Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1807-09-30

who superintcndsd the public buildings AZ
Washington was also zcalou3ly engaged. He
dbl no. rcc0i!ecI his name : but on my menti-
tioning the name of j.efrObe, he said, that
was the man. He said that he had been
dispatched byCcl Gtf'r from Philadelphia,
and had traversed the states ofOhio s. Ken
lucky. l SD understood the gentleman at
that time ; bu5 have since discovered that
he descended the river. Mr.. BoftS. BY
whom did you understand that he had de-
scended the river! A. BY man who
informed me that nc had row2d him down
from Pttsbvrs.l Another reason why
may have been mistaken was This. He in
formed nc that he had passed 20 Frankfort
In quest of Gen. .d,'oir, FOR whom he had
dispatches from Col. B:;rr and, not hear
lag Of biDlthcre, had returned ba, < 10 Lcc-
i1tst2a in pursuit Of him ), where he wasin-
formed BY NM. WaTgoncr that Gen. .fdcir
(being in i'll keath) had gone To some me-
dical sprjug; and that If he would wait
'ew day, he might see aims taat nc d Il
50, and thus had an interview with him
without incurrga any suspicion; a: which
time lie delivered his dispatches. He Sd 4
Gen. .fdGtr WAS zeaiousiy engaged IN tine
en- erprize /; and observed ell INN tina,
g will not wri;c him, but that | expect
"ta meet him AZ the place; th:,t he may
"GeTSho VIII meet him at the spot - Ui
words to that eject.
Mr. S'vdrtIg5ut proceeded to inform me-
thar ne came 10 LomspiHc, and fclt HIM
. self at u loss how be saould reach me with
the most certainty: ;hata rumor had pre-
vailed there thls had descended the ri
yer. Fin lily or the advice OF Mr. EYovR, he
determined 20 so across the country, u:.dcr
an expectation OF finding me at 81. LcM8.
nc cmpanied by MIR. Ogden, he Pr sscu-
ted his journey n R0S&aSkidS. Finding
that had descended the rive, he deter
mined to alter his rcute; he purchased
Sknf, employed hands, and followed me
down to fort adams. At this point ask
ed him whether this sudden change OF route
might not expose MIN to suspicious. He
said that, to guard against this, he had
W und. d his horse with his pen knife, and
Informed the people that his intentions were
to have visited 81. Louis bur, having rx-
pericnced this accident, he should pursu
his original destination, which was to de-
sccGd the river to .Ne7r- DTLs0Hs. On az
irving at fort adams, and discovering that
] had proc eeded TO NdtcEitOchc8, ne deter
mined TO follow me ; and $ friend Mr.. Or
dc7; tpursuing his rou,e) went on with dis
patches from Col Bxrr to his friends in
New-Orleans. Mr. S1varfsvgut info, med
n.e that Col Burr, supported by a uune-
roos and powerful ASSOCIATION extending
from .Ne5p- York to .Ncsr- Orleans, was a
Don't TO levy an ARMED force os seven thou-
sand men, with q view TO carry an expo
ditjon against the McHican provinces that
five hundred mcI would descend the tile
gapU liver with Coloncl Ssvart7Y0Rt, and
a 1Tjor or C>k. I'yier: shat the boats
were already built. lie observed that this
the people were ready to join and that
some selzinP, he supp. sed, would be ne
cessary 1t u en- Orleans: that they expect
e. 70 make their embarkaticn about the 1st
o. FEBRUARY; that they proposed landing
ut La Vera Cruz, & marching from thence
to AfsriCo. / observed to him that there
were large sums of money in the bank of
New-Orleans. He replied that he knew
that full well. | observed, - surely you
" will not violate private property" He
SAID, "we mean only TO borrow and will
" return it )" that they must equip
themselves at .Ne7O Orleans; that naval
protection would be had from Great Brt-
tain; THAI Commodore JrHc-ton and the
officers of the navy were so Disguised with
the government that they were ready TO
join; AID thas PHO! b3at-hui Sc oonere
were Consrac. c, + ron tie SO 4t;:el n coast of
the u ;. for lie service.
He cnquired Of me whether had heard
of Doctor B3IimaH; and, on my reply
ing in the negative, he expressed some
surprizc; observed that Doctor Hoffman
and MIR. .MeraHder had been dispatched
from Philadelphia, By sea, 70 Ncw-Orleans,
with dispatches from Col BuTr 20 me, and
that they must have arrived. MIR. Stuart
qvolt informed nc that he was Obliged to *,
10 0cgv- Orleans & was also under engage
mcnts to meet Col Burr and Gen. Dayf0N
at NashUiilc, on the goth of November.
think MIR. Swartwout left .Nafch1toche8,
about IS;h cf October, for New-O Orleans,
as | understood.
II may be proper, in this stage Of nv tes-
timony, to say that the envelope, which
contained the cyphered letter from Colo
nei Burr, covered also two other letters
To save misapprchension, it may also he
prop to say, hat when ! speak Of an en-
velOpe, it is in coEtradistnction TO a sealed
packet. 1t Occnrs to my recollection that
letter addressed to lain Peters, Esq. OF
NashOiHs was enclosed in the envelope, as
wei ~ another letter, from Gen. Davfou
In cvghe~ (5ee DGytoH's letter, Note c.
TMr. Bgker. DO you say that the let
ter from Cen DnyfoH was incIosed in ano.
ther cyuhered letter? A. No. ] say OK.
pressly 90 the reverse. 1t came with it
Mr. I!fckhum objected 70 reading the let.
ter iron Gen. Dayton. Tic said that, Gen
Edyi0a being absent, he had no opportuni.
e. Of ccnsating h,m, or Of ascertaining his
wishes respecting it. Ifthcre be no othei
s. a. a. H..