The Enquirer

PHILADELPHIA, August 23.

We were misinformed in stating, yesterday, that the whole of the crews of the two schooners belonging to Miranda, had been put to death by the Spanish government of Caracas: their fate, however, is equally deplorable. The following, whom we presume held commissions under Miranda, were put to death, and their heads exhibited, as stated yesterday, a few days previous to the sailing of the Endymion; the remaining 48 were sentenced to ten years imprisonment in the mines.—

JAMES LEDLIE, formerly of this city.— He was induced to join the expedition at Port-au-Prince, and is said to have had the commission of a major. He was naturally fond of enterprise.

MR. LIPPINCOTT—a young gentleman of amiable and respectable connections in this city. He also joined the expedition at Port-au-Prince; and was no doubt seduced into the fatal project.

Capt. DONAHUE, also of this city, who has left a wife and small family, to deplore his unhappy end. He commanded a vessel belonging to this port; and urged by the infatuating temptations of Miranda's agents, abandoned her at Port-au-Prince, and entered into a cause which has cost him his life.

Mr. GEORGE KIRKLAND.—This gentleman was formerly a captain in the Provisional Army of the U. States, but was discharged on the reduction of that establishment. He was afterwards concerned in the publication of the Washington Federalist. He was not deficient in many of the ornamental and useful attainments. He commenced commercial business in this city, but proving unfortunate, adventured to Hayti, with a view, it is said, of offering his military talents to Dessalines. He there joined Miranda, and is represented as holding a very important rank in his establishment.

CAPT. GARDNER.—Of this person we have no knowledge.

PAUL GEORGE.—We are equally ignorant of this character: as well as of MR. SMITH, a butcher of New-York and a Polish Gentleman.

We have heard some individuals express a doubt of the truth of the above melancholy intelligence. We are sorry to observe that the sources through which it has been received, admit of no such consolatory hope. Four boys only, belonging to the crews, had their fates undetermined— They were still confined in the castle.

Phil. Gaz.

August 25.

No doubt can now be entertained of the ignominious doom of our unfortunate countrymen, who fell into the merciless hands of the Spaniards. To the list of sufferers, as published in our last, we have to add the name of Mr. STEPHAN, of New-York. He had resided seven or eight years at Port-au-Prince, where he joined the expedition. His head was fixed on a pole on the top of a mountain between La Guaira and Caracas. A gentleman, passenger in the Endymion, in coming from Caracas to La Guaira, examined the heads, and recognized the features of Ledlie and Donahue. Capt. Gardner, who expressed great anxiety to be shot, was first hung up—the others in succession, each having his uniform burnt previous to being swung off. After the execution the bodies were burnt, and their heads ordered to be carried to Caracas, there to be exposed on poles. On the 8th August, the effigy of Miranda was to be publicly burnt at La Guaira. Capt. Suter informs, that the Spaniards, without exception, rejoiced at these proceedings.