The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-12-30
|palsa ch,r'saovvr. II II Wa. laid that sv. or h

ipa'ied Char'eitor'r. II was fai,l that Eve OF ia
keel boats had previoury gone down.
The Legislature of.he Rate of Ohio paEsd
their law on the 9th inf. Dsnuis CaiIctt i rner
chant OF the town otWhceliEg was abpfehesd>
ed on the 10th, and expreflrs were imlnedistelS
d'ipatched to Cincinnati. with orders to plant
lone artillery on the bank and fecur- every mis-
litary party that fhould defend the river.
N'ne OF the IA boats, that were built at Ma
retta were feized by gen. Buell.; but ganner.
hafiet. had efcaped with the .erhet fz,e.
According tothe lettcrfrom Charieftowh, thew
were to rendezvous at the falls of Ohio on the
75th inf.
From thefe data It feenis extrsvn.i7 probss
bic that the boats from Pitt!burg, and from,
the other points Of the river sboys Marietta.
would he teiZed at that poft by gcu. Buell.. sai
at al! events that they would not ejeabe the
commandant ifationed at Cincinnati. il is hops
ed too that BannerhnGet aud his Ro.iiia had
b en- a'refted at the iatterPlacv.
BlannerhaGet, who plays fhch a dt;hsuifea
part i'll this plot, is an United Iriihmsn: he is
faid to have been in this city about 5 or wears
ago, and to have taken the oath of naturaliza.
ton in this fate. He is faid to own 20 900 {.
more or lefs in the Eugiifh funds. He lives on
an Hand in the River Ohio, twelve miles below
Marietta, and containing about $50 acrcs, of
which Blannerhaiiet owns about 600. A pcn-
tleman acquainted with B. is of opinion, that
his refources are not at all commemorate with
the cxpences OF this expedition, and afferts AZ
the general fentiment Of that part of the coun-
try, that mott of the means are derived fror,
the Spaniih government.
tits reported that Col. Burr addref1sd let
tiers to Gov. Jackfon Of Tennefiee, and MIR.
Harrifon, Gov. of the Indiana Territory. ir~
forming them, that there was every probsbili-
tyofa war taking place Immediately With
Spain that he had received a high comtniffi-
en- from the P. U. s. and requetipg them to
have the REFLECTIVE forces under their com.
mand, ready to join him ON particular days.
Jackfon and Harrifon are reported to have
tranfrnitteti an account of thefe letters to the
| P. u. S. who is faid to have thefe letters or
copies of them now in his pohehion.
1t is added, that this infidious traitor, this
/ Infamous Meliifont, has played the mott deteRa-
BILE double game, that can be conceived. He
attempted to enliR fome Of the Americans into
his fervice, by representing that his deGgu was
TO attack Mexico. He purfuaded the Spanifh
Ex-Minifter that bis Object was to attack New
Orleans and to fever the FVrttern frs7n the
Atlantic States and 70 complete was his az
cendancy over the willy Marquis, that he acfu-
ally had the addrefs to obtain from him an or
der for 10000 Rand of arms.
Dayton (of N. J.) Adair (ot Kentucky and
| Wilkinfon, are faid to have af1cciated .hen-
| felves in this treafonable plot.
Such are the mott important rumours that
have reached us on this myfterious fubiea.
What was the real Object of this confpracv
icems not yet to have been fully developed.
1t is mott probable that Its courfe would have
| been regulated by the circumstances, which A.
rote during the denouement but that the firft
great object would have been the feizine of
| New Orleans, the vaft private property which
is collected in the counting.rooms and fore.
houtes but beyond all other objects the CAPT
tai of the bank Of Louiana, and the branch
bank of the U. S. perhaps to the amount offe.
veral hundred thoufand dollars. This faet.
however. may he relied ON, that through thu
vigilance of the administration and the zeal of
the fate of Ohio; this netarous expedition 10
annhilated for ever. It lis certain that nine boats
have been feized it is probable the Pittfburg
recruit & Blannerhanet's iquadron will be ALTO
Popped at Cincinnati