Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Mass.) 1828-1830, 1828-10-14

| io eouiei well IN the I'M
pending anticipated contest with Sna;n
Gen's Robertson and jackson. with SIM.
dfy Others of the old respectable citizens
ulo, Tor that purpose, meet in Nashville
and made out such list, and as sunnoseJ
sent 1t on to him. Colonel Burr's then
standing e IN the western country (having
lately filled the second office in the ooys
ernment) forbade the idea that his Con.
,empiated measures were apart from the
knowledge and appreciation of the govern
ment. On his arrival here, and for some
time after, marked attentions were by al
extended to him and no suspicious were
entertained that his plans and views were
at all different from what they were rem.
resented by himself With view to the
building of some boats, and PROCURING
some provisions, there had been RENTED
10 uen. jackson the sum of $3OO5. which
was placed in my hands, with desire ex-
pressed that I would attend to the request
made by Col. Burr. 49,
tnis agency accepted and perform
ed, and made arrangements for purchas-
ing some provisions, and the building by
different persons of five flat boats. and the
purchase Of one keel boat. Subsequently,
further sum of $500 was put into INV
hands.
Part OF the funds, to wit, seven hun.
bred dollars, as appears by reference to
the memorandum of the expenditure, was
paid over to Col. William P. Anderson
wherefore, and for what account, this ad
vance 10 Col. Anderson was made, I have
not now sufficient recollection to speak
with certainty. Suspicious having subse-
quently arisen, relative to the real objects
and views of Col. Burr, my agency in his
affairs ceased, except to discharge the
contracts that had been previously enter
ed into. The balance of the remaining
funds in my hands was paid over to Col.
Burr on his arrival in Tennessee on the
last visit he made here, in the month of
December, 1906. was at that time en-
gagged in mercantile business, and these
services were performed by me for Col.
Burr, as they would have been rendered
to any respectable man, for l, nor any one
else, that came tony knowledge, believed
that ne had objects to serve, other than
were represented by himself.
''The particulars here detailed, are
founded on papers now in my possession,
written at the time, and in my own hand
writing. In the month of December,
1906, Col. Burr returned to Tennessee,
where he was met coolly by those who
before had acted differently towards him.
He perceived it, and remarked it to me !;
my reply to him in substance was, that
e,,erin;e.,s -,-A--l- se5-inoG nft,u, ---l until
they were removed, nothing different was
to be expected.
cat the Clover Bottom, nine miles
from Nashville, where l then did business,
and which was the nearest point on the
river to where his boats were, there was
tavern, and to this place Col. Burr came
and remained about week, until he had
got every thing in readiness for his de-
parture down the river. On his first ar
rival in Tennessee, on his last visit in
December, General Jackson was absent
from home having returned within a few
days afterwards, the Gen. came in compa-
ny with General Overton, to the Clover
Bottom, where Col. Burr resided. An
interview took place between them and
Colonel Burr, at which they informed him
ofthe suspicious and distrust that were en-
tertained against him. Burr repelled
them, and expressed deep regret that there
should be any such, and remarked that
he could, and would be able to, satisfy ev-
cry dispassionate mind that his views and
objects were friendly to the Government,
and such as he had represented them to be.
In few days after he left the country.
GA son of Col. Hays, about seventeen
years of age, as has been represented,
nephew to Mrs. Jackson, went along.
His farther had become reduced in his
circumstances had been personally
known to Col. Burr, during the revolution,
and his son young man Of promise, 1t
had been proposed to the old gentleman,
that he should take him and assist him In
his education, which was consented to by
his farther. General Jackson gave him
letters to Governor Claiborne, and in
structed young Mr.. Hays, as understood
at the time, that should he discover Col.
Burr's views to be at all inimical to the
United States, or adverse to the designs OF
Government, to leave him and place HIM
self under the protection and care OF
Governor Claiborne.
Retween General Jackson and my
, self, there has always existed confidence
and friendships and there was nothing ev-
= him hu me that could In