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

lie had heard the news | asked what was IL?
He told me purity had cut out the caroline al
! Schlosser and brought her and set her over me
Falls, the night before. first said Mcleod Is
| in our house. Won't Won come up and see him.
| He begged 10 be excused rs he was IN great
hurry. He WINS in Wagon. lie gave me
piece of wood that be sad belonged to the Caro-
! line. asked him for piece, carried II IN anu
cut a piece from it, and then returned the rest
ms he desired. | understood it was got under
the falls | heard several persons that day pas
sing ard talking about it, | and Col. Cameron
served together IN the enme regiment IN spain
and Portugal under The great Duke of yelling.
ton for Ia years. Col, Mcleod was in my cot
tage when Col Cameron at the gate. lie
came | think little past the evening before,
it might have been half past z. He slept in our
paror. He drank tea that night at my house.
He breakfasted in the same room he slept in, at
my house or cottage. Mcleod and myself res
tired about 12 past IL. l left Mcleod with
my family as usual after tea. he ana sat
down about half past 8, | think and had n tum
bier Of todiy. Mcleod had not LETT his room
before saw Col. Cameron. After returning
the piece of wood, went to the paror door.
Mcleod was partly dressed. asked, what do
you think has happened, and told him what Col.
Cameron had said! You don'i say SO, he replied
told him Col. Cameron had told me so. Me-
Leod said ! would TO God had been there.
lie asked where is Archie-l wish you would
tell him 10 get my horse ready. This was a
bout O'Clock. He was pressed not to go until
after breakfast. He remained 10 Breakfast. /
went down to The gate with hn,;-His horse was
there. lie went up towards Chippewa. did
not see Mcleod again until think on the after
noon of the 2ud January following.
Archibal Morr5on-sWorn. Direct examin.
alton. know Mr. Mcleod. have seen Col.
Duncan Cameron several times. He lives in
Toronto, believe. l heard about the Caroline
from my father. was at the gate, end Col
Cameron, about O'Clock, told me TO go up and
tell my father to come down. He wanted to see
him. There was another gentleman with him.
He was in TWO horse wagon. My father went
down to the gate. l went down with him. ]
heard Col. G. tell my father the Caroline was
burnt. Mcleod al the time was in the parlor
o the house. He came there The night before
think before tea. He went away next NOR
ming, think about 8 O'Clock, after breakfast, on
horse back. He went up towards the falls
Mrs Margaret Morrison--Sworn Direct ex-
animation. nm the wife of Lieut.. Morrison.
know Mcleod. Have known him for six
years remember hearing Of the Caroline al
fair in the morning. then understood il had
been destroyed the night before. Col. Gamer
on of Toronto first brought the intelligence 10
the house. | saw a small piece of The boat that
Mr. Morrison had cut off. Then Mcleod was
in the parlor. He came there the night before
about z o'clock. He took tea there that night.
The reason why he stayed 10 tea was that alr
Morrison would not allow him to go away.
They sat up past IL ] was up also. They took
glass of toddy together. went TO bed imne-
diately after Mr. Mcleod and Mr. Morrison. MIR
Mcleod slept in the pan Tor OH stretcher Ia cot)
His boots were taken from the parlor and put
to the kitchen fire to dry They were in ,he
same place in the morning. They were very
dry then. Very wet at night. lie did not leave
the honse after he retired without my knowing
it, or without disturbing the dog. Tho young
ladies' retired at 10 o'clock. The cot was spread
before. / saw him next day about o'clock.
had then been up half, an hour. He was in
the paror when Col Cameron came along. MIR
Morrison told Mr. Mcleod mentioned that he
wished he had been there. He went away i'm.
lredlately after breakfast ! am positive Nc.
Leod was at the house on the night of tue bur.
ming of the Caroline. | saw him return from
Chippewa in the afternoon on his way to Mi
agara. He had canon ball in his hand, which
he said was fred from Navy Island.
Miss Harriet Morrison sworn-Direct exam.
nation am the second daughter of Lieut..
Morrison. was at home in the winter of 81.
| have known Mr. Mcleod ever since year af.
ter our arrival in this country. recoiect hear
ing of the Caroline affair the morning after il
happened. heard my father telling Mr. Nc.
Leod. They were in the parlor. A friend of
his Col. Cameron, understand, told him of 1t.
The frs, l saw of Mcleod was at tea, about7.
retired at 10. He had not retired. l In
the same room with him until retired. The
whole family were in the room. / saw him
next morning at breakfast. He left 10 go to
Chippewa at about 8 o'clock.
Mr. Spencer here read the affidavit Of COL
Duncan Cameron-lo the effect that he thought
it was on the morning after the destruction of
the Caroline that he stopped at Mr. Morrison's
gate in a wagon, and had conversation with
him, but whether any thing was said abou. the
Caroline did not recolect.
John Mclean, sworn.-Direct examination.-l
reside in the city OF New York. first saw Nc
Leod in the month of December, ~, shortly
before the burning of the Caroline, at the A
inerica Hotel in Buffalo. assisted him to es.
cape to the other side. was in the camp Of Sir
A. McNab, and lodged in his quarters on the
night of the 18th Dec. I left Waterloo after
dinner, and drove to Chippewa along the river,
arriving at about 8 o'clock. did not Nc.
Leod that night. 1 enqured for him Of Col.
McNab. l Mcleod next morning.
breakfasted, and between and IL started to
go TO the falls. DR. Foote of Buffalo was with
me. In either going by The Pavilion Hotel at
the falls or near it, Mr. Mcleod passed me going
towards Chippewa.
Jasper p. Gilkinson-sworn. Direct exam.
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