The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-10-31
Proceedings OF the Ravsl Courts.
COMMANDER RIEaaoLL's CASE uHDKR IHvEsrra ALTON
TESTIMONY OF FIVE NAVAL cAPrAIKs.

coxxAspsR RrHaaoLDs CASE uTDKR MvEsrra ALTON
TESTIMONY or FIVE NAVAL cAPrAIKs.
WASHINGTON, oa. %, 1857
fhs case or Commander csdwauAasr Rinssoid, late
commander or tho Eth Pacific surveying expedition,
vAs commenced 70 day, and attracts . large crowd OF
SPECTATOR court room, the case Of peculiar
interest Commander Rngsod u brother 70 tho late
IAmsned Major Ripsgold or the flying artillery, which
assonshed General Ia Vega the ba.ei OF Palo ALTO and
Rcsaoa dc "a Palma II III be reocected that Com mander
anssod, While In command Of the North PAsao survey.
ing expedition, depriv Cd Of his By Comma
arrangement He was Afterwards retired by the late
Retiring Beard His application II nos 10 be restored
70 We active service List and 10 the line OF pfomoon
oorBr 10 B. IN nn cass OF COMMANDER 0 nyGG,ID.
Commodore strneham sgoFn-I hnou Commander
RssscS oanpo, state We number Of years, bat have
Known him since 1876; 1 have known him intimately;
have sailed hh him. he WAS . hsulenan on boari me
john Adams when chs was under my command, frcm
October 1852 MAJ 1887 part q that NJ no wsi First
polsc Il Nae York whore second In command, and
nHps her out for the exploring expedition Ia 1885,
had ooosrsu 70 call upsn him neqaeaiIy for Important
dunes both Frat Iensensu. and Otherwise ana be a.
.ss Ks Is e,iassss Ct ny entire sa.sf.cHoa lin him
did consider him a. taen mentally, PHI Aca,y professon-
uaptd1 Gardener sworn--I have hnoWn conmauder
Rnxeod siuoe tho 1870 served with him first the
we. Indes IN isss and isss; Com msnasr Rnsrols vas
IN he schooner Grcy hound, and the Wild Oal We
verc, though NOD on bari NE same vessel thro IN .
grea deal tcseihcr nest service In NE United
ger, = NE third and Oommsascr Rssgoid a. sae firth
attached vasdas: nexi service was on beard
the John Adams, In the Mediterranean commanded nrn
DE Flrss Lcutsasa ana ConnsaSsr Rnssoid a. sec,sd
Lsutersni 20 wsre t~o years an two months together
isrno, sse ress.sa . n. SnsS States" .ns
nsSod succeeded me - IN. r suteoant Of the John
Aiams hu eharsOss e an otuosr wss eminsuuy snisss
n In IA
proissaoray And morally Tor the active Ia Of the navy.
Cos exsminsd-I hsve had service with hin siscs
sea deal Of social insrc,srss rave been IN hs room
since Ms return from the East ladies whessver have
him during h sk cess vs have Sesu uesy tsesihsr
esd 10 eovvcspondenoe; have observed any msnx
we.kns.s IN any particular; have discovered rather
Enmnan,u n chief resumsd-T refer 70 q violent o.
os Of which ho aad shortly af.er hs return
from he East Indies, when he necessarily subjsSsd
70 very treatment and In vesy critical stua-
aou, 20 much 90 hat very uneasy about him, cur
Uapaaia Buohsnan svorn--I have known Commander
Knagold tbiry ycazs-nearly cver since have bean In
wsssl IN Is2a, ,be West India station, IN the squad
~ under Commodore Porter; ~ were together some
ssa = niass oman Ss served ssssr on ~o stations
In ahps In the MecsrraBean about 1893 1884,
rssher 10 shs Esn Isdlcs, Commander r. c,mmssdsa III,
surve1ns erpsdion We we're NOT In ME sams sqasirou
he had separate command; his character ofaosr
-
al his beavsss whom nrst ms aim In the EAs, Iadlcs
yslsed bis shp .nd .ss highly e,sd.abs % tse nsvyj
credit upon her occrs DO consider respooss "a
for The active ia Of the navy.
Gross eramined-I hare never seen the snghssn men.
tal yea.ness IN Commander H.
rrsmlnsnos In chief resumsd--I have frequently seen
and con- srsed with hin since ha return from he Est
Indies
CAPTAIN Nociuney swfrs-I have been f0 long time
nsima.ssy acc ,sined with Ooumsader RuggcId think
MIN ased IN every respect emneusly so-fr Ms active
liza, his ters reputation ~ An ofncer cxoeilent
Orssst Ksmined-To served on tbs same ashm In
Cn'ra Tor short sas good dea Of him there In
INs Judge or HI, professional hncss ~ ME general re
pu,snn In the service; have been very istmaa Win
ain Ia wan pssou recently While vas serving 10 me
Coat; sav great deal o. him In China previously " HE
ieavlns 1here; he Wal board nay snie ffel1ensy;
Aavs ssen acquainted with him Tor ven or oeves yeavs
hsro never seeu tho slighNs inertia wesfne@ 10 Uom-
cHnsey Rpxxold We were together on the same sAaon
somewhere about se ,emsr ana October, 1854 We were
together sons two or three months wss NOS ~ Hong
Kong when he srrived out but vs wneo ne saueo
In NE susquehanpa and say him the day be sailed,
Captain Powell svcr ri have kroe Oomw sne~ Nn4
God since 1874 pcssSly before that have served VA
aim On board the North Carolina IN 1884 and I'VE NE