The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-08-15

% Inc ioS NV defence 70 bring in Important teatimo
ny q5d ny to The moment 56 S9i be power Of he Consul
A gentleman Is chalssd with dark ana gf9ie 9 9itS
States and does It not behoove him to showt9 prove 9y
the strongest possible testimony that thli Ne
make mathematical demonstration Of ths iail II nv
dueton = No principle Of law etS wine whose iesti
monY could be obtained, that that witness eOne tJ
the most uniavoIable impression with me- !, .., /
There another witness asSs Tbs5e
fence having failed TO- do So the prssumpaen No
ton was madenO attempt was madst introduce that tes
True the las, gentleman who had spoken iGl h w
defence stated that 81 their itnesses we!s c9mpnea II
charge but he well knew you were tying the case o. e
Consul This most suspicious Circumstances, ~ 9c
that have had presented tous gaTbed extracts OF cor
S.R g EeSs soSo Clue f for these letters
thst1t Will be Compromising your olgnltyne IMAM
matbemstiesy that tb letter Of sandovas referred 70
Ayss and moi to Rev Bat shall show his At lea-T will
demonstrate far possible that if that letter DID refer %
not Reycoad not have been Rey Reoollee they say e
refers 70 Rsy and now seewh what peT1aeity ssna9vs
luded to in his communieaton. He says the point at
in order that we may know he arrives and
take all proper measures aeoordngly;. again WI De
po again. it Is yety mporant that TIE secret be kept
sga9 Gar map S9n again " nv gs1 pade
il" Now the man whom the letter apped se evidently
the cited extracts that be was leave the vessel the
moment Of sT5yaL Can il Be Rey when ne Iemeinea
@ another vessel toTdeoqt his qusTantne7 Think YOU that
the Captain General would have sultfed himself q that
the Consul would have committed such Of stupidity
II ieques DRAFT on ced1lity prepared to honor
cannot be possible mat Bsy left in I6st Vessel
~ e ny B S man q T6s Ss bp5 an
evident attempt throughout to impose upon our iudgmen
and yet they tell it Is manifest we no, guilty
LComnlsstoner-f am not mistaken think Ayaa rode
tay that The man to whom that letter applied was not on
the Mary Eeq II that letter be true, another man per
they withhold their from us Il suspicious
too, that nobody was brought say when Reys pas
s2s6 not 50 important that he should have been sent
Can't mcconnell Of such Ps Of esy a Rs Ssaoa o
the year as to send of with only shirt to biz
/ By Step. we ask fof affirmation and il is wi hhsd.
Sir this oase alliof suspicious The mos9yoq examine
dent assumed by tbe stehee fully expected that Rey
to do by referring the matter ahighar Court Sir there
false clearance Of itself not suspicious but calculated to
when false name are 1ssd bv jsdeSoiibe The psrIops5
Yes sir ALL all is false and. by your admissions there
haya been hkewe false reports Of newspapers And for the
path we think that you should have afforded Us some eT
panaton instead Of eRdsaVoInE to mlead US and to fol
oomprehsnd-0u minds Obiuse-you have it in your
the gentlemen are more familiar with that article than my
am free to confess that my perceptions of the ludrcrou
easeYonr gaTbed correspondence etc In our Simplicity
and according 10 our Cd fashioned habits in the United
States cannot admit that suoh are the gsseous exhaa
IONS Of the brain Of certain newspaper edhonp viii do
the gentleman that last spokethe credit 70 say shat he made
mestdbe, powerful and ingenious defence Bntbeng so
that hs bad e delivered himself OF that gas to which he
iOCbly alluded trust that he delivered and feels
advocate and an attorney. think he gentleman was
rather unkud 70 be 50 cruel 70 his Old friends tue the
gie d say al times eenouS hut there no unmxed good
tins world that
thought which Of our pOudest boasts, we can afford
1have auded 20 Of the circumstances suspicious.
dt ~ WI ny oaty y ~ @ ii i
and where you have doubt give 70 the accused the benefit
IL D1ooF IN slspid ~ saS We s51id moi Iev
Nv gsf5t ~ o6 b9 e ou isy slso On facts
hink myself there has been enough proved 70 equle you
5Td over s sas Ra I qT o s before osr
win not attempt. now. TO take up and rsad the testimony
Il in this case i has been commented published and
printed ~ y proper however thatl SHOULD refer 70 some
two three things and only three that are CERTAIN
one is that ReY was fugitive from Havana, and left there
had sntaled forfeiture Of his life and fled New Orleans
reasonable that be would 20 back Ii yon he
did we want you to prove ~ Il IS agreed on al hands that
pe Consul nag orders from the Captain General g send Reg
back ~ hseore Key went TO Havana we must infer shat
the Consuhad something to do with his departure. In fact,
that his wishes inclined that way Admitting this q me
not heard any successful importation against the character
81 III Ne Ian T sDs I'M {o w @ aH f IN,
the Consul and went to bis office and beg you TO reco
ec that the witness informed the Consul instead
oonenDg about Rsy IL bis office takes TTescszes to hs
private room up saiT suppose this i the ff time he was
permitted 10 enter the private room al the residence OF ha
Consul and say ST. i Is suspicious aet II? there pro
desired that Ray should be sent back he expressed wish
that witness should arrest him and take him on board
efforts made to mpeao his testimony have proved abOve
he spoke with trapkness that commanded my eedenee
bit II Il be true that he made that proposition to an AmeTi
stem TeDuke. lie should nave
done so IL does not involve hm in any personal dshonor
an glad TO SAY i involves INN however IN an atemp
to vo ate our lays for he purpose 81 satisfying hs demand
and willing TO employ agent. Does il moi sir 2 Mos
EHs Is not alive have evidence to the faetitselfsvi
de9os Of th corps degS tat t9 an W9s taken anG car
ses He Has Seen 9ssaed most yoSntyhe was sempt
ed to be dsefeded in theondnay and not human
being could be found under the ordeal OF an OATH 70 saI
aught against his veFaey have this 70 say, also, that hi
bearing on The atend was se man Of uuth He gave hi
es,9{ WI sS f & n9 " p = ~ b n
Che counsel for the defence whilst Others subjected
ed as credible yitnessby the testimony Of oher he state
that he was employed g take map on board of te Mar
and oqI othefse swess " Ee says he was eng9gedNy
can you believed man who would sell himself for SIS T.
N1wI think i was The most natural circumstances in tn
bully Go and tell him that there is obstinate man to b
carried on 39aIa 81 ses ssP PF instance IN ne Re
lending hand He IS an amateur well as his fen.
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ifOtnia most capital selection shOnd ay-Eageis zoo
judge of men, Rodgers says, will be there and lO
find him prompt we'll the arrives, and Rodgers take
Of him. he this is exactly the Ob-iha
= chap appears 10 be gentleman Rodgers reluctant
he withal modest man when he is with gentlemen bu
when urged By Eagle he goes to work like bull dOgtake
him with his brOnzed st0lwart and carries him
board II disposed falsely he would not have toll
the story in this way he would nave given Us to pndean
that violence had been used but be says that resanc
offered, and upon the whole taking impartial
vey oil the ground, opinion confirmed thathe
poyed to carry away man. and shat he accomplished il
Let ms also Blude 10 the TACT that Rodgers
tempt had been made to bnhs him, and in the face of Oh
nQta solitary question IS put 10 hn b. the dsisnca, Bu
when out OF Tsch gentlemen begin 70 ask is possible the
Rodgers could have refused bbe Of three four hundFe
dollars Is It not improbable that q while willing
do such lob for an acquaintance might refuse bride oI
Ia stranger have seen many individuals OF that class VIII
could nOehe bubed. Well sir Rodgers ia sustained in hi
testimony By Mr.. Orion the movements Of thar man Re
attracted his stpleiOns upon the wharf And also is ID
testimony Of RodgeE as 70 the abduction confirmed b
smith the witness for defendant Certainly he did NJ
agree in all lis statements i surprising when COP
sdeI the favorable feelings that he naturally entertained
y his friend Mcdonnell
Gentlemen felt it necessary ward off these heavy an
stunning blows As remarked before, not By proofs bu
by INDUCING in defamation L can't be true " say they