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

ninc aod tkat nigh sapsose y was ~ ~. J.
something very handsome. mention cd
something about his leaving his own plan
ta,ion; 4 man who was so well slftatsd as
e. was. Hesaid what he had thets be 9sa
not regardfs a straw, 10 corAparisoS win
the object be had a head. Ihad great
MANY Interviews with him upon this sob
iecs som ctimes HE told me one sihlsg and
sometimes another. told him that Mrs.
BE nncrlaasse.t had Informed me thar "a {.
Graham was one of the pa! 49, Mr.. FL
agreed il was So srhe court will be
Die ssed 10 notice, that Mr.. Graham and
myself had once travelled 70 New Orleans
.,ore,hcr. He mentioned if Iwohld go with
him could / arm myself with q gun! I
told him r had 4 rife thatI could take
with me that I had never useda nlusket.
He said that would answer He asked me
sifthr young men on The Muskingum who
were iiketo go with me had arms or could
pet theasss told him il was probable they
all had arms as they belonged to the militia
lie said IL they would find arms he
would find ammunition Jus, before
Mr.. Blynnerhssseu's boats went off Mr..
Graham cameso Marietta, and Mr.. Blen.
nerhasse,t was that night at my fathers
house My father told me that my old
friend Mr.. Graham was 10 town; Mr.. BIZ
told my mother tina, she had better not LEI
me go 10 see Nj. Graham, for Mr. G.:wou'd
certainly persuade me 10 goodwin their.
YER
Mr Hay. Will you state the diFErent
objects which Mr.Blennerhassettsheld out
TO you A He mentioned to me tina. be
was going out nso the Spanish territory,
about the same time that he spoke Of my
arming, and l:r.suppossd We should have a
little Sighting to do; bas :heSpaniards were
towards and would soon run.
Mr.. Hay. Did you understand where
you were TO fight the Spaoiardss A Some
where abou. the Ouachi,a lands, that they
naigh: be troublesome, and tina, he wanted
men oil my description 10 do it..
Mr.. Hay. Dad hepropose any other OBJ
jece. A My father asked him what he
wanted me for, If 70 work, tina. would not
work at home. He said he didnot want
all to work. He wanted men of my de.
serlpiion, shs did 90, care if he had thou.
sand such.
When he was bringing up this kiln dri-
ed meal asked him what it was for. He
said tha, it was TO take down the river. I
asked him why he did not sc, -four! Be-
cause he said they were going into the
Spanish. country and -four would not keep
as we'll. He told me .ha, he wanted US TO
get knaPsacks to carry or 10 days pro,
vision ter marching | mentioned, that
| was poor traveller aod wepldget me a
Spanish horse and ride. He said he was
going out among the Spaniards IN ignorant
sex of men, and he waited some clever
you7g men TO SO and take command &C
them 10 have commission and some Of
fee too. II mentioned 10 him tina. would
90, hesitate to go ttere and stay two or
three years, ! could make my fortune.
He said if once got there he'd warrant, +
never would rctarn, would be SO fond of
the place. Iaold hia, Lnever wished to so
TO place whence could sosrs,uru to vi.
SIX ny friends. IL said ] saauld slike ,,1e
country so well, that ] would be conten,ed
to stay there. He told me that when we
5go.,o the mouth Of Cumberland river, we
should be jo.aed by colonel Burr and the
whole party. when The whole secretwould be
dienlged, and If I did no, ike it be would
b.ar my expences back 10 Marietta Il told
him that It went down aud number of
my friends were going also, would like TO
have tbs choice OF my boats crew. He
said shasis il was 80 Unjust still! expec, 10
be under the saIae regulations as regular
troops; that was, that we .mighs have, the
privilege of chusing bur own officers. till
8egot TO the mouth of Cumberland, there
we were 30 meet col. Barr and We must
submit to such regulations as colonel Burr
Is !.