Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1858-02-20
AARON BURR IN 1901.

To add to bis good fortune his pecunIarv uros-
poets frightened on his accession 10 Office New
ork was then city Of $1,000 inhabitants. and
was advancing with great raWAity. Thco lo5a
herself remarks, in one of her letters. that "in
ten or twenty years. hundred and thirty acres
OF land on New ork Island will become a prn.
cipah,y.' Colonel Bun owned a large ,raci Of
land about Richmond Hill. H. grounds extend
ed to the North River. and nearer the city there
was piece of water upon his estate which eld-
crly Inhabitants may still remember rs tho favo-
rite ,hiting pa'c OF their boyhood 1t was call.
ed "Burr's Pond years aftcrit ceased to he his.
down even to the time when It was filled in, and
bulit over. The progress Of the city raised the
value Of al the land on the island, and p1rcu-
llrlv Of thai which. Ike Richmond Hill Law
within half an hours ride of the city About
this timc Colonel Burr was much occupied with
negotiating with Mr.. John Jacob Asor for the
sale of parl Of his Richmond Hi estate. Al
length, Mr.. A>tor bought all but the mansion
and few acres around 1t. for the sum OF one
hundred and forty thousand dollars. The bar
gam, for some reason, wa, alterwarl cancrltd
But. finally, the .alc wa, completed. and Colonel
Burr was, for the time, delivered from hi, pecu
nilry ombaiassmenis. lie even had thought.
of buy iag another estate luther up the island
Ii Is evident that hi, style III living was such "A,
Half dozen horses a town house and a coun.
try house, numerous retnue OF servants and a
French cook. were among the sumpluo,ities uf
his establishments Jerome Bonalnl. then on
the eve Of las marriage with Mis- Patterson was
entertained at dinner and at breakfast bv the
vice president who invited large companies to
meet he future monarch, in whose aute.cham-
hers Burr was, one diy, to kick his heels sup
plant for an aulien e.
Richmond Hill was without mistress In
theso turiuua'e wears II was that Colonel Burr
paid his court TO onc of the loyclicst Of Pbiladcl-
phia's ever lovely bellies. aud hal the narrowcst
., ape from q second marriage.
They met. " twas in a crowd - and each was
smitten Ssith the other, pleasant quaiitie-.-
Agaio, lie saw her at Ler fathers table, where
hs attentions were equals pointed and welcnme.
\ 'c'e-G-f'fc, whi he sought, was interrupted
10y the entrance Of 10 pre-, but her manner seem
ei 10 occkon him on. lie va, almost in love.
Nummouina her father to hs apartments by noie.
and the Old gentleman appearing within the hour,
tac cnamorcd one came to the point with
prompiness aud sell possession impossible in
lover under forty
Il, Celeste engaged :"
"She is not"
"Wouli it be agreeahl" to her p'r'nts if Col
onrI Burr should make overtures for her hdnd!'
81 would be mast agreeable"
The lady had gone to spend some days SIX
m,les into The cou iiy, and lhither her lover
rides the nvXl morning, with an eager but com
posed mud Cecle cnjcts the drawing room.
though l., hai NOT a-ke'i cnpsoiaily t1I her Con
versauon ensGes She i all wit and gayetv !:
more hIrmng than ever the lover think, He
ulcs 10 turn the conversation to the subject near
cst his heart but he with the good humorrd
graceful malice of lovely women defeats his en-
dratorS and 50 a last, quite capivaiel. he takes
hi, leave.
The same hour on the following morning finds
mm once more teic a ich with the beautiful
Celeste. Conversation again But. this time.
The great ies'ion was put To the surprise Of
tins renowned lady killer, Celeste replies that
She is firmly resolved nercr Ia marry'
81 am very sorry To hear l.. malam; had
promised myself g7eat happiness, but cannot
blame your Determination
She replied No; certainly. sir, you cannot;
for Wcolleci to have heard You expires, surprise
that any woman should marry, aud YOU gave
>a'h reasons. and with so much cluqueuce, As
made an inleiihe impression on my mind.
The disappointed swain received the rebuff
with perfect courtesy aud good humor. They
parted the best friends
"liayc you any commands to town, madam
| wish YOU good morning"
Two days passed. Then a note from Celeste
surprised the rejected, informing him that she
was in town for a few hours and would be glad
to see him. lie was puzzled, and fastened TO
her for solution. Tie interview lasted Two
hours, IN the course of which the tender subject
was dainry touched but the lover iorburr to
renew his suit and the conversation ended with
out result. Next day, ano,her note from the
lady, sent IN from the country, expressing IAN
unaltcrable determination never again to listen
10 his suit, and requesting that the subject might
never be renewed" Late in the evening OF the
same day, on returning to his lodgings, the vice
president learned that a boy Lad been three
times that afternoon to deliyera message to him,
but had refused to say fro whom it came. At
last Col. Burr's servant had traced he hoy to the
town residence of Celeste. Early next morning
the message came; Celeste requested an inter-
view, Post-haste the vice president hied to the
presence of his beloved. He found her engag-
ed with a visitor, but observed that she was agi-
tited upon hs entrance, and impatient for the
departure Of her guest. AT length they were
alone, and he waited for her To state her reasons
for desiring 10 see him. With extreme embar-
rassmen she stamnercd out, after several vain
attempts 20 speak, she feared her note had not
been couched in terms sufficiently polite, and
she had therefore wished for an opportunity to
apologize She could after no more. lie ex-
pecing n such matter, stared in dumb astonish-
ment, with an absurd half grin upon his coun-
tenance. As she sat deeply engaged IN tearing
to pieces 50 ,e roses and he IN pnching new cor
ners in the rim Of his hat, she all bushes and
confusion he coniounded and speechless, the
pair, he attcrward thought, would have made a
capital subject for painter He was the first
10 recover power to aricuale Denyiug round
ly thai the fatal note was any thing but polite
and proper, he offered to return it, proposed that
it should be considered Cancelled, aud begged 10
he allowed to call the next morning, and renew
The suit, Waving his request Tor formal per-
mission, he changed the subject, and, after an
hours not unpleasant conversation, took his
leave.
lie now confessed to Theodosia, 10 whom the
affair had been circumstantiay related from day
TO day, that he was in the condition of a certain
country judge before whom a cause had been too
ingcniousy argued by the lawyers. "Gentle.
men OF the jury" said the judge, ''you must get
along with this cause as well as you can; for my
part, I'm swamped" But the sapent Iheodosia
was not puzzled in the least "She meant"
wrote rheo., from the beginning, to say that
aWlul word mes lut mot rhnosino Ia q ~, "a -,