The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-10-07
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be advantageous to thofe, who would voluu-
'eer TO eoround to that fettemeut. lie nen.
TONED the fertility OF the country the advan-
tases az market tina. was near to it not far
rem Ncw- Or;e'ns: He thought the prospects
were 10 Promi'iug and hstterng that could
NOT hehate moment TO determine in favor Of
gong. i f.id. If I knew the Object, and waa
certain of beuef:ting mytelf, wonid have no
! objections 10 going. He then obfcrvsd, that
! MI. Be'hnap was fine and promifng young
man {; that he food high in his cfimation and
! ne would give me The fame privileges as NJ.
beknap would derive. That evening he inht-
ell very urgc"tly upon my going down the RI
yer with him. / wanted time TO confider hut
| tsat 1t hc w"u make any engagements on
"a 'lch | could rely, WAS willing to Join. 1
i1ti would cal at his iiiand on the next Satur-
| Gay. We walked tn Mr.. Woodbrdge'S, and
he made enquiries IF was acquainted with f,n-
veyng. i4i,: if could get any thing in that
| way, Iwould go but had heard Of other OBJ
je6ss being ia view.
/ Alr. Her. Did you prcis him 10 dirclole the
real objects Of his plan a ! did. He refer
rec me TO Mr. BeihGap and IF | concluded to
leo, he wodid ct ne know more when called
/ on hi'n Q Did you fee MIR. Belknsp? Al
| t'd; but mad not time enough TO enter intu
The merits Of the caufe. Afterwards viitcd
Mr.. D'cnncrhaiIrtt, and lie aiked ME whether
. had determined 10 go down tss river toM
talk WITH III. Bcisnap. akcd him what were
the prS!pettS and what were the difcoveries Of
INC offsets he would mike 10 me, and then I
would tell him whether would 70 or not. H.
fad that NUT engage frf and then he would
tel me. Mr.. b.. fcesned willing to fay very
lltt.e on the iuhjcd, and fcsmed rather to con-
iidfr me as fpy. I wauscd fome aflurances,
iand perhaps i3timated that | wanted every
tA'uE {" teput On paper. told bin, that
had heard they woH!d bear the expences of the,
people back; and thuk he fsid that tbct
won'd be very unreaionab!e. / made folre en-
quires as 10 their numbers; and he flid that
lone were coming down the river from Pitts.
ouFg enough TO turniih crews to TIE boatsthat
were building on the Mufkjneurn / think he
mentioned eco. He mentioned zen. E,,cn az
engaged. ! aiSed him whether he expected, @
or 1000 men down the river. He faid fe ,.,.,id
not tell. aiked him if he expected 1000
lie could not Inform me. Re o6ferved, th2tit
was nece''%ry for every perion who defended
Inc river to carry arms. I afl,ed him The rea,
ION and he iaid, ttat there were nurnberof
S1anardS or lndianS on the Red river. who
might at!ac, them if they were not armed. He
then observed, that he would prefer ril,s in
preference TO common fowIing pieces.
| Ci2hJ EHQHainca.-Did any perfon 90 from,
! your part 81 the country, but Mi. Blsnnerhaf.
! tett Is No one from MARIETTA.
Mr. lay here offered Ccwmad0,r Trux!on's
4
he had very full notes of his tsaiinouy and the
couni<I for the accufed were willing to admit
theie uc'sa, bet not the affidavit.
h& JOHN GRAHAM waa again called in at
the req".!t Of the accuied. Mr. HTeAban You
| ttated ton'e.hing about communication frora
Mr. benneraaiiett rejecting Mr.. Bradford
a Rated that Mr.. Bradford was the perion
VINO laccor!ing to MI. 3D. had given him the
information refpetling The Mexican Alteration
at New Orleans Mr.. Burr. Do you know
whether il was the practice then to feize or in
dividnaIs by military au hotity? a IrecolIeSt
| to have been at NNChcZ wien afout 60 per-
!ons were agreGed or the fafpico;l Of being con-
cerned wiIl you. Mr.. Barr. ] do not u.lan
| TO Iaie a PERIOD astii2t. rs you were appoint
ed to an oiate rpI,9 tie government with
| to know "het''efyo ar An agent Of government,
wond couEteraace military arreGs? a | GER
tainly would not.
SATURDAY, Sept. %.
Mr.. B!cnnerhalielt Informed the court that
Mr.. Dudley Woodbridge, His bail, wifhe! to
DC exoneTat'd from his recognizance. He Of
fersd fieiirj. John Banks and JOHN Alcocl in
his itead ; who were accepted 6y the c. Juf.
ttce, a3d accordingly recognized.
mr.. Hqy wiited to lie permitted 10 read ,he
aiidavits OF Elias Clover and Hugh Pheps;
The hrit Of whom had been G;fcharced by him,
1ticr trial for the mil;!emcanor WAS commence
81, aud tho latter had gone away without leave.
lie obie'"ed that he had discharged Mr.. Clio
yer, OH The ground that his evidence applied Ia
the indictment for treaf1a only that while
the trial for the miidcmeanor was depending, it
was uncertain whether his teGimouy would he
wanting beclufe it was uncertain that the no-
ton to commit col. Burr for the purpcfc OF fen
ding him to Kentucky lliond he made that
he thought it improper to keep Nj. Clover at
tending upon an uncertainty and had there
fore dfeharged him.
Mr.. Wickbam objected to the reading Of thof-
aflidavits and obie.vsd that col. Burr ouehr
TO have had notice OF the time and place OF Ia
king them.
Mr.. Hzy thought it proper to mention that
the affidasts had been furoifled ty the wtueT-
es tbemfcves Gf their own accord.
The Chief Juilicc decided that thofs afiida-
wits were not admilIibIe as evidence.
Mr.. John G.. Heuderfon wifhed to correct an
t error IT, his evidence, with refpeG 10 the time
Of theltcond meeting of the people in Wood
county. The firlt meeting was on 4 MONDAY
: and the i,:cond on the Saturday following.
GENERAL WILLIAM EATON, E1yoya.
Mr.. Hay. We only wifi that part Of your
tcaimony, Sir, which you have not yet deliver
ed. You recolIeti that there was part Of it
which was excluded by the decjfon of the
court.
Gen. FAToN.-I know nothing concerning
B,ennerhafett and Smith. ! have no rccollec-