Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-08-28
TUESDAY, GrcUs7 IS.
:. Prsscn. JoEN MARSHALL, chief Justice of
the United States.
(iMr. Eafon's evidence coactaded:..

mai3ed at NaSaington,st hcussith ne was. S0tlClt
pust TO eagase nse IA lis western plans. re-
turned to Massachusetts and thought no
moro of col. Barr or his projects until iii Oc-
tobcr last aIetter was put into my hands, from
M, Beliaap, to L. E. Danielson stating that
boats were b,ildiHg ontae ohio. Mr.. BIrr
Have you taat letter Mr.. E. No. MIR. B.
It's improper then to stateit Mr. kay. It
is ianinateTial Mr., Relnap is lfre. Mr. E.
As to letters, ] have had no correspondence
with colonel Burr. i was about to state ths.t
made communication to the President of
tAe Unised States through the hands OF the
Postmaster general, stating, the views of,scl.
B..
Il. Questioned 1y tds Prosecutions.
Mr.. Nirt. Was there any conversationbe-
tween yoa and the prisoner, in@Wh;ch you
spoke of the odium attached to the name of
(. 1ssurter A.. That conversation was exclpd
ed by the opinion of the court, as relating to
the central preJeet.
Mr. Hay. Did YOU mem 70 state that the
honorable indemnity proposed TO you by the
prisoner was to be included in this plan 4 A.
) 4undcrseood it to be included in TIE perna-
nent rank and emolument TO be assigned me
i'm his full confidence, that he should erecta
Government OF which he was to be the cisaef.
Crocs-g stoned.
Mr.. Nartin. Do you recollect when you
arrived in Washington 3 "A. said, that did
not recollect particularly. But the plnciPas
parts of these conversations must have been
between the middle of February and the lat
ter end of March. Q. WAS there any part-
cular canouct calculated to put "a end to col.
Burrs' opportunities. A. Yes. At some OF
our last interviews, laid on MS table, a paper
containing this toast which i had given to the
public: The United States-Palscy to the
brain that should plot to dismember, and lcp
resl to the hand that will not draw totlefcnd
our union. Q. Where was that toast drunk
"a. cannot say. This question was made
to me from authority. 1t was sent with other
toasts, i$had cafrected, to paper at Spring
field laid this paper on colonel Burrs.t ia
bic, thaths night see it / and have reasons
to believe that he did. Q Was It drrrk at
any distant place At Philadelphia? A. |
dc not recolIect. though. at first it was
Philadelphia; bot had received many hospl'
.salities throughout the union many of my
toasts were published and in the hurry of
passing and repasslng, have completely for
gotten.
Mr.. Barr. !, De you rerollec., when you
left Washington A.. About the Sth or-6th
of April. @. Can you not be certain where
this toass:was. drank AteWashington or at
s Philadelphia? Al am certain It was not at
w because gave another there when called,
upon. @. Did you say, that all those cofrper-
sat;Ons happened between the middle of Fe-
braary and the last Of March, a. No fdid
not say so. Isaid the principal part of these
conversations. @. You say that this toast was
printed at Springfield! a. did. Have
you in your possession paper containing that
toast? A. / have not here. z, You menti-
oned something about communication which
YOU made to the President through the P. NJ.
General Look at that paper. Is that your
SIGNATURE A. 1t is and must give ashort
acsount of that paper. MIR. e. then ment-
aned that the notes on the two first pages
were drawn up by. MIR. Granger, from con-
versations which had passed between Mr.. G.
and Mr.. Ely, on certain communications
made TO Mr.. Ely by Mr.. Eaton, respecting
Col. BIS plans that he had seen Mr.. Ely at
Northampton at the session OF the court of
common pleas, at time when they had first
heard of the building of boats on the Ohio
The notes 1.-The last page, IN Mr.. Grangerss
{ writing, and subscribed by himself, were from
subsequent conversations between him and
Mr.. C.
Mr.. Burr. Ye,rspoke of accounts with the
government Did you or the government de-
mand money :, A. They hat, no demand on
me. den1anded-of them. O. Did they state
In account balance against yop {! 4. ex-
pended money for the service ofthe Y. D.
when eTnplovefl IN ~, xs agency AT TanlS (: an
account Of which being presented to the ac-
counting officers of the treasury, taey. was.
told, had no legal discretion to settle it. AS
there was no law to authorize this adjustment,
did refer to the Congress of 1854. A