Q. It went over their line?
A. Yes; all the time I was away we used their wires.
Q. Did you receive any orders from any one else before you left Philadelphia, than from General Latta?
A. No.
Q. Did you receive any communication from General Latta at Pittsburgh, while you were in the round-house, after General Pearson left you, before you sent a communication to him?
A. There was a communication, which came over the wires, directed to General Pearson. A dispatch which I did not understand, saying something about when the troops arrive, make disposition for them—a dispatch could not understand, directed to General Pearson, from General Latta.
Q. That was from General Latta?
A. Yes; but immediately after that the wires were cut, and we had no other communication.
Q. Did you send a communication to General Latta by a messenger, before you received the orders from him to hold the round-house?
A. I did. It was by the messenger whom I sent to General Latta that I received those orders.