_A._ Yes, sir. _Q._ Did you own any part of that vessel? _A._ I bought a part of it, and gave it to my wife. _Q._ Is your wife an American-born woman? _A._ She is. _Q._ Where does she reside? _A._ In Rockland. _Q._ Do you know any others of the part-owners of her? _A._ Yes; my brother and myself bought a three-eighth interest. _Q._ Where does your brother reside? _A._ In Rockland. _Q._ Is he an American-born citizen? _A._ Yes. _Q._ Are you an American citizen? _A._ Yes. _Q._ You spoke of some other owner? _A._ Yes; Messrs. Hatch and Shaler. _Q._ Are they American citizens? _A._ Yes. _Q._ Did you know all the owners? _A._ Yes. _Q._ Were they all American citizens? _A._ Yes. _Q._ When did you put Meyer in charge of the vessel? _A._ On the 26th or 27th of April last. _Q._ Where? _A._ In Philadelphia. _Q._ Where did you sail from? _A._ From Cardenas, in Cuba, on a round charter which I made at Cardenas myself with J. L. Morales & Co., consigned to S. H. Walsh & Co. _Q._ The ownership remained the same? _A._ Just the same. _Q._ Was there any change up to the time of her capture? _A._ No, sir. _Thies N. Meyer_, examined by District Attorney Smith. _Q._ You were Captain of the brig Joseph at the time of her capture? _A._ I was. _Q._ What American port had you sailed from? _A._ Philadelphia. _Q._ Where did you go to? _A._ Cardenas, in Cuba. _Q._ What port did you sail for from Cardenas? _A._ Back to Philadelphia. _Q._ What cargo had you? _A._ Sugar. _Q._ By whom was it owned? _A._ By J. M. Morales & Co., of Cardenas. _Q._ When did you leave the port of Cardenas? _A._ 28th May, 1861. _Q._ And you were captured by the Savannah on the 3d June? _A._ Yes. _Q._ State the particulars of the capture by the Savannah of the brig Joseph from the time she first hove in sight? _A._ Mr. Bridges, my mate, called me some time between 6 and 7 o'clock in the morning, and told me there was a suspicious looking vessel in sight, and he wished me to look at her. I went on deck and asked him how long he had seen her, he told me he had seen her ever since day-light. When I took the spy-glass and looked at her I found that she was a style of vessel that we do not generally see so far off as that. I hauled my vessel to E.N.E., and when I found that she was gaining on me I hauled her E. by N. and so until she ran E. About 8 o'clock she came near enough for me to see a rather nasty looking thing amid-ships, so that I mistrusted something; but when I saw the American flag hanging on her main rigging, on her port side, I felt a little easier--still, I rather mistrusted something, and kept on till I found I could not get away at all. When she got within half a gun shot of me I heaved my vessel to, hoping the other might be an American vessel. _Q._ Had she any gun on board? _A._ I saw a big gun amid-ships, on a pivot. _Q._ How far on was she when you saw the gun?