The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1858-05-01

al COL Iutlu Hp scui for lEe Senator 10
call - the Wh.rs House. 4 reconciliation
g4ok place, AID pl.r h,eu4'Iip vas broken
gply By death
uBET CONFEDERATION
The disustrous .'rc ihai consumed Col Ben
toms dwelling house a. Washington vita lbs
papers, private mcmuHnluni5, ana the llburv
Of many Yeas, b. we'd kurWu. Ga the morn
ing Of that day lg had made one o. h'a
Characteristic spcrrlcs which was o. have
lrrp printed the r,xt duy boz the Giobe The
suecch wRs writer aua lay on bis table READY
iar the printer lie Wn8 out tor Walk ih
the niteruoou-ho h,aId Che aiuliu VI Ire
he Was soon inst M @ friend Who told him
that bis house WIS iu flames, and that Bis
library, hooks aud papers iu his private room
we're already consumed, When be learned
1hatli, pupprs aud llW memorials Of the days
mast, that that room contained were gone, he
ceased % care Cor the part not consumed but
slid lee the house 60, then Many doors
we're opeutd 10 him, for Col. Benton las q
warm Heart and s greatly beloved by al VINO
have social intercourse Win hm-and De- was
coon domiclod with some liruds' Many
sailed upon him that night, lie Wa found
calm aud collected Engaged in Nlllng ou'
TINT fpcech ihUt ou that morning hc bad dee
lttsTed and Which lead Alrn eaHAumed ly the
flames Of that day II Wos GO appear me
next day, and Col Benton remarked lhAt lus
brain was not burnt" IL Wls near midnight
Which, he vas found II his task aud lpe speech
was written that night aud was printed the
next ay
Hls LOVE FOR lus FAMILY
For long time before her death Mira
Benton had been an invalid, Hy the s1lI'
sning al her brain her mind was greatly en-
fssblrd. But from the time Of her sicknc',
10 the hour of her death, her husband tended
her with all the care Of mother 10 yards nn
only child. She sut hy his side while De-
wrote aud NJ times the old smile "oulu
come back TO her Pulel ohork' Never 4i'
Air. Benton appear greater IMAM on i"' u'l
hi. house was consumed. lie saw unmoNcd
tins work OF thirty years destroyed. But when
lac knew that with his property, and his valn-
able papers, other things had vanished more
valuable than gold, the tountlius Of feelings
were broken UP aud bttgr tears flowed,
Some Of bis friends, ANXIOUS 20 know how
the eouliagruton had affected his property.
made some inquiries about The ppcunutN
damage he had suffered, lie sad little
OF his loss Of goods but with deep feeling oil
luded tn those treasures which could never
be recalled OF replaced lie opened the st-
eret chambers Of his tcart, lie spoke Of ms
wife In Hgayen--uf their mutual Struggles In
early DAYS In the West, How she had sick
vned and suffered, and how dear she had
been TO him iu an hcr icchlcncss--how she
died and lcCt him alone and more alone, that
she had 30 long needed bis constau, personal
attsntious-Huw, in the chamber occupied
by him. and now consumed, he had hung all
tie little remembrance Of other aud happy
days-the token, of her life aud lnyr-hoN
oil these had been consumed and he should
SEQ them no more lie could rcplac" his
hause-hs could reproduce his works-hu,
The preo.aus relies Of bis dead companion
we're gone fsteycr No labor, no insurance
10 tears, couldbring one u them back Cor
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