Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-07-28

"a, distance Of T or 500 miles travelled 70
IS 81 So days. Eight or ten Of the Lass
days of this term spent within little
more than 2, days ride of this place; !
hops those who know me will not bel'eve
/ srasel express ID this wav This wonld
indeed be rivating the Knight 81 Hse
Spur.
The poor1officious letter of Dr.. Clai-
borne does not merit nesice; his known
character for yeraci.y renders y nnneeessa.
,ry for me 10 say y presents uusrulhs.
Asto the dispositions Of Carmichael ard
Smith, it is enough thar these men are
known as the spies of Wilkinson; Major
Floyd and Mr.. Ralston sufficiently con-
sradics the charge inssnded TO be conveyed
By, the FIRST, and slient. Smiths memory
has been SO very bad, shas'te hssuo even
recolIected the time he parted with me
on board the Thatcher, viz. on the Esd.
Wheu it is known, however, that Mr.. Or.
den and myself weree days and nights &c
swamp on the bark Of The South West
Pass; confined solely to the conversation
Of this man, it witlno; be slough, sual s.
that some idle or nnimporiant chat should
take place; nor will It be expected (ss
brandy was the only thing we bad in a.
bundance) tina. MIR. Smith should RENE m.
Der all tina, said the more especially as
the part Forgotten would not have suited
Wilkinson to publish
This wise general thinks I cannot ex
plain my motives for coming 10 this city |;
having told one Of his officers thar wrn.
TO the Pascsgoula to look at lspds, and
another that came here to meet boa,
believe i. is no, an pncomDan thing for
tie Kentuekians who come 10 ,his place 10
travel Oh, of ;heir direct way TO look at
lands; had both these objects 10 view, ss
well ss other business, which the general
with all bis spies has nos yet discovered.
He may Be told It in The propertime.
ltwiil always be less d.fficrl for me to
explain my intentions, than for the general
and his supporters to tell why he sen, an
cficer with a party last sum mer from S..
Louis inro the neighboi hood Of Santa Fe,
where it is said .hey sre now prisoners
Or even why he sent. 10 October or No
vember last, gentleman from the Mis-.
s!ssipPi territory, who travelled by Ind to
Mexico, from thence to Vera Cruz, and
.eturued by water 10 this place Was
this really 10 buy nnles?
Wilkinson seems anxious, 10 his equivc.
cal publications.. 10 impress belief on the
public mind, ,ha, he has not written to me
on the subject If an expedition into Mexi,
Coz That his business may be fairly and
fully understood. publish the following
extract from his letter TO me-In the
spring Of the year SOC, whilst in the city
OF w ashing.on, received letter from
him, dated St. Louis, 10 which speaking
of Mexico and Santa Fe, he SAYS. DO
you not knszu that Ihave reserved these t!a-
ces fer my outn tr1umbhal entry, that !
haze been reconnoitering and exploring the
youte for sixteen gears; that I not only
kaazv the 7vay but all dldGcultirs, and h9w
to surmsunt them I1vish zve could ret ledve
.Memce sould soon be ours "-He then
goes o. 10 mike spsxe sl,c.uEe. on our 90
veromenta ard concludes by giving IL as hrs
opinion sha, Bonaparte, as soon as he can
acqqire free sea, williake possession Of
Mckee and Lousiaoa-
Abnuy be first OF last November, /,
received letter from him dared IA chito
efes, September 2sth 1906, 10 which he
details the rumber of sro Ps under hi.
command the number of Spanish troops
opposed to him, aud by whom command
ed the rela i've situation Of the two armies,
together with the orders he acted under,
and assures me he will 6gh. ia six or eigh,
days a, farthess. In that letter are the
following words" 7Hs time long locked
for BY many. and rished for by more, has
nozv drriped, for subyeyting the Spanish po.