Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-10-13

If the SWartwoOts OF New q oIR " not
coDcesne d. There was a gentleman tiaen
a. our house BY that name Hs said lhty
we're. He named anlmbe d other cha.
rac,eYs, whom I do not recolleet.
M. Hcy. w ere. you en- the island on
The night Of their departure! 4 was
MIR. BI. told me # wo;lli come over TO
see him he woula shsw nac = plaapi the
Ouachita country. Some fay days alter
this / went over 90 the islapd. Mr.. u.
" as at home, hut engagsd with some gen
llemen who were there. Hr nssae 40 fus-s
.tber communicated 10 me, seeming to
doubt whe,herL was seriously disposed to-.
wards his plans. 4 staid only a few nat-
mites. I pow recollect that | have omit,
ted part Of the conversations with h,'a 800
When he said that generals Wiiklnson ard
Jackson were gong 80 join with their
troops, II asked him Whist was Ibis Tor; "
for The settlement Of lands they snrslg
,serc not necessary. Fl said that :here
we're grea, mary Inaisrs and SPaniards
} il that eosnsry, whom. they must go pre-
Sparedto resist.
Hill The 9th or 10th Ct December whenthe
tent servant to know whether be could
pet 8 or q horses to ride to Marietta !
said thar he 'taighs have all that had -
About 2 O'Clock 10 the day several IS nile.
men came; amoug them, were MT Blan.
slneshasse,, Tyler, and think Mr.. Smths:ie
There were 6 genslsmen- understood
they were going Up the McsE'ngum afleE
the boats. Some time IN the afsernoon
they returned. They rode to the landing
opposite the island and sent The horsts
down. understood from Ayipg reports
that they expected opposition and had re-.
turaed. Hearing thar they were 70. start
that evening, fels anxious 70 see their
departure and to hnd out their object - -
With young men went down TO ,e9 IL
yer, found skill at the landing and pass.
cd over. We landed jnss above where
Tyler's boats lay, went 10 the house into
a large room, yrhfTe. number ct men were
collected round the FIRE, and col. yler
among them, told HIM that ander-
stood .heyIwere about TO start doswn the
river. We walk Ell opt into the aor,h wing
Of MIR. B!annerhasset's house together,
and sherc yoga gesn by the nsrae ct Bent
observed 10 me that he underssood from
Mr.. Blame. .lassest T had some inten.ion TO-:
ioia
Mr. Bons objected TO this species ostes.
,Igony. Ilid Mr.. BlaTaerhsssets hear OF
this conversation afterwards and approve.
it?
4 fitness. No.
Mr.. Wiri. Who was in comPaRy with
Zoas
Fitness Mr.. Tyler was.
MIR Hau consended that declaration
nude in the presence of one accomplice,
gould bear upon ali1he rest
Mr.. Bats contcnded, that iflhis kind ct
.evidence were admitted, it would be in.
possible TO exclude any source Of iuforma
tiauors conjecture; newspaper statements
or flying reports
TIE GA;ef Tussicci observed that as he
was sitting there IN the character of an ez-
aiming magistrate, where The rules 81 e.
vidence were no, soinaes IDLY rigid as 10 a
coun Of justice ard as Tyler %vss proba
BY party concerned, keswas disposed 10
hear the testimony.
q Witness. / replied. that when I knew
the object Of the expedition and liked ~
would then determine that Mr. Blanner.
t,asse,, had bsen telling ne Story about
settling land, 10 which did not place
much confidence, Colonel Tyler observed
tha. i, was a fact Wy had mace the Pur.
chase, bur they had other objects Ia view.
Itold him, that had my ewn opinion On
the subject; the. I supposed their opera.
lions lay towards Msx;co. # they were,
Tefels strongly disposed to be friendly 10.
wards them. There was at that tine a
ssrong talk about Spanish war. He ob.
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