Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1841-10-14

We
led with the examinations Of Witnesses in the trial
of Mcleod. Much Of Of The testimony is Irrelevant,
and but a small portion OF il Indeed bears directly on
The gull, or innocence of the accused. Some Of
the witnesses. however. are strong and decided "a
,aiust the prisoner Samuel Brown Tor example, said
,ha. he had known Mcleod prior to the ar 1887.
and that lie him the nigh, OF the attack, at,eI
the Caroline fire. and IN one OF The boats re-
turning from the atxck-,ha, he saw him when he
landed-tlat The party went to DAvs's tavern to yet
.oneth,ng TO drink, aud that he saw MeLe.d with
,hem-.l am sure ,h,l | saw HIM there t's his
lauguase) as am tina, ! see hi" nov sitting before
qmr" He him again mex, morning between
day.hgh, and sunrise
Another wnoess. Isaac p. Corson. deposes that
he has known Mcleod since lS33-hat n the
afternoon Of The day OF tie desuuciio Of the
Caroline lie saw Mel. ut DHs's tave,n-and
on tie mex, day he again saw him there IN aeIowd
when he 'e"g abont his exploits On board the
steamboat Caroine--thai lie al killed one damned
yankee or Two, a.. e..
Another of the wituesses, CrpI Appleby, who
was on board tie c. ruliuc when she boarded by
the Brush, declares that lie was struck with a
sword and then believed thai Mcleod was the man
that suuck him. lie ad been inrroducedto Mel.
aweck before IN Buffalo, aud on The next day he had
said iha, Mcleod had struck him wnl sword
bu, lie would not be fositre 10 the fact.
Mr.. Park. another witness, swears thai he
Mcleod start with The expedition.
It's stated that The del osi,ions Of the comman-
des of the several boats lhal vent in the expedition
have been taken, each VI whom swears thai Nc
Leod was not in the boat uud,r his command. ex.
cep, one pho declines anspering upon that point
Capt. Drew, lie commander tf The expedition,
refuses IL give testimony al al-6tst, because he
denies the Ugh, oil the u. S. goserument bling
nv BIT sh subject to tIia as ielon, loi act Of
duty performed by order OF his government; and
2dly, tina, if he were 10 give evidence in the case.
f"aihcugh," says ing cridence might clear Ne
Leod by reason thai he not present al The destruc
lion of The Caroline" yet such an act would be
tual ackuow gmeut that the Americans have "a
rightto Ivy him or any Of The officers or men who
served under hum and assisted in the destruction Of
The Caroline, should any Of them fall into ih,r
ands.
These Witnesses, however, il must be recoiiecled.
are all o behalf Of the prosecution. NJ, Leods
Witnesses II is SAID, will swear positively that he
was not anong the destroyers If The Caroline, aud
will prove that lie was sOre where Else. Capt
Drew, indeed although lie declines givi' tes,'mo-
ny, would seem 10 intimate that M,L""d Was not
with hi, on lhal occasion. In tins event, the Jur,
will have To decide according To the ,ains 10 credi-
bri,y OF The On eithtr side.
nyS Since the foregoing wfiiten, we hear tha,
the case for the def nee been opened by Nj.
Spencer, who confidently relied upon The evlde ce
that would be adduced 10 prove abb. One
ness only had been introduced for The piisoneI.
whose testimony. # ,rue, throws doubt upon The We
racny Of soue oi The Witness tor the prosecutions.
This witness s wi The expedition embark aud say =,
that Nc LIE cd was DOT one OF the parry.
Col. Groean Surcndercd-TEe last Montreal
papers nounte. that Col. Grogan Of Vel. out,
who was recent, kduapp'd by party OF Canadian
ma,aud,rs and carried 10 he al l that place, has
been promptly released by Sr Richard Jackson,
Govern"r pro lem. of ,ha, province, on app icaion
of the U. ). aulhoritIes. Tie vas handed over To
the Inspector OF Police the An INST. be safe /,
al Ls,na