Litchfield enquirer., 1846-08-13
AARON BURR

venerable Ola ItiuueiOnl az
ner O; Broadway, No. !, as his residence,
and has quite rtjuvenated 1t, so tar as ex-
ternal appearance 10 concerned. inns
house was occupied ~ the Colonial GoV-
ernor of New York, Sir Henry Clinton,
and atterward was the headquarters of
General Putnam, where he resided with
his family, Aaron Burr, being then his
AID de camp, and living there with him
aud il was here that the celebrated and
romantic intrigue took place between the
unscrupulous Burr and that fairest of his
victims, Mss Moncrieffe, who being ia
ken prisoner as British spy, was held in
custody ut this mansion. A writer in a
morning paper gives these incidents con-
nected with the story:
"Mss Moncreiffe, the celebrated British spy
was arrested near the fort at West Point riding
on horseback and accompanied by a servant
She was held in custody as prisoner Of war, TO
be exchanged for general officer whenever one
should be taken. She was permitted to enjoy
the largest liberty aud INDUCED freely in her
favnrie occupations OF drawing and painting.
Every one admired the beautiful productions
of her genius, which she desired to send to her
father, but they accidentally passed through the
hands of. Aaron Burr, who astoniShed the u s.
officers by detecting, under the paintings, accu-
rate plans of the American Notifications, in
tended as guide to the British in their propo-
sd attack on West Point Burr was up TO all
sorts of deviment and intrigue, and this fortu-
nate discovery insured him a passport to the
acquaintance Of the young Amazon. The heart
| less Burr scduced her-probably she was will
ling victim, as she knew enough of human ma
lure to know that wretch who would betray
| -. j l,1o
doubtedly expected to find traitor in her Sc
Queer. But she was disappointed. Burr's
property, in this instance at least, held him to
his allegiance, and his influence with the
| American Government, as we'll as her sex saved
her from the ignominious death Of young An
Dire.
The British and her father, to make her APP
pear a mere child, represented her as being
only fourteen years Of age at the time of her
capture by the Americans-a deception, as she
afterwards confessed She was nearer twenty
Two than fourteen.
| DEsTRUc rIoN OF BowLINc ALLEY
On Friday morning, the 10th of July,
between the hours of one and two, about
forty Indies of the village of Utica, Mich
igan, secretly assembled. proceeded to a
bowling alley, armed with axes, hatchets
hammers, &c. and completely demolish-
ed it. They had viewed this insidious
toe to their domestic peace for some time
with an anxious and Jealous eye and
having waited in vain for sumo legal pro.
ceediDg against it, determined for once
TO take the law into their own hands
They went at it with SO much spirit and
cnergy-hacked the bed of the alley
tore down the walls-razeed the roof to
the ground, and finished with trampling
upon, aud breaking to pieces the roof
The building was 80 feet long, and this
work OF destruction was accomplished in
little less than an hour.-Deiroa ADV.
PoL17ENEss OF THE Mayor. The N. Y.
Express says The Mayor on Tuesday
night pcrpetrated joke which some of
his constituents will remember and rue
for some time. He was among the pas.
sengers who landed from the steamboat
Columbus, and had fair opportunity of
forming an opinion as othe justice oflhe
very general censure applied 10 the man
agement of affairs at the steamboat lam
dings, with especial reference to those
nuisances, the cabmen. The boat had
scarcely touched the wharf, when the
deck was crowded with the nsolent fell
lows, who thrust their whips and cards a:
the passengers, the Mayor among them.
He took every card which was offered,
and novel along through them as well
us he could, until some one who had "the
honor" Of being up before him recogni-
Zed him and gave the alarm. The decks
were cleared as quickly as though the
whole police force had performed the OPP
Grafton, and in trice every man was
quietly seated in his cab. Yesterday
morning some hall score Of those who
had given their cards to him We're intro
duced formally TO him at the office, where
their cases were disposed of bv fine, or
by taking away their licenses. They
will certainly know him the next time
they meet.
REVOLUTIONARY REL1c.-The workmen
this morning, in dcmolishing the vener-
able old ullding known us the "Adams'
es,a,e," in West Cambridge, opposite to
the new Depot of the LexiIgtonnnd West
Cambridge Railroad, occupied for many
years by Mrs. Easterbrooks, found sever
al ounce balls imbeded in the walls
!