The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-08-05

of March, one thoufand eight hundred and fix.
MATTHIAS B. TALLMADGE.
NO. Q.
OGDEN's DEposfr1os.
Diarif of Nesv-Tork. TO qvit Samuel G..
Ogden, of the city of New-York, merchant,
fworn TO make true anfwers touching GER ain
expedition fitted out and failed from this port
in the Leander depofes, that Col. Smith had no
particular agency in fitting out the hip Leandcr
or procuring the cargo--this deponeut did that
hTmfelf. Col. Smith and Gen. Mir,nda were
frequently together William ArmRrong was
the principal agent of this deponent in procur-
ing certain articles Of the cargo of the fllip and
getting the men on board. There were pixies,
cannon and cutlafIes for the ufe Of the nip on
board.--Gen. Miranda is gone out in the fhip
"a paffengcr merely; is bound to place as he
this deponent thinks in latitude between 10 and
Is N. and Longitude between go and rs w.
Gen. Miranda was to land as was intended CT
Their upon an iiland or on the Spanilh Maine
within that latitude and longitude.-That the
men on board were at liberty to act or not to
act in any enterprife with gen. Miranda as they
ihould agree, or to land with the general or not
to land, at their pleafura. Gen. Miranda was
born, as he has underfood, i'm the province Of
Caracas, and he thinks in the town OF Carrac-
cas-, where he had a great number of friends.
That gen. Miranda ihewed this Opponent great
number of naners in the Snar;n, language :. 81,
fuiaance of which as be told him were afIuran-
ces from his friends at Caracas that they
would af1i1 him in any views he might have
when he arrived there; they were papers both
recent and old, and fome Of them very recent
and notify received by Gen Miranda while in
EGrope-t that gen. Miranda came here from
London and brought with him letter of Gre
dence on Daniel Ladlow ofthis city for sooI.
fterling, which fun this deponent received from
Mr.. Ludlow for Gen. Miranda.
The engagement between this depoAent and
gen. Miranda is that the Leander fflall carry
what fhe has on board to the port of deainati-
on, and the captain of the fhip is there to re-
ceive for this deponent in ca!h its price and the
amount of the outfits; and two hundred per
cent, advance on tile amount OF the cargo and
outfits the veffelis then.toi proceed 70 yacGuc-
mel, and with the caih TO pure hafe return car
go of coffee. This deponent has feveral bills
on Lo don drawn by n.Miranda, to the a.
mount of 5000. fterling one on Nicholas Van
Sttart ard John Tnrnbull, the Others on Trini-
dad to about the amount of 5ooof. ferling, on
Jofeph Lambert and William Brown, mer-
chants, for which he isto give gen. Miranda Gre
dit when paid. This deponent faith the a.
mount of the cargo on board the fhip Leander
is about forty thoufand dollars, the ,tfits he
climates at thirty thoufaud. more.i Gen. Mi.
randa is at liberty to receive.or not to receive
the cargo when it arrives at the port of deffiDa-
tiou.-- ne eliminated amount 10 be received
there was about two hundred and fevcnteen
tloufand dollars. s-s drs -. r.,
This deponent farther faith, that general Mi.
randa went to Warrington not long before he
failed, and as he underRood was introduced to
thkp off, 1f IL:
nent underftood from gen. Miranda that he bad
feveral interviews with the Prefidrnt and Mr.
Maaifon, and converted among other general
topics with them upon the fubjed of the fitua.
ton of South America and the opprefIion of its
inhabitants.
That from conversations between this depo.
nent and gen. Miranda this deponent under
food the Leapder was to land her cargo, and
Gen. Miranda near the town of Caracas in the
province OF Caracas, 70 that the fame nigh,
be conveyed to that place. That the military
force of Laguira he underftand is about five hun
dred men. This deponent underfood from
Gen. Miranda that he was on good terms with
the Britiih government, and that that govern
n,ent were difpofed to promote and fecond hi.
views upon the Spanifh main. The fhip's car
go has furnihed at the .requef and accordin,
to the directions of Gen. Miranda, and fbe +
expeetedto return in all the month of March, 8
not expected to ftay at the port of her dehina
ton more than about fortnight.
QueftIon. What arms were on board III,
Leauder when fhe failed
Anfwer by this dcponent. PiftoIs, pixies
mufkets and cannon, cutlaiTes or fabres, aut
bayonets; this deponent does not recolea o.
any other arms on board.
There were between one and three hundred
pifos, bought of various perfons in the city
about four or FIVE thoUfand pixies between
FIVE and 600 mufkets between thirty and fort,
cannon in the hold among which were two br AZ,
pieces, four Founders and carriages for all IN,
cannon not 10 many bayonets as mufkets; tn,
cannon were procured from gen. Stevens
Corp, Ellis and Shaw, Ripley, Center and Co
and Bernard Hart--ten or twenty tons of can
non baIls, one half ton of muaket balls, on,
hundred and fifty quarter csfk of powder
bought of Low and Wallace, and Jonathan
Ogden; about one or two dozen faddIes apt
brides, blue cloth jackets and R1ffia lbeetins
trowers, fnch as are worn IN the Weft-Indies
made by Mr.. Weyman, about one thoufand Of
hteen burdredin number; the quantity Of ar
tlcles, arms and equipments were purchafed ac
eording to the advice of Gen. Miranda all tn,
above articles this depoDent believes we're pu
on board before the vefel dropped down to IN,
Nsrrows, and 10 the ben of this deponent'
knowledge, recollection and belief the abov.
wdrlike articles were de6gnedIy omitted to h,
entered in their proper name in the captain
manifef of the vefTel's cargo this deponen
does fDpDofc from his kno,Isdge NJ fbs 49,,