Daily national Republican., 1864-03-19

the Secretary Of his return from cruise to Cura-
I cba, where he had gone to demand OF the NeneI-
uela Government an amount o. money que 70 @ cltt
tion Thc letter detsils his Interview between the
yesszuel. sS.horities and saJ' matters were
Ths Jude 1dvocsfe then ofered another letter
in eyidenoe, from the accused 70 the sestets.y oi
the Navy, dated 81. Thomas, Ju . i6ih, ieos, IN
which he Acknowledges the receipt ef the seere-
tarys letter ordering the return OF the Oneida 70
admiral ssrrssgps sagsdT0nI Sui n MSisS ne sI
plains the reason OF her dotention, namely, mat
she was in the performance OF a duty from whien
IsSSsi. He also speak, Of the loss Of the gunbo"t
Ike JSdss % Advocate then read in evidence ais,tsr
Addressed Nv the accused 10 the Secretary Of the
Navy, dated 81. Thomva, Jane 18Th, ibsil on BOARD
the hsgstsamsr yanderelt N which ne ~, wIiser u.
derblit and the orders he had given her commander
In regard TO an active search for rebel prvAteers
6 You have my beat wishes for the success Of the
expedition, and ! am sure ysu VIII give good ae'
The Judge Advocate then read In evidence let
ter from Commander Baldwin, dated Barbados,
June 81, 1854 informing the secretary that Admrai
~ AZ s on me & o thai
Aisbans. He win take n ali the coal he eau, say
Rogue, on the coast OF BRAZIL and cruise in lati-
tude s1.13 east. He has three months proVinions
board and the hip in EOSa Gas5 s1ssp' s1s shs
seven years, and 10 scale thsm II out OF the ques
tion. He regrets that he has been 20 long delayed
IN the West Indies and hopes to made his eSpedi-
The Judge Advocate then offered In evidence,
under the second specification ofthe second charge
| q dispatch addressed by Rear-Admiral Farragut 70
the Secretary Of the Navy, under date Of flagship
Pensacola, New Orleans, June -, 1861, in which
the writer inform. the Department that q :, nS SoSn
from the blockade on Mobile, he dispatched the
steAm-sioop Oneida in pursuit Of her, with orders
.ss ss iSsIs Of Ss Snd
sending written request TO that ofioer to fAeili
tate her cruise. The third day o. her cruise sh.
/ her In his squadron, and she has bten there ever
since. The conduct of Admiral wilkes WAS poor
indueement to ooers 70 di,sa.rse thsls duty Win
Oneida until he makes up his mind to let her 30.
| II this conduct was 10 be the order Of the day
Admiral DUPONT had taken his money, but Admiral
wilkes seiEes his ships. Admiral Dupont, how
ever, explains his conducts but Admiral Wilks'
| He would like to try similar experiment on Ad'
/ miral wilkes.
of this letter In evidence or on the records OF the
judge Advocate. The oounIel fol defence requires
few minutes to state their objections In writing
After the doors were Ieopened, the counsel icr
the defence addressed the Court as follows; "Il
Court Will ~ n; ,bi s5s
L
| Admiral FArragut to the Navy Department, dated
June 21d, appeared in evidence In this dispatch
| Admiral FarTAgut comments, with great freedom
| and with some Ill temper, on the operations ol
Admiral wilkes, Ahd attributes TO him acts OF In.
subordination, which are not portion OF one oi
the charges on trial.
The dispatch was written And forwarded to tho
Department without the knowledge Of the accused
and the contents were unknown to him until they
were read in court. The dispatch OF Admiral Far
ragut In unlWorn statement OF third party,
| and does not bear upon the investigation now be
fore the court. nit did, and the letter was sworn
/ to by Admiral FArrAgut, II would be admissible.
| The statement Of Admiral Farragut he received
heArsary, and this Is reduced to the standard OF
second hand hearsary; even II they were facts oi
| which he had any official recognition they would
still be in relation to the accused Of unsworn state
ment Of third party; the admission OF the iAetl
| thus stated would deprive the accused OF one oi
the most most sacred rights allowed BY laws and
one Of the best tests-the right Of erosl-exAmina
ton. He would therefore object to the paper be
ing admitted in evidence.
The court was then cleared for deliberation ir
secret session to discuss the objections OF the coun
sci for the defence. They were in private confer
enee for over one hour. When the doors were re
opened the Judge Advocate announced that th'
court reserved its decision on the point In qucs
tion until the reAssembling OF the court on satur
day morning.
The eourtsdjourned at o'clock p. IN.