Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1839-09-09
THE LONG, Low. BLACK SCHOONER.


THE LONG, Low. BLACK SCHOONER.
The trlole Of INC Particulars concerning The Piracy.
Jnatiay. and H"faefs on hoard he Spanish
schooner Amisfoa3 ,fliei ,cas captured on lionday
week, and carried into Ac's London, Conn.
JUDICIAL Investigations.
A, anchor. On board the u. S. Cutie, Washing
Ton, commanded by Lieut.. Gednev.
Noe London. dur %. $50.
lis Hon. Andrew +. Judsou. L. s. District Judge
on the bench, {. A. lneeroIl Esq. appearing Ion
the l.. =. District Attorney. The eourI WAS open.
cd by the Il. S. Marshal. The clerk then sworc
Don Pedro Montcz, owner Of pan oflhe cargo and
forty nine OF the slaves. 1t was asecrlainrd thai
Joseph Cnquez, aud - others, were alive, and on
tho complaint an indictment framed charging
them with murder aud piracy on board ths Spanish
schooner Amisead
Joseph CInqncz, the leader, vas brone In into the
cabin manacled. lie had a cord round his neck E,
to which snn6 box suspended lie wore n
rod flannel shiri. and duck paaaleons. The por
trait we had taken an excellent lk eness but i, i.
deficient in the heto-lke expression Of lis eve and
brow His appearance vas neat, and in cleanliness
would commpare advautageously with any culored
dandy IN Broadway. lie was calm and collected
Occasionally he Smiled with a nelanchoIy bur de.
ie'niiued expression, but he criuccd no fear Al
Intervals he motoncd wiih his hand that be cx
pccted 10 be hanged, and then FOR a moment would
gaze Intensely on his accu,crs
Lieut.. Il. w. Meade, Who speaks the Spanisl,
language both elegantly aud Auently. acted rs ,nrer
prefer between tho Span3rds aud the coun The
pour prisoner did not understand word in rithe,
language, and sfnod mute spectator although IN.
icresied IN the event
Several bundles OF letters were nroduccd saved
from the AmIstrad, and such as were unSe,Ied ,c,a
The contents being simply commercial can be o, no
interest To Tue feader. Among the panefs were Two
heehtes irun the 6ovefnur Of Havana Gen. Ezpcl,-
Ia, enc iur three slave. owned by Pedro Nontrs=
one at the men saved. and 70 owned by Se,,,
Ian Jose huiz,the other that has cscapcj nIInv
'ne the said slaves 10 be transported /, P,,nei.
w. anu commanding satd owners 10 report their ar.
,Ha to the territorial Judge ofthe district in which
Principe is situated. \ license was found ne,n,i,s
ting Pedro Monies n merchant of prinrinc IN mn
'ceed TO Nalanzas, aud Transact business which WAS
endof'edb by the Governor of Havana and the noire,
~ ne pm hesuldr passports were produced. al
lowing TIC passengers 10 proceed 10 then lcstinalon
Incense WAS iound permitting Selestno Ferrc,s u
mhlato o"ne>l by Captain Raman Fercfs and en-
r'oyed as cook TO proceed on the yoyape O,,e,
fcenses Tor zach sailor produced and read MI
"' "meh were regularly signed, aud endorsed by the
proper authorizes. = ~
The Custom House clearance dael the l8,h
May 1882 was produced. Also another dn,1 OH
June. 1880, all regular Several licenses nc,,,,a,
goods TO be shipped on board the Amis,ea1. we,e
read, and decided to DO regular
Lieni. X. w Meade testified that he vac !, tho
'ooa' which boarded the Amistea1 and demanded The
i"Fo's' ""N" "'io uhllesllatinely delivered. Pre-
sious TO tins demand Scnnr Don Josc R,i, ta
claimed protection lor himself and Ia, p,l. Al ~
'es' the only two White men on board. Thu ,ra,.e
non was immediately granted and the vessel broneb,
~ New London. e' ''o"s"'
senor Don Jose Ruiz was next sworn. and ,es,;.
'eu as ,o',o"s. bought 40 slaves in Havana, and
shipped them on board the schoone, A,;s,.aa
We sailed for Guanaa, the iptermed; 40 No., g. D..
e'pe. or the Tour first days every thing went n,
"e"' In "'e hlehl heard noise in the lorecas,Ic
Al oil us were asleep except the man at tho holm
10 MOI sno" no" 'hihgs began; was awoko by The
"u''e "IS man JOSEPH, saw. Cannot tell how
many were engaged. There was no moon T. "' a
very YARN. l TOOK mp an oar and tired to quell The nm
my eted no no! then heard one Of mo c,o.,
cry murder then heard the captain o,de, tho =,
p'n BOY 10 go below and get bread TO throw IN
them, IN hope 10 pacify the negroes wen, Li,
and called on Monies 10 follow mo and ~, 10"
not TO hli me, did not see the o,pt,in liitt
ihey called me on deck, aud told me / shoud no,
ne hurf. asked them rs a favor To sooye ,ho III
wan. ihey did so. After this they went below
nu ,'ns"eeeu ne trunks of the passengers Be
lore dong this, they tied our hands We won, On
our course-don't know who was N tho hol, NJ
DAY missed Capt Ramon Fefrer. Two sailr,s Nj
uei Pagilia, and Iacinto - and ScIa.,;a ~ ~
eooh' we All slept on deck. The slaves told ne
o"s 'n"t 'hey had killed all; but the cabin how
ss,o 'hey had Killed only the caprain and rool
The other two he said had escaped in Tho -, uo'
asmaii boat The cabin boy is an Africa, H., 1T
-
o"t mas lived long time at Cuba Ills name 10 A.
'on'o' "'d belonged TO the captain. From,l,is ,ime
VIC were Compelled 10 steer east in the Jav. I'M,
sometimes Inc Wind would moi allow ms Ia s,cc, a.,
'nen "oy would threaten us with death. In Tho
night We steered west and ken, 10 the no,'b, ,,'J
as muei' as possible. We were six or seye, l,n'aa
"on i"nh when The outbreak took ulare An,oni,
IS yet ahve. They would lraye Killed him h',,
ne ae,eu rs interpreter beween us as he understood
oo.h languages lie is now on board The schoa,,,e.
ifncipe Is about Two days sail llom U,v,n, ~. zoo
leagues, reckoning miles To n leapvc San,a "; ioo
Z dav. o'eupies ID
Senior Don Pedro Monies vas next swo,, III,
witness testified altogether in Spanish, Li. r.. w
Meade, interpreter. " w
We left Havana on the 2sth Of June. | owned 4
slaves, females and male. For 3 DAYS the wind
was ahead, and all went well. Between II and 4,
night, just as the moon rising sky da,k AMI
Cloudy, weather very rainy, the 4th night / laid
uown on Inattrass. Between and 4 was awaken
Ell BY noise which was caused bv blows give, n
me inuatlo cook. | went on ,leok, and ,bev a,
'aehea me- | seized stick and knife, with /.
s'ew to defend myself. I did not wish to Kill a,
eur shs'n- Al his inc tic prisoner wounded mr