The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-05-12

\ ana MIR. Durniug, who had bee .ppoint.a hv
government 1t WAS fsid, to carry thithsr
te'ta'" hoinhei OF men as guards 10 the mails
Under the inIlnence Of thefr engagements, your
memoriai'ts embarked at Staten Hand in the
toeeinning OF February laf, and were carried
immediately to fea
| Sheriff. after leaving The rort r. vas d;rco-,-
cd that General Miranda was on hoard tone.
'hs7 with HuHhcr OF erions no, before known
10 your rnemorialitts, who appeared in the cha.
raeter OF officers, at,rg under his command
ms d'icovery, as we'll as the ,ievolopement of
the ouPhc''y that had Indnif,Riy been emoIov-
ed IN making known the deflinaion of the vef.
.e'' pred immediate approximations and miflruft
IN 'eher degree at period when retreat wa,
no longer practicable. The Ihp pforcedei m,
ser voyage--ln the neighborhood of Bermuda.
was examined by his Britannia Maief VS. fripa,.
Cieopsira, Captain White, who fuffered htr
to pals, notwithstanding the d;rcovery that fbe
was laden with arms and warlike flores, and ar.
rived at Jacmel en- the 10th of February, where
the Vehei remained until the 9th of March fol-
| lowing.
| During this interval much difcontent wa, oc.
cahoned among your memoriaas, inafinuch
as they now found themieIves in countrr.
whither they had not undertaken nor cxprSfed
to proceed; as they were compelled to sxer-
Gle themieives in military duty, uuder the MOI
| arbitrary exerciie of power on the part of Gen.
niranoa, Coi. Armltrong and Nh. Dnrping
prevented from writing TO their friends in the
U. States, and kept in ignorance AS to the ulti-
MAZE OBJECT OF the coercion under which they
uttered and the final deftiDation of the yeifel.
| The ditSnt and anxiety produced BY this fevc-
rity and compulhon occaiioned fome among
your m moriaifts to attempt an efcape TO Port.
an-P.ince, or toIne ether Part of ST. Dortngo.
where they might receive afiiftan~e ard pro.er-
ton from then countrynen But the v,arincfs
and Precauton OF thcfc into whole power thu
had been entrappsd, had prepared fuch dit.
genoe IN the patroles of the town, as rendered
tins effort abortivc, and left thein without re-
tource agaipt the msfortuncs that awaited
them. In Jacmsl the fchocnsrs Bee and Dsc-
chu' OF Philadelphia were e,ncloyed 10 accom-.
Pany the mp IN her voyage. On beard &c
thete veflrls your mcmorialitts vere Obliged 10
| embark, and left St. Domingo on the GIT,
March. Alter having touched at the iflnd ,.f
Aruba For reireihment, the three veilek proceed
| ed towards the coat of Terra Firma, between
Laguira and Porto Cabel!o, where thew arrived
on the 2Sth April and where the two ichooners
| IN wHich your memoriaiits weie embarked,
(being deferted by the Leander having On
board Gen. Miranda and others. who had been
mott active in effe6ng the mcafure already de-
| tai'ed) were captured by two S2anin, cru;zers
| and carried into Porto Caheo, where all thor.
taken in thoie two vehcls were proceeded a.
gant under charge of piracy and portage of
| articles contraband f war, inafinuch as there
were found on board the afore mentioned vef.
ie.s, muikets, fabres and many other ofcntire
weapons which had been placed there without
the aid, concurrence voluntary AT of your
pemoriafts, in aHy manner whatever.
On the 18th of JULY, this procefs was clo!sS
by the Captain General OF Caracas, by ir,.-
tence condemning ten (who ere conlidered 10
have been wilfully engaredy to dea;h-nine-
teen to eight years navcry at Boca-Chica, csC-
ten years navsry at Omoa in the province of
! AJs,'.- So. - Ten Irrnrifop
'nent At the iil'nd OF Porto-Rico. The ts, ubc.
| received tcnterce of death were hanged and he,
headed on the GIN OF July, and your memorial.
hts, together with their companions, frntepced
10 boca Ch'ca, with others. who are prevent.
ed by hcknefs from joining ia this memorial
and two who have died in ccnfeouence of ~
we're confinement and want of TODD ct for then,
iuPPcrt, were foon after removed to this place.
where they haze teen about three rnon,bo
Your memoria!iHs are in clcie confinement and
| IN letters, and will remain 70 Until they are e.
paTated and renewed to their reflective Nation.
at Omoa and PortoRioo.
Your memoria!iits predicate their right IN
clam the interference of government in the;r
oehaff, on the authenticity and veracity Of The
i~teTcnt they have Offered ; and to eRabiG,
theie TO your conviction, they beg that the nm
aforementioned perfons who are informed oe N.
intrigue exerciird by Col. Smith and Others b;s
| aiioc'ates, to the injury of your memorisiiGs.
may be examined on oath, viz. MIR Dani.i
hemper, OF N. Y. whole f~n was executed
Col Marinus WiIIet, of N. Y. MIR. Brincker,
hof, tavern keeper, of n. Y. Mr.. WIN. Rnt:
| ledge, ihip joiner, of N. Y. Mr.. Samuel Win.
ihip and Mr.. Francis White, Butchers, of NJ.
York. And to authenticate the coerrive mo-
| lures under which your memorialits fnfered n
| Jacmei, they beg you to be referred m
Mr. James Baker, Mr. VIM Irving, Cantain
| Abbot, of the brig Chafleiton Packet, Can:s;n
Walding, of fchooner Victory, all Of PhiIsdel:
phia, were there at the time and if il ~
| proved by the joint ehiroDy Of thefc perfors
| that the relation Of your memnr;alifts be 49,
| thy OF credit, that they have been betr,ysd
| and entraPPed by the cunning and engines ~
| fpecious, needy and defgning men, Who ai,i
! remain within the reach of the layg, in Gtua,ion.
| TO be made r1ponfble in their perfons for nh.
coufufion and miiery they have created, furrl,
the Innocence OF your memoriaiiits will arn-a,
fuficienty tnanifel, and they will Oil br con-
dered by the confliuted authorities of ,br;r
country, entitled 10 It's protection and afif.
tance. And your DemorialiRs viii ever nrav
&c. ~
p. SIN the fentence of your memorabilia.
it was mentioned, that Mould the Urited Sta,es
or any of their friends ARE and deIive, mn Mi
randa to the Spanifh government, they G,ould
be all reitored to liberty, and reward OF So
600 dollars paid Your memorialifts have en-
| braced feveraI opportunities for the convev,,.,