Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1858-02-12

OF HIS pUEE tTTANtLToN-uIs
SECOND MARRIAGE, AT FoURsCjRE-
MADAME JuaEf-liIs DEATH AMI
DEATH. BED CONFESSIONS, &c.
Mr. Parton. the author Of this life of
! Burr, is in some respects unusu dly quai :
iIiel 10. his task. lie has displayed great
industry in the collection OF his mater
ais, great skiil IN spirit in lis narration,
and in spite ef his manifest bias in ia
vor ol the su5jae; Of hia memoir, a can
dor btr#Hy u h9 expected in presenting
the faess whita initiate as'iast the the
DRY he SO warmly csponses.
Barrs associations, his rnrit.nieal
training as the refractory son OF p,oa.
par sn;s. his father being Nv Jersey
+ Pre- astesaa liy3an and his m pther the
+ 1ut tla- # ,ha ,am5a9 Cly;a.st thso-
la,;s9. J5aetbe1 Hlgtrl.9 lis military
seryia#s il the z y58j7n; his su,sess-
+ f. cely euayr-7, d 'tvftr ard a p5.i.i-
ci4n; h., r.s4tty s.'h Hsnjt4a. ca!ia5
Win t!9e ata zla.l, fra which IS ltta1
Biz aa@afH u tls p11l.c mind, h;s
1saa tat-=-,7t Ga9l5' rim. 9rh7H. Of M
pire IL tn southwest, ms exit aud ii,
rrtiSa . - neer year, OF bootlass toll,
au, i4aiy a.t islta. l.sanore1 vt
"a fstt, al nan. IN MS na-
fl, la.t. 1re t. VT an e7a,:se aal
nrtia p,eer. with mt.es d, bo5'.
cxttsa3 iy lL1Et,, Ia5 proves tas al.
:aots u7l rsaao.gs ol th9 p1palar
tl,te.
W 81 ~ shat in tic ui-d clifton,
las. i,a.al, Nf Parton has c4'rsc-al an
a--'r fs.oeo..ag ta5 cjrcla4taaccs @!
Baf4s hing. 4sf.ea'sia{ Of the New
4ft asf. h. s1ia that even Il, sucee5s-
t., WE@aars wc-o often in pecuniafy
straits. r>alt,rt from carolossucss in the
~laag sos u their N 1,lcv afftir4. and
IL gsels ,.,es tie c'r>e Of Rufus King,
FIGe eA1Ople vas 1ot h9ppily selected,
!as ou- minister t. EaSaut vas aan
faf i3r:anc, aud 5srIl.t ~ bAo'e life Wa
5rr emat froa su'h enilreassmcnts.--
,~~sa~s.-~ s-rss~vas--r.l4 tal, a I.Iitieal
nan r5H,d never ~! .PsadC-- -wtr,
was p59r.
Wl.a tae zen raj facts o. Rarr's bog
nn4v ar tcs.i n arr far,liar. bat Thee
viii Haaa cefs4ia pIssSjn,, ;feshness i
the details wa.4h NJ. Parton gives q
S.s Jlofasst!c i,fr. II fe9e.r5 taat At TIC
'a-o af trca.y.tarse. Wi. c5amln4irg
a.. ta- in He~...ezter c9aaty. he feii
in !4xz Ni.a Nrs. Fl IN :, Uao. thru
c~ar atsr, hzcsmc his arst wife. TINS
= 10 rs tn wl1w Of a British
a., :, hseI It Fasaua7. y. j., some
.ilesa mile. wast of ihe Hu lsoo, aa!
i r1nal,i, story is 2 a'rtrd Il B4r-.a
midnight yi55ts Il her dwelling, across !,
Nll agcr, L.aekalaj N.tA the Baais1l
eaa bouts. aul, t. iaa rgi,w ba,a; cal
r., ii his re.4H Let7r' ct TO t.s
=tr..75, 80 wesa a, 5norlat as the c4e-
ny OF as cianlastiae exploits. To
Il. 81 cnyiabie period OF his life Is t.
I.criba.. IN tn account Of
ms rf8sr u,rEt>cr. rryE,ry.srx-
va. rRkvosr.
Tint ,,oIgoel Rlrr. III, most risins
youn, man in he : ata Of Ny York,
a,,l.aqa +, .irat;n, wau horn and q,
mons, W.ngSl .EEs~tss few TitfignS lA
,b,.,',,1q.ry zr,nII h,yc be,n Inclined to
rs,,,te ,51r,iAa.e cbgs.7 70 marry a
widow ten ve6S< older than himself,
4 with two rolliskiag boys, lone Of them
sryea var, old with nrecarious health
and no .,r,at e<ta.e was a c;rc3ns.aac..
which s9sia, 10 havc ban incompetent
sjb,s t. his ff;sn,s It the tim., q, !.
! has since proved nnzzle to the writer
of hiorranhic.l oossin. J-,on tho th.o.
Irv that Barr ,o1s the srtfai devil he has
been said to be- all whose ends AMI aims
were his own advancement. no IN can
axnl,in susb n nar-iare.s Bef,re tho
Reyolution he had refused p5iat.blank.
4, al!re.s 4 vorns laly of fortune
whom his ungls Tn1daeu, Bur, ;acess.
antly ur,,l ua1n his attention. Da.
rinr the Revolution hs was on terms d
intimacy with all the ereat families o.
the stats-the Citations Iiyinos,ones
The Schuylers. the Van Rensselaors AN j
the ress.alliancc with e;thsr Of whom
gayc man of only average abilities
immense alNahta5e IN state whtch was
to sin ,ular extent under the domina.