Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1808-01-18

|vsrn.n ! with Spain ADD her West India
Islands. s
remember about the same tine 10 have
l+ssen q l,ss Of nance Of citizsas OF ,f'e west.
ern country which was IN the hard Nrltlffg
OF The general, who were recon- me nde q
for pensions, apd the sums were stated pro,
per to be paidto each, and then d'st'rc Z
il understood thar he and others were &C.
sual!y pensioners Of The Spanish .oyern-
m ent.
/ had no personal knowledge of moaeyb be.
berg pajdato gen w. or 70 any sgen. tor
him on account cfhis pension pre- ,l'e''s.y
10 1898 or 1894. In oneof these years aud
10 which Icapno.bs certain uu''l Lear con.
suit my books, a Mr.. La Casssgne, WHO !
understood was post master at The tails OF
Ohio, came to New Orleans, snd as ore
of,he association with general Wilkinson
10 the project Of dismen,bermeni, received
sun of money four thsusard dollars OF
which or .hereabout, were embarked by a
special permission free Of duly CD board a
vesse, which had been consigned TO mc,and
which sailed for Philadelphia, 10 which
vessel Mr.. La Cassagne went passenger.
Az and prior 10 this period ! had various
opportunities of seeing the pfojecfs SUB
mi,.ed TO the Spauish,governmens, and OF
learsiag m any details from the agents en-
~rIoyed TO carry them TOTO execution.
In 1894 two gentlemen OF he names CT
Owens and Collins fr,tnds snd agents ct
pen Wilkinson. came to n. Orleans. To
the firsi was entrus.ed as was particularly
iCtormec by the officers of the Spanish go.
vsrrment the sum COCO dnls 10 be deli.
yered 70 sen. w on secount ef his own pen
sion & that Of osbers.Ou his way in rs,urn.
irg to Kentucky Ovens was murdered by
his boss's ere ~. and the money 1t WAS un
deIstood was made away with by them
This occurrence occassoaed a considerable
noise 10 Kentucky, and contributed with
Mr.. Powers visits at substquen period,
TO awaken the suspicion Of gen. Wayne,
who took measures to intercepi the CORES.
poadence Of gEnW ilkipson with the Spanish
government which we're not attended with
success.
CoIlios. the CO sgert with Owens. FIST
attempted to fit out a small vessel 10 the
port Of New Orlesos, 10 order 10 proceed
to some port 10 the Atlau'ic states; bn'
she was destroyed by the hurricane 10 The
month of August OF 1894. He then fitted
ca, small vessel 10 the Bayou ST. John,
and shipped 10 her at least eleven thousand
dollars " hith he took rouud to Charleston.
This shipment was made under such-pe
eullar circumstances, that itbecame know n
70 many, and the destination Of twas at
forwards fully disclosed TO me by the of
..-ftets Of the Spanish government, by
Collins, and By general Wilkinson himself,
who complained that Colhns instead OF
sending hin the money on his arrival had
employed it ia some wild speeulations 10
fhe West Indies, by which he had los.
considerable sum. and thar in consequence
Of the misnanagem ofhis agents he had
derived bu, little advantage iFom he INT
uty paid on his accounts by The Spanish 60
.serpmeht.
Mr.. Power VISA Spanish subject. re. I,
sident in Louisiana, aud he otjecs OF his
visits 10 the western country became known
TO me in 1896 when he embarked OH board
the brig Cayoso at New Orleans tor Phil
iadsIph,a ie company with judge bas,,sn,
ia which vessel as abe tad beto consigned
10 myself, saw embarked under aspeci.
oil permission toar thousand dollars or
,her. about, which I was informed, were
Tor 6tbas,ien's owa account. as one Of
those concerned in the scheme Of dsnsm.
bermen, Of The western country.
Mr.. Power, ss be afterwards Informed |
me, on h:s tour through the western coun !
'ey, saw general Wilkinson "a, Greenvllr !
and wss The bearer Of a litter 10 him forI
the secretary of The goveramep, oil Louisi.
saa, dated the 7th or 9Th March, 1896, /