Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-11-26
abas1HES f'IG.
SLAVES OF THE AMtSTAn
Correspondence Of the Courier and Enquirer

TIE District Court commences It's session to'tho'ro"
IL is special term and the case ol The Amsao 10 Tue
only one 10 be tried Judge Jndson md several oil he
counsel on both sides have already come IN SeVen OF
the Africans were brought up ron New Haven ihis
evening The Spanish Consul is expected from boston
TO morrow. ;, -
1uressed the opinion in emphslic and decided terms.
Inn, the case properly he gated in any .! our
courts-,ha il is a question In be settled by The Exc
cu,ive and by the Judiciary and that our treaty st
puatinns with Spain render The Obligation on me rfes'
dent mpe raiive deliver the vessel and cngn INTO Tue
custody orbe Spanish Minister, without IN Jury or d'm'-
mutton = He thinks TINT 1t is not competent Tor Ms I"
call in onps,inn the legality Of The lcpnce aud clearance
papers furnished The purchasers "f the slaves by ihe
regularly constituted authorities al Havana
The Spanish Minister recommends 10 Inc claimants
10 abstain from all action in the premises and 10 rely
on the good faith of our government Tor justice IL is
that Senior Ruiz who is now in prison IN
New York will be governed by the advice OF The MINIS
,s and .mnov no counsel leaving The District At'nr-
nev 10 maintain his claim on the part oil onr Govern
ment and permitting the the AboIilInlsts 10 taHe 'ner
own course unchecked except by The protest OF The
Spanish Consul. The case will come on lnmedl'leIy
ON the openng Of, the Court tn morrow
Correspondence Of The " Y Sun. 1000
HARTFORD, Nov. 49, 1889.
Tho Dis,ric, Court ofihe United States for the Dis.
irict or Connecticut was opened al me hour
bv the Hon A T Judson, Judge-nnd there being no
other business the docket, the Amlstnd case was m
r s BALDWIN. Esq Counsel for the Africans, gave
notice that he had filed plea 10 the jurisdiction OF 'he
court, 10 which he had caieo 'he alehhoh " VIC o
sci on the other side.
Isbam. ESQ Counsel for Lieut.. Gedney. thought u
strange that the gentleman should appear "hen ,e ony
ariies were The bellans and The claimants VINO were
nerecty satisfied jurisdiction OF the court and mao
no difficulty in allowing the case 10 60 on 10 an amicaoe
termination.
as il referred The place were The vessel and persons
,ba lilo nj he IN.
Which no said could not come in under this plea
Evidence was then adduced 10 the place where The
vessel was taken 49,, .
Henry Green Of Long Island, related in full The cir
cumstance of his interview with the blacks, OF their
surrender 10 him. Of their bringing their trunks ashore,
and Of The capture by the boat from the brig Washing
ton He said there were about two and twenty of the
blacks on shore the tme and the schoone! was not
more than twenty or thirty foos from TIE sofe, OF d.
least was within hail
The Court adjourned 10 dinner.
Mr. Baldwin was much disappointed at not seeing
Mr.. Staples. He however went on with the case IN
good sly lie and with manly confidence. Gov. Ellsworth
Is retained by Captain Green and others from Long Is
land, who claim salvage
IMPORTANT CAsE.-The trial of Samuel Stelinus,
Agent of the Baltimore and Washington Railroad, for
an alleged violation of The law prohibiting the ccula
ton Of small notes under the denomination OF FIVE dol
lars in the District of Columbia took place in the CrIm
nal Court in ashng,on City Yesterday, and report
proved and the ably argued by the District Ator
ney who commended for the cons,itutionay of the law
alone this being the only point at apparent issue He
animadverted with peculiar severity, on the monstrous
preensions of chartered company, like the Railroad
Company directing authorizing their Agent TO violate
known law of the land, emanang from the very power
which brough them into being and conferred upon them
all their privileges.
MIR Cox and Mr. Brent counsel for the defence, la.
bored earnestly 10 prove the uncoDs'iiutionay of the
law and impress the jury with their right and duty 10
exercise their own free judgments ON the constitution.
ny of the law, and TO render verdict agIeeabIy 10
their own of the constuonalily and justice OF
the law although that verdict might no. be IN accord.
anre with the instruction Of the Court.
The Court instructed The jury for guidance in their
decision and claimed their respect 10 such Instructions
admonished them Of the delicacy OF deciding upon The
constitutionay of theaw passage from The de
cison Of Chief Justice Marshall IN case where The
constitutionay of Stale law brought in question
before the Supreme Court.
To parts of the charge of The Judge The counsel
for the defendant excepted
The Jury had not agreed when the Court adjourned
at o'clock.