The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1807-03-23 00:00:00

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W. have received New York, Boston, and Charles.
ton Papers, of various dates, up to the Sth last.
Fl,e coospitacy of Col. Barr. which has been the
fa' jea of a Message from the :resident to the Se-
nate, coutinutt to agitate America.
Those Papers contain a letter from Cincinnati,
dated the cod of December, stating the miliii.r to he
posted along the Onto, frem Pic tsour:th to the mouth
rf Kentucky River, with orders to board essry beat
that descenes. T'ne heats that I4urr built at Ma-
rietta have been seised loy reeler of the Government;
they are repiesented as of a singular construshion,
:and 'capable of carrying 200 men each. It was
believed. teat the print pal part of these boats had
passed to Their ds sone' ion, before the orders arrived
to seize them ; and sane thousand sh'd of small
wens, as well as several brass fiell-p;eces, had passed
down the river several weeks before the date of the
letter. Barr was Ite..sen to have purchased pro.
visions to the amount of 100,000 dollars, and it was
apprehended. that in case of a rupture with the
Spaniards, General Wilkinson, with the army,
would go over to the enemy.
On the 22d ult. the House received a message
from the President, relative to fois sopp:Thed con-
spiracy ; it was referred to a Selek Committee of
seven, and 2uoo copies ordered to be ;minted.
The President states, that he first had information
of burr's des gos. in September last, and sent a trussy
rtirsaeneer to the State of Ohio. Supposed evidence
of Burr's guilty inreei ioni increasing, the messenger
communicated with the Governor et Ohio, and
hence arose the proceedings of the Legislature of
that State. The President receives' letters from
Genets' NVllicinson, in which he says, that he had,
front cotnwiti ecations ;rem Burr, partly oral and
pertly in cypher, the fullest evidence of his inten-
tions ; that f e had severs! ohj•ns in ',few ; such as
a separatism of the Union by the Alieghany moun-
tains, and an attack on Mexico ; the sestlement of
Baron Bastrop's lands to serve as a cover. Finding
he could nut alienate ter affsaions of the Western
.cares front toe Uoine,hedisieteniate4 in seize on New
o.leans. the /link there, and then to Mexico.
•No proof spoeared of any foreign merest being
wince:tied in the conspiracy; but, from Burr's
briastrires, it might be id-erred. that England was
ertgageu in it !he Pre.ideat then proceeds to
Vote. that be considers the enterprize as nearly
crushed, and mentions the atoprise y of bringing
Ur. Boilinan, a,,d others, who are taken, before
She Supreme Court of the United States, in the
distil& of Columbia, the week after next.
Almost an the rroefs against Barr, appear to
have come from Wriciirsen.
On the 221 December, Col. Burr smiled from
Nasky ite, atilt two barns. and wet to be joined by
a numher of others, at the mouth of Ceasbetlarid
River.
In 6e 1-lowee ef Representatives, nn the IGth of
lanuarv, it was resolved, that the President be re-
quested to furnish any information in his possession,
relative to the illegal combinations of individuals.
against' the safety of the State, or of any military
eseidirion planned by them against any nation
ser which the Un:ted Stares ate at peace; ex-
eent•ny such imfruination as nrglit not suit tie
public welfare to Ise disclosed. There Were for the
motion. 100; against it. 14. To the original
motion was then added, a request to blow what
measures Government had taken to *eat the at-
tempts in question, which was carried by a majority
ef 1;7 tn 52.
lee Aagatta Paper, of the Tich December, re-
ports, that Colonel Barr has Seen arrested at Ma-
rietta ; and that the Governor at Nlefico had re-
kissed to ratify the Treaty with General ‘Villoiorm.
Mr. Randolph, in his speech, r.,lGcg upon the
President to ernonsunicate the info/matron re,peet-
fog di- proceeding in the Western country, observ-
ed, that either the eon. piracy had been defeated, or
it had succeeded to ice utnisst; but he did not de-
spair of seeing it checks d, even if it had gained its
greatest extent. He made soele severe comments
un the enoduet of Spate towards the United States ;
whin. while she was treating with them uith one
hand, was preparing to stab theirs with the other.
lie a'ked, why the Spanish Misdater bad not been
sent home ? said. that Nees Oriears was the °hied
of the expedition, and that if the conspirators should
arrive at Baton storage before the American troops.
Yew Orleaes mut: tall. He had, he said, exPeava
and foretold the slangs.r of losing the I) Its of the
Mississippi ; he knew not who the modern Catiline
would he; hut he was ermeinced there would be
one. On concluding, hr earnestly entreated the

Horse to be m re prompt in their decisions.
A Letter tri m Fineas:le ( Rettctiurth, Virginia),
to a CsalStlent in in Richmond. state.. that a prrunt
of resprealsaity. who came direB from Kentucky.
had brought internee.* of an insuirillion which
had taken place on rue I.lih Nioremoer at st. I.nni.;
that the Sourish dig had beta hi.issed.'and nine.
tenths of the people had tick-d to it ; that Burr
Ut hail been again acted. and friar officers were is put.
suit of General Adair, as a witness against huo.
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