Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-10-24

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sby The Spanish forces considered by the
President as az invasioD Of ouf territorY' A
Certainly. n
M. Urea Il understood that opiaion
va. fouoded upon what appeared 10 the
p6biics pffnss, Sen TX lkinson. The pre-
s;Gen,,s 5sders were explicit 20 drive pias1,
out Of The territory claimed By The Y -,
These orders communicated 70 the Span.
ish coa,hsaudants. 8,
M. ieanaslbh 10 the intercourse be.
tween YOU and the Spanish commandants
were all the forms OF war observed Gen
Ig1ilxinsc,l. Id wha. respecsf Mr.. Kan.
idslbh. As 10 military interviews, 4 cons'-
Ldercd ehis state ofwar. a Between Ma.
chiiiocfrs and Nacegdoches there was q
constant intercourse. Mr. Randolph But
ia the relation of one army 10 another :
Gen. Iiikinscn. can state the situation.
i remember .ha, Tie day 90 which | reach.
ed the Sabine, my advanced gsard captured
three Spaniards without arms on the LETT
bank. / had them .retnrnedso the Spanish
I CO in msndapt, and desired that he would
not permit repetition Of the uespass. Mr..
TVsGickhan,. think you said you wrote col.
Burr from Na,chitohees. Gen. Wilkins0,'
When did say so { Mr.. >Wickham.
thought 4 heard You say SO. Sen. Wiikin.
son. You guess we'll; By. il am not
mistakes, you got thar information from
Swar,wout. G nidyou write! a Ibid
g Whas did you do with the letter! a
Dssssoyedit. @ Did i. go out Of your
hands Il II did. II was sent TO Nat
chez, 10 which place. followed recover.
ed and destroyed il. will give you Fay
reasons for doipg so. After wiring, ire-
ceived The letierfrcm Mr.. Donaldson, Cat
ed Ike aosh October, and conveying The in.
formation received from Myers Michael,
which, removed nv doubts as o the exten.
Of Mr.. Burr's designs and their sinister
pa,ure. Mr.. Wickaau,. Then under
stand you TO say, chat Mr. Lonsldson gave
YOU the frs, co,rec, information. tex.
cited very strong spprehensions in my
mind, sha. some gcnsrsl aud deep rooted
! conspiracy had taken place above Mr.
!; Eickham. You have 20 Teco,iection OF
| the letter OF the 1siheof Mays "A No,
| I wish ii. couldbs produced. lt,woDltre
| lease me from all Obligation to withhold
/ the confidential letter of colonel Burr. =
O.. Did you write him any other letters
/ Al / have 40 impression on my aaind that
| wru.e hms TWO or three letters. Mr
! .Wickhaaa The cyphered letter gave you
! she frst idea of colonel bnrr's plans. |
| had received from him several lererssof a
very ambiguous cast, busthey contain 90.
/ thing reasonable. / wrote 20 q mlnlster
s(Robert Smilh) ain my letter say. Burr
! is about something, hut whether internal
| or external, cannot discover. think
yeu shoold keep 60 eye 90 him" Mr.,
| Wiekham When was that letter written
/ a. l cannot tell, when wrote It. q
| When was colonel Burr at ST.. Lewis A
colonel Burr was al ST. Losis on the 18th
Of September Sos. ard ltf. that place on
the morning Of the 18th. 10 the interim
he had been in that quarter of the country
where .Kibhy lives, though lido not Know
i.tha, he saw him Which K;bby? A
| The fellow who gave, the deposition which
has been published. G Wha, is the date
Of your orders for descending the river
A, cannot tel. QHass you those orders
here? / ana not certain most Of my pa
pers are in Williamsburg; The troops de-
| scended in The beginning If May. G Did
| you aushorise any officer 10 arrest any per.
son after you descendedi A No. gave
ins,rucsion to .licu,enaD. Peter, whom !
/ had LEI, at Na.ebrz, and required himto
/ give me- regular informasioc. See deposi-
ton Of lsuttnan, Peter note Al the
l.,imr descended the river we had no posts
!. except The Chic aszw Bluff on the Miss.
ssippi, and Massac pcar the mouth OF the
! Ohio. except a small party at the Arkan.
saw, and another opposi,e. 10 CINCINNATI.
/ Mr.. Hay. Was there any post between