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. . o , 7i r ' v k vf k tr- s Jr. fttu tub - .... ,,;;, cray commence the publication 01 a "' . ' .t,!iw-V an nrrnnnied the re- jnnmr LI .Tll.Vl. " . . - r?e committee appointed, by congress, at Let session, to invcbuS v v,. w-!f-,t-r.ftip'it'-iBtei-e9ifie I Y;!!unsoii ---- - - - - 're never, 'we believe, beiore exhibited the medium of the public iThey oughtta be read with insterest and bv every menu ui ww...,, r t . time, hke Arte prewm, u pi ? .... ,u mft r.nrrect and authentic mfor ' .ri tn the character and conduct ot hrtlKb""- . . .f nr. t,ll mir nn .i.. :-,nnfant rlrtr.nments. TheV ln Ull - . , none. I hey spean. a i.iSu.6-" :.,nr,t6Qd.v They are, most of them, j.,;t;nn':rtf,rasrectable and disinter- -iiizcns, many of whom" stand high m the 1,- f the eovernment and the nation. l.-i- ,;n iudcre for themselves. When " i J..:.!-;.,.n. Thoir . ormeu. wicy ';- j in ...f onn vu 1 11 he obeved. have-commenced with the third and fourth sf)f inquiry which relate w oencr-i A connection with Aaron Burr, and of his ;tas Brigadier General ot the armies ot mc States. The hrst oDjeci retail. . , of money by Gen. wviiunson iruin ,h povcrntnent or its agents ; and the second ,,n-iir.n wiLh the agents of Spain, in a tt to dismember, the United States. We also the documents . relative to tne mortality army of the U. States. all ot wmcn snau ,c due attention. . bursem-nt of public monies, drawn from the pub lie-agents, at Ncw-Qrieans, in the year 1807, fo the; frt'tght of vessels chartsrea oy mm to iraua port "prisoners and witnesses from New-Orleans to the seat of government, and sundry advances to 0, . i.l i. K j it, nil iminaiui. tffa. to lawyers. -viiu iu red by the conspiracy of Aaron Burr"; which dis red hv the conspiracy ot Aaron nun w nv s v- 7: "-.7. . . ,,:.- . -i-i hu-warrants immetiiaielv trom this department, drawn by the former secretary ol war, lor sundry ODjecis 01 iyc n.c which there was no specific appropriation to wludh I could charge these expenditures) I was there-. r, ..noKU tn rrpr it the ao-ents, or eiuer 111c a. count to any head of eifp-el.diulre, until the 29th Wolf, from Baltimore to Charleston, amounting o 1,099 doltirs in full for the passages ot general Wilkinson, Jiajor Saunders, major Robinson, cap tain Wi'iliaris and consul Anderson, andtvyenty- five rion-cobmissioned olhr.eis, musicians mu . r4i u.,itfiri with their baccaEe, inciua ing fifty barrels of Hour and twelve barrels of ap r- . . . .. ui.. Ui I hav heen mlormeo tney em u,-A n kWrrl nf the brio- llornett, for the tld vanna, on heir way to New-Orleans ; and, con tK navment for the passaRe pt gen- eral -Wilkison and consul Anderson, and the r..:.u1. r. ua nM,K ami nnnles. was an improper o:e tt,i- tT.nitedStte. I did nccord- of ei.clnore, uptu tne j-- tue ' 0biect8. beihK of November, 180?, when the present secretary tcount of neral Wil. war- to enable me to enter the account, curecieu, lu k"-f.w 'JL v that as the disbursements had oecn inane oy - . - . the amount of there being no other heftd -penuiture Moses Hook, as assistant milt- they could be propeny cnar, . -,v . ; " r-;;. tQ sundry persons, for a ingly entered the account, anu bSit-Sd St ng her up, to transport the general information on the subject. - J boaanu "5 ' " 0J g 199 65 In answer to your enquiry to state the amount and his family to N. Orlean., of moy received by general Wilkinson in the Paid to the general on account, for yeari80y4, frorjosiah which U gave his receipt on the Stat Koreans, for Uc service,'' I re- lof - . . aopnt at NeW-UieanS, lUr uuum- sv.nvi, .v.- . .... T--j- .p., ageni ai icw w i- n, . fIw.rrvTimtant of the war ply, that the only money ne appears u mvc iC- .w w ceived trom. i ay or, at any ume uu ijuum- auu.n, -r- - - . c,i vgjA1 lV 7? 1 ' ..:. ...j va tn nhn Dickev. Samuel IS a buui vii i.i.ww , .. 700 WILKINSON. c7-,t.. nnrt of the Committee, appointed to inquire 1 iiuiw 'r - - ..... , - 0 ihe conduct of Brigadier Gen. James Wilkinson. trththe to the third faint of inquiry, fowi ii. Wilkinson's connection with Aaron nurr. No. 78. WiLKivsait to General jIdair. ur.nn , did not answer your letter by layior, out 1 ... - C on .iter , 1 nmrnreri nim a Densiuu ui , " r .r. . . Lr month. I was to have introduced my Rrf tr vnii. hut in this I failed by acci He understands; your merits and reckons ..n " . t J 1 ...ill tall rt mi. Hrenare to visit, me ana 1 mM. - - - I . VVe must have a peep at the unknown world U me. lshall want a pair ot strong car- horses, at about 120 dollars each, young tantial. but not flashy" l am in """J ' - Z , . . 1 and in spite of the neglect ot tnenos aim mofuf omissions of attorneys, have this riven Sir a damper.Ptrdition over- 0 . m 1 J the Jew scoundrel ; he had neany aesiroyeu U a decree of which! have had no intima. ilthoutrh it is almost seven years 01a. ..c- ;h for the present. - i hine ever. . J A. WILKINSON. idsof Ohio, May 28th, '05, 7 1 1 O'clock, A. M. ) sail in an hour Write me private. Adair. " .'J.'" ' tk. OAth Anril. 1 8u4 In answer to your inquiry relative to extra ra tions, claimed by general Wilkinson, and how allowed, I, reply, that in January, iou, an ac count was presented to me, admitted by Henry n.orKm scrrctarv o wan ior extra rauons, claimed by General Wilkinson as commanding I officer at Natchitoches an urieans, Kom, f - "ne ctnls ; all of which 13th September, 1800, to the 24th May 18U7, ai ?l yT'1 he nersonal account of general thirty si rations per d,y, includ tag a charge r lZt w?re -for Huai iv - - " - Thomps&n, John l-'rush, John Philips aid James Cook, for wag goning from Washington City, Jtialtimo(e and Philadelphia, to Pittsburi, on the order ol general Wilkinson, under date of the 1 4th q 1 in e nmnimlinir to . So1 "O The while amounting to eleven hu. dred and Ji. ... . oil r.t which their arrival at New Orleans, .were supported out of the public furagei of" which there was i great deal laid in for the use of the horses be longing to4he light aaiUery. i nat upon r.eacii: ing Neyforleaiis, the horses were delivered up as the private 'property of the general. That the five sold to the UnUed States, were charged at Sandhagen was formerly an old hack driver in . thj city, and. was at lheiime of selling the horses, -a servant 10 general Wilkinson,' and not likely u be owner of hoi ses.. - t nlse found, that the-eleven horses, before any part had had been sold to the United Sttnc.5, had been kept and shod at the .public .expense, All of which I communicated -to Mr., Justis. jlie; secretary of war, who immediately wrote on to Kew-Orleans, and ordered, all Ohe horses sold, that could be done without. There was accord ingly upwards of twenty sold, and only four re tained for the ue of the army. - l -v In answer to your inquiry, relative to the rr.av ner ofliis drawing public monies from the pay- t k..i tt A if nn 1. r -.1. .I masters anu age ma , u u iui uujecis unauthorised and improper, observe, that he lias generally drawn what he Was legally emithd to by anticipation ; and. that he has been frequent' ly in the habit and does draw money item tiiw pay-masters 8c public agtnts, which are unautho rised by law. 1 nave consequently peen compell ed to charge all such disbursements to his pers onal account ; thereby considerably increasing the ." . . ''i.:-.i.'t,t n k,.i.-r .t.: Daiance sianuin) iu ma utun uuiwa ui uhs office, which I,. have repeatedly urged him to account for' as may be seen by my''-letters of the lOth of February, 23d Maich snd 16th of Novem ber, 1808 copies of which have already heen bei fore the House of Representatives. Wm. SIMMONS. Department cf tsar, Accountant's office, April 13, 1810. rters, stabling, &c. amounted toaon . u... ; - - . PftPW.i 16 cents, which claim 1 rejected ana ntusea to .. . u-. m. - J,. Droper tr&ns. aUowBrst, because J considered that any auow- Jurm--" 7; 805 ance to general Wilkinson, other than what was portoi oae - - - thal fixed by the act 01 me ia.c,., rrj.-y, ',, ' ouarttr master general 'Ac and that colonel Cuahine and colo-1 Moses noon s account. y .....- , - . -nw , exfiedkiTn to the Satnne anpoinu u uy 5cc, ' time, and (hat nolo omcers coUW m enu-- --"-. . , ammlnl of LW ?.,8v ,1'Z hoer p-1 und l,mf drawn t,. ' bta -rc.ary ot ot the treasury, --: , -I , . ..,' d bv la, neuher. is fullv. in a letter to tne comptroller, unuci uaic -- -r- . . u,j-nfM. the 0.h J na,y, 1809, who, on the U.h Janu- there any rtrueate. j;.V ary, leoo, relur'ned me Ihe.aceo., and .he o-:P?nCT2 ;nt r,f thP attnrnpv mheral. with directions to,ble. I hav repeatedly caucu upu y na Jme amlo he credit'of eeneial Wilkin- to produce ouchers or the expenuuu ? . - - - iff T son, on the books ot my office ; wnicn ina gordingly done. On the 8th of June, 180&, gen eral Wilkinson presented another account to heut. . . AT 1 S. Knight, district pay master ai iNew-unMi,s, and obtained payment from him, for thirty-six Lu-.rU i, ha never done. In a con DDVC 1UU1) inm,n iv ..t;rC .ith v,im not lone- since, nc uusci tu, th. a rnfirlerahle sum of the money had been, drawn outif his hands by General Wilkirison, on' account olsecretTervlces, and for which he only . rauon, per day from ISth of March,, ? o . - . . i. . lonn n MMin.iniY Tn i.aa filing tiL j . o w . .w. - . 1 ' - " , cent; This payment was made by lieutenant fCniaht. on the authority of a letter from Henry .Dearborn, secretary war, under date of the 4th January, 1809, and exhibited to rne' for a credit ' to the paymaster and a charge against lhe2 united v c. .k;'-k f kuvo rnfiispfl tn admit, beiner Iiv. oiaico, iTuii.il uoiv .v. -.. i mi Wilkinson introduction of Col, Burr to paid contrary to law, and that general Wilkinson's . .-.) . i ' I i li 1.. .nrlo rViorrrorl nuith rnn5rtfrflhle .jjaniei v-iutk. . account. u caujr 3ni,ua mh"6vm ...... t .- rt .J " . nrr.,v,K7 nrnncir. tinnrmiinted for. This ac USAR. olK, '' 9UUnvt(iuuiiiiiiiivj,-" ; -- Thti will be delivered to you by ol. tsurr, ; count 1 have reported to me ueatury wun my " -------- - ---- ----- - --:r!'r.-': ri"r:-'Tf.T . 4 U A 1a Am rt r a1 ! d ' JinrU r rise worth you knowwell how to estimate. objections, in sr-iencr iu uic ,uin.v., ..v. persecutions of a great and honorable man can j date of the 16th March, 1810, requiring a final to the treisury for a suit, it may aiso oe p. .J tit if o-pnpral Wilkinson has received ' . ... -- 1 . . . ....,.r.aa I hat . mnnev frtni Mr. HOOK, 10r SCCICl ; (ToM continued.) Lf.xikgton, July 31. THE FLORIDAS. ' An event is about" to take place in those provinces : which deeply interests t)ie citizens of Kentucky1 in particular, and the Western country gene raily. The following letter, together with oi ther information, will be read with soKwitufo ' It is represented that in WesSt Florida there are not one hundred families who were not born ci . tizens of the United ''States : why are not the majority then, as well 'calculated for. -a rejmb i rr.n form nf government, as for that of an hb- ' solute' monarchy? If the Mr. Skipvuh who rs . supposed to Iwve framed the proffered comti'u'. ; tion is an American, and ah American ii fuin ciile why draft for thpir acceptance a tyiv.nny ten fold worse than the government of Hpin ? Britain will ho doubt have her agents, and will not leave any mode un attempted to induce those provinces to place themselves under her . protection : the event is ot tne (rreaiest impor tance to our fellow citizens, as it respects the navigation" of the Mobile and Mississippi. should Britain be fcble to obtain a footing, it requires not the gift of prophecy to foretvU the consequences. na;rii, trn nf hnr rtilf rs ife trust will lie direct 1 ... ..!.. nH.r tmtir Mi rnarCU U I lilt """i , -.i ..,K.. I , irur ir rntingi'r.c Ihi nis acctntJi titavij o---. title to cenerous attentions, he has claims to jwir cVvilities and all your services. You can- oblige me more than by such eonauci ; ana 1 ige my life to you, it-will not oe misappiieo. him I refer you for many things improper to & which he will not say to any oiner. i snan St. Louis in iwo wet'ks. and if you were there, wuld open a mine, a commercial one at least. ime har trom you, Varewtu. vo wen, anu ie me always your friend. j JA. WILKIN OUXN. niel Clark, Esq ' J - fylis relative to the fourth point cf inquiry. ..-.! (SO - ' Deposition of WiJam Simmons, Esq. - il.KMKN, .w . it the time I attenrled vouf honorable cbra" Flee, in conformity to your summons of the 9th ;5tit, when I was requested to detail any, and T miormauon that l possessed, in relation 10 tanrlilrt rf hr!orlifr rrpnpal,. T'ltnc Wilkin 1 MtiOHl IU lilt JUUIV9 bAI 114 WV fetion from the house of representatives, I will ' proceed to mve sttrlh testirrThnv as has come h-tny own .knowledge, and such corroborating """nun ici-civcu Jiuin uiiicis, in I" 4PCitv on the lnveslio-a'tirin of the sttbiects. which. rela- about nnt, rnnr prn Ihnt V mirrhr havp in the Burr business, the only information Hnas come to my knowledge, U.in.the. dis- I'try Pt 1 in answer to tie first part of the inquiry, 1 ;J,t'otfie Spanish agency, I know nothing a '' In relation to any concern that he might decision at the treasury, which haslTot yet been done. After the allowance had been made to ouprn1 Wilkinson, for extra rations for the peri- O - . ... r , .1 1 I 1 ' odi and at the time toi wpicn mey nau uccu tc ceived by colonel Gushing and colonel Freeman, I called, upon these gentlemen to refund, for the period allowed to the general. cy uuiiui refused ; contending that they were me omy per sons entitled to extra rations as commanding ofH cers at these posts. I have hdweverLdirecteu me rih.mtprtn nnt them under sumfep-es, till the a- u(iy iiiujvv. 1 i 1 ' Innnt is refunded. Col. Cushing m his letter to me j..-'jat nftkP 18th June. 1809, after stating U11U1.1 uni. w. .- - - "11. that he was the commanding orhcer entitled to the extra rations, a circumstance, ne says, wen known to the general ano every onitci-.auu at the post, he then observes, But I am assur ed hf the g'eaeral, rthatihe subsistence allovyed to him by the President, was intended as a partial reimbursement, for some; six or seven thousand dollars which he hadexpemled in the affair of Burr and if this assurance be correct, it is im nnccihio that -mv ri?ht to double rations at Natchi- w. a'hrVfn trinle rations at New.Orleans, can, lUbllwa, 1 , .... 11 in any shape whatever, be affected by his allow- of my offce, with a further sum ot v,suu uouat received n the lOtn January, ov.-., ham D. Abrahams, the munary 8uu - . r i:iFi iMini, and that on tne Utieansjior mc hm. j.-.- , r j 10th Janiary, 1809, heobtamed a cerwulc the Presdcnt of the United States, a warrant up j navment'for the sum ; on uic t.caaujj, - , ' . f ., 1 con: of 1196 dollsexpressed as oeu.g .0. ' In thc .. . . . t.: nk p-te in rphiflOIi tO the. ed with energy to what directly concerns the interest of the tarmers ol tne western country : and should the majority "of the citizens of those provinces wish a union with us in preference to Britain, or any other foreign power, we hum-; bly conceive that Congress and the adininistra tion ought, and we trust they will risk every consideration m their support. . ' ' mean time an immediate amy, cans irnpc- disburse by him for objects in relation to ne - rtousl)rt)n ,he Executive. ' a. AMnAfi . inTfrrm ixe jclwccii - fAn nations. Why this a- Extract from a letter to a pieman LexmSton unueu oiaita ---o - ,. y.,- friend mttie missiasinm 1 erritorv, uur- AirerieA to be passed 10 inecteuit.. v""" 7. . H1DUWV' 'i..,-.. , . .. ... ance of: secret service money, charged to him on my books, I am at a loss to say. ' ; . " t ,a wnnr inntiirv relative w iui- 111 misiibi j -- chase of horses, from Frederick- Sandhagen, 1 observed on the examination of the accounts -ol Abraham D. Abrahams military agent at iNew Orleani, that in May 1809, general Wilkinson directed to be purchased, and approved for pay ment, tb Frederick Sandhagen, the sum of 800 dolls, fdr five horses purchased from him, one r vhrw ;! stated to be for the lieht artilery. This createoVLSomesurpise that more-horses t 1,1 nnrrhispfl at New-Orlean9, irt addition talllifiLartileryJiorses that were sent down the river with the light artillery, wnen uy. w. dolls, per ton, and bats at I doll.-per bushel. The chargTfbTtfie horses was merefore suspend ed till captain Peter arrived, who was inquired ." ' LM'Js&'tu-mi krirena nnrr.Kasprl; He then OI respecting t -r stated that the five; . horses purcased from Sand hagen, were part of eleven purchased by major !Vif Aiiicnn r Kentuckior eenef&l Wilkinson ; IHUllll'V. " y. . . . that the general had ordered him (captain Peter) . ' . 9' -.".. 4 AnconA K Ohio. tO,Rtftn ed PiNT Coupee, 24th June, leio. ''X yesterday returned from St. Francii'le, a little town in the Spahish Territory, where I ft?u:id thp whole countrv in a state of rebellion. A plan has been drawn up by some person at BiUcti Rouge, lorthe government 01 'tne province. Their names are pot known, but it is supposed Mf. SkiDWith is at the head. The most impor tant parts of the proposed form of this new: enn sututionrare the folUowing That the people are ; Secretary and Council Cf llU Clti-i. a ww. . . . j- Three, to take possession of theountry m bclun , of Ferdinand the vin. 11 nesnoum aiii ueicsiut- ..j . v. tKmnp nt old hnam otliet wise, inev are t l j wav to hold their othces tor lile. - i he . governor nav- . . j . ... In answer to your mquiry re JWJ"g heas about to descend the Ohio, to .stop against himV for the, freight .pf flour and applet when ne 1 w as horsel l?om Baltimore to Charleston, thence J,; a public m the njtetg maior Morrison. ' . - . 4. 1. -1. . t- J nrvltltMir I HA examination ot tne account cxmuucu ng U.'S. by the assktanUnilitary agent at Charles ton, it appearfthat in February, 1809, a payment the order ol een." James Wilkin son for;the freight and chargesrof thp schooner nurchasedfbr the gelre Heaccordinglf ttteived eleven horses Shd that! . .. 9 j-.'V I Vloua with by sodoing he was oetaincu cci. ...y. three or four hundred men, at a considerable h. tTnitPrT States. That finally, they were laken" oa board the public boax, and until ing authority to appoint all inferior officers,' judg- es, alcaoes,, sytiuiwiv, iv.. mi wi, uuiinni-.-- tion of justice, with lull power to remo ve mem t pleasure, provided a majority of his 1 council cod cur. ' It is in reality from the apparent intehtioi and meaning of its framers, -nothing rnore cr ies than-an elective monarchy giving as ampte e .u .,n.r,ntrnlahle Powers to their Governor, as a the most arbitrary Prince in Europe potiscsseo Immediately upon the promulgation 01 uu : ..ttB r,f "the nennle took Dlace, where acieat thecrowd was such ttrat l-coum not gtt npi c nough to hear distinctly ell ihfitlebates, but thf ir final determinations were, That people Ta bored undef many and weighty gueyances. from
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