Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1858-11-05
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DYING HOURS OF AARON BURR-..
NEW WTESTIMoNYH NEVER BEFORE
PUBLISHED INSPECTING HIS 4

DYING HOURS OF AARON BURR
NEW TESTI MoNY NEVER BEFORE
.PTBLIsHED INSPECTING HIS
CHARACTER. e5, a.s -,
In reply TO the inquiry made in. on,
columns a few weeks ago. for more def.
niteiinformation respecting, the religions
views and experience Of Aaron Burr. in
the last hours Of his life, q lady of great
intelligence and! worth. aIelatiye of the
family of Ogden E. Edwards, who was
Burr's last friendS writes 20 us a letter,
from which We take q few extracts. The
facts here stated are thrilling 10, their own
interest, and they are sufficient to stamp.
as il deserves. the great crime agains,
society. committed by the recen. biogra.
ply ofthatbad man, Our correspondent
writes: ,EH f,
my, ,----s----, Ogden Edwards. who
died IN ls4s, feltss grateful interest in
Col. Burr, from the fact of his having 10
bis prosperous days aided my grandfa.
ther Timothy Edwards. in pecuniary diff.
dculties. He admired also the mind God
bad given him.. which, in all bis degreda.
tions. shone forth 10 the most brilliant
and fascinating narrations, He spent a
week at my fathers after he was 10. and
my impression Of him and Of all he said
and did. is very vivid. He was hater
of all mankind. and a triHer OF ell wo
mankind. and violated all the rites Of hos.
pitality in the licence Of his behavior
Parton's book is tissue Of lies. as far as
family matters are related. and Oh how
evil in its influence upon young men. My
father. used to say that Burr's, killing
Hamilton. was the least of all his crimes.
"Mr. Edwards found that Burr Was
continually annoyed when he livea in
Nassau street, by a set of miserable be-
ings. who pretended to have claims upon
his charity. One morning. there we're
eighteen or twenty. each telling the story
Of his or her wrongs. The larger part
were women. He snatched shilling
from under his pillow. and threw it among
them. saying. with one of his withering
looks. There, ye harpies. take the last
cent have Mr.. E.. then removed him
to Richmond. Staten Island, employed a
faithful Irish nurse to attend him, and
went down every day to see him.
"One day as he approached the hotel.
the nurse met him near the door. saying.
'lndade sir. he's very bad; be wants the
priest Mr.. E. sent her for the Dutch
clergyman, and Immediately entered Col.
Burr's room. He found him struggling
with death. and all he could understand
was. Call the priest. call the priest.'-
The nurse soon returned with Catholic
priest. but he did not enter the ROOM
My-added. with shudder. il was a
fearful scene. and never wish TO speak
of it again. Ny mother told me three
months before her death, that Ogden
Edwards mentioned precisely the same
circumstances to her.
1--WE would gladly wish that the grave
should hide all the dark catalogue. But
the life Of Col. Burr is study Of no
mean interest and Importance. and il is
not Of fearful import that the shoal upon
which SO gifted being was wrecked.
should be discovered" -
Such is the testimony that has now
been developed. and although il merely
lifts the curtain for moment upon the
last hour Of Burr. that moment is sufficient
to show us the dying sinner struggling
With the great enemy. and calling help
from the religion he had his lifetime
trampled under foot.