Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-11-17
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TRIAL
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COLONEL A. BURR.
sIorios FOR conxlTassy.
EXAMINATION OF EVIDENCE,
MoNDAy, Ocsober S.
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ON the First evening OF tuS a. as'c -
col; q AZ the sowo of Washiogton, after ms
.uhmias;an 10 Mr.. Meade. 4 was nsrocuceua
- h,,o.by col Si.Kee. Barr, M Kee.5 as. Sal'
lier and myself were the only persons pre-
sent. Soon after my Introduction the sap,
,eCt Of the expedition was snsroduee0 o.
The carpct. 10 the course OF convefsa'lps
AIR. Caller or myself obssrsed, that = &C
fcOt BasI) had gone over 10 Wsshisgseas
county on The Mobils, and impressed nPon
the minds of the people there, mat Ms GU
,rrprixc was secret one against the oPag-
iards and with The sanction Of our govern
mens, he might have procured men spo
armed vessels enough to have taxed sns
toNu Of NIcbile, at which place re Wooia
have got a sisf;cirnoy of arms and am nu.
milton TO. have KEEP, possession, or armeo
vessels 10 convey his troops 80 wnaseslsr
nlace he pleased. Col Barr than begsn 70
enquire into the situation OF sne Mo0"e'0
Washington county and perhaps OF Fea-
sacola but dwell upon the difficulties 10
which the people of Washington county
were subjected from the exactlous OF thc
Snaniaras and their unfriendly disposition
towards Us. To which col Burr mace inns
reply. that he vas surprized the people had
never a.,emRsed TO do themselves Jusuce !.
that he had ssen with regret their msmDri-
ala 70 congress read with contempt and ne
fleet while they were reading the mem
.6efs would be scraping their feet, aud they
were no sooner read than the house pass
cd eu 10 some other business. sHe then
.a;ti Ia. government haviog neglected.
,heu,, i, was natural righs and engrafsed
on The constitution, for the people either 20
erect goserDGseo, of their own, or TO take
under such other governments
,---.-iSe Was surprised sil,satinn
WashiDgton comfy had not done i De,
fore
nj lNcRae. Had Burr previously IN.
formed you of the nature of the enterprise
on which he was going? A lie had not.
But il was the general rnmor, that ne was
gsi0g against the Spanish colonies. Some
If his partizans atleast held out that idea,
and declared thar there was nothing medl-
,ased against the U. S:
Mar. Hay. Did Burr express himself
with any earuestness in this conversation !!
4 Heidi, with great emphasis. Mr-Hsy-
are you member of the legislative coancil
/. of the Mississippi territory A 1 ann. g
From what part? A From the county of
Washington, aad Mr. Call:er represents it
in the house ofrepresentaiisss. Mr.. Hay.
Do you recollect Mr.. Robert New? a I
do. @ Did he descend the river with CO.
lionel Burr Al SO understood. q Was
ne in company with colonel Burr! a He
lodged 10 the sameroorn, and they seemed
TO be in the habits of The s,rictsss intimacy.
Mr. Hsy. Did Mr. New make you any
proposition!
Mr. Wickhars objected to this question.
: WHAT'S M. News conducsto col. Burr !!
Mr. Nav is a gentleman ofrespsctsble con.
neeiions in this part of the country. II it
be oecssssry,s why cot directly proceed q.
gaiast him. instead of thus employing his
corducs 10 csirnina,e colonel Hurrs
Mr. Hav. Mr.. New, cir, was an ageDt
of colonel Busr, and concerned 10 this en-
srrprias. wish 10 shew By this wisncsss
tia, Mr. New offered to sell him a rumber
of musquets. AS to Mr.. News being a
respectable man, ir is melancholy fact.
thai there were number of men who were
then respectable embarked in this enter.
prise, add who will have soregres. to the
latest day of their life, tina. they have been
thus deiuded-
Chief Justice 10 the witness. Do you
know whether there was any connection be.
tween Mr. Burr aud Mr. New: know
nothing positive about It. They appeared
TO be very intimate. and Mr. New some-
times went on colonel Burr's business. He
did not deny that be came down the river
: IS Ope OF thOas associated 10 an enterprise,
with the objects OF which am not par,icu.
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