Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-06-24
TRIAL OF COL. AARON BURR.
LATEST PROCEEDINGS.
FRIDAY, June 1e.

hiOAA> aNC 40,
Th..proceedIngs of ibis day were very
embarrassing in Themselves and m " be
condensed within very small compass.
Ass Ga as the cour. mer, M. Burr ID.
dressed them: Ee stated iha, tie sso.s..
tina, ne bac sent to Washington with The
Subpoena Duces TeQtm, had re.urued to
this city 90 Wednesday sss, tat had re.
ceived1no ether than vsibl reply fem
the president ofshe United sses lha; ne
papers wanted would nol be sent By hin;
from which l have inferred said Mr.. B,
that he intends TO send them IN some o.
Their way. | did NOT msrson ,ais circn
s,anss yesterday 60 he court, uuder az ca.
pec;s.ion THAI last nights mail Nigh; give.
US further intelligence on the suoj CT,
nowrise TO give ussise that unless re.
ce,ve a satisfactory iu,isnaion on this SUI,
jecs before the meeting Of the courf.
shall 10 morrow move ,he court to snfor,s
its process.
The ChiG Jus 'ics handed dpwa to the
bar, a copy ct a letter addressed from DR..
Eriek Bollman TO The ch!e! justice. |, aas
ret publi;ly read, aud TOT thar ysasoS Mr..
Hay declared ,ha, he should nor make q.
nv remarks upon il. IL con;en.s bavsp ret
yet TRANSFERRED.
MIR. Euri's counsel called Up James
Knox and Charles Lindsey (.wo ct The
witnesses for the Uoised Sfates) who he'd
drawn up dispositions on which il was 10.
tended to ground the attachment aga'ps:
general Wilkinson. Mr. Hay in,errop;sd
The motion--by stating that he hImsel! had
a motioDto m.ke, to the court, ard ,hai
was for leave 10 send up :uca written ia.
serogat,ries 10 the grand jury as h: tho't
propsrto be put to Certain wi;Dssses. Ills
reason was that some OF these Witnesses
weld voluntarily depose 10 as little as
possible that the graUd jury might net
always kaow the particular questions 10 be
proposed 20 me II respectively, and 10 VIA!
poiot TO shape their enqei!les ; shat he him.
self better snsw what they would say,
(havipg seen their depossionsj cpd that fls
in.srroga,ories might probably aid the aTy
10 their investigation.
Mr.. Massin. shall object to this mo-
tisn, unless j. ia qaal'hsd We eanoot
send up our witnesses to the grand jury
hu. we may send up our ,nterroga'orles
We will assent 10 me motion OF the atso''
ncy for the Uaised States, uPoEi hc eoad''
ton lha, he will assent 10 ours.
Some conversation eushed upos the mo.
tion for an attachment; when the chief
justice asked, ifehe pspers could not be put
into his hands ADD the argument take Place
10 morrow. Hr wished 10 consider the
QUESTION before j. was discussed.
Mr.. ,Hay approved Of this course: Il
would prevent the public exhibition sf'hsse
afidayi,s, which were drawn up ter the sole
purpose OF defamipg- general Wilkinson
he ,woald say nothing ssous the qaarfefoI
the persons from whom they came; or tae
deadly haired which they had conceived 2,
gainss him (; that he had merely gIaaeea
his eye at an expression 10 one OF .hs's
papers, whsh was as impudens falsehooa
as ever malignity had uttered the e0u.,
might compare these papers with the ' :s
and determine whether they would Jds"5
an attachment or a rule. s..
2 Mr.. Randolph spoke a. cons'dsrs s".
leng,h.-He was disposed to pS''Pss"'
this sahject tIll ,o.morrow, bar ff0m ~