Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-11-28
EMOTION ron coMMITMEsT.
MoND ay Ds,obrr S.
Maior Brl,g's eviasare1
OF
lSsOL0NEI. BURR
CONTINUED,

nion Of Lewis was also present. he sec'ry
at war shut the doors. w e had some preyl-
Gus conversation, as after the attorney general
Game iii, the secretary atwar introduced It
again, by observing, that he had been In
formed col Burr accompanies gen. Wilkin-
son to Tx Western country, spent several
s:sy with him 1t Massac, and then furnished
the colonel with a barge and laen to descend
4 the Mississippi to New Urleanss replied
that this vas Que anon many reasons. to sus-:
pectsa good understanding, connection and
cooperation between the general and colonel
That imagined both of them were well.
Inform ed Of the DID plan attributed to the ge-s
neral and his associates, 10 form a separate
J cove rrlrnents west of the Aieghars antler the.
4 auspicessef Spain or Englanl,Sof his famous
memorial, Which procured him exclusive
privileges from the Spanish government, and
the extraordinary visit colonel Connolly from
!, Canada paid lin in kentucky but that there
were recent epcfts which were not without
suspicion. Sucilas his having spent the last
winter Of col. EBSisrs vice precedence at Wash
ineton; their great iFitilnaey the; interest
made to get gen Wilkinson appointed and
contiralcd governor of Upper Louisiana, with
i,nrr's brother-in-law, secretary to the terri
tory, and many Oh has friends To- places of
]. trust and influence, Gen.. ~ ilanson S. draw
ing several hundred troops into a nsonments
nearthe mouth of the Missouri; his connec-
lions with col. Burr, gen. Adair, John Brown,
of Keotucky, JOHN smith of Ohio, and SCI
seral others, since imp llcated or suspected Of
being concerned with col. Burr, to procure q
schartce TO cut Il canal on the Indiana side Of
Ohio. on wlrishs charter a bank was ingrafteel,
and would have produced those funds, the
want of which seems first to have made the
general TO hesitas e stIluSliag to a paragraph
IL the cyphefed letter. = then stated colonel
barr $ visit to New Orleans in a barge far
lfished bv gen. Wilkinson ); and that after vi
sting the lower country he came to St Louis.
I 7 then stated the conversation with nudge
Easton as before mentioned, and The intinls-s
cyof those three persons, and that when col.
Burr was about leaving ST. Louis, the general
had barge got ready with much parade to
pat him OVER the Mississippi; that some
time after COL Burr return, TO the Atlantic
states, Miranaa's expedition got ready and
8 sailed, which a gentleman promised, if called
on, to come forward and prove gen. Wiikin-
son the protector Of; THAT gentleman is Judge
Easton. then observed hat. it was not
easy TO suppose that coll Barr,s who knew
Wilkinson's character, his former attempts
and desperate fortune, should spend so much
time with him at Washington. where the;
scheme seems to have been first projected !;
pass thru the country where col. Burr must
first commence his enterprise, where Will
kinson wasWell acquainted, and where Burr
wanted agents talluding 10 Ohiol and parti-
Fans yet never found him to make proposals,
but wait tillall was ready, and then make his
first oyertures by a letter; and before he knew
the success Of that letter, In converting a pa
triot general into traitor, should throw hiin-
self and his best friends, his choice saisIts, in-
to the power of a general he had so much In
! suited that the general 5 measures in Upper
Louisiana certainly had a tendency tx disgust
the people with the change Of government,
and 10 prepare them for revolt; that did
not know the generals attempts upon other
officers, but he certainly tried me but if on
the contrary col Burr did communicate his
plans 10 the general, either at Washington,
at Massac, or at St. Louis, and the general
did not immediately inform his government,
he has not only grossly imposed on them, and
the public at large but has been guilty Of
mispriscn of treason and perjury The at
torney general, after | had gone through my
statement and information, in substance and
order nearly as related, asked me what would
be the result if al this should be proven =
Why just what the federalists and the enc
mics OF The present administration wish--It
wourd turn the indignation of the people from
Burr on Wilkinson Burr would escape and
Wilkinson take his place. ! observed thatit
possibly might be the event, but justice and
honor required that the whole truth should be
known, let it operate as it might
J1ajor Brxf'e evidence TO be continued