Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1807-02-09


| cd he contemplated two dlitlnct objects,
which might be carried on either Jointly
| or lrparalSly, and either the one or the
other hrit as circumstances fhould direct.
| One Of theig WAS the icyerance OF the un-
Ion OF heic ltates Dy che Aiiegany noun
tams, the other al attack on Mexico. A
thiId OBJECT was provided. merely oitenll-
bic, 10 vat, the iettlement VI tho pretend
cd purehaie OF trad OF country on the
| Walhlta, claimed by baron Baltrop.
FMS was TO ierve as the pretext Tor al
his preparations, ali allurement TOR 1ucA
followers As really wiiIed 10 acquire ict-
| rlrments IN that country, and cover an
| der winch TO retrea III the event OF fInal
| dncomfturc OF botn branches of MS real
dchsn.
lir found at once that the attachment OF
the wefern country TO the prcicnt UNION
| was not TO be ihaken that ITS dltlolutlUn
! could not be effected with the Content OF
! lis inhabitants and that his rc1ources
! were inadequate, as yet, 20 effect It by
force. i1e look his couric then al once,
determined 10 ielze ON New-Orleans, plum
! Ger thu bank there, poiiciS himtelf OF the
! nlIilaTy " a navy ItOrcs, and proceed on
! ms expedition TO Mexico, and TO this OBJ
! j Ct al AIS means aud preparations were
! aow dlrtc tSd. He collected NON all the
! quaiteys wh1.e himiclf, Or his agents pot
/ lci1d lntiuCncc, all the ardent, rgltcis, uet-
/ pNrate ana Unaffected pcriJnS Wao were
\ rcac. Tor any cntoI prize analogous TO their
Characters. lac Il0uCed good and we'll
I meaning ~iuzens, lone BY The ahurances
T, mat K pOiiSned the ContAence OF the gov
| oTEmcnt, and vas acting under its feCret
I paIroLAgS ; Pretence which procured
I lOmo dlt from the itate OF our dIffgTen-
I Cos WI.n spain; and otnrrs by offers Of
/ land IN BaltIOp's claim ON the Waihlta.
| Tins Has the nate OF my information Of
: his proceedings about the taft OF Novem-
her : AZ which time therefore i was htlt
p0iAble 10 lake ipccltic meaiures TO meet
! them. The proclamation OF November
AZ, TWO days after the receipt or General
. Wllkuon'S information, was now ihurd.
ORDERS were dapatched to every mtrreit-
Ing point on the Ohio & MilIfhppi, from
hatlbaTg To New-Orledns, Tor trc employ
ment OF luch force, either OF the regulars
OF OF the militia, and OF tach proceedings
alto of the clvh authorities, as might
enable them to ittZe on all boats and lt0res
provided for the enterp1Ze, TO drreit t.fe
portions concerned, and to iuPprcis etfectu-
ally the further, progreis Of tue enterprIzr.
A little before the receipt Of thefe orders
IN the fate OF Ohio, our Confidential a.
gent, who had been diligently employed
in mveitigatIng the conipmacy, had AGO ulr-
ed iufficrnt information I'd open hImielt to
the Governor of that fate, and to Apply
for the immediate exertion of the authorI-
. ~ and power Of the ttate 10 cruth the com
bnation. Governor Tiffin and the tegh-
lature. with prOmptitude, an energy and
patrlOric zeal, which entitie them To dn-
tiaguiihed place in the affection of their
filter Rates effected the fixture OF all the
boats, pruvifions and other preparations
within their reach, and thus gave irit
blow, materially disabling the euterprrZc
~ It's outlet.
In kentucky a premature attempt to
onng Barr To- juitice, without iufhcient ev-
Iunce Tor his conviction, had produced
popular impreilion in his favor, and A
euerai diibciet or his guilt. TINS gave
hm Al unfortunate opportunity Of haiten-
uis his equipments. Tie arrival of the
proclamation and orders, and the apPlica-
non aud information of our confidential a.
gent, at length awakened the authorities
Df that fate to the truth, and then produc-
ga the fame promptituGe and energy Of
which the neighbouring fate had tct the
example. Under an act Of their legislature
IT December a, militia was infantry or
ered 10 different important points. and
mcaiures taken for doing whatever could
yet be done. Some boats (accountS vary
| from FIVE to double or treble that number)
and perfons differently ettimated from
one TO three hundred had IN the meantime
! paf1td The falls Of Chic TO Rendezvous It
the mouth Of Cumberland, with Others ex-
pr6ed down that river. Not apprfcd till
very late that any boats were building OH
Cumberland, the effect of the proclamation
| had been truitedtO for iOme tlmein ;hefa c
Of IcnngIle. But On the I9th Of Drce a.
, Der Gmilar communications and intruc-
! tons with thofe TO the neighbourlng itates,
/ were dispatched by exprefs to the Gov
! ernor, anc A general officer OF the weitern
divhon OF the fate, and on the 13d or
| December our confidential agent lett
I Frankfort for Naihville to put into Attivt-
\ Nv the means Of that fate alto. But by
! Information received yeferday, 1 learn
! that on The aad Of December Mr. Burr de-
| icendrG the Cumberland with two boats,
! merely of accommodation, carrying with
/ him from that fate no quota towards hts
unlawful enterprise. Whether after the
arrival the proclamation, of the orders,
or of our agent, any exertion WHICH could
| be made b that fate, or the orders or the
! Governor Of Kentucky for calling out the
militia at the mouth of Cumberland, would
be 10 time 10 arref thefe boats, andthoie
from the fails Of Ohio, Is Till doubtful
On the whole the fugitIves from the o.