The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1804-07-28

81. After he wssswcundd and 's,d IL iH.
boar, the irt tyo,ds ne uttered after rsc,Ysr.
,uG the power ofinSech, wee, iadt>S .Hf< a.n..
'tli to'a gentleman pycftnt who pSvfc@ ~ well
iccscmbSrsit >" Ps1Glfcr trc-;,s - az. icsra
:oEre at ca. BR,-;- ire 81 '..:ie.'
fth. This determination had been cor,>uni-
catcd by hIr. L. - th5e gentleman that nornih,
Before they ,cst she city.
5th The piftcl taat had been ufad hv Gen.
Hamilton, laying iocEe over the otteir srt,aat,:s
N the ca;e which WAS open aztec havins- !,ss.,
,on'e time N the hOar, ore CT the bc2:.7S- tsok
hold of il 70 put it into The CAFE Gen. ti1o,iI.
ton obitrying this, faid-'' 7,,te oare qFiil biz
to!-it 3 c'ete9--i! nfog 10 III md 10 Ayck.rE"
ih,s is aiio remembered by the gentleman 4i,u-
ded TO.
This 'liews that ne was rot f.n!itle ofhav:rs
bred 1t all. If hc lad fred tyr4iens to recci1-
ing 'he wound, he wood have remembered Il.
ana therefore have known that the piitol could
noi go oS; but Is cfi-yzct,sG. it ruii havs De =.
the eject OF Involuntary cxtriicn OF the n.,,t
cies Produc!d " nor!s .1Asnnd, in wt,icn he
edseSa; slSs hsen conis5 P,f iavse. f,.e,i.
if s~-e.s,s. ION had cred frf, il corld net
have etssf s',tention, (a!i his anxic,y heinz.
alive for tRYdfect ofthc firi fire, and having ~,
reaion TO believe the freud of Col. Burr was 10.
iincere inthe contrary oPinion,) he d,;e, uileJ
to go to the fpot where the altar too, place, 20
fee if he could rot diicover foIne Tres CT the
courte of. bali from Censral tian;]tun's pit.
tol. He took friend with him the day after
General Hamilton died, and after foms ea.. ~
nation they fortunately found what they we've
in fsarch of.
They ,afcertained that the bali paf1ed through
the liinb of cedar tres, at all elevation Of
about twelve feet and Shalf, perperdicular
from the ground, Between thirteen and fourteti,
feet from thHmark on which General Il milton
Rood, and about four feet wide of the direGs
line between him and Col. Burr, on ~the right
iide; he having fallen on the left The nart OF
the limb through which the bail patled was cut
Of and brought to this city, and rs now i'll Ms.
Church's po!iefion.
No interenses ar&pointed out as refulti:g
IRON thcfe facts, nor will any comments be
maze. They are left TO the candid Indictment
and feelings the public.
To the above we 2re requeGsd TO fubioin the
following communication from the friend af
Col. Burr.
COMMUNICATION.
The friend of Col. Bur. l.,nents the differ
ence OF opinion That exits between him and the
gentleman who attended gcuSal Hamilton in
Awcs entering knto any ditu.;ion On the iabicce
at>Preicnt, cOnfderiug this a very improper mo.
ment for that purpcfe. Nothing calculated to
1creaie the agitation that pTev.ils can add TO
the fame of the deceafed, for whom he has ever
entertainsd and eXpreftd high degree Of rei.
pect--tEid the event proved fatal IS his friend
lnitead OF the gentleman who has fallen, ile
writer would nave been earneit in protecting ge.
neral Hamilton from any injurious r>fn!t-in
the actual pofure CT affairs, he is equally def
rous TO wave every difcuilinn, through refo-sq
10 his memory, and aiiO 20 the feelings of b;s
friends.
Il Co'reaion.--H is agreed by the een;lenes
who attended General Hamilton ard Colonel
Burr: in the late ute affair, thai the do.
cument No. Is, in the fatement which appear.
ed in the Morning Chronicle Of Tuefday, lhouId
pc coqected in'the following manner:
In the interview between General Hamilton
and Colonel Burr, both parties agreeable 10 the
word OF command Prsifmfed /; this term ihou.d
therefore be employed as more correct than the
expreiiion STOCK aim" inherited in document
No. Is, of the fatement publilled in the Morn.
ing Chronicle Of Tueiday. CEqsa. Pgg.
Cen. Hamilton was in the 18th year of biz
age, and has left Mrs. Hamilton with eight ch;I-
dren, four boys and four girls---the youngeE. an
infant.
FROM THE MEDITERRANEAN.
Capt. Dasgett, arrived yeferday from Mar:
ieiiies, Informs that while he lay IN that port.
capt. Jackfon arrived there from Meaina, and
acquainted him that ne had feen letter from Mr..
Gibbs of Palermo, which mentioned that the