Q. What time did you get off from the bar in Charleston?
A. We got off Sunday afternoon and made sail east, outside of the bar, and proceeded to sea.
Q. Do you remember any conversation on board when any of the prisoners were present?
A. Yes; we talked as a party of men would talk on an expedition of that kind.
Q. What was said about the expedition?
A. That we were going out privateering. The object was to follow some vessels, and that was the talk among ourselves.
Q. Did anything happen that night, particularly?
A. No, sir; nothing happened, except losing a little main-top mast.
Q. What course did you take?
A. We steered off to the eastward.