VouiliimlQreVerBttler'iB
fh inmiinv-M of th trknactioh'and.tncBv
rmirmiiVuiS
mercer-and Witfation ? ;1: tiLiS' 6 i
at that time rem--'
fc .:.; ' ffWJ--.V W' r , ? : c , : t vpK Shan ch irnvrrn'mftht
i'rK.H? fld -rt'rfN slitestprciext of
3 r. right in the U.Sc jo the vrgation of Jthe.
... 4 v;v - i wtre more lhaui Mithcicnt i usiaMpuu'r.ur, .. r.--.Tv
v fc0uio rtheir tKir -wDre ensfons. or thdr'means of en-;
; r tbelrwftyM 7" fon.,thJmi,eaiahat Ulwai prosed ftv
their counsels to abandon' tne exercise oi. uic
I right for ziy tarsj in order to have it acjcnow
r ledsed "after that period.; This waVa favorite
mmtsteVwas irittfgtrinjr. In the tS. their'c.a
bWtVas at work inEurope,' and nile every
.i.i- ..IX. 19 0-r v.- -nrirts was set t WArtc lo DiOCK up iuc iravi-
t ; ,&1(4fcn( betfalvtoMt and
l- nle5.nea then expetted from.i
f tK Tefcbiet6Vffbnl it. 'Gem WiV
- ' SSi year, befoi c, brn h as we leart,
' 4 .;
1
I vi)rJe4tonded by .oiacntercnanis n iuai
V -S'i inance in Kenty,Sa4
. : ?4 Wans C? language it
Tirfioaii)ii oi-dei tp procure for lunv
,U A Jjf elclusive trade between Kentucky and
iOileans. Pn .lhU monopoly the .ticl
' , r2loes not scrapie .to found the aseftton,
.Kai1.hUnvlm ri4k and exnence he had po
:: cuvot mWo: ciaeni uv the wert tjjs
V-i 'invkjaable -.privilege. of .trade wtU N.
f ' iiOrlns I Pve these fact by apublica
V V Uon oilied a P lmu'Ta le, andjigned; AKurf
XjruciiAM, which. is found m note No. X. This
J ; ampldVt. is acknowledged to be the general
. f letteri which he enclosed it to !roe (Note
Ju 2.) UdiJt vranted no acknowledgment,
- the"-gVftef ilV-atyit'ia . inimitable. and sets, for
- ge y t d4tiance. yMy account of his first ex
' Sedition; Twhich is annexed to hi justification,
- 1 is ieterrl& to bv him as a true statement, and
:.. ' r tkat account expressly states the privilege he
obtained to be art exclusive one. ' V
r f Tuw tVktuactioif was ' in 17ffT. For some
' time previous tm this period, General Wilkin.
abh had been trading in partnership with Isaac
B. Dunn, in Kentucky. He continued un
' connected as is believed with any other per
" " son until ' the 8lh t)f August 1788, when a
" partiiei-shtp w"as 'formed between Wilkinson
.and Dunn oCthc one part, apd Daniel Clark
i the fclder of the other part 7 These articles
, will be found at length, (No. 3,) and they ea
' tablish a community of interest between the
" parties in a trade to be canied on between
- ' Kentucky and New-Orleans. Mr. Clark was
" my near relation & residing at New-Orleans,
" ' and of course had the disposal of all tint pro
7 duce that wa tent down by his' partners in
Keiimtky.1 1 Was then vhi clerk,' and had an
' intioiH.e knowledge of the affairs, of the con-
ceti .the books are now in my possession,
W ami important extracts j! from them will he
herealter referred to. . ,
i VI This partnership was dissolved by mutual
consenCon the 18th of September, J 800, as
' apnears by Gen. Wilkinson's declaration of
thit date (NTote 4.) The connexion brtween
Wilkinson and Dunn was also dissolved about
the same time by the death of the latter.
Wilkiuson theu connected himself with Mr.
: Peyton Short, , and thfeir enterprises having
" proved unfortunate, "W Ikinson in 1791 re
turned his military career. Unable to brook
' "k- simerior, or more probably afraid that the
- : tfature of his Spanish connexion would he lt-
vereaoy "is viguance- tnc vthuic nuu ui
5 generai-AVayne's command was niaiked by
conduct on the part of Wilkinson which was
1:4: in the language of gen. Knox considered as
H 1, ta'rnishiag i the military .reputation of our,
countryi'- (Vide extrvcts annexed .to the
f Plain Tale.) In 1797 he attained the object
of htsinttiyues and was placed at the head of
the army. , Here he has continued ever since
: and n 1803 had tha office of commissioner for
'teciivujj; the transfer of. the province added
- to his former ttust. - In this character he; vis
ited ;Ne'w70rlean and resided some months
among bis bid acquaintances and friends. His
iaubsequeat appointment to the gbvernratntof
' lllipper: J-ouiiiana, hiy Sabine campaign, bis
: V:TritDribtis services at New -Orleans, and his
4 later movements, are too notorious to need
jepetition. It was necessary however, to give
this short sketch of his commercjHl and mili.
tary life during the last twenty-years, in order
' to take a di3tinct view of the testimony as.
. applicable te the different - period of his hii-
tory.v , , .- ' . .-" , -a';
.- ..The precise period at-whieh general Wfl
kinsptf was ensiled among the pensioners of
'i Spaht I cannot designate by any Kisitive jes.
. tiniony a strong presumptioh, however, may
. be drawn from the .confession contained in the
''' pa8ipTilet'l)foj)iuViedf - He telb ai that the
; monopoly of the trade was acquired by mean
which U would uol omaonoraoic 10 aciau
The general -seerns to think, however, that
dishonor would be attached to theUisclosure,
but nofie tCLtjfcfc act ; The world " will be of. a
different bpiulou, and stamp corruption with
the mark of infamy by whatever means it may
be discovered. Ircannot'be imagined that he
meant by this phrase to say he" had sold hi frs
self to obtain the monopoly ; be only .wishes
the World to understand that the privilege was
gained by bribing the governor of Louisiana,
m d that his delicacy was too .greet to betray
;liim. The ganerat stands much in, need of
this kind dI indulgence, and wishes to set an
example of discretion to the r Spanish officers
This Plun Tile,"' befftni dius: T1j following
Piiia jaie is republinhed in iKii furm without even ttio
knuwk. Jjt pf Oen. Witlcirii by a una whoil w oiher
yie uis Inecjd thad tH dictttei of truth and honour re-
JSehuld it t9W Cjh out hi wroiejwraieu.
of tiew-Orle'ans would lwvexounteracted these
'important Projects, or ' that4 he would have
aarea to nazura mi ddk bu i hw iwi jr.
pecuniary consideration ari individual had to
Offer ? The-idea i absurd; but if the gover
nor was f open; to ' corruption, what was the
bribe which Wilkinson had to offer? By fii
awn stoqt he came pwr to Kentucky in the?
latter pact of the year 178V in the beginning
I of t787. e went to" New-Oi leans. Three
years oi the most tavoraoiexomraerce on a ve
ry 94h!1 capitat, in a country professedly poor,;
and having hb ,outlet for its produce, t ould
not have piK Mr.; Wilkinson in a situation to Jt agrlcuUure and commerce ;
offer an equivalent in money to a Spanish , u wrlv rthe decline of the
covernor lor ine nsvt oi an wiac. msauumw
But his commerce was not ta-
Chrfitian cnaracter rainer ;un v vt
Ies5es arid pnmiises iiiuch
thfnwhiehlWcomm tey, whose
lives aier busied toy emjployments whkhjpro;,
L ..,4irr.f iUW'nnritrvr f'etterde-
tervrthe' name brpatriofs thah others, who
talk ldeV ahdpromistf more buV do titiX-'
The7 batrtbtisnVof thVfmer- is practigar,
whifstShat'of the latter is spefeulative ; ;SLhc
one corisists of yortlV the otherf, iliUsv. ;'
. SUiUmum arid pi-Odtbt rmmre
4il adding iomethkgi to the public, stok.
By every acre of, ground they breiik up or
makg' better, the country is made richef and
strungth rom thekiW othecIasVeof peo
pie ?e rive their mam sustenance andiuppojt ;
uat-jmuch'that the wholV human race would
ssjn dwindle tiownto scaHeViiig hosdes of Ra
vages but for, the labours of the field.' (
Honest and enterpt ising Merchants promote
the ihtereit of the country in a great degrcy.
Thef taKe off the surplus of the produce of
agriculture, send it io market, and give the
firmer in exchange, tiihet cash, or the fo
reign conveniences of life. - Experience is a
severe oreceptm'j - but its. lessona make tha
mostlcleeB and lastroe impressions andur
. . . . T. .v . . . ,. . " . . . " . .
'J' -is;'
r iff
M
tf
and his 'fame.
vorable, his u hopes' were,!,by1iis own eon
fession, 4 jeopardized onj he deUrminid telfok
avrvao ror wnqf ner rma noi jmuth numt.
which I stmnose in'Enelish means 'that he
was a bankrupt,, and that being afraid of his
creditors In Kentucky, he we,nC"down: the
Mississippi to seek his fortune and avoid Iheu?
suits. ' ."'J' . .
' It n clear, then, from these circumstance
that Wilkinson could not offer, nor Wduld the
Spanish officers have received money ; what
then were the resprctive considerations-,ol thii
barmaid, this grant , of the whole trade of the
Ohio to New-Orleans ? Plainly, that the trade
qf the counlry should be liberated 'at the ex
pence of the allegitnce of tha inhabitants .
and as Wilkinson was represented as a man
of great influence, the monopoly was" put into
his hands : anTprobably ;tbc pension was then
given and paid in advance as a oapUal tdj'
eommVoce trade. No other explanation -c in
reconcile the'eaution of the" Spanish character,
especially in affairs of stale, with the dei-
sive step taken by Miro and persevered in by
his tncacssors, of yielding the object of na
tional contention without, orders and, without
a struggle. At this period too the' cypher
was formed. We have it from the general
himself t aid by a fatally of expression he
Calls this hi Jlrtst tngagement.' It must
fci confessed, that whether intended to ex-
press'a connection ia contraband or frf ason,
this Wis the kind of engagement with whtch
the. general was most familiar The man
ner in which'this cypher is siwkan of, shp vs
that it was for some " purpose of corruption.
it was formed, says W ilkmson, about tne
late experience," under the operation of the
embargo, has effecWaJlytaught us " the mti-,
"male and nVcestatv connexion between
that the pros
one necessarily
" involves that 6f the other," Cease from the
labors of aericelture,' and
time of " his first engagement,,, that isf in
1787, With a Spanish governor, and is trans
mUtedfoutjearsafter canaof the office, toihis successor ' It is used
by him and again delivered with the architRi.
For what purpose was this ypher formed
" More or the security of the communications
of my friend than niy own," says gen. WiU'
kinsonr But why did those communications
require secrecy? If the only connection was
that which arose out of the permission td
trade, it would have required no subsequent
communication whatever. J The ' permission
once giyen, .jhe monopoly once settled, thi
briba as is insinuated onc paid, the thihij
was at an end ; no farther correspondence
was necessary, at least,t none in cypher. It
would have bt eh r5a superfluous trbuble for .the-
ilaron de Carondelet to pore over a. pocket
dictionary for three hours in order,, lo deci
pher the important intelligence, that n uch
a day a scow filled with hogs or boat bad of
tobacco might be expected in town. If the
object were' mere friendly coesppndence,
there might be some reaaon for tha precau
tion, and k might not he improper to hid the
delicate effusions of these cotfgeni&l souls' from
the indiscreet eye of ihe public. But why then
was the little, dictioriai y handed over to th e
successor,- whert the "jzenrtdl't friend left the
country t ' . This , friendship howeyer,i was
probably an appendage to tW' office, and tha
little dictionary a t8Usman thatkept the gen-'
erals affection always fixed dbon its possessor.
The connection thus forni, and the mears
of continuing it thus secured Mr. Wilkinson
returned 'through the Atlantic Stales to, the
Ohio. He- probably laboured zealously in his
new mission, for in spite of the monopoly his
own affairs went to wreck; and those oi his
newly adopted country flourished. The seeds
bt -disaffection wcsown by a skilful handv
and men who then stood high in the estimati
on of their country, are now discovered to have
been the hirelings of Spain. ' : . - 1
Plain Tale. - ' " ; ;
, (rTo be Continued)
SALISBURY RACESs
, WILL commence on WedrtcV.av -Ihe th of October.
Firt day, miie heat for Colt r rai e ! and i tied by persons
Ta Sa'isbary and Morgan district tgrvnd day.-three mil?
beats, free Vur, any horse, mare or gelding Third . Hay,
wa mile heats, free lor any horse, m e or-geldinj.
Fourth day, for the entracce money of the two farmer
4yi, carrying weight tor .ge ageabl to t tales of
ikiiiarf. F, MARSHALL, Se
wJLVl?wsw w go; wi.a..:,!-;'5
.1. L . . ,. '.--Tvuniii..,
ull iTVu,l t m "Wcaf!
wet; a j :peiy tor ihevloshP;. k
citizen!. - ... ,- f - ; ,
ever.inJifet-who is a peace mA... .
r i - ..v., 4ri. f
r ororuev, anu an encQuragcr 4f if
rals iaticaliainoi, and rfallyZI1
towajvlseDtsj and lgl,eit Uim "s
patwrn A.., . . . . -.; v - ,
Unon the whole. w fVi
i ?. .... '.y -'VW'
mai mere is yet. a Yasi multuutiu in q)
fB. dividual iA
helping forward thq. tntCre-ts of ty ?
commerce dies ;
destroy commercti anaall; that the farmer
raises peyond tne warns oi nis own tonsuiiip-.
tion lisi upon his hands, and ptrishes.
The inventors of useful artl " deserve well
of their 'country "Vhoever dibcoveis and
makes known any supeiior method" for pre -"strving.
Hyes, for suUng labour' for multiply
ing the convenieijces o"t life; or for expediting
and facilitating business ipoh land or'watej-i
is truly a benefactor 'to his fellbw ciii?ens;arid
.to ,natkind in general. And no age since the
world began Has been more injentiv'ej haps,
than the present one ; nor is any nation, more
remaikablt- for inventions: and iniprpvf merits
in the useful arts than the people of the V.
otates. - - .
The man mho improve our heda or :eur
flocks, by the Importation of domestic animals
superior to those thatjjad been in the country
before, is a benelaclor to the whole naiion.
It had-been remarked by an eld writer on a
'griculture'j that -the .introduction f the red
clover, from FUnderslnto England, fully com.
pensated by its profits for the pecuniary ex
penses of a preceding war in; England, that
had been long, and extremely impoverishing.
And the Merino Hheefi -may cvcntuallyr per-!
haps, be' as profitable to the people of the U
States as. the article of clover w, to the En
glish. Indeed tha profits and advantages that
may accrue to the nation from this brt4 of
animals, within thexspace of half a century,
are beyond all human calculation.
Intelligent and ftithful Thyticuw, whilst
thev alleviate incUvidual distress, do greatly
promote the public weal. Every life they
save,r every diseased atizen mat they restore
to health and soundness, adds to' Lhe number?
and strength of the nation. " . '
Indtisrtnus Manufatturervn&Afethamee
when employed upon things vtelly liseluldo;
laudably serve the public They are constant-
fy adding to the wealth, strength, or conve
nience, of the great whole. .; . "
.Jlonest Labourers of all descriptions whose
labours are of the .'ifcefal kind, are benefiting
the general interest. Theyrlaily contribute
theh mite to . the public good, arid society
coukl much more illy; spare them ; than some
of those wnotKe a uigner ranK..
All these classes of peopje we miy proper."
!y call practical fiairiota. And if to these be
added the whole number of. those staUsmtn
and civil officers in the country, Jvho are capa
ble and faithful, who honestly endeavour,,; in
their respective departments, to makewhele
some laws, and to hold the scales of justice
evenputting all together, they would make, 1
it should seema pretty large mass of prac
tical patriotism. t . 4 . '; ,;
But thereare yet several "fther classes of
people that should by no means be overlooked
I in this our general survey.
Virtue, connected with a competent degree
) of knowledge, is the. yery life and soul of a
tree repupuc. wnust mat is preserved rec-.
dom is in a manner safe : - when Mat lefives- a
nation, freedom goes with it or quickly ioI-
lows. Therefore all those whose business If
is to tefach and promote virtue and .knowledge,"
and who ably and faithfully apply themselves:
to this business!, arfe benefactors to the pnbli
in; a very eminent degreed -
Faithful and prudent MinUtert cf jhi Gqifiel
are incalculably beneficial to nationai interest.
The seeds of virtuend piety yhich they sow.
with success, are productive pf order, integri
ty, social harrnoiiv, tempeance, industry, liu-.
galiiy, and all those dispositions and practices
which ,tendto render a people free and happy.
Every one that is reclaimed by them from err
rorand vice, . is the same thing" as givb the
naiion a soundjoc an unsound member, i :
instructors qf Children arid youth ifskiU
ful in their busyness end faithful to their trust,
deserve to 'classed amongst the choicest of
human benefactors. ,nThey sow the good seti
in the minds of these who are in the spring of
life," when it willbe Jikely to take the deepest
root. In their hands is the hope of the nati
on. T3;e- children under their care will saon
be grown up men and wemen, will soon teac-
Solomon's temple, 'iroongstotott"!
neUhr hammer, nor axe, nor4i)Vioo!w';
heard in the houEewlalwas'buiiJ
ER OM TSE PKTJE, B Sa V it G UTUlIJ
The prodigious length oftheAuMrW
letin of the memorable battle foufJ
pemj on tne ?isi ana;-4(i way, pr
appeararKe in tbU-day's IntclEgchcerj
we regret exceedingly ' as it'is UL
.most interesting account we liae yxA
Dears mc birongesi niarnsoi irutbaiidar
lbmnjieiices with a sketch of some
iriiBavaria, .the bomhardroeiit'oT JiQ
tlx Frenchtheir sucaess in redurir.gr,
their march to and entty in VUniiw
tives thai"mauced the Aiehdul joitJj
army into'IiQhemii by the vay: of
andiNeumark to JUadwis father thin'i
an immediate checl'bpon the advanoi
enemy who were fap',dly marchingfroij
tisbon to the Capital of Austria iKi
of tlicfei Archduke to save that ' cityft
Causes of his disappointment His col
his forces upon the Hill of Risamhtrg tr,
possession of tlie gt eat Island pf Lobjatj
Frtrich, at which tnie the bloody conSk;
soon to take place. Ij; then states thejsl
attack by the Austrians whiIr wai.tnJ
"five 'columns of iipwards of t OOOeSdl
rprisi; 7560 effective trodps bttidal
kr horse and 26 -pieces of oirnancM
column had its 'particular and distiutol
arid every individual cOmpvsing it, Ittii
these' orders were On the 2 1st ' nad
12 o'clock, the' columns put thfu
moticn'ffcr attack, an'd tjbevt ent ot'
commenc etl Astonibliirg feat o Ml
ascribed m both iai tit's, lin iate;iM
vccsjitk n tfckes pbcei only to t: rentid
, r i ' . .1. l: ..k .1... u -F i'
ten tfiJU Vjgcr ai mc eaimrsi uaivucrs
lowhig dy, a he whole Austria iibj
ed ihe, mght under arms upon tee rt
they had; gUTr;cd.frcm the tHrrj-li
tin-doses this cay's atchieytnitiitMi;
following reflections 1 7f
" For the first time, NapSleofi I hi! &
eil a defeat in Germaty.' FitiIhiint
ht ws reduced tc th'ticrk-of Lofff aiidsu
ful Generals, wi P like . himself, i.licn
-servke of destructive atthlfemeniS) P
treed the vicissiu des ofloHin e. W
of his invincibility wjis dibiohtd.
1fae-f9lK$M-. tj fortune,: by, fosttiiij
will be characterised as the sport ol to
f..kkss. Newhop begin , to sntmiW
Jpprcs?td nations, vl'o th. Austrian
2 1st of Jay was a grind and glottowrf
tht must. inepireMt with arepnsciooMiw
strength, and a confidence int?
Overwhtlmed by out imsiKtible l!!
proud crppcnf nts were -ettrdfd in tfc
anrt the fiitKMiff of their Hihtite iw"1
ed Enrpeiw ips'r-P lor.ger.cppM Jj3
mo- frnir. t ir of Auslria' W
whir.ri trTrtThad aiEf.ircd.'
-'TlV;i V"-imiki t.iro nf the MtfctM
were atrain lcd tolhe attnk hich w
edf jrtimpelvcsijy, -thott 'h P,fCf '
It was-aifeontlict ol vaior are ,h.-,t.
rationolh pat tU s appeait f to ;w
to tK rpsolikihn io coriouer or cie.
ary indeed was this conteslcf todaTSj
will he ever m'emorable in the
iA Ktctrirvrif W8r TWn
nunu, in u nib i.ww. . ...
SfSo-fttatpmnt.ftf the immejss
sides, is extracted frorn 'the Bullt
l TKv. rrrrti nf rannon. Sevtu;
tion. waggons, ucu rrencn m-t-j
nr.o "riilii&sps-feU" into the bW
eonquerbr The loss on both sides
great i this 'ande, cirtata
f.w'n.V.nnm we?e lakcu DV rj
proves the determirfati;icf tne ci
either to conquer or ilie. J
The Austrian army lareenti i tw
?7operk)r-cfert, 'ilx
Lieutenant Generals; Prjnce WMA
. . . .Tf .-.i . f:iicniii'"i
vich, Wther ana Jrrenei t W
do, MayV Hohenfieldand
cers, and 15.651 subaltfcs "dlU
wouiKleil. Ut ese, -
ber, 8 omcers,;nri w . ? .
soners oyuie euciu rlpOP
? i.
Tfae loss of the enemy Sfr'jj
exceeds all expectatif n. X "
counted for byhe eiiect oi of
If 1..' ,.nr tl f(l nil"
on an-xctecnngiy - . jj.
W'jere all the batteries ciomcu
uim rit ri m rni i i
enwialsXiisrcs, V