Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-11-05
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COLONEL 4. BURRs
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S SATURDAY, October s.
ar. C. #. Asrcsr,s deposition c0acsussa1s,
MoT1cs voa CeMplTMEhT.

S.aasy evsnicg he SIKH day Of Dscem.
Der the deponeos arrived IN the course 81
his iourney home al the shore OF Ohio op.
pos,te 10 the isiaod OF Mr.. Hlannerhassel ',s
and having first learnt with some snrpr'se
ina. Mr.. blanneshasse,t was yet on the
island crossed over 10 dis house To slo.g
lent storsa Of wind and rain. nat sven.
mo aud The following day, he spent at me
most 8 elegant seat iniVifgiOia.a in Inc soc'.
ety of Mr.. 6lsnneEhassrtt and his lovely
and accomplished lady. He saw 90 soihsr
nersons Cd The island, except their two
infant children, their Servants, Mr.. Neaie
ihe cle,k of5he court OF Wood county 2
Mr. Busnamwho had come from the Y.
hso side Of The river to ren. The island OF
the proprietor who was soon TO abandon IT.
some youpg ladies who visited Mrs bian.
nerhssseu on Sunday morning and TWO
or three Of the iohsbi.anss OF The Virginia
shore. who came TO enquire OF The denoN
men, The price Of some lands which he bad
adyer.ised inthe adjoining counsyof M ason
The deppneut having expressed desire
which he had fell on visiting this county the
year before 20 become The purchaser OF
NJ BPS farm, he had the goodness to
show him the plan aud arrangement OF his
house. Every room within II was open.
ed 20 his inspection. As he walked .hro'
iss differed, apartments. the proprietor
frequently apolegised tor the confusion
;nto which IFS furniture was ,hrcwn by his
preparation for his leaving IL and obssry.
ed tha, the greaser par. or bis turnisure,
his rS,usical instruments, and his library,
containing several thousand volumes OF
books, were packed up for bis inrned ate
removal His chiIdsrn were also habpsd
10 their travelling dress. Nothing. be add
ed, delayed his departure, excsp. the IN
hnishet. condi,ion Of the boats which were
20 take him down the river. Finding that
Mr.. Blennerhasseit estimated bis farm,
containing $50 acres of land with Us iHaT
provements, at $4,000 dollars, which he
remarked was 10000 dollars less than
they had cost him, the depenens abandon
ed all idea Of becoming their purchaser,
and the rest of the time which ne spent at
this beautiful seat was employed 10 CONVEX.
sation with its proprietor and his family.
Itturned upon his removable the Onaehi;a,
the name OF his new purchase He press.
ed the deponent to become participant
In it, suggesting how much il would aug,
meut his fortune, end enforcing the in.
ducemeut which he offered to- his interest,
By an assurance ina, tar society which be
invited this Geponent to join, would soon
become the most select and agreeable 10
America He spoke of col. Burr as the
moral head of II. and when the deponsDt.
expressed aSdoubt of the permanency sad
happiness of an snion formed under such
auspices, and dwelt on such traits OF the
general character of col. Burr as he deem
ed exceptionable, Mr.. Blrnnerhasse. vim
dicatsd him with the enthusiasm of an
ardent admirer and friend; and furnished
she deponent with facts of which he had
aever before heard aud which he treasur.
ed IN bis memory as the foundation of fur.
ther enquiry toto the character OF mat gen
,lemsn. They related entirely TO occur
renees of ancient date and Oh this side of
the Allegheny.
Mr.. Rleunerhassstt having intended before
the dcponent reached his house, to visit Ma.
RE TIA on Sunday evening, the deponent avail
ed himself of double motive to quit this at
stractiye spot. He did nat leave it however
without rsgretting that the engagements of
It's proprietor, and his own dreary journey,
but Just begun in the commencement of VIM.
ter, tarbad him to proleng a visit which, altho'
so transient, had afforded him SO much plea
sure. It's but a tribute of merited gratitude
10 add, that he left it in perfect good will to
all its inhabitants. All that he had seen,
heard, ..or felt, corresponded so little with
the criminal designs imputed to Mr.. Blenner-
hassett, that if he could have visited him with
slnfarorablc sentiments, they would have van
ished before the lightof species of evidence
which if not reducible to the strict rulesof
LEGAL testimony. hath. 2revertheIess. a pt,ten