Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1808-02-01

known to many, and the destination of
it was afterwards fully disclosed to me
| by the officers Of the Spanish govern
ment, by Collins, and by General VIII
kinson himself, who complained that
Collins instead Of sending him the mon
ey on his arrival, had employed il in
some wild sPcculations 70 the West-In-
dies, By which he had lost a consitlera-
bic sum, and that in consequence Of
the Encouragement of his agents lie
had derived but little advantage from
the money paid on his account w the
Spanish government, Mr.. Power was
a Spanish subject resident III Louisiana,
and the object of his visits to the west
ern country became known to me III
1895, when he embarked on board the
brig GayOso, at Orleans, for PHI
ladelphia, IN company with Judge Sc
basuan, in which vessel, as she had been
consigned TO myself / saw embarked
under special permission four thou
sand dollars, or thereabouts, which /
was informed we're for Sebastian's own
account as one of those concerned IN
the scheme Of dismeml erment Of the
Western country.
Mr.. Power, as he afterwards inform
ed me, on his tour through the West
en country, saw Gen Wilkinson at
Grenvile, and was the bearer Of let
ter to him from the secretary Of the
government Of Louisiana, dated 9Th or
sth March 1896, advising that sum
OF money had been sent 10 Don Thorn
as POrtel, Commandant Of New fIad-
rid, to be delivered to his order. This
money Mr. Power delivered to Mr.. No
Ian by Wilkinson's directions. What
concerned Mr. Nolan's agency in this
business, learned from himself, when
he afterwards visited New-Orleans.
In 1877 Power was intrusted with
another mission to Kentucky, and had
directions to propose certain plans 10
effect the separation Of the Western
| country from the u. States These
| plans Ayera- nroDoseA. aSd ehe1e reject
\ cd, as he often solemnlv assured me,
through the means Of a MIR. George
Nicholas, to whom among others, they
were communicated, but who spulned
the idea Of receiving foreign Honey -
Power then proceeded to Detroit Ia Sec
| Gen. Wi, nsOn, and was sent back by
him under guard to New Madril.
whence he returned 10 New Orleans.
Powers secret instructions were known
to me afterwards, and | am enabled TO
state, that the plan then contemplated
entirely failed.
AT the periods spoken %, and Tor a
long time afterwards, | was resident in
the Spanish territory, subject to the
! Spanish laws, and without any expect
alton of becoming a citizen Of the U.
States. My obligations were then 70
conceal, not TO communicate to the gov
| eminent of the L. States the projects
and enterprises, which I have nenuon.
ed, ofthe Spanish government.
In the month Of October, 1903,
visited Gen Wilkinson by his particu-
lar request, at the camp at Lotus
Heights, where he had shortly before
arrived. The General had heard Of re-
marks made by me, on the subject q
his pension, which had rendered him
uneasy, and he was DESTROYS Of making
some arrangement with ne on the sub.
Ject. ] passed three days and nights
IN the generals tent The chief sub
Jects OF our conversation were the
views and enterprises of the Spanish
government I'D relation to the u. States
and speculatiOns as TO the result Of DO
litical affairs. In the course ofour con
versatiOn he stated that there was still
a balance Of Ten Thousand Dollar
due him by the Spanish government
for which he would gladly take in ex.
change Governor Gayoso's plantation
near the Natchez, who might REIN.
burse himself frOmthe treasury Of New
Orleans--I asked the general II thi.
sum was due on the old business Of the
pension. He replied that it was; and
intlmated wish that should propose
to Gen. Gayoso a transfer Of his plan
tauon for the money due him from the
Spanish treasury. The whole affair
had always been odious to me, and
declined any agency in it. | acAnowl-
edged to him that had often spoken
freely and publicly Of his Spanish pen
sion, but told him had communicated
nothing 70 his government OH the sub
Jet. / advised him to drop his Span
ish concessions. lie justified it here
tolore from the peculiar situation "
Kentucky, the disadvantages that cou1-
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