Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-12-29

est pCee1Ole IcitdnSC naY eS PiaRdw
rants belief, that soma hostile eSe; ns'
is on foot inimieai TO the peace i"
terest of the u. States, as well as Ikn,%
ed to prove ruinous to the peace al J., Wv
perity of the western part taerel
chief magistrate Of this state, lsAt%'
i. a duty owe to my fellow cit,ss~'
this state. and to the general covers
70 Law the information 1 have rec,
before the representatives Ct the Dali
that their united wisdom might dire,
some means Of prevenuon, as far ~
their power. towards countcraeslnen \
evil designs.
have it from gentlemen of ere, /
spectabili.y clothed BY. the u S. w
a public character, thar person lIIE
pear Marietta On the Ohio river, bur
of the jurisdiction of this state, has az
ed himself the, agent Of a gen,Iemsn,
high in Office in the U S. and is empow
ed, and is actually preparing a aoa
ols;stiog Of from Toto Is ba,teaus. >
feet long, 90 the Muskiogum river !,
is purchasing up provisions 70 Load IL. |
WITH. and endeasoring to engage ac,;s
cnterprisipg yourg faen TO sail down a
Ohio, who are promised pay ADD ss,los
from the time Of engage ment, with y.
misses OF future fortunes, &c. tia, III
agen, proposed to two gent'emen Of p,.'
responsibility 20 join in plan suspss.t
by his principal, and which he had sne,pD
IL, which would procure for them ANN,
fcr'unes; which plan was to attack A.,
seize The city Of New Orleans aad its q
pendenctes, the money in the bank s,a
treasury, which amounts to upwards Of
two million of dollars, the ni!itary s,o,y,
and fine park OF french brass ar,,ve,r
laying there, and TO erect goyernm,m
independent OF the u. S. uader the dir,
ton Of foreign European power, si
hnally to force Or draw the people Of 4,
w=stern country TO secede from the uagor
BY snndry means poialed out. !thas Al.
so been suggested that the three d;Arr.n,
small srmaments below this, Oh the OHIO
arc preparing % join in this eSpedi,io,
and # all are permitted to Join, will q
mount 10 1900 msn, the force dcsiened
commence operations with trou
which, owing 70 the dissfection Of tn
people OF that territory, and the sxp:cIa
tion that the Aaerican troops will DC KEEP
IN motion by another power, success
strongly calculated on. II is also strong,
suspected thai a foreign gentleman, frlent
iy TO the enterprise, hiss pecunlary ataD
equa! to the ezteas aud wants thereof,
ommand.
% Fr'day last received commua
cation from a S. neral officer in the mlui
10 he first division, iaiormog me hass
boats loaded wi'h artillery, muskets az
bay onets, new, aud Of French manula
ture, rassed down the Ohio, or board {
,wh1ch were gra'lemeu Tho spoke the Freos
language; that for want Of legal au;horil
he was not able TO CRAFTY his paIrloI
wishes IN arresticg them.
Under this state of things it is submit;
whether she public energies Of Ohio Dug
not to be directed towards coupseraclin
that part Of the preparing forces withino'
Jurisdiction, on:the Muskiugum river, at
'he securing the agent preparing them
possible /! And indeed, 1t is though, 9TH
forces may descend the Ohio from abos
and whlch might be stopped in the OH
wh'le floating down towards the point
junction.
EDWARD TIFFIM
chslAcos}te, Dec. I'd, 1906.