Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1841-11-02
From The Journal Of Commsroe.
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From the Journal of Conmsrce.
GREAT MAN CAUGHT.
The Messrs. Browns and Mr. Corrie have had the
good news today that the VILLAIN who -wiudlcd
them Of 30. 600 had been arrested and Nh plenty
of money 10 hs possession. In July. lao. there
appeared par graph in the papers stating that
Col Monroe Edwards, Of Louisiana. had with great
philanthropy brought his two hundred slaves from
hrs plantation up to Cincinnati, " ere he had set
them all rce. Col. Edwards abou, that time ia
troduced himself to Nj Lewis rappan and other
leading nboi'tiouists. and stated he about 10
proceed To London. to procure the interference OF
the British government. tor the purpose Of obtain
ing the release OF large number Of slaves who had
been illegally Struggled from Cuba INTO Texas.
Before he ef. tins country. however, he became
short of funds and desired hs abolition friends to
furnish hlm some AID IN tins respect but they IN
the meantime had received advces from Cincinnati
that no one there knew any thing of the two hun
dred liberated slaves aud they hid also come 90
know that the Colonel had with blm a young ne
gro. native Alucan, who was sometimes black
boy and sometimes black gid, a. he had occasion
for the services OF either They therefore clined
u aid the Colonel THIS poor black girl was last
winter tenant Of our ilm- House. where she Was
delivered Of mul1tto iniaht. Col. Edwards went
20 london and las plans there we're defeated by
letter written - VI Buxton.
Ia conversation with the Mayor, Mr. Morris. last
year. Mr. Iappan told the story OF Col. Edwards,
aud IN the pursuit OF r,gues, some suspicion was
letters winch Nr. Tappan received from hun, with
the letters Of Caldwell to Messrs. Browns. the
ting found 10 be by the same hand. mnlltiO
man IN Philadelphia was employed to hunt up the
African girl winch he accomplished IN a few hours
and verv soon col. Edwards was found under he
directions lie was taken To the Police and on
searching hs lodging his trunk was found contain
my a veiy large sum of money. When the last adj
wees came away 100000 had been counted, and
more renamed.
The Colonel i the son Of I highly respectable
gcnteman ia Kentucky who deceased l~:i2
Whether H. the robber # the Messrs. Little
and others. some months ago, remains yet u be de
termncd. Some OF the money received by hIm has
passed through the hands Of persons here and
al arrests have been or will be made here.
Mr. Jacob lttle went to Philadelphia last eve
ming for the purpose OF determining whether III
wards Is the man who swindled him.
Mr. 1appan has furnished with the following
statement =
Some time in May or June, l-lO, paragraph
was ~ serted IN the Cincinnati, Ohio, newspapers,
that Col. Monroe Edwards, of Louisiana had eman-
cIpatcd IN that city, between one and two hundred
slaves This was copied various papers IN diff
tereut parts OF the country In the month Of June,
the person named arrived here, and came 10 the
store OF Arthur Tappan ~ Go. with note OF MIRO
ductlon from Norris Robinson, Esq of tins city, to
whom he introduced by letter from the late
President OF the Bank of the L. - at Mobile, ac-
companred by handsome looking coored lad nam
ed Henry. whom he represented To be hts servant.
He appeared to be man OF about % or y years OF
age five feet and six seven inches IN height, flo
rid complexion, gecnteei appearance, aud prepOs-
sessng III his address.
lie stated that he belonged to Ibervlle, I.ouisl-
ana. and that he had plantation at that place,
some seveniy or eighy miles from New dreams,
near the Mississippi that lac had recently
owned one hundred and sixty men, women and
children having inherited all of them except five
hp had lfs
Hon Amos Edwards, was a native OF LoudOn cOun-
", or Prince William county, a.. that he had en-
Igrated to Kentucky when young, and lived at Par
Is, Bourbon county, and afterwards resided at Rus
seville, Logan county, that ms father was mer-
chant and speculator that he went to Louisiana IN
lsl2. and had been Senator IN the legislature OF
that State. that his father owned upwards of 200
slaves whom he dIstrIbute by Will, TO his widow
and children. lie SAID his mother had slaves in
her own right, and vas pious () but none of them
proiessed To have religions principles that his faith
or deceased IN 1882, ia Texas, where lie owned i'm
mense estates. being grants from the Mexican Gov
eminent, togeths with purchases.
lie stated that when he arrived at the age Of 81
he came into possession of ll2 slaves with plan
taten and other property, the whole Of which was
assessed at two hundred and twelve thousand dol
lars. lie said that the slaees at that time would
have averaged one hundr, dollars each. Some OF
them, he said. were excellent mechanics, and could
have sold them at five thousand dollars head lie
considered his slaves the principal part of his prop
erty, as land would not bring much without slaves.
Edwards stated that he had a large number OF
slaves IF .lfiica, in Texas and he used
~ exerton TO get them out Of that country but the
President of Texas had issued Proclamation for
bidd ing such removals. He then went England
IN May, ISIS, and returned in the following au-
tumn. One object of his going to solicit the
interference OF the British government with the gov
eminent of Texas so that the Africans could be re-
stored To freedom.
He said he supposed there a thousand Afri-
cans IN Texas who had been brought from Havana
and introduced into that country by smuggling.
Edwards stated that IN Eng he sOught in
PRODUCTION IN some members OF the British ministry,
through the agency of General Henderson, the Tex.
ian Ambassador, but this gentleman had refused to
introduce him. Tor the reason, as Edwards supposed
that he wished TO obtain their AID IN the ACCOMPLISH
mcrt of an act that was contrary to the policy OF
HIS government. Edwards, relying upon the good
offices OF Henderson, had neglected To take letters
At ntfoductlon and therefore returned to the Unit
ed states. lie had. however, been ministerial
parties. and had f'rmed some intimacy with the
Russian ambassador. who took particular fancy
To hun. and had assured hun that If he could get
the appointment OF Minister from Texas 10 Russia
he would be very favorably received at that Court
DC.
Edwards stated that the grief he endured a.
count of the sulftrings of these Africans. who had
been improperly deprived of their Liberty, 80 al
iccred bun that he had come 10 the resolution 10 do
all he could 10 effect their liberation and sympathy
for the slaves he held LOUISIANA had also brought
hln 10 the determination Ia emancl paic the whole
of them, although by the he shonld be almost
pennIless. Since the year 1875 he had been ar
ranging ms affairs with a view To their enanc pa
ton. and then TO visit England ben III OF the Al
rlcans enslaved in Texas. He said that the ed
May he left lberville with between one and two