American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper., 1845-04-29

named there TOUR or HVe Weeks Wnlle llltTc
the Portuguese made the deck Left Victoria
and went to two or three places; places stated
in the direct examinatonl discharged and took
in cargo, and returned again to Victoria
While at Cabendo the Captain lived on board
Capt. p, when he went on shore with the CO.
Iors, was accompanied by Robinson the second
mate When the Captain left, he told us so
soon as Baker, the first mate, had finished what
he was doing at the stern of the brig, to come
on shore with him. The Captain left the YES
sci about half hour before the crew did
Had no caboose on board but the ordinary one
belonging to the brig; had no manacles or fet-
ters on board when he left Victoria; the chains
Of the negroes were all knocked off before
they went on board the brig, Was on shore
FIVE days after leaving the brig, when he got
passage to Victoria and from thence to Rio
At Cabendo, on the second voyage, we landed
some calash, two lighters of lumber, and some
ierked beef. Some beef was brought on board
again the next day. No terina was landed
The Portuguese crew were filling the water
casks the day before she sailed. Can't say
whether all the casks were filled or not
James Robertson, examined. Witness ship
ed in New York for n twelve months voyage
in the brig Montevideo, for one or more ports
in the Brazils, or any other port the master
might direct. While at Victoria the Portu-
guese Captain engaged men to load the vessel
while the American crew rugged her. Got or
ders at Cabendo to 90 on shore as the vessel
was sold; staid on shore four or five days and
took passage for Victoria, and from thence to
Rio. Capt. z. commanded the brig on the voy-
age from Victoria to Cabendo. The Portu-
guese Captain and crew went as passengers -
When we left the brig she was in charge Of a
Captain residing on the Coast of Africa, and
portion Of the Portuguese crew. Capt. Coonier
was the name of the Captain, and he took
charge of the brig out of Capt. IS hands
The Montevdeo sailed from the harbor on the
afternoon of the day that we left it. When
witness left the brig in the boat saw large
number of negroes on the shore, part of them
in chains and part of them tied. Saw them
put into launch and go in the direction of the
brig. A launch will hold fifty or sixty the way
they were slowed. The negroes were natives
of the country. The slave deck was not laid
when he left the brig, to his knowledge. Had
heard Capt. P. say he belonged to the State of
New York, and was born In Connecticut. The
mate told him and not the Captain that they
must go on shore as the brig was sold. Some
casks were refilledwith water at Cabendo can't
say how many. When witness got on shore
from the brig they were bringing the negroes
out of the tall grass near the shore. Heard
Captain P. say that the vessel belonged to
Capt. Redel, of New York, and he was only
navigating her for him. Capt. P. acted as mas
ter of the brig the whole time witness was with
him. Witness left the vessel in company with
| the Captain in the first boat.
Cross-examned A common caboose was all
that was on board the brig. There was no
chains or shackles on board to his knowledge
hauled down the colors myself by order ofthe
Captain who took them and the register of the
brig with him on shore. The Captain left me
on the beach, to take care of some things,
while he went to get some help to carry them
away. The Captain took with him from the
brig his Chronometer and all his papers. Wit
ness was arrested in Rio as a witness and
brought home in the U. S. fiigate Congress 4 It
was between 6 and o'clock in the morning
when | was told of the brig being sold, and
went on shore about 10 o'clock. Capt. P.
commanded the vessel until the time of leaving
her. Capt ?. was on shore in the afternoon of
the day before. Capt. Coonier came on board
in the morning and took charge of her. Saw
papers pass from one Captain to the other
After the bill of sale and the drafts for the mo-
ney were furnished witness went on shore.
Charles Martin, examined. Witness ship
pcu III IeiO JdiltllO VII DOdlu vi Dli8
video, on the Sd of February, 1914, At the
second voyage to Victoria, we discharged the
ballast and the Portuguese crew took posses
sion of the vessel. There wero about TO casks
of water filled; calash, feringa and beef were
brought on board in great quantities. more than
was required for the crew and passengers. Saw
deck made and laid on the beams of vessel
by the Portuguese carpenters. After making
it, they broke it up and slowed it away on the
outside of the vessel. All the boards of the
deck were marked with white paint, so it could
be fitted again in a short time. Capt p. had
command of the vessel all the time was with
him. Captain P. was on board while the deck
was being lald also when the stores were taken
on board. The morning that we left the YES
sci she was hauled about half mile nearer the
shore, so as she could more early go to sea-
She was moored by order of Capt. P. Before
left the vessel saw that the false deck had
been replaced below. Capt. P, and MIR. Ro-
bertson, the second mate went ashore in boat
with the colors of the brig. The crew were
ordered to come off in the next boat. When
witness had got about twenty yards from the
brig, saw several launches 90 on board with
negroes in them. Saw Capt. p. on the beach
and great number of negroes in chains.
John johnson, examined Was seaman
on board of the brig Montevideo. Shipped in
the city of New York on the 4th of Oct. lS43
Witness saw the deck laid in the hold of the
brig before he left it on the morning of the
supposed SALE 1t was laid upon the beams
Saw the deck about five minutes before he left
for the Shore Saw great number of negroes
on the shore Saw twenty or thirty handed
over into the brig. Capt. P. left the brig with
the colors THE evidence of this witness was
entirely repetition Of the Others.
Zubina Small examined. Witness arrived
at Cabendo the day before the Montevideo left;
he belonged to another vessel. Saw the Mon
tevideo change her moorings about 7 O'Clock
in the morning. Witness thinks the change of
position would facilitate her egress from the
harbor Was at work below in the vessel to
which he belonged, and did not come on deck