Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-06-27

) rectiOns OF the comm ADDER Ia Chief. knc,
after the sailing Of the Revenge, was unde
no restraint. In Hampton roads Kaox sail
he wished to GENE to Richmond, but no
! in a vessel. On The passage Knox wa
treated AZ we'll as thelntrnsr of;cers OF
board. He was no. before Judge Hall WI!
! Knox. aud does net knew for what cause
/ he was committed. He always cnnsi5eres
! Knox as under his control as depusysmaf
shall, and general Wilkinson exercised nj
coatrnl over Knox during The pass ge.--
Wien hefeceivsd the depnsa,icn. he nevcl
| ga,e bond or took an oath of office. Oh
his arrival a, New Orleans, hesent ali he
subrguas in the hands of general Wskin
sen. and lett some of them with aim
General Wiikipsan mentioned Kpax te
Galnrs--informed him Knox was in New
Orleans, and recommended him TO Games
TO be summoned. He had casual CONVEX
salon with general Wilkinson bat no di
teet communication between them. When
he received the subpoaas back FROM general
Wilkinson he does not remember hat any
thing particular passed an he sobiect. He
infctaled general Wilkinson ,hat Judge
HAIL said an oath was necessary. The
general took the cath bsfore judge Cenas
10 his own qparters Does MOI recollec,
whr ;hey he dsEisyrrd The certificate of oath
&c he jndg or s.az, BAL believes he d dsno,.
sie ds'ivaed liter general Wilkinson
wn'ea he believes inclessd sons sabFrass.
be does nssrecelect havirg received o.
ders. Instructors or advice 1f,oss general
Wilkinson; bu, Wilkinson consulted wi ii
al attorney. lie always cons ;deged tisa
self as bousd 20 obey The orders 4 gepcral
Wilkinson. He considered g4nes4l Wiz
kloson as having the fcw-rfs csn.rei sil
the olicefs and mra ea baatd ar Resea &c,
belongsu s TO she army or navy vi she r.
States,
Stopped a SO time at the Havannah, On
account OF the sicsess of some ofthe men;
badness OF the water OH board, and the Wirlt
OF fruits and refreshments put In about 4
O'Clock and sailed the same nis 1t. This Wan
done at the request of the persons unweH. ad-
dressed to general Wilkinson and capt. Read
heard captain Read give orders TO lhe cook
to supply the men with necessary Provisions
but knows of nothing but tie ships stores be-
Ing Ibid in. Ike Ships stores were very good,
better than those laid In for the csbilS and
used by him and others. While at New Or
leans, he received advice from counsel several
times on variety OF points relative to the
serving Of the subp@nas. General Wilkinscn
advised him to consult the Judge or the attor-
ney general he went to the Judge and the
Judge was asked whether it was legal to adj
vance the money to witnesses. The Judge
approved Of it: and the general gave orders for
the money.
Mr. Graham deposed, that some short time
after the arrival OF Mr.. Gains, he was told by
the governor that Gains had subpoena. The
subpoena was soon afterwards served,upon him.
The governor told him . public vessel WAS
prepared for the transportation ofthe witness
es He waited on general Wilkinson to know,
whether he could get passage in the vessel.
vi klson informed him, thagse era witness.
esssla New Orleans part of colonel Burr's
company we're unwilling Others were viii.
ing asked whether any legal process could
be obtained to compel the unwilling witnesses
10 come--answered that he did hot, but refer
ed him to the federalxKasc, and knows the
bad terms between whneraI and Judge
waited onthe judge at ttaee sfeauest of geners,
Wilkinson, witness knows nothing, but about
that time when at the Judges, hc#ssw Knox
in company withsa Mr.: Keene, alawytc Siae
had been with the Judge a very few mi,ules
The Judge asked Knox whether he was pre-
pared TO give a recognizance with security, OF
TO ansEsr suchqdestions as might he asked
him. He stated the same thing to Mr.
Fort pointed out the law of the case and men
toned his reluctance to act against them
Both of them, particularly Capt Fort, wish
ed to see the questions 2 CD saudge handed
printed paper. Fort Saddle was not bound Il
nswer and the judge might do what he tho
proper.
The siudpe sent for the marshal and For