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1.1, },e bad contpinHl.ito(l Ind
■ comtminicitrJ to i:,, d ilp
■ ‘ j( l () f bv Genera! Wilkinson
■ H „! i 1 no'V suspect it an artful
Cuont of seduction) and lie
■ ..pressed a foil confidence
■ the general’* influence ; the
■ r 0 f double piv and double
■L . the prospect of plunder
■ ijjraivthe army into his mcn-
E r . Burr talked of the e
■biilhment of an indepen
■ t government weft ot the i
■ Alleghany as a matter of
■erent, conltitutiovial right |
■the people; a change which [
■uld eventually take place, ;
■ for the operation ol which j
■ present c r isis was peculiar
■favorable. There was, laid
■no energy in the govern
B;o be dreaded, and the
Hbns of political opinions
■oughout the union was a
■uinltance of which we
■ukl profit. Thete were
■ many enferpriling men
■m2 us, who a!p:red to
■eihing bevond the dull
■failsof civil life, and who
■ild volunteer in this enter*
ft*, and the vttft territory
■nging to the U. States,
■ch offered to adventurers,
■lie mines of Mexico,would
■g strength to his llandard
■nail quarters. — I liflened
■the expofitio.i of colonel
ft's views with seeming ac-
Bfccnce. Every interview
■vinced me more and more
■he had organized a deep
■ plot of treason in the well,
I the accomolifhment of
lich he felt fully confident.
■!, at length, I discovered
■ his ambition was not
■tided by the waters of the
Biilfippi and Mexico, hut
■ he meditated overthrowing
I pie feat government of our
■ntrv. He Taid if he could
ft over the marine corps, <fg
Brc the naval comnituideo,
■tton, Preble, Decatur and
B, he would turn Congrcfs
ml and heels out of doors; af
wkattihe Prep-deni; feizc on
mlrcafury and. the navy , and
marc himfelf the protector of
mntrgctic government. The
■arable trull of corrupting
■marine corps, & of found
■ commodore Preble and
Bain Decatur, col. Burr
■ofed confiding to me.—
■tked at tins propoli tion, I
■ped the nialk and exclairn
ftffnft his views. He talk*
■‘ He degraded lituaiion
■ttr country, and the ne
■v ot a blow by which its
■s) and dignity fhouid be
Hprcu—(aid, if that blow
■d be flruck here at this
■ he was confident of the
■ort of the heft blood of
B ef ica. I told col. Burr he
■•fed himielf in preiuming
B he, or any other man,
V excite a party in this
■wry who would counte*
■eebim in inch a plot of
■-ration, murder and irea
■ He replied, that he, per
■h knew better the dilpofi
■’ die influential citizens
■'is country than I did. I
■ him, one solitary word
■*, ddtroy him. He afk
■"iat word ? I answered
WP"! He f.niled at my he -
B°'h & quoted fbme great
■"pies in pi* favor. I oh*
■d to him, that I had late* -
■'■•eiied from one extreme
■‘Hinton to the othc:, and
Mound a diverfitv of
HU’ opinion among the
they appeared turned
■ 1113 1 diltant al'pect of
■W danger. That for the
ft' 3 ' 1 0l He union to which
■ JiJ d-d, I would vouch,
fliould he.fncreed in the fuff
inltance here, he would, with,
infix weeks after ward, have
his throat cut by Yankee mili
tia.
Though wild and extrava
gant Mr. Burr’s vail project;
and though fraught with pre
meditated daughter, I felt very
easy on the fuhjeH, because
its defeat he had deposited in
my own hands. Ido not ‘eel
so secure concerning that of
the di!jointing the union. But
the very interelling and enr
barraffing situation in which
his communications placed me
left me, I confefs, at a (land
to know how to conduCd mv
felf with propriety. He had
committed no overt abl ofag
grellion against law. 1 could
draw nothing from him in
writing; nor could I learn that
he had exposed his plans to a„
ny perlon near me, by whom
my tellimony could be sup
ported. lie had mentioned
to me no persons who were
principally and decidedly en
gaged with him except Gen.
W'lkinfon—a Mr. Allion, who
I found v. as his son-in iaw— Sc
a Mr, Ephraim Kibby, late a
captain of rangers in General
Wayne’s army. Satisfied that
Mr Burr was refolme in push
ing his project of rebellion in
the weft ol the Alleghany, and
apprefienfive that it w-as too
well and too extenfivelv orga
nized to be easily !upprelied ;
though 1 dreaded the weight of
his character when laid in the
balance a gain it nay solitary af
f'ertion, I brought inyfelf to
the refo'ution to endeavor to
defeat it by getting him r*
moved from among us, or to
expole mylelf to ail conse
quences by a difclpsureof his
intention. Accordingly I wait
ed on the President of the U.
S. and after fome delultory
conversation, in which I aim
ed to draw his view to the w eft
ward, I used the freedom to
fay to the President 1 thought
Mr. Burr (hould be lent out
of this country —and gave for
reason, that I believed him
dangerous in it. The Presi
dent asked me where he fiiould
be fen*? I mentioned London
and Cadiz. The President
thought the trull too impor r
tant, and seemed to entertain
a doubt of Mr. Burr,s inte
grity. I intimated that no one
perhaps, had stronger grounds
to milltuft Burt’s moral inte
grity than in)..if; yet, I be
lieved ambition io much pre
dominated over him dial, when
placed on an eminence, and
put on his honor, refpefl to
himfelf would ensure his fide
lity—‘his talents were unquelli
onable. 1 perceived the fub
jed was di [agreeable to the
President, and to give it the
fhortclt courle, to the point,
declared my concern, that if
Mr. But were not in pome way
disposed of\ vat Jhoula within
eighteen months have an in fur.
reclion on the waters of the
MijjiJJippi. The President
answered, that he had too much
corpulence in the information ,
the integrity , and the attachment
to the'Union of the citizens of
that country to admit an ap
prehension of the kind. I am
happy that events prove this
confidence well placed. As no
interrogatories followed my
expreliion of alarm, 1 thought
iilence-on the subject, at that
time and place, became me.
But 1 detailed about the lame
time, the whole projects of
Mr. Burr to certain members
of Congress. ‘1 hey believed
col. Burr capable of any thing
‘’greed that the fellow ought to
be hanged; but thought his
project too desperate to give
the fillip-el the meiit of lenous
consideration. The lecuritv
of feeling that appeared in
those to whom I had rung ihe
tocsin, induced me to fulpect
my own appreiienfions unfea
fonablc, at or ‘call too deeply
admitted; and, of course, I
grew indifferent about the sub- j
jed.
Mr. Burr's visits to me be
came Ids frequent and his con
vet fation less familiar. Heap
pcared to have abandoned the
idea of a genera! revolution ;
but seemed determined on that
of the Mifliffippi; and although
I could not perceive symptoms
of distrust in him towaids me,
he manifetted great ioiicitude
to engage me with him in the
enierprize. Weary of his im
portunity, and at once to con
vince him of my lerious at
tachments, I gave the follow
ing toall to the public : —The
United States; Pal fey to the
brain that should plot to dis
member, and ieproly io the
hand that will not draw to de
fend our nation.
i doubt whether ttie sentiment
was better underitood by any
of my acquaintance than Col.
Burr. Our intercourse end
ed here ; we met but feidom
afterward. I returned to my
farm in Malfachufetts, and
thought no more o! Mr. Burr,
nor his empire, till sometime
late in September, or begin
ning of Oflobcr, when a let
ter from Morris Belknap, ol
Marietta, to Timothy E. Da
nielfon, fell into my hands at
Brimfield, which fatisfied me
that Mr. Burr had actually
commenced hir. preparatory o
perations on the Ohio. I now
(poke o'ihGSv of the faU;
trar.fmit;ir axbpy ol the letter
from Belknap to the depart
ment of Hate, and about the
lame time forwarded through
the hands of the poll mailer
general, to the President of the
United States, a llatemcnt in
substance, of what is here a
bove detailed, concerning the
Millillippi con (piracy of the
laid col. Aaron Burr ; which is
laid to have been the lortnai
intelligence received by the
executive on the luhjefl of the
conspirator being in motion.
1 know not whether mv
country will allow me theme’
lit of correCinefs of conduct in
this affair. The novelty of the
duty might, perhaps, have cm* -
barralled stronger minds than
mine. The uptightnefs o( my
intentions I hope will not be
questioned.
The interviews between col.
Burr and mylelf, from which
the following llatemcnt has re
(ulted, were chiefly in this city,
in the months of February Sc
March, la ft year.
WILLIAM EATON*
Washington C'ty, January 26,
1307.
Sworn to in open court, this 26th
day of January, l 807-
Mm.'BRENT, Cleik.
WASHINGTON, Jan . 27.
A motion was made yesterday
to the court, for a writ of attach
! ment against col- \Y harton, com-
I mandant of the Marine C-0.-ps; &
; lieus. Mead for Rot delivering the
j p< rs ons of Messrs. Bellman arid
1 Swartwout, agreeably to tlie
j writs of Habeas Corpus. The
! Court decided, that a writ of at
tachment could not be granted till
three day's after the Lsuirig the
Habeas Corpus.
This day tire court decided the
question, whether or not a vvar
! rant (or arresting Messrs. Bell
man and Swartwout, for treason,
mis prision of treason, or aav o-
ther c-i me could lv* issu'.J f: om
the evidence .before them. ‘1 lie
opinion of Chief j ustice Crancli
war in the ru gutive ; that ol
the o:her two Judges was in the
aifirmaJve. Accordingly they
were brought into court; counsel
was allowed them, and they were
committed to prison. To-mor
row ilieir counsel will aigue a
gainst the legality of their com
mitment.”
PATRIOT.
SJr.IX.YAH , Feb. 10. 1807.
Many Articles prepared for this
day's paper are unavoidably
postponed.
(’ll ARLEs PON Feb. 12.
Some hope is entertained that
the property confiscated at Ham
burgh by tile French mav be giv
en up for a sum of monev: No.
gociatiotis were going on at the
last advices. Marshal Mor tier had
offered to withdraw the French
troops from that city, for the sum
of 16,000 000 marcs banco. The j
senate avowed their inability to
raise so large a sum, but offered
6,000 000, which might be taken.
A court nf inquiry is to be held
upon Sir Home Popham ; it is sup
posed to be for undertaking the
conquest of Buenos Ayres without
the orders of his government.
Rear Admiral Murray sailed
for Buenos Ayres 2.5 th December
with the Polyphemus Cl ; Ca
mel, storeship, Cormorant , sloop,
and fiying-Fish lugger. Sir Sam
uel Moon sailed at the same time,
to cruise of the Western Isles, with
the Centaur 71, and the Comus
frigate.
A p;entleman who came pas
senger in the ship Augustus,
from London, informs hs, that
the greatest confidence prevails |
among the people of Great-Bri
tain ol their ability to stand 11 sin
gle handed” against, all tire pow
er which Bonaparte and his allies
can bring against them. Parlia
ment had voted the same number
of Seamen for the present, as
were employed the pasty-ear. i he
late Decree of the French Go- (
vernmeut, as it affected Great. J
Britain, was treated with the ut
most contempt —its operation
was considered as evidently in
tended against neutral commerce
and it was the general belief ol
the mercantile community, that
it would be productive ot impor
tant advantages to the shipping
interest ot Great-Britain. Re
ports of the recapture of Buenos
Ayres, by the Spaniards, had
reached England, but Were not
credited ; on the contrary, it was
stated that government bad re
ceived intelligence that Monte
vcido had surrendered to the i
British arms.
Intelligence had reached Lon
don of the seizure of vessels in
this and the other ports, under
ihe non importation act—consi
derable inteiest had been excited
by this measure, and a commit
tee ol the principal merchants
had waited upon Lord Grenville,
on the subject, who had quieted
their apprehensions, by assur
ances ot his (onviction, that the
act would be repealed immedi
ately on the assembling ,of Con
gress.
A letter from London, of the
31st December, staics, that in
consequence of the reports ot
the recapture of Buenos Ayres,
several merchants who were a”
j bout making large shipments to
; that place, waited upon die Mi
j nistry, to ascertain wiiat reliance
j was to be placed upon these re
ports— in reply ihey were assur
ed, that the accounts were not
credited by Government —that
they had received intelligence ot
the capture oj Monteveido —and
that the shipments might be made
with the greatest safety.
The account of the capture of
Mont.‘vcido, win said to hays
been reci’vfff by t! yai c.f the
Cepe oi Good 11
LIFT), in tin ■ cii v. on the t ; sfi
inst. aft’ r an i! 1*• •• <s of 2fi ‘*<>> ■,
.Mr, James fl ebb, in tin: 5 ‘ and
year ol his ago:
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AUCTION.
iv'thout ana r-.
serve, before mu Stye, Market
Square—Stale to commence at
10 o’clock,
Y7UGIJ f Prime NEGROES, of
Jl a the Angola ronntrv.
4 Hbds of Muscovado Sugar,(ve
ry fine)
8 do. Martinique Molasses,
(clear and thick)
4 Puncheons J. Rum, 4th proof
30 boxes Soap
800 wf. I>■ irR Shot
10 kegs Good Rutter.
6 ditto Gr omul Girtper
20 doz. long cork Claret, (very
fine)
1 2 doz. coarse Hals
Cotton Bagging. N. Rum, A
a variety of other articles.
Also, at Private Sale , bv the
Piece ,
Plain Cantbricks, Shawß, Irish
Linens. Book Muslins, Picqnrt,
do. Lice, Cambricks, Coloured
('■•apes, Checked, Italian and In
dia Book Muslins. —Conditions
Cash.
N. M-LFOD, Auct'r.
Feb. 16.
THE SUBSCRIBER.
(T7 ’ Announces himself to the
Electors of Chatham County, as
a Candidate for the Office of
Clerk of the Superior and inferi
or Courts.
JOB T. BOLLF.S.
February 16 2 7
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