Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-10-15


fication ia legal form annrxed
M. Nickham an affidavit forming 20
ar.of the case before the court cannot b.
insroduced s Isl
Mr. Ha,h Gen. w ilkinson states that
on the morning after the letter was partly
decyphercd be stated % col Cushing us
coasc ats, and communicated 10 him the
measures which HI sho4ld pursue. These.
are facts detailed inlhat deposition and i
the gentlemen donot wish 60 sec them,
there is an end Of the controversy.
The general proceeded One para Taph
of the letter was ia the ordinary SCRIPT.
+ Here the paragraph was read by gen. w !.
ID the following words. !" He isa man OF
(" insiolable honor aud perfect discretion,
80 formed 10 sxscute rather than project;
i capsule Of relating facts with fidelity,
6 and incapable Of relating them otherwise
50 - He is thoroughly ioformed Of The.
g plans and intentions Of and
SO NH disclose 20 you as far. as you en-
Z auire aud no further He has inb;bed
I 9 reverence for your character. and may
sc be embarrassed in your presence
. him al ease and he will satisfy you"
determined TO avail myself Of this re-.
ference 20 obtain from Mr.. Swartwout that
Information which could not discover
BY the liter that is. the object 70 which
col. Burr explicisy directed his views and
ia the course Of several days obtained from
him substantially the following facts hat
he had isft eel. Burr al Philadelphia occu-
pied day and night almost aboat an enter.
prize whichhe had incontemplasion that
he lived in are.ired paft OF the city, II
small house with seversl ROOMS, where he
resolved pc: sons with Whom he had 10
transact business and that he saw no:ivo
persons at the same time.
He observed to me that commodore
Truxton was frequently with him, and zea.
lousy engaged in his enterprise. He OBJ.
served that a man who superinsendsd the
pubic buildim,s az Washington was al.o
szealous!y engaged He did not recollect
the name but on my mentioning the name
ofLasrubc, he said, shs was the man, he
said that he had been dispatched by col. 3.
from Philadelphia, aud had sraversed the
states Of Ohio and Kentucky. SO under
stood,,he gen.lemaa aethat time, bu, have
ssnse discovered that he descended the ri..
yer.
Mr.. Bots BY whom did you nrdsr.
stand that he descended the river? a By a.
man who Informed ms he had Towcd l.im1
dowa ffomP l,sburg.
Another reason why I may have been
mistaken was this. He Informed me that
he had passed TO Frankforsia quess Of gen.
Adair, for whom he had dispatches from
col Burr; aad not hearing Of him there,
had returned back 30 Lexington III pursuit
of him where he was informed by maj.
Waggoner, thar gen. Affair, being 10 Ill
health had gone 10 some medical spring,
and that if he would wait a few days. he
might see him that he did so, and thns
lad an Interview with him without iacurr.
ing any suspicion, st which time he DELI
yered his dispa.ches. He said that gene.
raj Adair was zeaIously engaged ia his en-.
ierprize and observed, /" tell him that !
viii write TO him. bus tha, ! expect 20 meet
him asahe place, that he may depend | will
meet him at the spot" or words TO sha: ef-
feet.
Mr.. Swartwousproceeded TO inform gae
that he came 10 Louisville, and felt him
self al a loss howlle should reach me with
thesmoss certainty, a-ramof having prevail.
ed here thar 1 had descended the river,
Finally cnthe advice Of Mr.. Floyd, he de-
term;ncd 70 SO across The ccuasry under The
expectation Of 6oding me .; ST. Louis.
Accompanied By Mr.. Ogden he prosecuted
his journey 70 EasAaskias. Finding that
had descended the river, he determined
to alter his rop.e5:she purchased a skif,
employed hands aud followed me down to
Fort Adams. a, this point asked him
whether this sudden change Of route, might
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