The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-01-21

and Collins. friends and agents OF General Wilkia
san, came TO Ncw-Orieaas. To the FIRST was en-.
trMss,d, Ssl was particularly informed by tie
officers ut the Spanish government. the sum OF
50 t!o,.s,;;id dollars tp he delivered to Generi
Wilkinson on account OF his own pension, and
tin OF others On his way, in returning to Ken
t'cEv Owens was murdered BY his boats crew
and the money it was understood was made ava,
WITH Nv them: This occurrence occasioncd a con-
5 dera bic mise IN Kentucky, and contributed with
MFR. Powers visits at Subsequent period, TO a.
wallcn the suspicion Of General WAYNE, who took
measure TO interccpt the correspondence of Gene
raj Wiiknison with the Spanish government,
which were not attended with success
Collins, the co-agent with Owens, first attempt
ed to tit out small! vessel in the port of New-Or-
leans, in order to proceed to some port in the A
iantlc states but she was destroyed bv the hur-
l1cahe OF the month of August of 1894 Het len
lifted out small vessel in the Bayou St Iohn and
shipped in her at least eleven thousand dollar,
which he took round to Charleston.
ms Shipment was made under such peculiar
circumstances, that it became known to many,
and the destination of it afterwards fully dis
coscd to me by the officers OF the Spanish 1yern
lncnt, by Collins and by Gen. Wilkinson himself.
who complained that Collins instead of ..ndine.
h'm the money on his arrival had employed it in
come Wild sPecuatons TO the West-Indies b,.
winch he lad lost considerable sum- and that i,
consequence of the mismanagcmcnt of his ae,,,t,
ne mad derived but little advantage from the mo-
ney PAID on his account BY the Spanish govern
inent
NJ Power was Spanish subject, resident in
Louisiana, and the object of his visits 10 the wrs
.NFn country became known to Inc I'M E9G whenI
ne embarked on board the brig Gayoso at New
Orleans Tor Philadelphia m company with iud,re
SEBASTIAN, IN which vessel Us she hat; been con
signed to myself, ! saw embarked under. a snnc;.
al permission four thousand dollars or tlIerc,bou,.
which, l was informed, were for Sebasti;tn's own
account 9' as one OF those concerned in the scheme
or ACKNOWLEDGMENT of the western country.
MIR Power, as he afterwards informed me- nm
MS tour through the western country, saw Gen.
WILKINSON at Greenville, and was the bearer of a
ictterto him from the Secretary. ofthe government
or Louisiana, dated the 9TH or Sth March, 1196.
,StVising that sum OF money had been sent to
Don Thomas Portell, commandant of New Ma
Ord, to be delivered TO his order This money
Mr.: Power delivered to Mr.. Nolan, by Wllkin-
son 5 directions. What concerned Mr. Nolan's
"gency in this business learned from himself.
when he afterwards visited New Orleans.
In 1897, Power was entrusted with another
mission tn Kentucky, and had directions to pro.
pose CERTAIN plans to effect the separation Of the
western country from the U. States. Those plans
were proposed and rejected, as often solemnl, as
surcd me, through the means off, Mr. George Nj.
cholas, 10 whom among others thcv were COM
municated, who spurned the idea of rcceivino
foreign money. Power then proceeded to De.
troit to see Ger. Wilkinson, and was sent back by
nm under guard to NewMadrid from whence he
returned to New Orleans. Powers secret in
structions were known to me afterwards. and 7
am enabled to state that the plan then coutem.
plated entirely failed.
At the periods spoken Of and for some time &c
forwards was resident in the Spanish TERRITORY.
subject TO the Spanish laws, and without an ~
Pectaton OF becoming citizen of the u States
My obiigsaons were then to conceal and not TO
communicate to the government of the u States.
the projects and Enterprises which have n1euf,
oned OF General Wilkinson and tho Spanish go-
In the month Of October of 1898, I visited Ce-
neral Wilkinson by his particular request at his
camp at Loftus's heights, where he had shorty
before arrived The General had heard of re-
marks made by me on the subject of his pension.
which had rendered him uneasy, and he We d.
srouS OF making some arrangements with me on
the subject. passed three DAYS and nights in
the Generals tent. The chief subjects of our
were the views and enterprises OF
the Spanish government III relation to the United
States, and speculations as to the result of politi
cal affairs. In the course of our Conversations ne
stated that there was std. balance OF ten thou
sand dollars due him by the Spanish government
for which he would gladly take in exchange Co.
vernon Gayoso's plantation near the N,tchcz who
might reimburse himself from the treasury =.
New Orleans. l asked the General whether This
sum was due on the old business of the pen,ion--
he replied that it was, and minated q wis, that
| should propose to Governor Gavoso a transfer
of his plantation for the money due him from tie
Spanish treasury. The whole atair had always
been odious TO me, and l declined any agency in
it. | acknowledged to him that had often 500
ken freely and publicly Of his Spanish pension. but
told him had communicated nothing TO his 90
OF the subject. advised him to drop
his Spanish connection He Justified L heretofore
from the peculiar situation OF Kentucky, the Dis
advantages that country l1boured under at the ne
rod when he formed his connexion with the Sna-
li:grds, the doubtful and distracted state of the
Union at that time, which he represented as bound
Iogether by nothing better than IL rope OF sand.
and he assured MT solemnly that he had terminal
ed his connexions with the Spanish government
md that they never should be renewed ] gave
he General to understand that as the affair stood
should not infuture say any thing about IL From
hat period until the present have heard one re |
lort only OF the former connection being rene we'd
md that it in 1904 shortly All or the Generals
departure from New-Orleans. had been absent |
or two three months, and returned TO the CITY |
rot long after General Wilkinson sailed from il |
was informed by the late mayor, that reports |
lad reached the cars OF the governor of sum OF |
en- thousand dollars having bcen received by the |
General of the Spanish government while he was |
Jne Of the commissioners for taking possession Of |
Louisiana He wished me 10 enquire into fbe |
ruth of them which ] agreed to do, on condition
hat might be permitted to communicate the su, !
,lcion 20 the General, if the fact alcdged against
lim could not be better verified. his was As