The Gonzales inquirer. [volume] (Gonzales, Tex.) 1853-current, 1853-08-13


Of ,JulyT:
The landing of the Jasper WAS actually cf.
icctcd in May last, without the local authori.
ties of tho vicinity being able TO discover the
vessel or the hundreds Of Africans that ca,nc
out of her But three American sailors, who
had been deceived rs to the character Of the
voyage and the vessel, and invciglcd into ship
ping OF board of her In New York, on attempt.
ing to get away from tho vessel, to avoid
worse fate, were discovered without difficulty,
and nrc now In the Tacou prison, TO DO made
the "scapc-goats" Of this expedition. Hun
drcds OF Spanish sailors, who have concluded
successful slave voyages, have been, In tho
past two months, carousng In places within
sight OF the palace windows, and have been
shipped on board of Spanish vessels, without
any attempt to arrest or to obtain their testi-
mony for the purpose Of convicting their prin.
cipals. The three men succeeded In getting
~ far Ms Cape San Antonio in n small boat,
when they were captured and retained twenty
eight days on board of Spanish ycssel.of
war. The fact was announced by the Cap.
tain General TO Judge Sharkey, before the
character of their past service had been re-
vcalcd but nc declined taking charge of them,
II is said, for tho reason thnt he did not "know
how three American scamcn could be In that
vicinity" Such is the report circulated, now
that tho Judge is not hero; he can probably
explain II, If he thinks It of sufficient consc-
gucncc to do So
The Jasper loft this port with her cargo OF
rum and ncgro-trading goods on board, where
she obtained her register from the American
consulate, by order OF the Secretary Of State.
and arrived In New York without its bcip,,
displaced. ANcr release from her libel suit.
on examination before the United States Com
missieacr she prepared to carry out tho pur-
poses Of her Spanish owners--onc of them he.
ing there prcsent-and she closed hcr fittings
for the coast. Dean 4 Clark were tho shin
| ping masters of her crew; and they can state.
probably, how many Americans they shipped;
for there nrc fears that some of them have
been made away with, not In due course OF ma
turc, nor of African coast fovcr. On the I2th
Of December, 1853, the bark Jasper cleared
from New York for Sierra Leone Edward
Townsend, captain, given in tho American
consulate, Capt. Watcrman,) and, after being
two days out, two Spanish passengers who were
not known to bo on board by those who had
shipped for an honest voyage, mado their ap.
pcarancc on deck, and created much unr.,si.
moss in the minds Of tho three American sea.
men, ts M Ui
The names Of the three men nrc Harvey C.
Park, Of Palmyra Wayne county, N Y, VIM
Atkins, city Of New York. and VIM. Frceburn,
of Philadelphia. There Is no doubt that tlscy
wcro innocent, and that aftcr getting on tho
coast and being abandoned hy their captain,
there was no opportunity for escape until they
arrived on tho coast Of Cuba with their cargo
The American Commercial Agent William II.
Robertson, Esq, at present in charge Of tho
American Consulate has asked permission to
E take their declarations, which will bc denied
& him by the Captain General, for fear OF inn
plicatiDg testimony. At or near Nina Chicn.
on tho coast Of Africa BOO miles from Sierra
Leone. tho Jasper was transferred to tho
Spanish captain, called Cortoy, as these men
give the name, and the mate, Dionisia, and
near this point the American captain and
mate left tho vessel Additional crews werc
also received on board at this point, and the
real purpose and object Of tho voyage for tho
first time was acknowledged by the prepare.
ton made.
Tho particulars I have gathered (rcm tho
men themselves, at old moincnts; and they
state, moreover, that they demanded Of tho
captain, before he .e;s, that lac should take
them from tho ship, and that hc promised that
he would do SO when he lcft the vessel that
he was only going ashore for particular bust.
ness, and proposed returning To and conclud.
ing the voyage IN the bark. and that he would
not desert them.
The Captain General has so much trouble
with Mr. Iilueta, who will not make ,i,clarn.
tier that he did not pay tho Governor Of
Cirntacgos five hundred ounces" or "that ho
had not authority from Gen. Csne,io for tho
importation and introduction Of his slaves"
tat Il sa great relief 10 have three American
scancn in limbo To feed his aaiable temper
We have to-day report Of another landing in
tho vicinity Of Sag,is In ta.anae. aud | havc
convcrsed with an eyewitness of tho scene.
f, but he Is not compctcn, to Judge Of the mum.
her, and could not speak the language to as.
certain
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