Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1807-09-26
EXAMINATION OF EVIDENCE.
FRIDAY, Sept. IS.
Lyu1es Mr. Dor,,cI

James Nc Doa'ck.
Mr.. Hay Did you so as low as the
Chickasaw Bluffs y. did. q. What
number Of men were assembled at the
mouth of Cumberland river? A. About 100
y. How many additional men joined them
there A. | do not rsCollect. q. Did you
see any boxes OF arms? \. No. Q. Did yoa
see any guns with bayoncts a. / saw IA
few. Q. Any pistols? A. Six or eight par /;
and sCuie rifles. .. sso you know of any
men who joined them at Fort MasSac I!
Mr.. Burr objected to this question. Fort
Massac was in the Indiana Territory.-Mr
! Hay. Did you see any powder! A. Yes.
q, What quantity? A. A couple of small
casks. q. Did on see any bullets +; and
! what quantity? \. | helped to run sonic
myself, andl saw one barrel about 2 thirds
! full. saw those bullets below Bayou Pierre.
| Q. Did you see Bame rhasset and Smith
I Il Yes. Z Did this party seem To be under
ll}uvr's command 4 IEey sad it was Col.
Burr's boats and parry. They regarded
themselves as unGer his direction. Z Were
there any other officers apparently under
! Burr's command? A Yes. Col Tyler was
an officer and MIR Biannerhasset seemed tc
be one but not 30 nave so much Command
as Col. Tyler Mr. Uirt. Did you see any
Ggr!cu tural tools such as p.ough, x hoes
adapted to the settlement of hands 4 Not
any. . Were there any families; that is a,
~ men with their wives? A There were
Two families. q Of what description o
character was this part composed! a Prih
cipally ofyoung men. Did ihey appear t,
be men accustomed to plantation LABOR :
some Of them appeared fit; bat most o
them seemed like gentlemen.
Mr. lay presumed that 1t would not be
departing from the opinion of t"c court, j
he asked question concerning some trans
action out of the y s. which might sery,
20 clucidate the state Of the party at tht
mouth of Cumberland Might he not, 70
instance, enquire whelhcr the witness hdt
seen any boxes OF arms at Bayou Pierre
lbecause it was perfectly fair to infer, tina
they had not been subsequently received
ithey must have been with the party az Tia
mouth Of Cumberland river MIR Burr y
lprecisc inference can be drawn from tina
Circumstance because these arms ma
have been received into tie boats below ia
line of tennessee. / he cfJuSficc tho
1t proper question: If the acts attemp;e
) 10 be proved we've done IN the Z. Sfdfc8, {
violence might be drawn from any place [
IprovC them. But no evidence could be pre-
duccd 10 prove an act, thai was not dvuc /
The u = MIR baker. This IS really strarg
mode differing by contras
The witness says expressly that they wer
nc. 90 the mouth Of Cumberland, and VI
the is 20 be iLierrOgatcd whether he di
not see them at Bayou Pierre. M
. M'DysyeL | did not say, that they wcl
not at the m,Nth Of Cumberland. sci
only, that did not sec them there. ~
Hay. Was there tlen any fact to induc
s. you TO believe that there were chests
] arms on board. a. I did not see them. Ia
they tool; in some boxes at Blanmerhasset
!, island. Q. Did they take IN any boxes bt
r tween tl,e mouth Of Cumberland and BayC
s Pierre a. None. MIR. Wirf. You 81
4 that there were about 100 men At Il