New-York daily tribune., 1856-01-16
TRE AFRICAN SLAvE-TRADE.
TRIAL or MANUEL ECBEyERRiA on A
CHARGE OF FITTING OJT A SLAYER

Audit4onA evidence Was elected FOR The defendant.
The first witness was Jedediah Fy, who testified to
having es eHsAsed the Afan trade tu-n,y i've yeara
They American rToducs and buush, back copa p>s
Iut' psm oil and hdes Dad shocks tc be Ps %
bring back Islm o.. in.
snineDa not know what eaaldrOns cent
sbr board bad clipped every article spoken Of mani
test 70 Africa had sent vsses 70 Ambz snd River Conso
believes there Admiralty Court srTs Leone had bad
vesels seised tie bark Joue. condemned be
eeved $500 Tor The Illegal and violent seizure Of the bark
Thomas Small testified that be was engaged in the
hide and leather business b, used to be Ia the Afcsn trade
TIC goods, and brought b.ek hide. had shipped goods similar
thoe this snest except the casks they brought back
only hides witne. a not know much about the AR trade
Jamcs b. eager ship broker, testified that he had
ohAtered good vesses for the Coast Of Aan trading
voyages puncheons are swsy sent in shocks and
out frequently when whisky sent, to reduce the whisky
the quality ressded too good for the negroes
export witness not African rsde h.d pur
Se for Mshsdo co.. MecntSsoD Lns.tS Good
hue Co chartered for Avueeree Co., Bsbbdse
Vslene two three vessels eharered for the Coast Of Acs
Henry c. Dugals stated that he had been engaged
sined this snife.t bad sent out one csuarOh for Boiling
palm c % S,u' e0T %s 1 q Res S S ssG & ieHt the
he had their in their return they gathered yAr
Melanctbon n. Freeman testified that he wa. ship
broker and commission merchant had shipped to Ac nearly
eyeryhins eoEtsed IN hi: anf had bad vessels up the
they generally clesr their vessels for Sierra Leone aud Gamb
join a. MsSd ssdM M rns es' H. w%s Mr. Ae ss M
Fry, M Inssls end Yates Poerfed, in The African
John 4. Mulnford had been engaged in the African
trade nothing in the manifest unusual Illegal; had
Richard p. II. Abel clerk Of Iienrcks 81 Van Bus
x sSd sse G hsnf Mr. E. Sd no sa % I ri d s4s sa 50 spy
Egbert !. Rider, caIman, testified to having con-
yeyed various cases bKc., bse' and bundles to the May Jane
Thomas Stocker, recaled-Capt Davis was citi-
Of the United States the bill of sale Of the vessel filled
Mr. Cutting here Offered to prove by witness that
M Berez not being citizen Of he Cted Sstes had de-
Mr. Echeye being also shen the vessel bought in tho
The District-Attorney objected
The Court sustained the objection.
wites. fsumi9s- Mr. ECheysTris', brother is now in Ma
Julius Loventha recalled for the prosecuion-I saw
Pgneheon put up between the foremost and galley on
puncheon and a barrel the thing.
Capt. Helen. rccalled-At Batavia, in the East In
The work IN order not to expose the crew vi
A great deal of accumulative testimony was con-
Of egs the cargo the Mary
Peek All of the witnesses tesns uPos these points were
Mr.. Cutting offered to prove the entire respcctaby
and hish STANDING OF defendant in tie community;
MIR. MckeOn said he would admit all that they
Both counsels then announced these cases TO be
closed.
Mr.. Cutting said that he was willing TO submit the
to tie Jury without argument the prosecution would
Mr. Joacbmsen said that il was his intention to sum
M the in the ususl manner
MIR. Cutting then proceeded TO deliver
THE ARGUMENT FOR THE DEFYSsT.
After brief statement Of the legal points upon
which The d.1e ~ M should re} s cs,s L
the Of the defendant the evidence had JAILED the
existence of an ofenc against anybody Of which feet the Jury
proceeded the evidence sdiueed show that the
Mary Jane re- & & %9 INTENDED noe ioI % & as Iae Principal ,a
Of character 10 impress syoaby According TO hs
himself ordinary 70 the shPs snaster and
the ship had been informed by Captain Davis that voyage
increase hs wages, after lie Davis had asserted that
be had nothing further TO do with the expedition.
to csny horuo bis friends The witncs. finally
NewYork attempts to exty d over eSio money from hf
She time seen in Juge stuart office nqnirins if the receipt
becomes acquainted with Brhsc who arts for him bur finding
that nothing could be done 10 h their OBJECT by threats
called uron .ir Ecte,ea ~ heard Mr. EcleyeTs epudi.
ate ne ,aee hs ne lag BE- Gos' TGy h ns ,b , ~ m we ,S
.ficc Of the District Attorney and this indictment of the
Cus c.d Is5d s Sl M E5i5 By % the the
iomer entitled to oneh ii Of fne imposed snd collected
The vessel having cleared for Sierra Lcoe ani hat being the
point whence the British cruisers started 1t necessary
Sor 70 sGa Snt sa he here m 70 % some notorious % .s wee
point and accordingly the witness that the weasel
stopped al Congo snd warped up the river distance
Congo Longitude 3' ss and latitude 50 south aud
Leone in longitude lS' west aud latitude 81 north
There therefore between the points thirteen de-
and degrees Of longitude, aud the
testimony had to show that ordinary sailing time between
POINTS from twenty TO thirty days. and yet
the testimony Of Loweutta that they left Rio Congo
the British and Sierra Leone in day and
half and that they reached Sierra Leone b. sailing dowu the
upon which Rio Congo sitnsted Could this story
OF their landing Rio Congo be nyng but fabrication snd
whst reliance rev was there 9 be placed upon The evidence
that they landed Upper Bger and tue fact that they
landed within day and hafs sail of siera Lnone rendered
the British cruisers if they 'layes expedioe Hi.
spd remained Eve weeks st that point, before the
boats of the British nan-Of-wsr took hevesse. The
witness had endeavored leave the impression Ia
ch,rsns the cargo slaves but alton had
elected the that he knew nothing Of the kind Tue
schooeTs fraudulent and that such goods
Lad put sbosrd the vessel They had proven only BY
the bills OF the goods sod hs II was So but they hsd proven
that all OF the articles III the cargo were exported to Africa
nearly every day by showners who accused
evidence thai the schooner had started with iubcr on board
the purpose Of making ssedk had been also dpTOyed
IL was Po'en tH' ihe vessel "Hs slowed IS uil IL eomh
hold wth the cargo The shocks o pu9sheons 1t was at
tempted be shown to be used for holding for
Of negroes while the evidence weAt prove that soG.
puncheor were often sent Out TO be put up TO ps
OIL IL too that lumber sb0srd excert
what used ioT dunnase As for the csudrons was NJ,
only that they frequently sent TO Aca 10 bs used
in boiling palm oil but also that they could not have been used
The counsel said that would examine the .econd
branch Of the Admitting for the argument that the Mary
could reconcile the Inconsistency OF MT Echeyers
ehsn q standing openly hti 2ut SLAYER without con-
become known and which II IL did would involve his ruin
and that h- fsybut admitting that the Mary Jauo Peek
to show Mr Eeh. had in the voysge
From letters produced bosI that old correspondent
daerent times psced the credit Of Mr. Ecsrae sI
be used the order OF Mr. Beer who introduced TO
Mr. Echeyers by letter from Mr.. M,rco with statement
that Mr. Berey desired 10 purchase vessel Nlstcver had
done BY Nh Eeheve had been done for M Bsrz for
raid for by remittance from HaysDs Mr. Stocker the
intelligent keeper Of Mr Eohe vera h,d testified 70 tee