Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-09-24
APRoPHErIn nREAn.

In the "Diary and Letters Of Sarah
Pierpont," who married Jonathan Ed
wards, the celebrated theoIogisn, now
published in Hours at Home, occurs the
following letter describing singular pro-
phetic dream relative TO the celebrated
Aaron Burr, who was a grandson Of Mrs.
Edwards: Gl EHE .[r
sToCKBRTDGE, Nay 10, i75e.
Dear Brother James,. Your letters
always do US good, and your last was one
Of your best. Have you heard of the
birth Of Esther'ssecOnd child at Newark?
1t was born on the 9Th of February last,
and its parents have named him Aaron
Burr, jr., after his father, the worthy
president Of the college. trust the
little immortal will grow up to be a good
and useful man. But, somehow, q
strange presentiment Of evil has hung
over my mind Of late, and can hardly
rid myself of the impression that
the child was born to see trouble You
know l don't believe in dreams and
visions; but lately had sad night Of
broken sleep, In which the future career
o. that boy seemed to pass before me.
He first appeared as a little child, just
beginning to ascend a high hill, Not
long after he set out, the two. guides who
started with him, disappeared, one after
the other. He went on alone, and as the
road was open and plain, and as friends
met him at every turn he got along very
well. At times he took on the air and
bearing OF 8 soldier, and then Of q states
man, assuming to lead and control others.
As he nesred the top Of the hill, the way
grew more steep and difficult, and his
com mpAnions became alienated from him,
refusing to help him or be led by him.
Baffied In his designs, and sngered st bis
ill-success, he began to lay about him
with violence, leading some Rstrsy, and
pulling down Others ct every attempt TO
rise.
Soon he himself began to slip and
slide down the rough and perilous sides
of the hill; now regsining his foothold
for q little, then losing it again, until at
length he tumbled and fell headlOng
down, down, into black and yawning
gulf at the base At this, i woke in
distress, and was glad enough to find il
was only dream. Now, you must make
as much or as little OF this rs you please.
| think the disturbed state of our coun-
try, along with my own Indifferent
health, must have occasiOned it. A let
ter from his mother, to-day, assures me
that her little Aaron is lively, prattle
some fellow, filling his parents hearts
with joy. Your loving sister,
SARAH.
Though "only a dream" this vision
Of the night prefgured q sad reality, |
and the first incidents of the mournful !
history quickly came to pass. A mem
Drsndum of Sept. 80, 1857, records the
death of President Burr-One Of the |
f guides "-the previous week, and un-
der date Of Philadelphia, Sept. p, 1T5S, |
Is this entry in the diary:
" Arrived here yesterday, to take 1
charge of dear Esther's children, who /
have been in this city since their moth
sr's death. We shall return In a few
days to Princeton. Sad as 1t is to see
my household rent and broken, God
still lives, and he has my whole heart"
Only two years after the dresm, and I
both "guides" are gone! How faith
'ui the rest of the dream is fulfilled is q
matter Of history.