The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-08-15
The New Orleans Abduction Case-The
-ts tlI Spanish Consui.

Auousr : Duquesney the Chancellor or Secretary
of the Spanish Consul, was cslledi only saw Garcia
passing through the corridor his way up stairs 1t
the Sd or 4th Of July; witness more;
Garcia alone; witness made out passport for Gar
cia the Consul witness the 9th Of July,
tween and O'Clock, and told him make pa sport
for Don Pedro Murga Romeo; the name was hrst I'M
the Consul the Consul had given direction to maze
out the passport in that way the directions In
letter from the Secretary Of the captain General of
Cuba. The letter in question, here produced by
the counsel for the defence and identified by the
witness Mr.. Dufour objected, unless the signature
was proved The Consul CORES ponds with Sr sande-
val, the Secretary Witness knows his handwritng;
the letter is bis has his signature passports
&c 1.-THE letter was here translated by MIR. Foulhouze,
and read to the court. =
To sR Dor Carlos DE rspANA UNIV - '
Ny Dear Sir and Esteemed Friend-By yesterdays steam
s received y"yr 9,s ,s s,ts d,sa June yn and
snsweri The point at issue requires it, and there is not
Should the fpote Of comply with what offered
and should you decide 20 Len hmm eo%s II WIN be proper =
the time. in order that snow IL AZ
he he sss4A letter.
have n mere oa fdI aaS
VIII prepared from the very tho
r s Sn Of sS ones. letter may be
i he sSsst rate ss fpsa all
having furnished with all the noraton he before
aNle copduct he will during
tSs ii. here he & remain aHa
AsosoSs being sirsd before court have already tia
You should not be anSiouss you appear be
will lsnE yon r x Of sa Nasa Tile
sr%1o ~sn sss . stes to me s Ss, to h0" h
1t altogether false that the General has either sent
ner. lie i well and much engaged at worh.
v5 h; to me mat our man t w leave by one
watch for the first which shall 1t win he Of
Sss
will ave IsHssTed great ssrv Drcoo.a b,
nothing esr and way discovered. The quaraa-
tine will not impede it, cRIsPS pG sSSDEvA
Witness has In the Consul's Office other papers
relating TO the Garcia affair package was shown to
tho witness he recognized it; it received about
O'Clock on Thursday morning last and was opened in
the of witness II contained letter from the
Secretary Of ths Captain General aud also letter from
Juan Garcia one letter was received from the Captain
General; IL sealed with the official seal the
seal is generally placed upon official documents; is
acquainted with the signature Of tho Captain General
seen II oIteh 70 tne
Witness has seen Garcia's signature once Saw 1t on
the declaration The declsration was here shown, and
the witness was asked il he knew the signature He
asked II that he signature to the decaraton)
Garcia's. Witness thought 1t was. Witness did not
the document signed. Two or three days elapsed
between the frat and second visits Of Garcia to
Consul Office Does not reccllect when he made the
first visit the second was made the 2jth the day
he made his declaration; when Garcia came to the
Office the second time, he came with Llorepte, Ayaa,
and the Consul; he saw the carriage stop, aud saw
the parties come in together the Consul and Llo-
rente abrent about half an hour before they
returned with Garcia and Aysia; this between
IL and O'Clock; witness was alone ia the Consuls
ness did not hear any conversatisn on the second
visit; MT Aysls sailed for Havana on the evening Of
the 9Th, In The brig sOule; Ayala wa, ofen in
entrusted to the captain of the brig knows OF
beipg given to Ayala; does not think Aysa was
cent to Havana by the Consul; does not believe he
was; does not know that Ayaa received any money
from the Consul; never heard the Consul mention
eny Thing OF the kind; when the Consul Garcia aud
the Others in the tonsui's room the second
visit Of Garcia, Llorene came down for tho official
seal; LloreDts and Garcia remained up stairs alone
mint Afar fhA Nrfl down
before the received from Havana that witness
MIR Trescsses la the Consuls ofhce; among ether
TO Get ,igiia' certain persons witnefs bury
when Trescases came I'M didn't pay attention when
after they went into the corridor Does not know
that they went up stairs. NJ Trescazes. in company
more u an xix months previously 10 this tune. Wit
thu ks he would have known IL IL ths Consul aud
Treseazes had gsne up stairs In answer ~ the sr-
orca of the Captain General the Consul stated 70 biz
that he would erdeayor to procure more i.ss.rmatou
in regard to the persons who hs aided the escaps Of
prisoners nom Havana The Consul told witness that
| ne had written for pardon for Garcia This was
about the beginning of June Capt Mcconnell speaks
Spanish he often spoke 1t when he into the Office
ni,s ms ,h ,b n" ,sa
passport received the "a 81 Of July; witness
| does rot know when the answer was sent back tho
Consul has private correspondence. witch witness
knows pothirg about; does not know that Capt ac-
Council got letters from the Consul his last trip;
the Consul wrote letter by the Wary Ellen In regard
to the health Of New Orleans; he stated that there
was no cholera; Capt Mcdonnell obtained a = clean
bill Of health there were some notes on the bill oil
health regarding of sickness in the hospital
| by Mir. JoHES-N Witness does not know who paid
Csicias passage; the Mary Ellen was not chartered
by the consul to witnesss knowledgs no Vhe consul
might have done IL without witness owedge; Capt.
Mcdonnell came 20 the Copsuls Office the laet time
the 9th july IL was before dinnor he there thu
Cd when witness made out the passport he aware
that he insertDg fictitious name; the passport
contained description Of Juan Garcia; the consul
gave him the description and took the passport away
with him
Er Mn. CoLLESs-Capt. Mcconnell brought this
manifest to the Copsuls Office the I'd 81 July Does
not know to whom the goods consigned IL IL
usual for captains to give list Of their
the passengers known at the office, they have to
come for their passports.