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

arrived IN town oil Thuriday laR, and on Fri.
Gay, Saturday, and yritcrday was, with the DIE.
tiiet ATTORNEY, wholly employed in examining
the principal perfons engaged in the expedition.
On the fubjete of the tefimony given in, 70.
ta'y falir and, as it regards the executive of The
y. ): very malicious paragraph appeared in
Mr.. Lang Gazette of yeiierday. In this n,r,.
graph it isimpuden.y and lyi:,yly Altered ,ha,
the ttRimnny of Mr.. Ogden, owner of the IT,.
a"drr' involves the executive. have made II
my huhnefs to enquire j: to this alteration and
| 1 ht'', as krew fhouid find, that il is deaf.
tutt ct the Tendance If truth.-Ne;tb., M
Ceden'5 fsHin7onr. nor that Of arr otLrr s,rt,,
soSo pcs 1een examined does diret7iy or isdiy;gjy
.mp"ca'e either the PreGtieE, or any officer in
Tue executive department. Indeed the psr,.
graph, which was written for MIR. Ianp. mo
pa!Pahiy contradict: iitlf, although i. wou,d Nv.
admitted from MIR. Lany us an aroio,y bv ali
VINO kn"w HIM thai he die; not p.rt rve the con-
ltra"icfon. Whni'!ftitutcd IT,. ;uI;iaI t>an:o.
at'on The Pr'Iidcnt think Mr.. Ling ,u;u,,
have perceived, had he reflected for h,m. b,mca
mar the Prehdent would En' haze begun an tn.
curry, the iilur Of which mua inplicatc him.
's"' H"ieIie8n CihiSc1 Marcb i,
No.
75e Ferret rx.hedhiOa-Ne have ohc.,yed IN
h1r. Lans's paper of ycGer,lay morning, an in.
ntcr'et and ndecorous article relative to tiis
iuoleet which without foundation ic,Dracaes
our government, and night, If 10, Corrected
tend to the ferrous injury of our corn,rv. ".
are authorized from the mot ind;fuutahle a..
tncrity to lay. that the tcfinoay of MIR. Ogden
ma not fnr''th the fighscH ground for the un.
advird ailertions of Mr.. Lang.
The tefimony of Co!onr! Smith. was f,- fro,,
bTo7IHg that our government had any concer,.
"r Knowledge of the execution. II ONLY NOV
cd and that mott conciuiiyely, that Col Smith
mas been the dnbe of Miranda IT is nv ,n
means Improbable, that the artflaiutriyner NAV
hav" induced the Colonel whole optical fa,ui.
'es do not enable him to fee far into 4 mil,
'tohs) to believe that our government did fecret.
ny countenance the proceeding. In chr;ftiau
ch'r'ty we are bound to fuppofe tina, this was
the imprefli.n which Col. Smith received from
c'Sn. Miranda But sue are certain, from in
lc"ntrovertlbe evidence, that the government
knew II" more than the mott private individual
what was the concealed 6eftiuation of the Lean.
der, or the purpofrs of Miranda.
Every thing puhllhcd in the New. York Ca.
Zstte OF yeiterday, mutt ref on the teGimouy
of Colonel Smith, who has been euNea by an
ao!s a"d experienced eENERAL-ia intrigue az
well As IN war.-Our government is psrfea,v
innocent.
Or limits will not now permit us 70 enter
minu:ely into the detail of this buGncfs. hut W.
cannot di,m'fs the fubie6 even for day. VIII
OUT AGAIN remark'ng on the very reprehenGhIe
conduct OF the Editor of the Gazette. His pa.
per c'rculates exteniivey in this country, and Ia
read IN Europe-Our prefent fituation with
Spain is peculiarly delicate and critical. VIVA,
, uts 'n'eht be made of fuch paragraph, pub.
liihcd IN respectable American paper. nv the
SPanih Mnter, we cannot determine In th.
hands OF fuch minifter, particularly if he f,oud
now be extremely difafe6ted towards this conn.
try' 1t might be ufed as no ineffcacious inffru.
nent to awaken that animofity which would
break forth into open nobility.
Moru. Cbrsn. Ma,rb4.
No. 4.
From THE Negv-1ork Gassfts.
Mef1Ts. LANG & TURNER.
o"ier'e IN your paper of this morning. O
paragraph Rating that was on Saturday laff ar,
retted by order Of the government and examin,
"a before the diftrid judge, refpeaine the def.
tination of the fhip LeaiIder, &c.
The paragraph further Rates that nv anf,ycrs
went "direaG to implieate THE eoOernn,eat Of
| TIE U: ); IN tie fitting out The Leander.
th'i'k 1t my duty to fate, that in this part,.
GUAR, you have been mifufor,ned
4 nat was arreited by order OF Judge Tai.
magde, IN manner which understand to be
perfectly illegal, forcibIy detained the who!s
day. denied the privilege of council, and Obliged
to aniwer qneftions which conceived improper
and Illegal, is moi certain but in refpeH TO tbs
I'll
was not 10 much preGed OH this head as on o.
theirs.
20. OGDEN.
Monday morning, March 3.
No. s..
Inc hrlt remark which occurs on reading
this extraordinary note Is, and in order to an eff
fectua exPoiure of the Inducements of the exc.
| cntive which are induftrioully circulated il ts
important to notice, that it :. Il diref and fuc,
cefstus refntation oftbe malicious nander which
appeared in MIR. Lane's paper of yefterday, to
| wit, that the fePimony of MIR. Ogden did iDpli.
cate the government in fitting out the Leapder,
Mr. OGDEN expressly ftates that his teftimeny
| did not implicate the Executive.-So far one fe,
deral writer isvoluntary rites up to knock the
otherin the head. l do not however give Mr.,
Ogden any credit for this his victory, for il is
evident, from the tenor OF his note, that the OBJ
lect of 1t is to mjrsprelfnt the conduit cffbe
| Government.
MIR. Ogden fates, fra, that his arreft was u,
Iegal-2d, that he was forciby detained whole
day before the Judge-3d, that he wac denied,
the privilege Of Council and, therefore q pre-
| iume the remarks is meant as induStion) that he
was obliged to anfwer queftioss which he con,
cetved to he iilegaI-But, in refpe6f to the gov,
ernment, continues Mr.. Ogden, afFed qpitb
extreme eaatioH-I qVaJ not 10 ,,,fcb brsRed ON