Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-09-24
CASE OF Tn2 AMlSTAD.


statement of what has been done a, lhs place he
Circuit Court lis opening. On Tuesday, the l7h
| Judge Thompson not having arrived, the Court w1s
| openrd b. the District Judge, i. Jadson, E,G aaI
The charge delivered by him to The Grand Jury 1t con.
tanned however, nothing III relation 10 the Africans of
the Amisad, except intlmatiU0 Than additional
charge might be expected from the Circuit Judge ON tbs
| subject
| On Wedaesday Judge Thompson took his seat ard
the Court proceeded TO try The case OF Palmer a. &
| Phelps Of New York arising out OF building contract
! which consumed The whole day Ia The afternoon the
Counsel Tor the blacks. Messrs Staples and Thee.
! dure Sedywck Jr Of New York. and K I. BALDWIN Of
New Haven, moved for habees corpus to The Marsha
directing him bring up The three African girls, The;
being the only ones not implicated IN The criminal charge
| and bound 10 await the action OF the and
| jury The writ was granted prayed for and maGs
re,urnable the morning The Counse! for claimants
Of the blacks opposed early day. but the Court
| ruled the objection.
On Thursny the Court being still busy with The case
of Palmer and Phelps the matter OF The hobeas corpus
was posi- ponfd I'LL The afternoon and the District Count
was opened BY Judge Judson, he quitting The bench Of
the Cltcnt Court. The brs and claims IN relation 70
the Amislad then read and flied us follows. Isl
Lieutenant Grdney ard Meade filed their bfi praying
ar salvage ID Que Capt Green, OF Long Island by
Governor Ellsworth his Attorney Qhe Chet Msgts'rs'r
Of Connection, sui! practising at the bar put ~ his bes
for salvage also Sd, Pedro Monies filed his libel o-aGs!
part of the cargo and four of the slaves three girls and
one bow MS his property 4h Jose Rnrz flied has libel
AGAINST the reminder ii the slaves and the blllncr Of
the property and lastly, The District Attorney, Nr H..
labrd flied a claim under Lieut. Gedney b1l. on tEo
distinct grounds: that these Africans had been cIsm
ed Inv the Government Of Spain and ought 10 be- rr"a
ed by The pleasure Of The Executive might be known
"a In ,ha, demhud ard The other that they should he
held subject TO the disposition OF the Ptcstdrnt 10 De
| re transported 10 Africa under the act "i iciJ
The Spanish Consul also asked leave 10 ne 1o-! IN
behaIr Of the owrris abroad The Counsel who appeared
| for the Spanish owaers Messrs Ralph lngerso.
ard Mr. llungerlvrd of this State, and Mr. fr'oy f
! New York.
| The only matter Of consequence which occurred al
this lime was that The District Judge said he had come
to the decision that there could be no claim Tor salvage
as To the Africans
Thursduv p N-The three African girls were br0urbt
into court weeping and evidently much terrified al ~
srnara,inn from their comp mons. The eldest is 5gI
aGou, eleven years of age The marshal then matc hs
return and justified the detention o ht SO negroes nHc
the llbe Of LieuIeuunt Gadneythe claim OF the l. :,
the libel Of Pedro Monies and also under an oce o the
District Judge committing them witnesses L" appear
at this court The counsel for the Africans ASKED leave
10 consider this return, aud was granted Nv the mex
morning The poor little chI!d'en were e'haHorc' anI
the court was occupied the rest OF The day with The rh!
of Spanish negro larceny committed on board an
American vessel at Porto kic0.
To duH (fridau a, the opening Of the conr The mater
OF the habeas corpus was called up ana WI @r"g"tN
read the Ia the return seting our a. rngh t
Spanish DEGREES supplessng the slave trade and alleging
these Africans have been born and stu oil thI 10 De
free Mr.. Baldwin followed IN very elaborate a'su.
per,y was found at Long Island and IN The District OF
New York-tle right OF Gedney as SalvnE-'hs clam al
Monies a purchaser OF slaves illegally imported mo
Cuba aud The authority ofthe District Attorney TO make
any claim in behalf Of the Spanish Government or oil
that of the United States In regard 10 their oei"g re-
coun;zrd as witnesses, offer was made To Gvrsscuy
for them, and in relation TO the claim OF Lieutenant
Gedney, court remarked that under the decision OF he
Ds,ric, Judge they could not be held by any process
under lint be Thus two of the Obstacles 10 Their ct'
CHARGE were removed Remained the libel OF The aes'
ed owner and the claim Of The United states
Mr. Ralph lngrrsolI replied 10 Mr. BALDWIN ins'hng
tba, The ruhrs The were the proper suerciS
the cornzance of the District Court and that ms cou'
should interfere by thus summary process 10 orpS'
them OF the opportunity OF establishing those rghs
He further insisted that by The treaty nt 100 WIN epa
the rights Of these were guaranteed ana 'a' e
President was bound TO surrender them
The argument interrupted by The GTand J"'y
coming and requesting the court 10 give 'ht lhu"'
lions respecting the murder alleged TO have been com
mitted on board OF the Amstad They presented s'a'e
men of the facts they have been repeatedly puosHu
already and this he court took time to CONSIDER
On the re opening of the Court al 3 + NJ. the Couf
delivered its chutge to the Grand Jury, nsrnc'Ing hr
that the offence Of Cinguez and his associates W Offence
il wasN being committed on board panish vessel aas
not cognzable in our Courts THIS hnaHy dispose
Of the question which has 50 long vexed The papers
Their these Africans could be capaiiy punished 10 h's
country and the Grand Jury having no other business
before Them discharged
At the hour | write, 8 P NJ Mr. Staples has just
opened his reply 10 MIR lngersol IN support OF the WIZ;
You will perceive that by the dismissal OF The crm'Ha.
charge and the sIlvors libel the mater is much sinV"
fed and changes Of discharge greatly increased
STILL unless they decide the question on the groHno :"
whnt Of Jurisdiction, the Court may, and thihK wa
remand the prisoners 10 give time either Tor me O"he'
TO establish their rights IF right they haveJ or Tor He
Federal Executive inlerpose il see ut 10 do 81" one
thing is certain if the prisoners named IN TINS WIZ '
discharged the liberation OF all The others must ,"'e
diately and inevitably follow The argument VIII pro-
baby consume the rest of The day The decision may
be expected tomorrow morning
ground the Correspondent of,he Ne" York C@TT
cul states only property could be liable Tor salvage asa ~
these could be regarded this State as property
RISE or THE OHlo FROM Wheeling we learn that
on Tuesday last there nearly nine feet wafer 10 '
channel The river was still rising rapidly - an.
DRorGHr IN TENNESSEE The last Nashville ""'5
says: p, Ga,
We are now exrerencipp in this section Of The s'a'
a drought almost, it not quite equal TO iGe feha'"'
dry weather Of last summer For more tnan wv "',"
the country has been without good fatn an" WEI.
not that the spring season unusually 'ot""'"' "
crops would suffer immeasurably As it IS, the farmers
with few exceptions, by early planting, W.! pfoO'"J
cure average yield Of both corn and cotton ,,;,y
The dry weather regret 10 say, has beea any ,s
but fayor.b:s &c he health ofihe country. we unCr,
stand The bilious nd coneesve fevers are r's''"s
10 very serious extent in this and The adI'n'n9 E,
ties, and TO our own knowledge; several Va!u-O''
have fallen sacrifice TO their ravoges
We understand tina, several removals ha'e o'e"
made in The General Land office, "by reason Of 'e
gula force becoming than adequate 10 'ae PERU
nance Of the duties of the Office ID
The renewals, we learn, on good Authority, are mo
without reference TO the politics of The parties; 'he o
missioner having, some time since, announced 70
clerks of the different Bureaus his determination 10
TAIN in case Of any removals being made, Tue inos' "
Gent and useful.-3tezaRdric Guztuc.
The funeral Of the lale venerable MATHEW ts".
took place yesterday afternoon, and was attended y
immense cuncourse OF citizens, the PROCESSION ea s".
several squares The funeral train included 10 ao. ,
10 those who walked under no distinctive chaiso""
the different Irish associations the Typogrnphcal
" and great numbers Of those connected "!tn "s 80,