS $
tavern and rode to Stanford, about miles distant
in very bad state oil The roads where he get out
of his Wagon, concluding that he would tarry
night with Capt. John Morrison a retired British
officer in Canada. He left Chip pewa in company
with Mr. Press after dark on that day till he got
out and went into Capt Morrisons, and we will
show by that gentleman's evidence, that Mcleod
came to his house; that they sat and conversed till
alb ont midnight that they retired to bed, that he
Capt. Morrison) rose early in the morning was
his custom; that Mrs. Morrison arose; and their
son, little boy OF Is years of age, that the lad
went down to the gate in front of the house; that
he saw there two gentlemen who stopped they
passed and asked the lad 10 call his father; that
Capt. Morrison went down and there found some
one whom don't now remember, with Col.
Cameron who lives at Toronto and is an elderly
gentleman and is not able TO be here; that they
asked Morrison if he had heard the news, and on
receiving his reply in the negative, thoy told him
Of the burning of the Caroline, and gave him as a
trophy fragment of the boat, which they had
10 und in an eddy below the 'Falls"; Capt. Nor
rson returned to the house and found Mr.. Mcleod
at his toilet, and to him he told the intelligence he
had just received; Nc Leod wished to go immedi-
ately, but prevailed on by Mrs Morrison to re-
main for break fast; Mrs Morrison will show this
and also that MIR McLeod's boots which had been
wet, were placed at the kitchen fire where they
remnned in the morning and were put dry by
him; Mrs Morrison also, step-daugher, bell eve,
of Mr.. Morrisons is also here, she is intelligent
lady and she will corroborate the testimony Of he
relatives.
To recur to the testimony ofPress TO show that
lie cannot be mistaken in the day, he says he was
at Chippewa but that winter He lived at
Niagara where he kept public house, and he says
that he took two passengers from his house tina
day-that their names his books and the
compensation he received from them entered on
his cash book under date of the goth December.
But further he will tell you that he heard of the
disturbance of the Caroline the next day a.
bout 10 o'clock--thus fixing beyond all con,ro-
versy, the day on which Mcleod was in his com
pany.
We thus take Mcleod from Chippewa early in
the evening to Captain Morrisons, where he passes
the night. Then in the morning he rode TO the Pa
vion at the Falls, and during that time we have
evidence that hm--but at the Pavilion he
fell in company with person who is here-an
officer of the Provincial Government, and from the
PAVILION he ode with Mcleod 10 Chippewa, con
VerSlnS ABOUT the ueStructlon OF the caroline, and
they reached Chippewa about or 10 o'clock, and
then rode up the Niagara River to where Capt. Ush
lived the gentleman who murdered al his
own door, and while on their journey they
fred from Navy Island one ball falling directly
the edge of the river w hch handed to Nc
Leod when he was returning. Shortly after uav
ing the Pavilion they met gentleman who also is
here-Mr Mclean Of New York, who had spent
the previous night at Chippewa and in company
with another person was riding down the Niagara
River toward the falls when they met Mr. Mcleod,
whom Mr. Mclean we'll knew and had in
Buffalo few days before when Mr. Mcleod was
assaulted there.
Thursday morning.
IAfter the introduction OF witnesses partly to
mpoach the testimony Of witnesses for the prose-
cution, and who stated facts which are repeated be
low, MIR Spencer proposed to introduce documen-
ary evidence to show that our government from
the beginning had regarded this as national mat
pnt nft In I