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Workman, who is strongly suspected for being con-
nected with Burr in his conspiracy, as I have proof
his man declared some time since that "the repub-
lican who possessed power, and did not employ it to
establish a despotism, was a fool."

His writ for Ogden was served on captain Shaw,
of the navy, who had him in charge at my request,
on board the Etna bomb ketch, and delivered him up;
and Mr. Wokman discharged him without giving
me a word of information, although he knew he was
confined by my order for a treasonable combination
with Burr, and Mr. Odgen now struts at large.
Swartwout I have sent off, and shall so report, holding
myself ready for consequences. Bollman was re-
quired by the superior court, but I have got rid of that
affair also, under the usual liability for damages, in
which case I shall look to our country for protection

I, James Wilkinson, brigadier general and com-
mander in chief of the army of the United States, to
warrant the arrest of Doctor Erick Bollman, on a
charge of treason, misprision of treason, or such other
offence against the government and laws of the Unit-
ed States, as the following facts may legally charge
him with, on my honor as a soldier, and on the holy
evangelists of Almighty God, do declare and swear,
that on the sixth day of November last, when in com-
mand at Natchitoches, I received by the hands of a
Frenchman, a stranger to me, a letter from Doctor
Erick Bollman, of which the following is a correct
copy.

"New-Orleans, September 27, 1806.
SIR,

"I HAVE the honor to forward to your escel-
lency the enclosed letters, which I was charged to de-
liver to you by our mutual friend. I shall remain for
some time at this place, and should be glad to learn