Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1858-03-06

aware of it, 1t was then near one o'clock,
p. NJ, and his mind and memory seemed per-
feet. | said TO him, In this solemn hour of
yuur apparent dissolution. believing as you
do, ia hs sacred Scriptures, yonr accountable
ty to God, let me ask you how you feel in
view of approaching eternity? whether you
have good hope. through grace. that all your
sins will be pardoued. and God will, in mercy.
| pardon you. for the cake of the merits and
righteousness ofhis beloved Son, our Lord Je.
sus Christ, who in love suffered md died for
us the ngouizipg, bitter death Of the Cross, by
whom alone we can have the only sure hope
of salvation? To which he said with deep
and evident emotion. 'On that snbject | am
coy by which understand him to mean that
oD subject Of snch magnitude and momen-
tous interest," touching the assurance Of his
salvation he felt coy, cautions las the word
denotes) TO express himself in full conf.
dence. -.-
with this usual cordial assurance and
manifest desire we kneeled in prayer before
the throne Of heavenly grace. .-imploring Dds
mercy and blessing. lie turned in his bed,
and put himself 10 an humble, dev, tional pos.
ture, and seemed deeply engaged 10 the re.
ligious service, thanking me, as usual, for the
prayer made for him.
Calm and composed, / recommended
1
His grace, with last farewell.
The last audible word whispered by the
dying n an the one, of all others in the
language. the most familiar to his lips. A
few minutes before he breathed his last, be
lifted his hand with difficulty to bis spectacles
and seemed to be trying to take them off,
| His attendant asked him if he wished them
removed. He nodded assent. Fixing his
eyes (6rilliant 20 the last) upon the specta-
cles In his hand, he family whispered evident
ly meaning that they we're to be given to
madame the friend Of his last years. He lay
awhile softly breathing. AT two o'clock in
the afternoon. without struggle or a sigh,
as gently as an infant falls asleep, he ceased
to live"
THE MYSTERIOUS GRATE-sToSE.
"As all in the life Of Aaron Bnrr had some.
thing of strangeness and peculnrity, it is not
surprising, perhaps, that stone could not be
placed over his grave except in an extraor-
dinary manner. Some efforts were made aud
some money was subscribed, soon after his
death, to procsre a suitable monument, but
the project failed through the insttention Of
an agent. For nearly two years the spot
where be lay was unmarked, when one NOR
ming it was discovered that small very SUBJ
stantial and not inexpensive monument of
granite aud marble had been placed during
the night over his remains. The cemetery
at Princeton is situated in a somewhat thick
ly-inhabited lane. and is overloaded, in every
part py people living upon lbs oorders. Inc
prhe'pa' gaze Is Kept ioeheu. 40 one 10 Tue
,o"n saw .ne monument erecteu,or knew, or
Knows anythi',e whatever respecting IL. Nor
was tuere any s'oue'cut'er 10 the Vicihity
Sou'pe'ent 10 execute snch piece OF WORK.
~ leia'i'e VI Co'one' DUR, uor suy Que o'
"'y numerous sii'o,uuh,seA pain lue is'ery'
ne person VINO oio the pious aeed Is
~ "ouiah noerai nano bufr owes the stone
snnt cca,'pe.hora.os 'ils name ID an Inc'o,
sure oi tne cemetery, wherein lie tue honored
remains oi the early PRESIDENTS oi the college
9i New oersey-bnrr' EDWARDS, Dawes,
"Nhetspoon anu o'nels-stsnds a oiocI oi
mafoie' bearing the Iohowing inscriptions
"AARoN BURR;
Born ebruary 9th, i'as
pied September li'h isSe.
COLONEL IN rnk ARM OF NIX REVOLUTION
VI thh J. ,A'A i0oi 10 ieoo
oue uay ~ nis oinee' geh'ieman taikea 10
Tue usua' ns'l-,rue nanne, OF tne eSi's OF war
pu'' .en'arAeo' oianoer hAs Sia'h more 'han
Tue swocc.
10 lriena VINO had cehsnreo MIN ior al
lowing 30 many nuh0reas OF injurious para
eraPns 10 c'rcu'ate Without CONTRADICTION, ne
iePheu 'nas ne nau 'orme'iy supposed that
MS cnafae@r was strong enough 10 pear
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