But as there are persons who strenuously maintain an opinion that the fever was imported into this town from the Havanna, in the above named vessel, the committee have given the subject diligent attention, and have examined a number of persons, and taken their examinations in writing, particularly the officer of the customs, who first visited the vessel, and a sailor, who was on board the vessel during the voyage. The vessel arrived at the wharf, direct from sea, on the 19th of August, after a passage of 15 days from Havanna. The officer states that “he was the first person on board the Patriot after her arrival—that he examined her cabin, hold, and cargo—that the cabin and hold of the vessel appeared, from any thing he could discover, in a pure and wholesome state. Sixteen bags of coffee, however, were wet, and considerably damaged, and some fruit rotten; the rest of the cargo in good order—that he attended the unlading of the cargo three days: the master, passengers, and crew appeared to be in good health, excepting Graham, a seaman, and the cook, who appeared to have had a fever—Graham was able to do duty on board—the cook not much unwell—that the vessels which arrived at Mobile during the months of June, July, and August, were generally healthy—no vessel, except the Patriot, arrived from a West Indian port. The schooner M’Donough arrived the 17th of July, from Nassau, N. P.” He further states that “he took care of Snyder and Plank during their illness, and assisted in burying them—that the attending physicians, Lawton and Robinson, pronounced their disease _yellow fever_, both before and after their deaths—that they both died with _black vomit_ on the third or fourth day.” Graham, the seaman, states that “he shipped on board said sloop at New-Orleans, and was on board when she sailed from Mobile—nine persons were on board outward, four of which were passengers, one passenger died at the Havanna three days after he arrived—had seven passengers on board when the vessel left Havanna—no person unwell when they left there, or during the voyage, excepting the cook and himself—the cook was sick all the time he was on board—was himself sick at Havanna, and went on board unwell—thinks he had not a malignant fever—took no medicine—had none on board—and that the passengers knew his situation when they came on board.”