Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-01-13
Spanish Conspiracy.
70 satps. the Sous, easa!y OF the O's'tsa

StatSS,
Disclosed IN HE deposition q fadgs isNEs
before fAs Leg1slasnye ,tAsiasasesy, o.
the I'd Drcemser, 1896.
This Dc ponsat has,ag detailed every
shing which occurred wasnin ms knao .
rsspecling Mr.. Ssbassiaa,s receiving
pension, and The objss. which had induc.
ed him 10 descend the Mississippi 10 the
the latter eod Of 1875, or beg,nsing or
!. 1896. addressed this commltsee aud stated
fha, lac was going TO make eommunlSa-
iiouswhich Vas not pertinent TO the saoJec'
OF she testimony he had already gsep,
bot had relasioo 10 the same msiteT-tha
he was induced TO do II IN consequence OF
\ The SANDERS which had been falsely and
l.xishiv hesped upon him by the publiea.
tons 10 tbs WssSern World THAT ne had
f bcsn charged As a disorgsn.aer OF the go
..rtnmeut--shas he had been charged IN
AN indirect manoer as having improperly
~receiSsd SIP nish mn y. on account OF
s hs intimacy viii and t,iendly agency to-
& !, ..rt,, prnrIai Wilkinson alter he Joined
& q. army. IL ,nakt this COMMUNICATION was
- dun he ows o fi,s own character, and to
luz n,sm ~ st slhe iats col, Nicholas
.sbo e en- 4r,,ctes h4s aiso been attacked Dy
.-afgs ,subl,aa,,oas IN ms Western World
is-s ue made . stisma appeal to the cnair.
ansn al the eomn.d &C, 10 ms country.
AMI "a his {, sd, that the accusations were.
fei,c- natl ghe CSmmunicaaon he was a.
1 u, 10 MAKE was of delicate nature as
ii tsiafed 10 bis deponenti because from
the siscomsi aoces which asteaded II. much
mus. depend upon his own yeraclsy, a. be
could DIV prove he facts BY s'Icumstap
tiaIe,,deuce 20 wit: tbs declarations OF
col Nicholas 10 his lite amS On the same
subject.
Ihi, de ponent then proceeded 10 ssse
tha, certain Thomas Power, who this
deponen, nsver saw, came from louisiana
In The summer OF 1897, and made com,
munica,ion 10 AFR. Sebastian. 10 wr.tieg
which has reference to the same charae<
ters laat are ID med 10 the letter Of the ba.
ron of Carondclet, herein before inserted!
tha, MIR. Sebastian came to this deponen's
house some short time alter receiving the
Communications and Showed il 20 hrn, up.
on which this dsponens observed that II
va. dangerous project, AID ought no.
TO be couttenanced, as the western people
had DOW obsa,ned the Navigation OF the
Mississippi, by which ali their wishes were
gr.fi6ed. Mr.. Sebastian concIred IA
senument, but observed that Power wished
a written answer, and requested me 10 see
col. Nicholas, saying that whatever We
did he would concur IN. promised 10
visit the colonel in TWO or three days.
This deponent never had any commuoics
.ion with Mr.. Murray upon the business
nvr does he kaow that Mr.. Sebastian ever
did inform Mr. Murray OF it.
This deponenr rode 10 Lexington sud
had conference with col. Nicholas, re-
npec,ing TIE communication from Power,
who agreeing with this drponens that the
Proposition ought 10 bu rejected; ne, col
Nicholas wrote an answer, which was &C
pied by this deponent signed BY both OF
ns, and directed by me that the copy of
our answer was taken possession OF by me,
and except tor short time that left II
In the hands of Mr.. Morrison 10 August
last, TO have copied as being the execu Or
and friend Of col. Nicholas he wished 10
hass copy; MIR. Morriscn having pre-
viously informed me that col. Nicholas IN
his life time had related Ill the eireun,star
ces TO him, aud that he had communicated
it TO James Ross, Esq. of Pennsylvania,
when ia this country, in | believe 1898,
who was then senator IN the congress OF
the u. States.
This deponen,. since making this com.
munica,ion, recoilects that MIR. Sebastian
Informed him when he gave ap the orgi.
nal paper to be submitted to col Nicholas,
Mr.. Power requested it 10 be returned to