The Sun.
London, England, 1807-02-28 00:00:00

FROM THE AMERICAN PA.PERS%

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NEW -7YO RK; JAN. i2-Last night the Brig 77thtii -
MAICDONALDj-arrived from New.chleans ; she s'ailed
the gth.of December, with_ dispatches fronl Gent—al
WiC.KINSON. 13nRit.1.1.1.S to. be, at .iSratchez on. the
2.oth,Decerliber,. with ‘2OOO men,' and 4opc)
ttickians were toimn:edi:uely: his objc:!fa •
the subhigation of MeXico, and the separation of the
Western from Abe' Eastern States. General W7l:.
KINSON Was making every, preparation to defend
City; every seaerlan in port would be put in reciut

JAN. 1 y the arrival yesterday of the schbon et
Amelia, Capt., BROOK.S, from Nev OrleanQ, we
received the papers of•that city to the ult. In
consequence of a previous invitation from his Excel
lepcy. the :Governer, :the Merchants of that place
had assembled. at Government-house, for the
purpose of consulting, with
.him. His Excellency
explained to the. Gentlemen theobiect-of•the
ry. preparations making there, which are in defence
of, a prer.nedhated attack on the Territory, by a tor-
; midable party of men assembling on the Ohio; head-
ed and led on by some of the first characters in the
tinion. He ipfigmed them, that the principal ob-
leo of rallim: them together, was to deliberate on
the best,plan of procpring, for the public service a
number of seamen, sufficient to man the gun-boats;
and other crafts, intended to be arme.d. Thathe con-
tejved an appeal to the Merchants themselves would,
at this hour of danger, be preferable to any impfess-
meat ; and he was persuaded they would display
their patriotism,: by adopting the best and Most
mediate measures, toenable Commodore SHAW to
procure the handS necessary..
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•-.After Governor LA.I?3ORNE concluded his obser-
. vations,',General WILKINSON', who attended the
Meeting, informed the Gentlemen of the nature of
the plot, and 'the manner it had been 'disclosed to
him. He expatiated on the want of authority to
execute to their extent his views and measures. He
particularly related the object of the invaders to be
the reduction of that place, iii order,, with the. booty
they:Might find in it, to make an attempt on Melli
co; and if they succeeded, to sever , the 'WeSteka
States from the Union; that the attack was to. be
• made by land as well as
.by sea; and concluded
bp-denouncing the leader, AAJ(ON &raiz,' and
pledged'his own life in our defence: The Governor
and General having retired, the Meeting proceeded
to deliberate on the best plan to co-operate with
vernment, when it was unanimously agreed that an
embargo ought to take place, Which has since taken
place. • ••

It was Stated at. New-Orleans, when the Zmelid
sailed, that the'adherents of BURR amounted to 7606
men; andit was believed that'his *force toopia consider-
ably exceed that number.. The attack, it was ex-
pected, would be made between the 20th and 30th
December. The two gun boats had proceeded ul
the river, as far as Iberville; and were to ascend 28
high as Point-Coupee, and two bomb-ketches were
also ready to follow them. Conimedore S'IIAW bad
purchased the schooner • Ranger, of Baltimore,
mounting 16 guns, for the service of:Government:
General WILKINsoN had given orders to have all,
the forts repaired, the'city picketed in, and put in
complete state of defence.

In addition to the above particulars we learn, that
several persons have been arrested in the city of New
°Cleans among them was a Dr. BOLLMAN, and
Messrs. OGDEN and SWARTWOUT,-Dr. BOLLMAN
has been brought to this place, in the Schooner
Amelia, as a. State Prisoner, under the charge of
Lieutenant WasoN, and a guard. of .soldiers ; • he
was yesterday landed and left in the safe 'keeping of
the Commandant at Fort Johnston.. Dr. BOLLNIA&
was one of those, whonttempted to release the Mai:-
quis DE LA FAYZTTE from Magdeburgh.