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®lje inquirer.RICHMOND, 27 th MARCH.AARON BURR, Ex-Vice-Prcfidcnt of the U. States, in now in tins city ; guarded «s a Itate-prifoncr.We have had no opportunity of convcrGng . with hisefcort ; but a gentleman, who travelled with them in the (luge, has given us the following account r.f the manner of his arrcft, obtained from their lips—It it not to he rx-pcitrd that it fliould he completely correftBut we IJtall hereafter amend whatever impcr-f.-ftiuns which we may be fortunate enough ta Jdeleft. b *11 Col. Burr was apprehended in the Tombig-bee country in the firtk days of March : perhaps the 3d, in the following mannerA gentleman whole name is reprefented to us to be Perkins, was at a public houfe in a village in that country a few miles (perhaps 18 or 20) from the Spanifh Line. lie was in com-,f patty with the flierilfof the county.I, About 11 o’clock at night a gentleman rode v up to the door, and enquired for the houfe of a major—who lived in thenciglibourhood. He was followed by another, who turned out to be his companion.—The (Imagers were told, that the houfe of the Major they enquired for, was :• tome dittance from the tavern ; and that they would have locrofs a water eourfe which had been fwollen hv the waters and might he dangerous of aecefs. The ft rangers however pel level , d in their intention ; and left the doot of the Tavern.Mr. P.tkins was furprifed by tliefc fingular movement! : That iii.it, at that late hour of i cold night Ihould leave the comforts of a tavern, and explore a dangerous road of which they were profeflcdly ignorant ; the idea was a lour e i.t coulidcr.ii.lc aftonillnncnt. It naturally led M fo.nc fpcctihttion upon the character of the ftrangers, and he could not Hut any rational explanation of their mylterious conduct, hut tiiat they were tobl ers, who intend *• pilfer the major’s houfe. lie dciermin-j cd, if pcffiblr, to prevent tlieii defign ;pi evaded upon his companion (’lie Iherifl) to accompany him to this lecnc of meditated rob-.- I,cry:)f When they arrived, the Major was from home. One of the gentlemen was in the houfe ; lhe other had retired to the kitchen, to warm his ll.iveritig limbs. The firlt glance, which Mr. P. caught of this vifitatit of the kitchen, convinced him that the myltetious ftrargtr was no other than Col. Burr: Whether Mr. p. recognized him from a previous acquaintance with his pet fon, or from the tire of his eye, the (hap.- of Ids face and perfnn ft* wr!! correl'pot.d-Ing to the dcfcription which he had received of him ; the gentleman with whom we had converted, was imcompetent to inform us.— I] Certain it is ; Mr. P. fofpefted that the ftranger who flood before him with his white hat f] 'United over lbs face and with all the habiliments of a man fo perfectly flrrent from tlicfe in which lie commonly appears, was the very man, whofe name l ad rung for fcvcral monthsfrom one corner of tltc U. S. to the other.—It was A. Burr.Mr. P. determined to arrcfl him. lie repaired to Tort Stoddart on the Mobile, and _ prevailed upon I ieutenant Gaines (the Com-h inandant at that I'.n t) to accompany him with y a fmall hie of fuldicrs.—In the meantime. Col. Burr had font back his companion (by the name or Afiilry, whofe name was mentioned in • tir l .ft paper tinder the Frankfort head) for forr.e purpofc unknown; and rrqiir-fled his f-. new companion the fhrriff, to thow him on the s- j way to the Spanifh Line.•’ On the road.they met the fi]e offoldiets ac-r- compa.nedhy Mr. Perkins lieutenant Gaines. L_. ** nat, f.tvs Col. Burr ; or in word • to tlsat efT.ft ; “ do fotdiers travel here in this ftyle’—I, ...1. J it XT •! r • . .f- , 'r . tr.net nerc in tins Kyle :,,n not fehack ? •• No anfiverrd hia eompmi-. , on. Col. Burr i. fb.l to have immediately.j ..... s.... ''i to nave immediatelyr I liropt Ins bridle, and ch-ifping !ii* hands together ] to have uttered fume ejaculation of vehement 'r—.otmn; what that was, we cannot trull our-• '-fvc-v to def.ribr.—Lieutenant Gaines advan-ce.l up to him, and interrogated Itim, whether he was not Col. Burr.—The fcene clofed, by L. Game « ominous words :You are my ptironer, fir.”Anrfcort of eight men accompanied Col. Burr frcnt that quarter of the country, on tlirir way to Walliuigtoii. They crofTed'at Coles'* ferry; on Monday morning between the hour*.•I of II and 13, they pa fled Prince Edward court houfe. On Wedncfday Everting about .« o clock they arrived in Fredericflchurp. II ir tin y m,t with a gentleman from Walb-ineton, who was inflrisclrd to order them to Richmond : and on laft evening the llage conveyed them to our city: Col. Burr .ml his, Ion of'T men. The gentleman who met Hu m A ■'* rriektiujrg ha*.accompanied them to tin p.-ue, anil hears a enmniunication from tinExecutive to the U. States, attorney for this dtf1,1 He iscondltiled folhiseity, to undergo aramtijttmrt before Chief Jnflice Marlitall.—Setat iticumitancei concur to recommend tiu choice of this tribunal. The moll material o them ts, that.rite overt aft of treafon, m which hr tnt •'h.rgrd. was moll probably committed . B annc. hadvt, s tfland, in the -ivtr Ohio an ' Virginia,* Ills crone thenjtirifdrftion of the TIT*Diflrift Court of tins f}re I lie highlit Judicr.myt in tun Country ; the chitwill he examined in a •he neared tn the le.itid rift, sivirnmcii
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Richmond Enquirer
Richmond, Virginia, US
Fri, Mar 27, 1807
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