Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-02-28
AARON BURR.
An Interesting Episods In His
Remarkable Career.

Jackson thi.-) Clarion
When Colonel Burr vas released un.
der bis own recognizance TO appear bs.
fore the supreme Court ofths Territory
he became the guest OF Colonel Bsuajah
Osmun, . wealthy plsnisr reading iu
the vicinity. He was . bachelor, bad
been an ofhcer In the New Jersey line,
and Intimate with Burr. In politics he
was . high-strung Fedsrlhst, had been Q
strong partisan ot John Adams, and had
no confidence in Mr.. Jefferson. Near
by Colonel Osmun lived another old
military friend OF similar political
opinions, the veteran Major Isaac
Guien, and with these two and other In.
fiuestial ssntlemsn he had daily consul.
tstidns. No sterner and truer patriots
lived than .hese two veteran soldiers.
and they reposed mistaken faith In the
friend whom they had seen % often test
ed in the ''nms that tried msn's souls" !"
Colonel 0smun lived ct the place nov
owned by DR.. Stanton, and Major
Guion resident at the foot OF the Hall.
way Hin, and there was q rural path bs-
tween the two places trellissd with
vines and shaded by eysrgreens. This
was Burr's daily resort. But iis reiresh-
ing shade and charming prospect were
not the only attractions. There lived.
at that time, . widow lady from vir.
ginia, whose ANAL iarm end too OF three
slaves were the only remains OF q large
fortune. Her husband had converted
his property into money, and on his
way 10 this Territory had been robbed
and murdered by the notorious Iossph
Thompson Hare, u blood thirsty villain
even than the celebrated Mason. She
had but one child, Madeline, who must
still be remembered by Q lev Of our old
er citiEens IN 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 ar
inst ever dreamed OF maiden loyelinsns.
Those that saw her loved her, yet abe
was never conscious of the sentiment
until she listened TO Aaron Burr
The family were Catholics, and
there Colonel Burr went To
meet, by appointment, one Of his nu.
merous agents and correspondents, the
Able View, Jesuit priest OF remarka.
ble ability. He was born In New Or
leans In l7i6, studied at Paris and be-
came a member Of the Congregation OF
Oratory. At the dissolution II that
body by the French Government he
returned 10 Louisiana and exercised the
priestly function In the Parish of Alta
kspas. lie subsequently went 10 France
II Is probable that Col. Burr In his pro
jected invasion oi Mexico, contemplated
securing the influence oi the religious
order-, and Tor this purpose had opened
a correspondence with the Able and
met him by appointment at this seclu'
ded place.
At length, after cAnyassing the situ-
ation with Col. Osman and siK other
confidential friends. Col. Burr deter.
mined 10 forfeit his bond. One stormy
night in February, 1907, lac set forth,
mounted On the favorits horse OF his
host Urgent a. ~s the neoessity Tor
expedition, Col. Burr halted I'LL day.
light at th. widows cottage, imploring
the beautiful Madeline Ia be the com
psnion # his highi lie promised mar.
rage, fortune, high position. and even
limiting a. imperial honors. not realizing.
even then fugitive and branded trait.
OF. the crushing downfall that impend.
ed over him. The maiden had given
him her heart, she had listened TO his
witchery night after night. and loved
him with all the ieryor Of q Southern
nature. She would have followed him
10 the end VI the earth, and N the Ed.
f,IJ ga 80, ...y A.tha. v,,,tI a.. %
freely given her up " the most cspliyA.
ting man--for they looked on him n .
with AZ most of her
Southern women, the principles oi rc-
ligion, virtue and piety were stronger
than prepossssslon aud passion, and tbs
entreaties Of the accomplished libertine
were finally rejected Bsiiied and dis
appointed he Was compelled % proce'si,
bot promised 20 return. and carried
with him the covenant and ple.ige oi
the beautiful Madeline. She WAS ~oOel
by many a lover The young and gal.
liant masters Of the large plantations on
Second Greek and st. Catharine stroye
in vain for her hand. Fortunes
and the homage Of devoted hearts
we're laid at her feet, but
the maid of the Highway nm
remained true to her absSnt lover
the more 20 because oi the rumors that
reached her of his misfortunes and his
guilt. She lived on the recollection Of
his manly beauty, and the shades he
had most affected we're her constant
haunt. Al length, when he fed from
the United States, purvned by Mr.. JET.
ferson and the remorseless agents that
swarm around power and authority
when he had been driven from England.
and Was an outcsst In Psris. shiyeriuy
with cold aud starving tor bresA-be
seems to have ielt Tor the frst time the
utter hopelessness Of his fortunes.
And then he wrote to Madeline, and,
in . lev formal words, rclsased her
from her promise. stating hat he
would never return 10 the United
States, he advised her 20 enter O con.
vent, should she survive her mother.
4 year OF tuo after this she vent tn
Havana With Mrs. w., q highly respect
able lady, who then owned the property
where the Christian Brothers nov re-
side, near Satchez Her extreme beau.
ty, her grace and eleganoe, prod oced ths
greatest enthusiasm. The hotel where
they put up was besicged. II she Ap-
pesred on the balcony . dosrn eayaIisss
we're waiting to saluts her when her
pvIaIis was seen on the PAsoo of plsxza
de ArmAs, II WAS escorted by the Gran.
dees Of the island. She we ietei by Ia.
General, serensdes and Labs
followed in rapid suresslon. aud the
daily homage To her beauty never osAs-
ei until the evening bells sounded the
"AngeluA"
Without surendering her heart, or
beng carried away by this univef-
AL a1mirsiion, she returned 70 the cot
,Age Of the Hallway I'M. She Wa fol-
loved there by Mr. X, an Engiish gsn-
tleman, the head ot the largest CONNER.
cial house in Havana, and 70 him, On he
second visit, she gsve her hand.
Tue yins-coveyed cottage, its trsllisas
and bcrders, have erumbled into dust
The courtly lover and the IaDoosnt
maiden are long since dead. But the
old hill still liits ia aged brow. vhnhlsd
all over With traditions. . fayorite look
out of Natchez In time OF wN-ths
scene Of the daring conspiracy against
the Spanish authoity-the rendezvous
Of loyers-the hiding place oi brigands,
and depot for their bloodstaiaed trsss-
ure-muts bat faithful witness oi the
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