Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-01-24

FIRST regular arrest should take place here,
and the course Of preceedingsreceiye here
their proper direction. III
TIL: JEFFERSON.
January 20, 1907.
E.tract OF q letter .fron: general sfdmes
Wilkiason, datsS Nese Orleans, Dec. IL.
1906,
Alter several consultations with the
governor and judges, touching The arres.
aud conhnemeaeot certain known agents
add smissas,sa of colonel Burr, In this cl.
" aud territory, whose intrigues and aaa.
chlnatioas were to be sapprshcnded, il is
with their prlvlsy and appreciation that /
nase caused three of ,hem 10 be arrested.
siz. DR. Errick Bol!man, Samuel Swart
won't and Peter V. Ogden, against whom
possess strong facts, and Ihaye RECON-.
mended to the governor to have lanes
Alexander, sesq. taken up on the grounds
ct strong saspicion. These persons and
all Others, who, by their character and de.
pertinent mav be considered hostile TO the
ieteres' of the u. S. or dangerous to this
feeble frontier. uuder the menacing ASPECT
OF thugs troa above viii. if my influence
san prevail, be ssized and sent BY sea 10
the y. S subject To ahe disposition of go
ssro mens, and accompanied by such In
formation as may justly their confne at,
and furnish clae toIhe developenens of
the grounds. progress and projectors Of the
treasona5le ea.erp.ize In which they are
sogsssd
" his letter will accompany Dr.. Boil
man, who is to be this DAY embarked in a
vssse! 5oand for Charleston, under the
charge Of leatenan, Wilson Of the artiIle.
~, who has orders to land with his prison.
{. AZ Fort Johnson, or Fort Moulrie, 10
forward this dispatch by mail and to wal.
the orders of the executive. Mr.. Swart.
woas will be sent 70 Baltimore by vessel
whlch will sail sometime the ensuing wee k
10 custody Of another subal,erh, who will!
be the bearer of strong tesslDeny agans,
him and also coloatI burr, aed the others
viii follow under due precautions, by the
earliest opportunities which may present.
deem 1t essenlia! to keep these pri-
sonefs apart, to prevent the adjustment of
correspondent answers or confessions, 10
any examination which may ensue, and /
hope the nae asures OF the executive NAV be
so prommt and efficient, as TO relieve the
officers Ia charge OF them frem her trust,
before the interposition of the friends Of
the prisoners saay efees their liberation.
By this procedure sc may int,mi.iate
the coniedsraies. who are unGuee,ionabiy
nuusercus in this as well as the adlaeen,
territory, discoocert their arrangement &
possibly destroy their intrisues, and hope
the zeal which directs the measute may
be Justified and approved. for whilst the
glow OF patriotism actuates my conduct.
and ara willing TO offer myself martyr
to the constitution of nay-counsry, should
iodsedb be most sr!syoasly disappointed did
incur !ss eensure.
Here, sir, we End the key to the west.
ern states, and here We must form one
grand depository and place Of arras - com
blne TO this disposition river feet com
petens 10 It's occ'usion, and post thirty 0,
forty leagues above the Yszou river, and
we may seposei in security for the discon.
tent aad suferings of our iusurgea. CHI.
zens which mast Immediately ensue, viii
soon open their eyes to the wickedness of
their leaders aad work radical reforma
tlon without bloodshed. This is my plan
tor resisting an Internal at,ack--for exter-
nal defence, gun boats aud bomb keschrs
with floating batteries at the mouths of the
Mississippi and the passes from lake Pom,
ehartrain will be necessary.
Extract ct letter from gen. flames Viii
Alnson, dated Fssv Orleans, December
18, 1906.
SIR,
Since my Last of,he 14sh inssans, writs
OF habeas corpus have been issued for the