Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-03-14

THIRD DAY.
The court-mArtial for the trial of Rear Admiral
wilkes, ieasrembied at II a. m. to-day. A full
court waI present, A'so the accused. The prooced-
ings were opened by the Judge Advocats, Mr..
Eames, who read over the proceedings OF the two
previous days Of the trial, including rortIon of
Commodore Chas. II, DAlIWlns direct testlmopv
Commodore Baldwin was again called 10 com.
plete his testimony. lie testified as follows:
Q esiion byhe Judge Adrocaie Having in KevernI
woids, "the ADMIRAL" are YOU eorreettv mpssr'
raj Wilkesl nun"
Question What wNs the condition in resnect IN
me eapGeity toT cihe.ency for cruilIng Of tho
steamer Ns9deTDilt At the line when the accused
transferred TO heF his Rear AdmtrApS faFl
'stneT. When the Admiral first Transferred bI.
g the boilers were In pretty fair condition, ex.
espt In lhe mater OF the fues, which were not in
That hhlp OF lmportauce As It only needed an ia
creased consumption OF coal during tho latter mart
Of the time the boilers were commencing 70 need
repairs. " "N''
ouesi,on What was the condition Of the Van.
deFbilt in respect to her tapacity for efficient cTs
Ing on or about the sOth of April, or the ist of
Ahsor She Wes in fair condition TO eruI.e for
four thousand miles, '"''o ioi
oIe,Ion. WHAT effect was produce 90 that fair
condition during tho period between the iSt Of
May and the 18th OF Junsl ''' VI
,na a";oe, Sc Having steam up the greater part of
tubes, and she AteAme hard; also the lower ironts
OF The boilers began to be affected. '''"'"
oucMion I'D you, by direction of the accused,
~ any time while his Rear AdmirAliH nag wHh
paiFsl fO'' 'or Fe-
AT'lesr, When left Havana for Key West to
coal, about the Goth of Mar,h, the Adayital rave
me letter requesting Admiral bailey the snn 5Hne
manding oficer OF the Meet At Key West TO fsclIi-
tnte t hll IN ms power TO overhaul and repair nv
boilers. was there six or seven dayg and durIny
mat time could only get the assistance OF ty6
6oiler-mSkers, and very little could be done, in
thci, ,u, ho'hlns YVES done excepting cleaning the
three boileT-maLeTs, during two weeks; stay 70
assist the engineers Of the ship, and the re5hirS
nihne were tiivlM 10 comparison with the repairs
Qu alton. Were you familiar by per,on.I obser-
xaion ,ba WIN me speed and efficiency cruisers Of
during the time that the accused was in eontfol Of
the Vanderbilt "
.,1T1 AHIDsr The only vessels that eoosidsrsd or
eouIl Judge oi properly were The AIAbamR and
Oneida, aud other vessels met two or three timeS
QueSion now In respect to speed, and efiieieney
AZ iTt ,ha. 70 search LOT rebel priyateFs How
, Ansioer In my judgment neither wAs canal 10
the Nander6ilti but the Oneida had fair GpeeI and
was less Vulnerable. The Alabama was duito vuI-
nerhblei and 10 a Bidc-Wheel steamer
Q4Cs'tOn. What opiyion, II any, did the Aooused
express 70 you during the time OF his control Of
Or capture { the privAteeFsl
AnSpr. ldon' reeOlleUt OF any eompArIuon bo.
ng msdsi the Admiral seemed pleased with the
'lSle o. dlaelplne anu efficiency of the Vanderbilt
QueSiioR state as near as y0u can the nnmbsr
d days between the 26 OF February and the iStb
y y June, 1859 during which the Vanderbilt, under
me direction OF the accused was at anchor
AHtl0er. To the best OF my recollection, about |
illy days.
2asiion. State what conversation took place
'eIWeen youthell and the accused when about |
commencing the trip BY his direction, in the Wan.
'eL1it, to LsgnayLa, being about the 26th Of May.
notSer ernas Ins s,bs ,nS bha@irsl about to go on
lot coming down 10 receive his nag asked min