Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-09-19
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10.
From the Mere 1ork Eveaing' Post.
.srdE COMMANDER IN. CHIEF.
No. VIII.


No. VIII.
sProofs efthe corruption Of gen James
Wilkinson and he connection with Aars"
Burr sc.
After having successfully fulfilled the
mission on which he had been Sent, having
delivered his cargo of dollars and receiysd
Ishis srsturns in reasonable projects, Mr.
powers came back to Natche2 from whence
he rendered the account OF his rnission' ny
the letter (No. $50 dated 9th May, 1877,
and received an answer Of which. we have
the original mo. 81, 2sth May. same year,
5 which shews, the exactness OF all Mr.. row
er's details. The $40 dollars are not tor
gotten an this correspondence, and an ac-
count is rendered OF the merchandise IN
which the dollars weie concealed. In the
Baron's answer, new mission is spoken
$ of. for which Power is directed to prepare
The instructions for this embassy are. con-
tanned in letter from the Baron, OF which
Z the original is ready to be, produced (No'
SO, May 1917 ,srrn wllh more
III Sc IpsisaiityS'- 81 the preceding papers,
Wilkinson had Just attained the command
IN chief; the governor, who knew bis cha
ractet, was not SO ceuaia of his co-opera-
Hon as when ne was subordinate in com
mand he was the more doubtful, because
Wilkinson had shewn a disposition to disa-
voA his former connection BY marching
body OF troops to take possessian of ,hs
losis. !" NoPerson, (,hr governor says to
Power) shall be informed OF your business,
not even the intendant; Don Address (the
SECRETARY will BIZ the only person in the ST.
cret. he teen states he dis osi.ions Of the
army OF the United States, under the com.
snand Of Wilkinson, ART max ing to get PCS
session of the ports pursuant to the treaty;
and instructs his agent in the pretences
which nc IS to urge to re,ard its fu,flment
and stop the march of the troops. For this
purpose Mr.. Power is furnished with uf-
hcial iettss directed to ahe commander OF
the American Amy. CNo. 49, This ne
tells us is the ostensible riEport OF his mis-
siou. The second object which he warns
him "no one ought to discover, and which
for this reason he ought to retain in his me-
naory, is,to sound and examine the DISPOSE
tion of she people of the western country,
the militia Of which it is said had received
orders to march;" in which case he is di.
rected to give infol nation to the oomman-
elant of New Madrid. He then gives him
kind of cypher, in which he is to commu-
nicate the most material facts on TIL: point.
After some artful instructions as to the Ian
8uage he is 10 hold to the people OF Ken
rucky, the Baron comes at once to the
point and saws, " if hundred thousand
do lars distributed in Kentucky would be
suHicienrio raise an insurreetlen, am sure
the minister would sacrifice them with plea
sure, and YOU lpay promise them, without
much risk, to those who enjoy the conf
dence of the people: with like sum tor
the army in case Of necessity, and twenty
pieces of cannoa." On,the subject of Will
kinson he says, :" you will endeayor to dis
cover with Your natural penetration the dis
position of the general, | doubt very much
whether person of his. disposition can thro'
vanity preferable advantage OF commanding
the army of the Atlantic states. to that OF
being the founder, the deIverer-ln tine,
the Washington of the Western country -
his part is as brilliant as 1t is easy to per-
form. Ill eyes are fixed upon him--he
possesses the confidence Of his fellow-citi-
gems and of the volunteers OF Kentueky
on the slightest movement the people will
name him 'general of the new republic; his
rputation will form an army, and SPAN as
well as France will furnish him the means
OF paying il. Let him seize Fart Massac,
and we viii immediately send him arms
and artillery, and Spain, combining itself to
the possession OF the ports of Natchez and
The Walnut-hills, until the confederation
takes place, will yield to the states OF the
west all the eastern shore to the Ohio,
which viii make an extensive and powerful