New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-11-26
a Conrtghip 81 aaron Burr.

In those fortunate years it was that Colonel Burr
paid his court to one Of the loYest Of Phladelphias
ever lovely bellies and had the narrowest escape from
a second marriage. They met twas in a crowd;
and each was sntten with the others pleasant quail
ties. Again be saw her at her fathers table, where
his attentions were equally pointed and welcome. A
tete-dtete which he sought, was interrupted by the
entrance Of her father, but her manner seemed to
beck0n him on He was almost in love. Summon
ing her father to his apartments by note and the old
gentleman appearing within the hour, the enamored
one came to the point with promptness and self
possession impossible in lover under forty.
Is Celeste engaged ~
az She is not
Would it be agreeable to her parents if Colonel
Burr should make overtures for her hand ~
81 1t would be most agreeable"
The lady had gone to spend some days six miles
into the country and thither her lover rides the next
morning, with an eager but composed mind. Celeste
enters the drawing.rOnm, though he had not asked
especially for her, Conversation ensues She is all
wit and gaiety; more charming than ever, the lover
thinks. He tries to turn the conversation to the sub
jeCt nearest his heart hut she, with the good hui
mored, graceful malice OF lovely women, defeats his
endeavos and so at last quite captyated, he takes
his leave
The same hour on the following morning finds him,
once more tgPt.ntete with the beautiful Celeste,
Conversation again But this time the great question
was put. To the surprise Of this renowned lady
killer, Celeste replies that she is firmly resolved never
to HaITyl
q am very sorry to hear it, madam l had
u
1 blame your determination.
She replied No; certainly, sir, you cannot; for
l recoect to have heard you express surprise that
any woman should marry, and you gave such reasons
and with so much eloqueuce made IN indelibe
I impression upon my mind
/ The disappointed swain received the rebuff with
perfect courtesy aud good hamor. They parted the
best friends
Have you any commands to town, madam
wish you good morning.
Two days passed. Then note from Celeste sur.
prised the rejected, informing him that she was in
town for few hours, and would be glad to see him.
He was puzzled and hastened to her for solution.
The interview lasted two hours, in the course of
which the tender subject was daintily touched, but
the lover orbnre to renew his suit and the CONVERSE
ton ended without result. Next day another note
from the lady, sent in from the country expressing
81 an unalterabe determination never again to listen
to his suit, and requesting that the subject might
never be renewed"
Late in the evening of the same day, on returning
to bis lodgings, the Yice-President learned that
boy had been there three times that afternoon to de-
liver message to him. but had refused to say from
whom it came. AT last Col. Bufrs servant had
traced the boy to the town residence of Celeste.
Early next morning the message came. Celeste re-
quested an interview. Posthaste the Vice.Presdent
HE'D to the presence of his beloved. He found her
engaged with visitor, but observed that she was
agtated upon his entrance, and impatient for the
departure of her guest. At length they were alone
aud he waited for her to state her reasons for desiring
to see him. With extreme embarrassment she
stammered out, after several vain attempts to speak,
that she feared her note lad not been eouchea ~
terms sufficiently polite and she had therefore wish.
4 ed for an opportunity to apologize.
She could utter no more. He, expecting no saeh
matter stared in dumb establishment, with an ab'
| surd hAlGgrin upon his countenanGe As she sat
deepy engaged in tearing to pieces some roses and
he in piuchng new corners in the rim OF his hat
She all bushes aud cOntusiOn-he contOunded aud
speechless-the pair, he afterwards thought would
have made capital subject for painter. He was
the first to recover power to articuate. Denying
roandy that the fatal note was anything but polite
and prODer he offered to return it, proposed that 1t
should be considered Cancelled, and begged to be
allowed to call the next morning and renew his suit.
To this she objected, but family. Waving his re,
quest for formal permission, be changed the subject
and after an hours not unpleasant conversation took
/ his leave.
He now confessed to Theodosia, his daughter, to
whom the affair had been circumstantally related,
from day to day, that he was in the condition OF a
certain country Judge, before whom cause had been
too ingeniousy argued by the lawyers. 'sGentlemen
/ Of the jury, said the Judge. you must get along
with this cause as well as you can for my part, l N
/ swnmped." But the sapent pheodosia was not puz-
\ Zled in the least She meant, wrote Iheodosia,
| " from tine beginning to say that awful word, yes j;
but not choosing to say it Immediately, she told YOU
that you had furnished her with arguments against
matfimOny, which in French means, please sir, TO
persuade me ont of them again.. But you took it as
a plump refusal, and walked off She called you
back. What more could She do would have seen
yon TO Japan before should have done 50 much.''
However the offer oil marriage was never renewed
The lover was probably himself undecided as to tht
desfrableness Of the match. But between him AMI
Celeste there was always lender friendship, and fn
many months it seemed likely enough that al som
unexpected moment the conyulsiye word would u
| spoken.