_A._ No, sir; I recollect his name in connection with some prize cases, but not in connection with the sale of the Joseph. _Q._ Since your arrival at New York, you have been examined partially by the District Attorney, and have made a statement to him? _A._ Yes. _Q._ Did you not state on that examination that while you were in confinement the vessel was confiscated by Judge Magrath, and sold at Georgetown? _A._ No, sir; I do not think I did. _Q._ You were released at Charleston, after a confinement of three days? _A._ Yes. _Q._ How did you get out? _A._ The Marshal let us out. _Q._ While you were in confinement at Georgetown or Charleston was your examination taken in any proceeding against the bark Joseph, or in relation to her? _A._ Yes, sir. In Georgetown. _Q._ By whom was that examination taken? _Mr. Evarts_ suggested that there was a certain method of proving a judicial inquiry. _Judge Nelson_: They may prove the fact of the examination. _Q._ Before whom were you examined? _A._ Before a man who came from Charleston. _Q._ Did he take your examination in writing? _A._ Yes, sir. _Q._ Did you learn what his name was? _A._ I think his name was Gilchrist. _Q._ Were you sworn, as a witness? _A._ Yes. _Q._ What proceeding was that, as you were given to understand, and what was the object of the examination? _A._ The object of it was to find out what vessel she was, what was her nationality, and who owned the cargo belonging to her. _Q._ And you gave your testimony on these subjects. _A._ Yes. _Q._ Was it in written questions put to you? _A._ I think so. _Q._ And you signed your examination? _A._ Yes. _Q._ And what came of it afterwards? _A._ I do not know. _Q._ Was it taken away by Mr. Gilchrist? _A._ I expect so. _Q._ Was there any other of the crew besides yourself examined? _A._ Yes; all of them. _Q._ On the same subject? _A._ I expect so. _Q._ Were you present during the examination of them all? _A._ No; only at my own. _Q._ What newspaper was it that you saw that advertisement in? _A._ I think in the Charleston Courier. _Q._ Do you recollect its date? _A._ No, sir. _Q._ What had become of the vessel when you went to Charleston? _A._ She was lying in Georgetown. _Q._ Do you know in whose possession, or under whose charge, she was? _A._ I do not. _Q._ Was she in Georgetown, in the hands of the Marshal, to your knowledge? _A._ No, sir; not to my knowledge. I was in prison at the time. _Commodore Silas H. Stringham_, examined by District Attorney Smith. _Q._ You are in the United States Navy? _A._ I am. _Q._ The Minnesota was the flag ship of the Atlantic Blockading Squadron, off Charleston? _A._ Yes, sir. I was the commanding officer. _Q._ The Minnesota took the prisoners off the Perry? _A._ Yes; on the 5th of June, in the afternoon. _Q._ State precisely where the transfer from the Perry to the Minnesota was made?