Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-02-26
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WASHINGTON CITY, Feb, s5.
We have peruscd letter dated Natchez,
January 26, which states that Mr.. BURR had
been liberated on bail, in the sum Of ten tiou-
sand dollars, and that ne had returned to his
boats:
Esstr'act ofa lelser jrou-a gentleman IN Gree,s
vitle, Mss. Ter. u'aGe7 dats ct the 26th Of
s.Jasnary last.
+ g Our territory has been Ia corn4notion fer
some time past, In consequence Of A. Burr's
arrival. After raising and marching tie mil
tia, a committee was appointed to so and ex-
anime col. Burr's boats. They found so CT
40 rifles and muskets, 5 or e pounds of pow
der, 900 barrels of pork, several trunks Of
books, and some other small matters Burr
has given security to stand his trial at our
next circuit court, and peace and tranquility
is, restored to the territory. believe the peo-
pie here are warmly attached to tho general
government,
Extract Of a letter from q gentlemen Of re-
speeta5ikty, datsd lH1ashtngton, AZ Ter.
asth ian. 1907.
Asl suppose that.yeu will BE- soliciious
to hear the state Of publil affairs here,
take up my psn 10 inform you. thar colonel
Burr has brrp here ab4ut foraighs. Kls
approach gave much alarm, and that alarm
mas generaily been kept up By successive
rumors. 1t does nos appear certain, how.
ever, 1ha, more than 80 or so persons &C.
compap,eI hlr,, AID no arms OF any mo.
nsnr have been found, There are persons,
ho@ever, Of good observation, who think
he has 500 Strangers here OF his party
The geneesl assertion, which is made By
,h1m, is, thar their object was to settle
eWashna lands bought of Bastrop. and
certainly many Of hem are persons from
whoas one sboad much mare readily ex-
p c. project Of this kind than any military
euserptize.
Many dsposisions have been taken 5ut
nothiag of momsnt has come out, except
indeed lqas . ~. Butler of Kentucky, did
last week appiy,o an acquaintance in Nat
chez 10 by upla quantlsy OF gups for Mr..
BUR Comtort. Tyler speaks of eunigra.
ION only. Mr.. Blannerhassett and Mr.
Davis Noyd have not yet been examin.
I'd.
"There is atNa.ehez son of general
Nevi., and young gentleman of the name
If Wilkins, and TWO others of the name
# Elliott aud Robinson. all said 70 be
ffiends Of Mr.. Burr.
aGoyernor Williams, reached Natehez
Yesterday, but brings 20 accounts OF any
thiag particularly worthy OF pesice on the
river,
=. Col. Burr is, recognized TO appear at
the supreme court. next Monday aud take
his trial.
ssl'hs attorney general however is of
opinion that the court can take no cogni-
zance of the offence. Ii was not one OF
the superior courts existing here when the
act ofcongress giving federal jurisdiction
tothe territorial eousts was passed, and is
indeed only a court of errors aud appeals,
aeycep, in. civil cases where special jury
is required. On this ,groand ne has dc
cliued acting, or at least not acted on an
application from the collector at Fort
.S,oder, relative TO ogrnces under the re-
venue laws"
A letter dated New Orleans, January
20, states, tina. grand jury had found
bill against Judge WORKMAN. and Mr..
KERR. without however specifying The
charge.