Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-11-02
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/ saw upwards Of 90 Of your party seized: y
! When was this A About the 4 sth OF Fsi,.
q Was it before or after my trial IT
vas sflerthe trial. Did ycu. zee MT tira-
hanltheTe saw the governors coll ClsaDorHe,
| and MI Graham @ Had you any converse
ZION With eieller Of. those, gentlemen about
SEEING ME w military authority - did
converse with MIR Graham OF, tina. subject.
sexpressd my regret at seeing you seized. he
told me that Z should soon perceive the cause
! of ii. % Did you know ct any measure tor
selling me BY martial law AZ ! heard that
some had been taken, and these reports were
still further confirmed By a letter which Y re-
ceiyed from gen. w ilkinssn. g ~ hat was m
/ the letter? "A The postscriPt stated thar Il
wished to make myself acceptahls 70 sthe
government, / must seize Burr, Blannerhass
sctt, Smith, Tyler, Flsyd Or Ralstone q
/ who conveyed this letter to you! "A Com
/ modore shaw. q 6 IF you wished TO mako
yourself acceptable to the government S 8
If you. wished to tax the government ~ bcyeha
denial, on some such expression. ..s,ss
@. Was any propositions made TO you bys
pen. Wilkinson relative TO the Spanish Colo.
MES "A, There was. Wass there any
iny;talior, to4yon in relation to these colonies
A. In 1905 about Christmas I reserved let
tor from gen, iilkinson, asking me whether
Izcould not raise number ofcayalry-to fotlew
his fortunes on crusade 70 Mexico. G. Have
YOU that letter? Al have It not here but
on the Mississippi donot particu larly re-
collect its date O. What number Of cavalry
was mentioneds A.. l. knew Rst. Mr.. Bda.-
nerkohssts. Atthe tine gen. w ilkinson wrote
TO desire you to seize, me, was in the hands
Of the civil authority a, So Understood. /
Cross EfeNine6ss
| MI lf.Pe.. You held az ofEce bnder,
The general governmen.! 4 Ihsve no, been
10 one for 4syears. g What ofsce WAS IL.
4 I was agent for Indian affairs 70 vhtChoc.
taw pa.iep. QsAnd when did your Office
eea.e! "a WAS removed BY the president
ia 1902. q Did you not receive a letter
from colonel Burr through thehand OF lieu.
ltessn. Jackson. Did. G Where is
tia. letter 4 Il is Destroyed. g State ia
principal csnten,s. "A Twas written On the
OH Of Isouary, 1907. and Invited DE 10
NEE, him at Bayou Fierfe Oh .'ies13th. 6
+ Do ysurscollecs wherher there was not ing
more ia this letter, besides the invitation 7
4 Irecoilect nothing more. fhcae.ser u
self bnrnt.
Mr. Hoy Wss no part;cuIsr ebjeetssa.s
ed 10 this letter = 4 None. G Ard Why,
sir. did you burn tha, lssserl Because /
saw men arrested to9a mach sless mater
than carving .scA . fessers and put i Out
of my nosssssion. Mr.. Hay: You say
there vas pos.script 70 letter whish yor
receive d from general Wilkinson !; ibid
yon undesstand wa The pnrpoft Of thar les.
ter : a did suppose, that ne should 30
10 war with The Spaai.rds. e Did he state
/ that the expedition was unans horned by
government j. He did not.
M4. Writ. He gave you then no impfss.
s;oos Of 10 Illicit object IS He did not !,
that time. Mr.. Writ. Ybu answered it ?
"A Yes. q Where is pour answer "a
Thisis my answer !:
{ Ch;elesarv,, Fs5. -; 1906
| Dedr General,
Your kind nlbrancer offs Deer.
! Irec'd.s and had written ID you immedi-
a,ely after al The Bluffs. but French In,
dian country. man WAC had promised 20
| call on fns Tor it went CA without doing 81.
4 had written a great deaiabous recr0itins
inTcressee,abc cutting and slashiug and
packing dollars and enjoying otium cum
diguisase Bet aloar di frenees aasica-
6iu ssttled Nth Spain knocks all these
Utopia Is tie devil and nm. zgain awake
10 the painful anxiety attendant on q state
of-suspsnce-~I have reapessed my friend
Moore 10 press he Sec 10 decide and
s ex2ees his apsyer in less than 4 month
Whatever nay fate may be, naass always
4 a Copy Of a postserips to a; letter Ct genera
James Wilkia son 70 John Me ee, dated New
I Orleans, Feb. 9th 1907,
s If you want to distinguish yourself arc