The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-01-27

Ef Jour mefenges icnd me fasr or Sve q
the commiiiions Of your officers, which you c.
borrow under any Pretence you pleafe :~they
mall be returned faithfully already are orde,
to the contractor given to forward tx months
provGons TO points Wilkinton NAV name This
hall not be uird until the lai rromenf. and
then under proper injunctions the psnis0 is
Brought to the point 70 long te6rea =. Burr
guarantees the refult with his life and honor,
the lives, the honor, and fortunes Of hundreds,
the bea blood of our country; Burr's pla,,-nf
operations is 20 move down rapidly from the
falls the fifteenth of November, with the fr,e
1--WE hundred or one thoufand men, in light
boats, now conaruaing for that purpofe to i,
be at Natrhez between the fifth and fifteenth f
December, then TO meet Wilkinfon !; thent 10
determine whether il will be expedient in the
hrit inftance to feize on or pats by Baton Rouge:
on receipt Of this iend Burr all anfwer draw
on Burr for all expenfes, sc. The people of
the country to which we are going are prepared
to receive us their agents now with Burr fay,
that we will prote1 their religion, and will
not fubie6 them to a foreign power, that in
three weeks all will he fetted. The Gods in.
vite TO glory and fortune: it remains TO tr
feen, whether we dsirrve the boon: the bearer
OF this goes exprefs to you +; he will hand a
formed letter of Introduction fo you from Burr.
a copy of which's hereunto fuhioinej: be ia;
man of InviolabIe honor aud perfect difcrstont
formed to execute rather than to pr,isSf {: ca
pablr of relating facts with fidelity, * incapab.
of relating them otherwfe (: he is iho-
roughly Informed of the plans and intentio rs OF
and will clifclofs 10 vou "a far. a,
you enquire, and no further: he has ml,ibed
reverence for your character, and may he en-
harrafied.in your 'prefence put him at cafe
and he viii fatisfy you: doctor Boman, e.
qually confidential, better informed on thefub-
and N..lt..
cate" goth July.
Nav ORLEANS, November IS. 1906.
"SIR, -
"Your letter of the II ,h infant, has been
duly received ;fiippofdg that yen will be much
engaged this morning, defer .vaitine on goa,
exceeucy ill you " he pieafcd Ia inform, me
OF the iisne when II will he ennveriept 10 youso
lee nc"
| remain, with great ref1e9,
Your exceirE.y's mt ohe.iirnt fervart.
ERiCK BOLIVIAN.
HIS exec 1eacr
General NIiE;ai0v, F1avioRyg.
-MAEiGNY,, re hoHf brtc9eer ssst!s,rr 49,. .
'TreriEas, oaa N. htac.sr:J,
On s.c seth ofthe fame month ws,tcd in
perioT Oh GDtior Z. DDnan, VIXEN he ,inf,rn,-
Cd ne That ..e bad not heard from colonel B3rr
6ncr his arrival here. Tia, he <rhe faid doctor
T.. Boilmah) had feat ,lifpa,cls1 10 co.oa=i 3irr
hy 4 lieutenant Spence. of the navy, jri ;h7r
he had been at,vfsd OF Spencs's arrival AT Ns..-
vine, in tie fa'e of Tcnne.Ice, aud otfrrcsd
that colonel Burr had proceeded too far tore
treat that h. Colonel 2urrl had numerous and
powerful friends in TIE United States, who
food pledged TO iupport him with their for
tunes, and thlt he nlIH ficceed. That ne Che
faid doctor f. Bnman) had writtrn to cnldncl
Burr on the fui,jrtt of proviiions, and that he
expected iuppiv would. be fent from Tcw~-
York, and ALTO from Norfolk. where coUntl
Burr had itrong connections. I'D not fee or
hear from the doctor again until the 5th infant,
when called on him the fecon,i time. The
mail having arrived the day before, I sf;ed him.
whether he had received anyin.elIigence from
colonel Burr he Informed me that he had feen
a letter from colonel Burr, of tn soth October,
in viii h he Colonel Burr stv-a t'nrances that
he 'honia be AZ 'Natchtz with 2aoo me,i on the
Eoh December, infant, where he iliouid wait
until he heard from this place; shat. he we,rtd
he folIawed BY 1909 men more, and that be .
Colonel Bnrt) if he had ciiofen, could have raft
ed or got 1000 as eaiily as 5000, hut tliat'he
did not think that number necefary. Contiding
fully inthis information, I became indifferent
about further di!yuife. J then told the doctor -
that 'hor!d r,olt certainly oppofe colonel
Barr 1t he came ibis way. He replied that they
NUT come here for equipments and fhipping, :
and of~,vei that ne did not know, what had u,
P4hed between COLONEL Burr and myfelf, ol,li- :.
qurd at fham defence, and waved the fubject.
From the. documents in my pcGeiIion and the
several communications, verbal AS well rs writ
ten. from the iaid doctor Erick 3ollman, on this
fnfjeti, fee no helilaion in declaring urder
The i"iemn obligation OF an oath, hat he has
committed mipr;fon of treafun asaG1 The go
vernHent Of the United States. 80 =.
{SSncd)
JAMES WILKINSON.
Scnc.i and fworn To this 18th day of Decsm.
her, 1909, before me one of the iuftices the '
pace of this county.
(SSued)
]. CAR2ICK.