The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1852-06-03
NUMBER 33.

The reckless disregard of All moral ...lcipls
evinced by Burr in this avowal which he wen
knew to be utterly false, is only paralleled by
the daring with which he confronted the expos.
ure of his schemes.
At this very time, all his long and IaboriousIy
ligested plans were in the act of being scattered
to the winds. Tho communications Of .Wilkin
son, the statements Of Eaton, and the letters q
Daviess, had, early as October, stimulated
Jefferson to commission Graham the secretary
If the Orleans Territory, then about 10 leave
Washington, to investigate, on his way south,
the charges against Burr, and if they appeared
we'll founded, to apply to the governors Of Il.
western states TO take steps to cut short his Ca
reer.
On the 9th Of November, two days after L.
had received Wilkinsons dispatches from Nat
chitoches, the president issued proclamation
denouncing the project Of Burr, warning ell
good citizens against it, and calling upon thos.
in authority to exert themselves in suppressing
the enterprise and arresting all concerned in il.
Previous to this, Graham had met with Blen-
nerhasset at Marietta, and obtained from him
such intelligence concerning the enterprise ss
warranted an immediate application to the Gov.
of Ohio for authority to seize the boats Oh the
Muskingun, then nearly completed.
The legislature Of Ohio, which was then :.
session, after debating the question with closed
doors, promptly authorized the seizure to 30
made
During the same week thai Burr was fessted
and caressed at Frankfort, as an innocent and
much-injured man, ten Of his boats, laden with
-,r,, and 10
| he Muskingum.
Five other boats filed with volunteers from
ne neichhorhood of Beaver reached Blenne.-
hasset's Island about the 10th Of Decenber.-
| This fotilla was commanded by Colonel Tyler,
who took possession Of the island and posted
| sentinels TO prevent any communication with tt.
river banks. He had scarcely done SO, before
| Blennerhasset received information Of the seiz-
ure of his boats the Muskingum, and the sp-
proach of the militia ordered out by the govern
! or of Ohio. Hastily abandoning the place, hs
embarked in the boats of Tyler, and with q few
| If his followers descended the river, passed the
| falls of the Ohio about the Goth of the month.
and reached the point of rendezvous, the mouth
| of the Cumberland River, two days afterwards
Leaving Frankfort on the 9TH of December,
Burr FASTENED to Nashville From the latter
place he descended the Cumberland with TIVE
| boats, and island at its mouth was intro
duced to such of his adherents as yet clung to
his desperate fortunes Desertion had already
| thinned their ranks to less than two hundred
men.
! Breaking up his encampment ct this place.
| Burr proceeded to New Madrid, gathering slen-
! der reinforcements as he went along Bitterly
disappointed at finding his schemes thus sud
denly bafhed at the very moment of fruition. tia
last hope of Burr rested upon the city of New
| Orleans and the surrounding territory. Bayou
! Pierre was named as point of reunion and the
party dispersed.
| When he reached the first settlement on the
| left bank of the Mississippi, Burr became ac-
| quainted with the revelations made by Wilkin.
son, and foreseeing at once the danger of an ar
| rest, he ordered his boats to withdraw from The
jurisdiction Of the Mississippi Territory An
encampment was accordingly formed some thir-
ty miles above hatcher, and piece of ground
cleared on which to exercise the men.
Even here, he soon found himself equally in
secure. The presidents proclamation having
already reached the Mississippi Territory, tie
acting governor at once raised body of four
hundred militia for the purpose Of srresting
Burr.
While those troops were collecting on the op-
posite side of the river several militia officers
were sent to Burr to induce him 20 submit AZ
entered into, which resulted in unconditional
surrender to the civil authorities.
Previous 70 this, however, the chests Of arms
on board the boats were thrown secretly into the
creek, so that when a search took place none
were found in sufficient quantities 10 justify
their detention.
The subsequent history of Burr, his arrest and
acquittal, his wandering life, the extraordinary
sensation created Throughout the country By his
trial at Richmond, his wanderings in Europe.
and his death in extreme old age at New York
belong rather to the history of the United States
than TO any single member of the confederation
The Authorization of Burr's conspiracy br
the government agent, Graham, created an i'm
mediate and violent reaction in the minds Of the
t people of Kentucy. The legislature, then IN
session, Immediately passed act similar to
that OF Ohio, and under il some seizures wers
made. An examination of the charges prefer
1 red against Judge Sebastian was ordered and
pressed with much determination that not
withstanding the opposition of many whose in.
terest ii was that the affair should remain con.
! cealed, the whole of his mysterious intrigue.
f with Spain were exposed, and conclusive eyi
: dence brought forward TO prove his receipt OF
an annual pension of two thousand dollars from
the court of Madrid up to the period of his trial
Sebastian, finding all other efforts vain, attemp.
ted to stife the inquiry by resigning his sea
upon the bench, but the legislature presery ec
until thorough investigation had taken place
Judge lnnis, the principal witness against Sc
r bastian, was also believed TO be deeply impiics
ted, as he held Office under the general govern
ment, a resolution was passed al the succeedinc
. session requesting Congress TO order an inauir,