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

Guard TO New Madrid from Wberec Il.
Te,nYbed 10 NewSO,lerns. Powers s..
.fc,st ips,rrc,ioas wre known 10 mr. after.
4 wards, ard | n, spabled % state thai &c
i nlan then con,emplted entirely failed.
A,lhe periods sykes Of, and for sone
time afterwards ! sas resldsnt in he
Spanish territory, ssbject 70 me spaclsh
Hiaws. End without art xpectasioa CT beeem
ing ! ciiiseo q 'hs u,i'sd STATES MNeh
lligaiiops wele itta q copeea ARD acs 70
communicate u the gove'ameDs Ct he
{ Upi,ea States, the projects aud 'si1n1s,pl.ass
which, have men,ionst Of gen,rfst "''sls.
son an9 The Spanish sossrDmeo'.
In The month Of Octder ct 1898, wi
s;,cd gene raj aE,lkiusos by his partic ular
reqaesl at his camp at Lof,us's heish,,,
where he had shorty bfore arrived
The general had heard 4 remarks mad,
by me on the subject Of his pensioo, which
had rendered him upessy ,'and he was de.
sirous OF making some engagements with,
me on the subject. pased three Cav,
and nights in The generai'slen.. The chief
subjects Of converse ,ion were the view,
and er,erprizes Of the Spanish soverrmeu
in relation 1e The Uni:ed St4es, and spceu.
la,ions as to the rssult Of Pli:ical .fair,,
4 q the course of our conversations h: stat.
ed that there was skill Maucs Of len
thousand dollar. due him blythe Spanish
coserrmeut, for which he toutd gladly
take 10 cschsnee governor -Gyoso's plss,
tasion year the Nascheg, whonighs REIN.
burse himse!f from The tressTy a. New
Orleans. Ia.ked lhs gerersl whether hi,
sum was due on the old businss Of the
pensicn--he replied that j. was and iui,
ma,ed wish .hs, should prcIo.e TO g..
werner Gaycso transfer Of BIS plau,a;lau
fer the money due him from th Spasi.h
treasury. The ~hole STAR had aIways
been edious 70 tac, ard declined sIy a.
geney 10 it. acknowledged ,o.m ,ha,
had often spoken freely and PUBLICLY Of
his Spanish ptnsion, but told him | had
communicated po,hing TO his gsyaon,sui
on the subject 1 advised h's, TO drop his
Spanish connexioU. He.jusuhed i. here.
,ofere from The peculiar SITUATION o. Ken
lucky, the disadvantages that coanuy labor &
I'd under a. the period whto he formed bis &
.coonexion WIKI he SpsnIatds, The dou5. d
-tul and disTacres state OF the Union Of
tina, time which he represented as bound 3
together by aoshiag better than rope u
OF sand, and he assured tae soienuly 'ha
he had terminated his connections with ID:
Spanish governm emf, and that they nevg
should be renewed. 1 gave the,groeram B
understand that as the affair stoodI should
DOT in folure say any ,hiog sbout is. From 81
that period nual the present i have heard b
one report only OF The former conusciaa
being renewed ard ihs. was 10 $780,, sAa' "a
ly after the generals departure from M
Orleans had been absent Tor swoc 81
three months aud returned 10 The city n@ #
long after genera! Wilkinson sailed IRON 81
it. Twas ,oformed BY the late mayor 'aa
reports had reached the ears Of the govern
or of sore often thousand dollars having
been received ay the; genera, cf ;heSpanla IS
goverume n. while ha was one Of the CON-
missionersfos taking possession ofLoulN
ana, tie wished me &c enseire into tH 3
ruth 0. chem which sgre=d ,c dcin coz
sioera'lou hati nght be permitted to coz
muolcate he suspicion TO tte general
he fact s'iedged against him could DOL Te4
bctterverif.ed. i his was asssp:rd 10.
made the enquiry and satisfied esyssA
he inspection vt the treasury book foria''
ina, the &C, 600 dollars had not eren pala'
then communicate he circumstance 10
friend Of the gen.tsi Mr. l~ao Jones, S 81,
a reques, that he would inform hin c
Thi. report wss revived at the las! ses'" IN
by letter from col. Fefd'0@
Claiborne OF N2tcasz, &c the dslegs"
he Mississippi teru,cTr. a msno''
the house informed ne shat the nonss &f'
ucstIou was ackeowlede dby geo D" 4