_Q._ Do you remember anything said among the men, after the prize crew went off, in respect to the Joseph, or her cargo, or her capture? _A._ Captain Meyer was there, and stated what he had in her, and where he was from, and so forth. We were merely talking about that from one to the other. _Q._ Do you remember any directions given to the prize crew, as to the Joseph--where to go to? _A._ I do not recollect Captain Baker directing where to get her in, or where to proceed with her. Evans was better authority, I presume, than Captain Baker, where to get her in. _Q._ Any directions as to where the vessel was to be taken? _A._ No, sir; either to Charleston or Georgetown--the nearest place where they could get in, and evade the blockade. That was the reason of having the pilot there. _Q._ Did Captain Meyer remain on board the Savannah? _A._ Yes, sir, until we were captured, and then he was transferred to the brig Perry, with the rest of us. _Q._ What direction did the Joseph take after she parted from you? _A._ Stood in northward and westward. Made her course about northwest, or in that neighborhood. _Q._ In what direction from Charleston and how far from Charleston was the Joseph? _A._ I think Charleston Bar was west of us about 50 or 55 miles. _Q._ Out in the open ocean? _A._ Yes, sir. I calculated that Georgetown light bore up about 35 miles in the west; but whether that is correct or not I cannot say. _Q._ Where was the nearest land, as nearly as you can state? _A._ I think the nearest land was Ball's Island, somewhere in the neighborhood of north and west, 35 or 40 miles. _Q._ What sail did you next fall in with? _A._ We fell in with a British bark called the Berkshire. _Q._ What did you do when you fell in with her? _A._ We passed closely across her stern. She was steering to the northward and eastward--I suppose bound to some Northern port. _Q._ That was a British brig? _A._ Yes, sir. _Q._ What was the next sail you fell in with? _A._ The next sail we fell in with was the brig-of-war Perry. _Q._ At what time did you descry her? _A._ I suppose about 3 o'clock in the afternoon of the same day. _Q._ Where were you when you fell in with her? _A._ We were somewhere in the same parallel. We saw the brig Perry from the masthead, and stood towards her. _Q._ What was said when she was seen? _A._ We took her to be a merchant vessel. That was our idea, and we stood to the westward. _Q._ Did you make chase? _A._ Yes, sir, we stood to the westward when we saw her; and the brig Joseph, that we took, saw her. The Perry, I presume, saw us before we saw her, and was steering for us at the time we were in company with the Joseph. _Q._ How far off was the Joseph at the time? _A._ Not more than three or four miles. When we made her out to be the brig-of-war Perry, we then tacked ship and proceeded to sea, to clear her. _Q._ How near was the brig Perry when you first discovered she was a man-of-war?