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Ecxnox, December 12.
STATE PAFiihS.
the U'n; m'.gociamo it vmn rstA*.crF
Papers relative to t/j negotiation mith
l 4 'ram e, presented, by tan Majesty’h
tuiuhiuml, to both Houses of Parliament
taxi night.
fCoNTIIiL'I-U.^
No. I.—Note from Mr. Secretary
T'ox, to M. Talleyrand, dated June ) l,
IHU6.—Correctly given in the Moniteur.
‘No. It.— A ri) act from a (lie/ialeh/rcin
the hart if Yarmouth, to Mr. <S 'i t retu
tj Fox, dated Farm , June 19, I 306
received June Ji, rs course not given
hi the Moult rur.
SIR, Fanis, Jane 19,1806.
I have the honor to inform you, that
in obedience to your orders I made all
the haste in my power to arrive at Pu
li, as soon as possible—calm at sea,
“however, prevented my getting here till
the afternoon of the 16ili.
1 immediately waited upon M. Talley
rand to deliver to him the dispatches I
you entrusted to niycaie, and requested
to put oft’ any conversation on the sub-1
ject of my journey till next day. 1 in- j
tend employing this iriterval to endea
vour to see M. D’Oubril, if at Pans, and j
communicate tvitii him previously to
seeing again M. Talleyrand, or at any j
rale to obtain some knowledge of bis |
motions.
Previous, however, to my leaving M.
Taljev rand, he expressed to me, tliat al
though the desire ol peai e was equally |
fi'iccre now as it w as wucn 1 quilled Pa- (
'i >, yet that some, changes had taken
luj( e which he had hinoid at the possi- 1
in.ity of, ivlu-.n 1 last saw him, aliuding
so the readiness of Russia to treat sepa
rately ; and lurthcr mentioned that the
■emperor Had received lepotls fioni his!
nrot.iei’ and the general ollieeis miner 1
lux orders, stating that Naples could not \
be held without biciiy, ami tne piobaifii-j
ity they s:iw of gaining possession ot that;
Island. 1 answered him, that being or
dered to require ibe restoration ol Nu-j
pics to tin: king of Sicily as a necessary |
aid’ ie of peace there would be no ques
tion of their separation.
1 lonceivc bc.i iiy to be a great diili
< uity, thou,'li. [ climbs, were there no o
thcr, it might he got over. M. Talley -
r;utd otten and seriously stated the abso
lute determination of the Emperor not
tofeousent to our demands ol Naples,
Venice, l:>;ria, and Delnutia, or to uli
<rtJ)Ue any part of his Italian States, to
firm a provision for the King Sanli
nia.
Ag; dust cessions in the West-Indirs,
or elsewhere, 1 solemnly p.otcsicd —
nor do i thii:K they care stalk leiuly a
boul lhc.>e objects to give any uftcicni
Con inental equivalent lortaem.
M. 1 alley rand olten lepeated that the
Kjpi l!Wi. yu* nt /M /U ’
6-t fteut ttatlcr tann-me langur *i on h’.j
fat rgitfcmcnt union*- i Jut i:i poli
ties it is impossible to hold tlies.uuc latt-j
tillage, unless iiotli parlies are equally t
authorised;” ]ud as ire picnliy said that
they constricted ilutioier tortile honour
di tue Crow n, Malta lot ilu; honour oi
the Nuvy, and tile Cape oi Good Hope
t/>r the honour ol lii Lish Conimerce, to
fct: suihcient indncenicnu to induce his
Majesty'., Ministers to make I’cai e.
I'. S. On i'uesday, 17tiiJune, 1 wait
ed on M. Tulleyraiicl, and began the
itbnversa.wn by alluding to tlu- ehanges
hr had hinted at the night before, ami
desired leave to tepc.it tiic substance
oi what had passed a’ my firmer inter
views with mm, and which 1 had In- his
desire communicated, lie agreed that
tiie statement w.c accurate,
yu. ’• s.— Extrcw: of Diafitch frotn
A'*-". tire. Pox to (Ar %r.rl J Yarmouth
n'utui i)bx9nrtg-*frr:" t Jut* 26* 1800.
l)o > st'ttCfSTtttiKr, June do.
I had the honor on Saturday evening
inTrceiic your Lordship's letters of die
I ‘ll., ami should sooner hate answered
* hem, ii 1 had not been lor the.se three
ri.n s past lotaliv incapable of attending
to business.
I am very happy to learn that M.Tul
leyviiiid acknowledges your accounts ot
former enurersadons to be accuratelv
tinric.et; but when he does acknowledge
t iis, 1 hat e no conception on what ground
he can recede from what lie said so dis
tinctly to your Lordship before, upon
tin subject of Sucilv ; ton* t’uve:.
non* ~'uut dem<itni-jtta rim” ; >* Y ol)
me in possession of it—we ask nothing
hoin von,"] are words that ninth; the
more ituprt” ion on me, bee ause, those
emitamed in the latter clause of the sen. j
tence had been used by his Kxcrllei ev ■
iVbuv oi his letters to me. It was vi\
the faith of thr utifiwridetu bring to be
strictly observed us the basis, mul par
ticularly Siciiy, on which satisfaction had
‘>' your Lordship, that his
Majesty was induced to authorise your
l.> Imp t> buhl further canferreitces
with ’ lr. Tr leyoaiui. Any tergiversa
tion <i ’ ‘it tWieiorc ou tliat article
*HiSd b. * h of the, p-imiple of the
propasi : ;a -.a in its most essential part.
I’o say dint Hanover is an exception to
•he principle it in vain, inasmuch us
fUiiyver is to be yielded expressly in
fr tutor oi the Crown; hi Icon the e
tie-r hand, the ivc..jnitions proposed
‘i:h to the French lhupivc ami
ii Dependents, are u: only in honour 1
o’tiu Croan of f-'rancr, but tehd sub-’
• ..iu'.ully to establishl;,e soiiditv of her
pc'Ctr. * irh r, pvd to the complaint
oftjic wu'it of fitH |aa.T( i,; m utuiJ all’
p.v'i’Hfc Aicaeii on that a*count, lam
t oiutiiaiua vl by his Majesty to transmit
to jri! the accompanying
thiktur, iiut vour I.ordship shi mid
J.c-iy tc M. TiHejeniul, unit yoiii
s , ii. % •;*<;,! - any uw of.
them formally until Si. TaScyrahd fe
turns to Jus termer ground with respect
to Siciij. Your Lordship is directed
further to acquaint ti’.at minister, that, if
Russia offers to treat separately, it is on
ly in the way in which we do, that is to
sky,-separately in foniqbut in substance,
in conceit with each other. And here
you wall recollect that this very circum
stance was canvassed in your former
conversations with M. Talleyrand, when
that minister expressed himself clearly
that these would he no objection, oil the
part of Prance, to such preconcert,
The result of what 1 have stated to
your lordship is this: Ist. That-Sicily
is a nine i/uu non ; on which subject, if
the French minister recedes, from lbs
former answer, it is in vain that any fur
ther discussion should take place. It is
clearly within his first opinion delivered
to your lordship ; it is ( lcarly within his
last description of places which are re
ciprocally possessed by the two coun
tries, anti cannot in all probability be re
covered by war.
If, according to the hope conceived
by your lordship, this matter sir, ltd be
i arranged, you may open your lud pow
j el s ; stating, at the same time, the de
termination of this court not to come to
| any final agreement without the consent
of Russia. \u will ol” course again
j mention the questions of Naples and Is-
Iti ia. 11 vve i buhl attain either of them,
jit would be well ; but if we cannot, your
j lordship will not stale these points as
\ com lusive reasons against agreeing on
| preliminary articles, provided such arti
j cles be considcicd as provisional, and
subject, to the approbation of Russia.
I With regard to the mode of provi
sional agreement, two suggest them
selves to my mind ; the one, to send tire
agreement vve shall have entered into
either to Petersburgh, or to some autho
rised agent of the leniperor Alexander,
at \ ienna, Paris, or elsewhere, for Ins
| approbation ; the other, to copy the
< precedent adopted by lord Lansdownc
j and Dr. franklin i . the year 1782. At
! that time a prov isional treaty was signed
| by the Plenipotentiaries of Great Uritain
and the United States of America, w ith
i the reservation, that the said treaty
I should not have effect till a peace should
be agreed upon between France and
England. Ol these two modes 1 should
prefer the latter.
It does not appear that there hasbecn
any conversation between your lordship
and M. Taheyru id on a point which was
mentioned to you, and which appears to
he ol considerable importance ; 1 me n
the future udmissnn of Russia and Swe
den to become parties in a definitive
treaty. Ido not say that this is a point
that must be determined upon previous
to your settling tue basis proposed, but
it is one which should not be lust sight of,
out, on the contrary, urged as far as pos
sible.
.'■o. 16.— Extract from ail inflate h from
the Karl of Yunnoulh iu Air Sr—
.., . , ..uicu ram, Jiityi, 1806.
Keciived July 4.
SiR, Fakis, July 1 at. 1806.
1 hail the honor to receive, on Saitir-
I ‘lay lllc lull powers witli w hich it
j ! k,s graciously pleased his majesty to
entrust me, mu jour clEpuich of tne
6tii ol June.
l wailed upon M. Talleyrand next
morning,and stated to him in the strong
est manner tne impossibility ol convei -
•mg unv umber upon the general onl
ine oi peace, until he should return to
the soriiier ground, and consider Sicily
in its true amt real situation, namely, a
state not conquered by France, or likely ‘
to be so, anu coming most strictly with
‘•i the meaning ol his own wonts: tliat
it had been clearly expressed by hint,
ami repeated to you in the first instance, I
tliat Fram e uici net intend to make Sici-:
h ail obstacle to peace. Al. Etlieyrand
naswereu, ilia, v. ni.e the war continued, |
amt tin terms were actually agreed up
on, change oi circumstances were al
ways to be considered as reasons for a
pat ,ial change ol terms ; tliat Bunapartc
Hail been nut ta eiy convinced of the fa
cility ot taking fsicily at some future pe
i toil ol the war ; tint that, above ail, he
ell more .uni more its absolute necessi
tj to make Naples and the neighbour
ing territories tenable : that had any
confidential overtttie been made three
moulds ago, they would have been rea
lty to settle the question of Naples unite
manner most satisfactory to Great Bri-
I lain : the same a month later with re
gard to Holland. Those subjects were
I now arranged, and the Emperor would
consider any retrograde measure as equi
!’ dfid ly abdication. 1 observed to tliat
minister, that however much good faith
may lie necessary in every transaction
of me world, yet, tliat being peculiarly!
so when a communication is made se-|
crctly and verbally, 1 had a right to be
doubly surprised at any change of
ground. Jlc defended himself by his
former arguments alio; valtered circum-
stances, ami said, that wnen no change
of disposition was manifested towards
Great Britain herself, as to the restora
tion ol Hanover, or the possession ol
Malta and the t ape, he thought we
might suffer them to possess themselves
ot a part ot the states of their enemy,
necessary to tlie tenure of the rost, which
tio consideration would now induce
I F’ranee to restore.
M. Talleyrand then asked, whether
II had any powers. 1 mid him that 1
. must decline answering that question,
’ until he should inform me that there
would be no further discussion about
Sicily ; but that he might easily draw
a concluvaon that 1 had, from tne lion-1
j oural.le manner in which Grcat-Britain
, endeavoured to remove every obstacle
j n at, iu its own nature insurmountable.
J The minister then mentioned his bc
; big obliged to go to St. Cloud, and ask
. ed, what 1 said ; l answered, “ that 1
■ was ordered to continue no COUYCTS4U‘'n
till I should fte informed that this ecv
demand, changing entirely the proposed
basis, should be urged no more.” lie
appointed next morning for me to re
ceive an answer.
I accordingly returned to the . Office
yesterday morning, when M. Talley
rand repeated the same demand, offer
ing to desist from the recognition by
Crcut-Britain, of any or all the new
Stales, waving tliis concession to the
honour oftfie powers created by France,
and setting Hanover against Sicily, and
pleading that no such recognition being
demanded, Hanover would then appear
a lair equivalent for that Island. He
read the draft ofan article to this effect:
that Creat-Britain and France should not
oppose each others arms against such of
the powers now at war as should not be
named in the preliminary articles.
To this I declined making any answer
repeating my orders not to converse fur
ther till lie should abandon this proposi
tion, and return to the former Lasts. I
added that, unlcs he did so, I could ex
pect nothing but your order to return to
England.
M. Tallayrand wished to revert to the
old topic, on which I repeated to him,
that it was impossible for me to converse
on any part of the subject till he should
entirely relinquish every mode of seek
ing for the possession of Sicily.
M Talleyrand desired me to in
form you, that on the 29th of June, the
I French troops were to take possession of
Cataro.
Ac/. 17. —Extract from a dispatch from
the J-.url of Yunnoulh, to Mr. Secreta
ry Fox, dated Far in, July 1, 1806.
Received July 4.
SIR,
Fa ms, July 1, 1806.— Midnight.
Alter closing the dispatch I had the
honour to address to you this morning, I
went lor the passport M. Talleyrand
had promised to have prepared lor the
Massenger’s return.
Instead of giving me the passport, he
made many excuses for its having es
caped his memory, requesting me to
wait till lie should come back from St.
Cloud.
When I returned, M. Talleyrand
proposed to me to offer the Hanse
Towns as ail establishment for the king
ot Naples, and thui the British troops
slioulu occupy them the same day they
re-take possession of Hanover. On a
littie further conversation, 1 had little
doubt that were England to provide in
any otner manner lor his Sicilian majes
ty, the king might add the Hanse Towns
and their territories in full sovereignty
to Lis German dominions.
The propositions abnut the llan9e
Towns being entirely new, 1 promised
to refer it without any comment to you
for his majesty’s consideration.
i have the honor to be, Uc.
; signed) YARMOUTH.
ft/V H *-*->. % t AjrQlTl
Mr Secretary Fox to the hurl of i'ar
mouih, aa.cd l)cw rung-street, July A,
1806.
MV LORD,
JoOH'MNC-SfKZEr, July 6, 1806.
Y our lordship’s dispatches ot the first
mst. were leceivcd here early yesterday
morning and 1 lose no time in appri
zing you oi bis majesty’s commands up
on me present sute of the discussion
with the French government.
The abandonment of Sicily is a point
oil which it is impossible tor his majes
ty to concede, four lordship nas altea
'uy stated unanswerably to M. Talley
rand, tnat tliis demand is inconsistent
with ins express declarations, and with
tlie wnolc principle on which the nego
! elation rests. It is, besides, a proposal
in itself quite inadmissible. The king’s
tVoops occup) Sic ily for its defence, but
I vvuli no right to cede it to France. It is
| not easy to contend that the possession
ot Sicily can be necessary to that of Na- j
jiies; nor, if it w ere so, could that be
assigned as a reason for his majesty’s
consenting to abandon that Island, which
he may justly hope his naval and milita
ry lorce will be üblelo defend against all
attacics. The 1 Lease l owns could not
in the present circumstances, answer the
purpose ol an equivalent lor Sicily, even
il there were not otherobjectionstosuch
a proposition. Nor would it be possi
ble that any solid basis for the tranquili
ty ol Lurope could be established on the
idea thrown out by M. Talleyrand, of
having Great Britain and France at Li
berty to prosecute the war against the
allies of each other ; a dtate of tilings in
winch their respective fleets and armies
would be as much opposed to each o
ther as they are now, and the peace be
tween them would be merely nominal.
; It is therefore, to lie hoped, that the
French government will revert to its o
riginal proposals with which your lord
ship was charged by M. Talleyrand, j
To that basis of negotiation it must be
your Lordship’s endeavour to recall him ;
and if, unfortunately, you should find
this to be impracticable, notning can re
main but that you should state, in per
fectly civil, but decided terms, that you
are not at liberty to treat on any other
ground, and must, therefore,desire your
passports to return to England.
1 hav e stated in my last letters the
different ideas that had occurred here
for combining our negociations with
j that of Russia ; providing, at the same
: time, for the safety of Sweden and Por
} tugal.
j Until we arc informed what other
I proposals is made in this respect bv M.
I Talleyrand, I can only desire tliat vour
lordship w ill keep this subject in view,
so as not to admit of any thing incon
sistent with the principle of good faith
to which his majesty must in substance
adhere, but in such form as may best
facilitate the great work of peace.
I am, &c.
f,‘o. l9. —Extract from a disfiatch flora
the Karl of Yarmouth to Air. Sec. Fox
(luted Faria, July 9, 1806. —Jieceivid
July 12.
. • Fakis, July 9, !306.
SIR,
I had the honour to receive your dis
patch of the sth inst. early yesterday
morning, and as soon as possible after
waited upon M. Talleyrand, to comuni
‘ cate to him that the offer niade by France
was by no means admissible, and that I
had no authority to listen to any propo
sals whatsoever for the restoration- of
peace, till lie should desist from all pre
tentions to the Island of Sicily.
M. Talleyrand not being willing to
make any such declaration, I asked him
to give me a passport to return to Lon
don —lie desired me to wait one day, till
he should again have taken the Empe
ror’s orders.
I accordingly returned this morning,
when he desired me to propose Delniu
tia, Albania, kngusa, as an indemnity
for the loss of Sicily to his Sicilian ma
jesty ; to this I answered, that as the
messenger was returning', I should c.'in
municate this proposition, but that it by I
no means authorised me to expect an
answer, and therefore I must beg leave
to return to England. Had M. D’Ou
bril not been here, I should immediately
have insisted on passports.
I must now inform you that on Mon
day M. T alleyrand took me aside, and j
told me that the Telegraphe announced
the landing ofßasilico, expressing at the
same time a w ish that the dispatches fie
would bring might lead to peace. I an
swered, that I could expect no such re
sult while France demanded Sicily ; and
added, tliat if I might believe public re
port, the Emperor, so far from shewing
any pacific disposition, every day threw j
new obstacles in the way.
I then mentioned the changes in Ger
many. M. Talleyrand said, that they
were determined upon, but should not
be published if peace took place. Fie
has since repeated thia to M. D’Oubril
and myself, saying, if peace was made,
Germany should remain in its present
state.
M. D’Oubril writes both to you and
to the counte Dc Strogonoff; his letters
will contain probably more than mine,
as I conversed very little with M. Tal
leyrand. I felt on very delicate ground.
Had I entered sufficiently into the ques
tion of indemnities for the king of Sici
ly, to obtain a precise idea to what ex
tent they could be carried, Mons. Do
Talleyrand might have formed an opi
nion that I had some instructions, and
was prepared to abawton Sicily whene
ver 1 was assured of sufficient compen
sation.
(To nx coxtixuvd.)
■
WASHINGTON January 27.
41 A motion was made yesterday to the
Court, for a writ of attachment against
rine Corps; and i-ieut. Mead, lor not
delivering the persons of Messrs. Boll
man and Swartwout, agreeably to the
writ of Habeas Corpus. The Court de
cided, that a writ of attachment could
not be granted till three days sifter the
issuing oi the Habeas Corpus.
“ Tliis day the court decided the ques
tion, whether or not u warrant for ar
resting Messrs. Bollman and Swartwout,
for treason, missprisonment of treason,
or any other crime, could be issued from
the evidence before them. The opinion
oi Chief Justice Chranch was in the ne
gative; that of the other two Judges was
in the affirmative. Accordingly they
were brought into Court; counsel was
allowed them, and they wera committed
to prison. To-morrow their counsel
w ill argue against the legality of their
committment.”
MESSAGE
From the President of the United Stater.
1 runsmitting further information touch
in an illegal combination of private in
dividuals against the peace of the Uni
on, and military expedition planned
by them against the territories of a
power in amity with the United States;
with the measures pursued for sun
pressing the same.
To the Senate and House of Representa
tives of United States.
I received from general Wilkinson, on
the 23d instant, his affidavit charging-
Samuel Swartwout, Peter V. Ogden and
James Alexander, with the crimes des
cribed in the affidavit, a copy of which is
now communicated to both Houses of
Congress.
It was anounred to me at the same
time, that Swartwout and Bollman, two
of the persons apprehended by him.
were arrived in this city, in custody each
of a military officer. 1 immediately de
, livered to the attorney of the United
: States, in this district, the evidence rc
] ceived against them, with instructions to
lay them before the judges, and apply
for their process to bring the accused
j to justice, and I put into his hands or
{ ders to the officers having them in cus
tody, to deliver them to the marshal on
his application.
TH; JEFFERSON.
January 26, 1807.
[Here follows gen. Wilkinson’s affida
vit, Cyphered Letter See. published in
the Rsrutucis of the Sth instant.]
I instantly revived to avail myself of
the referrence made to the bearer, and
in course of some days drew from him
The said Swartwout) the following dis
closure. “ That ho had been dispatched
by col. Burr from Philadelphia, had ;va
sed through the states of Ohio and Ken
tucky, and proceeded fiom Louisville
for St. Louis, where he expected to find
me, but discovered at Kaskaskias, that I
had descended the liver, he procured a
skiff, hired hands and followed me down
the Mississippi to Fort Adams, and from;
thence.set cu: for Natchitoches, in cam
puny with capts. Sjjarkskllocikc, under
the pretence of a disposition, to take part
in the campaign against the Spaniards
then pending. That col. Burr, with the
support of a powerful association, exten
ding from Ncvv-York to Nev,-Orleans,
was levying an armed body of 7000 men
in the state of Nov. -York and the v. intern
states and territories, with a view to car
ry an expedition against the Mexican
provinces, and that 500 men under col.
Swartwout and a col. or major Tyler,
were to ascend the A leg any, for whoso
accommodation light boats had been built
and were ready.” i inquired what would
be their course ;he said, this territory
would be revolutionized, where the pco-/
pie are ready to join them, and that there
would he some seizing, he .supposed at
Nevv-Orleans ; that they expected to be
ready to embark about the first of Feb
ruary, and intended to land at VcraCruz,
and march from thence to Mexico.” I
observed that there were several millions
of dollars iri the bank of this place ; to
which lie replied, “ w e know it full well
and on my remarking that they certainly
i did not mean to violate private property,
fi e said they merely ment toborrow,anci
would, return it ; that they must equip
the ms fives in New-Orleans ; that they
expected n c ; v al protection from Great-
Britain ; that La“ capt. and the of
ficers of our navy were disgusted with
the government,they were ." ,; ady to join;
that similar disgusts prevailed l.'? , ; cu £k #
out the western country, where the peo
ple were zealous in favour of the/enler
prize, and that pilot boat schooners were
contracted for along our southern coast,
for their service ; that he had been ac
conipanied from the falls of the Ohio to
Kaskaskias, and from thence to F ert A-’
[ dams, by a Mr. Ogden, who had proceed
ed on to New-Orleans with letters from
colonel Burr to his friends there.”—!
Swartwout asked me whether I had heard
from Dr. Bollman ; and on niv answer
ing in the negative, he expressed his
surprise, and obsorved, “ That the Doc
tor and Mr. Alexander had left Philadel
phia before him, with dispatches for me,
and that they were to proceed by sea to
New-Orleans. where lie said they must
have arrived.”
Though determined to deceive hirxv
if possible, I could not refrain telling Mr*
Sv. artwout it was impossible that I could
ever dishonor my commission; and I
Ireheve I duped him by my admiration
of the plan, and by observing, That al
though 1 could not join in the expedition
the engagements wuh the Spaniards had
prepared for me in my front, might pre
vent my opposing it.” Y’ct I did tiro
moment 1 had deciphered the letter,
put it into the hands of Col. Cushing, my
adjutant and inspector, making the de
claration that I should oppose the law
less enterprize with my utmost force.
Mr. Swartwout informed me that ho
was under engagements to meet Cos!„
Bnrrat Nashville the 20th November, Sc
requested of me to write him which £
declined ; and on his leaving Natchito
ches about the 18th of October, I imme
diately employed lieut. T. A. Smith to
convey the information, in substance to
the President, without the commitment?
of names; for from the extraordinary
nature of the project, and the more ex
traordinary appeal to me, I conld not
doubt its reality, notwithstanding the tes
timony before, and I did not attach solid
belief to Mr. Swartwout’s report respec
ting their intentions on this ten itory and
city, until I received coufirmilary ad
vice ftom St. Louis.
After my return from the Sabine, I
crossed the country to Natchez, and on
my descent of the Mississippi from that
place, I found Swartwout and P. V. Og
den at Fort Adams: with the hitler I
held no communication, but was inform
ed by Swartwout, that ho Ogden, had
returned so far from New-Orlcans, on
his rout to Tennessee, but had been so
much alarmed by certain reports in cir
culation, that he was afraid to proceed.
I inquired whether he bore letters with
him from N. Orleans, & was informed by
Swartwout that lie did not, but that a
Mr. Spence had been sent from Ncw-
Orlcans thtough the country to Nashville)
with letters for Col. Ilurr.
I reached this city the 25th ultimo* 5c
on the next morning James Alexander,
esq. visited me : he enquired of me a
side, whether I had seen Doctor Boll
man, and on my answering in the nega
tive, he asked me whether I would
suffer him to conduct Hodman to me,
which I refused. He appeared desirous
to communicate something, but I felt no
inclination to inculpate this vonng man,
and he left me. A few- days alter he
paid me a second v isit, and seemed de
sirous to communicate, which I avoided,
until he had risen to take leave ; I then
raised mv finger, and observed, take
care, you’r placing a dangerous game.’*
He answered “ it will succeed.’'’ I again
observed “ take care and he replied
with affirmation, u Burk will be here by
the begining of next month.”. In additi
on to these corroborating circumstan
ces, against Alexander, I beg leave to
refer to the accompanying documents
A. 11. From all which I feel no hesita
tion in declaring, under the solemn cb
ligation of an oath, that I do believe the
said Swartwout, Alexander and Ogden
have been parties to, and have been con
cerned in the insurrection formed or
forming in the states end territories on
the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, a
gainst the laws and constitution of thv
United States.
(Signed)
JAMF.S WILKINSON.
Sworn to, and subscribed before me, this
26th day of Deccinln-r, m i*.e i ear of
our Lord 180 1.
(Signed)
GF.ORCE POLLOCK,
Justice est he Peace of the Cob iff/ <T Or
t’ “