Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-10-05
Frons The RIchIlfoND ENQUIRER,
TRIAL
OF
COLONEL 4. BURR
MorloN FOR COMMITMENT.
EXAMINATION OF EVIDENCE.
TRIAL
{coNTINuED.l
fFuEsDAY, September 90.

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Pierre. thar his FIRST object was 10 seize pa, &
ION Rouge aud make that his nome Until
he .causd collec. his forces which ne x
pec,ed would amount, 10 ten or twelve hon.
sand men be stated that Mr., 81. told h.ai
,ha, governor Solk of Baton Rouge would
order the gsens.o take the Hints out OF their
guns. he SAID thar some OF them went up
the Red ,
Upon b=iog cross examined ne stated
thar he had made a deposition at New Or.
leans at the reqaessbps DOT the conPulsion
OF general Wilkinson, thar ne was well &C
.quainsed with the construction OF baueaux,
that they could go up stream and that they
were built fortha purpose.
Stetssn S. Welch.
80. Were you at the mouth OF Cumbsr.
land? A.Iwas; only joined there.
was there with load and captain Berry
wished me to join and go down the river 10
make settlement, fol- iha, Is was advan.
sageous 10 young men. aid that mad
no incumbrancr, and being single man
was willing to go. @ Who is Berry a
John Berry, man inst there
Mr.. Barr He was called caftaH' OF the
boat
Witness. He was appointed captain st the
boat went in. lagreed TO SO down. he
proposition madeto me by captain Berry
was to settle the uachita country;to have
"a cersain p1;tion of land besides other
compensation. G. What was IL! A. Cap.
san Berry offered nae ten dollars month,
but said was not for hire and would 50
as volunteer. Q. Did you descend The
river With .hm A. Yes. G. Do YOU
rscoliccs hearing any conversation from
Mr.. Burr TO Mr.. Floyd, on the subject OF
arms? A. do NOT. Did you go TO Bayou
Pierre a Yes, aud TO Natcfaez G. What
became of MIR. 81. A. think that he went
20 Naschez with u.s. think thatthe boat
with his family on board was struck On the
poin. OF an island above Naschez, and sha.
] assisted to get her off. / did DOT see
Mr.. 81. there, but was iold he went to
Natchez.
.On being farther Intercepted the wit
ness deposed tina, he was on the piece OF
ground cleared for exercising; that he
yas stationed there with sixteen or seven.
teen others as a guard TO watch the boats
about two hundred yards from 1t; 'hasthe
boats were then on the west SIDE or the
Mississippi that he understood IS the
the reason OF this arrangement, tina, the mi.
litia were expected to come aud carry the
boats 20 Coles Greek that the orders OF
the. guard were TO let no one pass TO the
boats without giving The conntersign look
sharp and 10 FIRE if any one attempted 10
pass, not with view of hitting them, bu,
TO alarm the boats; that Mr.. holland
&frouz Bssry's boa, gave the orders, bur ne
knows not who gave them to him /; NO.
land vas some times styled lieutenant and
some simes ensign that censinels were
placed oas who were relieved every two
hours through the night iii! day light, the
guard were not. G. Werey you ever bsster
informed about the object of the ezpedi-
ton!
The W,tness said he had not been from.
those who had any authority, or who he
supposed were better Informed than hiraa.
self: there was talk among the Gaen that
they were going TO take Baton Rouge. q
Why did your impressions change? A.
The witness said that be die not know
who was the 6rss person that started such
a conversatlon, but that he had first hear
ed il from two or three or more who were
taking In the bow of the boat, that he
came forward and heafed-iss mat II was
,furthef'~ were going to drag the
men to Florida. Some of them were very
much scared at the time. He further said
ahat there were somewhere about one
hundred men at the mouth OF Cumoer.
land that they had no agricultural tools,
no ploughs. hoes, or harrows, except edged
tools to fell timber that the search made
by captain Fitzpatrick was at Bayou below
BavoN Pierre; that being only 10 one boat