The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-06-12

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| the manner in which these stores were used by the
crew, and to show the jury that they were not vend-
IDLE articles of trade to be disposed of on the coast
Of Africa and therefore proper to be entered on the
bill of ladng, he should notice some entries on the
accounts kept by Capt. Flowery:
| 1874, Dec. 1lth, the cook (Jackson) commenced
duty on board the schooner Spit
Dec. 1Ith, broke a bbl of bread.
18th, broke bbl of flour.
19th, broke Dbl. of bread.
Both, broke bbl of bread.
l645, Jan. Z, broke Dbl. Of bread.
Is, do. do.
90, do. do.
"a, broke Dbl. of toine.
80, broke Dbl. of beet.
Feb. 7, broke Dbl. of bread
l2, broke demijohn of wine, Dbl.
of bread and cheese for Mr.. Ruiz,
&C., &c.
And again, on the It'll March, there was this
record for the benefit of Mr. Ruiz, or the Spanish
captain.
ls45, March 7, to Mr.. Ruiz one Dbl. of bread, one
cheese and wine.
And again, on the lAh, there was another dem-
john of wine to Mr.. Ruiz; and did the dates
tinue till March 24th of the breaking of bbs. of
bread and other articles.
Mr.. Rogers. This is what should call breaking
all the time Laughter.)
Mr.. Rantoul. 1t would have broken the owners,
ter.)
These, then, continued Mr. Rantoul, are the ship
stores, which were on the bill of lading. They
10 be stores for the crew, both on the out
ward and return voyage, and were amply sufficient,
and more than sufficient, for the purposes of an
binary crew. Taking such schooner, SO fitted out
with large and expensive stores for such trade as
the counsel contend for carrying such nconsider
able cargo as is represented and paying for its con-
| veyance or transportation to Africa, the sum of
IL. Al Al
tcargo-who would believe that the object of the ex-
| petition to bring back little palm oils, hides,
&c, (which would not meet the expenses of the voy-
agei NO, the design was to bring back cargo of
human aesh-nothing else would pay for such an
| expensive voyage lSensation.)
We saw even at New Orleans the original inten-
tion of the voyage, and what the Spi,6re fitted
| out for. AT Havana, too, more light was shed on
| this dark subject. The mode of doing business in
this respect was less guarded, and more matter
OF course. Then the stores were taken out Of the bill
| Of iading
Mr.. Rogers here interposed again, as to the articles
being on the bill of lading.
Mr.. Rantoui went on. Here is an official certif-
cate (taking upa document in evidence) containing
every thing belonging to the cargo, except the pro-
visions and other stores Thirty barrels of tobacco
were taken on board at Havena; twenty were landed
on the Rio Pongos and ten retained for ballast.
This vessel then, with these stores put the bill of
| lading at New Orleans, partly on the clearance
papers or outward manifest, sails with this i'm
mense quantity of provisions, and of the best quality,
to Havana and the coast of Africa. This Don John,
or Don Yam, whom Capt. Flowery aided and abet-
ted sailed in the vessel to Havana. The gentlemen
on the other side did not like his questioning Capt.
Mcclellan the stand to the nature of the prop
erty which Don John owned, and by what means
he had obtained his large amount of property. But
the gentleman had put into the the fact that
Don John retired merchant Of wealth,
and he for was DESTROYS to know what sort of a
| merchant he was, and other interesting particulars.
The gentlemen were willing that it should be given
| in evidence that he was merchant, but not what
| sort ofa merchant he They could, if they had
pleased to have done, and removed all suspicion
that he had got his property by dealing in the slave
trade, have put into the his particular occupa-
ton at the time, especially as he (Mr. r. had gone
SO far in his nerrogatories; but they had done
so, for some reason best known to themselves and
therefore he had right to argue from The absence Of
| an important fact Laughter 1t was the partcu-
lar province Of the gentlemen to have put in this
evidence; and in their declining to do So he would
not apply the term "disingenuos" to the conduct OF
the learned counsel, charge them with any thing
unfair. smile in COURT
Mr.. Rogers. l do not wish the gentleman to argue
on what is not fairly in the case.
The Cotrt.--I do not see that Mr.. Rantoul has
argued on anything that is not fairly inferenal from
the evidence in the case and consistent with the hy-
pothesis which he has assumed.
Mr.. Rantoul. 1.-The gentleman has given his views
fully the circumsantial evidence in the case; and
| have a right to examine the consistency of the
several hypothesis which are involved in or arise
from, the circumstances.
He proceeded. We begin our argument with re-
spective conjectures to what the facts are, but
end at last with the real evidence in the case. 1t
was his duty to put together all the circumstances
to show what business Don John Scorsure has
been engaged IN. The counsel ought to have shown
| rhurar tn H.. -.
he was. II certainly was not the fault of the dis
trict attorney that the fact did not come out in the
evidence. Don John knew, he undertook 10 saw.
where the vessel was going what it was for, how il
was fitted out, and all other particulars of the
i voyage Don John goes TO Havana in the Spitfre
and is so interested in the voyage that worth half
million as he is, he puts on board the Spt6re a
quantity OF shocks in his own boat--the very last
article that WINS put on board--so that the knowl-
edge of the fact could not possibly get to the ear Of
the international mixed commission at Havana. All
the facts show the nature Of his business with the
vessel.
| And there is another important feature, in ira
cling the course Of this vessel. The shocks on
board are consigned to Madame Lightburn, the
4 owner of a slave factory some few miles back Of
Fabers and not to Faber; but still the shocks do
not go TO her, (the freight il being understood was
paid at Havana but TO faber Again. the tobacco
is consigned to Faber; but the same tobacco does mol
go TO him, but il does go to Madame Lghtburn,
whose cooper comes down very kindly, and makes
up the shocks which consigned to his mis-
tresc, but were lying at Fabers. Did not Don
John know this Did not Captain Flowery know
\ it,
Mr.. Rantoul then adgerted TO the subject of the
weges received by the crew, and the position OF
Jackson, the cook, and Antonio, the cabin boy, on
board Jackson was put on the list Of the crew;
and yet Antonio was not The paper found on
board as belonging, among others, to Captain Flow
cry, had this minute:
/ "l844, December H. The cook commenced duty
on board the schooner Spitfre. December IL, An
tonio the cabin boy, commenced duty on board the
same"
i Antonio's name should have been put GU the lis,
of the crew. for the reason that Jackson's was
put on. Why was it not put on Was it not be-
cause Antonio was Spaniard, and there would be
less suspicion from this state Of things than there
would be if he we're registered the ship papers
| go of .he crew In relation 10 Captain Elowerv