Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1807-08-29

200 men he could drive Congress with |
the President at its head into the river Po-
tomac; or that it might be done and he
said with SEQ men he could take possess-
on of n. y. What struck me was that he
appealed to col. Dupeister il it could not be
done; and he bowed assent. There was
reply mate to this by one of my sons, that
he would be damned, if he could take our
little town OF Cannonsburg with that force
Some short time after this, Col 3. went out
from the diRing room to the passage and as
he went out, he made motion to my son
Thomas who did not perceive it |; and TO
person could interpret what it meant
however, as he went ont, he beckoned
to INN. They then walked out together
and had some conversation. What that
conversation was, ! shall leave TO my son
himself to tell. Soon aftera walk was pro-
posed to my sons mill and the COMPANY
went When they returned, my son told
me to be cautious, and said, sSYou may
depend on II, Col. Burr win this night o.
pen himself to YOU. He wants Tom TO 60
with him." After the usual conversation,
I Col Is. went up stairs, and rs thought to
SO to bed. My daughters went to bed
| MY wife was reading tome, asisusual when
the family have retired. About y o'clock.
and when thought he had been asleep am
hour, she told me that Col. Burr was com
ling down, and as she had heard nv sons
! conversation, she added snow You'll have
IT, Col Burr came down with q candle
IN his hard. Mrs Morgan :.nmctliately
retired. The Colonel took his scat by me.
lie drew from his pocket a book which
looked ike memorandum book After
looking in it some time, he asked me, if l
knew a Mr. Vigo, Spaniard at Vincen-
mes. replied, yes; ! knew him / had
reason to know him. One was, that had
reasons to believe that he was deeply in
voived in the British conspiracy in 'SS, as
1 supposed; the object of which was to Sc
parate the states and Which General Ne
viii and myself had assisted to suppress.
i called 1T a ne!arious scheme TO aim ut the
division OF the states. / was careful to
put great emphasis on the word nefdrious.
Col Burr finding what kind of man he had
to deal with, suddenly stopped, thrust i'll
to his pocket the book which / saw had
blank leaves in it, and retired to bed. /
beleve L was pretty well understood
The next morning Col Burr and Col Du-
lpiester went OFF before breakfast, without
my cZpectingit; in company with my son
and from that time 10 this, Ihavc not seen
him but in this place. My son agreed with
me, that should apprise the President cf
our impressions, and point out mode by
which Col Burr might be followed step by
step Mr. M'Rae. In your conversation
at the table, af-cr your son had said he
would be damaed if your little town of
johannesburg could be taken with such a
force, do You recollect that the prisoner
drew any comparison between the Eastern
and Western people. A. Yes perfectly.
He said, "Keep Yourself on this side Of
the mountain, and You'll! never be disturb
ed BY which l understood to mean dis
Iunion-Iherc IS one more circumstance,
which l must state to the court. The Sun
day after, the judge of our circuit court
dmed with me. requested him to menti-
on the circumstances to General Neyill.
and invited him to come the following Sum
day to dinner, with judges Thilman and
Roberts, for had business of the first i'm
iportance to communicate. They did not
dine with me on that day but they did on
the following Sunday. These gentlemen
wrote joint letter 10 the President, in
forming him of my communications to
Them.
Cross Examined.
Mr. Burr. Are you certain that came
down in the night A. Yes. Mrs Morgan
said Col Burr is coming down. Now, you'll
have 1t. Q. What sort Of a book was the
one had in my hand Was it bound A.
1t was not so large as this; do not recollect
whether it was bound, as it would not be
very polite in me to take particular notice
Of such things, when gentlemen are at my
own house. Q. When you spoke of a ne
farious plan, to what transaction did YOU
allude A. To Vigo's plan, which con-
ceiyed was intended to discover the union
.. Did the ladies to take any part III the
conversation at dinner. A. They fcIt il.
z. Who were present, when Judge Thil-
man sawy you a. Gen. Neville and JUDGE
Roberts. Q. Was there any other from
Pittsburg! A. None. Q. Your CONVEX
sation was then jocular about the moving
of Congress to Pittsburs? A. ] spoke in
a jocular manner; but was seriously of
that opinion and am so still. O. Did not
some person at table say a movement of
that kind would produce a separation Of
the union A. ] do not recollect. O. Did
you not once live on the Mississippi? A. J
did with the appreciation OF my country.
| q: Where was il? A. At New Madrid.
| Q: On which side Of the Mississippi A.
The west. Q. In the Spanish Territories
A. With the appreciation of the Spanish
government. Q. How long die you live
there? A. About 40 days went from
that place to New Orleans, where detec-
ted British spy. q. In what year. a.
| In 49,.
| General Morgan was then called in az
the request of the prisoner. Mr.. Rurr.
! What was the situation Of your father, a.
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