Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-10-16

Mr.. sf7ay. w as II az the hf8t part o.
your conversation with him - No. To,
wards the close and afterI had informed
him that was an accredited agent of che
government.
have some reason to believe that
may have beenmisuuderslood with respect
10 what said relative to gen. Nevill. Col
Burr had asked before what conversation
had about gentleman In the neighbor'
hood f. Pittsha,g, before the grand jury
without mentioning his name. The allu'
sion was understood to be gen. NeviiI; 8
wheneyer mention The name of a gentle,
man tits nv vish 10 state every circum,
stance whichoccurrrd 90 nearly as possible.
: Nv ,recollec,ion OF the conversation with
! gen. laeviil is this: Alter detailing she
congregations which he had had with Others
he said thar there had been q strong preJa.
dice against col. Burr about Hittsburg; tha,
the people there were attached tothe onion
and believed sha. col. Busr had intended TO
separate it. Afterwards he said there was
reason TO believe that the expedition wss
meaitased agains. the Spaniards, and his
visits nigh, be. more welcome.
Gen Eaton requested permission TO 10
troduce letter which he had just receiy.
sed from Stephen Py1achon, esq. of Brlm.
field, Massachusetts,, stating with precision
several ciyco instances with respect to a
subiecs, OF which he had before spoken
dos5,fully- See the letter at the end OF
gen. Eaton evidence.
Mr.. Ws;csham. I must protest against
such course of proceeding.
Mr. Hag. SThsYle,ser, | presume, re-
iates to The toast. The gentlemen have
over and over again iaterrogased gen. Ea-
ton witt, respect TO that toast; and now
when heis able to state with accuracy eve
ry material circumstance IN relation to III,
We afe told thss they do no, wish 70 hear
il.
Gen. Eaton. Fyoa this letter an, en-
abled 50 state, thai whenI passed through
Washington. 10 the nlongs, Of Dec. 1905 on
my Wy 10 the northward, there was s,nae
iosi9ssion that ;lsis project Of separating
the union wa,fip em5syo. Apublic dinner
was giyen 70 capsain Decatur and myself in
Georgs,own: and ! am pretty cersain thar
Sthis ,oaas was once, given and orig sally
there. IS 5 Tpasssd ihro'a Philadelphia some
time; abrius the 20ta of December, al aps
plieaion was. made tons by gentiemsa
whose nss.s psesanaesII !, am os}at libsriy
ito nention !ssre.s
SIR lEdl4ssfia We reqoess the name
oac,aan Da1Hop, said gen. EatoD liz
Io!d ne there. was "a proieci of arevolasioD
in she Wts,sro Country aud hinsed az a
general revolusion. and said he should IN
produce n,e to col. Burr. | had an inter
view witch Gel Burr, But he did not SO SO
fully into the subject as genera'Dayson had
done ~ he talked much of war and eo,er-
prize. and Of an expedition against the
Spsnisrds /: aud there the conversa,ion
ended ss tia. time. ! passed on to the
Nosshward and en,ered the villagein which
lived and having received many civil,
+ ties fron nay fellow citizens and neigh.
bcrs.t gave an entes,aianent In retprn at
which gave this toast. was sill igno.
rant ofihe extens of tic project, nor did
positively know ahss col. Burrwas the
chief mover. On my return 20 toe City OF
Washington, col.Burr laid opsn 10 me his
whole views, as / haye before stated -
Then it was that wrote on for The paper
con,aining this toast, for The purpose OF
Laying i.before col, Burr, aud with il my
sentiments Of hisprejsct.
sGopy Of a leeter from Stephen Pynehon to
Gen. Eaton.
September %, 1907.
Ny DEAR Sir,
The Toas, " Palsy to the brain that
shalt plot TO dismembcr,and leprosy &c, the
hand that will not draw TO defend the Cor
our union." ABOUT whith Mr.. Burr has
asked ques,ioas, was as you have correctly
stated, printed 9. Springfield. II was a
mong other toasts sabmitsed to my dis.
era,ion =, n,,i,liaE and rvao arr0rdinc}v