The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-01-10
The Slave Trade--Thc Alleged SLAYER
EnaIy.

The Slave Trade-The Alleged SLAYER
EmsIy.
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT.
IAN a-fas United Saas us Tie Bark Emily, Sss' !
D led sIareyn this Judge betts dHected NAL mo
testimony OF Lieut. Stevens should be taken before
cemmissoner Il was accordingly brought before United
States Commissioner fFtts
Mr. p~ich. appeared for the government, and Ar
black for tho claimants. william Richardson e'A"s
d. amor Of TIA vessel, and v Figsro claims
Mr black admitted the shrn3g srie" and caryo' mi
fenicd The intention or The vpya 20 be for slave traffic
Lieut. Stevens, OF the upt. states man Of war Ports
mouth, who seized the Emily, examined by Mr.. Dwight,
dsprsed tina. ne brought homo The Emily prize; no
art saw tie Emily under way on OF Africa,
Black Point not far from Congo river do know
Sac s,anee she only lev miles oil from the
ni she was hrst reported by the cook from the mast,
sssa hs po, ns hss'd the Emily when near her
sere no coors upon either vessel ordered 10
hos, sOors she dS 70; we also hois,ed ours wea in
ssed FOR the sAtppng articles and crew Iis. and re-
sered them; ! asked The esptan of the Emily to
Grew dio no. correspond W. The st a.aa whose name
appeared the sh,prinyt articles as Douglas not
soard We Emily; or SIe shipping ARTICLES foued the
Names OF twelve men " DO answered when mos
teeo Wo o. tnen w no. on the crew list, and their
Names sere entered an different hand from tho rest OF
Re ships articles; taere persons board
sa th.y were psy seDgers; Capt Lindsay be aid
Gu'ia; found no rord OF their being passen-
gers on the ns,Iiest; the Emily detained, and CAP
Ain Cahounf Commander OF the Portsmouth, took tho
papers with Dim. (Mr. Black for claimants admitted the
shipping articles thoee delivered up by Capt Lindsay
then retained with Captain Calhoun Portsmouth,
ans I,ez,. Crabb left on board the Emily was
squeny sent TO fetch the Emily and anchor her the
a,s our s,S wss 70 Toe gay o. L@anso, recrvsa
sIamn alton Of the Emily, which did; examined the
sA,eo according w. the manifest ana ieund only some
Sew dscrepanc,es there were two large boilers, with fur
-aees and soveptpe under they and cor
responded With the marks tho manifest these boilers
of frnna C,cta. faatht fho
6space attached to the boiler il completed
ADg; have never seen similar boilers; there were
hspSred barrels Of rice very inferior fifty barrels Of
provisions eight barrels Of mackere large quantity OF
pss hundred apd twenty wooden pals dies
there rough board Ave sacks OF salt in the
mold, which did not appear on the mtnHest the salt
besns opsn two .s a saus and
swc boxes OF variety Of medicines in the cabin
y Of EPSON salts and castor OIL in the cabin there
water casks slowed away in the hold fore and aft;
near as could be estimated there we're upwards Of 100
casks Of loo gallons eaeh most of them full OF
esh water some clean and some deeply tinged with
yssaee matter she has but one ordinary deck; some
besms running forward and aft there no covering
hose beams the lumber found there sufficient 10
ake another deck found in the trunk Of Gurca, the
sVspiArd, large flag, Russian flag. which said IN
1e signal examining baggage the captain
man named John Doe n man who claimed 10 be sa
eooaeced With The vessel found French dag in box
when the crew was drst mustered answered TO
ne name Of Douglas, first mate; the master on being
1k Opt Calhoun asked for the log book the master
Ct the Emily took out a book and laid it down;
IA, and Loo eAs sanne o.s,.u and ,o iSSnd
u the Emily took up anoiber book and pointed to mage
b "; the captain of the Emily admitted before the
seizure that he had been tn Ambze, but he did say
thing OF the nature OF his passengers,
Baek Point is slave stage; there settlement there,
sSecpt few houses; have never been on shore;
saw fome houses which pointed out to me as cha
saccots;" Captain Lindsay said he had been to Black
and landed cargo; the vessel first boarded
2c.h September, and detained she sas seized on the
ga, my reeot after my search the conversation With
Lndtay took place during my examination OF the vessel
Balls Of iadiug called for; Of them was pro-
Suced by the cptan, who said that bill Of adns
yesrondiug 10 had been landed at Black Point; he
fused 70 gay who Il delivered TO, aud when asked
htm how he delivered them he said he took receipt
Or them, and delivered them on order asked him who
nv cnnsnee was and he refused to say he said that de-
lvering ut Black Point he could not make mistake as
1here but there the bill OF iatiug (exhi-
sed) contains fifty barrels Of rum, twenty barrels Of
tour, twenty barrels Of lard twenty sugar. ten
Of crockery; the Emily had the appearance of
brig rugged into ship; she had charts Of North and South
charts OF Eastern coast the South Atlantic
chart there track marked which had been rubbed
again. but which corresponded with the route marked
- the log book; Lindsay, the master Of the Emily claim
Cd the charts the name painted on the stern was "The
Emily, of N. York; the New York very roughly
panied and examining II, it appeared that "Phladei
s.sd he he was going to Congo after being q
lack Point, and that he expected to have "
% back 70 Black Point 70 get the proceeds Of
- cargo he did not say what the of the cargo
was bad conversation with the American John Doc)
% my way home, who stated that what he said In
eonddence he said he acquainted with Anabon, aud
quainted with the currents and offered some advice
1sad did not want to there, and that could not
sder his conversation a. confidential when Captain Lind
produced the second log book he said the
Fcngh from which the other was copied.
The witness examined by Mr.. Black, but no
discrepancy appeared, and the case was adjourned.