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


ofthe woke of the prefe II Spauish government
from the Inhabitants OF the country to- which he
| was hound -
f. This depone,at anfvers THAI he Underftcod
his Object waste relieve the psnpte fror, oprref-
| lion, but lid not undertani how this was to
be eae aea by him, and does fhp5oie the above
~arlike articles were intended as auxiliaries ia
| efeeting that obie9. This depouent further
faith that he was Introduced TO General Miriam
da by coIone, William S Smith as he recoileets.
.15- SAML. G. OGDEN.
Sworn the ia Day of March. 1867
before me, Mattbias B. 7a'iaadge.
rfs, No. 3.
Voluntary examination of Col. Smith Diari8
of Ne1V-rork, S.. Wiliam S. Smith brought up
by warrant inucd againft him upon fifpicion
OF his having been concerned in preparing the
means Of an expedition againft foreign fate, on
board of the Leander, on his examination vo.
lnntarily fays. that HI knows general Miranda.
his Chrinian name is Francifco this examinant,
has every reafor TO believe that general Miran-
ds failed in the Leandcr which veiiel was bound
TO Cacqncmel: General Miranda ftated to THE
examinant that he had been invited by his friends
Caracas, his native country, To return to bis
native place. Caracas is a Spanifh province an
the Main in South America. That general Mi
randa invited this rxaminant to accompany him
there. which this examinant declined, unlefs it
houid b. by the permi(fiou of this government.
| That general Miranda thereupon went 70 the
city Of Warrington, and as he Gated to this ex-
aminant communicated the ohiea of his return
| to Caracas to the PRECEDENT of the u. S. and
the Secretary of State, and If ttev fhould admit
| bimto fecond interview, he the faid general
Miranda was at liberty TO ak ofthem permif.icn
for this examnant to return with the iaid general
Miranda 10 his country that while general Mi.
randa was at Wafhipton he wrote to. this ex-
| aninaot, that he had had thofe interviews with
the PRECEDENT and Secretary of State, and made
the reeueff in favor of this examnant aforefaid,
that he was anfwered by the Preident and Sc
cretary that it would not he correct for them to
give this examinant letter of fervice as it might
commit onr government, but that this axamin-
ant was at liberty tc go If he pleafed, and this
examinant did thereupon relinqui'h the idea of
accompanying him the faid general! Miranda ;;
that general Miranda enquired ofthis examinant
about vel1el proper to be employed for his ufe
IN returning To his country; this examinant for
~ c POI. puvuriug yeIIeI, introduced
him to captain Lewis, who had commanded
| reficl in the Weft-India trade, and Mr.. Lewis
referred him to Samuel c.. Ogden of this city,
as the owner OF vegel proper for his ule, aud
as being then in the Wefl-India trade that this
exarninant was informed that Mr.. Lewis and
general Miranda went to Mr.. Ogden's to treat
with him about the engagement Of the faid vef-
Tel, and this eXaminant has been informed by
the faid general Miranda and Lewis, that the
agreement was ma,ic with MIR. Ogden, that the
veilel called the Leander fhould go out with
general Miranda, bound to Jacquemel and
from thence h,ould take him over and land him
upon the Spanfh Maine, as near the town of
Caracas az might be, or if this could not
conveniently be done, was TO bring him back
again to'the city of New-York that this ex-
amman. has been long time iiti,natefr friend
| of general Miranda, and when this exarnnant
was by him Cplicited to fufer the fon of this ex-
aminant, William Steuben Smith, to accompa-
! ny the faid gen. Miranda to the Spani.h Maine,
this examinant confented and fuffered his fon
TO go with him on board the laid vefIel Leander,
under prouiies from his fsid friend the faid
general Miranda, that the faid William Steuben
Smith fhould be taken care OF by him as a fa-
Their; that general Miranda reprefented to this
examinaut the difrefIed and opprefTed ituation
OF the people of that country to which he was
bound, and that the people were generally de-
! frous tba.-a charge fhond take r,lac1
their polite al ituation, and that the faid gener-
al Miranda bad that Object very near his heart,
and it was his with and intention to effect it if
it could be dnne-and the faid general Miranda
reprefented to this examinant that on his arrival
there, he fflould be in the bofom of his friends,
whom he expected would join him in endea-
vouring to heave offthe yokeiof the prefent Span
ith government from the people of that coun-
TRY; and this examinant underffood from ge-
neral Miranda, that he was to proceed TO ex-
ltremities TO feparate that country from the Spa
NTH government, if he found the people favour
able Ia fuch an event that general Miranda
told this examinant, that he had freely and
openly communicated his views and plans TO
| the PRECEDENT of the u. s. and MIR. Madifon, up
on the fube6 of his return 10 his native country,
& that the Prefident & Secretary told him, the
faid gen. Miranda, that they were not now ready
to go to war, and could not give him any pub
lie aid or countenance, but that they had no
objection that any individual citizens OF the u
nited States ihould engage in fuch enterprise,
provided they did not thereby infringe any of
the laws of the United States-that on the Sa-
turday before the faid general Miranda left this
ciyon board the iaid Lean5er, he wrote two
letters, one to the Prefident the United
States, and the other to the Secretary Of State
of the United States, whic h this examinant faw
and read. and which this examinant put him
ielf into the pof-office of this city, to be for
w3rded, the contents of which were, that the
! fad general Miranda had fipifbed bis bufinefs in
this city in deCorous manner, and in a way
ne hoped that wonld be pleaGng to them, the
Prehdsnt and Secretary; but that the flid let
tiers did not explain what that bu6nefs was, cor
what he the faid general Miranda had done
| That general Miranda informed this examinant
that he was on good terms with the Briti1l 90