The New York herald., 1869-03-14

strong winos, we would have Q few days nne
aa 9ne wea'nef anu then very rough again for few
.. Did y2a, ship any seas, A. Not : great
quantity. Tpe water came over, but not TO do any
q. Was It ever no rough that you had TO have the
nstcnes DOWN A. Yes, ON three or four occasions
Q. Did You take any provisions on board when you
started from Lverpoolf A. Yes.
eneese, and some bacon and coffee and few things.
Q. You knew that ship on her passage from
England here u not required to furnish full ratonsf
A. Oh. yes, knew that
9: What did you takef 4. ! took . stone OF
lea, cofree and sugar, and other Ittle things
O. You say you read this c0ntractf What s the
weekly allowance OF bread you say you are entitled
exactly remember now. ts
q Do you remember the allowance OF hour you
were entitled to from the ship each week2 A. No.
Q. Or oatmeelf A. One quart sir.
= DO you remember the allowance Of ricef A.
Q. OF peas2 A. One quart OF peas, Think 1t is.
Y Ol potatoesf A. Two pounds OF potatoes.
q. How much do you think you are entitled to
week to eatf A. Two pounds OF meet a week.
2. How much tea week were you entitled TOT A.
@. How much sugar weekf A. One pound, I
o. You said Won got about half your allowance
| DO You mean to say you got but half OF what you
have stated n0wf A. don't knows we all consid-
cred together we had about half we read IT out fire.
q. WHAT made You think you had but halfs Every
time the rations were served out to You did you look
at this list? A. did not; read II three times.
| q. Do you think your memory is as good now as IL
was at the time the ratiOns were served OutS A.
think have about the same impression now as
Counsel here read over the list to the witness.
z. You say You did not measure the rafions AZ they
were served out to your A. had no means Of do
q. what were the small rations-the sugar and
tea and other artcles-served ns A. Served In little
tins.
q. Dipped out to your A. Yes.
ON n "a I'm a Of npn-
visions served out between the first week and the
lasts IT,, A. Yes; think we had more the first two
O. Did YOU get ont Of water during the last part Of
the v0vagef A. No.
know; / do not know whether they had any other
they said they had not; they collected the rain
m ana ont ~ s = II 70 s on
I aid you get out u vatsrf 4. Yes; the carpenter
q Did you Know that some Of the crew bored
the water tanks to steal water A. Yes, have heard
| Of It Dut did not see y done; ! could not say
O. When did the III treatment Of the carpenter
when you rss Ssarssds % 4. Yss O when
Q. Do you not recollect quarrel between the car
penter and the b0atswain and man named Aur-
| ply after you had been out about week : A. No.
q: DO you know how many constituted the crew.
@ Do you know how many Of the crew were COM
petent seamen A. don't know; think there
the passenger COOKS were not.
Q. Were the cooks passengerss A. Yes.
@. Who selected them a. cooks A. can't say;
they paid part Of their passage and worked the other
part.
they were put in the galley to cook by the oicers
quired them.
sour.
Q. When did you notice ita A. When we first
Q. Did you get all the nour in quantity that you
were entitled tor A. cannot say. sir; do not be-
Q. Well. You guess at 1t, / suppose; you say You
did not measure fs A. No; It was very small
q. was not the water m the tanks anected or made
bruckish by the ship taking ia seas or by seas coming
overs A. No; the salt that got into it was the sea
tnat came over the time II was running when they
O. Did You not ship seas heavy enough to get into
the tdnksg A. That could not have been done.
q. Were the tanks open in any place A. Oh,
no: bnnged up close.
the deck to catch the rain water and the ship was
rolling when it was running and sometimes the salt
Cross-examination resumed-Q Was the water
served out salt or staleY A. Salt.
O. You sure OF thass A. Yes.
served ont 70 you during the. yoyagea A. No, but
we could measure II near enough to know It was
the 70 a. the mate assisted IN serving
the tea and sugar sometiincs
ns oe s ne s Ne o
2. Was ne alone when he sesvsd the rationsf A.
Q. who was with hims A. The nrst mate was
generally close at hand.
Q. Mr. Armstrong; A. Yes.
z. What Is the carpenters manner A. don't
O. Did you ever see any or the men strike the car
Q. or any OF the passengers2 A. No.
Q. Did You ever see them give him any provoca-
tionf A. No; never saw one u the passengers give
Q. Did you ever see them resist him or fight him
or strike hlml 4. Never. In any possible way.
him A. The carpenter asked me to do it. through
the captain; the captain knew was doing 1T
Q, When did you ask the captain to give you the
provisions for 1T A. About week before we got
: 9: What VIVA. time of the day was it' About midday
q. What was the captain doing thens.z~. walking
@. Did ne know you were the man that had done
Q. Did he state he was short Of provisionss A.
Q. DID you ask him for anything particularly A.
! asked him II he would give me o little -FOUR, rice
day. and would have to walt until saturday; the
rations were served out on Saturday.
2. You , had on that Thursday eaten up your
q. Had you at that time eaten up all the ra,ions
you brought on board for YOURSELF. A. W, yes;
9: when did you nn,sh ,hems A. About month
O. Were you presant when the petition Nas pre-
sented TO the captain9 A. was present when IL
WAS drawn up and signed did not take IL TO the
steward; the steward handed IL to the captain.
Q. Were YOU present and did you hear the captain
say anything when he received itf A. No. was
not; but we knew he received It.
q. This man in the hospital that asked you for
something to eat was he delirous ct that time A.
No. there were three OF them that asked.
q. Did they have any hospital steward? A. No;
the passengers cook that recovered was selected
hospital nurse.
Q. where was the surgeon or physician at this
timer A.. I don't know where he was just then.
q. Was he sick during the passageS A. believe
he was heard he was but did not see him III my
self.
.. How long was this before you got INF A. This
was about nine days. r8
Q. Was the surgeon sick to be on duty at that
timer A. No. ~as&esl
q. Did you see HIM about after thst' A. ~ that
same day. G $3.50
died on the voyage-what was their diseased A.
can't say.
came on boardf A. on, no; they were wells one or
two OF them were the strongest kind OF men-ap-