Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1839-12-07
Correspondence Of The HeraId.l

New HAVEN, Nov. q, 1899.
DEAR SIE:-The committee Of six who were Sc
lected from the Africans to manage the trial. have
returned from Hartford with exalted notions of their
own consequence. They were so much careseed
and fcndled by the absltionists, and saw so MANY
new o)ects OF curiosity in going to and from Harf-
ford that they quite disgusted with the compaya
tive monotony Of the prison here. Professor Gibbs
and the theological students all 60 finely With their
.o.es shss Asv ~. e
nsliy disposed Of DR.. Madden, who so kindly yo-
lunsered to help out the abotionists with such tes
timony the exiEencies Of the shall seem tore
qure, is looked upon with sone little jeaously bv
the patrons proper Of tho blacks and he has not
allowed TO hold that free intercourse with the dear
sufferers" which he considered himself epttIad 10
ask. The true ground Of the reluctance which has
been exhibited by the abotionsts has not been OK
paiAed tr the doctor The fact is, Leavitt, Tapnan
Co have already had conside rabe difficulty in re-
concng the ridiculous Inconsistencies &c We.
raj statements respecting ths tribes the Afr
belong, and they were apprehensive that Doctor
Madden might make some discoveries which would
subject them TO the necessity Of taking back and de-
ing the half dozen dere stories that thew have
told this point. The Africans have been succes-
sively. according to their patrons, Congoes Mandn
goes eoIiinas and Mendis, and If they to give
DR. Madden full swing, the presumption is, that he
would mctamorphise them once or tw ice mosc in the
course of fortnight. The Doctor and his frie sds
will perceive by this little explanation that in their
view Of ths matter, the jealousy Of the
is not entirely unreasonable.
One important result seems likely to be produced
by the delay Of the trial. The blacks are rapidly ac-
curing correct idea Of the meaning of uanv words
in language, and will soon be able 10 make them
selves sufficiently Ineligible to contradict and dis
prove the supposisious afidavits upon which the
persecution Of Senior Ruiz was comm enced. have
already been able 10 communicate with nine or ten
Of them, and they all deny positively, and without
hesitation, that they were beaten or treated with
| any severity on board the schooner.
| "Nohoggee black mans-white mans never w whine
Jinqua noggee 'Bannah-oders, cause dey tiefy de-
water"
There is no doabt that the dispositions upon wb;sh
the prosecutions against the Spaniards found
| ed, were procured by gross fraud-whether by col.
fusion with the Buzzard interpreter, or in some
other way, remains TO be shown. Bat the crime Of
perjury has been committed, and justice demands
that the offender should be punished.
A circumstance occurred among the Africans n
few evenings since, that is worth relating as eong
TO illustrate the peculiar system Of ethics that
walls with them. AS Col. Pcndleton was about
locking up for the night, he observed an ex.
traordinary excitement among the blacks. They
were all talking at once, and gesticulating with
hands and feet with astonishing energy and effect.
They clustered around the ailor, and in their eager
ness 10 explain the trouble, jabbered so fast and
composedly that he could not understand them at
all After enforcing silence, he inquired OF hannah
what was the rnattcrl
Tiefy, tiefy, in de cellar" was the replv
Col Pendleton then descended TO the cellar TAX inc
along with him Bannah and Fasn. Nothing look
ed suspicious here. The doors were all fast, and
every thing was quiet.
"Bannah," said the Col. what the devil il all
this about Where Is your tiely z"
"Ah y replied Bannah, enc see." And taking
the large prison Key from the aier, he tried 70 un-
look the door OF small provision room, saying
!" tiefy here, catch EN-"
The door was opened, and there. as naked az
Adam before he put ON fig leaves was Fang a stout,
middle aged Mandingo, as Professor Gibbs saws he
calls himself, snugy concealed behind a couple of
casks, and looking like dog that had Just been M.
nisbed for sheep stealing. He was conducted back
TO the prison BY the two Mandingo thief takers with
great decornm. lie was then tried before an Afri-
can court. Judge Jinqua the bench. II seemed
that the criminals attempt at theft an offence
against their laws, but the foolish manner in which
he had suffered himself IL be caught was enough to
cover his whole carease over with castipation and
contumeiv. u was soon settled by Jnqua with the
| concurrence OF the Sanhedrim, that Fang must re-.
ceive the old Mosaic punishment of forty stripes,
| save one. eN4
Garobah, who appears TO be sort Of Jack Ketch
| among these modern Spartans, was called upon 10
administer the discipline enoised Nv the court He
sprsng out Of his bunk with great alscrty. and seiz.
ing awhiP that had been procured for the purpose,