Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-10-10
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THURSDAY, Sep. "a.
ssoviox FOR ComMITM EMIT.

had given I0H5TinStl0u galust faSs anu; 80
"a a prosecu;aon / did not say that
had led Is prosecution; but only that (
had giveo information against you, that
you might be taken 10 the district where
the expedition had been cited OUT z
why did you prefer judge Tonlnaan 70
Judge Rodney; the last being the seaIor,
Judge 4 L made no choice.
G Did you not understand that Judge
Top!nsan Vas The jatlge of the Tomb@gbse
couuiy ! Iunjslstuod that he was Judge
Of the MISSISSIPPI territory. aud Judge s..
still insists upon it,har he has this sushori.
". @ Did you not apply 70 The attorney
general of thas territory "a Certainly not.
Icdgs It wooisl have interssred busjadge
Rodney Issued writ of habsas corpus.
q VAST by direction OF request Of The
govern me nj that you informed agains. me
for the .rnisdeeseaaor! A BY neither. e
Do you. not expect 70 pay the 1909 dollars !
"A i expscr not. To whoa. are youto
paw ia? Mr. Graham here addressed the.
court: he said that Judge Rodney hid
refused 10 send Mr.. HEaaasraagsea round
f3r trial but had issld hins % balls that ne
himself had been recognised that the
ceurs was 70 ser soa,e tine 10 alay; the
Judge considered the snPrs ne court as the
proper .ribanal the Attorney gsne,al
thought o,herwise, that before the ceuss
meshe had besides been iaaisposed andhad
obsained ths certificate of his physician thar
he could not attend that court.
Mr.. Burr Are You still secretary of
the Oeleans Territory A am not q
Do you now hold any Office under the So
vernmess aud wha, isit am Chief
Clerk ID the ofice Of Secretary of State.
@ Washer any arrangement made TO
seize col Burr after,heir judicial proceed
ings against hia a Governor Villa ras
and myself both agreed thar his trial 10 the
Mississippi territory was mere farce and
that some.hing ought TO be doae. He pro,
posed to see col, Barr AID make some ar
fragments with hiar to come on TO the
city Of Washington for trial. Col. Burr
Informed lairnshat he was merely going 10
ride 10 col. OsDarnes for that night Gov
Williams informed me that he received
great coat as.he suburbs OF the sowa and
disapps ared,
Mr.. .TYirs Was not col Burr held in re
cognizance? Yes. G Did you see
such recognizance !? Yes. l saw it.
myselfin the clerks Office.
Mr. Barr Ifis is there Ipronorace il to
be forgery. Mr. Hay observed that the
truth would appearin time
1ur. Hay. Were any legal proceedings
pending a. the time Of his departure! The
witness asked the conrs ifthis was proper.
question I.
Chief 9assiee. It's mere difference Of
opinion shout a fact. Col B. commended
that his rsccgaizance had been complied
with: Gov Williams says NOT.
Mr.. Hoy Was his departure from
Washington sudden? A II was certainly
snddsn, as gov w told me he chad bsen
promised with call from col Burr.
Charles Di,val- ta
Two wears ago saw MIR. Burr IN New
Orleans, but never since, but have had
frsqurn, communications with s6r. Blanner
hssset. The first time j ever had any was
at Marietta 10 September 1906, when had
Aour TO sell. ] asked him whether he did
rot wansto buy -four, and e1gaeed 20 bar.
rcls, he did not however receive more than
5or barrels of il. mentiouedaos him
that had understood from MRS. Blsnuef.
hasaeu that he was going down the river
and number of my acquaintance were
going with him., and that I did cot know.
bur that TOO would go, if knew what he
was going for. He told me that col. Burr
and himself and others had purchased large
tracts of land and wanted settlers to go on
ii, I told him tha, had land enough az
home and that / did not want TO go to
se,sle land. He then represented It as
though,here was something else IN view;
hn. he Aid mn teH me ar tha, lime He