Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1854-02-24
MISCELLAN EOUS.

-5 THE LAST OF THE BLANNERaASSETTS.
The eoaueuce of VIZ. Writ and the memorable consp
r.cy of sxsos Buas, made The nume Of HERMAN BlASara
xAsarr familiar household word 10 the people OF lhs
aonnUy acme forty years ago. His tame mistoruaes ana
h;uory2 embalmed In the gorgeous eoquence OF Wt are
ss familiar many But whilst every deeamstory school
boy sci.es with voice alternating from shr treble 10
orstos famous speech upon the occasion of Burts trial.
noneperhlPs eroaired the late of the noble lshman
asc the failure of Bns conspiracy When the treach-
and yany of Burr had destroyed poor
rs amos Edense paalialhome on The Ohio
involved The uDsnspecng owner In his degradation
md ruiu few inquired his fate and subsequent history
.o BLANNKEHAssE-T oil of our readers will perhaps
eperosc. the of Irish nobleman who emisased
10 country 10 1884, Possessed OF ample MEANS ne
beautiful island the Ohio river and expended
nanlY thousand dollars In the erection OF an ed
icerremsrkable for Its almost Aladdin beauty of decorations
autpsonbto6s The ornamental grounds In their beauty,
nn fgai and horticultural orhaents rendered Bhnnehas'
yesdsnce an earthly paradise Surrounded os al 'ne
bury eosy futnltare supeb paintings blessed BY the 60
cssyso refined wife aud intelligent children, his wealth
and prosperi excited the admiration and OF all who
~ his residence the waters of the OHIO. Sc
fceH by the ecquence OF Burr BLANNsRHAssETT at ON
nufottnae moment, became the conhdante Of BuRa; and
ctsons accDmplcs arrested conveyed Rich
prisoo bur discharged alter the acqua Of
thspttnclph consprator =. - ~, h. r.isal {. IL
ing heaYy upon him. he was forced TO sell his magnificent
estate. and msfoune logged his footsteps un
pc usI si wife surviving son reinrnsd 10 New York
IN the 1881 reduced crcumstances The moth
world had fotgotenhe once aoua BLAaSERHAssETT, and
The following history of the OF annerhasse, taken
from recent perfectly reliable source with
lapchoy force STANCE and remarkable revolutions of The
hssl 81 fortune 10 rieva,pg the owy and also In crushing
children Of The rich In The miro OF tho Slough of Des
pond e. sp.s 20 t, .. 'i' =" -,
few charitable ladies shor. time since visited the FIVE
Poisrs In NEW YoRK that horrible Of modern Asa
tas-upon an errand of mercy Here Among the lowest,
1.-The viies the wretched OF Coda creatures in damp
low unturnshed, como1tless room, they found delicate
refined looking old man. destitute Of comfort Of fe
ihour sucen, bread clothing forced to associate with
The ruanly and Gnpncled Of the population OF NRw
IYoix He was the only child of The wealthy and dls
inaptshed BtANEEaHkssErr The of tho nau who had
sat obi merchants pasonised literature and the fuo arts
and been eourrsd and honored by thousands, who bad
united With Burr 10 conquer empire, was found al
mort safyng In cellar In The vles. portion of New
York. Ono alone had proved faithful 10 the last OF
ihs Observation-Disclosures alone chung to the last spar
of BtpwreCEsd broken forgotten family An old negro
woman, save Of HrRmAN BLAHHIRAAsesTT. In the days
Of his prosperity who had held young BLANN In
her arms HE father The sueut gentleman and
sIted her MASTER deSotng all Of her remaining strength
her feeble helpless Forgotten by the world this
faithful slave afforded the Of The celebrated BANNER
hasset-hat world had teniet hbyoad Gnd hum.
bic roof 10 protect him from the ncemencY OF Northern
winter moral does this point Of the instability and
uncertainty Of worldly wealth and poaiou-he only
yyIpg so1rof Bnuehasset perishnG almos. for Of
the of life in FIVE PoINTs, end supported BY
the txetlIona Of a faithful negrol
A. LITERARY CURfOSITY.-There is now preparing
fertile press wors relating the trial Of Queen
Caroline Of England in which Henry Lord) Broueham
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