Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1806-09-29

gable evidence.
n a Letter iuft at the zine of Miranda's ar
wi fnllO developing his defign was ient from
,Enrnnc 70 4 gentleman in New York, and by
b;n, ,ranImitted, lome weeks before Miranda
went to Warrington, to the Secretary OF
state. who foon afterwards acknowledged the
,,ece;ot oft, and having perufee, returned IT.
2. During Miranda's fay at Warrington,
Perceived marked civiIities from the Secreta-
~; was viGted by him vilted him N turn
and received complimentary dinner.
8. He visited ALTO the Preiident, and dlelo-
I'd perfonalIy to him as he had done TO the
Secretary his intentions, place OF operations
&c. &c.
\ B;H pending before Congreis Prohibi-
ring the expectation of arms and ammunition
,.-.s arrcIsed in It's progress, on the iuggel-
.;on IS Miranda, that il would obltrud his
enterprise.
S. The equipment Of the Leander was mat
ter Of general notority in The city Of new York
and was in an especial manner made known to
an cfFicer of the government.
C. Eleven days before the Leander failed.
- Cen. Mirsnda wrote from New-Y both to
the PRECEDENT and Secretary of State, thanking
them for civihties and informing them thai
having acted in every thing according to the
intentions of the government, &c was on the
point OF leaving the United States.
=. During al this time not the eaa attempt
was 1n.de to hinder, or in any way obarua
The enterprise Nor was II al after Miranda
bad failed nearly four weeks, long enough to
be out ofthe way Of appearing as a witneis a.
Eaina them and that doubts began TO be en-
rertained of his fuccsls that the administration
dilavowed all concern with him. It was not
siIl after this time when fome intinatiens were
given that thew would have TO anfsver for II TO
Spain, that they reforted 70 the DELIBERATE .cx-
pedeHt Of ordering criminal procels to be in
ftituted againh thole very perfons whom they
had encouraged to proceed and who were
only protected by the righteous verdict of
their country, COMMITTING Of men ofall parties)
from falling facrihce 10 the mott wicked,
petfdious and deteltabls Dre.ecutioG thar ever
difgrzced acivilized country. And is it pol-
fbIe, that after all this there are to be found
in America, prefes bafe enough to defend
this conduct! Anlwer We Riches, Smiths,
Duanes, and Cheethams. And dc we believe
We venal Gmpletons, that your imbeciie and
wrerched attempts TO defend Mr.. Jeferfon,
will be received as latisfacfory by Spain for
cur violation Of our neutrality Read the
letter which follows this article, and tell me
We mercenary inftruments Of aweak and wick
ed, mobcourting Administration, whether all
your efforts can wan. out the eAYsr4 pet caufed
by the blood of the victims at Caracas
To THE EDITOR OF THE EVENING
Posr.
ES1R,
8 take the freedom Of dropping you
this line, in order to Hndeceive you
with regard to the fate of the unfortu-
neat crews Of Miranda's twoschooners.
1t is stated in Lagdira by all the Span
iards, as we'll governmental officers as
others, that of the two crews, ten of
the principal men (viz. the oficers)
were hung at Port CaveIlo: and all the
remainder sent to the mines, or put in
r confinement for life. From these, how
ever, is to be excepted two boys, from
IL to IA years of age, who are to be sent
back to the United States. This is
said, in Laguira, to be the real fate Of
the crews, and is universally credited
by Spaniards and Americans-indeed
/ have no doubt of its correctness. At
ter these people were hung, their heads
weretaKen off, and six sent to Caracas,
two to Laguira, and two Kept at Port
'CavelIo. The two heads sent to Lagu-
ira are put up in iron cages, and hung
on lofty poles just without the frontgate
o. thc city. Mr.. Lynch very intelli-
gent gentleman from Philadelphia,
now residing at Caracas, told me,
That he saw the two heads when first
pltup atLaguira-they were then fresh
and he felt pretty confident that one of
them was the head Of Capt, Doneheau,
Il presume do not spell the name
properly the other he thought to be
capt. Gardner--this, however must be
only conjecture.
The reason why ! did not mention
the above circumstances In my letter to
you from Quarantine Ground, was, that
: / supposed the American public must
hare been possessed of the facts some
time before. You viii excuse my
troubling you with this relation, as il is
merely to satisfy your own mind upon
the subject"