The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-09-16


Thefe plans were carefully packed up in DO.
partly filed with ftone and given to the cbare
of one Richard Thomas, who now lives few
miles from verfailles TO be carried to New. Or
leans. Orders were at the fame time given tf
! Thomas, that If his boat f,oud be boarded II
la forccab'e manner, or if any individuals ihoulc
make an attempt at fearchng the box he wa,
4 Immediately to throw i, overheard. Thoma,
hitnfelf was ignorant of the contents of this fe.
cret box, but the ftriet injunGtions given TO him
by Wikinfon naturally have excited his curioii.
ty until this day. 1t is true that col. 81
might have been ignorant of the purpofe for
which Wlkinfon intended the plans, hat we
think the probability is againt him. He was
! well informed of the frequent vh.s which Wiki
infon made to governor Nero, and the refpetta.
bile Handing which col. 81 then held in the
| tate afordt d him alto an opportunity of know
| ing the de6gns of the Spanih aliociation.
From thefe circumstances therefore, although
we have no proof, yet we are impreiied with
| the opinion that col. Sd was certainly par
tifan in the fcheme.
! We Rated i'm one of our proceeding numbers,
the disnifed ftyie in which his honour Judge
Sehafian and his fon Alfred failed up the Milf
hffippi on their return to Kentucky in l79s.
A few months after they came back, perfon
Of the name of Jofeph George, At prefent living
in the vicinity of Verfaiiles, but then an over
feer in the employ of Judge Sehaaian, was frnt
to Louifviie to carry up TO Sebafian's houfe, a
Hour barrel faid to he loaded with goods that
nan neen lent to the Judge from New Orleans
Joieph George in placing the barrel in his wag-
gon, perceived it was extremely heavy but
what muf his furpriie have been, when on
opening it at the Judges honfe, it was full of
Dollars George alto affirms that the dollars
were all new and freih from the mint. IT is
,ye hat no.
no commerce or traffic of any fort with New
ORLEANS, that would have jufifed a remittance
of this defcripton.- What, therefore, ccnId
have induced the Spaniaids to have made him
fuch valuable prefent We humbiy requeR
his honor the Judge, to give US fonie expiana-
ton of their motives.
The art, intrigue, and treachery of General
Wiiknfon appear fufficiently from the perufal
of the following letters which paiIed between
one Simon M. Stockdell, an old revolutionary
folder under Gen. Wayne, now living at Gin.
cinnati, and a perfon of the name of Charles
Hyde, tool of Wilkinfpn's. Stockdell had
been fem by Gen. Wayne, 70 the falls of Ohio
in 1875, on fome bntinefs of a private and i'm
portant nature. Wikinfon had itrong fufoici
ons that his buiinefs related to an inveitigation
of his connection with Giozo and Nero.
and that Stockdell had procured for
Wayne, documents on that fuhiccf milf
fortune which befeIl Storkdell two years after
wards, afforded Wiiknfou an opportunity of
attempting an extortion of the fscret from
poor Stockdell, who happily. however. had
tortltude enough to reht his bafe profIrs
The circumstance was briefly this :-In Decem-
Der, 1896, Stockdell went to D=troi, TO fcttlr
an account ne had againh one George M.Dou.
gan, who WAS indebted to him for ESQ dollars.
for fervices rendered by Stockde as clerk TO
M'Dougall at Defiance. Wiikinfon then com.
maaded at Detroit, and MfDouga was his in
innate quaIntance, and general agent in that
territory. M'Dougall, at the fuggcftion of
Wilkinfon, commenced a fuit aeina Stockdell
for 500 dollars without any grounds or founda
ton. The latter being ftranger, and withou.
trends, was tcnt to Jail. But having fome ac-
quaintance with Hyde, the known tool of WIZ.
Inion, he addreHed TO him fhort letter ac
quainting him with his unfortunate Gtuation.
which occaGoned the following eorrefpordence.
that exhibits the craft and deGgn of Wilkinlon,
without any comment whatever.
Dttr9i!, Jan. 3ot6, 1877.
DEAR SIR,
Your letter OF the ssth is now before me.
The picture you gave of your ituation, is real
W apicture of deep diRrcfs, and excites emo
,ions of pain in the breaf ever folicitous for the
welfare and happiness of every human being,
particularly OF ore who has been a folder
Nothing couldaford amanof feeling more plea.
iure, than TO extend his acts of beaSvoence to
one in your fituatioD. know your 6tuation is
dIiagree ible-I have feen the cell in which Won
are confined. | lhould have fpoke to you when
was with you laf, if you had not been in
room with iuch vile characters hope the fault
is not yours.
Now, Gr, am to tell you that I will furnifh
you with wood, HoVe, food, and all comfort
able things that you may bc in need Of, proyid-
ed you will tell me by 4 letter the whole and
candid hifory Of circumftauce which ient YOU
to the rapids Of Ohio, III Dec. 1895. faw you
in Cincinnati when you were on your way 10
that place, and upon milton am not alto
gether ignorant; You know my meaning. I
will keep the thing from PRONUNCIATION until af-
ter the 4.h March next, as a man of honor, aud
uue difpofed, AS we'll as able and willing, To- req
der very efIential frrvices. If an event does
not happen on the 4th March, which will be
beyond all doubt any communications you
may make to- me fhall never be made to- your
disadvantage. Many will Join me IN lending
you aid and afifauce, if you will pieafe to do 4
thing; nay, iball not ujurs you.
MIR Ball and Mr.. CIsiborBe both would have
favoured you, had you not withheld that fecrct
from them.
Bad promifes ia better broken than kept.
One good turo deierves another this letter is a
pledge. | with not to take the advantage Of
your ituation it would be mean and bafe in
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