The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-10-03

'nattne greater part was water; will aiIIur
the court, tHat It was To be laid out without an,
wafer Were you ever examined before /? A
Yes; made depoiition, when lodged in
formation before the Legislature of Ohio. o
Were you examined on any other occafion
a. was before the Grand Jury. o. Did you
lay any thing then Of conversation you had
with Gen. Neville? A. Yes. ] told Gen. Ne.
V"e that ! bad come TO make fone enuuiret
INTO this..affair. Gen N. informed me what had
paiicd IN his conversation with the Mr. Nor.
gans. He tlid the people had apprchended tina,
your Object was the ftparation of the IT, S ;
Nut that IT IT was the invaiion of Mexico, YOU
) would he better received on your return than
You ever bad been. q. Did you not then fpeak
n' 'he boats! a. did. Q. Did you no. fav,
they were unfit To go up the nream? A. I 70
underifond a, that time. o. Do you not know
that they were feiaed nv government to fend
troops up the fream a. did not hear of il be.
fore came here. Q. DID give you welcome
reception a. was not &C quain;ed with your
manner. Il was cold, bu. Thought refpeG(ul.
=. Have you not heard Gov. Williams, Mead,
ana Rodney 'av, that they would rot fuffer the
military to ,ake me-? A. moe certain'y re-
collect, that both 'hought and faid that it WAS
| Improper TO take you by military authority &
heard Gov. Williams fay, If the attemut was
made, he wae not authorized TO flne,ion it. O.
Had yen not heard OF the POPULATIONS made 10
! me by Williams and Mead A. knew not of
Gov. Wiiiaris's hipulating with you. heard
or Mr.. Mead's doing it. O. Was there 10 law
20 arreR me? a. / mentioned to Gov. w. that
II the laws were not efficiently energetic to
meet fuch occurrences, it was better to provide
one. But never faw the law. O. Did you
not near OF an officer being there TO arreft me !?
"a. had conversation with Lieut.. Peter, who
was lateY in this place, relative TO this fIoie6t
The eounfa for the proiecution objected to this
courie of examination. Co. Jus. If MIR. Burr
means to aVedge thefe mealures an excu(e for
| MS own military preparations. he may pref,
theie enquiries. Mr. Burr. did fupp5fe from
the fort of duties which Mr.. Graham diE.harg-
ed IN that country, that he mult have known of
the Populations of Meade and Williams, and
mat m direct violation of thefe party of off.
GERS u diiguiie Chat is Without their uniformly
and with concealed weapons, az dirSs and pif-
tots, were there to ifize me. Mr.. Graham GER
fanny knows fomethng on this fuhiett. MIR.
GT@6ttn. can fpeak of my conversation with
Gov. Williams and Lieut.. Ptter, for with no
| others old communicate on this fuhieet. Gov
| WisIiams told me, that DR.. Carmichael had
| bren authorized 10 come to the MihilIippi Ter.
and ieiZe you; whether this was before or af-
ter your trial, know not. He faid tha, he was
extremely unwilling tohave any zach thing done
| ohterved that it was extremely improper TO
|
the cnitody the law. He fa;d that he had re-
nontrdtsd with DR.. Carmichael that DR.. c.
had given IT up aud returned. MIR. Burr. Did
I. belong TO the army /? a. No: TO the Mifs
! lerritoy. was proceeding to Gate that the
night Col. Burr left Warrington, heard fome
oil the officers in the room, in which lept con-
verhng about him, and one of them obferyed
| mat II Col. Is. was not arrefed on that night,
he would make his elcape, The gentlemen left
md If l.. 4
Ut. Peter, THAI an application had been or was
about to be, made to Gov. Williams for permit
hon to arreit Col. Burr. 1t. Peter having under
| itood that had heard part of this conversation,
| Informed me That he had come with other Off
GERS to arrelt Col. b. and advifed him to do
| nothing that would violate the laws of his coun-
| try. lie gave me to underhaDd, that at that
moment he felt hm.elf bound to obey the or
ders of his General, like good folder. urged
every confederation could iuggeh againa the
exerciie of military authority and did then
uDdcritand, that it was not his intention to pro-
coed againit Col. Borr. Indeed underftood
| that Col. Is. had made his efcape. / adyifed
Gov. Williams 10 make fuch arrangements with
| him as would iend him on to Warrington for
trial, or TO cetan him in that Territory for tria
Mr. BhnnerbaHcii. You ftated that you had
given information agant me, and led to q
protecutlon A did not fay that had led
~ i'ciecuionj OUT only that had given in
formation againit you, that you might be taken
TO the diitritt where the expedition had been
fitted out @. Why did you prefer Judge
| lonlman to fudge Rodney the lat being
the feni1r judge? A. | made no choice.
| Q. Did you rot underftand that Judge TcnI-
man was the judge of the Tombigbee cosn,y ?
A. unde'ftooc that be was Judge O, the
| mifiiiipPi Territory, and Judge T. fill inliffs
uPoI it that he poi1eiIes this authority. O.
Did you not apply to the Attorney General OF
! that Territory? a. Certainly not. Judge T.
void have in;c'tered but Judge Rodney IT,
f1ed wit of Habeas Corpus. o. Was it by di-
rettioo or requeft of the COVE rnment, that YOU
Informed aeainft me for the mifteneanor? A.
ey neither. O. Do you not expect to pay the
1000 dollars? 4. expect NOT. @. To whon,
are you to pay it MIR. GRAHAM. here addrefIe d
the court he fsid that Judge Rodney had re.
fnted to iend Mr.. Beunerhanttt round for trial ;
but tad held him to bail that he himfelf had
been recognized that the court was to fet forne
;;me in May the Judge couiidered the Su.
Preme Court as the proper tribunal; the At
torney General thought otherwife, that before
The court met he had bclidcs been iad; fpofed &
! had oldained The certificate of his phyiician
that he could not attend that court. Mr. Burr
J Are yoa NE lecretary Of the Orleans Terrific
lry? a. ] atm not. Q d. you now hold any
Office under the government and what is it I?
a. am Cbi.f Clerk p, the office OF Secreta
~ of State.
O. Was there any arrangement made to
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