The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1841-05-27

copy 81 us NiM4&aAAsA8 O. 49, $50
Minister r Greet Brisia mar II toE :
rsnuens 81 lie United Slslss. and esFt !
ord e1uaei II . nols "a III. Fez % Mf.
Webster. daifd lie I2gh 81 Marrh. ls4i.
u whieh more hereafter. II
I Tie sfIidasil reiers 70 snd a1opas -
psns shessofs mass 81 publi.hed doeu-
81 III. communicated ID dlffefssi mes :
ssres by Ire Psesldsnt of The Uaised
Ssalrs 10 Congress IN selailsn b. ahf
!. patriot oulbfesk. which weIe Fssd By
Dir. Bradley.
Aitsr reading ihese doeumen's he d..
ssriel attorney II Nlsg.ra rad he demur
rer inrsrposcd on behalf u he people.
|. raises I've points. % siI:--
1. Because il appears b. she return q
he sheriff lhal The prisoner i detained
10 an indictment Tor murder. . which
he has pleaded mi guilty. and lhls Caur'
esnnos investigate The ruth 81 such m
diclm, nj On 81 lie plea thereto.
3. Because lie allegations d lie pilson
e. do moi apply 70 The question u h's y
ability 10 arrest. but exclusively 70 the
question IL his guilt or innocence. which |
i MOI nov before he Court.
3. Ileeause the astark IN The Caro-
line-a bnal owned BY citizen Of Tie
United States. aneu.asssed with he ~
suresn,s. nasigaling ullh license IRON
The Government OF The u. States. and En-
gagged ii lawful business. ~as made willie
she was mooreJ ii Scl.lossef. IN The stale
81 New York. and without The jarisdie.
lion II Upper canads. o. ihs authorities
thereof.
4. Because neilher he Government 81
Upper Canada nor CO.. McNab hsd any
authority 10 send men inlo lills state, and
al acting under their on'ers are Indl,idp.
ally responsible.
5 Because Amos Durfer. for whose
murder The prisoner j. indicted. "a.
G pescea5Ie ciiizen. and had not offended
: seairsl lie laws ol The U. Stale.. or 81
e Ibis STATE; and was killed on The main
! land. Alter lie had lsi, The boat, was flying
q for his life and making no resistance; 90
q that his killing VAS nnl esseniisl 20 M
q sals,y Of lhr province. or The laltillmen
: Of lie object aimed al by The expedition
:. On The second day Of The trial. ih'
!; Cour, room Was. il possible. sill NOR
\ crowded. The evidence eliciied wa
!. conflicting. and no, ., al 70 be dspende
\ spon. Some unimpor.ant prelimlnsr
!, business having been Disposed oil shl
:. morning, tile depasl,lons Of several ~
nssscs were read. and after that SIM
~ official papers. familiar 10 your readers
: in regard To lie expedition sgaIns. u
- Caroline. aud The order under which
- was committed.
= The deposilinns aud official pape'
having heen read. the arguments vi ~
p crunciaI we're commenced. and continue
u; until The morning uf The 10Th.
NJ Tue MLEoD CAsE.--fhe Snprsn
- Court Of New York hiss male The i"llo'
- itg order in this cass:- j..
~ The defendant. who stands charged 7
- Indictment with The crime OF murde
~ having been brought into Court by u
y. y. Sheriff Of the county 81 Niagara. BY
-, writ Of habeas corpus. and motion Ia
- inc been made for his discharge, aud
~, being improbable lhs, the Court VIII
~ able to render lis judgment III the p'
,ro misses a, the present tern.
~. |, is therefore ordered, that The dfle'
s'h anf be commiltei 10 the custody OF
ii" Sheriff Of The city aud county Of NJ
% York until The farther order 81 The ecu
a'e' When the transfer has been made The ~
riff Of Niagara will be no longer charg'
Bile with The custody Of the Defendant.
ON Governor Seward has sent MESA
real to the legislature Of New York. co
The municasing all copies Of correspondent
, to in relsitnn to The M'I.eod case. !
Governor concludes as follows: ~
for Assembly is respectfully ASSURED thse'
u. der no circumstances will any srranI
oly men, or proceedings be entered INTO
and permitted with the consent of THIS deps
an men,, the eifec, of which might be
nder camprumi,, in the least degree. the rig
tier. dignity, or homer Of this STATE"
ring M'LEop. -Agreeably 10 The order
ages the Supreme Court, issued yesteFd'
,r ST Alexander M'Leod was this morn
turn transferred from the custody OF SherIil
the Niagara Coup,y 10 that Of Sheriff Il
most of this city. Al responsibility oil
former in regard to him has now ceas
rarv Until the decision Of the Supreme 70.
rms M'Ieod will be confined in The Ho
n in Of Detention i'm cenre street WI
.om he is a, presently though doubtless
,i,ed will be permitted TO erj"y all reaso
at BILE iudulsencies. This decision, y
n,sh supposed. will not be made until The J
dred term. The question 10 be decided
The whether he shall be discharged. with
,ha, uial. If,he eour, decide Yea. that,
lionel course, will be the end ol the business
,ha, far as the Courts are roncerned; u y
,b,, then his counsel will take an appeal
ed in The Cour. Of Errors the State Ssns
49, II .,i,;,ootalx II necessary. To the