The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-12-27
Commnniea:ions rcpeding tie
BURR EXPEDITION.
WASHINGTON. Dec. %.

ETfrd1 or Rffer from q genslcn'ng IN H!-!.-
Siie, Pennlyivania, 70 a nnen'ysr Of CoagrS'j,
dated Noz'. 26!b, 1896.
Fer fome " ceks pan the rur,or and appearsnc: c.
en,ihariss through the welern country and pafticu
lary in the town of McaJville, excited conli rable
aPPrehenficns among the friends Of peace and o. the
union here. But the improbabity then that any
petition or a!embiy of people would be attempted.
led us to eonlrue fsvorably poiioie the
that were excited and the defigss that n,aneit
ed. We could not then believe that when Cap
tain Davis and Colonel Smith appeared in this
ozrn, Offering to engage as many adventures as
would accept their propoias of attending at Beaver,
on the Ohio, and Of en,barking there under the fe-
erecy TO be impcfed on them b. an oath, upon fome
private expedition under COL Burr that any feriouAy
was intended againf the peace of the United States
Whether any iuch thing is yet intended, few weeks
will develope. However, on the 24th infant, in
confequenee of the propofals of Davis and Smith, and
their private agents, Hien, alter dipoiEg OF their
property and iettling their affairs here embarked
from this town for Beaver, with the expTefed inten-
ton of joining the feeret expedition under Col Burr.
The names of the adventures are, Frederic Hay
maker, rfquire, Luke Hill, Owen Alton, William
Davis, Hugh Allen, James Knox, James Kennedy,
John Gelvin, man oil the name Of Chieheffer, and
another of the Of Borniide, Samuel Lord, the
marfhas deputy for this diflrict with three four
Others, are preparing depart the fame bulnefs
in day two. Charles ]. Reed, Stephen Woiberton,
and doctor, think Mulhom is his name, from E
RE county, have paed through this place the fame
expedition alto number the amount of eight or
ten from the weitern part Of the fate OF New-fork,
on their through this place openly avowed hmi-
lar intentions, and held nightly meetings with their
brethren in enterprise here. The doctor is by his
own account agent in the tranfaetion he iniorm-
ed me that they had three large boats built on Bea-
yer, under the direction of CoInht Tyler, OF the
ftase of New York. who is now a, Beaver, and thar
they would embark from thence on the firit Mon
day in December next. Hugh Alien, after he bad
returned from Puiburg, whittier he had been TENT
by affociares mere informed me- ne mad been
introduced to Conf, Tyler, and had arranged his
/ plan with him. There very hatering proipeets
of wealth held out to them, and the needy and defpe
rate embark in it with aviiity. An oath, they lay,
will be administered to them at Beaver, before they
will be informed of the object Of the expedition, and
thoe unwilling then to go will be at liberty return
under that injunction of f-crecy. They calculate up
the information they receive from their leaders
that the expedition will be Imported by more than
five thou!and men, and if the information receive
from travellers be correct, they have
provided for that number along the Ohio, in die-
rent places. A fat merchant of The name of Kibby,
went through Meadville the Esd infant, and faid
he had fold the projectors of the expedition feven
hundred barrels of fal, for their ue. It is fad that
fonle of the wilkins family in Pittfburg engaged
IN IT. and though the expedition is kept very feeret
Pittiburg, many adventurers there engaged to
embark in it. What mention from information
may not be true, though it is derived from fome Of
themielves. But have feen thoie mention oil this
place, embark i'll in French Creek, and heard
tiiem huzza farewell TO Meadville. They all fe-
deralis, and cordially unfrendiy to the government
They declared that no democrat. man friend
y to the government iould be permitted pdrtic-
pate in the en,erprfe, fuch could be trull
ed. The people here much divided in their con-
lectures upon the expedition. Some believe that an
attempt isprojeeted feParate the weaen from the
eaaern ftates, and add them to LouiGana
.t November OF.
There is fomething of moment and apprehend of
danger on foot Since wrote the above Jabez Colt,
Ralph Marlin, James Giblon and Samuel Lord, have
departed for Beaver, Colt and Marlin expect COM
mifions-Ifrael Miller is alto gone from Erie.