The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-11-24

Dut OF my own pocket that IL were thine-no
bodys but thine.n
1t appears that Penn's pecuniary embarrass-
nnents at that period we're great that he was
unable to make the purchase So the Slate
House passed into the hands Of Isaac Norris
Instead, and by him it was bequeathed to his
son Isaac in turn. The property remained in
the Norris family until about two yerrs ago
passing from generation to generation, until al
ast IL came into the possession of Miss Sally
Norris Dickinson, a granddaughter OF the
Younger Isaac Norris, and who continued to be
The proprietor for many years. The history OF
the title subsequent to her decease will be found
saov. Hamilton Resides In the Mansion.
After the Slate-House ceased to be occupied
by the Deputy.Governor of Penn, IL was ten-
anted by different persons, some of them of
,rreat distinction in the colonial days. Among
these last was Governor Hamilton.
Gen. Forbes Is Buried from the Mansion.
But for many years preceding the Revolution
IL was used as clearinghouse, in which capa'
city it obtained great repute. In these days
one of the inmates was General Forbes, the
successor of the unfortunate Braddock, and
the conoueror of Fort Du Quesne. Forbes
died, and was buried from the house in 1862
His funeral was conducted with 'all the pomp
and circumstance of glorious war" The pro-
cession, in which the richly caparisoned horse
of the dead hero, and military array with
arms reversed, found place, is said to have
surpassed anything of the kind which had ever
been witnessed in the city at that time.
General Charles Lee is Buried from the
. Mansion.
At period long subsequent to this the Slate
House was the scene of the funeral services of
an illustrous commander of far different char
acter This was Major-G General Charles Lee,
1he eccentric and passionate, but certainly
accomplished soldier, whom Washington re.
buked so harshly on the field of Monmouth.
He was spending few months in the city at
The time, when he suddenly died at public
house, and his remains were honored with a
funeral from the historical old Mansion.
The widow GraydOn Establishes her
BOardlng-HOusei I'm the Mansion.
But perhaps the most interesting period in
the history of the establishment was when it
it was kept as a clearinghouse by the Widow
Graydon, the mother of the author from whom
we have quoted above. Speaking of this,
Graydon says in his "Memoirs":-
"The lady who had resided here, and given
some celebrity to the stand by the style of her
accommodations. either dying or declining busi-
ness my mother was persuaded by her friends
to become her successor; and, accordingly,
obtained a lease of the premises, and took pos
sess on OF them, to the best of my recollection,
in the year 1764 or 1765. While in this resi-
dence she had the honor, If so it might be
called, of entertaining strangers of the first
rank who visited the city,"
Graydon then proceeds to give Geographical
sketches OF the various personages who, in the
course OF eight or nine years, became inmates Of
this house," among whom "were persons of dis
Hnction, and some of no distinction; many rea
gentlemen, and some, no doubt, who were
merely pretenders to the appellation. Some
ate nded by servants in gay liveries; some witt
servants IN plain coats, and some with no ser
wants at all,n
Under Mrs. Graydon's dominion, the Slat
House became favorite resort for the officer
OF the British army, some of whom we're almos
always among her permanent guests. At time
it was nearly filed by those of the Forty-secon
or Highland regiment, as vel: as those of tn
Royal Irish.
The Baron De Kalb Lodges In tn
Mansion.
About 1853 or 1863 the Baron de Kalb, on hi
arrival in this country took up his residenc
here. "The steady and composed demeanor @
the Baron" says Graydon, "bespoke the soldie
and philosopher; the man who had calml
estimated life and death, and who, though no
prodigal of the one, had no unmanly dread @
the other"
The CheVHlIcr BadOurIn.
De Kslb was not the only guest of foreigl
extraction. Among others there was one indl
yidual by the name of Badourin, "who wore
white cockade, and gave himself out for
general in the Austrian service" The tru
character of this chevaller appears to have beel
open to suspicion, as one night, to the grea
surprise of his acknowledges and the con
sternation of his worthy hostess, he suddenl
left his quarters in the Slate House. The lane
lady was obliged to satisfy the generals unpai
score out of one old trunk which he left benin
him, and which, on examination, was found t
contain only few old tones in German an
Latin text. From one OF the latter kind
ponderous, parchment-bound folio, by 18th
mystical Robert Fludd," printed at OppenheiT
in l6l8 and treating OF such dangerous topic
as astrology and the art of divlnation-Graydo
shrewdly surmises that "its quondam possesso
Mr. Badourin, might have been a mountebant
coniuror, instead OF general"
The Family of Sir Henry Moore.
Among the dodgers at one time were the wi
and daughter of Sir Henry Moore, one of tt
later British Governors of New York. I'll
daughter is characterized by Graydon as
sprightly Miss, not far advanced in her teen
and who having apparently no dislike to
seen, had more than once attracted his atte
ton"
Lady Susan O'Brien and Her HUSBAND