Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1840-07-25


Richmond, but wns not esamined. All c",,sa
p6ndehee between the parties ceased, Immediate
" afiet the ttisl, rs Col DUR sale! for Europe
wleFe he temainea f"ot ye,rs. Oh biz return 4
ibe United stdlre with few ssetrticns) hs ief
those VIM had been implicaisl With him. TO re
new u mol. ~ they nigh, deem i, e.p. dent, ft
tnrt friendly comm ,nit a,iot,s. tiene,nl Aiai
was auong those who did 20, Open Il correspond
ence with Col Dbrr.
Col Bar was y man of ptea. saaar''y ; bu,
over Individuals. Az eoily IS 1906, Gen hdai,
caHioned him against Wilkinson, REPRESENTING
him as in Spanish, pay. within his own k"cwl
edge but burr continued to eoniie in WiIkin
san. bells. ing t,pt he could make il his intetrs
tn be fiiihfhl. TO General Alait every ,hiig w.
communicated respecting the contemplated "spe
dition against Mexico. 1hh nsmrs Of the pa,tie
concerned ; the means 10 bs provided. ind The
sources from whence they WEI" 10 he derived
No other man living, except Cot williamson o
the Btilish army, knew The extent of the arrange
meDts. bath ~ England aei Ne United Ft,,es
"I'Nt wv 'Tf' ''WHr w t''''p''~' wv WIZ u Nv
dea'tfof the British premier (Iin.) and it alone
defeated The rbtetpriAs.
Col Butt's sulleh silence, on this subject. nf,r'
his return IL this c,ii"I,y. Is me- pIicalIe. With
his biogtaphe,-and II Il I,pllevpd with no "iie'
human hei, q toward the close Of his liIc,-he
conversej freely. TO him he communicated ma.
ny facts, under the injunction Of secrecy. All
appeals AID argument. as to tho rubliration o
them were onn,atl,ng He stated. however. that
GeDetal Adair had a perfect knowledge Of the
ciudns,nnces aud HAT ef,cr his h"cesse. with
tbs cotsent Of The General, they nigh. be used
In a cer,ain contingency, no would have united
with BUR- but he was directly connected with
the tiiovethebts that were nndp.
Shortly after the death Of Col Bur. his hiog
,apher applied TO Col White cf Flo'iha. HE .or
IN law Of Gen Affair, 10 aid him il, having access
u The papers Of The Grtieral, and To obtain from
hin, such infutmafion fof publication. ne he nigh,
deem ~ pedient 10 publish. Adalr ls1 hren aa
sailed aud t,aduced ns . consyira'o'. The fact
in the tA<e, 81 far ttom duplicating him. would
have ttlobniis1 to his homo. ard Wills they
would have developed truly the views Of C"l'b"l
burr, They wotlh have unf"Ided nv much infa'ny
on smother quartet, rs That exhibited in the day
Of Charles the 81, eth the aid Of Titus Oalss.
Mr. Wlitc applied ID he General. bu, he shrink
from Ill conversation oh The subject. or nj least
Nj White Was Id, authorised 10 mnke huy 70
ply except thai The Nenetal sought refinement.
aud tbd. he ei,ie, fever hdh,oF fnd mi preserved.
any papers i'll 'ein,,on to ,bh affair, This h,is'
npswe, ad. III ths, could y. oh,.insi. 1'hto"gh
~nnoiliet cIiappe' mi ni,enip. equally Unsuccessful
made. r.
No. ye, adiscourdssi. The lioetattrt n Col
Burt addr .seI 8 ipi,tt 10 Geperot Adait, solicit
ing Information Is 10 s,tut dn'mbnFtahs fnris. bot
id way ,hs, tho Hrbetol would know That The
writer possessed mote knowIedee "fcirrum.'antrs
Han he was willing 10 drvrlnpr without Tie sup.
por, Of so,ne testimony in addition Ii tpl Hmu's
statement.
II GeocroI Adsir has lfn 10 r.rla, alton of't"
thataetc, Of i;nt''s expedition, md The mrdn= by
nhtth II was 10 lie. carried into effect. mons viii
.tsrt 10 given IN %alli,ijn ~ Whist ',ns al'hady been
published. Thus is I" be- rrartned-n" On BUR-
account. rnr he leaves more /" joy ~ the rescue
Of bis name from ~chlo1ny none 10 ''tr"* IT I"
was rendered The hiosi Infamous on the p'ee Ut
history. But IL ia ID hs regretted because the
mos, itnoGsudipe have btrh condsmned-th
guilty hnse escaped.
In March. 1897, Gen. Ad,if wrote n lr',e' from
which the following j. an ertract; md e+rry rem
,ence of ftis s.rar. j. tue strictly true:
"s6fai 10 | siinw OF believe Of tho intentions
n Got Dur(aod my enemies vii agree that J am
f,tt igabialn, on The -utjecs.)'tcy wetc TO prepare
and heoh mn csJtd'iion '"to M"xico,rtedirn'"d on
y ,snr lttatrn the two g"v'tGmfn's without
wnt he krsw that he could Do nothing, On ibis
wa, taking place he calculated ailh certainty. NJ
we'll from fht policy Of the measure nj hi. ,imr,
as f,orh Ms %tosiiivb hssnrance6 Of Wilkinson,
who soe flied 10 hdva the power To force II 10 his
own hands. This tdb:inued 10 be the o'j"r' Of
Col Bur-, tioiii hs heard Of the saIinc ri@s'' this
Information hh received .oon after the attempt
to drres. him y, Frankfort. lie then turned bis
attention nI,rge,hei tona,ts s,,rpg'bsning himself
on tho W,shi,a. and waiting a more favorable
crisis. I thought the G,si bf,hcSs o%;i"cts hohor-
able and .~oiihy the attention Of my mhn, bu'
II wig moi engaged IN il. my political a. we'll az
ypri,a.e Iursait frbiiding mc 10 taRe 4 part, until
Il Was over : nor did I sttr he'll. vc, notui'hs,anI
ipe WiIkinssn's swasqciing letter to inc on tho
subject, tha, The wal would TAKE placr.'
THE spy IN wAstiNGrON.
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