Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-11-14
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TRIAL
COLONEL Il. BURR.
MoTIcN ron COMMUNISTS.
EXAMINATION or EVIDENCE.
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WASH general yVflkipson arrived there IN
Norrmb-r last? Al was, Mr Hay
Dc he make epy communication 70 You
He made very full and general state.
mem OF he situation of the country, and
Of his apprehension Of approaching dsnger..
Mir. Hay. How soon after his arrivs al
I ,hink on the 96sh or 27th OF Novem
Der. He arrived there on the evening OF
HE 18th. and made his communications 10
me very shortly after his arrival. q Were
ithese coamauicalioDs made undei any 10.
inac,icrs Of secrecy? A They were,
y Were VOC acquainted with the state
of the publc mind az New Orleans at the.
siue Of the arrival of general Wilkin.
sous discovered nothing unaseal a.
baut that siue- C What was the state
Of the puhsc mind, after the approach OF
Burr was aunounced9 Did there appear
10 bsa considerable party disposed 70 tsyor
the Jews of col. 3ryr? A considera.
Bile party appeared 70 be IN favor Of col
Burr, and we're much opposed TO the mea-
surss of general WilkinsoH. e What.
appeates! 10 be the general impression oE
,hg minds ofshe citizens, & what was their
ccnauct before aud a.;er gen. w. expos,
ed The plans cfcol Burr? Before the
disclosure oCshose plans il was genera!
subiec, cf enqaify as to the conduct OF Sc
nerai Wilkinson 10 taking post az New
Orleans, and many censured the measure.
About that time several numbers OF the
Westeren World appeared, 10 witch many
nRn
wilkinson and others, which after the dis.
closure N ade by general Wilkinson at the
governmental house, occasioned very coDsi-
derable connections among the citizeDs.
Itbscame agsueyalxopic of conversation
ia The coffee house, 10 the hotels and even
in the streets. Twill repeat further tha.
shsTe appeared 10 be a large portion OF
the mercantile interest in favor Of general
WiIkinson's conduct, some censured and
some doubled. General Wilkinson condo.
scendsd 10 ask my opinion, having preyi-
ously made !all disclosure of,he dangers
aud of the measures which he had adopt
ed. did give my advice 10 favor ofseiz-
ing every man whom he found opposed 10
his measures. This was after develope.
aeos OF the state of affairs by gen Wilkin-
son.
Mr.. Maria. And sha. not to be de.
pended upon
MIR. Wirt. Tha, viii be subject Of dis
cOssien hereafter.
Mr.. Martin. know that.
Mr.. Wirt [in low tone of voice 10 Mr.
Marin lou kaoro a good dea!ef these
things,
Mr.. Hay. Did you see colonel Burr at
Washington 10 the Mississippi territory /!
Yes. Ircceiyed verbal message from
him by 40 unknown persen, and returned
an apology for not waiting on him that day
bpt went to see him the mex; day. met
HMM company. but he solieisedno private
interview and had none with him.
Mr.. Hay. Was there any circumstance
which particularly attracted year notice!
a No never saw him till ne was 10 the
hands ofthe civil authority.
Mr.. Hay. Do you reccilecs whether
in New Orleans aud while general Viii.
kinson was there intelligence frequently
came down the river stating the approach
of col. B. and his party.
rMr WrckEcrs objected to the witness
speaking of mere reports, as being nothing
better than hearsay evidence. Mr. Wirt
commended il was admissible evidence; aud
,hs, il was proper to shew she state of the
public mind arising from those rumors
which were generally circulated to justify
The ssreug measures which were taken. The
Chief Justice said thar neither hearsay uor
rumors could be regarded as legal evidence
but If there be the slightest shade of differ. /
epce IN the testimony, that of rrmor, In
such q case as the present, was the most TO-
.lerable,