Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1834-11-27

| Confess sion rnde III Spanish through m Interpreter
THE first five who were captured confessed
| Does moi know wii1ss.sr eoafee=.nn WAS written
down ;--Was beioy. IN answer 20 auos-
ton from Mr.. Child" How did he kroy any
thing abou, Tho matter il he below 7" the wit.
ness then sad lac was along side Of hem sbeo they
confessed Mr. Dunlap wished the question about
the confession repeated to the witness, eppfehend-
| ing ihs, he had misunderstood IT, Mr. enid oh
ec,od but his objection overrurd by tho Couri,
| and the matter explained to Domingo, who then
| stated that all were oelow when the confession
! vas made. Was sent on shore nj Nazareth by
| Capt Trot'cr with two others Of the prisoners TO
search for the money which bad boen hidden. Did
nor find II. The English captain took some money
from Capt Gilbert a, Cape Lopez, but docs not
| know how much Il was; II was 10 a box. Doe,
| not know Whist was done with the money after
the captain took IT, Don't remember seeing any
division OF the money among the crew OF the Cur
| cw.
| Mr. Child here desired that two Of the prisoners
might be permitted to sit rear him but the Court
| objected II was contrary TO oil rule Mr.. Child
light 20 10 them often rs he pleased. Pondu was
not on shore. II was Ivy pccideht that sue stuck
| on II c bar. Captain went on shore and TOOK his
| trunk with him Does not know what was IN II.
The second mate was on board, and had a quarrel
with the boitswan, whom he stabbed IN the arm
! After left the coast Of Africa in Liverpool brig
The English did not fire on the Panda when they
took her MI the firing there was IN the evening,
when so many natives III canoes came round ihein
(the English) that the pivot gun was fred at them
TO keep them of. II was fred twice. Gun had no
sho, ia il ; nothing but powder and waddiog Cap
thin ordered the gun 20 be fired. No men were fog
ged that day, but were afterwards, when they got
out OF tho river. Flogged not for firing tho gun,
| bat for getting drunk. When the Englsh were
coming up in their boats to take tho Panda, saw
the carpenter Ruex take a chunk OF hfc from the
galley he had also n key ofpowdcr but the Eng
| sh were SO close that he had not time 10 do any
| thing and hove both overload.
The Cross examination was continued by Mr..
| Child nj great length. We noticed some coptradIc-
lions IN the testimony OF the witness, but whether
arising rom misal prehenson of HE questions put
to him, or from want Of vcrooIiy, we are unable
positively to say We arc inclined TO think the
former. There was.a material variance however
between the evidence given by this witness and
thu, given the other day by Perez The latter sta
! ted that the PanJn came from Princes Island III
| great haste and was run ashore at Cape Lopfz,
while Domingo declares that she was neither chas.
cd or run ashore but came to an anchor
MONDAY, Nov II.
Anasasius Silpra, another Of the Portuguese
who joined tho Panda n Prince Island and was
not engaged in the robbery Of the Mexican, was
his morning examined Shipped board the
Panda the 9th Feb 1888 Pedro Gilbert com
mandcr, Bernardo dc Soto mate. The witness
here ldohIf d the prisoners forming part Of the
crew oftbc Pondi Went first to Cape Lopez,
and rom there to Nazatch No accident happen
ed on the voyage 10 Cape Lopez but the panda
was run ashore there in order to be set on fire and
burned She was got off again. Witness did MOI
80 IN nrro Nazareth; was set on shore with three
others bat after she reached Nazareth, direc-
ted by the captain TO 90 on boird again. When
The English boats came up on he Alb June, the car
pcncr told them all to get into the boats and 20 a
shore, as he was going 20 set fire 10 the vessel
The carpenter was the last man who quilted
the schooner. The boat with the rest Of the crew
went before him, and he followed in a canoe. Wit
ness went TO the baracoon where the captain was
but tho captain turned him and the rest of the Por-
lugucse adr1 saying he had nothing to support
them with The schooner was taken away by
| the English but returned IN ~ or ID days-rhorc
was Portuguese schooner lying in The rIver and
witness cnt on board her, and asked the captain
| TO give HIM n passage to Havana, to which re-
| quest the captain consented. Captain Trotttr was
| on board at tho same time, and Immediately took
| hum prisoner and sent him on board The Panda.
| Went on board, and shortly afterwards Capt I.
! also came and fired on the town at the second
gun, the schooner took fire and blew up Witness
and some others then put on DO rd small
Portuguese soop that lay in the river, and from
| thence taken on board The Culiew. When witness
went on shore from the Pdnda with the rest OF the
crew. at the tune the clrpeutcr was about TO set he
| on fire, he and Domingo went back ia the country
together, but Domingo SAID be should return to the
| Pando. Does not know whether lie AID So but ne
| yer saw HIM on shore afterwards
The witness underwent "A very minnie - ossey
animation from Mr.. Child in The course of which
he fully cofroboraled the ST ,tcment made by the
hrst government witness, Perez, in relation to the
tanda having been run ashore after her return from
Princes Island. lie \Silvira) says he heard the
first mate the boaswan and the third mate con-
versIng about II they said the vessel was not sea
worthy, and that they should set her ON fire They
then let the cham cable ran out, saying they had no
time to weigh Inc anchor, and run her ashore
! lhc next person placed upon the stand was
Capt Jercmiah Briggs. Has commanded MGR.
chanlmen for 80 years. Five years STAGE he took
his last voyage. HIS voyages have been princi-
pally to the East Indies and back Has sailed to
Rio Janelro. 1t is customary for vessel from Sa
lem when hailed by foreign vessel to say that she
came from Boston, because the former port is not
so well known as the latter and It the name " Sl-
lem were given, much trouble must be taken ia
explanations, &c.
chart, indicating the track Of the Mexican
and containing the original marks made duting her
voyage which marks were Identified by the mate
was here handed to Capt. Briggs, and he pointed
out upon II The track which would DC taken by
vessel sailing from the Havana to the coast of AZ
| RIGA.
The following question was then asked Ivy Mr.
D"ntdp Suppose a vessel to sail on the % h
Aug from the Havana clipper built schooner
such as the Panda and another such as the Mox
lean, dull sailcr, to leave the port of Salem on
! the OMlh An. Car D.. Ia.aaiss- 4