The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-10-30

the objeSs OF which am nos particularly scCuaint-
ed Mir hay. There Is the ttrougea preiunption
to behave, that the the identical arms that
were brought downt the er-1he Chi.f J4i9ies per-
miued the qaefi.n to b. put.
Mr. Hey. had you any Treaty with New about
arms! a. There was but never completed it.
We had been for feveral days ,ontraa ior GUAM
tity at rroviions, which brought down IN the
boats sailed col. Burrs boats He iaid thar the FRO
Niions were not his private properly hut that he was
agens for the owners, between whom solie matters
were TO adjua repesing them. On The Sunday be-
lore col Burr leii the town of Wahirg,ou and after
the boats had been i.arehed FOR arms, New aGeed me
whether would not like purlhafe parcel of guns
! aiSed aim how many there were. HE ani~ered u
bout 40 or so; or between 40 and SO; aud ele-
giant mniquets and bayunets as ever / law. There
vas iorlie difficulty about them. He would not deli
yer them, but would leave them in place where
might lind them. He offered then, Cd me at a price
"tch conhder"i only about third of their value
lie lad, that they were of no VI: them, and
that 1t was better 70 ges fonshng FOR them than o.
thing obierved to him joculariy that they could
not have been al much u.s in ie,tiiE, the Ouachita
land. He iaid that much mGsken if though,
that the men whom Jaw engaged 10 this enterpriie
were going 10 dull buines as that of fertlins.
new country that they generally roo well fx-
ed at hcne embark iuch an euterprize: b., thar
the iettlenlrn CT the 9uschita was good idea To
hold out TO the world; and it leensd to go down We.
ry well
| Mr. Bs,r objected to this evidence. How could
the conversations OF others legally affect HIM ?-On
this point delaltory debate aroye The CHER sync
ice conceived thar the declarations of all the party
who were At the mouth OF Cumberland, to the in
ten'on ct the expedition, adrnii,ibr evidence
Crs'5- EaamireI-Mr. Burr. Did rot you and
MIR Caller exprsisvery rong fen,iments concerning
tins rght ct the people to redreis thcmfelyes K! "A
we did expreis ourtelves that and fpoke of
the difficulty of retraning the people from attacking
Mobile 9. Do YOU r,co,lea the r-iolution OF your
Legislature on this fubjeSt a, do Q. Did not
that contain the iane isu-isRs which you aicribe to
me a Not particularly. O. Did you vote for
this iefolution? ~. 1 believe TO-
Here MIR. WickbaEh read the following affi-
6asit:
The affidavit of JULIAN DspEsrRE Of law
full age,
Saith: have no knowledge of col. Burr G
yer entertaining any dsligus or intentions a.
eain. the peace u. the Uu,ted Safes nor againa
New Orleans, nor agmrt aay other part of the
United States. Nor nave ANY knowledge nf
MS having any dehens agan!t +uy part OF the
donnions of the king OF SPAN, f. long ~ THAI
power Iiiould keep at peace win the United
States.
In the laft days of July 1905, in one OF my
vihts to col. Burr in Phiiadei 2hs, l communi-
Gated 10 him my dsfre to make tour in toe
Wc;tern country 10 feek for an advantageous
itualioD for nay family. Col. Burr told me
that If could be ready ne would nc glad
country with me; aud that if could
be 1t Bedford by the tenth OF Apeui, we would
iDend there tew days, and then proceed by
fittiburg, adding ob!iglngly, that he would IN
tEoduce me to iomc OF his friends, who proba- |
bly, would be the mot proper )pcCioas 20 direct
ne IN Tome requiliton agreed, AVID The 18th
or Augnt net col. Burr at MIR. Conpelsbmrg
and continued in his company Til the Cd or 81
OF September. that lett h'm a few miles the
other file Of Chilico;he.
We fPert about feven or eight days of the
time was with col Burr AT the Springs OF Bed
.ord, then we went 10 Pit;fburg where was
introduced by him to gen. O'aara. The 22d
or Auguit we went To Mr. Morgan, half way
We met with his two fons, the eldeit and the
youngctt who came, feat by their father 10 wei
come col. Burr and accom- pany him TO ais
houic, there we dincd and pafed the night;
next morning we went TO breakfast to Wali- /
ngton. MIR. Morgan's eideit ION accompanied
us; again after breakfast parted aaG coDti-
nued our journey. When we travelled in the
back part Of Virginia and in the Rate OF Ohio,
'aw ieyers raen coming, iome i'll their name,
Tome in the name OF icvera! others 10 col. Burr
they generally told him that they had under
! flood, that there wouid I've a SpSuiia war, and
that lie was TO have 4 command, IN which cafes
they came to offer ther1.elYes, nIanitetsng the
p!eafurc they would have to fertc uoder his or
ders: col Burr would always hear what they
had to fay, and aaiwer them il my pref:ace,
and mud fay, that 70 long as ] travelled with
him he never avoided my prefence to Ipsal, to
any body; in general his anfwers TO them WERE
that there was fuch thing as a war till row,
| and that he had no kind OF ccmmiiiions OF go
| vernment; but that If it happened that there
ihouid be 4 war, which he thought would he
the cafe, that be would make every thing in
his power to take an active part in il, and that
II he fucceeded, he would he very GLAD. to con-
mand iuch- brave men--I faw them all go back
very well pleaied with him; 1t was about that
tine that on my obleryation to col. Burr, If he
| had really mind to take part in Spauil
war, if there was one, that he aiked me if in
that cafe would accept fsrvce in the army Of,
the u. Statee, or, if the views OF government
houid not extend to conGuef, in private en-
terprlfe 10 be competed of volunteers, adding
that fuch expeditions were permitted by the
laws OF the United States in cafe of war; an-
fwered him all at once, tba; if he had credit TO
iuit nc, was very willing he then replied,
that he underfood it 70.
We arrived at Marietta ,he o5th Augua, and
the 2?th we went 10 Wifi M Bleunsrhallttt ON
HE iIland-we dined and paiied the night there
the 2slh we came back to- Marietta, and the
29th we took the road to Chilicothe, where we
arrived the SID.
! The Cd of Sept. left col. Burr shout 20
miles from ChiIicothe, he purifying his journey
to Cincinnati, where declined going with him,