Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1806-08-09

mel, * with The cash TO purchase return
Cargo of coffee. This deponeni has Sc
-veral bills on Loadan drawn by gen. Mi
randa 10 The amount Of 2Oooi. sterling /;
one on Nicholas Van Stuart and John
Turnbull, the Others on Trinidad To the
amount Of 5oool. sterling, on Joseph Lam.
bert Sc William Brown, merchants, which
he is to give gen. Miranda credit when
paid--This deponent saith the amount
OF the cargo OH board the ship Leander
is about forty thousand dollars, the out
kts he estimates a, thirty thousand more.
Gen. Miranda is al liberty a.. .ceiye or not
to receive the cargo when it arrives at
the port Of deslinasicn,-Thc estimated
amour, 10 be received thsrs was about
two hundred and seventeen thousand dol.
lars.
This depoDent farther saith, that gen.
Miranda went TO Washington not long
before he sailed, and as he understood
was introduced tn the officers of our go
vernmest; and this 'deponcht understood
from gen. Miranda that he had several
interviews with the President and Mr..
Madison, and convetsed among other Sc.
neral topics with them upon the subject
oil the situation of South America and the
oppression Gifts inhabitants.
That from conversations between this
deponsnt and gen. Miranda, this depo,
nent understood the Lesnder was to land
hsr cargo aed gen. Miranda near the
town OF Caracas, in the province of Car
raccas, SO that the same might be convey
ed to that place. That the military force
OF Laguira he understands is about i've
hundred men. THIS deponent understood
from Gen. Miranda that lie was OH good
terms with the British government, and
thatthat government were disposed TO pro.
mote and second his views upon the Span
ish Main. The ships cargo was furaish-
ed AT The request and according TO the di-
reciions of gen. Miranda and she is tx
peeled to return IN all the mon,h of March,
and no, expe6ted 10 stay at the por, fher
destination more than ab0u, u fortnight.
Question. What arns were on board
the Lesnder when she sailcdl
Answer by This deponcnt. Pistols,
pixies, muskets and bayonets; this depo-
nent does no; recollect of any other arms
on board.
There were between one and three
hundred pistols bought OF various persons
In the city; about four or FIVE thousand
pixies between five and six hundred mus
kets; between thirty and forty cannon in
the hold, among whieh were two brass
pieces, four Peunders and carriages for
all the Cannon not SO many bayonets
a. muskets--the cannon were procur-
ed from gen. Stevsn,'s, Corp, Ellis
and Shaw, Rippey, Center and CO. and
Bernard Hart--ien or twenty tons efbalis,
one half Ton of musket balls. one hun
dsed and ifty quarter casks Of powder,
bought of Low and Wallace, and Jonathan
Ogden; about one or two dozen saddles
and brides, blue cloth jackets end Russia
sheeting irowsers, such as are worn in
abe West ladies', made by Mr.. Wayman,
about one thousand or $500 in number;
the quantity OF articles, arms and equip.
menls were purchased according TO the
advice OF Gen. hliTanda--a!l The above ar
ucles this deponent believes were put on
board before the vessel dropped down to
the NarrOws, aud 10 The best OF this depo,
pent's knowledge, recollection and belief
the above wsrlike articles were design.
guy ohittGu tO NC cUtSTcu I'D Their pro-
per MANS or the manifest of the vessels
cargo this depoDent does suppose from
his knowledge of the expedition that
there WAS to be seine arrangemet among
the men on board the !.cauder as TO sub
ordination of rank af.cr tbeir arrival TO
tIieir destination.
Question. Did you not understand
from Cen. Miranda tina, it was his obi-St
to hsave of the yoke of the present Span.
ish government from the inhabitants Of
the country 10 which he was bounds
THIS depopent answers that he under.
stood his oblect was 10 relieve The people
from oppression, but did not understand
hon this was TO b. efsscd by him, and
does suppose the above warlike articles
we're intended as auxiiiaries in effecting
that objeci. This deponent further saith
that he was introduced 10 gen. Miranda
by Col. William 3. Smith as he recol
lcsts.
SAML. G.. OGDEN.
Sworn the frs, day of March, 1906, be.
fore me,
NJ. b TALMADGE.
No. s.