The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-01-13
Naval Court Martial ON Commander Rowan.
OUR PHILADELPHIA CORRESPONDENTS.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. u. 1851.

PuILiAnELIHfA Jan. II, 1871,
On the assembling Of he court martial Commander
Rowan his morning Lieutenant william Mitchell
called or examnaoA questions prepared by The ae,x-
ed
oues,ion Die send for you the commencement;
OF the mid watch the : september, 1854 and tell u
give the order 10 passed mdshipmsn Chapman 10 shake
,eefs ont opsas AnswerI don't rccoleci; do not re
colec, whether we had q conversation n what sail the
brig ought carry tie unc was master Of The brig; the
captain and nyse have had conversations OF tai Kind but
hsi date aeg,ensni Fleming ed on one ne, send
ne essr a p,1 ,1o bs eap sran d. Wa Srns ne
nri sickness when bca,ns down the La Pai
ouesiion-Dd you come uto calm and communicate
with Al all about The 2,h september, loo5 Answer
Idsn, fieuing recalled ard in repy % long qus.agn As
Vas olocr or deck Com Rowan had Tor witness and
nsh IN Lieut. CIV in oid me thx be had been order.
Ell BY lie CON 10 close reef The topsa aui ased
saSn and iod BE co@n ssser & conersd heesy
carry sa that was looking on, AID rsrea I'm % uf
dd Tor he purpose luiorng hn, ss dii not consier =,
twin being ocor The clswcd down ,he iopsis
had dreced hm . o5ey if oroer nu' y n .9 T
To- ~ The nser hat hal informed he Commands oihe
inmedisioiy or6er,d the topsails % b. hosed ssan
IN reply i9 sno ~ .sc e hrsn q rs Ser
q tie captain with TIE salns o The BRIG VIII wss
he ,omnantcr, hat he was entirely ft % attend 20 hts dn
ooe,,op-Dsd NJ, Ienensu' OWN rcef Ire topsaHs
otae ed Arswef--He may have bu' m original
@ cnmsnrr Ss, on inter- sW VIII he nasr ,sese arr
nno p9r, sn, @hen nsss n ae =, noe ~,
he attitude longitude Of the brig, e set OF he
a@e e Win pa Captain 'I sent Se hs ana parallel rules n
a,e ihey were 6rou gh out eiher BY vi'ncss tie
Ter the s1dor o5servng wien They were ien IN that
parallel rue, sen in, ensdered s ne conm Ter
gSs 70 pc sug5eo stoud Se hamored '' INV '"
ucstion-nd ng, On May a. w ca yoar 2, eniion 70
mvs.Hi hnswcr-Ihe Commander did cal my attention W
some conversation between beuenan Urn and myself .
H., am 10, about the dse hins was us' before
oaos,s'~Dd you or no, presence Of third per
son hs there yss fysps sa Sor potp ae. I
nos be eyc Ia he Db or The dvniv ~ cur SAVIOUR hs
Vas S.ke t y s atom not hSd before ai n,is rcSo;
olcerins you to NE ,ou a,sn % i l. NJ, ,b
| groird thai It would crinnse hrns,h 49,, A.. ,..,.,
and mseai Journal ~ The cambridge eegraped or
ksr shor recess the e,sinna Lieutenant Fleming
was resmd in sasMs. , 70 ROWAN ar
ont pcros he 70 me 70 eek my al zee realye % s'
dMcuues % no rcncesr wne' az s ~ eo
gu,stsn Nv The secused-pd OF did not Or. Ruisnsein
On or about he ieh IN q February ash yon % give ~
ne mmsna myself VIII on ' s ,cs i Ss ns
he rond take me SICK list and when arrived Al Rc
ION wG took place previously s..ed maj Commando
mod Che o%% man . wseG Dr. anss~eo n.1 resume
t N Ale command brig from the commander whes
assmed the command was upop the official report OF Tho
$4,000 ocer hat commander incapable of attending
10 bs duties that did 40 not renenber asking the Gao
- hsch ado Cor him or against him and ~
y.n,pg with me-, nave recollection Of such conver
| salon. 81. -. -. -, a.. AZ
~ re,orts wih my and the disease aborin
,nfer CO. will vou submit them for he examination 81 h
SotS received iste, but not having preserved thsu
cannot produce them. In reply 70 question The wnes
1890 IN moi pvepared when the SICK
wren but . ns ney "sr s hspds ed e N
my npresson that the report Wa rnenomania about u
igh on Sebrary did enter The cabin and pro5ably asks
how Captstn was matter OF courtesy. think
informed him that doctor had take him or the lt or
shou' t Do ~ and hence asked him N he had
Tsd scaive letter from COMMANDER Clerk EXPIRE
ocnrcn what Nc had done IN The cabin during fac II
ba e occurred there never was on veiy fnentfy torr
h r I'll "a Int always endesvOred 70 treat him courienu
Is; III ~ vr, possible usst Con " ia seud NJ sn