Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-08-31
TUE SDzY,. .1UcuSg IS,
Examination Of Peter Taylor concladed:l
Questioned 5y tie Prosecution.

=, ~. did you not Know col. d. AZ fRst
time s.. A. L did not. He had been on
slhe Island three .imes; butt did NOT see
Hin. Whcn Iiold col BsthGt, says he,
4 ss am thevery man involved 10 this piece
cf business and you must tell me al!
Won know said. . If you came up
! ours way the people will shoot you !"
told him il was myssiDcere opinion that
!. i. was not safe tor him to come up our
way. / told him that! had heard several.
declare that they had rather shoot him than
B Ies it alone. He seemed surprised that
they should have such a thing 10 their
heads. told him could not tell WHY;
md then told him about the land settle
rlsn,, bat the people said all that was a,
fb, and that BE had something else 10 his
bead. Thee COL B. asked me what letters
4 had. / told him TWO, cae was from
Mrs. Biaonerhassett, and the other from
: Iohn Smith OF Cincinnati. sHe asked me
.if ne mishtopeu the letie, from ] Smith,
s Tor be expected it was for him. told
! BIN supposed it made 20 difference be-
tween him and Biannerhasse.t, and he
might. He broke the seal open, and
s showed me thar there<zvas letter inclos
ed for himself. He asked me, about. my
wife, and after some talking | asked h:m
if / was q, liberty TO go down stairs 1.
& went down and left the opened letter with
him. then went 10 Mr.. Jordan, sand
asked him whether Iwas@so stay a, his.
house or 90 TO a tavern. He said was to
go to tavern and he would pay for me.
Mr.J ordan wished me 10 GO next day TO.
sM.!,eTsburg after lhe saddie-bags lef, there
sby Mr.. 5lanncrhassets. wert and LET
Mrs. Blanuerhassest'sl letter with Mr.. Jor
! dan. expecting Blanne,hassett to get there
before me. i got back on NJ onday by I
o'clock; and there Mr.. Blannerhssseti was
come aud prePsring to SO home We
started and got ten miles thas.night. We
stop, at a tavern. went TO see after the
horses, and t1e,wcnt into the house. There.
were people In the house who wanted 70
know his name. He told them his nare
was Tom Joues. he came oct and told
nae the people in the house had asked and
5 Ne had told them his name was ON Jones,
and must mind aud make no mistake,
but call him Jones too. So he passed by.
!, chat name till We got TO the Mudlick's-
He then told me he was known there, and
). must call him by his own name.
- 70 When did these things happen? A ,
Z All this was in October, I 300, believed
He then began to enquire for young men,
that had rifles good orderly men, that
would be coaformable to order aud dlsci.
p,ine. He allowed that colonel Burr and
he and few of his friends had bought
! 800. 1000 acres of land, aud they wanted
yonnc men TO settle ii. He said he would
give sny young a, an who would SO down
the river, 100 acres of land. plenty OF
grog and vic,uslstwhlle going down the
river, aud three moashss provisions after
! they had got to the end; every young man
:. was TO carry hissfiae and blanket. agreed
"a go myself, it / could carry mywife and
family. hut he said he must have further
consulsation upon that. When go,heme
began TO think and asked him, what kind
of seed we should carry with Us !? He said
we did not waat any. Mr.. Wirt- of
what occupation were you Oh the island !!
A. A gardner. Mr.. Writ. I put this
-aues,:on thar. the jury might understand
:, his last observation: 81 usgsd-thas subject
20 hin several times at last he made a
sudden pause. and said, Peter, We are
going so. take Mexico; one of The 6ncst&
riches places in the whole world. :" He
said thar colonel Burr would be the king
of Mexico, and MRS. Alston was to be
she queen Of Mexico, Whenever colonel
Burr died. He said 4hat colonel Burrhad
made fortunes for many in his time, bat
none for himself; but now he was goisg
TO make something for himself Il { said
that he had great maay friends ia the