Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1841-10-16


hccr l have reason ts believe there was orc
on board ct the Carolinc When sSe c'H lose
and sUut over the fails have NO Knowledge al ,
anything having been taken from tie Caroline. .
heard she was coming down a icvS days before her \
arrival This information derived from snme I
gentleman in BuiIio or Black Rock. From the
manner in which that information given u me .
de- not feel NJ Liberty tu give lhrr nlmrs. did /
not obtain the information irrm AleNludcr Mcleod /
have seen person hy the name of Sylyanus I
Rgby. first saw him nj Chippewa. lie was /
not eng igcd IA her NJ est.'s service IA Dee. 1881
/ ~ my knowledge. ! cannot TcTui.,ct TIE rh'ct 4
time when saw him lrst. II Was during the time \
/ I Ns,s M command there. TO The Rest oiny rccpl- /
! lection I neither saw %. knew him previously o.
l ihc destruction ct the Caroline. have no know. /
let % ofht, hcing on board the Carol ,hci she Was
attacked. nor dat he ever Iuiptm me HAT lac Was /
/ I Ito not knpw whrr, Rrghy uow o.. DO not re-
collect seeing ham lpr' the attack on tie Caroline
nor do know where hr Is. ID uo know That Mr. !
Mcleod went 10 BuiT 10 in the Q, oath OF DECEMBER
/ S37, nor do rccplect h,arins him say that he
did So TO crtaiu whether any steamboat was 10 he
takculuvu from thence % SrhJ>scr, Navy Island.
Or near there. tor any other purpose. have nn
recollection of Mcleod, telling nc, any pers,bn n
IN, presence, Ihs day or night before the Caroline
VAS Destroyed, any other lime before. thpt she
was coming down from buh tloto Nrvy Island. ~
any other place ia that vicinity. have no know
ledge Of rLcol rrmluiug 40 Chippewa, the day
or night bcl1sc the Caroline was destroyed, &c keep
a look II see when she came down 10 Navy Is
land or S,h,oSser; NOR d. l roU'licd ever having
hcarl him say that he dii 80. Seven bua;s were
FIRST engaged IA the expedition None start eel irnm
Chippewa village. All ,aried from the Chippewa
river. None got aground at Bu.k Horn Island l
avn uri aware that ANY person persons was or were
employed 10 pilo' The ID L. have heard of per.
>na living The Niagara irnaiicr Of the of
Wi,CUDu bat do uut rcgol-vt of ever having seen
him. I DO not think there was any Of that name
on ihc expedition,
! Additional rr.,s xlminainn My order TO Cap
tain D.cN verbal, As before stared, the subs
lance Of which Wa, 10 take and des'rry the Caro-
liuc rs near rs can reCullcct, The order was
given un the evening uf the day on which she
destroyed ou the beach, near the al sc where the
boats pat Oft. hJd no order 10 invade tho Terri
tory Of tho United States. Ia my orders to Capt
Drew nothing was sad about invading the territory
Of TIE L Slate; bat such their that Capt
! DsCw might feel himself justified destroying the
boat Wherever hc m ght fnl her do MT recollec
her coming down more Than once. | did receive
inform tIIpI Of her uealcd coming before she
arrived. The peculiar Circumstance
der which rcccN cd the nGrml,Inn makes me
feel that Canuut, ". ia ANY prOprciy disclose the
names Of a. who communicated It To me. That
Information, however, was not received from Alex
uudcr Mcleod received M information uf the
slate or con !I;IDu OF the rCar1na after she arrived
viii not lie positive, that did furnish lhe Lieut..
iG"yerurr OF UEpor Canada With The names of The
officer, aud men NIp were IN tie expedition 10 de-
siroy the Ctrpiine. IL did ~, IL must have been
"a written list. ID not rccul!ccl whether il Was ac-
| rpmpaucd with vuttcn COMMUNICATION or not.
Captain jshcrs name could not have been in the
list us hc not OF hv PARTY. do Tccoilrci 1ic-
LrOI having informed me Of the ClrOline having
lsit Buffalo CA her way 10 Navy Island; nor did he
s'iIrii permission 20 prepare expedition TO dc
sify her nor lad he Suggest lhu such expedition
| should 5c iiiicd out; did h" ~ anything &, nc
nor 10 him, uI the subject of such m expedition
| the night before the CIruliHc came down. or any
pIhcr Iirnc 20 the best q: my RECOLLECTION
Mr. Spencer then Introduced and read The GcpOS-
non 81 'hu Harris, some portion Of which also met
with opposition mlyy o!.ihe objectionable inrcrrj-
galleries aul replies contain ri IA the McNab uili Ia.
va being also embraced IN llis. The admitted Ies-
moTy Of lIt.sis was substantially that Alexander
hcLcDd vas not IA any of lhe boats, there
my az The BEATS al That name; that lao is positive.
he wns employed an ld-decamp 10 Captain
Ore" IN experimenting The m1uuing Of The bnais
tn" next dcpISiIn ! introduced aud read was that
OiEIWa-l Lra AMI. 10 testified IN -uisiancc Ii1I
Mcleod was not 10 the bo4t IA which he was. a d
HAT hc diI not sec hin during the engagement or
among the parry that landed after tAc returns Of the
Lolls
The Cprr them adjourned until Ffrd1y morning.
when the dcpnsItIpus uf William : Light, X pbcrI
which were substantially the same effect ~ that
ui Lclllnl Stating that they dill see Mcleod
during IN attack. and thlt no one was killed on
hplas Inc Caroline, bui one severely wounded who
vas ttkCu as',Jrc Tao deposition of stephen Nj
CJrmlcH, Lieutenant "a the Royal Navy VAS nlsp
rcId lie states Il,at h' dad rec MrI.r,A during
ihc night Di lhc burning but h. him shortly at
ter the destruction OF tho Caroline and ht express
cd hs Tcgfct that lac had heard Of IT, ns he would
/ have accompanied thcm. lie does not hclicvr
, there IS living creature board the Caroline
I when she east of
! 81 the cu1clasnn Of The reading af these dcpo,i
| tUns. the CVuu adjourned leaving I've dcposioi.,
yet unrcl j. On -nb!jug these dispositions wcr.
road. The 60 RI then adyo irucd
We copy the io.iuwimg from the PhiladcIp hia
Ledger OF has mJuius.
SATURDAY. Oct O.
The Court mot NJ g O'Clock and Mr. Sacncer. i,
continuation at The testimony Tor the prsnner state,
90 lac COur That hr w,ulI now oTsr, # he had mo-
zo pcIrc, iarJle evidence Iu aIIIiipu 10 the dozen
n"u'ury parole evidence show tho slate of III ar
uu lhc b1rcr about the time ofihc event upon yyhic
This prosecution was louudcd lie then called 4
lL" STAND.
jared Stocking, who dcposei. an brother 4
Samuel Stocking Of Ibis city reside M Nian,rn
/, u. &. 10 December, 1887 was stliianed Al Chin
! powa, uuI commanded a regiment Of drlroous
was there on the 2JJh Of thlid,y
1 know the witness, Psgsse-hg resided opposite
90 nj sIw him at Chippewa. the 2Jlh Dcccm
Der. lo3)-he dIngd with mo That day. aud / sp,,,,
/ The afternoon with him. u was bis first appearance,
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