The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-12-13
THE CASE OF THE -AMIsTAD.

THE CASE OF THE AMlS lad.
This case has been before government since
1899 and has not only frequently been referred to
in several messages, but was the subject oL lengthy
correspondence between our government and that
Of Spain. The correspondence was commenced on
9th of September, 1889, with letter from the Span
ish Minister Caderon de la Barca to the then Sec
retary Of State, Mr.. Forsyth. The letter Of the
Spanish Minister presented statement Of the whole
case.
The following are the facts as set forth therein,
and as they have since been made known through
other sources:
A Spanish schooner called the Amistad. sailed
from Havana on the 2Sth june bound to Guanaia,
another Cuban port She was commanded by her
owner, Don Ramon Ferrcr, and besides cargo of
merchandise, had on board ftty-thrce negro slaves.
Before leaving. her owner obtained the usual clear
ance papers and complied with all the require
ments of the law. On the night of the 30th Of
the same month, the captain, two sailors and
negro servant of the captain, were killed by the
slaves. In addition to che captain and the two
sailors, there two other persons on board, Don
Jose Ruiz and Don Pedro MonteZ. the latter Of
whom owned four Of the slaves, and the other forty
nine Both Ruiz and Montez were spared that they
might take the vessel to the coast of Africa, where
the negroes designed landing. They had, however,
been wounded and treated with much cruelty, and
probably had their services not been required, they
too, would have been sacrIhced. Montez, instead
of directing the OF the Vessel to Africa teered
her to the coast of the United States, and after
several days sailing reached Long Island Sound
Here the Amistead was boarded by the brig-of-war
having been made acquainted with the circumstan-
ces took possession of the vessel, secured the nc
groes, and brought them with the vessel to New
London, Connecticut. trial of the negroes for
murder was subsequently had, and it ended in their
complete acquittal. They were afterwards sent
over to Africa by the Colonization Society.
The claim which has been presented to our gov
ernment is for the Identification of the owners of
the slaves and the Amstad for the loss of their
property The amount of the claim presented by
the Spanish government on behalf OF the ag grievcd
parties is fifty thousand dollars, and this the Pres
dent, in his message of December, recommends
the payment of, by appropriation for that pur-
pose. The claim also recommended by Presi-
dent Polk, and has been repeatedly referred to in
other messages since his administration.-Ne,c York
Herald
Do1yGs AT ORERLtS Omo-On the 18th of Sep
! tember last a slave named "Litte john" was ar
rested in Oberlin by United States Deputy Marshal
! Lowe, of Columbus. by virtue of warrant issued
! by United States Commissioner Critenden, of the
| southern district of Oho-at the instance of Ander
son d. Jennings-the deputed agent of the owner,
John G. Bacon, both residents of Mason county,
| Kentucky The same day, mob of the citizens of
0berlin raised to prevent the execution of the
process of the Marshal, and the negro was rescued
at wellington few miles from Oberlin. The ciu-
zens of the latter place held gorifeation meeting,
and determined to resist for the future, any and
every attempt to arrest negro at Oberlin.
The recollection of the affair has nearly died
away but its history is revived by the recent act of
the L. s. Grand Jury, at Cleveland who have
brought their labOrs a close by finding true bills
against thirty-seven of the ring leaders in this affair
including the Rev. Henry Peck, Professor in
Obcrn Colleges the Rev. James NJ. Fitch, formerly
missionary to Jamaica; several theological Students
five fugitive slaves and thirty other citizens, of al
colors.
Cleveland from Oberlin. The parties promised 70
come in the next day and surrender themselves.
On Wednesday, several of the indicted arrived in
Cleveland, among them Prot. Peck, the Rev. Mr..
Fitch and others of the arrested party. OF the
fugitive slaves who were indicted, several had fled
to parts unknown, before the arrival of the Mar
shal.
Those who were arraigned after refusing to give
$500 bail, were discharged on their own recoguiZ-
ances, to appear at the March Term.
AFRICA.
From the Ne1o York Colonization Herald Of DcceDJcr
1t is understood that some respectable colorc'
: men, formerly Of this city, and lately engaged Il
commercial business in Liberia, are in negotiation
with fair promise of success, for vessel and carg
: to enter into the trade permanently intending no
:, only to have regular packet from New YORK t'
Monrovia. but an auxiliary steam propeller on th'
coast, to go down to Lagos and intermediate pnrls
and collect cargo. They propose to sail as early a
!, February and nope to take some TesPecI'"'e 'i''
valuable families with them. 1,:-,,,,,l
e According to the report of the Engsn ti
i Missions, of the missionarSs ana @ near Sierra
and in the field Jan l5 lsS at om5 an' serentvsevem
" Leone, sixteen were Europeans
~ were native Africans
r. ,ppo,vryryr.-j. Hemphi Jones, OF t, Delaware De
ro ham ,nnointed Chief Clerk IN the fitst comp
ut trolers office, Washington
rto roceipts of the Twenty-Five opera nights at
k A., Tc York Academy of Music, give total OF
~ S6S,9l5. -.
le =, ba connected for this winter by the Montreal
Spow-shoe Club
4 Tba Boston Advertiser announced the death OF
Rev, Barzilai Frost, distinguished Unitarian cer
& gyman. "
e The fourth trial of Michael Cancemi, the Italian
: charged with the murder of policeman Eugene An
d derson is in progress in New York.
The body of the assistant foreman of Chatham
Engine, No. 16, has been found in the ruins of Har
y lem Railroad depot, New York.
k The aggregate value of the Salmcn fsheric
of Ireland is said to exceed 81 500 600 per
l. The first weekly edition OF McElrath's new pa
+ per, "The Century, will be issued on the 18th.
Mackerel have just appeared in large numbe,
on the Massachusetts coast.
= The Georgia Senate has passed a bill providin
of for the coditicaton of the laws of the State.
" A bill is before the South Carolina Senate
abolish usury,