New-York daily tribune., 1843-01-02

said he thought it necessary TO con6nc Cromwell
told him that agreed with him, and that be-
iievcd him to DC dangerous person My mind
had been carried back many things that had oc-
cured before this thing was known, which | new
er could account for till tie disclosure of this plot
suck as Cromwelfs absent maaner This, how
ever, it was tbought best to omit for the present
was about to hail the top and order him TO come
| down; but the commander told ne 70 wait till be
did come down, and then tell him that the Com
mander wished to zee him.
| As soon as he came upsn the Jacobs ladder
cooked my pistol ard pointed it at him, and whee
he got on deck told him the Captain wished 70
see him. When be came to the Captain he vas
ordered to sit down. The Commander told him,
in effect, that ;herc were many suspicions about
him, and that he considered 1t necessary TO contne
him. He was told by the Commander that he
would be confined in The same wsy with alr.
SpeRcer and taken home, where he would De tried
by the laws of his country and acquitted If he was
| innocent; if guilty he would be punished He re-
Piled, Yes, sir; but do Mt know any thing
aboot this; Iussrrc you that 1on, know any thing
aboet it,. Something else Passed which do
not al this time recoliect. The Commander then
said something to roe about Small, and asked II
did 10. think it best 20 coEfRc him. told him |
thought it wGs and he then told me 10 order him
aft. Nearly ;he same conversation then passed as
with Cromwell The Commander told him he
would he confined as the Others were, brought
home and tried. Small did not deny hav-
ing had conversation with Spencer. The
Captain said to him, ''Sperrer has talked with
you about the plot, in which Small acquiesced
and sad Yes sir. He did not deny it and made
no objection to being Confined. The night Spen-
Ger was confined think Small admitted he had
talked 10 him about the mutiny. Small was then
confined in irons. All the officers were armed
when Cromwell first came down from the rig
gng. and we're stationed about the mast differ
cnt parts Of the deck ready for action in case of
any attack They wore their arms afterward uH-
Ill their arrival here.
On the 23th or a9.h, 1lhink Wilson, Mckinney,
Mckee and Green were confined. Wilson had
had q knife in bag which he bought on the coast
of Africa, and King told me that the night before
he had kept it concealed about the guns l came
up and found King ard Dickinson talking together.
King said to me % HIS Wilson Gra1cn tvo or
three kaivcs from tic store-room iGtcfyl :"
told him none that knew of. He snd Il heard
that he had several knives in his sail bag, and
think it would be good plan to overhaul 1t; be
has had his bag there at the after part Of that gun
where Mr.. Spencer is, nearly all day, and knife
hid awayin the rigging which he thought he an
tended 10 put into Tie hands Of MrSpencer. lover
hauled the sai!-bag, and found other knife than an
African dirk, very sharp, and having the appearance
of having been lately sharpcned. This is the knife
1t was produced: the blade was about six inches
long and an inch and half wide near the halt
sharp on both sides and pointed. 1t had sheath
and bore handle. 1t had the appearance OF
having been recently sharpcsed. | was told that
there was another knife IN t!le possession Of War
ner. That was sharp only on ore side md curved
on the back. | had seen it before. | ordefed 1t
brought TO me and pkfced both in tie aIm.chest tor
safe keeping.
think it was at the same time that / said to
Dickinson, (king having left "Nhat do you
tniHk of these feows?" abiding to SPcncer,
Cres,well and Small. His reply was, that in his
and the id scound.el Cor rascr) Oh The star
board apm-chcst.n Small aud Cromwell were
both on the stalboard side, and said to him,
:. You mean Cromael,' being pretty we'll sa'isfl-
ed of the same thing ir my own mind lie said,
" Yes, sir, he is tie most dangerous man on boa,-1
he ship" rccoiiect nothing else that happened.
had several conversations with King, Dicken-
son, l thnl, Browning, ard Anderson, Captain of
the forecastlc and they all tho'isht Cromwell the
most dangerous aaoas coacernea IN tie plot
| had several conversations with them every
dav and used to ask hsm what they saw nbost
the vessel. They told me what they had seen
that before the affair they had seen Cromwell
talking frequently with Spencer; that they were
very intimate &c. King told me that he thought
there WAS collection ef arms III the store
room. ovsrhuued it but found none. then
collected all the uonkcy-tails, holy-stones,
c1arling spikes, and such things as might DC used
against u.s. They were locked up in the atore-roon
and otherwise secured. / did not know then that
any other of the crew were implicated; but think
it was King who told me that he thought all the
older boys
After making up the record the Coutt was ad-
jourzed till Tuesday morning at IL J o'clock.