New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-10-24

I! ie distant the officers ana men took us al II QUO
JSrymln-What was the object Of having the American
nag nying when YOU approached the JosPph ,,A
The Witnes-DeceptiOn; that was our business lLaosh
VIM Harveston Deputy Collector Of Pbiiadelrbs sTonL
~ pn H. gipa hook dated 2Gh January 1861, sho.
wing the building q vessel ownership &ci Capt meyer
Genfse Thomas Of Rockand Mline stated ih,t he built
the Jo,eph certan residents Of kos.and al
Her tuunage III. lie also identified tIe deseIplon
George H. Cabells sstisted in the lornuhcalon -, A.
CAPT r. Meyers. swoTn-sailed rem Phisdephh ' 20
f Crdenss ef there 18th May 1851, aud were captured
June Sd by the savannah MIR brdses my mae caaa ,n
following us ever since dayght with my glass could sc
She was Of seldom so far out ana thed my coo,
Of a. living which could exactly make out anything
saw the ean flag on the msn Iggns and let S.ms
up Capt Baker demanded my name and course ana ooI S
aboard with my pspfrs wen IN 9TS. s onI wa. he
rad 10 lake INV vessel but he was bound to retae
tic North bed been making war on them say them @
were armed with cutasos and odashioued beard pg Pitoh
the American flag had been flying until them and was taken
vsnnah came 70 this country in s47 from Denmark and got
nstuTazed in 1856 in the Court Of Common Pleas tIhe doc
ToIaes W. Bridge mate Of the Joseph born state
of Maine, confirmed Capt Meyers ;, o
add put jail remaining confined two months ana t"ey
days and then taken Charleston aud
saw The Joseph advertised Tor saein Georgetown oy ooe
/ the Ms shs.
! Mr.. Larocque began the cross-examination by en-
deavoring to elicit further information with refer
cree 10 the disposition made oil the Joseph, W "iN'
the prosecution objected. 49,
Mr. Lord said the advertisement was suf1eient 10
proye that the Joseph was not disposed OF 10 secret
iurtiye manner as thieves or pirates were supposed
! 10 DO.
The itncss-I never told the prosecution thai Judge Mac
r,t di.pOsed Of tie vessel the Marshal let US QUIZ
az Georgetown examined in relation to the pLe pc
fore ssnie who came Iom Charleston ,ink ms pe
crew and ship belonged signed nay nsnei saw the az
yertisement alluded to in The Char sifoh tSsTe'. H.,
Commodore Sss II. stringham sworn; "as e9fnhanulns
the Atlantic bockading squadron at The time OF the caL
aboard the Ainncsoia June We fell IN with the fe,f{
very much her there hs had ordered he
Fefnaudna Florida informed that they bad capi9ea
pirscAl vessel ordered the prisoners aboard tsn We ~
Csptsiu Of the Joseph passed within threa miles OF
Chsreon hsTbO having met the Perry and her pri1e ten
miles Of.
/ To the Guestion, What were the prisoners taken
aboard the Minnesota for the defense objected.
Mr. Evarts said they desired merely TO show that
the design was to send them 20 New-lork
/ Mr. Brady eaid the validity of the objection might
/ be illustrated by supposing pirate taken III the
south Seas. The law says they shall be tired IN the
district whittier they were first brought. What sort
of an answer would il be, in refusing TO acknowledge
| "A habeas c0rpus that come officer OF the Navy had
designed to send the prisoners somewhere ehe lhah
the place where they wero Gent
Mr. Evarts replied that the physical introduction
Of the persons OF the prisoners into some Roads on
their transport to another place could not be taken
as actually landing in the district. II was tue same
rs If the Nnnesota's prisoners were claimed 10y New
Jersey, because that ship might be physically ncap-
able OF getting to New-lork without first passing
through channel lying within the district OF New
jersey. -
Mr. Larocque made long speech in reply the
puport of which was that the prisoners had rlghI
20 be tried in Virginia if they chose. The counsel
cited u case Of Judge Storys ruling which weIt
against MS position, but gave afterward NUN
Der of others IN his favor. The case of l.. e.
Townsend in 1853, a slaye-trader captured by q
cruiser which went into Key West, was cited
Judge Spngue Of Massachusetts, ruled that his tria
could only take place at hey West. Later rulDgs
he argued had corrected the manifest error Of Judge
Story.
90 at large, az no objection appeared from either
AIDE.