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Copy of a letter from Colonel McNab. *::W the Hon. Jonas Jones, A. I). C.Saturday Morning, 3 o’clock.Sir—I have the honor to report for the information of His Excellency, the ’Lieut. Governor, that having received positive information that the pirates and rebels at Nnvy Island had purchased n steamboat colled the Caroline, to facilitate their 'niended invasion of this country, and being confirmed in my information yesterday by the boat (which sailed under British colors.) appearing at the Island, 1 determined upon cutting her out; nnd having sent Capt. Drew, of the Koynl Navy, he in a most gallant manner, with a crew of volunteers, (whose names I shall hereafter mention) performed the dangerous service, which was handsomely effected. In consequence of the swift current, it was found impossible to get the vessel over to Chippewa, and it wns therefore necessary to set her on fire. Her colors arc in my possession.I have the honor to be, sir,Your obt*i. humble servant.heard the watch cry out on deck : 4 hurrah boys ! here come) the enemy that he heard the captain say to the men— 4 sleep well to-night, for wo shall have hard work to-morrow, there are many gentlemen coming from Rochester, and we shall have to take them over/LUKE WALKER,His X mntk.Sworn before me at Chippewa, after having been fully explained to him, this 29th of Dccemlicr, 1837.W. H. MERRITT, J. P.MAUMEE EXPRESS.SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 1838.A.N. McNAB, Col. Com taking his cannon out of the bouts, in-P. S. Wc have two or three wound-cd-—and the pirates about the number killed.sameThe following are (lie affidavits referred to in Col. McNab’s correspondence. Upper Canada, District of Niagara, to wit: Sylvnnus Ferrns Wrigley, of the township of Dumfries, in the district cf Gore, laborer, deposetli and smith, that •he is a British subject, that he enlisted with Charles Duncombc, and joined him in the London Dristrict; that after Dun-combc’s men were dispersed, he went with Alfred Luce, another of Duncornb's men, down to Chippewa, and crossed the Niagara river to join the patriots— that he was in the steamboat Caroline with the said Alfred Luce, on their wav to Navy Island, at the time site was captured—that he believes the said Luce was killed in the engagement, and that he understood the boat wns the property of the patriots—that on the same day she was captured, she had taken a six pounder to the island from fort Schlos-scr, on the Ameiioan side, with provisions and other necessaries for Mackenzie's army—that deponent saw the cannon put on board, that the cannon, as he understood, wns the property of the U. States, and that when the boat np-proacbed the steamboat, he ran forward to the front of the steamboat, when he svas made prisoner.SYLVANUS S. WRIGLEY. The only firelocks the deponent saw on board were muskets nnd rifles.Sworn before me at Chippewa, this80th Dec. 1837.WM. H. MERHITT, J. P.The following is copied from a postscript of the Cleveland Herald of Saturday, 13ih lust.3 O'dock P. fil. Buffalo mail in. The Star of Wednes* day morning says n young man by the name of Beebe, was kill, il on Navy Island yesterday by a cannon shot fromChippewa.It was rumored in Buffalo that jMc-Nub’s fo ccs weie in mutiny, and that his army had retired from the river. All n rumor, and probably originating in hisstead of attacking the Island. The Grand Jury of Niagara county, have indicted AfcNab and ll others for murder in the Caroline affair. Troops were still arriving at Buffalo.—No other news.Upper Canada, District of Niagara, to wit: George Nolop of the village ol Brantford, in the District of Gore, yeoman, deposoth and sailh that he is a British subject—that on tlie twentyeighth ol the present month, he went over on business to the United States : that on arriving at Fort Sihlpsscr, ill the U. S. he was taken prisoner by a body of armed men, wlio said they were citizens of tlie United Slates ; that he was detained and pul under guard for about twenty-four hours ; that he, this deponent, repeatedly applied to be liberated, but was told by the guard that they would not let any damned lory go ; that while he was a prisoner at Fort Schlosscr, he saw aaix pounder belonging, as his guard informed him, to the United States, taken from the Fort, put on board the steamboat Caroline, and taken to Navy Island, that while he was prisoner, he heard the men belonging to the boat say that the boat belonged to the patriots, and that she was to be employed in taking stores, guns and other necessaries to Navy Island, for the use of the patriot army; that while deponent was a prisoner, some armed men came up to the tavern where be was nnd said the lories had got the boat: that the menCANADA MEETING.At a numerous meeting of the citizens of Maumee City, convened in pursuance of a call for an expression of the sentiments of the public in relation to the late outrages in Canada, James Wilkison, Esq. was called to the Chair, and Henry Reed Jr. chosen Secretary.The objects of the meeting having been brief)v staled bv the Secretary, onV • . •motion, a committee of three, consistingof J. J. Bingham, II. L. Ilosmer, and .1. Dwight, were chosen a committee to report resolutions expressive of the sense of the meeting.The committee reported the following resolutions, which were unanimously adopted.Whereas, The late news from the seat of contest between the Rov:iIisls and Patriots in Canada, is calculated to alarm nnd excite the peaceable citizens of the United States as evincing an astonishing degree of malevolence and ferocity on the part of the minions of power, against those who arc struggling for the blessings of civil liberty; and showing an unparalleled outrage upon the rights of a neutral power, in the murder of its citizens. the destruction of ihcir property, and the infraction of that barrier which it is the object of all good governments to throw around their citizens ; therefore,Resolved, That we, who have from our youth been blessed with the enjoyment of Civil Liberty, in its amplest form, do heartily sympathise with those who are struggling, at the hazard of their lives and fortunes, fur the same glorious boon—that we recognise in the measures which the oppressed patriots in Canada have taken to shake off the thraldom of irresponsible and tyrannic power,a kindred spirit to that which led to the freedom of otir own country in ’7(3, nnd that we look forward with the most anxious hope to the time when their trials shall end in llic most triumphant success.R? solved, That we consider the conduct of the Tory Party towards the patriots in Canada, as a series of oppressive and ihngal wrongs, not warranted by the Law of Nature, nor the spirit of the British Constitution, nnd amply justifying a revolution and a subversion of the British rule in Canada.Resolved, That the late infraction of the sacred rights of neutrality, by an unprovoked incursion of a band ol British Tories, acting under the eve of an officer of the British army, upon the territory of the United States, a neutral power, at peace with Great Britain, aggravated by a cold blooded and cowardTub destruction or tiik Caroline.— It is claimed on the part of the Royalists, in justification of their attack on the Caroline, the murder of tier crew, and thoso on board, and the destruction of tho vessel, that she was the property of the rebel*1, and in their employment previous to, ond at tho time of her capture. This is proved to be fulsc by tho deposition of Capt. Appleby, who declares that hhc was owned by Win. Wells, of Buffalo,” tint she was under tho command of Capt. Appleby, and •* cleared from Buffalo, with a view to run bOtweenBuffalo and 8chloBser, carrying passengers, fricght, e.” In either view of the case, the British authorities have no ground for justifying the outrage. At the time the Caroline was boarded by the British troops, she was moored at the wharf ii»8chloa-ser, an American port, belonging to a power at peace with Great Britain, nnd to all legal intents and purposes, neutral. Now, it is a doctrine recognised by the Laws of Nations, that the protection of n neutral port extends over the persons and property of belligerent*, to long as they arc within its limits,and even in some cases afterwards. is Hostilities begun or continued in neutral territory,” bats Martin, “ must violate tho right of sovereignty of the neutral power, nnd, therefore, the law of nature forbids the belligerent powers to begin or continuo hostilities in the territory or in parts of the tea under the domluion of a neutral power,” In the worst possible light, then, in which the transaction, on the pari of the managers of the Caroline, con be viewed, there manifestly exist* no excuse for the perpetration of the outrage. If, however, on the contrary, wc take the facts of the case us they arc proved by tho affidavits of Capt. Appleby, tho affair appears in more glaring colors, as a broach of the laws of Nature nnd of Nations—an infraction of that sacred barrier, which it is the very object of every government to extend around its cit -zens, and a daring subversion of that comity which it is the pride and glory nf every civilized people to keep towards one another.— Neither is the aspect of the transaction improved by the assertion, that the Caroline wn* engaged in transporting provisions and stores to the belligerents on Navy Island. “A neu tral,”snys Chancellor ICent, “ has a right to pursue his ordinary commerce, and lie may become the carrier of the enemy’s goods, without being subject to any confiscation of his ships*” 41 A neutral power protects the belligerents, when within the neutral juriadic-tilion.»»turned out and iircd upon iho persons , v *n,llrdor f,r ,|,o ciiizens of our country they called lories; that deponent heard (|)0 doslruclion of ,|iejr property,Such is the law, as has been laid down by the most eminent jurists ol tho age. It ban been recognized for age?, as the rule by which civilized nations are to be governed. It has been sanctioned by numberless treaties, settled by decisions as countlOFS as tho stare cf the sky, and made the rule of action in cases of the groates.t difficulty, ami the most primary importance. This law has been broken, and by whom? By a nation professing to bo the first in arts and arms— a nation which has exulted herself na the teacher of civilization and humanity to the world—a nation which was the first to reduce tho law of nations to a science, and to pledge herself to abide by its just and liberal precepts.from his guard that there were about 39 armed men on board the bout; that during the confusion he made his esc;ij/C —that when the men of the boat Went down to man her, they marched in regular order: that in the tavern in the guard room where he wns confined, there was a cask filled with six pound shot andpropertydemands the most vigorous measures on the part of our Government, and the mosl pnqualified execration from every citizen ol the Uuifcd States.R'.solved. That while we would deprecate the lilting up of armed expeditions in this country, Ibr the assistance of the patriot! in Uanuda, as contrary to theIgo caak, of gmpc and c«,,.er .*1 U»t — tlhc men belonging to said steamboat said ... - .. , ,______* f _the men belonging tthat tho shot had been taken from the arsenal at Buffalo, nnd were to be sent tothe fa’uh of Treaties, we know of no law which can prevent any person whoscnai at uuiwui. aim w«™. w in. ■ jg 3() d|8posed from attaching himself to the patriots j that one of the crew told )1nt narF(v nnd fiffhtin„ U||£r iu bnn_ deponent alter the steamboat had beentaken that he wns sentry when the attack was made, nnd demanded tho countersign several limes from the attacking party, but they did not give it.GEORGE NALOP.Sworn before me At Chippewa, this 29th day of December. 1837.GEO. KYKERT, J. P.that parly and fighting under its banners.On motion, the meeting adjourned.JAS. WILKISON, Ch'n.H. Reed, Jn. Secretary.The Steamboat Caroline.—This ill-fated vessel which has closed her interesting and eventful career by n plunge into the foaming abyss below the Falls of Niagara, wns built in Charleston, South Carolina, nnd ran fora season on the Savannah river. Sho was then sent to the North, and niter running for a tima upon the waters of the Delaware, came to New York, and plied between that place and Staten Island. She afterwards ascended the Hudson river to Troy, and sailed as a tender to the large boats between that place and Albany. In a year or two, sho was transferred through the Erie and Oswego canals to Like Out alio, to be used as a ferry boat between Ogdensburg aud Prescott, and afterwards brought through the Welland Canal to Lako Erie, to run as a packet between Buffalo and Chippewa. During the last season, she made a voyage to tho Maumee river, and for tho remainder of the summer nnd fall, plied between this place and Toledo. Late in the fall she was seized for smuggling, token to Buffalo, nnd sold under tho revenue law?. The remainder of her history, is, alas! too well known. The Caroline was built of live oak, coppered and copper fastened, with alow pressure engine. She had changed owners several times, nnd was for several yearp, held and registered as a Britisli bottom.irwtlinucPscUlTe.wB|•tMtoGiunttl:bifahiTniiuteuiniUifchiSirirPr*It is reported that Dr. Duncombo’s horse has been found lied to a tree about 100 miles from Chatham, in which situation, from appearances, he had been 2JJppcr Canada. District of Niagara, or 8 days. From this it is inferred that te witt—tube Walker ol the city oC Duncombc bimsell Ims met his end.— Buffalo, jn llic United States of Aroeri- This is an important fact, if true, as he on, labourer, makelh oath and sailh that was a main pillar in the patriot cause, he'was on board the steamboat CarolineInst night when she wns captured ; that; The 7 th regiment of Artillery from Ge-Ifcerp were about thirty armed men on ncaee County, numbering about 200 un-becird *. Ihat tho said boat, as he under-j der Col. Ainsworth, with 4 field pieces,wil (Re property of ti;c patriots arrived this morning. The remainder of lt;*i Navy 1*1 nnd ; she had been eogaged | the Brigade turned out to receive them, during |(w dav, in taking provisions and and the whole were rewiewei by Briga-atorcslo the fslwtf ? that the deponent. dier General Randall. They made a was iu U* oabia lying down when he i fine wOiutryappearance.—.Bujf. Pat.Q^PgOCLAMATION AND MkBSAOE OP THEPresident.—On the 3(1 inat. tho President of the United States directed a Message to tho Senate end House of Representatives, calling tho attention of those bodies to the inefficiency of tho hws of the United States, to guard against hostile invasion from tho United Stales of tho territory of friendly nnd neighboring nations, and ndvieing a revision of those laws ami such additional etmctmaius as shall bo necssary to vest in the Executive full power to prevent injuries being inflicted upon neighboring nations by the unauthorised and unlawful nets of the citizens of tiro U. 8., or of persons who may bo within our jurisdiction, subject to our control. On the samo day a proclamation was promulgated, calling upon all good citizens who have Tinlated their duties, to cento from such viofotimi, and to ?us-pcod all interference with tho affairs of the British Province**Fcdd
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