Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-01-13

Ny epinios that tho brig could not be taken ky
SpeRcer alone led 20 suspect Cromwell ani
Small we're implicated.
Q-I;an you name any who you think won a
havs stsemPled a rescIe a favorable opportunity
had otfere5i
Al cannot; but the m rning Of the 9th.
Warmer said To me, Ihete ~ss great work going ON
now Yes" said;" hat mOre ihs an is aeces.aty %
Tie sail the officers of the deck were armed with
couple ~ pistols and The officers Of the Crecas,le
one. he said. What cocld lhey do f we made a
rush on them at once IN the mid-waich1"
told han thought IN rteen or fourteen of them
would dr"P. the officers being all armed. This .,
The only suspicious cir cumsiauce 1 remember
MIR Wales was here called. and ted where his
hand writing began ia the deposiiions, ard some
oiher s'imPFiani points respecting them
Sergeant Carly recalled-l Reads his leposiiions
before the Council on bIard tue S,mersl
Alt Is; viii two exec piIons ~ hich were
stated and cOrrvcIed-
.harles Stewart, petty officer. Capt of the Fore
as,le. sworn-l was on bnard the Sumers: I lir,i
heard ~ the iuenied muIiny on The nj ght Spencer
was arrested; and learnt il from o.e of tho officer,
AS they sail. had frequently seen Spencer tai.
kns with Cnmwell. They appeared To- he iuIn ate;
have seen them talking IugetArr ON the Iorecastle
aud on Jacnbs ladder. ia low tone; could moi
hear what they said. although within five or SIX Zee,
irom Them. night and day my duty always requir-
ell me on The iUrecasIe. have seen them talking
together number OF times. l have seen Spencer
give Cromwell mohey NJ one on hoard ever said
anything To abonI I,kIng the vessel The order
and discipline board were very good tilI we
arrived AT MADEIRA Alter leaving Mldeira some.
hing very extraordinary Occurred-Ihe conduct
was not 81 we'll some board looked very sullen
the crew very slack in ObeyIng orders IN to the
time of S,'enrer's arrest. During the lime the prs
oneTs were in confinement the crew used To sInr,I
! al. e
what they were talking ahout There would be
several of these knots or groups OF men ab,ut the
deck; | wns examined at the council Of officers on
board the SOmers;l gave the opinion at that time;
ard lhInk 80 still. that The vessel was not safe
while those PRISONERS were hoard on account of
their numbers, and the lew men on board o guard
the vessel; there must have been more who had
some hng To do with IL, but cant say who they
| were.
BY Jud 20 a lvocae-Is there am thing else YOU
can stated
h--At line time orthe execution, Cromwell made
Two or three attempts boDte the rope as putround
his neck TO jump overheard; heard him pleaJ his
innocence; Spencer and Small were on the siarboard
side. and did not hear Ihetn say anything
.SiS~sr's deposition was then read to him as il
was taken down at the council, he said il was cor.
reot. Ii contained nothing Of special interest
more Than what has already been given.l In answer
To a question by Commander Mackenzie-Speneer
anee gave me s lass Of brandy for scrubbIng his
tpanialoons, lending him his mattress; and doing
several other favors greg served out on board
the Somcrs; knew this fact when shipped; The
commanier was humane, more than usual.
Charles Rogers, sworn, one Of the petty officers
EQuauer Master II first hoard "f the muiiny ON the
night Spencer was confined. Before we got on the
Toast OF Africa, Spencer said 10 the l wish had our
launch, and with ten such men as I could pick out
Ffrum the crew could make our fortune. ! replied
t"why, MIR Spencer. think you must be for iakn
that brig" There was a brig then in sight1 He
said eyes, he was" replied ut would be hard lc
find ten men Of our crew take such q vessel" lie
SAID Eyes he could find ten such men," and named
several of the crew, and asked my opinion about
them tie named Wilson, Cavanaugh. Mckinley and
Green. He once asked me it'll had ever been in O
SLAYER. told him had nCI; he has never "a III any
thing ome ahou pirates. nor tie Isle OF Pines; Spen
Ger was very intimate with Cromweli; have seer
them more intimate than / ever befure saw an off
Ger with one OfIhe crew.
| vns on deck when the boom Tickle was carried
awlyi CrnFnwel and Small were the only ones o.
the crow who understood .navIgn. ion, as lar as
know; Cromwell told me that Spencer had givei
him Sl6. j was examined brlur the council OF ofli
GERS, and gave an opinion. which was that il would
not be very safe to undertake get the brig TO the
| coast " iih sOmany prisoners on bOar,i as We weT,
poorly manned and believe that most Of The biz
boys were implicated in the plot; 1 believe so
because heard from MIR. GansevOort, that most
( OF the big enys names Mr.. Spencer's list
II did moi then believe 10 now believe thai
the Soners could have been brought safely into port
without The execution ofibose men. Rogers de-
position before The council was then read to him
1t much like his testimony Such words as these
occur IN II, III there IN plot" &c II think the
brig would I've safer IL these men were disposed Of
l-kiled." &c.
BY Com. Stewari-Didih the crew seem 10 be reliey
ed and better satisfied aller tho execution than they
belorel
A-The best Part-Ihe larger number Of them
W ere so.
BY Commander McK-Whni sort OF usage had
you board the SOmersl
Alt was good.
The Court adjourned to Monday at ! II O'Clock.