The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-09-02

| Nc sdlu Lieut.. likes refused 10 allow,
materials and labor might have been furnished by
| the squadron.
Mr.. HAMILTON next introduced two letters of the
| 9th, and one OF The 9th April, lS40, from Lieut..
Wilkes to Lieut.. Pinkney, giving his reasons tor not
| approving the account. which have already been
| published.
Q-By Mr.. HAMILTON did the squadron
| sail from the Bay OF Islandsl A.-On the 9th of
| April 1910, to the best Of my recollection
Q.-State the amount paid by the United States
| Tor the purchase Of the Flying Fish IN July, 1886
A.-The purchase money was $1,000, and about
81 800 were expended for repairs.
Q What was the amount paid for repairs on the
| Flying Fish in December, 1889, and does the ac-
count now presented exhibit the cost OF those re-
pairsl A.-About $4,000. Ii does present the nc-
count against the schooner; an item OF 1915 Is here
| charged for provisions.
Q-How long was ehe at sea after the repairs
were put on her at Sydneyl About three
| months She went south on the second Antarctic
| cruise
@ Look ut the account Of the repairs al New
Zealand, and state what items could have been fur
| nished from the Vlncennes had she been In port
| not knowing what Quantity was on board the Vin
| cennes, l can't say. We had carpenters and ar
morers on board, but ! don't know whether they
| could have been spared or not
z Were not such repairs usually made Dy Inc
mechanics OF the squadronl Abbey were, ex-
| cept at Sydney they were usually.
| Q.-Were not the articles usually supplied from
| the Vincennes and PeHcOck2 A. They were fire.
| quently supplied from those vessels.
Q.-How soon did the Vincennes and Porpolse
| arrive at New Zealand after the Flying Fish, and
was that the appointed place OF rendezvous for the
| reunion OF the squadronl A-1he Vincennes two
or three weeks aud the Per oise one or two 10 he
best of my recollection. IL was the appointed place
| for the reunion Of the squadron.
! Odd you, by order OF 1t. Wilkes check the
extra pay Of observation-disclosures Simon F. Blunt. be-
cause he did not perform scientific duties Al did,
agreeably to the written order received Twas or
dered to check against him for not keeping Jour-
| nal part OF the cruise.
Cross-eramined by the Judge Advocate
| Q-Dd not 1t Rlnggold procure some articles
Tor the Porpose at New Zealand before the arrival
of the Vincenncs, and did It. Wilkes find fault with
him for having done so during his absence, and did
| he refuse to approve the accounts ? Al under
stood 1t: Ringgold did procure articles for the Por-
poise before the arrival OF the Vincennes. Lieut..
Wilkes did not find fault and refuse 10 approve the
account, to my knowledge.
Q-Was it not notorious fact that rihe Flying
| Fish was in a worse condition than the Popoise
after The return from the Antarctic cruise Alt
was thought she required more done for her.
| Q.-by Observation-Disclosures 1t; kinggold produce
vouchers for his account, and did he not receive
| permission from 1t. Wilkes to make those repairsl
| Ale did produce vouchers; don't know wheth-
| er he obtained permission from 1t. Wilkes TO make
| the repairs or not.
| Q.-by JUDGE ApvocATE-Did not 1t. Pinkney
alsoproduce proper vouchers1 Ale did.
| The order TO check against the account of Mid
shipman Blunt was handed the witness, and he stated
as follows: II received orders on the both March,
$40, TO check against the extra pay OF Passed Mid
| shiprnan Bount from the llth March, lS4O and un.
til further orders, for not performing his duties in
the squadron. He received his extra pay previous to
the 18th OF March, $780, the order does not designate
that il was stopped for not keeping a journal"
| Q. by HAMnToN-Dd not Mr.. Blunt keep jour
nal until the llth Of March, and was not his extra
pay stopped because he did not keep journal after
that date7 Al think it was, in fact recoect that
| was the reason.
BY JUDGE ApvocArE-State as near as you can the
contents OF the letter from the Secretary OF the Navy
| Of the l4th July, 1888. Alt was sailing nstruc
tons for the Exploring Squadron, and am not GER
fore was in this letter; ifit was not il was in
| companyirg 1t. \ Is over three years since have
seen these letters
Dr. JOHN l.. Fox called by Mr. Hamilton and ex-
amined through the Judge Advocate.
| GLOW long were you on board the Vincennes,
and in what capacity A.-About four years. Par
off the tine as Assistant Surgeon and part as Acting
| Surgeon.
Q.-State as near as you can the average time
| Lit. Wilkes devoted 10 the duties of the squadron
and what effect his general assiduy had on his
ties of the squadron, and did not reserve TO himself
more than five hours day for sleep. He was ire
| guar in his sleep, so as 10 njure his health; the
length of time he went without sleep was extraordi-
| nary.
Q.-Have you advised him that repose was ne
cessary, and did he relax bis attention to duty in
consequence Al have advised him to that effect
repeatedly, but 1t appeared to have no influence
| his course.
Q.-Have you not remarked that you could
scarcely realize that a man could perform the
duous duty 1t. Wilkes did with so little sleep and
| recreation! Al think ] have. That is my i'm.
| preston.
| The defence here rested.
| Mr.. CoUrHouY, recalled by the Judge Advocate.
Q.-State whether You was in the water at Cler-
mont Tounere on the 10Th Of August, 1888; if yea,
whether you attacked by the natives on that oc.
| cason, and it they attempted 10 kill you with their
| spears. Al swan on shore with some trlnkets In
/ my hand that might proptate the natives They
retired some fifty sixty yards up the beach lad
vanced towards them when they turned anu rushed
| towards me with their spears, putting them within
six inches Of my face, making the most hideous
| faces and yells. ] retreated backwards unlil got
| to the edge of the surf, when sprang in. Why
they did not kill me l cannot tell; they certainly
| could have done 30 with the greatest ease, and
thought at the time they would spear me When ]
sprang in the water two or three OF them threw ther
spears at me, and they stoned me Till go; TO the
| boat.
@ Was you armed, and what protection had
| you from your countrymen in the boats Al
while on shore. went unarmed hoping best to con-
ciliate the natives by that means the boats were out
side the suri from forty TO fifty feet distant
q Were any of the natives wounded in the at
| tack, and how A.-After got out TO the boat,
Mr.. North fired shot Previous to that, at another
point two three shots had beer fred from Captain
| Wilkes boat. Captain Wilkes fired first, and i'm.
mediately after saw a native wounded in the face
washing the blood off in the crevces in the rock
Mr.. Peale then fired, and think shot one Of the
naiivee in the leg. Mr. Peale fred again, believe,
but will not state positively The natives then
tired slowly ny the beach, two of them having hold
| Of one that had been shot; he appeared TO limp
Odd you not land on that island the day before
| and go about it without moestation Ave did
| Mr.. Pickering and Lieut.. Case, Passed MdshPmsn
| Blunt and myself, and one or two Others were on
shore about half hour, and walked all about the
| lagoon without moIestation.
Q.--How far was this lagoon from the shore A.
have landed on the dav Of the attack without molcs-
tation if we had landed at once and not have laid
off thus exciting the suspicious of the natives.
Odd you any natives on the day you first
| landed A We did not see any natives, we had
no idea any were there but they we're from the
boat-they might have easily cut us off if they had
attempted it, as we were dispersed about, and far
from the boat.