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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: r-.wiUMHWa -y-iwy- - - ■ IvlyJ 4V> A . • < W'-‘ u- 1 - -)i>‘ ‘L ■ - v and; srtt!*** • 1.-. T.... 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 The Chatham. Hiberni* an Fupleers ate requeued-to meet at the house of Mr. j. Lillibtidge, at 4 o’clock, thig Afternoon, on of im portance to the Company.— Those who are desirous of be r coming Members, ate alio re quelted to attend. Proposals tor publishing a News Paper in the city of Savannah, TO BE ENTITLED Pit bile In te 111 gen cer. IN issuing Proposals for nnbhc patronage, it has been usual a rnong ail to abound in promises r But the ou v assurance* the Sub scribers think it necessary to make their Fellow. Citizens, on this occasion, arc, tha’ in conduc ting tin* PUBLIC IN IT.LLG GENCER, it shall b * gov, rar-.l in its i’oiitics b- tfi >se Fcpubhcyt Principles to which a persevering adherence bv the Patriots cf ’qfl established the Independence of their Country, and expereuce since, basso hilly proved to be best calculated, in their opeiatt. on, for its Happiness and Pros perity In its moral potwn ment—blameless \nti, that no exertions 011 their part sin i| ever be wanting to communicate with iiaste & accuracy, whatever may be thought interesting of atuusthg to their Readers Provided a sufficient number of Subscribers are obtained the Pub. ’ he Intelligencer will appear on or before the first of Apni next It I will be published Three tim * a week, with a m>; t tpe, o , t a smail royal sheet <1 yo.jd qualoy at SIX DOLLAR'S “per Lnum* pnyati'e one halt in, de/i’ er” thi, liist number. NORMA. J AT LEAN, WILLI A J i E. Barn• ‘f- Subsetipt .on pai) ; i j-.iiv left at tise Book Store ol Messrs. S<- • ‘uour c v VVooi >pitr, ad itt.di.it 0: Mr. John Hd :, on t'ja M ,v. Savannah, Feb, 12 ih 1807/