The New York herald., 1845-07-15

and received has very largely increased upon the
old average. Our city Post Master is sanguine Of
the success OF cheap postages.
Coleman and others are about building a little
pleasure excursion steamboat for the Potomac the
craft TO be calico the 5. S. Coleman devoted to Pic
NNlcs, @c Just like one OF Coleman's fancful good
But we have an express visit on hand to-day, and
are cut short.
~. ", WAsHIrcTor, July II, Is4S.
me Naval Court Martial-The Correcfors Corrected
psrcsive in Go Com .a!.,s, voo,aees Defence.
perceive IN tne omicial organ Of the administration
that am charged of being under misapprehenson a.
regards the proceedings Of the Naval Court Martial nm
correct said mi apprehension The matter 1sfsrrsd ~
is the question that put to Lieutenant Pnrtsr hr
the the usage in the Navv for
punish the The question was objected 70 enS -
the reporter for the Union, whom shrewdlv
be Hallet, the Judge Advocate in this case, the
court being cleared is stated 10y the reporter of the
Hsraid) that the president precluded Mr. Coke from
presenting his reasons objections" Aye and youI
taIed hey ond any cavil doubt. when the Question
was offered by the accused the Judge Advocate and re-
objected to the Mr. Coke remarked to the presi
dent OF the Court will submit my reasons for Offer.
ng he question IN writing and sat down at his table to
more than line line and ahalf before the president
in very prsmptoy tone cried out, orderly clear the
Mr. Coxe from his table saying to the president as
ne was leaving the room I" have offered to submit my
for offering the question and has been reiused
Now this is the true state Of the case and there s no
msapprehenson on my part for the matter was SUBJ
Get OF conversation among several in the autiroom Of
the court after it cleared But the Union goes on
TO saytha the question objected to- had been before
offered with the reasons for offering it by the accused
and the court had deherated upon and decided in favor
Of the objection" deny that the question had been be.
fore offered to the witness with the for offering
and only time of enatlon to Lieutenant Porter ri
the Judge Advocate will only reflect upon that days
proceedings, when the question offered, he will
find that the " boot is t'other leg.
tits odd and as unprecedented odd, for the Judge
the official organ and when any testimony adverse to the
accused is offered to head that days proceedings in
large caps" Vide the proceedings reported in the
Union.
forbear commenting upon such course but leave
you and readers to decide whether praise or con-
demnation is his due for such a course
The letters that offered by the accused CAPTAIN
Voorhees, and appended to the record the
day the session of Court Martial were as follow
Commodore Turner's letter of January ii, 1874. and
Comd Gordons letter of Jan. Is, 1874 and not Com
Turner's letter Of March or Gordon letter of March
15 giving him discretionary power to enter where he
pleased on his return to the United States before
stated
ding my defence before the previous Court Martial
again called upon in less than fortyegh hours to
character least to be able ascertain their true
meaning That the facts of these Specifications and
the time that the charges were brought against
me. That facts within the knowledge of the nc.
cused for the foundation for such belief And that these
charges and specifications not preferred by the
Secretary of the Navy from any other than the
information lodged there by of the officers Of
the angress The record ofthe Court should show
ace on occasions its in full for any decision
II might make regards the question that may have been
presented for its h hisc,an oH mat during the
ions that have made the has been totally
in the osrk as to their nature and Ihat this
record is subject to the revision Of the Senerai
and the Civil Courts should be necessary ne hopes
that the Attorney General will mark thee iacts.
the % e acting the
this case, only allowed his name to be officially
used in the case, l am unable to say.
My objection to the first charge and third specification
now overruled, although showed by the examination OF
The Secretary of the Navy that the logbook from which
he could learned the information OF the Congress
having gone to Annapolis instead of Norfolk had been
at the department since he 4th of March, s45 but be-
cause the secre airy OF the Navy had examined tho
lorbook the Court could rule the specifications;
such be allowed to be pursued by the Secre-
ay Of the Navy m I9 0s moss 70 .io
direct subversion Of the naval laws Of the United
states. -
the Leuenants punish the for minor offences has
not been established in any single instance that said
order had been put in execution and would have as
much applicability charge of larceny" treason"
murder" as to the inhction Of illegal punish
The witness, Lieut.. Jenkins, was introduced for the
purpose of throwing discredt upon the hook Of ORDERS
Sd that the could not to Sas noticed
the marked readiness of the witness in his that
he believed that part authorizing the Leuenants to pun
dreputable insinuation was promptly met BY the ac-
cused making peremptory demand Of the Judge Advo-
cate TO produce the original book Of orders. The es
mony Of Passed Midshpman Blair incidentally spo
Ken Of and his interview with the Secretary Of the Navy
and his showing him the private letter of Captain voor
hees and his having its contents be false
and could prove them and that this interview took place
shortly after his return ron ron no N0rok bringing 'ns oe
previous to the preference OF the previous charges
against Yet the witness had stated to have been
not more than weeks back. The difficulties and OBJ
ectons made to the examination Of Commodore Charles
w Morgan adverted to and severely criticised;
of pnvfn and tho nhs ttnnQ
urged to questions made to this Witness showing that
the course Of this defensive testimony in great
measure untrammelled by such proceedings. At the
opening OF the proceedings of the Court admitted the
Of the order for which three weeks Of the
time of this Court has been consumed 70 establish my
that order board the Congress altogether foreign
to the correct proceedings Of the Court Mr. Blair.
when called upon by lsh question to state the time OF
lis interview with the Secretary Of the Navy, that he
had stated about the time Of his return from Nor
.ok in the waterwtch, which was about the 4th OF
spril but subsequently he stated that it was two or
weeks the session of the present Court Ihat
sa vis,be marks of hatred and prejudice towards the
sxhibted by this witness were manifest in his
every look, gesture, and answers given 10 tne various
questions propounded That the s only means .ne %
,,etly drawing it IRON him unaware, sHd without his
own that questions should have been put in
ahush so as to extract the truth by throwing him of
liz guard This a right the accused was fully au-
horzed to use but the Court prohibited him from pur
ning such course and thereby his ends and aims
frustTa,ed This witness, to tme and dates. &c.
ecularly the dark and always found non reco'dus
To the question OF the Judge Advocate propounded te
me during the investigation, can now answer DID
not wish to controver the testimony OF Mr. Bancroft oy
questions proposed Mr. Blair but only to show how
lirie was to be relied upon his testimony but we will
let this witness pass. The course pursued by Mr.
Bancroft in exhibiting the letter OF Capt v to the officers
of the Congress- and listening to their vuperative and
vcnomous charges poured out against their Commander
was severely rsprimanded a..
The contradictory statements as to the leaving o. tne
ong, ess from Annapolis very manifest IL rossr
stated with entire confidence that the cause ioa n.y. ~
ling under way owing to the messenger NOT oenf
dogged and by 1t Browning who, WIN @ e9us. s conn
dencs stated that the messenger had been doggeo se
yera days previous and so at the tme OF the at
cmn, 10 get the ship under way, but the delay was
wing to the badness Of the wealneL NJ nslI s.a'cr