The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-08-28
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Rev, closed on the l4th inst, and be was required
by the u S. Commissioner to give bail with secur-
ties in the sum of 5000 for the next term Ofthe Cir
cult Court Of the United States The other defen-
dans were held to bail by the State officers.
For some time past we have been engaged in the |
publication OF the testimony taken on this examina-
tion The great cOntrarety of evidence OCCASION
ed an equal diversity of opinion in the public mind
in regard 10 the guilt innocence of the Consul
but all have agreed that if the Consul was guilty,
a more atroclous and infamous outrage upon the
rights OF friendly nation was never perpetrated
by any foreign power.
We do not hesitate to saw from a perusal of all
the evidence, that there has been more perjury and
vlllany disclosed on this trial than ordinarily
meets the eye or ear of any Old Bailey LAWYER Ii
scarcely admit of doubt that bribery to an i'm
mense amount mas been employed to subOrn wit
nesses and induce them to fOrswear themselves
We cannot believe in the innocepce of the Span-
ish Consul The weight of credible testimony sat
isles us that Garcia fraudulently if not forci-
| bly, kidnapped and carried on board the Mary
| Ellen. We doubt the innocence both of the ca
tain and crew of that schooner. We believe that
! Garcia, who left New Orleans without single
change OF clothes, was put on board the American
| vessel, Andrew Ring, nominally for quarantine
but really for prison; that vessel being all the
! time Kept under the guns Of Spanish ma6-of war
so that she could not possibly escape out of the
harbor with Garcia on board while the fact of his
| performing quarantine in an American vessel was
| but q trick OF the crafty Spaniard who governs
| states TO suppose that Garcia was free. We have
not doubt that the confession Of Garcia to orr
Consul, Mr.. Campbell in the presence of the can
tam of the port, that he came voluntarily from
New Orleans, was an acknowledgement extorted by
lear OF death, and that he has long since retracted
It, If he has not gone to his grave. We learn from
Havana that the Captain General has refused per
mission TO Mr. Campbell to visit Garcia in prison,
ana when we last heard from him he was confined
on board Spanish man ofwar.
few days ago, in our anxiety for Justice in this
| business, we published the Spanish Consu's de-
| fence without one word of comment. The story
was atttully drawn up, as we row believe to con-
ceal his guilt. Garcia was kidnapped, because, as
the second iaiior Of the prison at Havana he had
aided IN the escape Of Villaverde, who was con-
| fined IN a dungeon for high treason The Count
OF Alcoy has been, we fear, guilty of aiding and
abettlng an this infamous act. How much more
has been expended in bribing witnesses at New
Orleans, as well as agents engaged in the abduc-
ton OF Garcia, we have no means of knowing.
But tins outrage is to which the American peo-
pie VIII not submit; and although the President of
the United States has recently evnced to the Spa
nlsh authorities and to the world his determination
to suppress all undetermined and unprincipled ef-
| forts 10 seize the Island of Cuba, vet we know
| that, when once convinced that free man, be he
foreigner or native, has been frauduentlY and for
| chilly kidnapped in an American city by order of
the Spanish authorities, he will be prompt TO resent
! the insult, and compel speedy atonement for the
outrage from the Spanish Government.
| THE ALLEGED ABDUCrIoN CAsE.-We believe
| no mention of this affair has been made in our
| columns through oversight when the intelligence
| was received, and we therefore concluded to say
nothing about it till the trial was over From the
| peadlngs, so Tar, however, for and against the
| Spanish Consul, who is charged with the abduc-
| ton, we think it a much ado about nothing -
! affair. AS many of our readers have not likely
been put in possession of the facts we Will state
! them here briefly: Three men, Yilaverde FernaD-
OT left in nv
| April last, under suspicious circumstances, and
! arrived in New Orleans Vaverde was in prison.
| at Havana, for political offence Fernandez was
a fraudulent bankrupt thief-also in cunine-
ment Rev was one Of the turkeys of the prison,
and is charged with liberating the prisoners. The
| Spanish Consul at New Orleans is charged with
the abduction Of Rey that he might be dealt with
by the authorities at Havana, as his treachery and
misconduct deserved. This being a criminal
offence on the part of the Consul, he is called upon
to answer, and required to enter into heavy bonds
! Tor the safety OF Rsy, whose friends claim for him
/ the protection of the U. $ Government. The Con-
sui denies the allegations forth against him, and
| the Court, which has been in session over two
| weeks, has not, it seems, been able to prove his
guilt As lar as we have been able t. see through
the facts elected in the evidence the case has
not been made cut. Rey, it appears, left New
Orleans without compulsOn, displaying passport
when called on by the Captain of the Mary Ellen,
IN which vessel he took passage. II is proved that
he went to Havana of his own free will. This
PtcaWHe of the Nth inst.
Since pennjRp the above We learn through a
teegraPhic dispatch published in yesterday morn
ing's Telegraph, that the steamer Falcon had ar
rived at New \ Ork, with some further information
on this subject, as ELECTED from Rey 1t is said
that he lRey) "gaye his answer to the American
Consul in presence Of file Of soldiers, and under
threats He was afterwards imprisoned, but con-
trved te send two letters to the Consul stating that
he had been abducted, and desired American pro-
lection" We cannot see how this is to alter the
case, should it be decided by the Court that the
proof Is sufficient to warrant the conclusion that
he (Rey) went Of his own accord 10 Havana.
This seems to be clear from the evidence, ANYTHING
that Rey has since said to the contrary. No doubt
he was persuaded that if he returned to Havana
the mediation of the Spanish Consul, which it ap-
pears was promised him, would bring about par
don for his offence. Is it not apparent that The
conduct Of the Spanish authorities towards him
has shaken bis faith in the Intervention of the
| Spanish Consul and now, finding thar he has no
hope OF pardon, seeks protection from the Gov
eminent of the United States, saying, contrary to
his first declaration before the American Consul,
that he was abducted? There was no necessity
for him tolie, because of the presence Of file of
soldiers" or Of any g threats" He knew that he
was safe under the protection Of the American
flag, if he asserted that he was abducted. After
he had asserted, as it would appear, that he was
not forced off, and seeing that he ncarcerated,
and believing from this course of the Spanish au-
hOrities towards him, that the worst consequences
| would betall him for the admission that he left the
United States of his free will, he cOntrives to
| inform the American Consul that he was forced
away, and calls forprotection. Rey, it was proved
! IN evidence before the Court the trial. was of
bad character. This is plain from his conduct in
liberating the fugitives Yilaverde and Fernandez
and it is again evident from the statements made
by him to the American Consul, in presence of the
soIdiery, and subsequently, since his confinement.
| Would his assertion be sufficient in our Courts to
warrant his defence and protection? We think
not We are Of opinion that no difficulty will
come out Of this affair, between the United States
and SPAIN Columbia IS. c. Palmetto State Ban
ner, 2lst INST.
LAND SALES AT GREEN BAY.-The entries at
Green Bay, for the FIRST six months of the present
/ year, were, cash entries 1924 acres, warrants
! I55, 40 acres; total 1886 acres The Milwau.
! kie Sentinel SAYS: "The amount received. 80. 324