Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-10-01
Fsos mt WESTERN WORLD.
The .Kentucku Saa,ash sassociation, BloGnts
Conspiracy, and General 01saads = Essfs-
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SECoNTINUEDsl

Sebastian, after a TWO years residence m
New Orleans, while asjudgc OF the Ken
\ lucky court, reeuraed In 1899. Soon alter
has return he formed a project, IN company
Z with DIR. John Watkins, the present mayer
: of New Orleans, TO traw'a number OF the
Kentucky seislers into Louisiana, doubt.
{ less, 10 oar opinisn, with the sdesign OF
rendering the nection,betwsen tins state
and The Spanish provinces more intimate,
and thus paviug the way for his friend VIII
I kinsoD. more easily 70 effect the desired
!. junction. The following IS verbatim Coz
py cf the original plan draftedfor this Pur.
pose. which has been afforded Us by enc
of the members of the company, tor the
purpose Of publication. This member had
s uawaringly subscribed his name to the pro-
s posals, along with many others, without
feascsing on the evil consequences which
must have flowed TO the state OF Kentucky
from the reasonable scheme It II had sue
ceedrd. With regard to doctor Watkins,
il is proper to observe, that at this period
he was young man JUST returned from ME
studies at the university OF Edinburgh,
and therefore, may be supposed TO have
: entered upon this embassy from his honor
lodge Sebastian 20 his Catholic majesty, In
q grea. measure from motives OF curiosity
Bot vida, possible apologyscan be made tor
Judge of the Kentucky court of appeals,
setting on foot plan for "the encourage
mcut aud accommodation of adventures"
40 J. louisiana when subject to Spain.
ssWe the subscribers impressed with
sbslisf that one. of the -navigable rivers OF
Upper Louisiana, is extremely desirable
on account of the temperature OF the eli.
! mate, the fertility of the soil, ard conve.
pience of its situation for commerce, have
dstermineG 90 make an application to@his
Catholic majesty for grant Of three mil
lions of acres Of land m that country, an-
der the following regulations, viz.
= lst. That the grant when obtained,
! shaIlbe divided into forty.two shares, aud
that one third of tia whole gran, be re.
served for the encouragement and accom-
mediation of adycnturers.
g I'd. That no person subscribe for less
than. SIX shares, az one hundred dollars
per share, with she liberty of disposing Of
as MANY shares as he may chase, provided
She does not dispose ot she whole of his
interest: and provided also, he be respon.
sible to other subscribers for che amount Of
his subscription, payable at such time as
they, of majority of them, may aereaf
ter determine.
Sc Sd. Aslhc shares WILDE disposed OF
BY the subscribers, whom they personally
know, and have confidence IN; and as the
: tsansfefrence of shares TO strangers may
be productive of confusion and iucouysni.
ence, and will also have the appearance of
speculation, which should be studisusly
avoided, no sharer shall be permitted to
sell, or any manner dispose of his share,
without the consent and appreciation of the
company, or majority of them, given in
corporate capaclty-and TO the end that
every sharer NAV be known 10 the compa.
nv each subscriber shall, 90 or before the
18th day of July, return to DR.. John Wat
skins, q liss of ehe shares claimed under
him.
4,h. Each subscriber does hereby bind
himself TO the others to use the utmost
exertions to perform all such s,ipulations
as the agent hereafter TO be appointed,
may find it necessary TO enter into, for
The obsainment of his said grant, IN de-
fault of which, the whole of the interest
of such persons failing, shall be forfeit
ed, and accrue to the use and benefit of
sthe performing Subscribers"
.Sebastisn's name is the next TO Watkins
On the original list hat it having been
suggested to the judge. that it would be
more prudent for person in his situation
30 have his share entered in some other
name, he therefore. in ths-iiss which was
afterwards drawn up, entered his share ia
the name of Andrew Watkins. The com.