New-York tribune., 1841-10-11

,ed ,bs, believed Lieut. Eln-ley OF ta's wharf 2;
SctI,..er bur with how many, or whether oreeTed
ri r5,card Zealdnds's deposition havcknown
Alexander Mcleod since 1886; knew MS person
= Dee. 1897, bu; did not know his name was
one of the party that destroyed the Caroline; |
.en, in Capt. Drew's boat; ever
board Mcleod was not on board The rest OF
the deposition comedies generally WIKI that 0;
Harris some additional particulars however were
sworn To; he saws no saw the dead man 81 the
dock; don't know where ne wa shot; thinks he
received his wound from gun tired from the iay-
ern; several shots were ar.d at Us from the tsy-
eern.
The Court here adjoursed til 3 quarter to 2 to
morrow morning.
YIN. s. Lights (derosiuon.) Va. ia Mr:
Elm-leys boat; saw every per.oa in the boat
was IN Alexander Mcleod was not one OF them,
nor did see min that evening am - years
OLE raised the Doet- that ! went on with,
for Mr. Elmsley and consequently knew everyy
man; did not return in the same uoa; ! went
over IN nor did the other. the night was clear
can tell whether there was moon; resistance
was made oy the crew OF the Caroline they were
armed with pistols and cu;lasses; gun
fired from the Caroline at Us before Ne came up ~
aer; | carried of d sword that ! found lying on
tho deck ! vas fred al from the shore while cast
/ ing of the fast. The rest OF the deposition coin
cIded with tae other two, : to tho expedition, al
tack, return, &c.
RoJert Ar,nour's (depo.ition) | am . years
old FIRST knew Alexan-er Mcleod the first OF
Dec 1887; went il Mr. Elnsley's boat Alex
ander Mcleod wa. no; in tia; boat boats start
ed } ros.ed the riyer; 3 attacked tie Caroline
and TWO lay of in the stream. The rest similar
to the Others.
Join Gordon deposition Know Alexaader
Mcleod commanded one OF the boats tina; Went
on the expedition to burn the Caroline; Alexan-
der Mcleod was not IN ny boat; / saw Every man
/ that went in my boat; | first knew of the plan Of
DESTROYING the Caroline abou; jwO hours before
the expedition started; did not know every man
| in nv boat mar did observe particularly the faces
Of each; know Of no person Of the name OF Nc
Leod in the expedition. The rest not material !
Christopher Biey's (deposition.) Was COM
manaer of one OF the boats that DESTROYED the
| Caroline; Alex. Mcleod vas not in II: did not
see him at all that evening; was himself on board
the Carolonc at SchlosSer throughout the time the
! British had possession OF her and active III
destroying her; saw him at Chippewa day or
TWO before; never had any concert or conversation
with Mcleod on the subject; there seven
boat, and nine men in each; no more or less in
ether five boats with iorty-ive men reached the
Caroliae his and eight others returned
with him the watch the Caroline demanded
the coner-ign and then fired believes other shots
were fred from the Caroline, several OF the
,alan,s were wounded did not himself wound or
ire at any one saw one man wing dead the
dock az British did not g. on shoro except to
cast OIL the boat none OF them into the
house heard three rifles fired from the tavern at
the assailants.
Hamilton q. O'R-iHy, deposition Was
of the assailaats of the Caroline; or Capt. Beirs
boat has known Mcleod nine years; Mr.. Hall
calle aitenti N to the fact that this witness had
been ali owed to read the dispositions of the other
Canada witnesses before giving lis owntestimony
ne did not ask lis exclusion he wished the cir
cumstance to have its proper weight witness
knows that Alex. Mcleod was not il the boat with
nm: does not know whore he was when the expe
dtion started but did not see him either on the
Caroline or going or returning did not know what
vas the object OF the expedition until after it had
started, and was then told that the Caroline would
probably be found at Navy Island; knows two and
believes third OF the assailing party were wouHd
I'd wheR III. boats came near the Caroline, the
watch challenged twice thrice, and SAID - Give
the couniersgn or II fire = believes hc did fire
accordingly; will not sny that more than one shol
was fired from the Caroline; never heard from
Mcleod or from any that he Mcleod had
any thing to do with the destruction OF the Caro-
line.
Shepherd nc Cormick, (deposition.) Saw Nc
Leod for the first time the night (29th) before
the destruction of the Caroline witness wa, the
second man who boarded the Caroline: was
wounded did not see Mcleod at all tha, night
and am positive he was not OF the party; Mcleod
either before or afterward was brought back dis
abled (having been wounded Jus; after boarding
the Caroline and recollccts nothing about the
turn, disembarking, or what took place aftrward,
as he was carried up to house nearly insensibie.
and did not leave his bed for three months the
steamboat wa, defended by those board hei
with swords aud firearms; several shots were tirec
by them witness was desperately wounded anc
believes ho killed his as.ailant (with sword-cutl
mmediutrly did not go ashore, nor did any OF his
party.
Frederick Clererly, (deposition.) Resides in
in London. L. c.; knows Mcleod first saw him
on the night of the 2Sth Dec. 1887 ; knows that
Mcleod went round Navy Island the morning
3c the 29th has never seen him since; HIM
self one OF the expedition, in Capt. BEERS bout
was all over the Caroline; saw nohing of Mcleod
there saw the men land from all the boats thar
reached the Caroline Mcleod was not among
them saw all the persons embark on the eHpe-
diion Mcleod was ROT one of them; knew mos
of them went directly from the boats TO procure
surgeon for Lieut.. Mccormick; tes;iies tn
same as oih-r witnesses about the expedition
geuerally the crew OF the Caroline fired upon
assailng party; did no, any swords or pixies
used BY them; saw one Of them wounded Lieut.
Elmsley was sent ashore with party to cut loose
the Caroline; never conversed with Mcleod about
this affair.
Thomas Hector, (depo.ition.) [Obiec;cd by
the prosecution that his drec; testimony Is moi
signed and certified. though his cross-eNaminatiOn