Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-10-06
From Tie RICHMOND ENQUIRER.
TRIAL
$40 OF s. q
COLONEL IA. BURR

MOTION FOR AoMMITMENE. f
EXAMINATION or EVIDENCE.
[coNTINUED.
| TUESDAY, September %.
fohn luunhollan.
Witness. DO you wish me 70 state where
Joined the party
Mr.. Hay. Yes. Witness. Ijoiued Mr..
| TYLER and Smith at Beaver in Pennsylsa
MIA. e. Was there any agreement be.
tweed you, or whattwas your season for
Joining them? A. My 6rst reason was
nv meeting with Vim Davis. from the
back par, ofthe state Of New York. Hi
told me thar he was going down with the
party 10 see the country, bat Mr.. Davis
told me he could not eng sc me, but hel
would go 10 Beaver and mention me 70
col. TYLER. When Davis get to Mead
willie he met with majarSmith, TO whom he
communicated my wishes aud Informed
him that was at Waterford. Major s.
called GA me al Waterford, presen,ed me
with Mr.. Davis compliments. and inform
Ell me that Mr.. Davis and himself would
be pleased 10 sec me a, Beaver. here
met with Mr.. Tyler, he told ne fnatsne
had an idea of ga,og up the Red River g
settle land. G. Did he a,eD.ioo col rs
oame. A He did no, mention his gane
while we were at Beaver. G And why
did yon go A I Eel. much disposed to
see the couasry. g Was there nopar.i
cular contrac1 made with yous Not at
| that time.
Mr.. WiTt. Was there any agency given
VOC 20 engage men or provisions a
was Sent back to Waterford TO hurry on
Sal. for sailing provisions that were ex-
pec,ed at Beaver, ! was atss to engage
wha. men could they were 10 find shem
selves 10 clothes and blankets. G Didyuu
engage any -menl A Yes several, about
fifteen from Meadville. G WHAT terms
did you hold out to these neo /. 4 Thai,
they were to ascend ahe Red River. q
Were no lands promised 'hems NJ
compe nsa,ion 4. None. @ What 10.
strucsious did you give hem. OF were they
to SO to Tyler! A They were ~ go 10
colonel Tyler al the mouth at Beaver for,
sneh instructions as he shooghi proper. g
Dad yeu receive any Instructions as he
kind Of men you were 10 engage! 4
None. G as TO youE g or. old ~ " pid
not Of course engag1 old men. G Auy
with families !! a Some with lam hes
did go, was allowed TO take any IN ugns
proper @ Did you go 10 Blannes has.et,'.
sland? a | did. G Was it koown at
Beaver that the Marietta boats were 20 be
of,he.par,y I Il itwas not. / knew thai
Blann. hassett was TO join; bu: l bsiieve
the boa, ! was 10, wuuo NOT have stepped
at the island, had j not been grounded.
G Did BAannerhdssett so with you .tron
the island |? A He did. G Was there
any difficulty about his >goirg with ypu--
was any vote takeni 4 M.jor Tyler and
Smnh asked if he should g. hus, and
we said we had uos bjectiop. T. was aisn
toned among US, that he was under some
apprehension ct mob arres,ing him. @
Was there any rumour or alarm snaoug
YOU about the militia Of Keoawha ofW ood
county? a We heard .ha, there was a
Aseb and We were determined so resist
the m but we should no. have reslsssd The
militia with legal authority. g What do
you mean by legal sushosisy! doyou meaa
that If they had a warrant from she civil
authority YOU would not have resisted Z
n Such was our rneanf6g but We would
haze resisted mob. Q Woat 90 yo1.
mean by the mob: 4 If The msb had
come, we should have asked for he ~.
thori,y under which thy acted, aud il
they had none, they saapld have gone a
way without essio,rg sasiAf. ts.'enlions. 6
Was there any pryparasise made, for ,e.
sis,ance A None tia. / know of. q
Adv bullets run s-A There were, bu
they were 10 kill game and shoot at marks,
which we frequently did on the river. q