Daily national Republican., 1864-03-16
WILKES NAVAL ooUar.MAnrIAL.

FIFrn DAT. saa |
March ie.-The court assembled At II a. m. to- |
ass n. wSs y as
After OGi fspoiter in iss ecuPs = ysstsfGSy s after
ncT1 tn. 'cross-ersmins,ion Of contnsna.t baldwin
Continued He said, In substances that during the
course q the ron ,ns iOtn IN 70 'h .ne sS.h
pirates Alabama and Florida, speaking every yes
sci he met that was hih unIAting cultomi he
lssyinE HSyAnai Commodore Cieary, Of that
vessel, came on board and had an interview with
Admiral wilkes Proceeded 10 stlrrup Key, whore
he anchored few hour.j received no information
there of the privateersj he thought while there the
Admiral received letter from the American Con-
Vanderbilt made n night run from there, leaving
| At hAlfpAst eleven O'Clock bruised In the North.
west channel, and entered Nassau on the 18th Of
/ April; the American Consul came on board there
| at night and. remained two hours In conference
with Die Adnifaii he ana not know the natur. q
privAteer Retrbution had been In the vicinity Of
Fortune leland, where her cargo was sold this the
went from Nassau to the Hole-ln-the-Wall, whore
the ysndeIbilt captured a blockade funneri nst
the U. steamer octorsrs, but did not &c, any In
ing with the OotorarSsyent to Point Columbus,
but gef no information there OF consequences, and
that the pirate Reiribution had been there, and
had taken on board ssEo Of salt the informs, I'm
TIE consul at Nassau or one OF the vessels Of the
/ sauadfon, the Retribution claimed TO be a Con-
federsts cruiser, but we considered her pirates
i she 10 q schooner, and mounts two or three guns,
Remained at Fortune Island two hours; left
Eve Admiral stated TO him that he went
there TO receive his dispatches from the steamers
coming TO a1v,Rs ana the Admiral 'ad he had
and remained there tive Or three days, meeting
on the route the United States vessel sonoma,
searching for rebel cruisers the captain Of that
| vessel had conference with the AdmirAlj the Ad-
sna l.msS TO h hs Tsns s sS
Western IslAnds a. long As his coal]ssted.
Commander Baldwin was then recalled to the
witness stand, and his eross-examina alton was re-
oussiion VIII you examine this copy Of the or
'SSSD ss sog sss SS sas
true copy Of the orders delivered to you at Havana
that would not like TO say were with the orig
luAl; u long time since saw the original.
must be satisfied in his own mind that the paper
is substantially copy OF the original to all intents
Insctr 10 the beat Of my recollection, II seems
a copy OF the order received IRON Admiral
to let the paper go on the record conditioned that
hereafter there was anything found In II that 10
not in the original II viii be e1purged The paper
FLAG STEAMER VASDERBILT,l
Hanson OF HAVANA, March 81, 1889. !
sIR You will prOseed In the Vanderbilt to Key
west and make such repairs, for which you viii
be allowed ten days at the fuTthest for that pur-
70 me foT orders. The crew Of the Petsrhon, now
on board this vessel, vii be transferred, under
Of Rss; adST ss q hst rfsS to
1 will report to Admiral Bailey for this purposej
also, you will transfer, in like manner some priE-
North by the same, to bc delivered to some U. $.
| Marshal for trial
St. Thomas which win secure the commitment BY
the court. You will send letter TO the Secretary
Of the Navy stating such facts, and to have them
be any need Of the services of the Vanderbilt,
will notify you BY express boat. Therefore you
while mskiSE repairs as to enable you to come
here at the shortest possible notice.
Act Rear Admiral West India Squadron.
To Lieut.. CHAs. H. BALDWIN,
U. s. steamer Vanderbilt.
!. 0usHion Where are the log books Of the Van.
defbiit which were kept during your cruise In the
, In,per. When last saw them they were on
oIsiioH. Can you OBJ ain them by telegraph
J 1nsicer. Yes, Il they have not been removed
Judge kdvoeSte Eamss said he would send for
them, II the witness would mako memorandum
oresfion. How long did you stay In ST. Thomas
after you received your order OF the lst Of May,
: Instper. One day, think.
QUESTION. Did ATCport reach you there that the
/ Confederate Ihip Alabama WAS then at Martinique
y snf %sS bS SeSop and onsd"
0 Question. Did this report come from the U. s.
Consul at Martinique
QuSiiion Did Admiral wilkes order you to sail
imnsdiatsy in the vanderbilt for Martinique to
federAte ship AlAbAmaf
Question. On what day did you sail on that sx
n | nd m MT hat tynu
and arrived OF the northeast side Of the island O.
:, port 10 81. Thomas being that the o. 5. Ship Ala
: !. bamA was bloskading the pIivateer AlA6ama IL
v one q the al Snsho5.Se' on, on The winSwafS side
Just outside Of the reefs, examined all the anchor
o ages, but saw nothing OF any vessel except mum
: = Pierre, 81 the same island, there / found tn,
. United States ships oneida and Alabama at an
USs ss snd sna tSst the fS&o
d which we had got were perfectly unioundcd. To
wA ds evening anchored in Port au Prince.
y Questioa. Did Admiral Wilkes have any eommu
/, nication with the Governor OF MArtiniquel
AnstOer. Yesj the next morning he called on thu
Governor, and the latter returned the visit In tn
afternoon Of the same day, being sunday, May !
1888.
. lly as you can, and the pointa to which you went
AnSicer. The next day we went TO st. Pierre; 4
the afternoon we got under weigh and went +
Barbados; laid of there to communicate with tn
United States consul; In the afternoon Of the sam
day May 9th, went over to the Island Of St. Luois
and at daylight communicated with the town o
CaBtres OF that islAndj then went on to the Islam
= of Martinique, anohoring at 81. Pierre May 9Th
u next day got under weigh for santa Cruz, wheT
o. we arrived on sunday evening" hero we RENAME
r, two days and then went over to ST. Thomas
n The Judge Advocate here inteTposed objeotio
= TO the line Of examination adopted by the eoun1e
u for the defence, on the ground OF irreleVanoy.
said the counsel for the accused had received hi
favorable consideration to enable him to elAborat
the details and points that may tend to favor III
n Aecusedi but he honestly thought that the queI
. tiOns put to witness proved nothing, aad gTes
3, deal Of time 10 wasted.
[To Se concluded in the frat edition tomorrow
of Frauds upon the Navy Department.
10 The Washington correspondent of the Ne'
- York Co,atnsrc,aI AdVsrfiSer saws: