Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-10-24

THuRsDAY, October
I Gsaera2 iainson's tssdimsny continued

49,
Mr.. Randolph. 10 case of actual host
lilies ~ers von sushorizcd 20 accept the
ssfviers Of vcluoss ers 4 AL should Ger
! tairly Thick II Esd.
Mr.. e lndglpA And @ commission
them A No: Bus might have mus
tered then. The President ban no power
70 iran comsnisslons but with the a7pro
baton arsdxcpnsent otshe senate COLI
1ecs thasSdnring the Administrations OF asfi.
inrsoo, volunteers were accepted There
wese no commisslops granted bot warrants
3 OF au:sosi:y which were obligatory 10 those
corps, but conferred no command over an
of;cer Of she hoe.
Mr.. Randolph Ny queslion;s this. It
hos,iliars had been determined oo,wlth- NE
Spaniatds. would general Wilkinson have
been aushsrised 70 arcrpsshe services OF
voluaseerss thick so aspresent: bus,
o reference TO my Instructions will more
fully shew.
Mr.. Randolph And 70 drive the Spani,
ards beyond the Sabine and pursue them
into Mexico? A not 70 pursue them be-.
5 yond the Shine. elf the Spaniards had
rot made the convention and rSceded fronn.
their position on,he East side Of the Sabine
would you have attacked them! Yes
. From your swn responsibility, or shs'or..
dsrs Of The gpyernmvnt From specific
ins,rucsions. had contemplated the pos
sihilay If such 40 event and given my Or
ders accordingly. These orders were not
offered ia evidence Bat may be seensin
) nste W.
Mr.. Mran. Did you no. drive them
b-yopd the SAbine !?
Gene, al Wilkinson smiling said L was q
sort of drisiog.
Mr.. Wickham. You say that the first
insimisatlon you had OF col Bsrr's designs
was from the cyphered letter.
General Ttslsinson have said so- But
] had received number of ambiguous hiois
befoye. o Ia what way! A ylerier @
When did you communicate the conscn;s
OF this cyphrrcd letter 70 government! a
You will observe 10 my letter Of the zinof
Move tnber reference is made to q confIden.
,ial messenger, Mr, Briggs. 70 enable hin
to communicate the contents 70 the Prcsi
dent What communication did you make
through Mr. Briggs, was il Mr.. Duncan's
translation? A No, Mr. Briggsleft Nat.
chez Immediately after the date Of my let.
sef Of tie 18th Of November, Nc Duncan's
translation was made at New Orleans after
I arrived there. Have you the paPera
bous you conf aiming the Instructions 20
Briggs! gave no distractions 10
Br;ggs except verbalones. Have you the
translation made by YOU !! a No. 1 have.
looked for il but cannot find IL q Was
itbefcre the grand jury? A Yes twas
sn.old worn our paper. C Was this intor.
NATION BY Briggs an3 xposifionof shs whole
coutentss read the heads to him &
verbally explained the cou,suss. q Was
! the lensr completely decyphered! Il !
have said no frequently, 4 have said that the
only ioterpretasion made BY me was hastily
done az Na.chHoches.
mr.. Wickham. Then did you not relate
The whole contents 10 Briggs a | laid
itbefore ham and explained the consents IS
; already stated.
M. Randelbh. think in this letter yeu
say, q Miranda has taken the bread eut of
your mouth a No. You are quite
{ mistaken, that letter was written believe
In October 1905.
Mr. RandsIph. Admitting i % have
heenso far back how catne il TO be mat.
Ter Of surprise TO you that an expedition
was set ca foot according with your owo i
IDEAS or thar you should say, col. Bars
views were not distinctiy knowntill you re.
ceiyed the cyphsrrdS letter q I hadre.
ceivsd ! number Of ambiguous letters from
col. Burr and 70 a leuerof mine TO him =
made use of The expression :. fear Miriam.
da has taken The bread ou..of your mouth"
In order 10 dfa~ from him his real object.
q 10 what manrer did you consider MI.