The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-08-30

the Tndre Advocate produced a second o. ginat re-
port which he procured from the department az
Washington and which was copy OF thd' niu'
duced by Mr.. Hamilton
Cross examined by JUDGE ADVOCATE ,
Q-How long after Lit Wilkes arrival al Sydney
was itbefore you handed HIM this report! e ,ov,
Al think il was next day. was our on som
Z or miles on the day of his ARRIVAL, ana ne e"'''
out to see me. gave IT to him the next DAY - or
O Did YOU not modify that report at'er MS ~
rivsl ,.,;onsmad,
Al NAV, but if there were any alterations "''''
they were very trIfllng (R.ferrinr
O-Whsn did YOU write this report N'''s'''''
10 Inc one procured from the Department,3 .ae.
w III IN 80 COMES written by my clerk, before
nv rival Tbev are both directed to the SecTe-
tary of the Navy. - .,..k or in m f,
renrt in relation TO the proceedings oil the snip on
1t is proplble they were.
~ Wsre not those alterations made In cons
onence of surg stons in the conversation you spoke
of with 1t Wilkes ,
A"No. sir; he did not know the contents Of
nv report at the time.
. Did he not know OF your reportl
Il told him had il made out.
q Did you not tell him the contents OF your re-
port, in whole, or IN part!
A.-No sir. We had no conversation on the re-
port at all.
Q.-Were not those alterations in your report
suggested by that interviews
~ No sir. ~ alterations were suggested 10y
hearing Lieut. Wilkes read has report to the Secre-
tarv Of the Navy. Of the Antarctic cruise.
JUICE ADvOcArE-This copy then was written
after your interview, as there Is no ALTERATION
made.
A-No, sir presume the alterations were made
by writing another sheet; had such sheets on whch
alterations were made written over; have not got
the original; II IL lost, believe. 49,
Odd YOU not say 10 Lieut.. Perry on the I9lli
OF January, after seeing appearances OF land ana
working up towardsi for some tune, our land has
turned out To be an lcebergFt
A-No; believe said something OF the kind t"
Mr. Davis.
Odd Won not order Lieut.. DAVIS 10 erase tic
entry on the log OF appearance OF lana, ana insert
that II an icebergl
A.-No, sir never gave any officer orders to al
ter the log: Lieut. Davis told me that he was goL
10 enter the appearance as land; told HIM we ought
10 be oil II, before we so entered II; believe
told him what you asked in the previous question; u
was the general impression on board that 1t was
land.
Odd you see ANYTHING on that day 10 verify
that IL was land
A-No, sir; but on the 2Sd found bottom,
about fifty miles distant in the same parallel.
Q-Why did you have two copies OF your report
to the Secretary OF the Navy made
Al always had two copies of all my document ;
made
Q-Whal occurred to make you more conhdent
when YOU wrote this report that you saw land ca
the l9lh than on that day!
A-Nothing but the fact that we got soundngs a
lew DAYS after had had land reported TO me pre-.
vous to the 10Th On the 10Th, two officers Mr.. Ed
and Mr. Reynolds reported to me that they saw APP
pearances of land looked it but not salts
fed that It land thought II was the haze over
The ice.
BY the CouRr-When and where did Lieut..
Wilkes first tell you that he had discovered land on
the l9th-was it before you had heard of the dis
coverv by the French =!
Al think he told me he had run down cont
nent when he me few miles from sydney: |
don't recollect when he told me he discovered land
on the 18th. | had no intmation when he discover
ed land the reading of his report made me consider
Tiny duty to alter mine. | am responsible for my
report and am not here on trial.
The witness appeared much excited during this
branch OF the examination.
The Court adjourned till Tuesday mording ten
o'clock