New-York daily tribune., 1842-09-10
Trial of Co.nmsdore Ballard.
E4FiL COURT 5fIRTIAL.
On board The Q. S. Ship EoTih Carolina, lying L
the New York EsIbor.
SECOND DAY........FaTpAy, september 3ll, 1872
Reported .or The N..n.york rsibane.


bis cooks letters he houIi have cusb AT apology doc
10 him. aud should have made IT,
Lieutenant Gendy .r.r recalled and stated that the cop
OF the letter made the presence OF Nh odgson a"d
no objection sla,ie thereto at the time
Lienteaan. lnger,oH called, am sail TINT s I'M,
preston was that the time OF the occurrence the Ce'
rnodore nearly blind OF oue eye aud could not se
yery well out the other and the cabin was usually ke
dark
Eaia Bartlett .ras erau.irsd and testified cows: in
the wear 1888 was T. $. Consular Agent at Lima and
acting Charge aAIaire have letter wcittes 10 ie by
Mr.. EIodgson abou, thar time II was a. iotiows;
SHIp LExiNGroS Frid.y morning,
Mn Dear Sir: Capiajn llcKecyer kad!y ssntme over
to the Commodore last night at 10 O'clock ts ne sehtta
belief that Captain CacS woi!d proceed 10 sea Siy
lugrase was received the saruro where had PEE
viopsly made arrangements 10 mess Arrived on board oil
the Commodore there found uT CoiIHa"Gr and Captain
GIendy A. B. C. will denote hese gentlemen IN the order
VI nc c;,f and VERY GgnifaI for he did
- ,Ir,e me which proved to me that bad been admitted
~ ,rr,,s o erccsse familiarity What ieared was true
The ship said A.. would lave sailed NJ - O'CLOCK e
Won down, No sir; came down not 6ecT.se ~ but
Notwithstanding your II most uncourteouS un-
certainly have been Offended by it, and tGe expressed
rrvself' OF COURSE all ition &c. was Gisctdnsed ana
The EciSiii.y denied The letters were thea submitted 10
A. for his Judgement in the case BY this time my letIng,
we're apparent and every sspouon was evnced u meet
nav Views and therefore determined 10 scce tb eSpes
on and resume my place IL h' cabin as previously ar
In the course of explanations became satisfied that R',
Suggestion OF Saturday tor sai!nE was 's""c| % " All
novance OF my anxiety.
We shall certainly sail this morning. The wind Is favor
able and BY II o'clock shall sink Lima peo" Tue hoFi
zon, but my recollecuonS
Renewing to Mrs Bartlett aud yourself my grateful! and
kindest ey ypreSsions, row bid you another adeu
Ever NY 1e'' '"' 80 s' W b HoDGSoN.
EpwIv BARTLETT, L. s. Consulate, SC, &c.
have found on board two letters OF introduction tor
mo TO friends in jamaica from Admiral Ross which shows
bis kind feelings
received that letter in an enclosure from Com Ba..
lard covered by another from Capt McNeever
Div Dear SIR: Th- enclosed letter was handed 10 me ay
nave not dose very truly and sincerely yo4rS
u S Ship North Carolina. J. McKEEVER
Saturday evening, July Is, 1883
f. BARTLETT, ESD, Consul Tor United States, Lima
The long letter from the Commodore was next read II
described the transaction length and abused og
son in good set terms. Tie reply OF the Consul to the Com
odore was not read. II merely acknowledged the receipt
OF the package and said that ir otgson had never spo
ken 10 the writer any butespcctfu ters of the Conmo
dore,
Lier Gle,dyrecali>d for the purpose OF ascerainng il
he was correct when he said Lieut. ngersoll copied
the the presence OF Mr. Nodgson The witness sad
was only present when the order iven TO copy the i.
and not when II was taken, Tor neither himself nor W
Hodgson present nj that time. He made no objection
that recoec. Mr Hodgon's permission was not re-
aueSed before the order given 10 copy the letter
The rested and the defence was opened
by the calling off, X Paudng, ESQ., exsecreary OF the
Navy, &c.
The Judge Advocate desired to know what intended
to he proven by the witness.
The defendant coussei stated that ne intended 10 prove
that the charge officially disposed of by Mr. Paudng
while at the head of the Navy Department
The Judge Advocate replied that the official acts could
not he proven by the files OF the Department
Air. Ingersoll said would be shown by the examinations
whether there any record oil il or not.
The Judge Advocate Insisted that hcre was no record
il was not official He reduced The objection 10 writing
| cd he
George F. Miller erdrned-i in hs habi. of writ
ing Commodore Ballard IN July, 1882 copying letters
for him. &c MS shown To The Wines dhs Is IN ny
by him ts the Department the summer OF lso9-'hhks II
might have been IN July
Proohavinr been adducei of loss of original letter
tho conv testified by Alor. sea -~i,Ionee
1t was reply 10 communication from the then Secretary
of the Navy forwarding the charges to he accused ans
requesting explanations The Commodore replied that he
had no explanation give bat requested that whatever
steps were deemed necessary might be taken speedily
poss bic.
Mr. Pauldngs letter read and also the origna
charges brought by Mr. Hodgson in the year 1889
P,rser Wilson eramined. On or about the 18th OF July
1889 was sitting in ucr cabin OF the ship North Ca
ronn Ndshipnan cane in haste in the afternoon and
asked for the Commodore heard the Hdshlpman say
here is letter for you, Commodore lnmedia'cy after
| "a W the Commodore with letter. which he opening
He The envelope the deck aid the contents dgw
with the exception OF letter. which he opened ana e1
under the skyigi as II was quite dark IN lt caplh m a,d
which usually kept dark With hs eyeglnss he CON com
inpn II.
suddenly on the table, and o5served I'm, cannot oe or
ner giving the impression that he bad opened ltef
which intended Tor iIa Al that moment ie!t Ihe
Bg .ie Judge 4drocGte lave no confidence p ny
ability - detail 'heSe occurrences vooH 5.aee % , m
hve years ago. only give ny best impressions " "fl'
took place. ] may be in error. When my evlGence
clashes with That OF aay other officer cannot say mat am
right. but stale what consciGntI2asly believe 10 nfta
J. k Paiaing erarnei Jy the Judge -iduocate. WHEN
in the Department have Tequeny opened ieefs Eol
intended but reading them, that y another
matter. did read them when discovered they were
not for me.
The accused asked until Monday prepare mis- defence,
which the Court granted, and then adjourned.
SANps,s sSAEs.pARILLA-Go and stand beside the bed OF
suffering and death and there behold that aitenuaed torn
struggling the grasp that levels all men into dust and see
this suffering restored 10 health by it, use Go TO The
crippled and the lame. and ask him what made :l yak
Go 10 the leper and ask him hal made him whole Go 10
the faint and weak and ask him what naie h strong
and thew will tell ycu Used Sandss sarssparliia and
was cured" All diseases sf the and elanduar
TEN, rheumatism all lis FORMS enlargement and pam OF the
Zones joints. umbsgo, pain and distress in the head,
diseases arising from impure stale OF The blood chrome,
constitutional disorders &c. are all safely and speedily
Prepared and sold wholesale and retail by A. r. SANDS
& CO. Granite Building, 23 broadway OF Chal-
berss,ree N. Y. Sold also by 4. b K o. SANDS. 19and
100 Fulton-street D. SANDS & co. II Eas, Broadway
corner Markct-s,rret.
Price 81 per bottle. Six bottles tor s.
To SENSIBLE ClrIzEss-We Know from what we see and
feel that animal body is H. organs and functions sub
eci to arrangement inducing pain ard teEdng 10 It's de-
strucon In this disordeccd stale observe Nature pro-
vdins for the rcestahlihmcnt of order By exciting some
solitary evacuation fthe mor5idc matter by other
aperaon which escapes our imperfect senses aud re-
searches In sone s. brings crisis by the bow
els. at others by sweating, &c &c
Now experience has angbt that there certain sub
by which applied the living body, internally or
externally Will produce the evacrations,
and thus do short time what Nature could d. b0tsowy
and efec,ualy what she night not have Strength
compIisb Wien, hen, we bage seen disease cured by
certain NATURAL evacuation, should that disease
again. we may count upon curing BY the such ul.
stances as we know bring alout,e evacuation which,