The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-10-16

W5kinfo1. Though am uncertain ct that, yet
believe it contains a correct representation Of
my feelings. Mr.. Randolph. In cafe of actual
holfilites were you authorized to accept The fer
vices of volunteers? A. [ ihould certainly
think had. MIR. RanSo pb. And TO commit.
hon them A. No. But might have muIter
ed them. The PreGdeut has power TO grant
commi!Iions, but with the approhation and con-
TENT of the fenate. recolIctt that during the
administration of Warrington, volunteers were
accepted. There were no commiilions grant
ed, but warrants of authority which were obi
gatory in thofe corps, but conferred no cbm-
mand over an officer of the iias. Mr.. Ran
dsPb. My que(tion is this. If hoGiiities
had been determined on with the Spanaris,
would general WIkinfon have been au,ho
rifed TO accept the fervices Of volunteers (?
a. think 70 at prefent; bat reference
20 my inflruGtions will more fully n,cw. Nix.
Ran&oisb. And to drive the Spanarel, be-
yond the Sabine ard pusfae them into Mexico?
a. Not to purfue them beyond the Sabine. O.
1t the Spaniards had not made the convention
and receded froin their petition on The Eait tide
OF the Sabine, would you have attacked them
"A. zee. @ From your own retpoEbity, o,
the orders of the government: a. From
Poetic iaaru6tions. ! had contemplated the
Poib6iiity OF tuch an event, and had given my
orders accordingly. (Thefe orders were not Of
tered in evidence but may be Teen in note W.
the Sabine? Cen Ulkie/oa {tmiiiugl f,d il
was fort of driving. Mr. Eirkkam. You Gay
that the lirt Estimation you had Of col Burr'e
dehgns, was fron the cyphered letter |! General
Hilkia/on. lbave fad 10. Bat had received
number of ambiguous hints before. O In
what way? A BY letter. Q When did you
communicate the contents of this cyphcred let.
ter to the government? A You will obferve in
my letter of the eth of November, reference
ismadc to confidential nietienger, Mr. Briggs,
70 whom repeatedly read the cyphersd letter,
TO enable him TO communicate the contents to
the Prelident. O What communication did
you make through Mr. Briggs: vast MIR Dun
cams tranf1ation A No. Mr. Briggs left
Natchez Immediately after the date of my Ii.
ter of the l2ih of Nov. Mr. Duncan's tranlati-
on was made in New Orleans after I arrived
there. Q Have you the paper about you con-
tanning the iufrudion, to Briggs? a gave no
mitruetions to Briggs except verbal ones. Q
Have you the tranfation made by you? A No.
have looked for it but cannot find it. O Was
it before the grand jury? A Yes. 1t was an
old worn out paper. Q Was this information
by Briggs an expedition of the whole contents
A Tread the heads to him, and verbally explain
ed the contents. Q Was the letter complete
Iy decyphered A have faid no, frequently.
have faid that the only Interpretation made by
me was haftly done at Nachtoches.
Mr.. Wiekbam. Then you did not relate the
whole contents to Briggs? A. laid it before
him, and explained the contents as already Ra-
ted. Mr.. Randolph. think in this letter you
lay, Miranda has taken the bread out of your
mouth" A. No. You are quite miftaken.
That letter was written, / believe in October
1908. Mr.. Randolph. Admitting it to have
been 70 far back, how came it to be matter of
furprife to you that an expedition was fet on
foot according with your own ideas or that you
fhould fay, col. Burr's views were not ditint9ly
kaown till you received the cyphered letter q
A. had received a number of ambiguous let
tiers from col. Burr and in LITTER of mine to
him, / made ufe of the exprefiiou fear Mi
''randa has taken the bread out of your mouth
in order to draw from him his real object. O.
In what manner did you coniider Miranda as
taking the bread out Of his mouth? A. If can
fate the grounds of thofe opinions, would fay
that they were derived from letters received
from col. Burr which am not at liberty to diff.
clofe. MIR. Randolph. Was the petition taken
by the Spaniih forces conhdered by the Pref
dent as an invaiion of our territory? A.-Cer-
tainly.
MIR NeRae. I undertood that opinion was
founded uPonwhat appeared in the public prints.
Crn UIikinjon. The Frfdent's orders were ex-
piicit to drive them out of the territory claim
ed by the United States. Thefe orders COM
muBIcated to the Spadih commandauts. Mr.
Randolph. In the ntercourCe between you and
sht OI'ab'h. NtIS dil tue IOTIDS OF
war obierved Gen EIikizJ5a. In what refpeGl /?
Mr. Randolph. AS TO military interviewa con-
6dered this fate of war. ii Between Ndchi-
toches and Nacogdoches, there was connant
intercourfe. MIR Randolph. But in the rclati-
on of one army to another? Gen TTikiaIou
can fate the ftuation. remember hat the
day on which reached the Sabine, my advanc-
ed guard captured three Spahiarda without arms
OF the left bank. I bad them returned to the
Spaniih cormandant, and dthred that he would
not permit a repetition of the trefpafs. Mr.
WTfkban, think you fiid that you wrote to
col Burr from Nachitoches. Cen HIlkiaIon.
When did fay 70? M HTe65am. thought
heard}you fay 70. Gen TlTikinjon. You guefs
well but il am not miltaken, you got that in
formation from Swartwout. Q Did you write !?
a did. . What did you do with the letter
Deftroycd it. Q Did it go out of your hands !.
A 1t did. 1t was fent to Natchez to which
place 1 followu', recovered and deflroyed it,
will give you my reafons for doing 70. After
writing, received the letter from Mr. Donald
fon, dated the 9otb of OAobcr, and convey
ing the Information received from Myers Mi
chaeI, which removed my doubts as to the ex.
tent Of Mr. Burr's defigns and their hnifer ma.
ture. MIR WiekbAm. Then / underfand you
to fay, that Mr. Donaldlon gave you the firft cor
reet Information. A II excited very ftrong ap-
prehenGons ia my mind, that fome general and
deep-rooted confpiracy bad taken place above.
MI WIeABaM. You have no recollection of the
letter of the eth of Nav a No win, -