Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1839-10-01
i.dg. Thonp:on. and he righs q the District Coc-e

sdge Thonp:on, and The right q the District Court
10 hold then in custody amFmed.
The whole matter, therefore, 10 now before th.
District Court and the Africans are held 10 ansver
In that Court 10 Lieut.. Gedneys libel for salvaee
20 the libel Of the Spaniards who claim them as prop
erty, and to the District Attorney, who claims them
In obedience to the orders OF the government.
These several claims are to be Irrigated before the
District Court in November.
IL the Spaniards shOsc properfu in the neoro..
they will recover them. Ii they fail 10 do this the
Africans will be delivered to the President OF the
United States for the purpose Of being sent back 20
Of 1921
1t will be seen, therefore, that any other course
than that adopted by the Court in this ease, must
almost necessarily have resulted in great injustice
to the Spaniards who claim to own these negroes
lhey assert that they purchased and shipped them
on board LAmistad, in conformity to the ordnance
Of Havana This fact could not be established with
out sending to Cuba Tor evidence; and if the abol-
tionists had succeeded in wrestling them from the
hands Of the Marshall the Spsniards would have been
stripped Of s25,O00 or S3O,000 worth of propertv
which they may perhaps have legally acquired and
to which they are as mnch entitled as Won are 70
your steam printing press. BY delaying the trial
until November, the Court has given them an oppor
fail to prove these negroes slaves they will have ne
cause to complain, and justice will be done the
Africans.
1t would do your heart good to see the ab.I;,;o,;,
since the decision Of Judge Thompson. Poor de-
wills They are ehagrined beyond measure Their
faces have increased much in longitude that every
barber in the place charges double price for shaving
them After suffering much wear and tear of con-
science for their falsehoods and imposi ions after
collecting Interpreters from far and near in numbers
sufficient to darken and infect the atmosphere Of
Hartford, they obliged to send home their dark
les and disperse-love's labor being entirely lest
met several at the prison shortly after the adjourn.
ment, and IT was amusing to watch their operations
and sun more amusing to notice the result. They
were cndeavoring with lugubrious faces and whining
tones tn inspire the pbor Africans with appre.
tensions as to their fate; but Cuee had Just swa-
lowed good dinner, no labor of any kind was i'm
posed upon him, and he was perfectly indifferent
| TO the future. Thinking that the negroes did NOT
understand them, the aboitionists sent for one ~
their classical interpreters in order commune ate
the circumstances more fully. He presently appear-
| ed, and by dint OF some jabber great II any signs
and grimaccs that would have epdane red tho ma
ternai hopes OF decent dypig in the family waY.
had she happened to have been present the inter,
prefer made out to signify to them that they had
got TO stay in prison They were greatly deIjghted
some nodded, some winked. and all erinned.-
1arr ra showed ms Joy bJ throwing summerset;
and then posing himself on his hanas. he tumbled
wheelbarrow fashion, without touc hing his feet the
| entire length Of the prison. The abeiopists were
greatly enraged at this and they directed the inter-
prefer 10 tell them that they might very possibly be
sent back to Havana, and have their heads cut off
Cinguez, the leader, and Faquorna, and Quinbo
who were most active in assisting hn in the revolt
and murder, seemed to feel fear but the re Sc
heard the Intelligence with entire indifference
Antonio, the cabin boy Of the L'Amistad, presents
one OF those beautiful instances Of fidelity and at
he re-
laton OF master and slave subsists He is NOT held
on any process, since ire criminal prosecution
against the Africans has been dismissed and il of
course at liberty asked him il he Intended to re-
main in this country.
He shook his head and replied-.sI have been
| treated well here and like this country much Int
must 90 back 10 Havana and tell my mistress how
me slaves Killed master, and all about the voyage Of
! LAmistad Master and mistress always were good
| 70 z, and wont leave mistress now"
ut, said l. you will be slave as long ms Won live
il you go back there.
Know that, was his reply, but ! have every
tning gwen me that l want, and had rather be q
slave to- my mistress than live here free Mistress
Is not rich, and Antonio is worth fifty doubloons 70
her. hight Tor master until / could fight no MORE
because ;aa they tied my hands. woaid have been
killed to save master"
The Marshal went to New Haven last night 10 or
der preparations for receiving the blacks at the pris-
on, ana they are to be removed there Saturday.
bnnks are TO be put up IN the apartments and every
| arrangement made 10 render them comfortable. Il
was intended 70 send them to the aims house. bat
tne keeper or the selectmen very properly obected
ano ney are Z" be put into the prison the ~
until the Sd Tuesday Of November.
! Correspondence Of the Heraldl
BosToS, SATURDAY, September 2lst
| DEAR BENSETT:-It was runored in State street
at an early hour this morn, that the British Once.
arrived al New York yesterday, yet on. believed
~, because no tig Gag appeared on the City Hall A
rush however was made for the room, and there
was one posr solitary Evening STAR containing half
stale puffs), forwarded by q passenger TO iilumipe
the minds OF the hundreds attempting 10 get peen
Al the news, while no New York papers ". re on 6le
The mystery was sosn explained to me by friend
Greene OF the Post Office, from whom learnt that
the cars bad arrived bringing the New York passep
gers, but that the mail scas left behind at
| or Stonington, he knew not which, Various were
the conJectures AZ to the probable ~ this sus-