The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-08-15
FROM THE AMsRrcAN C,rIzEN.
U. STATES, VS.. Col. Smith -(Co.iiansa.J
Peter. Ro.s, C.ror,,.

/ Peter Ro't, 5tpor''.
| The witnefs i5a clrpertcr, was horn in Yer.
mont, and Catne to New-York, 10th Decenl.
her lat. lie WAS .aed to 60 on board tbs
Leander by capt. Gardner, vino fAid ne was tl
go TO Ne~-Orleans. Hc was engaged January
!, 20, and went OIL board the fame day. When
i on board lie found that the Yriiel was not going
| where he bad been toll H,e was. He then
! wanted to SO on .llore, but they would not let
/ him. Mr.. Ogden came on hoard. The Lean
der went from II. York tn Jacmel, but there
@ssno COMMERCE tranialted there. There WAS
a contderabr uumber Of guns ON board the Lc-
arder and great quantity of ammunition, but
none was taken out or landed at Iacmel. There
was ALTO on board printing prefs, which was
'et up AZ jacrUel. Procia;uations were printed
F, Oh board, with Miranda's name at the head of
them. The proc!smations were put up in box
es and packed away in the holt,.--There was no
( for! of commercial buliuefs done ut Iacnel, for
he lhould have known it if it had been done /:
They were five weeks lit Jacmel. Two or
three the men fwam on tliorc AMI efcapeL.
tie thrks there were 500 people on board.--A.
bout 500 went from Jacncl TO the Hand of A
| ruba. Here they landed, inutcred, and had
, military parade it was Il tolerab!e muller
This WAS getting ready. From, Aruba they
/ went to Porto CaveIio, on the Spanih Main
thenct to Bonaire, where preparations were
fH'7d with them, beides two fchooners which
were in company with the Lcauder. The two
f;hooners parted iittle from the Leander to
iooS cur fora landing place. Here two Spaniil
ar'pei l!iipS hove IN fight, and interviewed be-
tween Tile two ichooGers and the Leander the
.chooners we're thus cur of from the T-rand-r
| The Spanith hips attacked the Lander, and
cioe action Of halt all hour enfiei, but the Spa
niaras theered of, made Iui, pore down to the
t~" icnco"rrs. and captured them. We now
proceeded to Bonalre having given up the in,en-
ton ot landing, aud thence to Barbadoes,
where they met with the Lilly loop Of war;
The men aid they would fAcrifice their wages
( II they could get leave to Quit the Leander, but
they could not, fome Of them jumped over
, board ana i~atn aihcre. Owing to the difcon-
tent or tue nen the iiiuation of the arms wa
changed (: they were PHI. uto the fteeragc, and
| locked up. The witneis was endowed on
board the Leander in making fpadcs aud in
hng too's ne alto made handles for 700
P'kes. Miranda was called general ;Armarong,
Colonel Sands, brigaie-najor Loulon, capt.
of artillery: Blop, u captain there were more
officers ihan raca. AT Barbados, after our
return, and when the men were difcoutented,
iomc or them were taken ont of the I.eander
and put aboard the Lilly. Miranda refufed to
: G'icharse the witDefs who wanted to come
I home. On bis crois examination he flaws that
/ inc ichooners were equipped at Jacmel, where
ABOUT IoZen men were procured. He WAS
uniformed taat Ii was their original intention to
get additional force at Jacne'. They were all
landed at Aruba by the general. From Arubs
they returned on board willingly for aught he
knew: he never heard that it was optional
with any one of them to go on board or not.
When they left New-York they were not in a
CONDITION to enter uj,on the eater,,rirs
Adjourned to Tuetday morning, Jaly %.
Tueja?y Morning.
| Rifbard Plat.
! Colonel Plat, the wiineis, came up this morn.
! ing to retract his former tefimony. What he
before Rated as tetimony was principally
founded on 4 letter from MIR. Duncanfon 70
! Colonel Smith which the latter had read to him,
and which be had in fome meafure mifconceiv-
ed lie wifiled to recall his former tefimouv,
aud TO RET it on Duncanfou's letter which he
produced and read to the court. The letter is
rhapiody, aud IN fome parts of it rep,efents a
mind not quite fame. 1t is this.
December 80, 1909.
this morning called on Thomas J-ferfon,
and underitood that tomething muf be doue
agaiut the cnemies of nv adop,cd country.
am at your fervicr, and If you ftep forward. &
think yon will if it be true that an old coao h.
man llliesa fmack of the whip. You know
ought TO have az immediate anfver."
The witnefs fiid he believed that CnloneI
Sinith acted under perfuafion that govern
ineht approved of the meaiures of Miranda.
DR.. DOHgLaJ, CtVorn.
The witneis knew Il number of Young gen.
temen who went out in the Leandcr. He un.
derltood that the defendant had the nomination
OF number OF young men to Miranda. Al
one time colonel Smith faid that Miranda wa,
going home to fee his grandmother, and he
wanted iome young men to go with him to fet
her farm. The defendant told the witnefs thai
our government knew of the enterprise. som,
time before Miranda arrived in this country,
; rode out with the witnefs who faid there was ,
great buinefs on hand. When queItioned OF
the nature and object Of the expedition, while il
was preparing, the defendant faid that gentle
man had feen the Preident, and that it was un
necehary for him to 60 to- Wilmington Colo
mel smith aiured the men that he Was authorif
edhy government TO do what he was doing
H-told them thst he was to go with Miranda
that they would flop at a friendly iGand, that i
, they did not then choofe 90 go, they might re-
turn, aud that their pa1age back mould b,
J paid. lie laid he was authorized to do this b,
our government. What The witnrfs) under
food was that the defendant was an intnpat,
trieod of Miranda, and he faid that whatever he
(the defendsnt) promiftd them (the men) woulc
DC fnlhIled when they got aboard. | do no
know whether they were referred or not 1,