Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1807-11-10

icOuntry was alarmed and the project wa
a desperate one. / then had cOnvsrsa
ton with the Attorney General on the &c
gaiity of restoring my pay and emoiunIentS
which had been suspended b. thc sentence
of the Court Martial. ! Informed him tha
a connection between gen. Wilkinson anC
lcol. Burr could certainly be proved. II,
observed that The General had been low
with the President, but at that time stoot
thigh and would be supported. He obser'
wed however, that there was a great deo
of mystery in the illusions of col. Burr's
letter to gen. Wilkinson, as well as their
IH'aking use of 4 cypher. He advised me-
mot to resign, but to wait events, for the
iSecretary at war had informed him that
was the only republican field officer in the
tservice, and that public opinion was very
! huCtuating and whimsical.
! After this had a conversation with the
,Secretary at War and the Attorney Ge-
neral together I think that Capt. Clark
the companion of Lewis was also present
| The Secretary at War shut the doors.
1--WE had some previous conversation, rs al
ter the Attorney General came in, the Sc
icrerary at War introduced il again, bv
observing, that he had been informed col.
| Burr had accompanied genera! Wilkinson
! to the western country, spent several days
with him at MaSsac, and then furnished
! the colonel with a barge and men TO de-
scend the Mississippi to New-Orleans
Ircp!ed that this was one among many rea-
sons TO suspect good understanding, con
Inection and cooperation between the ge-
neral and colonel-I'hat | imagined both
% them were well informed of tie old plan
attributed to the general ard Ais associ-
ates' to form separate government West
| OF the Allegheny under tue auspices of
Spain or England; o.his famous memorial,
which it is said procured him exclusive
privileges from the Spanish governments,
and the extraordinary visit colonel Conncl-
lily from Canada paid him III Kentucky (;
out that there were recent events which
were not without suspicion. Such IS his
having spent the last winter Of col. Burr )
Nice-Presidency at Washington their
great intimacy, the interest made to get
tgeE. Wilkinson appointed aud confirm
ed governor ct Upper Louisiana, with
| Burr's brotner-in-iaw, Secretary to the
| Territory, and many Of his friends, to pla-
ces OF trust and influence. General VIII
kinson's drawing several hundred troops
into a cantonment hear the mouth Of the
| Missouri his connections with col Burr,
gen. Adair, John Brown of Kentucky, John
Smith of Ohio, and several others, since
| Implicated or suspected OF being concerned
| with col. d. to procure 4 charter for cut
ting Canal on the Indiana side Of Ohio, on
which charter bank was ingrafted, and
would have produced those funds, the want
of which seems first 10 have made the ge-
neral to MISUNDERSTANDING to "a paragraph
in the Cyphered letter ! then stated CO...
| Burr's visit to New Orleans in a barge fur
niShcd by general Wilkinson and that af-
ter visiting the lower country, he came to
ST. Louis. ] then stated tie conversation
with Judge Easton, as before mentioned,
and the intimacy of those three persons,
and that when Colonel Burr was about lea
wing ST Louis, the general had barge gat
ready with much parade to put him over
the Mississippi that SomC time after col.
Burr's return To- tie Atlantic States, Mi
j randd's expedition got ready and sailed,
which gentleman promised, if called on,
10 come forward and prove general VIII
knSon to be the protector of; Chat gentle
man judge Easton) J then observed that
II was not easy 10 suppose, that C0lobe
Burr, who knew WIkiuson's character
his former attempts and desperate fortune
1 should spend 50 much ume with him a
Washington, where the scheme seems &
! have been first projected pass through
: the country where colonel Burr must com
lmerCe his enterprise, whore Wiikinsoi
WAS well acquainted, and where Burr wan
/ ted aScrfs (al,udiug to the Ohio), and par
:. tizous yet never found him to make pro
:, lposals, bat wait till all WIS IcaGy, and thcl
. make mis- first oycrturcs ~ letter ant
before he knew the success Of that letter il
converting a patriot geueralinto a traitor
3, should throw himself and his best friends
+. This cIoicc sfiJifS, into ihe power Of a &c
rlneral he had so much insutcd; that tin
= generals measures IN Upper Louisiana Ger
:. ltainiy had tendency to disgust the pcopl
q, with the change Of government, and 10 pre-
b. lpdTe them Tor revolt; that ! did NO
Il know the generals attempts upon other OF
. Gcers, bet ne certainly had uicd me bu
If on the contrary colonel Burr cid com
:, lmunicate his plans TO the general either a
- Washington, at MIscac, or At St. Louis
land the general did not Immediately IN
liorn, MS government, lie has not only gross
lly imposed on thcm, and the public "a
large but has been guilty Of mispris-
i lof treason and perjury. Tie Attorney &c
>. tberal, after ] had gone through my state
q, lmcuC aud information, iu substance an
p lordcr nearly as related, asked rye Wha
. would be- the result If alt this shs uld b
:. lproven why just what the fedetalist
land thc enemies OF the present admibistrs
b, non wisb-it would turn the Indignation
i lthe people from Burr on Wilkinson; Bur
flwuu,d escape and ~ ilkinsyu take h'spjsC'
- Observed that IL possibly might be the c
IvCnf. lint iusj.re and honor rCCtuyta fl.a