Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-07-31

calmly and deliberately concluded that
the happiness, the tranquility, and the
intellectual pleasures Of each, would be
promoted by their union; and they
walked to the marriage altar under the
guidance of an enlightened self-intere1t
which, after all, is perhaps the surest
guaranty Of a peaceful and contented
life. On the I'd Of July, 1882. they were
united in marriage by the Rev. David
Bogart, of the Reformed Dutch church.
AS woman Of the world. and the mis-
tress of an establishment, Mrs. Burr
was unrivaled, and their house soon
became noted for its profuse and ele-
CANT hospitality.
Albany until the treaty which ac-
knowledged the independence Of the
United States was signed, and 1t was
there that his only child, Theodosia,
was born. With the birth of that child
an entire change came over the man.
Upon her he lavished all the overflow
ing fondness Of his nature. The pas
sionate tenderness which had been so
long pent up in his bosom showered
itself upon the rosy checked child, and
the babe became to him an idol, In Its
cradle. It's mother, too, shared In the
newly awakened sentiment. From that
day he became a lover. His letters,
when absent from home, were more
thickly interspersed with words Of en-
dearment, and he no longer checked
her most. loving expressions. Eight
years after marriage, her letters and
his replies are full Of warm and
glowing affection, to which they were
strangers in the days Of their court
ship. In reply to one of his letters,
she says: Your letters always afford
me a singular satisfaction; a sensation
entirely my own; this was peculiarly
So My Aaron, 1t was replete with ten
derness. l read and re-read, till afraid
I should get 1t by rote. and mingle 1t
with common ideas. Profane the sa-
cred pledge! No, it shall not be. l
will economize the boom"
In acknowledging the receipt Of an
other letter, she writes: What Ian
guage can express the joy, the graft
tude of Theodosia? Her
Aaron safe: mistress Of the heart she
adores; can she ask more? has HeaV-
en- more to grant?"
Before marriage he had warned her
not to deal in sentiment; now his soul
was athirst for sentiment. "This
morning." he writes on one occasion,
this morning came your kind, your
affectionate, your truly welcome letter
of Monday evening. Where did 1t
loiter so long,"
Again he writes: 81 continually plan
my return with childish impatience,
and fancy a thousand incidents which
render it more interesting"
In another letter, he says: BE as
sured G hope the assurance is need
less) that whatever diminishes your
happiness equally impairs mine"
Before this time he had removed his
office to the city Of Of New York, and
established his residence at Richmond
Hill, which had been the headquarters
of General Washington during the ear
ly part of the Revolutionary war. His
reputation as a lawyer had preceded
him, and he was at once Immersed In
business. No engagement, however,
was ever permitted to interfere with
his duties as a husband and a father.
No cares or anXieties ever came near
the Eden of his home. The two sons
of his wife, by her former husband,
were considered and treated as his
own; and as soon as the little Theo-
dosia could utter a syllable, her educa-
ton commenced. Courage, fortitude,
self-reliance, and energy were instill-
ed into her mind, and formed part Of
her character before she knew the
meaning of the words. His letters to
his daughter as she grew older, i'm
press the religious reader with the con-
viction that he laid too much stress
upon intellectual culture, and far too
little upon that moral training without
which intellect becomes a curse. Hap
PLY for her she had a mother who, to
rare good sense added the merit of
genuine piety; and, while the father
bestowed his whole attention upon the
head, she planted seeds in the heart,
which, in good time, brought forth
fruits of unsurpassed purity and sweet
ness. But whatever may have been
the errors that developed themselves
in the progress of Colonel Burr's sys-
tenn of education, he began right. He
made the practice Of virtue easy, by
implanting in the character those quail
tiles which enable us to reject, at will,
whatever is vicious or hurtful. His
daughter grew to womanhood a mod
el that the best Of her sex might study
with advantage.
Colonel Burr's income from his prac-
tice was such as to enable him to in
dulge to his hearts content the bound
less hospitality in which he delighted.
The troubles in France had driven
many of her distinguished citizens into
exile; and entertaining a grateful
sense of the services rendered to us
by the French people during our Rev
olutionary struggle, he extended to
them a cordial invitation to make his
mansion their home. Talleyrand, Vol
ney. Louis Philippi, and others were
his guests. In his family they enjoyed
| the satisfaction of meeting persons
who could converse in their own tom
que, thus relieving them from the awk-
wardness of broken English, and MAX
ing them feel more completely at
home. The little Theodosia became
the pet of the man who afterwards, as
the minister of Napoleon, swayed the
destinies of the world. Volney forgot
to mediate upon the ruins Of empires
when he twined her silken tresses
around his finger; and Louis Philippe
ceased to sigh over the ruined fortunes
of his family, or to pant for the throne
he was destined to fill. when she climb
ed with childish familiarity upon his
knee, and her joyous smiles fell like a
sunbeam upon him.
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