Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1807-10-23


YOU said that you wrote to Colonel Burr
from Natchitoches. General iHik!ason.
When did saw so? Mr. Wickiln ( that'
I heard YOU say so. General WGikias0n.
You guess well but If am no. mistaken,
you got thar Information from 5wdctwout
Q Did you write ? A l did. . Wuat did
you do with the letSe?? x Destroyed il.
q Did it go out of your hairis2 4 II did
1t was sent to NatChez co which place
J followed, recovered and destroyed it.
Will give you my reasons for doing So AZ
ter writing, ] received the letter from Mr.
3 Donaldson, dated the SEN of October, and
conveying the Information received from
Myers Michael, which removed my doubts
as to the extent of Mr. Hurr's designs and
their sinister nature. Mr. WicG<am. Then
l understand You to say, that Mr. Donald
son gave you the first correct Information.
y Il excited very strong apprehensions in
my mind, that some general and deep-roo-
ted conspiracy had taken place above. MIR
/ HIc&haM. You have no recollection of the
letter OF the 18th of May. A No. / wish
it could be produced. 1t would release me
! from all obligation to withhold the conf
Dental letters of Colonel Burr. Q Did you
write him any other letters A | have an
Impression on my mind that / wrote him
two or three letters. Mr. Uickham. The
! cyphered letter gave you the FIRST idea of
4 plan ofrevolutionizing the Western coun-
try A The cyphered letter gave ME no
, Information on that subject Mr. WickhQm
! Did you ever give the government any in
! formation before 4 had no definite idea
of Colonel Burr'' plans. had received
! from him several letters of very ambigu-
GUS cast, but they contained nothing trea-
sonable. wrote to a minister (Robert
SMITH and in my letter say, Burr is a
shout something, but whether internal or
"eXternal, | Cannot discover ! think YOU
"should keep an eye to him" Mr. NTck-
ham. When was that letter written? 4 J
! cannot tell, when wrote it. Q When was
I Colonel Burr at St. Louis A Colonel Burr
, was at ST. Louis on the ! th OF September.
{ 1905, and left that place on the morning of
; the 18th. In the interim he had been in
that quarter OF the country where kibby
Z lives, Though do not know that he saw him.
Q Which Kibby? A The fellow who gave
d, the deposition which has been published
| . What is the date your orders for des-
cending the river ? A l cannot yell O Have
YOU those orders here? A / am not GER
| tam; most of my papers are in Williams
| burs the troops descended in the keg:n.
ming os May. Q Did you authorise any
officer to arrest any person after you des-
cended No. gave instructions to lieu
tenant Peter, whom had left at Natchez,
and required him 10 give me regular infor-
nation. (See deposition of lieutenant Pc
ter note X. At the time I descended the
river we had no posts except the Chicka-
saw Buff on the Mississippi, and Massac
near the mouth of the Ohio, except small
party at the Arkansaw, and another oppo-
site to Cincinnati. Mr. Hay. Was there
any post between tile Chckasaw Bluffs *
Massac? A No Was there any military
prst between Pittsburg and New Orleans
\ None, except those which I have men
toned. UickhoRl asked General Will
kiHsou for his alphabetical CIPHER, who
wcHt to his lodgings for it.
ia the mean time, the Court examined
GABRIEL G.. VAN HORNE.
WItncSS.--I was at the Chickasaw Bluffs
at the time of Colonel Burr's descent dowr
the river. On the 9Th day of January, 1907
Lieutenant Jacob Jackson came to the u.
States Factory at Fort Pickering, accom-
panied by gentleman, whom he introdu
, ced 10 Thomas Peterkin, United States
/ Factor, Peter Morgan aud myself clerks {
, said Factory, as Colonel Aaron Burr. AT
l ter some conversation Colonel Burr anC
lieutenant Jackson left the Factory, ant
. went to the garrison. Shortly alter one u
r the soldiers of the garrison, came 20 tht
= factory, with an order signed A. Burr, 70
a so weight oflead 28lbs. were delivered L
{ the soldier. In the space of about 4 hours
, the same soldier returned to the factory
e with a number Of musquet balls in his hat
= saying he wanted to have them weighed, t.
; know how much the original quantity hat
e lost in running the balls. After his havin,
. them weighed, he took them away in hi
I. hat. In the course of the day, some boat
came to the Bluffs, and the men came up L
a the factory. Colonel Burr requested M
/. Peterkin TO let the men baye goods and h
J, would pay for them Colonel Burr was IRE
n quently at the factory in the course of tn
l. dow, and often had conversations with NJ
- Petcrkin.
- In the evening, Mr. Peterkin, Mr. Nor
5 gan and myself, went to the garrison, wner
10 we found G lionel Burr. ] took notice tina
Colonel Burr was frequently called TO III
n door by the men that had arrived in IN
e boats, to have private conversation wit
9 them. Lieutenant Jackson asked Colont
e Burr, when Mr. Blenncrhasset would b
e there ? to which Colonel Burr replied, thu
j. he was then floating by, and could not Ian
l. his boat. In the morning Colonel Bur
d came to the factory, and demanded bi
e for the articles which his men had got III
J. day before. one bill was made out, amour
10 ting 20 so or 10 dollars, which he paid III
.e only articles ] can remember, bwere, II
L. lead, doz. tomakaws, and bear skin