Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1880-02-19
AARON BURR.
An Interesting Episode in His Remarka.
BILE Career.

From the jackson, Miss, Clarion.
When Colonel Burr was released unde
his own recognizanCe to appear before tn
supreme court Of the territory, he became
the guest of Colonel Benajah Osmun,
wealthy planter residing in the vicinity
He was bachelor, had been an officer il
! thr New Jersey line, and intimate witt
| blr' u Tolitics he was a high-strunl
! rg.rJis' nad been II strong partisan o
! John Adams, and had no confidence il
| Nr lerieron. Near by Col. 0smun livcC
ImJth- I'D military friend of similar polit
llcl opinions, the veteran Major Isaac
Salon, and With these two and other in
| t1elsal gentlemen he had daily cOnsulta
i'.ou3 u. tarner and truer patriots lived
tufu these 'wo veteran soldiers, and they
reVosC. unshaken faith IN the friend whom
they had seen so often tested in the
| times that tried mems souls" ColoneI
| Qt.un lived Mt the place now owned by
lIr.San'on, and Major Guion resided AT
| 'ae i5ot a nc halfway hill, and there
I WIS a Tro path between the two places
I .teih5ag With vines and shaded by ever
green's. This was Bur's daily resort
But its refreshing shade and charming
prospect were not the only attractions.
There lived, at that time, a widow lady
from Virginia, whose small farm and
two or three slaves were the only remains
OF large fortune. Her husband had
converted his property into money, and
on his way to this territory had been
robbed and murdered by the notorious
Joseph Thompson Hare, a more blood
thirsty villain even than the celebrated
Mason. She had but one child, Made
line, who must still be remembered by a
few of our older citizens as miracle OF
beauty. In form and feature, in grace
and modesty, she was all that the old
masters have painted the divine Madonna,
or that artist ever dreamed Of maiden
OyellneSs. Those that saw her loved
her, yet she was never conscious Of the
sentiment until she listened to Aaron
Burr. The family were Catholics, and
there Col. Burr went to meet, by appoint
ment, one of its numerous agents and
correspondents, the Able Viel, a Jesuit
priest of remarkable ability. He was
born in New Orleans IN l746, studied at
| Paris, and became member of the con-
gregation OF oratory. At the dissolution
of that body by the French government
he returned to Louisiana and exercised
the pricstlT function in the parish Of Alta
kapas. He subsequently went to France.
1t is probable that Col. Burr, in his pro.
jeCted invasion OF Mexico, contemplated
securing the influence Of the religious
orders, and for this purpose had opened Il
correspondence with the abbH and met
HIM by appointment at this secluded
place.
At length, after canvassing his situa-
tion with Col. 0smun and six other conf
dental friends, Col Burr determined to
forfeit his bond. One stormy night in
February, 1907, he set forth mounted on
| the tavorite horse of his host, Urgent as
was the necessity for the expedition, Col
Burr halted TIL daylight at the widow S
cottage, imploring the beautiful Madeline
to become the companion of his fright. He
promised marriage, fortune, high position,
and even hintlng at imperial honor,, not
realizing, even then, fugitive and brand
ed traitor, the crushing downfall that I'M
pended over him. The maiden had given
hm her heart; she had listened to his
| witchery night after night, and loved him
with all the feryor Of n southern nature.
She would have followed him to the end
of the earth, and to the scatfOld, and her
aged mother would freely have given her
to the most captivating man-fors they
looked on him as dGmi. .gOd-but as with
most of our southern women, the prnci.
| ,,ln, Nf
stronger than pre-possCssion and passion,
and the entreaties OF the accomplished
llbertine were firmly rejected. Baflled
and disappointed he was compelled to
proceed, but promised to return, and car
ried with him the cOnvcnant and pledge
Of the beautiful Madeline. She was
wooed by many lover. The young and
gallant masters OF the large plantations
on Second Creek and st. GATHERINGS
strOvc in vain for her hand. Fortunes
and the homage Of devoted hearts were
laid at her feet; but the Maid 1f the Half.
way hill remained true to her absent low
er-the more so because of the rumors
that reached her Of his misfortunes and
his guilt. She lived on the recollection CT
his manly beauty, and the shades he had
most affected were her constant haunts
At length, when he fed from the United
States, pursued by Mr.. Jefferson and the
remorseless agents that SWARM around
power and authority he had been
driven from England. and was an outcast
IN Paris, shivering with cold and starving
Tor bread-he seems to have felt for tine
first time the utter hopclessness of
his fortunes. And then he wrote
to Madeline, and, in a few formal words,
released her from her promise. Stating
that he would never return to the United
States, he advised her to enter a convent,
should she survive her mother. A year or
two after this, she went to Havana with
Mrs, W., Il highly respectable lady, who
then owned the property where the Chris
tan brothers now reside, near Natchez
Her extreme beauty, her grace and ele-
ganCe, produced the greatest enthusiasm.
The hotel where they put up was besieged
II she appeared on the balcony 4 dozen
cavaliers were waiting to salute her.
When her rOldnte was seen on the Pasco
or the Plaza de Armas, it was escorted by
the grandees of the island. She was feted
by the governor general; serenades and
balls followed in rapid succession, and
the daily homage to her beauty never
ceased until the evening bells sounded the
"Angelus.
Without surTendcring her heart, or be-
ing carried away by this universal admira-
hon, she returned to the cottage of the
Halfway hill. She was followed there
| by Mr.. K, an English gentleman, the
head OF the largest commercial house in
Havana, and to him, on his second visit
she gave her hand.
The vine-colored cottage, its hellises
and borders, have crumhled into dust.
The courtiy loyer and the Innocent mail
en- are long since dead. But the old hill
still lifts its aged brow, wrinkled all over
with traditions. A tavonte lookout of the
Natchez in time of war--the scene OF the
daring conspiracy against the Spanish
authority-the rendezvous OF lovers-thr
hiding-place OF brigands, and depot foi
their blood.stained teasurc-mute, but
fmthfat witnesses Of the past.
" The Noble Red Woman.
From the Eureka (Nevl Leader
A man living in Goodwin canon says
that while near an Indian camp the Other
d. A.. L ..,.a L., ,,,nana