The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1852-01-03

-owl Y escaped rife-ball that was shot thro a
the drawing room ceiling. From such duress I
she was glad to escape on any terms. She
took passage with her children in the rude i
cabin of flat boat going down the river. and
in January Joined her husband again at ba-
YOU Pierre, in the Mississippi territory But
instead of joining him on his triumphal march
to the halls of the Montczumas. as a princess
of some new realm. she found him hunted
fugitive. with all his hopes blasted, brooding
over the happiness that he had flung away
There was little time for revere. lie and
Burr were soon arrested but were both dis
charged for want of sufficient evidence. Burr
fled in disguise, to escape another examina-
ton. A reward was offered for his capture;
the whole region was on the watch for HIM:
he was arrested third time on a road in the
almos: uninhahited wids of Alabama. and
taken to Richmond, in Virginia There, on
the 18th of June. 1907, indictments were pre-
terred against him, Rlennerhasset left Match
ez, where he had been reSidin. with his fam
lily, to visit the island. While stopping on
the way with his friends in Lexington, he was
arrested and held for trial on tine Indictment
found at Richmond. Henry CLAY, his coun-
sell made an Intellectual effort TO procure his
discharge. He was taken to Richmond where
/ through the long trial of Burr, he occupied
himself in writing brief statement. which
he left incomplete. of his connection with the
: Burr scheme, in keeping journal, and jot-
= ting down notices of men of mark who figured
= IN the trial. Upon Burr's acquittal. the in
dictmcnts against the others were dropped
/ Burr and BlennerhasSet were required TO give
: haIl for their appearance at Chillirothr. in
: Ohio, to answer to charge Of mis,lemeanor
d but the charge was never preferred against
l. them.
l. Bl-nnerha>set returned TO Mssiss;np;
4 where. about year after, he bought co,tol
id plantation with the remains of his fortune
ID Brighter days hcgan I" lawn upon him again
= After two toil>omr wears he arain found
1; home. In Natchcz. and on the neighborin.
ie plantations. he found small but choice circl,
n of acquaintances. He hoped, too. easily L
repair his broken fortune. Cotton was so.,
2 at such exorl'itant prices, that with wei
I'd managed plantation. he might retrieve hi
,d losses in few years. He. indeed. knew lii
Ic tie about superintendent. farm; a. So .l
I'd vi,lcd his time hc:wc.i his study AMI society
IL But while he W. vi.'' hi> books, his wit;
III was riding over TIE riaUia;lor. giving a.
-r nrc,lfil orders for - arrangement The wa
e. with England broke ont, cotton lost It's vaiu,
r and the estate welded him 4 bare subsistence
l. Bills contracted hv Burr for the expedition
t, which Bl,nncrha>>ct had guaranteed Ia th,
/" amount of twenty Thousand ,lollarS were thrus
r upon him. His old home. the island estate
IL WAS made over 20 a Virginia creditor. and th,
once beautiful grounds were used for a hcml
y patch. the house for barn. While thus ,le
r privcd of revenue and bc>ct lv creditors. tn,
=. old mansion on the island. filled with hemI
e> took fire, and was burnt to the ground.
IL Amid these new mis.ortuncS. new hop
lr was held out 10 him. An old schoolmate, ,wh
L was then Governor Of Canada, wrote TO hir
IL inviting him TO come thithcr. and accept
e vacant iudgeship. He sold his lands, an
,n,,ur,,,J ., N,p,-..l o,,I,- g., e. L.. So,
rr removed from Office. and his own h"Ia,> dc:
10 trovcd. One resource WAS left He still ha
RI rcvcr>i"nary claim on some Irish estates
claim which he had ALWAYS regarded as
rd thing OF straw, but which was now a stra
n clutchcd hv drowning man. He hade far,
a well 10 Amerlca.spent some wears in Englan,
n residing with an unmarried sister, solictin
ed office from the Government, and endeavorin
~ to bring under its notice an invention whic
10 he hoped was of great value. After wear,
he wears, both schemes were abandoned. l..
Of withdrew To the island oi G:ern>e:, and i
mt 1881, in the esd wear OF his age, in povert,
iy but soaced bv the aflcc,iona:e care of hi
T. one constant friend, he sank 10 rest
= Mrs BleDnerhaSset was now left in her oil
rs age, to support and educate three children
iaS After eleven years of toll, she returned
at the United States, in the hope of obtaini
'as from the Government rcparation for the il
he jury done to her property, in the winter o
nc 1906, in the name of the executive. by office
Ct acting under its authority. Henry Clay pr
hls sentcd her petition in the federal Senate
he The Committee appointed to examine it IT
er, ported that the claim was legal and prope
ed and that not to allow it would be unworth
'N- wise or Just nation. 1t would doubtless ha,
ca been granted; but while Congress were di
5ht cussing it, she died in a humble abode in
oc- York, soothed in her last hours by the chari
lty able attentions of society of Irish females
VIII THE ALPINE HORN.
ne Amongst the lofty mountains and elevate
rt- mountain valleys of Switzerland. the alpir
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