The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1842-09-29


ioUrament of The Court addressed hsis
% him. remonrtrsiirg sgsinsa his esurss.
and expressing . ~ish hat u shsoid aoi
be pre.eserrd in. Mr. Clay ,mms disls-
Is rsplied. that he had undsIisken the
Cause 0l Mr.. Bush firm . ssh.e 81 dslt;
that be should suba.n 70 no dlcislion a.
70 hls management n iI. @hieh shnuld be
according % HE own judemsni sirlnsiYs-
Is but tina. he sh"nld holJ himself rsspon-
sIbls Tor shslesrr he did OF sid. in 90 out
III court. A challenge snsued. Mr.. Clay
secepled il. and proceeded 20 Frankfort
for the hostile psstng IN which he bad
btsn invited. There. by The inleTpasi-
iioa u msiual friends. The STAR vss sc-
commod.led in . manner Memorable TO
b.ih paries.
Ia lhs aa,unn af 1906. The rs.ehfsira
Assan Burr VAS arr, slsd 10 ken'reky. on
charge Of being engaged m an sllrssi
waihks ebierpnss. The ssgaeiIy aud
penetration Of that extraordinary man
we're Indicated in his appilcs,ion 10 Mr.
Clay 10 defend him. Mr.. Clay brl eyed.
and IL vas generally believed 10 Ksniuu.
ky, HAT The pro,ecniion wss gonndless.
and was inslllund BY Col. Davies,
when we have slready nsn,ionsd. VIM
WIS great sdmirsr nf Col. Hlsalillen.
and who dIsllked Burr because he had
killed Hamilton 10 adusi, and vas. more
o, or. opposite in p"l,tics. Mr.. Clay isli
. lively sympathy 70. csl. Burr. on &C.
count oil hrs beng arrested in Stale dis
tant from his own. on account of his nis.
fortunes. and the distinguished sialions
he bad flied. 3 i'll he declined spptar.
ing FOR him. until Burr gave him written
assurances that he was engaged IN no en-
isrprise forbidden BY liw. and none that
was no, known and approved by the Ca
binei al Washington. On receiving ihsss
assurances. Mr.. Clay appeared for him;
and thinking thar Burr ought Hoi 10 be-
dealt With Is an ordinary culprii. he de.
cl,ned receiving from him any fee, al.
though liberal one Was rendered.
Burr vas acquitted. Mr.. Clay short
~ after proceeded 10 Washington. and ~
csivsd from Me-. jefferson an sccousi Of
The letter in cipher. which had been writ.
ten BY Burr 10 Gen. Wilkinson, and oiher
information Of the criminal dcsigas %
Burr. Mr.. Clay handed lhs wrillea %.
sursnces aforementioned 10 Mr.. JIG dsrsoa
al the request OF The latter.
On hi reiurn from Client. Mr.. Clay
msde hrisi scjourn in the cry Of New
York. and among s,her plscss of in.e-
rssi. ,isued The Federal Court. then IN
session. escorted by his friend. the late
Mr.. Smith. then Marshall. f,rmeIly . See
nsiar from Nav York. On entering The
eonri.rosm. in ihs City Hall. the eyes of
the bench. bar, officers, and attendants
upon the ceuri. wars turned upon Mr..
G. who was invited TO take seat on The
bench. y hich he polntly declined. and took
a position in the bar. Shortly sflsr. .
email gentleman. apparently advanced in
years. and with bashy. gray hair, whom
Mr. Clay for an instant did not rseog-
mise, approached him. He quickly pst-
csised il was. Col. Burr. who rendered
his hand to salute Mr.. Clay. The l,usr
declined. receiving it. The Colonel. ne
ssrllieless, wss MT repulssd. bu, engsg.
ed in conversation with Mr.. Clay. re-
marking .sihat he. had understood that, be-
SIDES the treaty Of peace. the American
Commissioners had negotiated a good
commercial convention with Grea, Brl-
tain. Mr.. Clay replied coIdIv, tina, .sch
a convention was concluded, and that us
terms would be known as soon 40 IL was
promulgated BY public .u,h"ri,y. Col. b.
expressed a wish 10 have an hours inter-
view with him. and Mr.. e. told him where
he storped-but the Col. never called.
| The Tabies4nouniain, in Pendleton
district. South Csrnlina, is an awful preci-
piee Of nine hundred feet. Very few
persons who have once cast a glimpse
into The slm~st bounjlsss aby s., can svsr
again exercise sufficient fariitude to ar-
preach the margin Of the chasni: almost
every one looking over involun,arily falls
to the ground, sensslsss and hopeless.
and would inevitably be precipi.a.ed and
dashed TO atoms, were iinol for the mea.
sures OF caution aud security that have
always been deemed Indispensable 10 safe
indulgence to The curiosity Of the visitor
and the spectator. Every one on pros
cesding to the spot whence il 10 usual 10
gage over The wonderful deep. has in his
or her ina einstion . limitation. graduaed
by reference 10 distances with which the
eye has been familiar; but in moment.
eternity as i, we're. is presented to The
astonishsd senses. and The observer is in.
s,.n,ly overwhelmed. He soon receivers
from the frs, surprise, and in Wild deli
rum surveys . scene which for time
he is unable 10 define BY description or
limitation.
OSE SroRY.-Ws once knew . mas
Who told only one story. aud that vas
: abost gun. HE difficulty vas to in.
: uoducs this story; and he ., las, succeed
. ed BY the use Of his foet. When sitting
D after dinner. = he would stamp under shs