New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-12-26

p,av. the negro cook, for voluntarily serving Cd
- hat vessel. Ore trouble in both these cases
srev cut Of the apparent unw'lbDgness oil tue jury
:, esedit the story Of Andrew Wilson, tne CON-
vlsissut snd principal witness FIR the Government,
S.s Who had served ea board the Mary Z. Smith
,e;x,d at Brazil, with slsyes on board-aud after
~,s.a;,s acme weeks ut barrscoon on the Coast
~ Alta had returned 10 the Aleva, 10 Cuba, and
xasuoe BY another vessel to New-York. There ~ss,
,,sreover. bot slight evidence connecting Refs with
Ma psrtieulss voyage, and l'tle or under the
stata,e as construed BY the Court. Brown VINO
had Been found on other slavers beside the A'uVa,
swet bis scquittal partially to reasonable d"uo'
On the testimony as to whether the vessel was ior-
s;ep and no a foreigner by re.itencs; SINCE II
tAeee circumstances concurre5, be was not amen
slaeto the act Of 1900, under which be was IND ced
There was evidence, also, tending to SHOW ina, 10
was not aware of the object of the voyage TILL II
wss too late; and Wilson's story, that this negro
owned couple Of the slaves himself notimprobao'y
struck the Jury as wholly incredible IN the face Of
contradictory statements by other witnesses.
Pending these trials, the schooner Falmouth and
A,;o R,sman were sezed-tbe former at midnigh, as
.be was making her way down the harbOr, with.
ant a pilot and with no clearance or other legal
p.pers. No claimants appearing, she wac con-
demped shortly after her sc zure, and the proceeds
Of her sale divided between the Government and
the Deputy Marsbals who were her captors. The
only parties arrested were those found on board.
They consisted Of Jose Lopez and Joachim Ansoni,
Who claiIned to be passengers, and an officerless
crew of ten. All were held to answer in
oiyi, suit under the act of 1874. PEI and Autoni
paid the statutory penalty of $4,000 each, for
which, if really passengers, they were not liable,
and left the city-bcing doubtless afraid that some
one of the crew might take it into bis head TO dis
sloee their real connection with the vessel. The
Gaze against the crew reached trial but the verdict
was in their favor. There was little or no evidence
f guilty intent on the part of any Of them, except
Caspar Nauricio Da Cdnha, who was exempted
from the operation Of the act by The ralog OF tae
Court, that it, as well that of 1915 applied only
h persons who acted in the capacity Of master,
owner or factor.
The brig Braman was seized on the 9Th of last
June, but the libel against her has not yet been
heard. A commission has issued to take testimony
at the Inland of st. Thomas, so that months are
likely to elapse before decision. JOsefa Pedro
Da Cunba and PacidO de Castro have been tried
on charge of fitting out the Braman, aud boh
acquitted. Against Do Castro, whose trial took
place but few weeks ago, the evidence was quite
eight, under the construction of the statute
adopted BY the Court. Bot pretty good case
was made out against Da Cunha, as supercargo.
The testimony of Capt. DeanO, of the Bfaman,
was almost directly to the point, but the Jury pre-
feHred, 1t would appear, to believe that given by
De Castro and Others who told different story.
The proof was, however, SO strong against Henrico
Da Costa, as to lead to hopes of his conviction,
which were strengthened by the evident desire Of
his counsel TO postpone the trial; bat he gave the
Deputy. Marshal, who had HIM in charge, the slip.
The crew of the Bralnan were arrested on separate
ind ctmepts framed under the act OF 1900, for vol
utarily serving on board, and were all tried to-
sether last july These cases turned partly on
the question of guilty intent, and partly on that OF
residence. Ali were acquitted except VIM. Pent,
the second mate, who was convicted and sentenced
TO Imprisonment for two years and to pay fine of
$50. Within fortnight afterward he broke jail
The bark Panchita was seized in October last
Antoine Silva, one of the parties found on board,
has been sent to Baltimore, where he s indicted for
Ne capital oense of having served board of the
slave schooner c. f. A. Cole; the cap ;ain, named
b. r. Naylor, was discharged by the Commission.
or before whom he was examined, and Left town
before his indictment was ready. The resent trial
Of A. C. F. Mesquite and Messrs. Weinberg and
Weeks resulted in their acquittal, although it was
q good % proved that the former was supereargo
saa the latter owners and filters out Of the Pan
shita. But guilty intent was not made out. All
Ne direct proof came from the first and seoond
mates of the vessel, who were the original inform
srs, and was little better than hearsay; and the in
direct evidence deiuced from the cargo the papers
found on board, &C., was far from strong. Though
il IL morally certain that tho PaDchta was destined
for The slave-rade if good chance presented ITSELF
the legal case sgainst her was weak one, as Judge
Belts clearly showed in his opinion discussing the
Hell sgaiDst her.
But though only one Of the three vessels captured
has been condemned, and only two Of forty-si per-
sons held to convicted the Jealous aud pei
severipg efforts Of the U. s, Distr,t Attorney aud
Deputy Marshas have not been quite thrown away.
A number of the most active participants in thu
abomnable traffic in slaves have been driven out Of
he city, among whom may be named, Manuel
Frsga, owner Of the Braman; Lopez and Anton,
Ne Falmouth passengers; Salvador De Castro, Da
Cunha, Da Costa, b utilho, aad several of the
slave captains, beside nsn-residents, such as Flea
and Vssquez, who came here for the purpose of
buying vessels or Of preparing them 70 be slavers