The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-09-03
Declaration Of Rey.


gust, lS49 appeared before his excellency and the
present notary, Juan Garcia, a native of Gallicia
exailer of the royal prison OF this city bachelor
four and twenty years old, at present prisoner in
consequence of the flight which he helped To effect
from the royal prison, of Vicente Fernandez and
Civic Villaverde, and having bound himself to tell
the truth as far he knew, examined in the
following manner
Being asked if at the end of last month"; whilst IN
quarantine, the American consul visited him and
offered him protection, and what he answered, said
That Senior Campbell visited him, and asked him
if he had come there voluntarily by force and if
he wished TO return in the same ship to the United
States; TO which he answered, that he had come of
his own free will, and that he did not wish TO re-
turn. Being asked, if, in this declaration, he acted
frankly and freely, or if he was impelled by any
cause to conceal his true feelings, said: That he
acted frankly and freely Being asked, If, the same
day, he had written letter to the American con-
sui, calling for his intervention in order that he
might return TO the United States, said That he
had, and that he led to il from being told by an
individual whom he did not know, and who passed
IN boat alongside OF the vessel in quarantine that
he had done wrong not to accept the offer of Senior
Campbell, for that he would fair badly that this
speech made an impression n him, and in moment
terror he wrote the letter which he asked about
Being asked If he wrote said letter aboard of an
American vessel, said: Yes; and she was called
| the Andrew Ring; that when he said he signed
aboard the Terrible" il was equvocaton, be-
cause there was no such ship the Terrible, nor
| had there been during the quarantine, which he
| kept on the Andrew Ring and the Mary Ellen. Be
| ing asked what induced him to come here and
what made him leave New Orleans, said: That Vi
cente Fernandez almost entirely abandoned him in
that city, and more completely still when said Fer
| nandez went away without taking leave, and with
| out deponent's knowing where he was going; that
deponent feared yet greater poverty and, driven
| on by want and by the fear that Fernandez had
put in play his evil 10 get rid of him and as
| sassinate him, IN order that he (deponent) might
not reveal certain important secrets which he der
nandeZl had Unmarried IN him in his da Of
dence, he (deponent) presented himself to the
Spanish consul, who received him kindly; that the
consul told him that he would write TO Havana to
see if he could obtain pardon and that after some
time, he (the consul) showed two letters from the
political secretary, in which pardon offered if
he made revelations to justify it, and that he had
nothing fear that this and the persuasons of the
/ consul decided him To come, and being one hight
al the house of Jose Morante, where he lived, Full
| gcncia Llorente called on him about 5 O'Clock in
| the evening and went with him, unaccompaned
| by any other person, until he embarked on board
| the Mary Ellen, when Llorente told him that his
| passage was paid. Being asked if any force was
used To put him on board, said No; and that there
| could not have been any, az he with Llorente
alone, and at an hour when the streets were full of
| people. Beng asked II hc was in a carriage or
| afoot said: That he afoot. Being asked if
he had endeavored to conceal in New Orleans
the fact that he intended coming 10 Havana said:
That the consul had charged him to say nothing
Of II, fearing, doubtless, that the friends of Fer
nandez would attempt something against him if
they could not induce him 10 desst. Being asked if
he remembers to have told Jose Morane of the fears
which assailed him, said Yes; and that Morante
| gave him pistol, which he left in his house when
| he came away, Being asked if, in returning TO
this city, he wrote 10 his excellency the captain
| general the letter placed before him, and which
was dated 23d July, l549, said: That he wrote it.
| Being asked on what ship he signed said letter,
| said: That although IL purported To be- signed on
| board the Pincle, he was really on the Andrew
Ring which he that day went on leaving the
| Mary Ellen but that, the crew did not speak
Spanish, nor he English, he did not understand
| them, nor could he learn the name Of the vessel
Being asked If, two or three days after, he wrote
the political secretary another letter of fourteen
pages, which was placed before him, beginning
"Senor d. Crispin Jimenese de Sandoval Sir:
have received the letter you sent me-" and con-
GLIDING, Having nothing else 10 say. On board
the Terrible, the Doth of July, ls49. am yours,
respectfully, Juan Garcia" said; That he wrote it,
| and that when he did so he was aboard the Andrew
| Ring. Being asked If lac was forced, or induced by
any violent means, 90 write said letter, said: That
| he wrote the first without the knowledge of any
one and that the second was in answer 10 a letter
| dated the same day, the 10Th, which he received
| from the political secretary, saying that il was ne
cessary for him ~ write 10 the consul, ID. Carlos de
| Espsna, ratiiying the declaration that he had come
Of his own free will, and that be had no difficulty
| in writing such letter. Being asked why he said
in his letter 10 Senior Campbell, that he was taken
away from New Orleans under false order from
the recorder Of the second municipality, said That,
overcome by the lear winch Possessed INN when he
wrote said letter. he put in il the first thing that
CURED 20 him. Being asked IT, while on board the
Mary Ellen, he told the captain what motive
brought him 70 Havana, said That the captain was
the only one, excepting the steward, Of the whole
crew who spoke Spanish, and that he told the latter
that the object Of his trip TO obtain money
which WAS coming ~ him.
At this time, AT the suggestion Of his cKcelency,
deponent took oath in due form, and having read
the foregoing declared that he ratified il in all ts
parts as being conformabe 10 truth, and signed il
accordingly, together with the witnesses, his excel
lency the captain general, and the assessor.
| (signed) JUAN GARCIA
AlcoY .GULiAno. .JoAaurs TarULlo.
The above il in strict conformity with the origi
nal, which remains az an administrative despatch,
~ certify the manner and form Ina which took place
the departure from New Orleans Of the fugitive,
Juan Garcia. which despatch remains in the sccrc-
tary's Office Of the superior government, 10 which
remit il. and from which original have taken the
present. JoAoUIN TRUJtLLo.
HAvANA, 9th August, 1919
The notaries Of her majesty the queen, whose
names hereuntO subscribed, certify and witness
that ID. Joaquin Trujillo by whom the foregoing
testimony was taken, is notary public, and that
biz acts entitled to full faith and credit Given
from our royal college in the ever faithful city 81
Havana, this sixth day Of August, l-49
tsigned with names) FRAN'co PiMESrEL,
Vert RoDRiouEz PEREz,
CARLOs CoLoS.
(Sigpcd and sealcd) FL CoSDE De ALcoY
J Consulate oF TIRE Z. STATES,
HAvASA, August :, 1919
T. Robert ". Campbell consul Of the United
States Of America for the city Of Havana, do hereby
certify that RI Condo de AlcOy, whose signature ~
pears 10 the certificate hereto annexed the Cover
nor and captain general Of the island Of Cuba; tina
Fra'cO Pimentel, Nict Rodriguez Perez and Carlos
Colon, whose signatures and rubrics alsO appear u
the aforesaid certificate notares public Of th,
city Of Havana and that the official acts Of the par
ties 10 the said certificate entitled TO full faitl
= and credencc. In testimony whereof have here
set my hand, and affixed the seal of my Office
at Havana, on the day of the date above written.
(Scaed and sgned) RogERT B Campbell.
e DEATH OF 5. ;. SEWARD, esq This venerable
T citizen, father of Governor Seward, says the Al
!, bany Journal, died at his residence in Florida
a Orange county the oath inst, at the advance,
J. age u - years, after lingering illness lie ha'
been confined 10 his house for nearly forty years
and at the time Of his death was extremely waste
by his protrscted illness About six weeks ago, h