The New York herald., 1851-11-01

tien put on board ct any place besides Jacksonville
A. Yes.
Q: At what point' A. Three miles below Jack
@. What quantitya A. Nearly fat load.
q. OF what did this merchandise consists A.
Arms.
@. When did the vessel leave! A. The ID Sep
@. Did you, as one of the passengers, consider
yourself as starting for Cubsl A. At that time
we were starting for Wilmington island or Warsaw
@ Was that the termination of your voyage7
q. Where did you expec. ultimately to 30, A.
The destination Of the boat, as | understood, was
Cuba.
Q. What did the boat 20 to WILMINGTON Island
ior a. 10 take in more volunteers, provisions,
Questions by the Court-was it the intention,
having taken these In, to proceed to Cuba! A. Ii
was; after wo had taken these in we were to
| start.
@. Where i, Thunderbolt? A. On the west
side Of the Sound, three to five miles from Will
| mipgton Island.
@, Did you have commune ,tion with the shore
Q. What is the name of the place A. Will
= G.. Did any other men volunteer with Captain
9 How manyl A. About twenty five or thirty
q. Did you sign any roll I? A. signed one roll
| q. Who was the commanding officer OF the CO.
| lumn! A / understood Colonel Titus
| q. Were arms distributed to the men? A.
| There We're some at Jacksonville.
| q. How many A. One box.
Z. How many did the box contain! A. Fifteen
| or twenty.
q. What company had these arms! A. Captain
| Colvin's.
g. Were these arms used at the time A. They
| used the arms to drill.
Q. Who drilled the men9 A. No one in parti-
| cular; some three or four persons
c. Who distributed the arms! A. No one the
box who wanted the arms to
drill with took his own.
O. Were all the men on board the vessel fur
nshed with armsl A. know they were.
e. What were the arms distributedl A. Mus
kets.
Q. Where and when were the arms distributed
A. think it was at Nassau Sound, on our return
| from Nassau inlet.
Q. Were they used there in drilling Yes
| Y. When you arrived at Nassau, did you rem ain
on the boat, or 90 on shore! A. l went on shore,
q. Did the volunteers generally remain on board,
orgo on shore! A They encam ped on shore
q How far was the shore from where the boat
was! A. About fifty yards
! q Were the men, while on shore engaged in
any END OF nanccavrng or drilling! A. Yes.
Y. What were you waiting there for! A. For
q. How long did you remain there! A. Two or
three days.
Q. pld you get any word about Cuba while you
Q. What was it' A. That Gen. Lopez was
TAKEN apd his command
q What effect had that upon the expedition?
A. That checked and broke it up.
| Cross examination.-Q Was any coal or water
taken on board at Warsaw while you were lying
! q. Any proyisions' A Yes.
q. Where did you go, from Warsaw A. To
! Nassau
@. Were those arms received at Jacksonville, re.
ceived from on shore or from the boatl A. From
on shore.
| q. Who distributed tbeml A. No one; found
| tie box, and took my arms myself.
Question by the Court.-Who told you to take
| them! A. Some Of the volunteers.
Col. ;. Darlington, citizen Of Jacksonvills,
sTOrn. under second libel.
Questions ty the Distric. Attorney DO you
reside In Jacksonville! A. | do.
q You were there about the lst Of September,
then, and siteIl A. | was.
O. You were there when the Pampero came in
q On what day DID she arrive A. Sunday
evening" the last Of August or LIST of September.
" were there not a large number of volunteers
in Jacksonville, for Cubal a. | understood they
| were for Cuba.
q. Were there not large number Of these per.
soi 3 tsere at your house, whose board was paid I!
| a. There
@ Who paid their board, Collected to by
claimants coungel.)
| q Was their beard not paid by some persons
other than the osetves, az Cuban volunteers! (O5-
| Jectedto Court admitted the question /
q. Who paid the board of these personsl A.
Colonel Titus.
q How mary were there at your house previous
to tae saing OF the Pampero p! Some forty or
Q. To Nta amount was their board paid by per-
tons other than themselytsl a. think $96 was
the amount.
O. Dad ttefe persons take passage in the Pam.
pero! "A. I presume they all went on board |
saw several 20 on board they ell disappeared
from my house at The time the Pampero sailed
y. Were you ever an arbitrator, in this case,
between Mr.. sesur and Other claiInantsl (Ob-
jeeted TO by claimant. Allo we'd by Court) A Yes,
q. Was this arbitration in reference to the Pam
roIo, or to this case whateverl A. 10 was
q was the agreement TO atbitrate IN writing
| Major e. M Cooper, citizen OF Jacksonville,
eallsd-Exsmined under Libels Nos I and .
Questions by District Attorney Have you, in yeur
possession, paper submitting to arbitration a
! question between Mr., Segur and other claimants
| In reference 10 the Pampcrol a. have
! q WIZ ycu produce that paperl paper pro-
| cuccd ard drst examined by olaimant) Claim
ants council objected to the introduction of slit
paper, ns irrelevant. District Attorney proposed
submitting 70 the Court the submission to arbitra-
ticn serarate from the accounts acoompanyin it. or
any proceedings under the arbitration. Paper sub
mitted to the Court. Counsel for claimant again
objected TO theintroGuction Of the paper as mat
ter involving private concerns and private feeling,
and as occurring after the expedition was broken
up. District Attorney claimed right to the use
CT The submission as signed by Mr.. Segsr, and'as
containing admissions by him, separate fro IN and
without reference to the subsequent proceedings
u,ue, ane "ipiuaton' IRE claimant again urged
the ifrclevsncy Of the whole writing. Court de.
cided that anything going to show the object aud
interest Of this expedition, In which the Pampero
was ergrgtd, was pertinent testimony; the sub
mission TO arbitration is, therefore proper evidence
for the District Attorney, as going to show what
| the PARTIES were talking about, and to show
vbetser the arbitration had any reference TO the
| famrero. District Attorney claimed the right to
Tresent the submission, going to show the ex.ent
n which Mr.. Segur was concerned In the Cuban
expedition. Court decided in favor.of the admis-
tibllity Of the submission. Claimants counsel
akcd that the whole papers be placed On record By
Court, and taken together, a. including any evi-
dtnee in favor as well as against Mr.. Segur. (Par-
tics agreed subsequently 10 separate the D p,pers,
and that the paper being the submission to arbitra
tion should only be received
z. By District Attorney Did Mr. Ses CUR appear
n bd're you as one OF the areitra,ors A. Yes.