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:,.,y Vr-,. -; t , ---kVJ Y" "nr" 1 " "' Jl-Ll ii Tirn lirihr.iM,- AND I "nwarp'd by party rage, Id live like Hrothen. Thursday October , 15. IF07. So NorthfCarolina State Gazette, i EVIDENCE of . CEN. JAMES IVilKINSON, delivered in The Circuit Court at Richmond concluded. "Mr. Swartwout proceeded to in brm me,' that he came to LnuisviU, and -frit 8ta Joss how he shoui Sirach me with the most ceitu'mty -that a iur;ioi had prevailed tht that I haddeceiided the rivt r F .ftally, on the udvice of Mr. I'loyd, h determined to jj;o across t he ccuntn under an expectatiori of finding mr at St, Louis Accompanied by Mr. Ogden, he prosecuted his jomnev to Kaskaskius.r- Finding I had des tended the river be 'letermined to al ter his route ; he pur. h.iscd a skiff, employed hands, and followed hir cldivft to Fort-Adams. At this poit: I aed him whether this su'.'dn change of route did pot. expose hi it: to suspicions? He aid, that t guard against this, he had woundei his horse 'with hi pen-knife, and in formed the people that his in!c-mi ris tveie tohavc visited Sr. Louis ; hut having experienced this accidt i. he shoukf ; uiiue his oiigiuel dtsnna tionrwhif h was ?o deslend the i vc i to New Q?h;ans ni riv)!? atF Aclams,- rd dis nvtrnng haf I nau pr;ceedcd to Natchiu-cbcs, he dttei mined to.fHow me ; and his friend jlr Og-:en (pursuint; )hs route-) wen' on v-'ilh dir.patchta iV(.m Col. Bun to hl& friends in Ntw Orleans. Mr. Swa4-ivcut iiifimtd iiie that -Col. Burr, supported ny a numerous and powe-; asso. iation extei.di- from N. Yorlto JStv-Orieans, was about .to levy an arnte.d loice of 7000 mcn: Xf 'i h a view to cany u an exptditio: against the Mexican provinces ; tha; 500 men wrtjjd descend the Allej tiy with Col. Swartwoui ar.d a Ma jor or Colonel Tyler : that the boat were already built. H ou i v- Jul., this territory would bt n.vdwii.-ni 2ed, where the people wt.'re read join j and that .some seizir lit- sun- posed would be necesarv ;t N--jl Orltans : that they exptc'd to rr.,K. their embarkation about.:-the Isqoi February tb?t they pmpost-u l.ijid in;; at La Vera Cruz, and man irie.u fn-m thence to Mexico. J oitrv .rd to him that there wee l:o i-e stfip -qi money in the bank of N. Oilcan He. replied that he knew that lu i vetl. I observed, surely you wil nm violate private probity." jh uitl '' we mean only to borrow anc viU return it 'that they must eqnii themselves at Ncw-C)i leans ; th.'i naval protection would be hud l( on. Britain ; thai Commodore 'Frux toh and the fficersot thenr-w u-,., . justed 'whh the goveruTnen- i t t they were ready to jooi ; and thrt pilot boat-built sc hoqnefs wt re contracted for on the sour hern coas, of the U, S. for the service. Hf enquired of me whether I had icard of Dr. Bollman ; unci, on my replying in the negative, he ex pressed some surpr.ze ; obser : d r, Bollman and a Mr. Alexander had been sent from Philadelph.,, by Jea' 5? JDr.feansi with Ui.patciits Irani Col. Burr to me, and that ihev rnust have arrived. Mr.Swartwout JCtormed rrte that he was .obliged to go to N,w)rkans. and wa also w.er engagements tfi mcei Colonel Burr.rul Gen. Dayton at Nashvill,, cn the 20th ofNWmber. I think 7' anwout left Natchitoches utouuheisihof December for N Uikans, as I iHukrs'.ood, may be proper in this statue of my tcst.mony to say, that the envc 1, , eyuntreel VF. v men contained th 1. I t-n t HUrr' toVtId also 1 Ho other lett-i Tn U'3' o. save nv.sre pre.,etvtation, it mav afar, k . . 11 ,r,u aiso be prooer Vtl ops, lt ,3 in contr :d,,ll0fl tfl ft sealed packet. It occurs to my c! JCpe? thaT?al" .ed to closed m the envelope, as well as Xotfc7( Vorf letter, letter f Bakre,r-D u say that th, mano.hercypheud letter? A. I say exactly to th, ft '-me with it. Mr, Wckh r te rcudim? th leo... r Gen. Dayton, fce said that, Gen- O.yton being absent, he hadnoo,,. . C i.t . . . 1 r v. "f 4 , -.-VheTe S ho othir .venc. . f , ,a . !e letter was from Genl uaMon, ( CD that a le'ter was received bv r;en. Wilkinson purporting 'o be-a --.tcr of Gen. Divto.iN, i was no vdence. Mr. Hay- The fart sta d by Geh. Wilkinson is that he received, this Ietur. It may have d a considerable i; fluenct th :m aft to the course which he pur ued. He received the letter, to rt lur with anothj.r cyphered letter from Col. Bur hit , and, the fac ict b- i;r th;U he received this letter purpott- nto Dea letter irom ben. U y- mi, ii surety may ue rettd. ii r. 'A let hum li ilia lctlur K tr itc, U' ' ivni i'j ii ii would not be evidence, its bt?in con ected w th jnothei does not make t so. Hay On thu custinc. . n I an to cft'er it. If General; ;)iy ton were iKfore 'he court, he j right require som? other evidence '.s to the authenticity of tht: letter. 1 vien, Wilkinson is telling his whole! cry , he is to give his whole t ar-' ;ive ; and all the circumstances I vili h.ar upon each oth.r. 'the! e hi-f Jits. ice at first said. that, if Cien Wiik.nson would sav theht.- u r inilutnced his eohdurt, it might e reau ; bur finally, he ob-erveC, Ji.t on he motion bi fore the com:, ! . mi'h !l' improper to read a. 1! ! it be the intention : of Gen. Wiikih j v n So -tattr th-it certain conduct of ms was produced oy that letter, h mav state that such conduct wus produced General Wilkiiwon . must sai th.s letter mattrial-y m flu. need .h. measures which I pur ucd Mr, H;iy There iscertain-v nldt chrf re t eb twem thi c .se a tit r e examinat'on btfjre a Judg. ' d i .nal be lot e J ,.ty, 'Fhi . tei nuy identify G ntral Dayton w.th -imeting at the mouth of Cum- Gv! . W Ik 'ponu-Heteic a letter, ul -es,et! f- J. Pvtt fN Esq. si?rnci 1 A- St. p!ie..s. " It ;ippr us to be a di e:!S. i .hIhI . Km T h, . " ,j of it-, btih: li e hand wr.,;.., , 7 ..... iidll. IJl' f 1 Hun. . (See Nt. D ) I re:u tiril ir. m .he ope Jtioi--. !Kinst the ; ani: rds the 5t"h'N. ai.t', on 1 m xr morjiinp: Ch J. -1 e To w i ut j l. er clid y-u t;inr, Ans. To N tch uk hi v." jj.e m.-.rning of the G'h of Ncv. a stiw,' Frenchmen (. horn; I had i cver se n tr t- rt , imm jiHvc i cv. r sten him 1 1 . 1 sm w piesetred a p ick' t to me, a d 00k his lei ve. 1 hi- I iouud to be t letter from Dr. Bollinm covering 1 let'er from Col. Burr. The letter 1 0111 Dr. Boiinvan, in his proper and writing, bears date September 2 7. SrKu fn m Wu.Cii ..... N ic tiere is ttie cyphered; titer encios- d by Dr. Bollman ; and ' I hud it is an exact, duplicate, as it N t IT p otesses. to be, ot the one received by Mv, Swan wout, with this vaiia. i .n" D c-or B-JIman, equally con k fidemial, better informed en the subject nd more intelligent, wili 1 hand this duphealie." (This letter was laid upon the clerks t.,ble.- That letter jlso inclosed one from Genl. Dayton. (Mr. M Rae Of ihf same tenor id t if ft writ r A N,,; r,;, .i;tr,.... 'i i.-.. . .. U. ..... ,..v.1My nuer .s p-Hy cypher ad rtly ,o ll1( coi.im scnp!.-.(b, t Note E.) Mth Genl Dayin-s hand wnt.nK f A. fcrlectly. Mr. Hay How did yo n become acqoamted wuh.t? A. IromalonR and fam.har orrespon. j; ! m e. llere ,s a letter from Gen. ; D. ton to me, intr. duung h.a s.,n,. which mil shew the s.m.lamy of ,he ! nand-wrumg. Here the General produced the letter of intmduc: ,u , Vr..;r r l" K)Ti the sm mnrnino. T t i I i - . . ?; .ut uui"woig unvi! iimiion rrom i4t- "'' a lencr. irom j l. uonakl. son, dated the 30th of November , 1;" Tn n T7' 1 11806. LHe, e Genl, W.lkmson of, n "Tl 'ha'' " ilered to'read the e,ter ; hU, it wujfetl 1 rejected by he ourt. See Ntte- F Ir cooeque:ce ol 'be receipt ol tll't le'ti' li firi YT f r.-.,al.-l.. . i ! my rvh s ions on th.- letters from j Col. Burr, I cletern iiKd to cflhiren jtra;e my wr.ok force i;i New Or jleanfi, as soon as possibU . Mr. ; tlay said tha he was willing, in dr ier 10 save 'ime, to wave every hit which relj'Va 'o th fperatitns tri the army j and recreated that Gen. Wilkinson whnH nwi what occurred . X ''1 ij,eeueu irom Narrh ffirhtrw xt , . - . . j .'-'v.,iluMU,ily ,viu,j,iunM. Tp"'"? "! 'hat p ac,: - .vu x vu aurtnib on me ism ot ovember; where I found Swart - wout, who ifad ben taken ill on his route from &V.chitoches to N. Or ;i -ans, and, for his accommodation, ! iii.uui uy some one ot the ofh fers to that place, on his way to Uennessee; liut beinc- alarmefi K - hi turnouts Which r)reY:ii!rrl i., ,1,- pan of the coumry, he- was afra.-d to roctet', arid I d halted there. I enquired ot M . S Wart wout wheil, iMr. Otrtien h u) K ,rnu ...... 1 . . lie sai. tnar he u-.i n, t K.,f I'll jt. bpence ot ihe navy had oeen sent KIWI. k I III I 1 t . f 1 tom; tmit beloi e from NewOil ans il-.,,l. ! ... vunuutl LUg C OUIU! V- With itttvr .. f tmi i Cob burr. 1 proceeded on. and reached NewOrleans on the i 5,n ot S. vember, tn the eveninc : land, on the 2eh m the ri.o: mi,,-. 1 teceived this ie ter lmm Dr.' Boll- jman. -Here Gen. V i;kinson pro- !( xiucea the letter See Noti- G 1 n-1 - i . . . j pance which I had orated. The morning alter 1 had received the le -ler ol Dr. Bollman at Natehitcx hes. U acknowledged the receipt of it in a hoit note, and informed him ,N ,r 1 ) houldbe in New-Oi leans about the Both. I t:io not call on Dr. B.:lm"an iiiitil the 30th. After the o.dii.arv iulutations, I tnqu ivd if he had i.ot (heard of Col. Burr hince his arrival ? pe ir.iormed me that he had not. I jUked him w bcthei he had no lieartl t Lieut. Spence's auival in Teiii hessee, IL- enquired how I cuv.e Y know .my tiling of Lie ut.fcpci.ee ? I informed. him that it Was thiui h Mr. S Wart Wout. He assured jne th it he hac sent dispatches for Col. 3uir by Lieut. Spence, and that he , 4 d Iv.aid of hssarHval at N. shvilk. nic tnen ei quncd wha' pap. I meant 9 take I I bserved h. 1 ftlt myselt Plicae ly sitna d. It Was in.pofsi ttle that 1 couid take ny part while ji neiU m con. mis. ion ; and I was ;o circumstanced tiiat I could not jkM nd (il ii. I observed that it cie . Tided upon a variety of circum- --'xes ; such as winds, weather, f-imposition of ihe troocs, skill in - bUurt, ihe, rcsistuiice of th ir m. ii:nis, and other causes on which Jit !-:ucc:,s ti mnit.uy opr.tions Upei.d. Boi 1 f;avt tt as nx opi- i. tiic-.r t Ttio'i u the Ion c msui rieut, if. sain that Col. Buirhad . I -' 11-V I'll ' w ,m o f. fti-aci , that he had umerous aoi, ;,;.vt 1 lui triends in the t . Statrs, whoslo. d pledged to sup port hirri wi h tneir fortunes ; and hat he must su c ed. He then en quired of nie my.opmion of the saie ot magazines & provisions at New Orleans. I observe d that if Colonel Burr decended wi'h the f.rcv. pi ex posed they would starve unless they brought provisions along uith fhem ; lor he had ascertained before tiv precise quantity hen on hpnd. He said if was his opinion also, that there would be a scarcity provisions ; that he had written to Colon tl Burr oh the subject ; and 'hat he expected a supply from New-York jand Norlolk, woete Col. Bu r had -many frit nds. He said that he h.o . ilicsall- iing oliome Vdbs.ls ilh flour; and supposed, hat thty miht bedestinc, j for that place. 1 did no. see Dr. :Uec,mber. .he cby after .he an.v,l j of thc majl . 4lld callc(1 hiln' nqire the news. He s.u) ,httt he had seen a letter from Col. Burr, ol - the JOth of October, in ,h ch he ! statrdnhat i,e shonM h. M. .".. ! ,he Jo.h of rw,,..h. , , v , I. nil VVVI tnoqsand men, and was to bt'To!- iuwtu uv lour mo san mf.tr- that fie could have raised o . , ' . ...w.., and r Ievid thousand mtn as easily as jix ,f hi i ,k. . i'SHould oppose him. He reolitcl hey must come there for provisions and equipments. He observed tii..- Col, Burr had great confidence, n, mci but be did not know what pass ed between u ; and ask-d il l chi not make such a defence as wrxd covtrmy reputation, and still per mit him tp come. I retdied i. th negative; and we men parted. S mu 1 onup5 attervards, he aalleu j Jill 11!"' . nt e i man ii me ro'.ri : ano l took him ,.UKU r r 27.73. I1f cruel fhnt - .t- . ...... -anted to kaow my le.e,min?.ion. wanted to know mv determination- - w bllUV II V of I expressed my surprize ; ' and told h 1 exoressed mv winui ',1 t), i ' him ha, he kU H.T, W iMr. Hay -While you were' thus? i exiracting rrom Dr. Bollman the sc creis oi ms party, were you takim any measures f v the security of N. iirieans Ans. Yes. My orde ano instructions will shew what mea sures I deemed it my .duty to pursu I)r these I am' responsible to the Executive of the U. States Air, Martin Are the cypherer letters filed ? Ans. Yes Q. Is ih j j -"misiicu ; vnsr. riere it is. L'Cff ft l lt U ? A ...... TT M r. Bots In the riindirni n r -r- verl hv Hr ltH.,,. ti,... :. . zure. W'ili yoti be so good as to ex plain the cause of it. j ' wuiiuiaii, UltlC 13 till CI -.. Gen!. Wilkinson That erazur. was made hv himvlf ...a ! afttrvN.ird intrn,..,,,,! k., ... !j hwv a d J ' position which will be muri satisfactory than nw nwn hvtiIq.v, IKiom Mr lL.tJivV..vc ..: I ....... , t .uj-as ut utJBI I I I ' fMiv.Wi-t read the depos tion of Mr. Duncan fjr which see Nou- H ) M t.-Boris-Vhen was the erszure rntde ? A. Dv-ririg the sitting of ihe LegKL ure in New Orleans. Q Wh t were the words restored ? Ai.sw- ! I canoot iov state with' certuint) Question. Was the let er tx:ub: e' to the Legisla ure ? A, I was in . ti-ciuce. ; b,.t I confi.i d mvself t 01 al comn.un cations. Q.. What was the occasion o the er;z ore ? Am. To put it 'Jut of the poer of a cer tain facing in the Legislature, c whom, jt that time I intended t submit th - jxtxr , to conceal it from i ha? faction wift were opposed o m measui-s, and wAc I believid, wt-i'i inimical, to ;he iie interests of then country, an.'i wer laboring to excite suspicions mat I was Ctrinjcied wi i, Col. Burr, in order to destroy the public confidence in ihe,. and thm to defca my measures. At tin head of this faction I cohsidere.r John Watkins, Esqr. Sptakeu Having determined not to submit ihe letter, I restored the words. Q; Did you prepare any translation t,,subm I to the Lrhlature ? A. No : I only made i otcs. Q. Did you make a rmslaiion for any Other purpc.se ? A. Only a partial net imperfect one Q. Fjr wha- purpose ? A. To un derst.. d it. Ques. Wras there an v other occasion for which yo;. mad' my tii,nhlation ? Q. No. Q Dii you make any translation for the Exe- UUVc ? A. NO. O. W,re ,1,1.,. wo ds, V ur's pot-marked 13'!.. I is received," erased ? A. Yes. Q. Where is the copy of you: h tter, overim; a copy of that ol Col. Burr, and your deposition to tin President of the United: Stares ? A Ir is amontc my papers Mr. FI. v. Dy I understand yob correctly, when suppose yru say, that the trahs- ati.n intended for the Letrislatme ot iNtw -Orleans, Was sent to the President of thf U- States : No. (Mi. Hay immediately obseiVed. that on recollecting date-, lie ner- . ; i -i . i i . . ueivcu mac ne nau misunderstood Geo. Wilkinson ; that he letter W3& ent lo the President before the ses sion of the Legislature of NtwOi lema.) Mr. Botis, Du. I under stand you to say mat this was y ,ur translation of the 'letter which wa. intended for the Legislature of Ne w Orleans ? A. No: It wUS xMr Dun can's Mr. BottsUave you ever, sworn that hs was a true tiansla tion ? A. No Only substantially . : Genl Wilkinson May I b-. permii ed tn offer a few wordaol ex planition ? Whea Dr..Bdlman was arrested I will confess io you that I was so little acquainted with judi ial proceedings, that I did not know Ht was necessary to do more thaoac- company htm with a leite' of advice. I was about to send him off in that way, when Mr. Duncan suggested ; to roe the propriety of sending for-1 ward a deposition to just fy his com mitmeut, I put the Ietei in3 the .lands of Mi, Duncan, with the key, i d he made out thc interpretation" vVhen Mr, Duncan presented the anslation to ie, I stated my obiec ons to the omissions. He urted oe to sign thed: posiiion; The time v as urgem. the express vaiune i - j.comult offondljnamB.in had, . i uisDrcn-ame that I .hnuiri hqv. rnncf- ed the sijrniiig- of thedeposition, with those omissions, notwithstanding my confidence in the judgment and iru tegrity of my counsel I was also, at the ttime oppressed by domestic afHiciiohs i find my mind was hur ried .ind agitated by the painful and m ertsiing scenes which: surround ed.me. Mr. BottsWere there variations' between -he. original letter in cypher, nd t ha Kent on' to the President A Yesft Air- Botts-.Were they tio- ced by yoti. or by Mii Duncan tri your presence ? A. I impose so -2 because I objected ii eneratly to 1 he remissions . Mr. Bolts H w . was the cypher formed ? A. It conssf- d of an A meiicati edition of Entick's Dictionary, and of Hieroglvphtcs? v Mr. Botis Which as formed fij st ? A. Te Die ionary. Mr. Bott- Wh n was that forimd ? Mere Gen.- Wilkinson referred to it letter, without a signature, dated in 1800 ind said he presumed it mii-t have been formed about that time. Mr. Butts Do you know the time of the year ? A. I presume it was Octo ber. Mi. Boker, To whom was that letti r addressed I A. To myself Mr. Bdkt:r - By whom was it wtitv n ? A. By Col. Burr. General Wilkinson observed, that it wasjt private letter, to which he had 1 red merely to refresh his me men ry, the concluding paragraph of which ' when I receive your cyphei 9nd your address, you shall hear from me." Mr. Wiekham insisted up. m seeing the letter., Gen. Aviikinw m refused ; but said-it was at the; 'bsposal of Col. Bm r, and hand, d it to him.J Mr. Botts Wuh whom was the cypher formed ? Col. If, md myself. Mr. Botts, Whtk were the Hieroglypnus ag.eedupon ? A.io the best of my recollteticn he Hieroglyphics which' refer ta the Alph b t weie f rnicd about the change of the administrafion, a her he. induction of the President. The Hyeigly ,hics are divided into two? parts. ; otic part relates to the Alpha bei and figures, and 'he oth, r-n arj bittary names nr rlfionihnnn Bo Winn were the aibitrurv names estaidished ? A. I thi L- he yearJT95 or 1736, nm notiwlfc vercd to Colonel Burr-at the time. Mi. Botit Who o iginally devised 'ht cypher? A. That you hold in y.mr hanci frhe Hieroi;lyphieS; wero devised by myself and partly by Cap tain Campbell Smith. MrBotts A.e you sure it was in 1796 m which that p.;rt-w s devised ? A. I think I said in 1) 05 or 1796. in which that par was devised, but could not asu cenam which. Btr, aeVerting to the motives which induced me to form j it. I think it was in 1794. Mr. Botts, Are there no ci cumstances which can enable you to ascertain the time ? a. I could have proved with certainty, the lime, if a witness who I had summoned had at tended. Here is another cypher made by Gapt. Smih in 1 794,; and the Hit ttfc giyphrcs representing the Pre ident and Vice President are ihe same wrh those used in the cypher with Oo. Burr. . Cob Burr, What was the mode adopted by you of sendinjr rouna thfc prisoners ? By puhIic VcSSl.rs ? No. My plan was to-engage pit. saes on board private vessels and to lay m a double stock of stores for their accommodation. Col Bun When did your dispatches go orr b..rd the vessel ? Can you asceN tuv the time ? A, Not without re curring to my correspondence. Mr Wirt You had been far many years IT Li,itimare corrispbndenfl& with Coh Burr. A. Yes. Referred to n General WjjlkxnsokS Evidence, (A J . Od ct atet the 8th cf October, . 1806 I was sating at the uming tablcmy .Vt ter, at Naichicoche v. A General wfim si, when a gentleman emered the room ' and enqu.rcd for Cdunei Cnsb. IrTee to receive him, and presented to roe the "tier trum General Uayion;; of which ths tohowiug is an exact ccpy v.: . " Ihis will be p.esented tp you ly -nephew a sonot th. coi A.r.JlvS ' ' ww w I j 1i mi 1 ..vi j iU CJia not give me OUcb timo to gdea wfl0conuiandedoai ot thc 'Ter. '
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