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owe : mo nc secrets Of ,as ss. ,u;'y %
paf.reas 'eknow whs, olasrs,h su''se DC.
Z. Weir a agents. andto proclaim iI enete
20 the world orders which w., .'s orders
inc ru6''ceoed. There can Be- s, even :, Tor
5oat the pabAe good does requ:re " w, ooub,
oss orders Of ,hr goverrnsnt shoa ~, s'rl.
yer re.main secae,. 0'a Lore.
Fir Wckham. Tie senllen,, ],
n noe my qess'ioa asker, s'o ''i
h,is nson what o.dsis he had S'os'aI
from tie goysfnmens in relation 10 eoI
Burr.) y sol0rs
Mr.. Wtcskam. Did w. rece;p.
drrs,o attack coloaeI B.rr ,ed hi, ~ OF,
a Ina; question may require sem, r a..
6ca.on. ' qqu..
Mr. Wickkea Did rou send 49,, =
Gers indissuise 10 take colonel Bur-, 'a
1 sent ihree. n
Mr.. Wick1am Their namc,s
Mr.. Hay sad that he did 90, ,hioL
neral Wilkinson WIS buund 10 ,rsv.,.as e.
questions that he was NO; b,uad - r'
nlsh evidence against himself, or to snh;'
HIMSELF 10 prosecutions. though /. +
ileved that the exjgencies CT The ,;n.
would justify the measures which cr,s'i ,
Wilkinson had adopted, il was ls1t w,,
himself TO determine whether he wonld ~ :"
swer the QUESTION or NOT.
s% Con W.JL;n.,.. yc -
eliminate my self presume am 20, hama
TO answer il.
Cdisf ustice. Would general Wilkin.
son be subjes,sd to 40 action for sendinc,a
apprehend coloue! Burr, uoless ne had been
seized :
Mr.. Hay. Ismay so,o crinina.e hin
as military man. Hr may have acsd
without orders.
Mr.. Wickham. do aos presame rhs
he acted z0ithaut orders !; but uodsr tbe
orders Of governments.
The Chief Justice said, tina, he could
not perceive the application Of the evidence
but as evidence xas introduced 10 shrv
the fight ofcolonel Burr from Washington
this, he presumed, was Intended to account
for i,)
Mr.. Wiclhdm. Will you state tie names
OF the officers seq. 70 appreheod col Burr?
A Captain Hook, lieutsrau, Peter, lieut.
Milford, doctor Davidson, of the army.
and doctor Carmichael Of The Mississippi,
Territory. i
Mr.. Wickham. Did you dirsc, them to
go without ua;form? A believe did.
Mr. W;ckham. Did you drec, ,benio
conceal the object Of their mission? A
| feel grca, d=licacy in revealing my OF.
ders.
Genera. WlIkinson's testimony tsbs caa'i.
nled.
(K) .
ST. LOWS, May 9Th, 1906.
SIR,
You are TO embark tomorrow, and
will sail early the nexs morning with
Lockwood's and Strong's Cos. for Fore
Adams. AID 90 arriving here, you are to
add Campbsll's company to Jour detacA'
men,, and must proceed without m
men,s unnecessary. delay, up Red Aver
to Na,chi.oches, where you are to take
the command.
The poins Of your destination bang
deemed at present critical Que I" Is oe'
sirsbls your companies should be kept con-
pleas 10 The establishment and for this Put.
pose you are to make ssch disposltloe OF
he recruits ordered from Tennessee o3
Else where IS may be found necessary
Your remote positionfrom the posts cas-.
ST the Mississippi renders It convea'eu'
and oece..ary that they should, as nero
ofore, repor, directly 10 and receive o.
isrs from head quarters. busthe co"maOu ~
anita are to report 70 you monihy, aoo WI.
,e liable to your orders as senior om'''
il the district, Whenever the public So.
ice may require the interpositlon iy,u.
authority, wh,eh should be MADE win ouS 4
:ausion 70 avoid clashios win the arfaOss
wh;ch NAV jssnc from head'qu@'