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.