Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-03-15

Our friend then exhihite his pistol. and
showed to- the officer, that ithout q locksSn
it was no arm at all, sas 9sas 90
"a Not 500 said the officer; "a pistolis alEi4
ways pistol. 1 must put your name up,
on the ehsrg p7lsSs ss
The robbor turning TO our FRIEND said,
to him s2slA s4~
Z .ssir, you have deceived me. .os May
what happens toyou nov theAeh you that
bad dtfaithsand lies always receive, sooner
or laters their punishment lssstst5s
THE LAST OF THE BLkNNERHks-gI
siaiJo SETS. u a4a adF
The eloquenee of Vim. Writ and tho
memorable conspiracy of Aaron Burr -
made the namo of Herman Blame fliassett
as familiar,a as q household word 10 AR6is
people, Of this country some forty years
ago. His fame, misloTtunes aud histofy,ti
embaImedin the gorgeous eloquense Of
Wirtgi are still familiar "A to many But
whilst every deolamaIory school boy re%i!
cites1WiIh ashrillvoieealte fromN
shrill trebLs!to a hoarso growling 6aSStt the"
glowing extract from the gifted oralor'S'i
famous speechlupon the occasion Of Burt's
trial, none perhaps ever equalled the Fate
of the noble ITishman after the failure Off
Burr's great conspiracy. When the sheart-ll
less treRchery and Nillany Of Burr hRdlh
destroyed poor Blannerhassett's almost2
Edon.like palatial home on tho Ohio, and
involved the unsuspecting ownet in this
degradation and ruin, few-inquired hislfatod
and subsequent history. Herman Blanaa
lnerhassett, all ofyour readers will perhaps
recollect,s was the son of an Irish nobl6.0
man who emigrat0d to this uo&ntrybihn
l. NryFy IL. -. R.lNffh
purchased beautiful Island on the dOhibia
river and Expended nearly hundred
Thousand dollars in the erection Of an ed 10
lice remarkable foriits almost Aladdin
beauty of decorations and proportions.
| The ornamental grounds, in their beauty ~
and floral and horticultural ,ornRmehs,pl
rendered Bl anuerhassgtts iresidence IN
eRrthly paradise. Surrounded BY all lthU
| appliances of the most refined luxury 81
with magnificent library costly yfurniurela
superb paintings, blessed by the society Of
n refined wife and intelligent children. hisil
wealth and prosperity ex6itedG dGtheiiadmi-
ration and envy of nhswho glldod by his tii
residence on tlie.wBters ofthe 0hio.1 Sc,
duced by the eloquence Of fBurr, BlRnner-l'
hassett, at an unfortunate hour, becamO3s
the confident Of BurrI and was as that
persons Recomplice, arrested, conveyed toB
Richmond, cast into prison, but dischargpdd
after the acquittAllofthe principal conSpi-oi
Tator. eiBnil ii7
The pecupiary imbarrAssmenLs Of Blan-
nerhersett, pressing heaSilysuPon him! hall
was forced to aclthis magnificent ,pRlacep
and estate, and misfortuna doggod hisd
footsteps until he died in nlolrelRnd in q
j 1898. broken hearted and almost hpau4o
! per- His wife and only surviving sonsre42
i turned to New York in the year ta3IJ'in
very reduced circumstances. GThe metherl
died imapY years age, gapd ,pniEal fqw
weeks since, the world had forgotten theJ
once famous Blannerhassett, and his fSmsa
lily. $50
/ The following history oftlle son of BlRh.
4 Tnerhassett5 taken from a recent perfectlyn
reliable source, withmGlanch6iyn
4 forces the strange andTemaTkablO fovola.
tions Of the wheels offortuue. in 6lefatingu
4 the lowly, and also in crushing tho schiisq
4 dren of the rich in the mire Of the SlongIa
! Of Despond agiyed maffIsgI Hit39bJ
I A few charitable ladies. n short imod
since. visited,tIie Five Points In HGwiY Y 6rltgb
that most horrible Of modeFn 1lediiadDs
upon an errand of mercy. Hero among
4 the lowest tbcJvilest. the most .wrctched
\ Of Gods crestures, in q damp, low, IN.
4 furnished, comfortiess room, they fou9d.a
d delicate, refined looking old man, deSti.8
tute of every comtOiC OF life, WiIliodt eif-. (,
I fcie1t bread or clothing, forced TO assoei.t
( ate With the most rufHahiy and nhptibci-.s, +,
pied of the population. Of New, York. He
was The only child Of Che once wealthy
and disG1guisbed Blabnerltasset. syf TB6
son OF The man who had set up ner.53.'s'
chants, tatronized literature and DIE fne
4 arts, and been couTted and honored by.
thousands, who had united with Burr TO
#conquer an empire, was found almost
starving in a cellar, in the syilest portion,
.Eof New York. One aIone, proved faith,
/ ful to the last Of the Blsbncrh hassets a. J.
I one alone, cIung 10 the last spar OF a..
/ lshipWrecked, broken and forgotten fami-
! ". An old negro woman, - servant Of
/ Herqian BlannerbaSsett, in tho days. oH,
| his prosperity, who held young Blanner..
hassett in her arms, when his father wss,
the aftiuent gentleman and associate Of
| Burr--was found Blythe Sainartsps Wlip,t
/ visited her master, ,deEoting al .ber;re-.l
manning strength 10. her feeble and help.
less master. Forgotten by Che WoEld...
this faithful slave afforded 90 Che. son Of !.
| the celebrated BlapneFhasseIt tZw hat the !,
world bad denied him bread and an
humble roof 70 protect him from the In.
1 clemcncy OF q Northern winter.
! s.What moral does this point or The fnsta-
bility and uncertainty of worldly wealth
and position- only surviving son Of
Blannerhassett, peFishing almost for Waat.9
ofstbe necessaTies Of life, in Five PointsIO