The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-03-14
THE MIRANDA EXPEDITION.

BY far the mot interelting flhiea upon tn.
tapis in New-York and the northern towns, is
the celebrated expedition of Miranda, The
quettion growing out of it is, not what is its
deiign or what is his denination, but what ia
the part which our own government has acted
towards it. Were we to expreis our own OPT
| MON, it would be that Miranda, man of un
bounded intrigue, has had the art of enliltinV
other intriguing men into his fervice that his
own intrigue has been hyperion to their pene-
tration and that he had art enough to per.
| tuade them, that our administration was not
| unacqnainted with his plans nor Indifferent to
their fuccefs. Some confdants he NAV Der
| haps have trulted but we fufpe6 that they
| were limited in their number and very fcleSt i'm
| their qualifications.
From the te4u fight Gbeeimens which cve our
jeIve5 have witnefIed, cannot for a moment
doubt of the inordinate fpirit ofintrigue, which
| has run through the whole of this myfterious
| tranfaction. Thefe were, to be fiire, no more
than the parings of giants nail but what
| mutt zoe think of the unweldy bulk of the
monitor, that produced fuch excrelcencies ?
That our readers, however, may Judge for
themfelves, we have thought proper to collect
together all that has been hitherto faid in the
New-York papers, Immediately bearing upon
this myhcrious affair. Thefe extracts are num-
hered agreeabIy to the time at which they ref
peStively appeared.
1t may not be unimportant to preface thefc ex
| tracts with the following communication from
| our friend in N. York. 1t is in reply TO one
Of the queries, which we had addre1ed 10 lin
Oaerp.---What is faid in Ncw-York TO he the
hiitory of General Miranda's affair, and the part
| which our administration have acted
Anf1rer.--All that has come to my know
| ledge of this affair, worthy of notice, is, That
n I'D nto IL
warlike ftores, and implements of laughter, by
Ogden & Co. at St0ten.JRand. in this port,
fone weeks ago: and has failed on fnppofed
expedition to fome of the Spaniih colonies, with
| Gen. Miranda and A number of American citi-
zens on board, in order, it is faid. to- revoluti-
| onize the Spani!h territories.---That printing
| apparatus and printers were on board this !
believe, from very corred information, to he
| true. As to the part which our administration
may have had or taken, in this affair, I have
heard nothing more than mere malicien5 con,
jeffnreJ Of hbsir enemies. I am well informed
that Ogden & Co. have been Drofecuted by or
der Of the executive and know feveraI per-
| foDs that have been examined before the Judge
of the Diitrd Court Gas underfiood General
Boyd, who was examined under oath) concern,
ing the Iading and deftination Of the Lcander.
| / am well informed that the fon of Col. VIM.
: Smith, the furveyor of our cufom-houfe, is
gone with Miranda as his aid.
| No. /,
| We have II from authority not to be Doubt
ed, that on Saturday laf, Samuel G.. Ogden,
Eiq. and Col. Smith, OF the Cuaom-Houfe, 8,
others, were arreRed by order Of government
and taken before the Difriet Judge, to anfwer
iuch queries respecting the dehination OF the
! fhip Leander, as might be put to them on oath.
at FRI. MIR. Ogden refufed to anfwer certain
queeions , but, on being threatened With COM
miimeDt, he proceeded a1d, az affonfiiing
and incredible as il may appear, Mr.. Ogden's
anfwers went dirSdiy 10 iubLenie tie eo7,era-
oJent oFt6e United States, IN tbe Effigg cut off6e
Lsa1der---that General Miranda not only had
interviews with Mr.. Madiion on this fihied,
bat aDo with the PRECEDENT offhe United States.
Fro@ this it thee appears, that If government
have Eot fan6ieHed this mysterious expedition
with e]o5e< DOORS yet they have permitted IT
With e1s/sG eyes. Here is room for soiusne
OK cGmHeSts, but we leave this en- abler BENZ.
NrzO-3'orA GaS. Meteb s.