Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-10-29

Iar IS Any qut stiods which s.s spls =
Ili.sy be pls assure ak 3 ls'ensa
Baar State What zen {. s,
aabons Tbs stornsaiion IF the cvnbs .s'''fst
| mr.: as.Vsal. There arc ,brr. ~ -,
'cyphsi 4 be 81 sinsl CIPHER was n n,rss''
Sed before tie grand jury, ID order : wv :.
ielhem q Gecyphcf lie letter r,s.; -
from yonrseli addressing hirss.l = '.sa
Burr. It's The alphabsslcal cy1 se'
Isd from an edition st Entlek's po,f ,S = a.
tioDary, now before the court b,n - u's
per names occurred lac dictionary = p' =.
NOT answer the purpose and al b,,rs,v go "ssi
were invented 70 repressn; shss ~
1hieroglyphics were s,a.ed By gen. W;n.
son himself, wnhcus any inscficra,o,v =,
to.him, 10 have been de- ised by ,a : ~
Camphrli Smith 10 the year 7os -. = ~
.ionxry sndssibstfary alphabet aud AIM.
~ signs for units were deslgasd is TO. 17oa
or 1900.
Col. Burr Were there al, cbiee,;,
made as % any cf.hesr dates :. & III
were objections as 20 tkess da:e. 4 ~
own mind. .rhe eypher WA sors sa
1873 On the face o;the cyphsr H..
words occur, 9. Laaada, LeaHsisi;ca and ~.
Orleans " ltsesmrd 10 me cissu tns,,a,
somewhat singular, that as early q &.
year 1894, q phersrs!stise to shesr COM
Tries shopld hare been adopted, saes nra
badly 40 individual 10 this corn,fs Sad i.
acquisition ot ouisiana in cor,e q olal;o,
as i, was no. purchased Till some yra,, #
.terwards. asked him why he lhouph, Is
. CIPHER sxpsessise Of tia. 7eoor;rv !.
thar time He said tha, he could ~,
explain tht reason .kep, hus thar he wOu,s
examine his papers, aod would tell us.----
The next day genersl Wilkioson Of hi,
own accord told, that the treaty viii. sos;o
about the free navigation Of the Ns;as;eslo.
pi was formed about the year sessn,rsa
hundred and ninety four Bot he he'd
correspondence on that subjsc,, which wa
OF great momeot 10 tie western coun,ry--
Thar 10 the year one lhouzapd seven hun.
dred and ninety. four he was 40 officer ia
the army. which marched near Canada ..
gainst the Indians, and thus therefore part
of the cyphrs had relation 20 Canada. lie
said thar thu pier migh, have been form.
ed 10 the year 1894, 1895, or 1895, bus.
he believed in the year one thousand ssyso
hundred and ninety four. He Yves asked
whe her he could be more explici, as "a
the tinae, aud he gave the same answer q,
he gave TO day in coart.
Mr.. Burr. Did he assign any other rea.
son, why the cy phsr had relation to sas
country A do nos recolee! that he
did, or whether We asked sny farther quss.
tons on tha, subject.
Mr. Burr. Did gen. Wilkinson say any
Thing abou, this letter to mes A II was
srbjec, of great interest with the grand
jury 90 understand the cyphsr aud the coz.
rents Of The cypered letter. after decypher.
ing il, il excited a stroGg wish in ,hec1 10
see the letter post markedth- 18Th of May,
referred TO in il, as having been received
from gro. Wilkinson in the course Of ihs
correspondence between you. lha. wish
was strengthened By the Testimony of hIT.
Swar,wcui. who said, tina, be had seen a
letter from gen Wilkinson to yourself
thar il was partly ia common wiring and
partly ID writing in cyPher. A nd that me
letter con,aiu.d these words. /" 4 am rea
al Questions were then pptso geoera'
Wilkinson, whether he h d writ.eo such
letter. He answered, that his imp'essloa
was, thar Is had.svristen one. perhaps tvo
or three letters; .ha. hcswas no' sure, ba'
that his impressienwas, that he bad Wis.,
ten some letters.
| He was then in,errosa,ea ss'o the con
tents of shosr letters. He ss'dfhs coao
not recollect them, but there was one *
preston whirh.lle wrote on that oe:aslo :!
WIKI CD he did recoliect !; and his obJset y
writing il was, to discover Flr. Burr 8 fea
designs That EXPRESSION was, lahy
/ M;iracIahas taken tie bread out q y9a,
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