Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1856-02-09
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We publlihod day Bf twp sin,', a sa's.
msnt from The presbytedm Hstli giving m
account NJ tho last momenis Of Col Aaron
Burr and showing lha, he passed ftom Time
Into Eternity without any exhibition Of con
cetn % TO bis future smle, Tue following Is
n letter TO The National lnielllgencer, from the
Rev d.. p. J. Nanpell, who attended him at
his death. The le,tot IS dated December l3lh
1866;
in the summer, about the Goth June, 1896,
Col. A, BUR- rams 10 Pori Richmond Hoiel,
iSta,en ls,aud) where he took board, near
which | thea resided, rs also did the relative
ind friend Of Col. Burr, Judge Ogden Ed.
wards, The coionel lBurrD being u valeiude'
~Harian, ia feeble health, Judge Edwards so'
Ilsiled me-, aS olten as ! conveniently could, 10
religion TO him, which, he snid, was desired BY
Col. Burr and would be agreeable 10 him,
Accordingly from that time until The l3ih
September, 1896, the day on which he died
At The said Port Richmond House, | VISITED
h m as a minister Of he Gospel ONE or wi c Il
week. Az the>s Consecutive interviews was
uniformly received aid enlctt inei by him
with his accustomed poIi,eness ond urba lily
of manner, The time spent with him NJ each
interview, which was an hour, more or less,
was chieAy employed in religious conversation
adapted 10 his declining health, his feeble state
OF body, and his advanced age, { n'Iudcd by
prayer 10 Almighty God for the exercise Of his
great mercy, the influence Gf his holy spirit
and divine blessing: in al! which he appeared
to take an interest aud BE- pleased, and partic.
,,l,rlu t,,,,ln shan 10 ,r. fr ,,,t. ps,vars ptTar,
cd up in his behalf, for my kind offices, and
the interest ! took in his spiritual welfare, say.
ing it gave him pleasure 10 see ne and hear
my voice.
When | reminded him OF the advantages he
had enjoyed, OF his honored and piouS ances-
try, viz: his father, n minister OF the gospel
and President OF the College Mt Princeton, n.
j., md his mother n descendant Of the learned
and celebrated divine, Jonathan Edwards, and
that doubtless many prayers had gone up TO
heaven from the hearts OF his parents for his
well.heing and happiness, It seemed 10 affect
him; and when | asked him as TO his views Of
the holy Scriptures, he responded 'Iaey were
the mast perfect system Of truth the woyM erer
sa,o." So that, Judging from his " dec!ar-
alton and his behavior to me- as his spiritual
adviser, he was not al ATHEIST dor u Ge'St. ]
did not administer the Holy Sacrament 10 him
nor did he suggest and request me TO do it.
In regard to other topics, IN the course oil
repeated conversations, he remarked that he
was near>Gen. Montgomery when he fell at
Quebec; and that, Notwithstanding that disas.
ter, if the army had pushed on they would
have succeeded. 4 \ y y " r. y
AT my last Interview with him, about ~
o'clock at noon, rho day he departed this life,
about 9 O'Clock p. VI. rs aforesaid, September
l3, 1896, | found him, as usual, pleased to see
me. tranquil in mind. an! notdisturbed by bodily
pain. Obseryingu ]p,ieness and change in his
countenance aud his pulse tremu'ous, 0utier.
in, and %erritic, | asked him how he felt! He
replied, not 80 well MS when I last saw him.
| then said, Colonel, ! do not wish to alarm
YOU. but Judging fran the state of your pulse
your time with us is short. Tie replied, 81 an
uuare Of IT," II was near ] o'clock =. NJ,
aud his mind aud memory seemed perfect. |
said to him, in this solemn hour Of your ap-
parent dissolution, believing rs you do in the
sacred Scriptures, your accountability to God,
let me ask you how Won feel in vicw of APP
preaching eternity: whether yon have good
hope through GU that all your sins will be
pa rdoned. and HAT t'h will in mercy pardon
YOU for the sake OF the merits and righteous.
ness of his beloved Son, our Lord Jesus Christ.
who in love suffered and died for Us the aeon-
iaing bitter death of the Cross, b whom alone
we can have the only sure hope OF salvation?
To which he said, with deep and evident emo.
ton. "On that subject ! am coy" By which
| understood him to mean that on a subject OF
such magnitude and momentous interest, touch.
ing the assurance Of his salvation, he felt coy
cautious, as the word denotes) to express him
self in full confidence.
With his usual cordial concurrence and
manifest desire we kneeIed in prayer before
the throre Of heavenly grace, imploring Gods
tnercy and blessing. He turned in his bed
md put himself in an humble devotional pos
ture, and seemed deeply engaged in the rcli-
gious service, banking me, rs usual, for the
made for hin. Calm and composed |
commended him to the mercy Of God and o
the word of his grace with n last farewell
At about . O'Clock p. NJ, without a groan or
struggle, he breathed his asst. His death was
easy and gentle as a taper in the socket and
as the summers wave that dies uponthe shore.
Thus died Ccl. Aaron Burr.
His first funeral service was performed by
Inc in the Port Richmond House, where he
died. Thence we took his remains to the Ga.
pei of Princeton College, \. jersey, where
DR.. Carnahan, the President, and myself per-
his last funeral service before the STU
dents. the faculty, the military, and n numer-
Gus asse,nblage, and he was buried, as he re-
in the supu !chre OF his ancestors
The Great Central Sea in Africa.
We have already noticed the discovery Of q
vast sea in the interior OF Africa, but we do
aot remember TO have seen ill now Il statement
Of its extent and locality. Ii The boundaries
fixed in the following extract aIe correct, this
,ea is about six hundred mics long from north
10 south, and over four hundred miles broad
from east TO west. We have seen it stated
hat the water oil this vast inland sea is salt.
o-;stonca uf sLlch n 500 has lnnn heen q