New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-02-08


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70 Re sissr.r San Fsrssr. ssd hs sipos1 wss..sS.
Esss The IlsheOs toe 0oly on. vhOe eaPsciy -s
..hs .ts.msf 70 Which Gen Woo tss prsir.,..
~, tss,rspte s.pstch 70 90 the oh -I. o''
On re receipt ri. nspsss letter y.sri., I,,
nd of further information 10 regard to the LshO =,
on ips,., st ope ofths principal Marine lrruae. o.,
s the rstes OF nsursnee are The s,
as,,s Ilr Ies.iS.s ordrsy ,,nr hlps rhs $500 -
70 non les to 2 days b. clipper .sos. ~
Tie steamer Juo l. s,sy.a. which tA;yy .ra.l.
S7issapsrfei.l fes on Der aset 5ae psrss. 60 80
low deek ard entitled BY ss % carry Isis pssa~n
ports on each S'f mos s%oSDs ~ s
Tooes Thomas 8 JrssrP ossrternss'e' General wssssss
q. You make that letter, in the statement Of ~
part OF your testimony here
A. do hand in a letter from myself TO NJ. Am,
wall, and bis letter read 50 follows
Ov,srsRxlsrERs OfricE. New Yors. Ga a M. !
srs Hsvrs received communal stso from the oaasrs
roops 10 California would thank to answer the krovsss
viii be rs.d, take the tI9'g' on board and sOnassa
'ossss q ne 81 ~. v,..eI viii he appropriated m
The troops. and what 'pass to TIE baggage AID
Sd wiii the vessel Any citizen or
h wh.i points " the 'ir anne, 'osea ioI eGasns ssi
BY immediate e ssSTs ySS MI mach os
To t 3 Isr NV Esq fss,F Co; Sssyss
Ner'York. oStOSer II ian .
Col. SWORDS, L 5. o,.rterma.tcr Nsw-yOIt ,..,o,,
pf 81, lave sS IN Sa Ss h.aS art - SS
gnss will ready for t BY steam Ga the lst % se,ss
Ws f S' sp iSw ssGI w be It the disposition %
excepting only s bes' for PeT,on. o.r. 40,
families the s,oos and t' stsieroous es'ns eselnVsy sa
10 citizen pS.ensers or private freight viii Be t,ta n
Captain. nd. will be excluded objected 10 et se
he ssmer viii touch sor coallus Rio Jsncs vSpss
T.tins the vovss-,ofthe l. Stephens .,nial s q
rsrrs the probable tine between New az sna az sss
snd Without allowance for the gpcti1r qusies ana oett e
o'he Francisco presume go (eish) days tho ps
fully your', X. w. ASPlNWALL Pr''siat
O. You have said that General Wool sent you 10,
steamer after you had turned her TO the regneah
if the freight left room enough for the troops Wen
other officers associated with you in that inspecton
A. Gen Wool requested Mr.. Aspinwall to 90 with IA
and desired to have our opinion; | met Col Washinga
and Lieut. Fremont after receiving Gen. Wools order,
Col Wellington then in command of the troops si
Lieut.. Fremont Regimeuel Quartermasteri asksi
them 10 90 with me they went.
. What trial trips he'd the steamer made TO test he
working Of her new engines
A think she made three trial trips the lsat trip VA
reported by Aspinwail as entirely satisfactory
O. What was the result Of the other tra trips Did hs
ship go 10 in either OF her trials or below Fort Han
il;on
A. | do not know, was not on board Other.
Gross examination of Col Swords by Col Gates ID
O. Were you sent on board the steamer san Francisco
with Col Abercromby, TO ascertain whether eighty Da
ColGaes had represented TO Gen Wool that he thought
they could not be
A. know roihing of Colonel Gros' rePresents'orss
General Wool was sent with Col Abercrombie nses
il she could take the Dragons, and SO reported thsy
were not sent however for the reason as L heard thai
they had small poS among them
O. How were the troops to be quarerel on board the
San Francisco
A. That was matter that TO be left entirely to the
commander Of the troops the whole ship turned
to them present the Charter party in further anfwer 10
Al. than nd
following directed 10 be entered the record the only
parts OF the instrument relating TO the question asked the
witness.
list Hath chartered the entire steamship San Francisco
3D. To he fitted up with borths in her Storage Tor the
accommodation Of AS soldiers -four hundred and seventy
vel ard laundrosses more or less.
3D. And the Officers with their families 10 DO provides
with s,sfe rooms in the saloon and cabin fare.
4th To receive citizen passengers unless authornst
70 DO so 10y the officer in charge of the embark alton
The examination of this witness here ended
Lieut. s. L. Fremont of the 81 regiment Of Artillery, Z
witness called for tie United States being sworn In due
lorm Of law, testified follows
Direct Erdminafi0p-Q. You were Regimental QaR
ermaster to the Sd Artillery at its embakaton on the Ss
Francisco
A. Twas.
embarked and how thoy were quarered the vessel
A. They embarked on the 2lst Of December, under ux
command of Col Gates two companies were qnaf'ered
below the main deck; six companies were quarered
ton the main spar deck the two companies b
low the main deck were accommodated with permanea
berths such provided for Storage passengers the
companies above deck were in standees or moysok
beris which taken up during the day and put DON
at night Witness then exhibited TO the Court drawiq
of the ship and explained that the ship had three decks
the Owermost called the seerage deck la this deck W
took passengers both sides Of the engine on Tn
deck the extra load Of coal for the trip TO Rio in u.
rear luggage mostly tho ships stores in the 'front.'
the engine this deck the lower steerage so called
fitted with berhs to receive according to my present rec
lection two hundred and seventeen passengers or hefe
bout this slower steerage occupied with Quarterma'
stores camp and garrison equipsge and officers ugssse
and about one hundred barrels OF subsistence H9es
which the hold would not contsin the rest OF the sae
sisence stores will explain below the deck In 'ns
hold but it would not take all and the balance rs sts
put the lower deck In the lower steerage, vncl
had been intended entirely for officers luggage and csnI
eqsipnge and the officers Quarermasters stores SOM
subss stores also put the Storage de
aft the engine, where the ships stores were.
@ You speak of the extra coal occupying the steersy
on both sides the engine What was the ordinary use
tended for that part
A. For baggage and the putting the coal thero caass
the baggage TO go into the lower steerage.
Witness continuation the next or lower Is the upps
steerHge which quarered the two companies, befo
stated next to that was room Of forty eight berthS
called the womens Storage and for hospital next that
going att the forward cabin, OF hundred en-
twenty berthe occpied BY the laundresses and their ch
dren, by the officers female servants and the Regiments
band in of the state Of twelve berths wen
the engineers Of the ship this however only ten
porary arrangement aso two three Of these state room
were filed with the bedding Of the ship. which, believe
came out OF the lower Storage that found dhcunl
in quarterpg In this place the and children OF III
command they were crowded there next this deck
after passing against the engine ROOM Is the main cso1
occupied by officers and their families and some cizens
this cabiR contained eleven state rooms nine OF hss
occupied by officers and their families about one
half Of them contained six berths eaehthe rest hrss
each in rear OF this was small saloon the Brsans.
Consul and officer of the Brazilian Navy and thed
wives in this cabin the upper spar deck held ~
companies in the stendee beths this deck formed
width othe top and the projecting guards from the fowaa
M and
berths for the the guards but from ~
engine 10 the Of the saloon were small staniee bes