The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-11-17
THE SLAVE SHIP EMILY.


United states CommtsstOner's Court.
Before Kenneth G. White, ESQ
Nov. 18.-7Ae United States VIM. Lindsay, Capstx,
and Seventeen others Of ship Emly-This CASE already
reported, came up for preliminary examination. The
prisoners nearly all swarthy stalwart looking
spaniards, though they appear to have English names
Tho following affidavit has been made In the CASE
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the following facts and derives from the following
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Point She loaded ali cargo with the exec ton Of p.ra
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ii. K. STEVENS. Lieutenant, U. s. Navy.
H. Kennedy Stevens, Lieutenant in the United States
ment and deposed that he brought the Emily into this
port as prize was attached the soop Of war Ports
mouth, which was under weigh the Bay of Loango:
sail was reported close in shorc, Black Point that
is about four and half degrees SOUTH above and near
the Congo river very soon after she reported under
weigh; We were standing towards the Point that was ON
ABOUT tho Goth OF September last us VIC approached
each other the Portsmouth thrown in her track.
the Portsmouth IS sloop-of war; the Emily show
ing no colors, we exhibited none; but upon her
nearing US she was hailed, when she gave tho
directed to show her colors; she exhibited American
colors she then ordered heave to- with the init
nation that would send boat aboard: at the same
time our ensign was hosed and boat was despatched
with an officer on board her. both vessels hove to; the
boat we sent not returning soon expected Captain
llhoun ordered another boat and proceeded himself
board the vessel taking me with him; when we arrived
on board the officer reported that he had examined the
Captain Lindsay the master of the Emily the answers 70
which did not seem satisfactory. OBJECTED TO b.
Mr.. Ndgway, for the defence.) Captain Calhoun
then ordered the vessel to remain hove to, and he
took tho Emiys papers board of the Portsmouth with
him. leaving officer Crabb board 10 charge of the yes
sell returned with him TO the vessel but sent back
and received orders TO take vessel in and anchor
near the Portsmouth, following her motions this was
dopc and the vessels anchored in the Bay OF Ioaneo
an officer and men left charge OF her; the next
day received order from Commander Calhoun TO pro-
coed board the Emily and make an examination Of her
CARGO comparing with manifest exhibited by Cap
tan reporting the discrepancies that might occur
port in obedience TO thus order will be found amongst
report was ruled out) made the search mastering
the officers and found these defendants there; ON
doing SO compared tho shipping articles with the crew
list and found discrepancies. (Crew lis; and shipping
tcles offered in evidenced The places of birth Of many
of the differed in the list from that noted in the
shipping articles tho men being mustered differed
IN their answers As to places of birth from the statements
in the shipping articles and list; man the ar
cles mustered as Snow gave his name Emos his birth
place noted in the shipping articles New York he
gave his place of birth as the Azore Islands. Two
mems names, jose da Costa and Francisco Fernando
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handwriting from the rest OF the names, and did not ao-
pear tho list; they said they Portuguese on
and the other at New York on QUESTIONING the n,s'
Lindsay he stated that these two had been concealed
board and their names put the articles
this muster took place when first went on board and
the fact Of these being board was one source az
suspicion against her; she is ship; her register sbown
she PARK she showing no signs Of having been
the change, and be said the change had been made aer
leaving New York on lrst boarding tho vessel the loo
mander Calhoun where his log book had been signed Nv
Lieutenant Manning Burton Of her Britannia Maesty;s
steamer ae ~ Triton Captain Lindsay, took up ono
down with the remark, "Oh that Is not the onethas
was logbook:" he thcn took another book in which
ne iound ~, wa nat, no was looking or in the meantime
remark with regard 70 his having two logbooks when be
SAID oh, that is the rough one from which this b
again. some days after that the master Of the Portsmouth
Mr. Bradford, was sent board Of the Emily with
directions to ask for both losbooks and compare hcm
made an examination for this logbook afterwards and
could not find IT, found the back Of logbook on board
Of the vessel with light literature sewed in IL;
can't say that the same no other discrepancy was
ound by me than stated; the first days examine
lion saw on the stern Of tho vessel the words "Ncw
york., which showed evidence Of having been recently
nan Mills he acknowledged having painted II while on
he consi or Africa; thonrh, we could make out
Phla underneath 1t, but would not posiuvelyi