Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-08-19

staucer. WI tl himself 1ilf arc 70 sucti sss
Linrs and opinions, that he had feared the
coounr,rand MI. Burr had no. cleasly under
a;ood his late aeclarasions. 4. thers lore
was asdu,yshe soH ed 10 colonelBu ana
himself TO state more particularly, before
he was sworn, his sentiments and Impres.
sion, lest tie might have Been anisappres
hsnde5., He had said, and he would re-
peat it, that strong impressions nniayofanle
\ 10 col. Burr, had been and were still en,
.scrtained by him. Esse had frequently 10 70
conversation declared, perhaps warmly ds ss
cIared, those impress sions.S Il was true :,
they had been made BY newspaper esicence,
since he had never heard a witness exam.
ined on the question, but hat eyld had
Impressed him with the belief thar colonel
) Burr had beer engaged ioenserpr'zes con,
trary TO the laws and to the interests OF the
81. S. he had, sor example, read depo-
si,;ons WHICH he.bclieved 20 be true until
the contrary was provea, although on that
neint he was open to, correction. Com
scerninr. The doctrine Of treason, M oreovcr,
he had formed 90 settled cplnien lhwzs
UNNECESSARY 10 90 further in detail, but
was ready 10 answer any question colonel
Burr or his counsel thought proper % ask.
Col. ssurr observed that frsin the gentle
mans casdid declarations he saw no rea
son to change his oY.aion Of him. he
was willing to rely apon his integrity and
honor. M
%. Rob.., Naskins had expressed 90
oninion thar col 4 3. was guilty; bur does
not recolleci to wha, extent he went. lie
might have said tia. he deserved to De
hung. Set aside.
90. lillian r. Fleming had formed and
ftsoeen.ly expressed so opinion that col.
Is. was guilty of reasonable intensiens ;
and might have made a general dselara-
top, NOT oe!y as 10 Intentions, boz to asss.
Set aside.
so. GeorgegWg Smith suggested right to
the same exemption, which had been grant.
ed 20 Mr. P. Randolph. The court said
that this privilege would be iDcontes'ible,
unless the prisoner should urge his con-
a;csipg prisi!egs. Mr. Burr then request
ed mr.. Smith &c atseed tc morrow. Mr..
Smith wished TO be excused, as he had
some imp ortaut business in another court
10 attend TO: lie should however attend
on the trial tomorrow but i, M ghtpoW
be proper tos:a;e the general Impressions
which he had received from these sransac-
sions. He mad generally bees sollcisoas g
avoid an expression of bis opinions add
as in such cases, where the government
commences a prosecution sagaiaas an fne'.
sdual there is always a preponderance os
prsiadicc against hims he himself had rot
only been sollclsous net to declare, but e.
ven ,afosm an opinion. No eue can how
eeer avoid reading eprt seDtalions otthnss
in the public. papers and he had formed
and de clared his Impressions, that col. q.
had entertained designs offensive TO the
peace and laws of the United States ---"
Wi,ar vas the species Of guilt, he had not
pretended 10 define ;but he had concluded
from the newspaper reports and the iesti.
nony which be had heard in the ether wing
of he capitol; ,ha,his designs was OF nal.
lstary nature and that they nigh. amonns
10 q leas, n,isdeneano Suspended e.
81. Armistea9 r. uas0n had formed nc
deliberate opinion, 10 regard TO The aetna!
commission Of treason Bus il was his
deliberate opinion, thar col 3. had design,
ed Il not to subverithe government, at least
10 divide the country. SUSPENDED. f
90 Dabney Miner had often saia that
col. B's inten ions were unf,iendly to the
United States, bu, had received no positive
testimony. Some conversation hsre 1854
ed between Mr.. NJ. add M. bosts, when
Mr.. M. wassRsbendea uusiIao morrow
Of the whole venire,s shep, that appear
ed, 4 only were elected ADD swofp; and 9
we're suspended. The case OF these last
will probably beFdecidsa this day.
The court then decided that there was