ill mirlf A " WE GO WHEBS DEXOCBATIC PBESCIPL2S PQIKT THE WAY 577HES TKEY CEASE TO LEAD, WE CEASE TO FOLLOW." TOLUME VIII. Xb I ra of tli Heart. it xits mattib oairntn. twP in my heart there is a sacred urn I tTtr guard with holiest care, and keej .v,. tf.A world's intrusion. It is eep It is filled Wita dr and levly treasures, that I prize Above sfc Fm9 that sparkle in the -rales Of Orient climes or glitter in the crowns Of ceptwei kings. The priceless wealth of life Within that urn is gathered. All the bright AnJ lovely jewels that the years have dropped Around me from their pinion, in the swift And noiseless flight to old Eternity, K thousand bud and Irs treasured Uiere. flswers . Tbat tha cool dews of life's young morning bth- That its soft gales fanned with their gentle wings, And that its genial sunbeams warmed to life And fairy beauty 'mid the melodies Of founts and singing birds, he hoarded there, Dead, dead, forever dead, but oh, as bright And beautiful to me as when they beamed With Nature's radiant jewelry of dew. And they have more than mortal sweetness now, Tot the dear braath or loved ones, loved and lost, Is mingled with their holy perfume. Like A very miser, day and night I hide The boarded riches of my dear heart-urn. Oft at the midnight's calm and silent hour, TThn not a tone of living nature seems To rie from all the lone and sleeping earth, I lift the lid softly and noiselessly, Lest some dark, wandering spirit of the air rtrehance should catch -with his quick ear the sound. And steal my treasures. With a glistening eye And leaping pale, I tall them o'er and o'er, Mming on each, and hallow it with smiles And tears and sighs and fervent blessings. Then, With sonl as proud as if yon broad blue sky Kith all its bright and burning stars were mine, Bat with a aaddened heart. I elo'e the lid, And ones again return to busy life. To play my part amid its mockeries. from the "Cabinet IltMtory of Kentucky," by T. S. Arthur, t1 Wm. . Carpenter. THE CONSPIRACY OF AARON BIIIH. In the year 1P01, Aaron Burr, a native of !?tw Jersey, a graduate of Princeton, a colonel In the wnr of independence, and subsequently a senator of the United States, was elected Vice President of the Union. He was a man of the most extraordinary talents, plausible, intrigue ing, daringly ambitious, singularly polished in lis address, but of the lowest moral character. Before the expiration of his term of office, he bad lost the confidence of his party, and while Jefferion was unanimously nominated as ft can didate for re-election to the Presidency ; in the selection cf a candidate for vice president, Bun was set aside, and Qeorgc Clinton nominated in hia stead. Possessing yet some little political power in 5. York, he was enabled to have himself brought forward by his friends as an independent candi date for governor ef tkat sate, m opposition to Chief Justice Lewis, the nominee of the admin Utration party. Owing to the high character of Alexander Hamilton, and the influence of his opinions upon the active politicians of the state. Burr was de feated, and charging his discomfiture to the in strumentality of Hamilton, only waited a favor able opportunity for accomplishing a signal re venge. Hamilton at this time was at the head of the federal r arty, which, though shorn of its former power, was yet large enough to offer formida ble oppposition to any candidate whose fitness they doubted, or whose opinions were at vari ance with their own. Sinking rapidly in the scale of political repu tation, and deeply iavolved in pecuniary liabili ties, Burr brooded over the failure of his latest hope with a malignity, which, gathering strength ty nursing, at length impelled him to force his antagonist into a duel. The result was such as might haTe been expected. Hamilton was shot down at the first fire, and to escape the indig nant outburst of public opinion, Burr fled to South Carolina, and took refuge with his accom plished and unfortunate daughter, who had mar ried a wealthy planter of that region. The seat of government having been removed to the District of Columbia, Burr returned to Washington and presided over the senate until the expiration of his term of office ; and then being unable to return to New York in conse quence of the officers of that state holding a warrant against him for the killing of Hamilton, lie turned his attention to a wider field of oper ations, and to bolder schemes of ambition. At the close of the session of Congress in the pring of 1803, Burr set out foi the West. The nominal objects for which this journey was pro secuted were variously stated. One was a spec ulation for & canal around the falls of the Ohio; which he had projected with Senator Dayton f New Jersey, whose extensive purchase of Military land warrants had given him a large Interest iu the military bounty lands in that vi cinity. Burr had offered a share in this speculation to General Wilkinson, who, besides being commander-in-chief of the army in that quarter, had lately been appointed governor of the new ter ritory of Louisiana. Burr and Wilkinson had g been known to each other, and the former 'nb bt rwfctfatfcl waMe&tly upon Men. ring the co-operation of his old military aesoci ciate, with whom he had carried on at various times, a correspondence in cipher, and whose civil and military position promised to make him a vry efficient agent in the Bcbeme to which all other projects were intended finally to euccunb. ' Wilkinson, who about this time was getting ready to embark at Pittsburg to take possession of his government in Louisiana, invited Burr -to descend the river in bis company ; but as Burr's own boat the oommoa ark or flat-boat of those days was already prepared to start, he pro ceeded on his voyage alone. Wheu nearly opposite Marietta, he stopped at Blenerbasset's Island, and there, for the first time, made the acquaintance of its enthusiastic but visionary ewnsr. This was Herman Blen nerhasset, an Irish Gentleman, who, becoming disgusted with th political condition of his owl country, bad settled on an island in the Ohio, and being possessed of a considerable fortune, gratified his refined taste by erecting an elt gant mansion in the wilderness, and surround ing it with fcll those luxurious accessories which Lad hitherto been unknown beyond the moun tains. Ths beautiful an I accomplished wife of Blcn nerhitBset wits no less an enthusiast than him self ; and Burr, a master of all those aria which are best calculated to elicit the dmirtin ci women, soon succeeded in attaching wriniy to his cause two persons whose ambition had pre viously been bounded by the limits of their own domain. Working upon the ardent imagination of Blen nerhasset, Burr moulded him as easily to his purposes as the potter the clay beneath hio hands. Both BlennerhaEset and his wife devo ted themselves, and all they possessed of wealth t-j the fortunes of the crafty and unscrupulous adventurer, with an enthusing! t heated almost to fanaticism by the glowing prospects held out to them in ths future. ( The prj:t wuich Burr actually entertained was oue well adapted to enlist in hi cuu.e all tlio.se who were dissatisfied with their present condition of life, and such turbulent and restless spirits as were ready for any enterprise which promised to gratify their ambition, even though it should be at the expense of common justice and morality. Well Knowing how odious the Spanish name had become to a great portion of the people of the West and South, from the difficulties which had for so many years attended the navigation of the Mississippi on the oneband, and from the long existing territorial disputes on the other, the svheme which Burr desired to perfect was to organize a military force upon the western wa ters, desceud the Mississippi, and wrest from ."Spain a portion of her territory bounding on the viulf of Mexico. As the consumption of this act would necessarily implicate the southwestern portion of the United States, it was proposed to make New Orleans the capital of the new em pire, of which Burr was to become the chief, but whether dictator or president was left for the future to de ide. When he quitted the hospitable mansion of Blen nerhasset, Burr resumed his voyage in his own bout, and met Wilkinson at Fort Massac, by whom he was provided with a barge, belonging to one of the officers, and manned by a crew of soldiers. Furnished with sufficient provision for the voyage, and bearing letters of introduction from Wilkinson to gentlemen in New Orleans, he sailed for that city, which he reached somewhere about the 2oth of June, 1805. The unpopularity of Governor Clairborne, and the bitter feuds by which parties were divided in that city, offered great encouragement to his projects. After a short stay iu New Orleans, Burr re- iscended the river toNachez, traveled by land to Nashville, where ho was entertained for a week by General Andrew Jackson, and after being complimented with a public dinner, pro ceeded ou horseback to Kentucky. He spent a few weeks iu the latter state, and then set out by land for St. Louis, where he took up his res idence with a relation of his, who, at his special request had been appointed secretary to the new territory of Louisiana. It was not until he met him in St. Louis, that Wilkinson, according to his own account, began to entertain a suspicion of Burr's design. The manner of the subtle intriguer is represented as having become altered and mysterious. He threw out his bints of a splendid enterprise, and spoke of it cautiously, as favored by the gov ernment itself with being imbecile, and insinu ated that the people of the West were ready for a revolt. Wilkinson asserts that his own impression of danger to the confederation were such, that he immediately wrote to his friend, the secretary of the navy, advising him that seme great move ment was contemplated by Burr, and cautioning him to keep a strict watch. The aid-de-camp of Wilkinson testified to having copied, and, as he believed, transmitted such a letter through the post to the secretary : but as the . latter could not recollect having received imy such document the important nature of which ought certainly to have impressed itself upon his mind, it is a question of doubt whether the letter kwas ever f ent at aU. EBENSBURG, TIIURSDA?, Jl'NE 3, 1852. Passing through the Indiana territory, Burr next made the acquaintance of Governor Harri son. Continuing his route eastward, he stopped at Cincinnati, Chilicothe, and Marietta, returned to Philadelphia toward the close of the year, and 'spent the following spring and summer partly in the latter city and partly in Washing ton. During this. period his movements were envel oped in a eloak of mystery. He resided in an obscure street and received many visiter, all ef whom came to him on pretence of business, but no two of whom were admitted into his presence together. Whi! he remained in Washington ho had fre. quent interviews with Major Eaton, then recent ly returned from his well-known adventures in Tripoli, to whom, warmed by the apparent wil lingness which Eaton exhibited to enter into his views, he divulged the whole extent of his pro jects. Eaton, notwithstanding his relations with the government were at that time of a delicate cha racter, waited on the president, and suggested the appointment of Burr to a foreign mission, intimating, at the Mmt time, his belief that it would b th ucios of preventing an insurrec tiou -or a revolution in the western country, wh'.ch wold otherwise take place within eigh tceu months. . . ' . The president, in reply, expressed his confi dence in the attachments of the western people to the Union, and as n further questions were asked, Eaton did not feel himself authorized to say any more upon the subject. Having remarked in his conversation with Eaton, that if he oould secure the marine corps the only soldiers stationed at Washington and gain over the naval commanders, Truxton, Treble, Decatur, and ethers, he would overturn the Congress, make away with the president, and : declare himself the protector of an energetic go vernment. Burr, ia pursuance of this idea, next sounded Commodore Truxton ; but the lat ter, although dissatisfied with the treatment he had received, declined having any thing to do with the conspiracy, Decatur and others also refused to co-operate, and finding his prospects unfavorable in the Middle States, Burr set oiF toward the close of the summer on a second western journey. As a cover to his designs, one of the first things he did on reaching Kentucky was to pur chase of a Mr. Lynch, for a nominal considera tion of forty thousand dollars, of which a few- thousand were paid, an interest in a claim to a large tract of land ou the Washita lliver, under a Spanish grant to the Baron de Bastrop. The claims held by Edward Livingston of New Or leans to a portion of the above grant, had been previously purchased by Burr. In connection with Blennerhasset, Burr enter ed into a contract for building fifteen boats on the Muskingum. He also made application to John.Smith, one of the senators from Ohio, for the purchase of two gunboats, then building for the government ; authority was given at a hous at Marietta for the purchase of provisions, a' kiln erected for drying corn on Blennerhassett's Island, and a considerable number of young men enlisted for an enterprise -down the Mississippi, the true nature of which was only mysteriously hinted. By this tisae Wilkinson was at Natchitoches, in command of th'e troops collected there to op pose the Spanish invasion. . While at this post he received various letters from Burr, to which he sent replies ; but how far he commit ted himself to the conspiracy, was never ascer tained. That he was tampered with to a con siderable extent, and that his replies were at least evasive, does not admit of a doubt. A let terin cipher from Senator Dayton, assuring Wil kinson that he would certainly be deprived of his command at the next session of Congress, determined the course of the latter. He com municated the next morning to Colonel Cushing, his second in command, the substance of Burr's letter, and expressed his determination to has ten to New Orleans and defend that city against Burr, if he should venture to attack it. After extracting from young Swartwout, the bearer of despatches from Burr, all the information neces sary to guide his future proceedings, Wilkinson sent an express in hot haste to the President of the United States, stating the general outline of the scheme communicated to hiraby Swartwout, and then, having been joined by a body of mi litia from Mississippi, advanced toward the Sa bine. Simultaneously with hisletter to the president Wilkinson sent directions to the commanding of. ficcr at New Orleans to put the place in the best state of defence, and to attempt to get posses sion of the park of artillery left by th? French government, lest it should fall into other hands. As there were difficulties at this time between the United States and the Spanish government on the subject of their respective boundary lines and as the troops of the two nations had been called out to watch the motions of each other, Wilkinson entered into a temporary arrangement with the Spanish commander, making the Sa bine, for the time being, the line of demarcation between the teritories of the disputants. His activity at this period was only equalled by his alarm, as despatch oiterdespatch was re- cei'ed indicating the progressive steps of th. revolutionists. lie wrote to Cushing to hasten the march of the troops, he pressed to the of!" -erlit New Orleans to push forwardhis defence , Mit?'it ! im a reinforcement of men and arr!' -cers-wesxist in thewoik. He proceeded to Nat chez; and despatched a second special mess" ger to the President, declaring that the existen of the conspiracy had been placed beyond all doubt, tnd expressing the necessity of putti- g New Orleans under martial law, a step in which he trusted to be sustained by the president: Not content with taking these precaution, Wi'.kinsoa warned Claiborne, the governor of th Louisiana Territory, that his government w:s menaced Sy a secret plot, and entreated him " to co-'iperate with the military commander in mar sures of defence. .At h s-snio t;nr; 1 rqrli a requisition upou the acting governor of the Mis sissippi Territory for a reinforcement of five huniircd mmtia to proceed to New Orleans. In all these measures the activity fnd energy of Wilkisson were undoubted ; but it still r - mains a problem whether he intended to rem" faithful to fho United Stat. or tr thrnw hi.tis'f into the rms of Burr. When he wrote to the officer at New Orleans, he neither expressed any anxiety in relation to the safety of 'the place, nor gave any reasons for hi3 desire to have it immediately strengihened. In his letter to Clai bnrne he expressly enjoined secrecy till he him self arrived ; and when he made his demand upon the ev.vern.ir of the Mississippi Territory, as h declined to specify the service in which the troops were to be engaged, the governor refused to snd them at all. " Hi proceedings on reaching New Orleans arc less open to doubt. On the tnh of December, 1806, a meeting of the merchants was called, before whom Wilkinson and Claiborne made an exposition of Burr's projects. The militia and n squadron, of gunboats and ketches upon the rivei were placed at Wilkinson disposal, Swartwout and several others were arrested, and one of then, bavin? obtained h' release by wr't of habeas corpus, was re-arrested by order of Wilkinson, and with Swartwout sent a prisoner by sea to Wshington. While these mysterious and alarming rumors were agitating the people of lower Mississippi, Burr and hi9 confederates " in the western states were actively entrr.ged in perfecting their prepa rations for the attainment of the object they had in view: So various, however, and conflicting were the reports cooctrning the intentions of the conspir ators, and so careully had Burr shrouded the Whni .icnreitr-.,vati-.rjr. that tl.e devrtoptrocaits which were made in the newspapers of the day tended more to confuse the public mind than to enlighten it. Almost gimuhane-iusly with Burr's second ap pearance in the western country, a series of ar ticles appeared in the Ohio Gazette, strongly ad vocating the seperation of the western states from the Union. Of these articles Blennerhas set was the nominal author, but the main argu ments were believed to have been furnished by Burr. Articles of a similar, though less deci ded tendency, appeared also in the Commonwelth a democratic paper published at Pittsburgh. A short time previous to this, a newspaper, called the Western World, which had been star ted at Frankfort, Kentucky, published a series of articles blending the present project of Burr with the old intrigues of the Spanish party in that s-tate. Sebastian, then a judge of the Supreme Court was boldly denounced as a pensioner of Spain, and charges of a similar, though less sweeping character, were also made against Senator Brown, Judge Innis, and General Wilkinson. But although in these papers, which were written by Colonel Humphrey Marshall, Burr was proclaimed a traitor to his country, and his whole scheme laid open, it was a long time be fore the leading politicians of Kentucky could be brought to believe in his criminal designs. One gentleman, however, rising above the in credulity of his party, kept a watchful eye on Burr, and wrote several letters to the president on the subjects, but without receiving any spe cific authority to act in the matter. This was Colonel Joseph II. Daviess, the attorney for the United States. On the 5th of November, 1800, Daviess ap peared in open court bi fore Judge Innis, and made affidavit to the effect, that he believed Burr to l engaged in organizing a military ex pedition within the district, for the purpose of descending the Mississippi and making war on the provinces of Mexico. He concluded by mo ving that process might issue to compel the at tendance of Burr before the court to answer the charge. After taking two days for reflection. Judge Innes refused to issue process, but direc ted a grand jury to be impaneled to inquire in to the accusation, and wituesses to be summon ed. At the time Daviess made application in the federal district court at Frankfort for the arrest of Burr, the latter was in Lexington. In less than four hours after the motion was made, he was in receipts of the tidings. He immediately wrote to Innes that he would be in court in a day or two, and confront his accuser. When he reached Frankfort in company with his counsel, Henry Clay and Colonel Allen, find ing the motion already overruled, he addressed the judge, and demanded an immediate investi gation. Daviess replied, by declaring his readiness to proceed as soon as he could procure the attend ance of his witnesses, ami with the consent of Burr, the ensuing Wednesday was fixed upon by the court for the investigation. The immense sensation created by the affida vit of Daviee caused the court-room to be filled on the day of trial with a large number of per sons ; but it was soon discovered that David Floyd, one of the principal witnesses relied up on by the district attorney, and undoubtedly a partisan of Burr, had failed to make his appear ance, and Daviess was reluctantly compelled to ask a postponement of the case. Relying, upon the next occasion, less upon Floyd as his principal witness than upon Gener al Adair, Daviei made application on the 2oth of November for nw jrrand Jur j, which was accordingly summoned to attend on tho 2d of December following. . Shortly after Burr entered the court-room, at tended by his former counsel, the district attor ney rose, and with evident mortification, expres sed himself unable to proceed, in consequence of the absence of General Adair, whose testimo ny was of the first importance to the prosecu tion. He therefore asked a postponement for a few days, and that the grand jury should be kept together until he could compel the attend ance of General Adair by attachment. The counsel of Burr immediately objected to the delay, and demanded ' that the business should proceed at once. After a sharp and an imated debate, the court decided that the case must be proceeded with or the grand jury dis charged. In order to obtain the time he requi red for the production of his witnesses, Daviess prepared an indictment against General Adair, which was returned by the jury, endorsed, "Not a true bill." He then moved for an attachment against the general, but the motion was refused by the court. At the suggestion of Daviess, the court then adjourned until the following day. Finding himself thus far baffled at every step in his attempt to fasten the charge of criminali ty upon Burr, the prosecuting attorney sought and obtained a private interview with Judge In nis, who, in answer to a question from Daviess, as to whether he would have a right, as prose cutor, to attend the grand jury in their room, examine the witnesses, and give such explana tions as might be found necessary to connect and apply their testimony, gave an opinion in the hOirniative. Tully believing that Inuia would sustain in court the opinion which he had given unofficial ly, Daviess determined to proceed with the ex amination with such witnesses as were present. -Iccordinly. the next inorninc. as soon as the judge had resumed his seat, the prosecuting at torney asked permission to attend the grand ju ry in their room. This request was immediate ly opposed by the council of Burr, who denied the right of Daviess to examine the witnesses in the manner proposed. After some argument, Judge Innis remarked, that whenhe himself was attorney-general for the commonwealth, he had never claimed or exercised any such privilege. "Sir!" said Daviess, "you admitted I had the right to do what I now propose." "Yes," replied the judre quickly, "but that was out of court." "True, sir," responded Daviess, "but this is the first of my knowing you had two opinions upon the subject, thj one private and confiden tial, the other public and official." The only reply of Innis was to refuse the re quest, and the prosecuting attorney saw at once that his cause was lost. It was worse than lost, for as the witnesses in the grand jury room tes tified reluctantly, the little that could be glean ed from them threw no light upon the design charged in the indictment, and on the fifth of the month the grand jury came into court and ignored the bill. But this was not all ; they presented at the same time a written declaratfjn, signed by the whole of them, in which it was stated that ikeTe had been nothing in the testimony received by them which in the slightest degree criminated the conduct of either Burr or Adair ; nor could they, after all their inquiries aud investigations of the subject, find any thing improper or inju rious to the government of the United States de signed or contemplated by cither of them. This triumphant acquittal of Burr strength ened his cause wonderfully in Kentucky. It was celebrated by a ball at Frankfort, which was rendered more imposing by the attendance of many prominent men. The friends of Daviess, though fewer in num ber, did not fail to sympathize with him in his defeat, and as an evidence of their belief in the truth of the charges he had preferred, got up a similar entertainment in his honor. At one of these assemblies the editor of the Western World was attacked by some of tne friends of Judge Innis, with the view of expelling him from the room, but he resisted until ho was rescued by others. In justice to Mr. Clay, it must be stated, that before he agreed to act as the counsel of Burr, he demanded of him an explicit avowal, upon his honor, that he was not engaged in any design contrary to the laws and peace of the country. Burr gave the required pledge in the most emphatic manner. He said, ''lie had no design to intermeddle with or disturb the tranquility of the United States, nor its territories, nor any part of them. He had neither issued nor sign ed, nor promised a commission to any person, for any purpose. He did not own a single mus ket, nor bayonet, nor any single article of mili tary stores, nor did any other person for him, by his authority or knowledge." He further added that his views were well understood and approved by the government, and were such as every man of honor and every good citizen avast commend. NUMBER 33. iTT Till! T The reckless disregard of aii moii.t , ..acipl evinced ty Burr in this avowal, which he wo'l knew to be utterly flse, is only paralleled by the daring with w hich he confronted the expos ure of his schemes. At this very time, all his long and laboriocsly ligestod plans were in the act of being scattered to the winds. Tho communications cfilkia, son, the statements of Eaton, and the letters cf Daviess, had, as early as October, btimulatai fefferson to commission Graham, the secretary f the Orleans Territory, then about to leav Vashington, to investigate, on his way south, the charges against Bnrr, and if they npr well founded, ta apply to the governors of Ik western states to take steps to cut short Lis ca reer. Ou the 27th of November, two days after L had received Wilkinson's despatches from Nat chitoches, the president issued a proclamatiom denouncing the project of Burr, warning sJU good citizens against it, and calling upon thoa in authority to exert themselves in suppressing the enterprise and arresting all concerned in it. Previous to this, Graham had met with Blen nerhasset at Marietta, and obtained from hio. such intelligence concerning the enterprise warranted an immediate application to the Gov. of Ohio for authority to seize the boats ou th Muskingum, then nearly completed. The legislature of Ohio, which was then ia session, after delating the question with clossd doors, promptly authorized the seixur to b made During the same week that Burr was feast fed and caressed at Frankfort, as an innocent and much-injured nan, ten of his boats, ain witk provisions aud warlike stores, vrere captured on :he Muskingum. Five other boats, filled with volunteers from he ne!hhorhood of Beaver, reached B'enner- hasset's Island about the ICth of December. This flotilla was commanded by Colonel Tyler, who took possession of the island and post4 sentinels to prevent any communication with th river banks. He had scarcely done so, befor Blennerhasset received information of the seiz ure of his boats on the Muskingum, and the ap proach of the militia ordered out by the govern or of Ohio. Hastily abandoning the place, h embarked in the boats of Tyler, and with & few -.f his followers descended the river, passed th falls of the Ohio about the 20th of the month, and reached the point of rendezvous, the mouth of the Cumberland River, two days afterwards. Leaving Frankfort on the 7th of December, Burr hastened to Nashville. From the latter place he descended the Cumberland with tn boats, and on an island at its mouth was intro duced to such of his adherents as yet clung t his desperate fortunes. Desertion" had already thinned their ranks to less than two hundred men. Breaking up his encampment at this plac. Burr proceeded to New Madrid, gathering slen der reinforcements as he went along. Bitterly disappointed at finding Lis schemes thus sud denly baffled at the very moment of fruition. tL last hope of Burr rested upon the city cf New Orleans and the surrounding territory. Bayou Pierre was named as a point of reunion: andth party dispersed. W hen he reached the first settlement on th left bank of the Mississippi, Burr became ac quainted with the revelations made by Wilkin son, ana toreseeing at once the danger of an ar rest, he ordered his boats to withdraw from th jurisdiction of the Mississippi Territory. An encampment was accordingly termed some thir ty miles above Natchez, and a piece of ground cleared ou which to exercise the men. Even here, he soon fouud himself equally in secure. The president's proclamation having already reached the Mississippi Territory, tL acting governor at once raised a body of four hundred militia for the purpose of arresting Burr. While those troops were collecting on the op posite side of the river, several militia officers were sent to Burr to induce him to submit. Af ter some little delay, a written agreement was entered into, which resulted in an unconditional surrender to the civil authorities. Previous to this, however, the che6ts of arms on board the boats were thrown secretly intoth creek, so tLat when a search took place not were found in sufficient quantities to justify their detention. The subsequent history of Burr, his arrest and acquittal, his wandering life, the extraordinary sensation created thjoug'iout 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 authentication of Burr's conspiracy I j the government agent, Graham, created an im mediate and violent reaction in the minds of th people of Kentucy. The legislature, then in session, immediately passed an act similar to that of Ohio, and under it some seizures wer made. An examination of the charges prefer red against JuJgo Sebastian was ordered and pressed with 60 much determination that, not withstanding the opposition of many whose in terest it was that the affair should remain con cealed, the whole of his mysterious intrigues with Spain were exposed, and conclusive evi dence brought forward to prove Lis recipt 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 stifle the inquiry by resigning his seat upon the bench, but the legislature preserved until a thorough investigation had taken place. Judge Innis, the principal witness against Se bastian, was also believed to be deeply implica ted, as he held office under the general govern ment, a resolution w as passed at the succeeding session requesting Congress to order an inquiry into bis conduct. It was aescrdingly instiWl socn after acd resulted in his ecqnireal -
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