Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-10-15


yco bv col. Burr, ard the oral eomnuulca.
lions Of Mr.. Swartivous.
On 81 abcus the 9Th of October Of the
las year lso6) was sitting. IN shesevsrl-
ing, with col Cushing at his quarters, and
with hin aionss when a gentleman entered.
- AIr Hay AT whas place a AZ
Nasrhitoches The gentle enqa'red
for colonel Cushieg, who rose and rccetv-
ed him. He pfesensed letter 20 the co.
lionel. who broke the seal and read Z. -----
The gen,lcman then announced himsrlt 70
Be The MIR. Swartwoat referred 70 10 that
letter, ADD colonel Gushing in,rodaced
him 10 noe as,he friend ofgenersl Dayton;
handing nae al the same time the letter, a
copy of which have and the contents OF
which well rscoilect. The general then
psndnced a Paprr aaifi 10 he The dAPnsisian
Of col Cush;ng, which Compensated THIS
letter.
A:r. Bstfs said when you are about TO
shew paper you will please submit i TO.
our inspection.
Gensyzg lVilkiason. Ishallbe governed
by The judge, ia thar respect.
Mr. Bolts Then we shall reqnest the
Judge TO govern you ID thar respect.
General WILLIAMSON. shall endeayor ia
conduct myself with propriety, and 10 the.
most decorous manner 60 the court. Here
general Wilkinson recapisulated the con-
rents Of the letter, which may be seen IN
the annexed deposition of colonel Cnshios
marked a..
Mr.. Swartwout took seat and infor No.
ed Us that bsing on his way down the
Mississippi for New Orleans, IN company
win Mr.. Ogden, they had heard at Fort
Adams Of the impending operation against
the Spaniafds, which had induced him to
ascend the Rcd River Ia order 20 join
me and volunteer his seryices on the csaa-
paigo and that Mr.. Ogden had proceeded
on his iouroey TO New O5lrans. Coioael
Cushing retired for few minutes, and
pending that in,eryal Mr.. Swartvoot slip
ped from his side pocket, letter anc pack
ct or envelope, which he said he vas
charged by colonel Burr 10 deliver 10 me-.
/ hold the letter in my band and itsis q
formal letter Of introd1ction OF Mr.. Swars.
wous by colonel Burr
mr.. Martin observed that ifany letters
we're produced they should be lodged With
the clerk, where both parties might have
an opportunity Of inspecting them.
Chief TEshce. Nos unless they are
read.l
The letter Was laid Dpoa the clerks "a.
bic. See note B,
+ enauired Of Mr.. Swarrwout where
colonel Burr was. He answered that he
was az Philadelphia !; or that he had LETT
him,hers. Colonel Gushing returned, and
the conversation took a general course.
Af,ersome time Mr., Swarrwout with,
drew and lretired 10 my chamber, and
In The packet or envelope I found letter
addressed TO ne IN The cyPhes from col,
Burr.
Chief Justice. / did not understand
YOU. How did you get this letter. a Il
was 10 the packet or envelope. This let
! ter vas principally 10 cypher the closing
paragraph however was 10 the ordinary
script j rescrsed to key and attempt
ed an Interpretation Of the letter. i did
not complete it bat discovered enough IN
s the course of the evening to discover that
there was some iilicis project on foot. 1
arose early 10 the morning aud called on
col. Cushing my second IN command, and
adiusant and Inspector of the army. -
slased 70 him that Mr.. Swar.wous had
borne me letter from col. Burr, thesna.
ture Of which explained, and observed to
him thar Mr., Swartwons's declarations
that he had come with view to volunteer
his services in the campaign against The
Spauiards, were merely intended to cover
his real desigo. then communicated to
col. Gushing the measures which ! should
pursue eDjoining him AZ the same timeto
obesrve the ssrictese secrecy Were il
permissible TO be read. here is the stare