Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-09-15
From the Mezv 1ork Evening Post.
THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF.
No. WI.

No. vi.
* ProotS efthe corruption Of gen. James
Wilkinson and q has connection with -Aaron
Burr" SIC.
1t appears by a letter from Wilkinson to
MIR. Clark dated 29sh May, 1899, No. 800
that the shipment which was by the generals
engage ment to have been made inDecember
1889, could not take place until the spring cf
the following year. And here, If our sole
purpose was TO refute the half-uttercd hest
Eating excuse that has been offered, here We
might stop, for confused as the defence is,
thus much at least has been distinctly stated,
that the sums received after the year 1891,
were all for tobacco shipped in 80; but the
accounts to May 1890, are closed, irreyoca-
blv closed. The generals signature to the
account atiests ~serv thing TO the month of
September. His letter shows that nothing
wa. sent down between that time and May.
With this refntation of his only defence, |
might stops but | will anticipate the answer
to any an ndment he might n,sAe by pre-
tending toe mistake of year, end after
showing that the sums he received did not
proceed from his commercisl operations in
the year SO, will shew as clearly that they
were rot produced by those in 1890, which
by his own confession was the last Of his
commercial existence.
By the agreement for dissolving the part
nershp, as we have seen, it appears that the
Speedwtlps cargo was to have been invested
in tobacco, on the account of the partnership.
By the letters No. 90 and so, it appears that
the proceeds were SO invested that pur-
chasss Of tobacco to large amount were al
so made on the generals own accountable
that TO equalize the risk, the whole wac
thrown into common account,the proceeds
tohe divided in proportion to their respect
i've interests. This is explicitly stated in
both letters-and in consequence of it, we
are furnished with proof which we otherwise
should not have had, if the Speedwelps car
so had been separately invested. As this
Business was nominally transacted by No
Ian, his accounts of that investment would
have given us only partial information, and
il might be said that the monies we nave
proved to have been received were the pro.
ceeds of the residue of the shipment but
the whole being carried to one general ac-
count, MIR. Clark was entitled to an account
sales of all the adventure, and he was liable
for his proportion Of any loss that might have
happened by the damage done to any part.
We accordingly find that the general in his
letter is,minutr as to that loss, and states in
the first letter that a Fat with 40 hhds. had
been sunk, which by the second appears to
have been recovered with the loss of about
70 or Is hhds. In the second letter, June 90
1890, No. 81 the general expresses his
that the tobacco is not vet gone
on, and SAYS, "Events have justified the pro-
pr;sty of my making no distinction in the
tobacco shipped at this time or alotting any
seperate portion for the account of theSpeed.
well, as three of the fleet are still aground in
Kentucky river, with Is hhds. on board.'
Nolan arrived with this shipment of to-
s baceo; it was sold to government it was
sold for the net sum of 1880 dollars. The
account, as well of the purchase as the sales
was rendered by Nolan, the former dated
Kentucky, 7sh May, 1890, and the latter
New Orleans, 21st September in the same
year. This adventure was then finally clos.
ed. All the tobacco must have been sold, or
/ Mr.. CLARK, having been charged with his
proportion ofthe " hole purchase, would have
been entitledto his share of the sales of any
remaining part of the tobacco. But as is e.
yidenced by the accounts No. SO 1.-THE whole
concern was closed Mr.. CIark's proportion
about $3.50 dollars, was paid him, and No
Ian applied the residue to the paymen, of the
generals debts, his creditors being at that
time many and clamorous. Indeed SO much
washe then pressed, that though an error OF
b473 was discovered in the former account,
Il - i L.