Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-08-29
COLONEL "A. BURR.

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COLONEL "A. BURR.
fcontinped By diol1r7,aeast AID held at the Ca
xstoi III stss Eaall of lie Ao,tse Of Delegases,Jl
for High Treason i sainstthe u States.
TUEsD.aY, .Sususr Is.
Present JoHs rAasHAIL, chief Justice #
the United States.
Exan9uationsaf Gbmmedafe Eiomas 4 rix-
Mr.. Hag. Were you present whenthe
s court delivered their cpinions A. + was.
j know nothing otthe overt act. q. Does
your testimony relate to the taking OF N
Oslesns? a. |, know nothing about the.
!. takioa of New Orleans. Ny conversations
altogether related To- the Spanish terrific.
ries; 20 the settlemeu. Of lands; 10 Dig
ging acanal on the Ohio, and building OF
boats,
Mr.. Hay then observed, rl.at he had 20
questions then at present for commodore
Trnx,on.
Mr.. Wgickham Then. sir, Ihope lmay
be permiledto askcom. Z. Lax. .whcther,
4 he had not nany and minute coDversa-
! lions with col. B. aud sdly whether shsse
conversations. related 10 reason!
Mr.. sWirt SThe coAft kpows tia. there
! are two indictments against the accused,
The witnesses have been sumrsoned pro.
miscuously: and 1t isnot possible for the
prosecutor TO know the paf,isalas point 10
whi,h every Witness is TO testify. Com
+ modore Truxson says that mis- evidence
relates co the raisde meauor. Busi if he be
suffered TO conc 10 on the present case,
ought DOT his examination to &c tree and
complere?
Mr.. Hay Upon recollection the sub
stance of commodore Truxton's ,ess,mo..
NY, I.cannos but5elisse that j, applies di-
rec,ly TO The present occasion. i bears
most strongly upon gen. Eaton's ,sstiss Guy.
T. alnn says that the reasonable projecs and
the misdemeanor were intimately connect
ed. OF course what goes 10 establish the
one of these projects, will so far contribute
to prcysthe other. Haa you cot several
conversations wash the accused, upon the
Mexican subject Of tie expedi,ions
Coaamodors Tr.msa. About the winter
s. of 1866, Gel. b. returned from the
western country, and earae TO Fh,'adeiphia.
He freqaently 10 conversation mentioned
tome cerssi0 specuiatiens in wssser0 lands.
These conversations were uninseres,log 10
me and did not pay much affection to
them. Col. E. observed, that he wished IL
gstthe navy Of the u. S, out of my head,
as he had something in view both honpra
bic and profitable which he wished 20 dis
close TO me. / considered this as nothing
more than as. desire TO get ne Interested
Ia land spsculations. These, conversations
.wege frequently repeated; and sometime
IN the month of Juiy, 1906, he stated,
chat he wished TO see ine unwedsd from
j ME navy oeshe u. S. and TO think ne moro
of those men At Washing,on; that he
s wished 70 see or TO make me do not re
scollecs which) al admiral, as he consem-
plated an expedition into Mexico, 10 the
event OF war with Spain, which he tho't
inevitable. He asked me if the HAVANA
could not be easily taken 10 the event Of =
swar. / told him shas IL would require the
sco-opera,iou Of naval force. Mr.. Burr
Observed, that might be obsained. He
pa.sned the enquiry as 70 Car,hagsna
and La Vera Cruz what rersonal
knowledge hsd of those places, and
what would be the best mode OF ausekiag
thrus by sea aud land. gave my opinion
very freely. Mr.. Barr then asked me if
would take the command OF naval expe-
ditiop. I asked him if the executive Of
the u. S. was Ppiyy to or. concerned 10
the PROJECT He answered me emphasicsls
: " that they were not. II asked hIya that