New-York tribune., 1841-10-09

NeLeodl am not never saw mm before
.ay him in court Do you knc" LewiS Doat'"
man Or,anaus l.. Munroe, and DAVID "oodih'
,ybo reside in the same town with You DO.
VIVA, Is their character Ii is good. lou wono
b,lisye then, under OATH would you not worid
certainly If they testified 10 the good character
.. Mg. QGimby, wha, would you believe about II !
should believe thev were mistaken, and tnoush
living nearer Qumby, did rot knew him 50 wen
as SO.
What Induced you % take such extraordinary
mains 10 become a witness here w as You alfHd
Mcleod would be convicted | though, Quimoy
would D. wrong ay.dSace against hlm that "as
.H ;n., iat-rest felt IN ". We're not YOU AMI
O,,ir7bv witnesses on tIied At the late term
# the Common Pleas al your Comfy th.aN
49,, -, know Wa we're. cemc 20 think OF It.
For what purpose Was you called As witness
IA M. recoiicct: vas subFooaet on ;vo 90
80, .,,,.,. A. ,h,,t term What did you write 70
Mcleod wrote him that Qaimby ceu.c 9c i7l-
,eacbcd and referred h;nl to ;h- Postmaster. "a
.,.sr IN Mr.. Gro.veaor from the Atorney Gen
sr,, rsr,s.t;ur .hat he deposition Of Vmmoy
r,ient b, taken. II he vas man OF veraclty SH'
could be relied upon. replied when Tue app.
cation Wa~ made % me magistrate % ''Ns
Quirlbvs depo,itor. that be- ~Is not man Oh
good character and could not De rehea upeS ana
the deposition wa, uo, taken 5eturc me. 10 you
defray volr owr expense here a. i witness /
have mus far Have yoi any expectation OF re-
rl.ne-a;ionl I maze assurances from Mr.. SpeH-
cei that NY expense, VII be pa'd-noihng more
We're Won and Qu moy witnesses Tor ;he same part!
in the su;t IN yoHr Common t.caS before 'EoNeh
of I believe We sere on opposite sides. " a.
there any attempt made on that occasion, among
his own neighbours. to ia5pcach Mr.. QHmhy iest'-
roay No such attempt was made hat Is the
ponu'atiou of your town. Some 10 OF l. iRmii'S
How iar does QuiIuby reside from YOU About
niles iov many OF the population OF yoHr
village have you heard speak OF Qaim5y' bad cha
rnctcrl The greater share ct tsem.-Nlr Low
speaks badly of him also my brothers, james aud
Daniel Lott One man in our village differs from
u. What one entire man in your ylllasc! Yes,
sir. one entire man. Do YOU and Qumby range on
the same side in politics No sir. We are polt-
icaIIy opposed.
Lansiag ". Hstm0re. (sworn.)-I i've in
Warren County Pa; know the witness, Smm5y :
have known him three years have heard h'' 'ePu-
atiou spoken sluch Of tor the last SIX months the
reports against him for truth and veraclty are UNI
lormlv bad woulI not believe a word he sad
under saith. unless he VAS corroborated by other
testimony; he has been frequently in courts al
home Is 4 witness.
CroSS-eramiHed,
livs 3 or miles from him; am lawyer;
attended the last term OF the Common Pleas, and
vas engaged in the cause in which Qllmby was a
witness was employed on the side OF the party
70 which his testimony was opposed his testimony
MAS of some importance no witness was called io
impeach him. How came YOU here! | came at
the request Of Alt Spencer, under much the same
circumstances as stated by the lnst witness. Lott
Qunby's own brother speaks haldeSt Of him he
had lawsuit with his brother; nSver knew wha;
Quinby politics were. Have YOU expressed or
do ytu feel any interest rs to the events attending
;he burning OF the Caroline have felt opposed
to the proceedings of the Patriots. but | do not
think ever jusuted the burning OF the Caroline
Dad you ever express an opinion that Mcleod
ought not to be tired do not know that ever
have; might have said | thought it Il matter
which the Government ought to settle.
Samuel Drocn, (recal!ed sy Mr. Spencer :
Did you have conversation, in February last
with David c. Bates, in which you SAID you knew
nothing a5ou, the burning Of the Caroline thai
would do Mcleod good or i'll | do not know
whether Mr.. Bates was present, but when | wa
,uoponaed TO 90 to Lockport to testify, said tc
my broiher,in-law, MIR. Hayward, that if the.
c-uld not find a bill against Mcleod without my
testimony, they could not convict him with it.
recollect no conversation with Mr. Bates.
DaCid C. Bates (swern. u live in Canandaigua
and know the witness Drown. Some time las
winter Drown told me he was subp%nacd to 90 L
Lockport in the Mcleod case | asked him wha
he knew about it He replied that he did no
know that he knew enough about it to do McLeo
either good harm.
CroSS-eramliaea
| know Drown well. He is poor man, and
was difficult for him to 90 10 .ockpori at that time
have known Drown ever since ne was boy.
have never heard his character for truth and vt
racity called into question in II court of Justice
His reputation | have never heard questioned.
Mr.. Spencer.-Wkat is his general reputation
Mr.. Hall objected, and, after argument, tn
Court admitted the question.
Mr.. .SpsRcer.-1ow Is his reputation IN you
community for truth and honestyl For the las
two or three years il has been good. Before tina
it was rather bad
Mr.. HaH-As to Mr. Browns previous bae
character, did it reach his truth or yeracily II,
was reputed dishoncs', and not to be ree'
upon.
4 Jtror.-How long has he lived there Sr
or eight years. When he went to Canada his char
acter had become good and remained so after hi
return from there. think lie lad redeemed hi
reputation TWO ~ three years before be went Il
Canada, and have heard Of no relapse
Dastd II. Seas (,worn) Resides in Canada
now II the British service as captain of ucorpo
lted militia; was the commander of the guard II
Chippewa on the 2glh Of Deccm5cr--it was the
interior picket guard, and cxtesdcd from the Ia
vern OF Da%is TO the lower point Of Navy island
the main guard ended at Davis; The bridge va.
between Dayis's tavern and the place of embarka
ton: from that poin, scnjines were siation-d ih
first sentinel near the place where the party en-
baTkcd on the Chippewa Greek the place OF en-
oarkation very close to the cut where it en-
tered theChippewa: there were a considerable u4n!