THE ALAMANCE GLEANE
VOL 6
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The following interesting bit of ro
mance (fkl history we find in the Sunny
South,wki icb it says was wril ten by one
of it* contributor*, and first published iu
the Louuville Courier Journal.
Six miles below the city of Parkers
. burg. as you stand on lite deck of tbe
steamer, you catch a glimpse of a long,
low island reach, terminating in a white
. sandy point, about which the river whirls
and eddies in foaming little whirlpools. I
had been on the lookont for this island
I|| tor many hoars; 1 bad watched the bills
ou botli sides ot the river aud bod almost
counted the tarms aud hamlets tlAt dot
these gentle banks. The water ot the
river seemed to murmur .something like
a sad song of ollon times; the golden
. willows that triage tbe bank -and dip
their pendant limbs into the water, sigh
ed and sighed again and agaiu the same
hollow music, and tbe garrulous crows
"all in a muster" croaked a wierd and
mysterious sympathy with tbe desolation
That sandbank ao sad, *o lonely and so
blennebh asset's island.
1 looked apou It until my eyes filled
with noisfore. I could bare fallen into
a protracted reverie aud lodalgod in all
aorta of dreams and fantasies. But I waa
only a mortal man, and a traveler. 1
/ turned to a young man, well dressed and
good looking, with a eertaiuairofsmsrt
nesa that told hia occupation. He, too,
wftsiooking at tbe island, and, aa I be
lieved, waa recalling its varied remiuis
cences. Ue seemed lost iu thought and,
I believed, iu sentimental reflection.
'That island is to me one of tbe most
interesting spots in America,' 1 said.
4 What aboqt itf replied he.
•That is Blenoerhassett'a Island,' I said,
thinking that simple announcement * waa
eaough to open the avenuee to thought
ami memory. But 01 tempora, O, more*,
0 O, ignorantia , Ibis well-dreseed gentle-
from PitUburg bad Bever before
> heard of Blennerbaaaett nor Aaron Bhrr 1
T looked at bim with amazement and fnll
of doubt as to hia when he jfio«.
KiHesely at the island, tbe river and tbe
I discovered that tbe geulle
uuui irom Pittsburg was not aldno in hi*
fer *'l' -
blifß—tbe restjof them were as stolid as j
at umps, and as ignoraut as parses about \
all tlic sad histories of the island; the
people who made ft famous, acd of their
-melancholy end. It seemed imporsible
that any one bi Ibis country could havo
'arrived at the age ot Ihirtv years and
[ never beard of Aaion Burr, of Tlieosdo- 1
jfsla; Adelaide Clifton; of Margaret Moir
rericfl; the great contest isr the President
cj ;af Hun 's great trial; his grand views
ot Wcetern conquest, so miserably and
wan'only misconstrued and maligned;
the history and death of Madame Jninel,*
' the connection Gen. Wilkereon tel with
all. these parlies—this Gen.
thf bon vivnt, who may have been in->
- cautions, but never a traitor—who may
hate blabbed tf» Lord Stirling important
remarks that might have been kept selV
cret ;•! say it would seem incredible that
any one shonld now 10b and bfffgOoraut
ot all tte romantic,
breaking iucidenta connected IWh Burr
and Blenuerhassett. lam ashamed to
record the fact, but the fact ia all tbe
aame.
I looked to see some, traces of the form
er magnificence of the island. It was all
gone. The magnificence bad settled
dtfwn into startling end depressing ngli
neH, but I cotA not shake off' the idea
that I stood ItNne presence of a mau
who had '
NEVER HEARD OF AARON BCBR,
the glorious soldier who bad scaled the
heights of Quebec: had fought In tbe bat
tles of the , first Revolution; was the
friend of Washington; had been a part of
the great dranias]enacted through those
graud struggles,- a mau who bad been a
prince and a statesman among men, and
a derai-god with women; a man whose
genias conceived what other men exe
cuted; a min who bad lived iu advance
of bis age, aud had looked farther and
dared more than any otWgman of bis
day. Tbe memory of all tßose incidents
in his life swept before my mental vision
in one grand panorama as the steamer
i glided over the three miles of water that
meastfgmdhe length of this historic sand
> bank. [Kirr's glorious record at Qne
i bee; on Long Island; Wash
ington's retreat condacted by Colonel
; Burr; tbe active duties that led bim to
prominence;4Pepeace aud victory; Burr
iu tbe Senate iu 1791; the intrigues of
Alexander Hamilton against.bim that led
against the htgb spirited,
Burr; the continuance ofilsmmon'sbate
(hat followed bim through lire aud threw
' a shadow over all bis bopes and aspira
tions; the death-bod seenes of James
1 Billings (so called)-, revealing all of
1 Hamilton's methods and conspiracy 'to
, blacken bs character; tlie death-bed
■ton, tortured and maddened to dt€tb;
H>e cleaving up of all cast by
Jpriftfon.aud chafer
•f -Msi garst Moncrieff;.. her unhappy,
* mtm iage and #afl, In alter life, her fititb
I W first and only love, the beautiful
, 'W«r; tbe knowledge of llsmHton's dafk
i ways: bis relentlese/ury; how hia
i from 1776 to 1800 typified and prystaHz
cd into ihetiate and maQghitf Of tbe
> publican party of to-nay against tbe
I 'Democratic party of the country; tbe
I old, and tbe liew Federal Republican,
tbe apawn of tbe old, beiriiig all tbe bate
i aod dark nfttbods of iU aud
then tbe duel between Burr and Hamil
ton—first tbe challenge, and then tbe
I midnight meetings at Hamilton's boose
> alone, with tbe doors shut and none but
I God to witness the interview* bow Burr
t disclosed to bim tbe discovery of the
I dark conspiracy between Hamilton aiid !
I the Bocaueer Billings to ruin bim, bow
■ they bad ruined and murdered Adelaide
, Clifton; how Hamilton trembled and
• gave op all hope of escapiag tbe duel,
- bow tbey fought, Hamilton getting the
, position and tbe word; bow Hamilton's
eye fell when be eaught tbe eagle glance
t of Bnrr fixed on him; bow tbey fought
and Hamilton fell; and how the two
slandered women were avnged by tbeir
. beloved hero and demL god, aud bow,
s untler tbe heights of Weehawken,
t tbe long quatrtel, tbe long series of per
i, secntions, the tireless efforts ot Hamilton
. to undermine bis rival in love and com*
b peditor in politics, all, all were ended
I when Hamilton tell; and from bis blood,
1 that reddened tbe sand that morning uu
- .der Weehawken,have tboee seeds
- ot hato and malignly,tbe abolitionist,tbe
i carpet-baggers, the bloodysbirt, tbe
I gbonis end barpies, tbe election bills, tbe
a frauds and-Electoral Commission, aod
- later, Will later, right nnder our eyes,tbe
s third terms and tbe atrocious bate, fear
GRAHAM. Mfc>. WEDNESDAY MAY 5 1880
1 and malignity t list tbe Republicans ens
I tertsin for S. J. Tilden, tbe elect PresK
dent, tho first American citizen ever de*
Irauded out of the Presidential chair.
All.these things swept through my tnlud
and my only relief was turn once more
and look upon that mild and intelligent
onung uan Irom Pittsburg, who bad
never beard one syllable of all these
Qdngs, written by historian and uoveliat.
I envied the Intelligent geuflemau tbe :
protracted least in store for him as be
reads up the history and romauco ot bis
country.
And again I conid follow
Trie BMcnhtßD HAM,
hounded on to deuth by party malevo
lence and puritanical hypocrisy, as he
trndged hia weary way from i'hiladel
i phia to Pittsbtirg on boroMback in 1806,
making the trip in nfhetAi days: then
fioatiug down the Qhio in a flat boat,
constructed with a moderate shied house,
with glass windows, instead of the or
dinary cabins yon see iu boats nowadays,
past Wheeling, then a small, very small
village; past Marietta, that' boasted the
possession of respectable houses at that
early day; down to the famous island
Paradise, owned by
an oceentric
Irishman, who in after life became ins
voive# with Aaron Burr, and
ted no little lund to tho berolo etoqJHce.
of Wirt; and here, in im*glnalion, we
■ee tbe still handsome and elegant Burr
moor bia boat and step ashore; and anon
a lovely woman descends to* the waters
edge and bids the wanderer and bis par*
ty a hearty western welcome. Here lie
rested but a day or two, %nd laid tbe
foundation for future acquaiutauceabip
and friendship. We see the flat, boat
descend tbe river paat Cincinnati! and
to lite folia of the Ohio, at Louiaviiiie
where hereated many days.
At that time tbe western bank c#the
Mississippi river was lined with French
or Spanish lojtfe that kept the States in a
sort of'pent upßjtica,' which jarred up
on the soul and ambition of the adven
turous Burr. He saw tbe vast empire of
tbe West and felt that it must eome un
der tbe sars aud stripes; aud at that
early day, when Mr. Monroe bad never
dreamed of bis aflargreatness. Bnrr eon*
ceived the dawn oWnat American idea.
knOfrn as tho Menioe doctrine of modern
times, llurr wasjn reality theiaiher of
1 remember p pbo ' g .
ax INCIDENT, XBVBB BEPORK POBUSH KB,
related by Dr . Wm. Cramp, of Powhat
an county, Va M tbe Charge d'Affairs to
the court ol Chili, during the adminiatra
tion ol President John Tyler. Dr. Wm.
Cjnunp was ayelyat
iMUeof Virginia,about tha time
god Rebecca ROIIIiit of Petersbuig, were
1i tbe seidtb of their beauty and belH
dom. It was at diouer, oue doffing
the eanvßsa between Get* „ Win field beoit
and Mr. Pieros, that Chefrd a remark*
bie conversation • betweetf Dr. Orump
and Hon. W> ». Archer, Souator from
Virginia. It occurred at Letlone, tbe
mausion of Dr. Ci nmp. Tbe mall was
brought in, aud* between tbe courses.
Dr. Crump Opened a copy ot tbe Enquir
er, tbe Democratic organ, edited by tbe
celebrated Mr. Ritchie. Dr. Crump
read a tew momenta and then Suddenly
dropped the paper, striking fbe table
With bis fist aud elclaiuiing:
'My God I Mr. Archer, we bad a
prophet with us, and Aaron Burr was
tbat prophet.'
Startled at the name of Aaron Burr,
Mr. Archer drew up his aristceratin
bead, tbe fire ot Wbig bate gleaming in
bia eves.
'And what of Aaron Bnrr? bo said,
with coldness and hauteur, as only ase'f
poised, thoroughbred aristocratic Virgin
ian can assotoe.
•Mr. Arcber, I tell you that Aaron
Bnrr was a prophet, and bad a sort of
prophetic second sight, as tfeey say over
yonder at Mr. MoCraa's, my neighbor,
. wbo is a Scotchman as well es a gentle
, man—Mr. Colin MeCrea,' said Dr.
Crump; and then be continued:
'A few years ago I was dining in New
York with General Scott. He invited a
limited number ofgentleoson, and aawng
them was Aaron Burr. I remember that
it was tbe first time 1 bad ever aeea or
met Colonel Borr. He was late la ar
riving and when tbe distinguished visitor
, was announced, every eye was fastened
upon the little, old, withered figure that
entered the room, with tbe eye of an uu»
' tamed eagle, and tbe air or an exiled
prince or dethroned emperor. Gen Scott
I rose to meet bim and shake bands; then
presented him formally to eaei> of bis
' guests. I don't know how It was, Mr.
Archer, bat it seemed natural tor Mr.
1 Burr to load In conversation, and be
- talked and we listened. I never before
. heard sneh a flow of wit and humor, so
rich a blending of wisdom and wit, pa
-1 tboe and eloquence. We listened en
tranced to this little old man In a seedy
coat, whose tongue amUbeauiy had
. charmed women and subdued ioen to,
hia will} whose eye was still like thee*
gle's and, whose courtly sir,, ami sweet
ness wero nndimined and%«4tered. I
could not have talked i* I haTlrlthed. 1
shall never lorget his reply to Scott,wheu
the General alluded to tbe calamities
that hatl been heaped upon him in ter
mor years. Gen. Soott, yon know, Is a
gentle, Irvnble man as he is a brave and
gallant offl er. Ho wislted in tho good
ness of Ms heart, to make Colonel Burr
to feel at ease In Ids company, and
flftsott oftmMMM me that Bnrr was the
tee nest politician in the .country; and as
to being tNtaPfor, he scouted tho idea.
Well, as 15lil, Gen. Scott spoko some
consoiiug words to tho laded old man,
aud deacanted on tbe Ingratitude or
princes and republics. Burr listened
while His eye brightened and gleamed
mi and* shall never forget his reply.^ He
said: 'GetMScott, wldle you aro in tbo
SHiSSsrr
ing, and not far distant, wheu yonr
contfymon will dedare that you were a
party, and every glass was left uutouohed
It was many the'oompany
regained its composure, and very aoon
tbey dispersed, Colouel Borr drinkiug
no wine, and diniug very abstemiously,
as was bis custom. Talk ot personal
magnetism, Mr. Burr possessed it as uo
other man I ever saw: be commanded
aud subdued men aad charmed women
by bis WMAerfal eloquence aud Qis
inateblesnHSity, just as he willed it.'r
'And, now, Mr. Areher,'continued Ibe
venerable Charge d uffairea 'bore ie
Burr's prophecy literally lulfiled. Bead
youiseft aud see .what the euqalter
says.'
He passed tbe peper to Senator Areher*
perhaps st tbat time tbe proudest man iir
Virginia, a devoted Whig, aud a friend
of Geu. Scott, aud wbo hated Burr aa
much aa any good Whig eter bated •
jooud Oemociit. *
Aud, inre enough, then It was, all
written in the Enquirer, wbieh Senator
Archer read slowly, and he read well
perhaps better than.any one tle of Ids
day, unless it was h s sister, Miss Betsy
a most gilted and beautifol wo
man, ambitious and a pronounced poli
tician, a patrician by birth and iuberited
lortuue, k devoted High Church^woman,
„»TUK SENATOR AND MRS .BITOT.
Tbey never marriOS; and by way of epi
sode, I will relate another oopiiblUhed
story connected witti these two worthy
people. Miss Betsy was engaged to Mr.
Vau ltensalaer, ot New York, and Sena
tor Archer fell iu-love with Miss Van
llcnsslper, the sister ol Miss Betsy's
Jove*. When lie propoeed to this voung
lady she promptly declined tbe offer ot
•his heart aud hand, wbieh so enraged
Miss Betsy tbat she ae promptly aad as
decidedly broke dfl ber engagement frith
Gov. Van Bettsaiaer, her Indomitable
family pride refusing to ooUdoue tbe in
sult offered to one of tbe meet patrician
fkmilies in Virginia. Uenoe neither the
Senator nor bis sister eves' married, both
lived'tb an obi age. ami died honored
and respected by all Wbo knew them,
this was ibe onl) aftalr of tbe beert tbat
Over rallied tbe eten current ot their
proud llvae—and It Ie not strange that
both of litem outlived this episode aod
were not hurt by it in after life. Their
proud hearts refused to break, fir wbieh
fiber deserved credit.
And now that lonely isle, once tbe
Edeti of the West, Ie ell desolate aod
bare, end its fame almost forgotten.
Cue could abed tears, "souf, taut tears."
as he looks upon tbat lonely seodbeuk
aod reflects upon the life of Aaron Burr.
Irom tys birth down to ths great trial for
treason, tbe result ot frenried fanaticism
and the remorseless hale of rivalry, that
cried lor bis blood or disgraee. tbe out
rage of bis manhood and his float expat
t nation.
r I sew bat little In tbe eity of Par
kersburg. At ClarkolHirg 1 found a
sweet, quiet old town tbat is fast waking
up. Mr. Camp keeps a good, old fash
ioned hotel, Irom tbe windows of which
you may seeilie boose in which Stone
wall Jotksou was born. It rained In
torrents, ami no one coald venture out
iu search oTsntlfuiiiea; not even Old
Mortality himself would have braved
that mountain slot m of wind aad rain.
WBEBLOtO .
is a growiog eity aud romaarieaily silm
ated at tbe foot of a high, bald mountain.
Here is a suspension bridge spending tbe
1 Ohio, which may be traly called tbe
Bridge ot Sigbs, Because firom Its balus
trades many women, yoaug end over
trasttal have leaped into eternity \ Cod
ing too late that lovers' vowe are false
and men swear bat to deceive and be
tray. I waa InforoMd that no loss than
ten young women, 'crowed iu love,"
have taken the leap from this bridge,
with the daring, last look of despair fix
ed on futurity, as iu thoy plunged boldly,
no matter how coldly the rough river
ran Tbev eoaid eund ibe roagh, cold
river, but not the colder, rougher eeoru
." r *'~t%; , ■if * C.• - - * v*.
too WOUld T °°^
bright smile bauutTme still.
PanHandlk.
"——
Gleanings.
Sliermau went into Ohio not to put
np hia fences, bat to get bi* frienda come
down off them. — New York World
Dtm.
'lt is odd, end sometimes melancholy,'
reiuarka an exchange, 'to see a mau try.
ing to *make np bia mind' when he baa
no material on band to work with."
A lover, unworthy of the name, threat
ened to publish a lady's letters. "Yoa
cau If yoa choose," she answered; "it
is only their address tbat aukes me
blush. " T a '
A little girl read a composition be
fore iltd minister. The subject was M a
BOW." She wove in this oomplimsntnry
sentence: "Tbe cow ia tbe most, useful
animal iu the world except religion."
A lady one day wrote ter absent hus
band tbe following letter, which may be
quoted as a model in its way: M i write
to you becauae 1 have nothing to do;j 1
end beouues I have nothing to say."
tkl rase te iu making himeelf liable to
prosecution for malicioua missbiof.—
PkiL 2\meu, Ind,
It rests now with tbe National Con
voutioa at Cincinnati to give the divid-
Grant.— New ibrk World Dm a.
Kke it before." How
is that lor foobionable heathenism?
Some people are born to ill lock. An
old woman who has pasted nearly five
thousand melical reoeipts in a book dur
ing the past forty years haa never been
ill a day ia her lite, aad she is becoming
distoumgod* r
. Considerate mother (to governess),
'Mios Suiitb, don't let Alfrad and Jen
nie sit ou tbe dajap gross for fear tha&
should catch cold, when• they an\
tired you can bit do wd aad hold them oiT
W bud
A Vermoot mau left a cask of liquor
ftn th# iteDC of m noted teinp^mnce
■■■■ m aauwmsa isH|issp«ai
con and tbe Outraged deaoon says he'd
like to see them dare to do it agaia, and
mmj U« ap U> i» IU .oo*.
'Do yoa know who I am, sir, that
you dan talk to me?' said an ii ate father
to aa impudent young hopeful. 'Yee, I
know who you are,' was tbe reply, 'but
Mr. Brown, who lives tbe next do#
doea'nt, for I beard bim say only tbe
other day that yoa wars an old a"-'
\ Tbe followiag, iatended to brsult. bad
newa gently, wee sent to tbe widow of a,
man wbo bad juet been killed by a rail
road accident: "Dear Madam: "VoOr
husband ia unavoidably detained for tbe
precent. To-emrrow an undertaker
will call upon yoa with fall particulars."
"Ma," said aa inquisitive little girl,
"will rich and poor folks live togsthsr
when they go to heavenf "Yea, my
dear tbey will all be elite there." Tbea,
ma, why don't rich and poor Christiana
associate together tersr' The mother
did not enewer.
A young laiy surprised the Mgsnt)e
muaiy clrrk" at a dry goods store by of
feriog'him fifty ceote in pbymeat for a
dollar purchase. M lt ussouats to a dollar
it you please," said tte g. c. 'I know it
doea, waa tbe answer, "but pepu is only
peyiag fifty cents on the dollar now."
ltev. Beecber gets a salary of $20,000;
Dr. John Hull, $16,000, and a stylish
house free of rent; Dr. Potter of Grace
Church gete $13,000 and a boose; Dr.
Dia of Trinity $12,000, and tte pastor
of St. Thorns*' Church SIO,OOO. Otber
New York ministers range from $6,000
to SIO,OOO. but moat ere under $6,000.
A Boston lawyer toid another lawyer,
who ssted him a question, that be oca
ally received pay tor bis advice *Tten'
said lawyer No. 1, extending flfty cents,
•tell me all yoa know end give me beck
tbe cliaoge.% This seems to be a modern
improvement on George Francis Train's
femoaa appeal to tell him all be koew In
five odoates.
Queen Victoria is credited with bar
ing made one joke in her life. Whew
she wm a little girl she aod her gor
si naan read the etory of Cornelia, moth
er of GruMtohi, and tte Utile Prince,
after reading the oft-quoted rsspoase of
tte Bo'i.Hti Matron, looked up and aaid,
"Jewels! Now, I think tbey must heob
been oorueiians."
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that the leira of Cynthia Yonog, aameaH^H
Ctootitift' I
tGricin« wji
Mo rfwtl an upared to maka tbi« orsr»n ml 1
§tn It to mi b) lib § lift MM*
Dr* Drwry
ud A. IT Miller; Re*. Menem Joa.
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b. r. Rookweii. pro.
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•too. P. T. Penick. ft. Z. Je&3Hi
ter. J. W. PriibroM, 8 M.
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; Valuable Water Power
or Side
■ ti «:.'■■ ' '* " J
Tbe bete ft rahubie water pow
er oo BU; Alamance, thraa milea above Ala
. manse Factory.
' u There ieaboat tea acree of lead enii.ce»ed
f with It, and more to be had on reaaou&ble terms,
t adjoining.
Thla power la Improved to the exteaiof aaaw
' ndU aad aim rategrlat mill, bath wheat fad
- eon.
. *• The power la ample for a eottoa factory,
' there being ai ti eea net hrad, aad ta tbe bnrt
1 power oa Big Alamanea.
> It la J net Car mllea Moth of CHbaaa i Ulc. oa
. the N. O. ft. ft aad there ia a good public
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