Q. Why not?
A. She was not an enemy of the Confederate Government. The policy we were going on, as I understood it, was to take Northern vessels.
Q. Then you were not to seize all the vessels you met with?
A. No; we were not to trouble any others but those that were enemies to the Confederate Government. That was the orders from headquarters. The Captain showed no disposition to trouble any other vessels.
Q. When you were taken on board the Perry were you put in irons?
A. Yes.
Q. Where were those irons put on. Was it on board the Savannah, or after you were put on board the Perry?
A. When we got on board the Perry.
Q. How soon after you went on board the Perry were those irons put on?
A. As soon as our baggage was searched. We were put in the between-decks on board the Perry and irons put on us immediately after we were searched.