The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-01-14
A Scholars Reverses.
A SKETCH OF BLrNNERnAssET.

Along the whole length Of the Ohio
river. in It's endless succession Of bcaut.
lul landscapes, and its many points of
historical interest, Bleuncrhasset Island
Is perhaps the only spot which is sure 10
arrest the attention Of The eoyagcr on
the stream. In the long, narrow, fiat
island, covered with few ill-kept farms,
with one or two mean houses and strag.
Cling trees, there certainly is nothing to
attract notice yet got steamer passes
but group collects on the hurricane.
deck, to ask for the 'shrubherv which
Shcnstoue might have envicd the mus
sic that nigh. have charmed Cavpso
and her nympFs, and the wife who was
sad to be lovely even beyond her sex,
aud graced with every accomplishment
that can render it irresi-'ible'
The name Of nIenncrhasset has IN.
vested it with a charm Yet Blcuncr-
h1s,cl was remarkable neither Tor any
thing he did, nor fer lue ability 10 dc
ANYTHING: nor were his misfur;uucs
greater than what often happen to men
rs worthy as he. in every mercantile
community. The elegant mansion. how.
ever, which he erected. and the scho
astic life which he led in remote vii
derness, throws an ait Of romance over
him, while his connection with the
schemes Of Aaron Burr gives notoriely
to his name, TO which his misiortunes
lend a melancholy interest.
Herman Blcnncrhassct belonged to n
family OF some note among the gentry %
Ireland, who traced their lineage back
r to the reign Of King John. The resi-,
dence OF his parents was Castle Con
{ way, in the county Of Kerry; but he
was born in Hampshire, England, in III,
year 1867. while they were making
visit to some relative. lie was educate,
at Westminster School, and aflerward
at Trinity College, Dublin, where h
graduated with credit Soon after Grad
ualing he began to read law at lhe King
" Inns, in company with his relation an,
d collegiate friend, Thomas Adds Emmet
; with whom he graduated in the yea
h 1890.
l. Before attempting the practice of la,
$ he spent some time in travelling owe
Of France and the Netherlands. lie sa,
E. France suffering with the throes of III
Of revolution, and returning to Ireland, h
oi found it rent with factions. His mean
m were too ample to require him to sub
J. :, init to the drudgery of practising Law
ii lie was averse to taking part in the po
illical warfare Of the country. All b
tastes inclined to life of retiremer
aud repose, which was impossible at III,
Is time. The death Of his lather, in l79(
OF leaving him in possession Of large lol
70 tune, he resolved to emigrate to the I'm
.e ted States, where he could pursue h
favorie studies in quiet, at the sam
|, time that lie could crafty his wish /
live in a republic.
Selling his estate to his relative, Bal
=. on Ventry, he went to England to pre-
&c pare for the voyage. He met there MI'
:. Margaret Agnew, daughter Of the Lie'
v tenant,Governor of the Isle of Man, an
Of nddaughter Of Gen Agnew, who ie
C. at the battle of Germantown. This Ia
We dy is said TO have been remarkably bea,
&c tliul. She was tall and graceful ST.
&c had very clear complexion, reguli
" T features. deep blue eyes, and dark brow
IT. hair. She was an accomplished Frenc
end Italian scholar, and thoroughly a,