Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-11-04

Ina. once j fellow. student of he dcpo
neni,s "a The college 81 New Jerscy. hts
AZ ouaintance commented about the fat Of
Nov s., near an open boat on the Ohio, in1
which MI. Alslon attended By his family
mith carriage aud ! pair 81 horses, &C.:
companied BY Mr.. Isl. was descending tnes
river as far as Kentucky from whence
he expected 70 prosecute his journey home
BY land. Thcsrerntaiion which Mrs. ~,
had acquired for talents, learning = taste
aud an eccentric and somewhat romantic
life, rendered this unexpected interview
one Of the most interesting events Wfiich
Occurred 10 this deponcns during bis resi- :.
dence on the Ohio, and be accepted with
pleasure an invitasion from Mr.. Bienner.
f,assetto visi. his then pie asant and once
much celebrated Island. Il is true, that
abou.shas period. and for several weeks be.
fore, reports were in circulation tia. Mr..
Blennerhasset was engaged with col BUrr
10 some common enterprise, which many
persons imputed highly criminal deslgu.
But these reports and especially the lnJurl-
ous suspicious often connected With them,
seemed TO have arisen from pre- existing
preiudiees against col Burr which i was
not difficult 10 trace Dan origin very re-
mote from the designs now ascribsd 70
him as the reports were believed apd
propagated by those who spoke ct them
with conviction and zeal proporsloned
10 their ignorance ormalignity, and as they
were in themselves most Improbable, ab
surd and ridiculous, the deponent consider
ed them entitled to 40 serious conslderati'
on. About the middle of November, the
deponent again saw Mr.. Elennerhasses at
the house of col. Andrew Lewis on the
Ohio three miles above Point Pleasant
where he allgh,ed from his horae for az
honr or two 10 Tourney from Kentucky
.-In aconversasloa which then occurred,
he adyefted with much sensibility to the
reports above mentioned, which had then
become more current, aud TO which every
day wss adding some new ezaggeYasion,
and declared them 10 be. utterly false. He
was the las, man in the world he said, who
would be disposed 10 disturb the peace or
impair the prosperity Of The Uniscd States
Weary Of political agitation 10 his naive
country, he had sought, he added, and
found an asylum 10 America, the tranquil
lily of which he could never violate. He
had indeed he admitted. united with
col Burr (whom public rnmour had injured
as much as himself in the plan Of ccioni
zing and improving large tract eff coun.
try on the Red River. originally granted
by the King of Spainso one Baron BastroP,
aud lately purchased by sci Burr Of a gen .
tleman of Kentucky The tract contained
800, 900 acres and the reconsideration which
col Burr and himself were to pay fer II was
40 600 dollars bur by distributing part of
it ID hundred acre farms among a number
OF cmgran.s whom sueh an inducements
they expected. would invite to Join them,
they had no doubt on.he most moderate
estimate Of being able 10 raise the value Of
the remainder to more than s. 600 coo
Mr.. BIannerhassett declined the press.
log Invitation of colonel Lewis to make q
longer suspension Of his journey, alledg'
ing as his reason for prosecuting it with
the greater rapidly, that the servant who
accompanied him had been sent to him 10
Kentucky by Mrs. Blannerhassest,o urge
his immediate retnrn home for the pro,
lection of his house from the fury Of q
mob who had threatened 10 burn il down.
He added also, that he expected 10 leave
the island in en or twelve days after his
return. as il was his intention to move his
family down the river before the severity
of the approaching winter sat . and re-
newiug his former invitation 10 the depo.
neat, politely, hoped tia. he would com
mencs his journey to the interior Of Vir.
ginia within that period
I7o6e continued
From The National IsteiAigencer.