Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-10-17

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COLONEL AZ BURks

rr..a tie Rapidly wish which the inter.
sroga,orirs we're pit, and the promps'sude
rg nv answsrs wnsa last before you tear
GONE mlsap?rrhension may have ocsuffe 6
4 sherefSrs bsg l=ave 10 explain the iacss
70 which The inlcrrogtories appear.
ed 70 B. poin;sd WHICH thrust i.snaA
b. able 10 d. clearly, concisely aud sas's'
factorily.
The only explanations of the cyPheIed
letters Of col. Burr transmitted By o"art.
won't and Bollnau which have made was
doas hastily and by peacs meal az Na'cni.
,toches think have called this al In, !.
psrfecs interpretation, and have done so
because althonghii gaze me p err tall sense
yet by omissions aud abre. iatlons, = could
no. be we'll understood by al osher
Ga rsasc,ion think IL was from this 90.
~tumeus, and nor from noses, shatth pur-
port Of col. Burr's lrssers, were gwen 20
the legislative council aud Representatives
of the terr,,ory of Ofleans. had the
summons .ass date tbs Gf.eeosh OF Of lIfs Ia;
commenced The 18th. Il lasted two days
and therefore cannot recollec.,he parsicn.
lar course or ciIcums,ances. | hnd by re-.
fsrenses 10 my papers, that certain dacn.
menss were subniusd TO the clerk 10 be
read under certain restrictions, and 1t is
probable carried with me TO the house,
aii he papsrs respecting the subject OF en-.
sqairy
I have some impressions that this sane'
document Was preferred to the grand Jury
to aldahem 10 their interpretatio!i of the cy-
sphsrSd letters Of col. Barr, bat cannot
speak with ceraiasy. This examination
lss;rd several days and like thar before the
legislative council and representatives of
tie territory Of Orleans, was difuse, de
su.sory and complicated, and therefore j, is
impossible for me 10 charge my alsGaory
with minute.
The Interpretations of Mr.. Dnncau was
made she25 ihsor Goth of Dec. / sos, twenty
days before my examination by The legis-
ls,iye ceuncil & representatives of the ter.
riiory of Orleans.
ibid not transmit an Interpretation of
the cyphered letter 10 the President but !
well recolleet explaining it to Mr.. Isaac
Briggs, the confidential messengers sent
with my letter Of the 12,h of November
who was charged also to make oral commu.
nicatisus 20 the president.
BIZ referenceto the original letter. i will
be found thasa deposition is attached 70 il
: this was done preparatory 10 the trarsmit
alofit 10 the presidsnr, as was my intenti
on by special messenger, bu, the fear that
I il might beElost changed my determination.
Ikeptis il my possession and brought II
with me.
Referring TO col Burr's letter Of the 1osh
: OF October, 1900. have said, that be-
lievee the eypher depending on the book,
{ was formed in thar year, YET it may have
been afterwards. I perfectly remember
that about that period, col Burr informed
me he had TO seud SO miles for the coun,
serpart of The book, and alsosin answer 10
letter / wrote him from the frontier OF
Georgia tho Ocones river 10 1902 he
then beicg in Charleston. he informed me
he could cot write as freely as he wished,
as he had not the cyphcr with him,
In accounting for the erasnre ofthe du
plicase ofcol Burr's letters, have men,i-
oned an apprehension which had been ex
cited Of my being an accomplice Of csl-
Bnrr's aud that was preparing for his re.
ception This device had excited such
alarm, and the friends of government were
so ipcensrd, that was cautioned by Silas
Dinsmore, esq. 20 take care how moved
as was in danger of being tarrsd aud fea.
thered.
After gen. w had finished his address to
the court, Mr.. MdrtiR asked him If had
the originaitransls,ionofthe cyphered let.
ter OF col Burr. His answer was, have
not, / have looked for il, bat cannot hnd
IT.
Gen, w. then said thar he wished 20