Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1806-06-17
NETWORK, Jun. 7.

we learn by captain Fitzgerald, IN %
days from Santa Domingo. that Spa
nish schooner had just arrived there from
Laguira, on her passage had been board.
ed by two Spanish government briggs
which had been dispatched (aiter the
capture OF Miranda's two schooners) in
pursuit ofthe Leander. The above sch'r
had two men pressed by one Of the briggs
by which means this Information was re-.
csived. There now no longer remainsa
doubt about the capture of the two school,
ners which Miranda chartered at Jacque.
mel, tc further his designs against the
Spaniards. As TO the news of the exc.
cution OF the crews Of the schoonsrs, We
have only toobserve, that it may be true
but it rests on mere report at Curacao,
which report may Have no other origin
than conjecture.
The expedition Of general Miranda
has, thus far, proved uniayoreble but
alter the loss of part ofhis force. and find.
ing it unsafe 10 remain in the midst
4, OF danger, the probability is, that he
has shaped his course for Trinidad, to 500
sicit the CO operation OF the British.
While we are on the subject eff gene
raj Miranda's expedition, we shall notice
another article of Intelligence which has
just come TO our knowledge-it is, that
on his arrival eff Barcelona, he wrote a
letter to bis brother OH shore, advising.
him of his intention, and requesting him,
hts mother and sister, to retire into The
interior, and TO take with them the most
valuable OF their property. Miranda's
brother was a:armed-and, lest he should
be suspected of being concerned in the
enterprise or lavoring The views of his
brother, he FASTENED TO the governor ge.
neral at Caracas with the letter. An
immediate alarm was excited, and ves-
sells were dispatched i'm pursuit of Miriam.
da. The capture o his Two schooners was
the result.
We also learn, that after the engage
ment the Leander stopt 2 days off Bonaire,
repaired her rigging and put TO sea; since
which she has not been heard of.
Aggravated insult. Captain Wheeler
| OF tile brig Canton, who arrived this morn
ing from Savannah, eas detained off the
hook, two hours and half by the Bri-
tisn ship Iesnder, after having twenty six
shot fired at him. Captain Whitby, in
the most insoient apd provoking manner,
demanded money for the shot he had FIR
ed 10 bring TOO The Canton. This howe.
Yer, was very properly refused. Where
are the 9 frgaies, which the mayor and
corporation called for, and which to an.
swer party purposes at the late election
their clerk assured his fellow citizens,
would Immediately be sent by Mr.. JEFF.
frrsonl We again ask, where are the
\ fri - n
where they viii stick until the president
can bring 666 men from the Mediterrane.
an.-Comnerciai -Adv.
| June @.
MASSACRE AT CAPE FRANcofs.-We
learn from Captain Dodge, of the schoo.
ner Mary Ann, who arrived here yes,er-
day, IN Is days from Cape Francois, THAI
on the l4th AID 18th of May, "a general
massacre of all the remaining white ihhabi-
sants of Cape Francois took place, and il
was said, generally, throughout that part
OF this III fa'cdisland under the dominica
Iof llessal'nes. The particulars of this
tragIcal event are briefly these:
Some time previous 10 the 18th of May,
the greater part of the white French in.
habiiapls OF Cape Francois, were ordered
under some pretence to fort about 3
leagues from the town, and there confin-
ed,--On the night of the 18th the residue
OF those unlor,unnie people amounting
10 about $50, We're strangled in their beds,
by order OF the Emferor the blood thirs.
ty villains, not content with this, plunged
their bayonets in their ELECTROMAGNETIC
hem in horrjd manncr.--They then
piuudered the houses ofthose unfortunate
people, who had thus fallen victims to
the avarice and cruelty of The black en-
peror.--On the 18th it was reported at
The Cape, that those Of the inhabitants,
who had been sent tp the fort, had been
put to death in the most cruel manner.
and their dead bodies treated with the
creates! indignity.
MIRANDA's ExpEDIrfoN.--In King
ston paper OF the 10th of May, received
by the ship EmeliDe, captain Murdoch,
from Jamaica, we find the following INFER.
estiDg article.
"KIscsTos, May 10.
Arrived his maiesty's ship Echo, cap-
tain MIDDLE, from Aruba. The Echo
sailed from Aruba, with the expedition
under General Miranda, but parted from
the Ieander ON The same eveo;r,, -. .