New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-03-06
The Last Of the Biaanerhasa.t,.


name Of Herman Blannerhassett as familiar as
household word to the people Of this country
some forty years ago. His fame, misfortunes
and history, embalmed in the gorgeous eIo-
qaenee Of Writ, are still familiar to many. But
whist every declamatory school boy recites
with voice alternating from shrill treble to
hoarse growing base the glowing extract
from the gifted orators famous speech upon the
occasion OF Burrs trial, meme perhaps ever in
qulred the fate OF the noble Irishman after the
failure OF Burrs great conspiracy. When the
treaehery, heartlessness and viliany of Burr
mad destroyed poor Blannerhassett's almost
Eden-like palatial home on the Ohio, and in
yoived the unsuspecting owner in his degrada-
eion ana ruin, few inquired his fate and SUBJ
sequent history
Herman Bannerhassett, all of our readers
Wiil perhaps reeollect, was the son of an Irish
nooleman who emigrated to this country in
a beautiful island on the Ohio river and ex-
pended nearly hundred thousand dollars in
the erection OF an edifee remarkable for its Z.
almost Aladdin beauty Of decorations and pro-
portions The ornamental grounds, in their
beauty. and floral and horticultural ornaments.
rendered Blannerhasse ett's residence an earthIy
paradise. Surrounded by all the appliances of
the most refined luxury, with magnificent
library. costly furniture, superb paintings,
blessed by the society Of a refined wife and IN
teligent children, his wealth and prosperity
excited the admiration and envy Of all who
glided by his residence upon the waters of the
OHIO. seduced by the eloquence Of Burr, Blsn-
herhassett. at an unfortunate moment, became
the conhdante Of Burr; and was as that per-
sons accomplice, arrested. conveyed to Rich
mond, cast into prison, but discharged, after
the acqulttal of the principal conspirator.
Ihe peeuniary ernbarrsssments of Banner
hassett pressing heavily upon him, he was fore
eel TO sell his magnificent palace and estate, and
misfortune logged his footsteps, until he died in
| ireland in 1928. broken hearted and almost a
/ pauper. His wife and only surviving son re-
turned to New York in the year 1881, III very
reduced circumstances. The mother died many
| years ago, and until few weeks since, the
world had forgotten the once famous BANNER
hassetl and his family. RI 5s{ ,84sg y 5.
| The following history of the SON Of Banner
hassett, taken from recent perfectly reliable
source. illustrates with melancholy force the
strange and remarkab revolutions of the wheel
| Of fortune, in eleyating the lowly. and also in
crushing the children of the rich in the mire Of
I the Slough Of Despond. a Il,
| A few charitable ladies, short time since,
visited the Five Points in New York-that most
| horrible Of modern .fisGtias--upon an errand
Of mercy Here among the lowest, the vilest,
| the most wretched of God creatures, in damp,
/ low, unfurnished, eomfortEess room, they found
\ a delicate, refined looking old man, destitute of
every comfort Of life, without sufficient bread or
| clothing, forced to associate with the most ruff
1 hanly and unprincipled of the population of New
\ York. He was the only child of the once wealthy
! and distinguished Blannerhassett. The son Of
the man who had set up merchants, patronized
literature and fine arts, and been eeurted and
! honored by thousands, who had united with
\ Burr to conquer an empire, was found almost
/ starving in cellar in the vilest portion of New
York. One alone had proved faithful to the last
| OF the Biannerhassetts-one alone clung to the
| last spar of a shipwrecked, broken, forgotten
family. An old negro woman, a slave Of Herman
Blannerhassett, in the days Of his prosperity,
who had held young Blannerhassett in her arms,
when his father was the atfiuent gentleman and
associate of Burr-was found by the Samaritans
! who visited her master, devoting all of her re-
naming strength to her feeble and helpless
master. Forgotten by the world, this faithful
slave afforded to the son of the celebrated Bfan-
nerhassett-what the world had denied him
| bread, and an humble roof to protect him from
the inclemeney of Northern winter. What
moral does this point of the Instability and un-
certainty of worldly wealth and positon-the
only surviving son of Blannerhassett, perishing
almost for want of the neeessaries of life, in
Five Points, and supported by the exertions of
a faithful negro! [Richmond Dispatch
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THE RECENT STORM AT THE NoRTH.--A dis
patch from Philadelphia, dated the 23d ult., to
the Baltimore Clipper, states that thirteen yes-
, sells went ashore within the new Delaware
Breakwater, on the night of the 21st. Among
them were the schrs s Vail and Minerva of
Fall River; the M. g8otts, with a cargo of coal,
for New York the Rachel Lane, with corn, for
New York; the James Maull, also loaded with
corn; the Charles Wood, the Charles Moore,
Mary Harker, Gen Scott, and Cornelia, of Fall
River. and two others names unknown. II One of
the crew of the James Maul was frozen to death !;
and two of the crew of the Charles Wood perished
in the rigging. One of the crew of the schr.
Sussex, which also went ashore, persisted after
reaching the shore. Accounts of the disastrous
effects of the storm on shipping also receive |
from the coast Of New England.
There is at present in the Orphan Asylum in
this city, says the Washington Star, an orphan
+ child, the daughter of married couple of the
name Of West, both of which ill-fated pair were
victims, about twelve months ago, Of want and
misery. The woman fell down dead in our city,
as she was begging from door to door for relief
and the husband followed her few days after
to their last resting place, having been conveyed
to the almshouse where he died. Their sole
companion, daughter five years of age, was
placed in the Orphan Asylum, and has now
: been sent for from England by the sister of the
mother. 1t appears that they were very highly
connected, the unfortunate man having been an
Episcopalian minister of the Church of England,
and the sister of the wife is married to Colonel
in the British army.
IHE MARTHA WASHINGTON C0NSPIRAT0RS.-
The Martha Washington conspirators, who have
been re-arrested on requisition from the Gov
ernor of Arkansas, came down from Cincinnati ii
to Helena, Ark, on board the steamer Belle
Sheridan, in charge of Marshal Bruen We
learn from Captain Montgomery, OF the Belle
Sheridan, that an attempt was made to hberate
the prisoners when Helena Owing to the
vigilance of Marshal Bruen and his aids the at
tempt was unsuccessful.
f DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT LITTLE RoCK.-A fire
occurred at Little Rock, Ark, on the morning of
the Goth ult., which destroyed block of build
ings used for stores and offices, with most of
, their contents, valued at about $50, 900. The
, offices of the Gazette and Democrat and of the
True Democrat were entirely destroyed, with
most Of the fixtures of the establishments. Most
, of the property insured. The buildings
burned were owned by Messrs Bieno and Burn
, side, of New Orleans, and Mrs. Reardon 1t is
thought the fire was the work of an incendiary.
POSTAGE On DAILY PAPERs.-Under the new
Postage law, daily papers are transmitted any
distance, not exceeding fifty miles, for twenty
, five cents per quarter, Cor three months) Over
fifty and under three hundred miles, fifty cents
per quarter.
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