Virginia Argus

MR. BURR.

Extract of a letter from a gentleman of respectability in Hampshire county, Mass. to his friend in the vicinity of Amherst, N. H. dated in September last.

"Gen. Eaton is now in this town; and he says, that he has seen a letter but a few days from Marietta, (Ohio) which informed, that col. Burr was there, and was undertaking, or endeavoring to undertake, an expedition—that he had actually engaged some boats, and offered commissions to a number of young gentlemen in those parts, to engage with him in what he (Burr) said "would be a laudable and honorable undertaking." Gen. E. has no doubt that Burr's intent is to erect a separate government west of the Alleghanies, and probably make himself either a sovereign, or be viceroy to some foreign prince. The latter I am inclined to think, cannot be the motive. Spain will not be in a condition to support such a colony as perhaps France may. Should Burr raise an insurrection, many things will be necessary, which we little think of."—Albany Gazette.

Extract of a letter from Gallipolis, (64 miles below Marietta) September 10.

" Mr. Burr's intended expedition is much talked of here. He has many proselytes; and reports are in circulation, that a large number of boats are building at Marietta, to answer his purpose: say 14 or 15, though I cannot vouch for the exact number, not having been there for some weeks. Yet it is certain that there are boats building there to descend the Ohio, and it is as certain, that Mr. Burr, made himself very busy while residing there."