The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-10-07

government Oh Orleans, lie contulted the opui-
on of the emigrant Edward Livingston of
New York, of whole attachment to the adni-
niltration he entertained no doubt. Mr.. l..
is now the 6rit lawyer at the New Orleans
Bar, with an annual falary of not LET'S than
$4,000 Dollars. MIR. Livingston was the au-
thor OF the celebrated Louifiana memorial.
His advice to Governor Claiborne was of the
mott iniidious kind calculated to produce
dhaffection among the people and expedition
to his meafures-Such was the precife poiture of
affairs, when Governor Williams of the Milf
hhippi Territory Vihted Orleans. Governor
Claiborne informed him of the teps which he
mad taken, OF the embara1ment which he had
incurred, and of the apprehension which he
had even entertained, of being difmffed by the
+. U. s." Reverfe your feps completely, Job.
ierved Gov. Williams; difmifs fuch men as
T.. l.. from your counciss enquire and act up
on your own judgment and YOU will regain
the ground which you have loft" Gov. Clai.
borne purified the hint, and the consequences
are rapidly proving the juanefs of the fuggeti-
on.
Such is E. L., fuch are many of the emf
grants to Orleans; fuch is the hero of the fol-
lowing piece from the Wetern World, and of
the nterefing extract il this days paper from the
aerkimer Monitor of New York. Whether
the drhenS there attributed to Mr.. Burr, are
correctly drawn, are yet obicure as his own un-
iathomable fpirit but our mind naturally
pautes to muic upon the deitiny of fuch man.
What might he not have hesn Within three
years the PRECEDENT of the Union in cafe of a
Span''h war, the commander of our armies.
Yet what is he now! Scathed by the light
ming or republican indignation /; his very fteps
logged and fufpicion hunting him, wherever
he roves:
EfTRHCT. From the W. ". of Sept. Is.
THIS extraordinary character arrived at
Frankfort from Cincinnati on Tuefday evening
iait, about an hour after FIN fet. He took his
lodgings at Major loves Tavern, the houfc adj.
lacent to Mr.. John Browns, and confyouently
more convenient than any of the other taverns
tor Writing his bejom friend and arranging the
pans or their future operations. In A few min
utes after his arrival he paid his refpects at the
pa ace OF MI. Brown, and we believe fpent all
the evening until "a at night and the greater
part or ext day in fecret confultation AS to the
mott eHectual mode of preferving the fecrecy of
me future proceedings OF the Welterp Anocia-
ton. AT tive O'Clock in the afternoon of Wed
neitlay he departed for Lexington but we IN.
derhand is to return in few days. About
fortnight ago, one OF his Political bioue.rs. a
younger brother of Mr.. Swartwout, the IiG,c
leH maybaio Of New York, paiTed through Frank
tort. This youth AZ is the common nraSfice of
the varions tools of col. Burr, difplayed the
Sreafet indifference as to the Object of his vfit
to Kentucky. He appeared to have no intro
duetion to any of the citizens OF the town, and
although he wss douhtefs we'll acquainted with
Mr. Brown, yet it was good policy to appear
ftranger in this place.
Various have been the conjeetures of Col
Burr Witt to Kentucky, lat year and lkewifr
ms return this ieaion. The article of the SDan-
Iih Confpiracy, inherited in the Weftern World
this day, may furnilh the curious with A kew
to unravel the views of his nyffrrious Journey.
ln lone of our fubfequent numbers about two
months hence the complete detail Will be laid
before the public"