New-York tribune., 1841-10-06
sy7yovR CARRIER. called. Examined and

AvasI DARSfs called. Did Ecs aus
Tsoy.s NooSAs, called Challenged Peteih!-
-o-ilv by the Prisoner
Iox,-gAy HowE, called Not o'Present
Ioss,E DAVIS, called. Challenged peremPts-
rilv Nv the Prisoner
.Jo:rPH SErMouE, called. Pesempterily chal-
, ienred br lne Prisoner
lisa D. BABcocx, called Perernptorily chal-
en-ed by tie Prisoner.
EsEK ALIEN. called. Examined and sworn.
STEPHES NoRTHRup, called. Excused &c
count Of i'll health.
LEvs YALE, called. Peremp,orily challenged By
.hc Prisoner.
yoISEr ELLIOT, called. Examined and sworn.
The jury was thus completed al half pas; II
o'clock. 1t consists of Charles o. Curtis, ire
maD.) Edmund Allen, John Mott, Elijah Brush,
Iva Byiagton, William Carpenter, Isaiah Ihurber,
Peter Sleight, Ashgr Allen, Seymour Carrier, kseH
Allen Volney Elliot The remainder Of the Jurors
in Court were discharged until Fnaay morning
/ All persons intending 10 leave the Court Room
/ before adjournment were requested 70 embrace
,his opportunity. The Sheriff was Instructed 10
provide suitable Recommendations for the jury who
! are 10 be kept toge, ,.er until the Trial closes.
Mr. Attorney General HALL rose TO open tae
case 10 the Jar The following IS condensed.
I in mpertcc, summary Of mis- remarks;
l stand before you for the Laws and in the name
Of the People of New-Yoyk to make good before
YOU the charge of Murder against Alexander Nc
T.eod. the prisoner at the bar. The Grand Inquest
has presented MIN as guilty of that black crime.
and it now devolves upon me to lay before YOU the
evidence of hi. guilt. It caRnot be denied that
this trial has created great excitement tse crowd
here assembled is evidence Of that fact. Perilous
to your caths Gentlemen of the Jury, is season
of excitement like this. I alude to your danger
only to warn you against it You 70 consider
nothing but the requirements Of Eternal Justice.
You are to act as though there were one in tins
room but yourselves, the prisoner, and the All
Seeing Eye which regards all. With all beside YOU
have nothing to do
Ny duty, gentlemen, is simple in is nature as 1t
is difficult in its execution. stand here to urge
no evidence, to ask for no verdict. which do not
in my hear; believe to he demanded By Justice and
the laws OF your Country And if, from any innate
weakness or fear of consequences, should fail to
press this cause against the prisoner Justice and
the Laws require, / pray you to exercise the more
vigilance, the earnestncss, in uPkolding and
yindica,ing the majesty Of the Laws. IT, on the
other hand, you should find me pressing the con-
viction Of the prisoner with an ardor and in
ner not consistent with entire justice him. en-
treat you to hold me accountable for my error and
not permit it to prejudice your minds against thai
Justice OF which stand here the humble advocate
The Attorney General here recapituia,ed the sub
stance of the counts in the Indictment They ali
charge substantially that Amos Durtce, citizen Of
tue United States then in the County of Niasara,
employed on board the steamboat Caroline, lying
At the wharf at Schlosscr in said County, was set
upon and murdered by the discharge OF gun o.
pistol, either in the hands of Alexander Mcleod
or of some person OF the party with which he was
engaged in the destruction Of the steamboat aiore
said. on the night of the a9th Of December, 1897
Mr.. Hall entered into rapid review of the oit
cnmstances preceding and attending the crime ioi
which the prisoner il now on trial. He contendei
that the insurgents then embodied on Navy Island
10 more cupablc iAan those engaged in any
other revolution, and the citizens of the United
States violated no law in so doing-that they were
Justly indignant at the recent burnines and slsugh
,ers of ST. Charles and ST. Eustache. and embarked
in their from the same holy zeal iol Freedom
which impe!led Byran to engage in the liberation
of Greece-which induced the great and good La
aye,o 20 peril life and fortune in the holy cause
of American Independence So much III yindica-
ZION of the insurgents or Patriots, who have been
subiectcd to extreme and unjust odium. which
odium is brought 10 operate against this prose
cu,ion.
Mr. Hall detailed the circumstances attending
the destruction of the Caroline. Navy Island wa-
then occupied by Provisional Governmea, and
armed force embodied in declared hostility the
British Government of Canada. l, in the
dead of winter The hundreds employed in sum
rner on the Lakes were now out of business the
farmers had finished the tolls of the season. and
were now enjoying its fruits. All were in a con
di,ion CRAFTY natural curiosity by visi, the
scene OF novel hos;li,es.
/, this state Of things, it Is not remarkable tina;
the proprietor of the small steamboat Caroline
lying at Buffalo, should think to turn the excite.
rnent to profitable account. He did so, by offer
ing her as ferry-boat between Navy Island and
For; Schlosser, the Hearest point of the American
shore.
Be deceived. gentlemen, by the name
There is no Fort there. It's site Is now corn
field. Two houses alone are seen within two miles
One Of these is a tavern, at which some hundreds
Of eager spectators were collected and from this
the Caroline made frequent trips to and from Navy
Island during the day preceding her dcstrnctiOn.