Gilman Appleby, of the city of Buffalo, being sworn, says that he left the port of Buffalo on the morning of the 29th instant in the steamboat _Caroline_, owned by William Wells, of Buffalo, and bound for Schlosser, upon the east side of the Niagara River and within the United States; that this deponent commanded the said _Caroline_, and that she was cleared from Buffalo with a view to run between said Buffalo and Schlosser, carrying passengers, freight, etc.; that this deponent caused the said _Caroline_ to be landed at Black Rock on her way down, and that while at Black Rock this deponent caused the American flag to be run up, and that soon after leaving Black Rock Harbor a volley of musketry was discharged at the _Caroline_ from the Canada shore, but without injury; that the said _Caroline_ continued her course down the Niagara River unmolested and landed outside of certain scows or boats attached to Navy Island, where a number of passengers disembarked and, as this deponent supposes, certain articles of freight were landed; that from this point the _Caroline_ ran to Schlosser, arriving there at 3 o'clock in the afternoon; that between this time and dark the _Caroline_ made two trips to Navy Island, landing as before; that at about 6 o'clock in the evening this deponent caused the said _Caroline_ to be landed at Schlosser and made fast with chains to the dock at that place; that the crew and officers of the _Caroline_ numbered ten, and that in the course of the evening twenty-three individuals, all of whom were citizens of the United States, came on board of the _Caroline_ and requested this deponent and other officers of the boat to permit them to remain on board during the night, as they were unable to get lodgings at the tavern near by; these requests were acceded to, and the persons thus coming on board retired to rest, as did also the crew and officers of the _Caroline_, except such as were stationed to watch during the night; that about midnight this deponent was informed by one of the watch that several boats filled with men were making toward the _Caroline_ from the river, and this deponent immediately gave the alarm, and before he was able to reach the dock the _Caroline_ was boarded by some seventy or eighty men, all of whom were armed; that they immediately commenced a warfare with muskets, swords, and cutlasses upon the defenseless crew and passengers of the _Caroline_ under a fierce cry of "G--d d--n them, give them no quarters; kill every man. Fire! fire!"; that the _Caroline_ was abandoned without resistance, and the only effort made by either the crew or passengers seemed to be to escape slaughter; that this deponent narrowly escaped, having received several wounds, none of which, however, are of a serious character; that immediately after the _Caroline_ fell into the hands of the armed force who boarded her she was set on fire, cut loose from the dock, was towed into the current of