HART B. WEED, examined by Mr. DWIGHT, deposed—I am captain of the Second District police; I examined the clothes brought by Nivens from Providence; there were coat, pants, vest, and some flannel clothing contained in a bag used for feed; the clothes produced—coat, vest, and pantaloons—are those given to me by Officer Nivens; there was also a hat (several other articles of clothing produced); these were either found in the trunk or the bag; I recollect finding a daguerreotype in the trunk or bag (produces it); I sealed it up and gave it to the clerk of this court. (The daguerreotype is of a young lady, and is said to be that of the sweetheart of one of the Wattses.) I was at the station-house when the prisoner was brought there; he said he knew nothing about it; I asked him if he knew anything about the vessel or the murder, and he said “No; he knew nothing about it, and had not been in New York, Staten Island, or Long Island for some time; Dr. Bonton, the coroner’s assistant, accompanied me to the sloop; we found a lock of brown hair—human hair—lying partially in a pool of blood on the deck; I gave the hair to the Assistant District Attorney; it was sealed up in the manner of this package produced; I cannot now swear that this is the hair; it was then clotted with blood; I also found hair on the coffee-pot in the cabin; I gave that to you (Mr. Dwight); (another package produced) this is the hair found on the coffee-pot; the blood had the appearance as if a person lay down and the blood flowed at each side.” The cabin had a great deal of blood and had the appearance of being washed down; I found a bucket, with a rope, which appeared to be used in taking up water; I found a broom there; there was blood and hair on the rope attached to the bucket; sails and other things had been removed out; there were holes bored in the deck; we found an auger with blood on it; the auger fitted the holes in the deck; the coffee-pot was lying behind the stove, it seemed to be bruised; there was hair on it; we searched under the companionway and found a lead line there; we found some secret drawers; I saw the valise that was identified here yesterday in the cabin of the sloop; we found spots of blood on the ceiling of the cabin, and on each side of the door, as if a person had been drawn out of it; there were three cuts on the ceiling, which appeared to have been done with a sharp instrument; we found cuts on the clothing of the captain’s berth; the railing had the appearance as if a hand was on it and had been cut; we saw marks which seemed as if a person with bloody clothing had been shoved down the side of the vessel; there was blood on the stove and wood in the cabin; the cabin was in a deranged condition; I received some tackle from Captain Nickerson, which consisted of some of the gearing of the vessel; I took them down with one of my men, who had been a sailor, and we found they corresponded with the bowsprit of the Johnson.