Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-05-14

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j FROM OUR CoRRESPON DENT,
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\. I unders,and i4hat Col. Duane, or his
SON, who has been dowa here. is DESTROYS
of serving the public in abe Office Of quar-
ter master general, whieh .was tchaye been
created by a bill originating in the senatfs
II did nor however pass the lower house.
for wantof time. A. sa.; 1eib from your
state was one Of the committee to which
the bill was recomnisted for anaenamsnt
1t is not inpossiblc that his claims 70 this
Office may interfere with those of your re-
doubtabls colonel. ~ II,
Some ofshs late nominations BY the pre-
sident, have been rejected by the senate
among them is'one' Mr.. Wilkinson, arela-
tive to the general, to some appointment
In the Orleans or Mississippi territory. 2 :
The committee on the conduct of general.
Wilkinson were violently opposed on the
last day of the session, by Roger Nelson,
Smile aud Findlsy, who occupied . hours
ON that day 10 eadeavoring tosprevent the
report from being read. In this they for
tunasely fasled.% Had they succeeded the
general probably wsnld have returned TO
New Orleans (where he has lately pnarried)
and. by sending in his resignation would
have dt6ed further investigation, and en-.
deavorsd To- have sheltered. himself under !
clamoreus outcfy against an .ungyatsfut
countyu: farce in (which he has been bu.
silly engaged ever since his arrival at Wash-
|ingsou. The report of the committees is
very short, and refers to the doc1ments,
received by them in evidence without Civ
ing an opinion or drawing any. intsrences :;
but 7 understood, from one of the commit.
tee. thar the, evidence referred 70, sae
sisfactcrily proves the psyment to the
general Of above '43, 600 dollars exclusive
OF and unconnected. with his tobacco and
comnereiaf, xrausaetioas, the original ;acs+
count. Of which are laid before thu house.
and were ordered with the report to be
printed.
Such 10 the fatality ever attendant on
crimes and the consequepceSof attempting
! 70 eonced them, thsen now. appears THAT
the report Of the military court OF enquiry,
whereof col. Jonathan Williams and col.
Cushing were members, will OF itself be
sufficient 70 estabiish Wilkinson's crifni.
nalisy; for thst report expressly stated,
that the general did, not receive any mo.
ney but from bis commercial transactions
with the Spaniards, and that they were
closed in the year 1891, excepting fur q
quantity Of damaged tobacco. of which It
is un,,scsssary to speak Of the veracity Of
the account presented by the general, and
accepted by the court ~ tsog OF his inno-
cencs. : But mark the snare, into which
this unhappy man has fallen! Aftesishe &C.
quittal by the court, conpossd OF HE
friends, he one day (no doubt BY mere ac-
eide nt) walked into the war Office, strolled
(by accident also> ipts the secre.ary's
Teom, and there being nobody pressnt but
q clerk 10y accident again bore away in
open day aud no 'doubt without permission
bundle of papers containing all tbs evil
dence he had produced 70 the court, with
his own defence, and their proceedings IN
the case The COMMITTEES OF congress,
finding these proceedings necessary IN the
investigation, ard presuming they were IN /
the proper place, applied TO the secretary
a. war for shsr,f |; when, behold Il appeared
they had BEEN carried ofduring the seers-
,aryship of Mr. Dearborn. This fact was
substantiated By the affidavit Of the clerk,
who Witnessed, ~ Mr.. Randolph styled il,
- this felonious ace of the commander in
chief'-Mr. Jones, The judge advocate,
L.. 1:L.,y;e. tse.;Geds a. ., The narffetylns
pabers delivered BY him,o thes secretary Of
war, which are now missing,
s The committee unable 20 procure these
necessary papers from the war ofsee, and
becoming more convinced at their impors
tanee BY the extraordinary conduct Of VIII
kipson, issued q subpoena Cor him 20 come
before them, and produce thess papers
they however, could obtain from him nei-
ther. The sppsisus seeounis pslmed On the.
court, Nor his own defence and the only
papsp which they retained Of the FIVE uas