The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-09-05
VOLUME So

rnQuired how the State would he pro,Sa.1
| 1t not connected with the other Ststes Nh,
man aniwertd, that it would become A S,an;F,,
pr"vncs' and oe u1der the protection os Sosr,
Wells then alkSd, wha. let Of men con,I 49,
| able to- Gary frch r,herne into rxsc,,,;,,'S
Newman Informed him, fevera: of the Ie,d;r''
Characters then N Nen'u, XIV. Gtu. W,iAs cIc
eh me conveI'3tion, b. ohitrvng, al have b,,,
mite 10 ioie have 4 wife and \ ch,td ,,t
are dear 10 ire; them VIII ever ny r.Iv. 80
pro'et'; as To The fnai fortune which ~.
accnmuiAtcd i'y indnitry and a.tent,or -.
indifferent lbout II: hut before I confent 70 !,
tePHf"po" ron the Union. and ioin any sore,cn
ro"er, will again re;ura TO the pinv vo,ts
al Virginia, aGd end NV days in ehfcuritv.,
Soon after this couvertl;ion, Newman ~,
the engagement as fchooi;naGrr. and c.t t,fr
IN m abrupt manner to Gen. Wayne's arm,
by the inferred ~ Wiikinton, he vbtained ~
appoint nie''t ct an agent or contra9or to ~,
army but ne did not remain in this c,n,c;,,,
more 'nan 'ew week., when ~ def;rted RI M.
Indians. He WAS taken at Pt,f5urch. !, tfe f,Ii
OF the ilne year, and carried in irons n ~.
head quarters of the army. After une-rgo;n, =.
iong trial, lie was acquitted in the becinn;r1,
or l19S' from the want of proof rs 10 the cl,ar..
OF doiert'on, his defence having been. tbat h..
WIS taken prifcner Nv the Indians 10
Turing me- cuitodv under Navne. Gpner.,
"eiiS was Informed by brother he had in ~
army that Newman would pr,..qbly be rel-,C-
en' ana that he 'ne"ded to return 10 the vci-
nifty Of M'ddletown. After his re.sf. -
cor'lingiy returned ard had an interv;,,,, ,,.;,,
General Wells. In this interview T.. G',',
that he was not taken as a prifo1er Inv h, ~
ans, but was employed to go among thcrn f,.
lecr"t pnrpofss, ny certcin char,0rrs in X
tncky, whom he was proceeding 70 nam.
when Wells interrupted him, by ohiervins. h..
d'd not win to become acquainted with INV
!. eiet p'o's, or inc agents OF them, nor was he
inc'h'u 10 nave any farther come lion with
h''H lNewman,) he only rsourfed m -
ment OF the thirty-three pounds, Will ..
advanced for tuition never performed. Nv
man did not pay The money inmcdi3.ely L,,.
rave thr iecnr'tY or another, who paid Wens
tn reqnired fl'n few months Afterwards A.
the c'oie Of this Interview, he alto fatel H..
was employed by the fame characters. RI o.,
INTO thr middle States, ard af; er his rs.urn mo
hent"cky, he ihon'd proceed down to MY.
IIreA"S, ana WAS extremely urgent, that Ger.
Wc'is would give hin the opportunity of q. mi;
vafe meeting, during the fitting of the irr;1,trr.
OF which Cen Wells was A member. 5v ,,b;ch
uTe, he expected to lie on his return iLroroh
for New Orleans This C:epar.i
Wells refufed in the mof explicit manner. an.
ding, that he was not foIic;tous of his fartb..
acquaintance, or the acquaintance of anv p,r-
io"S SouhcCiCu win MN.
Newman, we are informed, went at This n.
ROD TO Philadelphia and New-York. and IT..
forwards returned through Kentucky for the
Splnith territories, where he now re,ides. liz
ana Doctor Powers, whom we have named "a
another agent confpirator, were on the cioCa
terms OF intimacy, and lived for foue fine TO-
gether at Natchez. From the NOT accura,.
information we have collected, it was in the
mo. OF Decenber 1875 or January 1926,
that Newman def ended the MiGifiipni In
the il'rrR or the latter wear, two letters fr,r
Doctor Powers, dir, tted to two m.nbere ,s
the Kentucky convention, whole rames we are
not tod, were Intercepted By Colonel *s.s.
VINO mas itated " fbsiy VsNt5 sure Geb ar zyo,d
bfT'e bangd tbo/s tn qVEom tbey zyeye aHJrsG.
ed" Colonel :*t& Judged If was Drndent r.
burn the letters aud tbs names of thof- ch,.
raefers To whom they were written, he has ne.
yer revealed.
thote facts which we have ated IN. Tte,r.
IIdence of Newman for fnfue ves,~; the COM
ty or Woodford and hiF acquaintance win
Wilkinton, Brown'and Sen 1ian.-od. Tie r,o.
? ili whlcb he made to Gsneral WelIs haf-.r,
he J"ned Wayne's army, and The narration ~.
gave 70 General Wells after his releaGe. 81
iti' defending the MfGNWpi in the end of
?95 or the Ginning cf i-0t and his intimacy
with Doctor Powers. 4lh. Yhe ist,rcer.;o;1,
'>'''N'-"'S 'e.'N'S H"'h D0EIGr Powers to
two members of The Kentucky Convention II,
me Spring of 1877, ty Colonel t.ss. 5,h
The meeting of captain - with Alfred Sc.
haitian carrying dfpasci..s from Wnk mon =,
Giozo in the fall of 1886. Ct. The recrntion
OF Alfred Sebait;an by DoCor Powers AZ Nv.
nladrd.--7th. The reiuiai OF the Spanifb Fort.
70 be delivered up whcn theft. dispatches were
received. When theic are combined and On
Reelection, we have no heii'ation in f,vinc that
we believe but enc opinion can be formed oftLe
Intention Of the portions concerned.