The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-30

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the one human being whom he Is sac
really to. have loved. That ship van.
ished az mysteriously as did the las,
Indiaman; but forty years later. in
Charleston, &. Co. pirate about 70 IN
hanged is said to have confessed that
he was q survivor Ola crew that cae.
tured and scuttied it. and that he !al
never forgotten the face Of, the bean.
tiful daughter Of Aaron Burr AZ 81.
went to her death in the sea. She wss
and the other witty and distinguished
tur9us last years Ct the eighteenth cen.
tury. IN a house that drew Ike A mag.
net the intellect Of old Ee~' York.
Talleyrand, WHO never did anything
without a purpose. was not inactive
curing the two AMI a half years Of h..
exile in this country. Nearly penniless
. on his arrival. he Is said to have cai.ei
a livelihood by keeping a Shop los
the sale of buttons during the mont.
Immediately after his landing IN rh.ia.
delphia and not !~inpossibly ado %
his income by gaming. az w.,ioa Il.
luck IA ~proverbia.. He himsel. st,,
OF this period:
Everything seems easy 10 4 NAL
driven from his country and ob.lSei o
put up ut an inn or reside in ind.rer.
ent lodgings. 7 took advantage o. t..
disposition Of mind into which my NO..
row quarters threw me 20 indulge n
high politics and set the world 20
rights
The son OF a line OF French 'ard
holders that went back TO tie dawn o.
France itself. he VAS convinced taa'
agriculture is the only stable lnsis 70
prosperity. and here in this new com
try. where a barony could be rad ;or
the asking. his alert mind saw eS,raor.
Linary possibilities for Gallo thrift and
enterprise. As he said to Hamilton. i.
whom lie found a consenial friend the
New World possesses in It's crops ,
wealth peculiar 4 itself" The two
foresaw a. "a date not very remote tie
development Of great markets e9la. 10
r, osc Of the Old W-or,d-on~ FOR The
Northern. the other for the Southern
States.
During The latter part Of his s:a, in
America Talleyrand visited the huge
estate of Gen. Knox in Maine Still
commemorated III the name Of knor
county-where such a life as that -
which he dreamed for his exiled coir.
frymeu seemed actually in eNstenyc
Knox had built Himself a grA. AID
generous house OF rhe Georges E.,.,
which. IL was sad. not infrequer.l,
entertained a hundred guests q. or.
Here Taiieyrand was "A guest II one o.
the most remarkable Thanksgiving
dinners in history and one peculiarly to
his mind.
Readers of Kiplins's "Rewaros ara
Fairies will remember the interest
which In" observing frenchman 'o,
in Red Jacket. the Seneca. and g. al!
that Toby Hirte could tell OF t's
habits and traditions Of the Indian.
Like most Of the pioneer land oar.
ers ON IA large scale. Knox wss
friendly with his Indian nelstaers
and on this particular occasion 10 IT,.
: vited something like 500 Maine abo.'-
! in's To help keep T~hanksg.'!:-.
, Til" lawns .! Montpelier. AZ tho Go,
ertl named his estate. were dot.a
, with ~wickiups and the tores.. tie
and the newly cultivated fed ~.
fordcd such a fcas: as aSsuredi" =
guests from France had v tas;"I
before.
The table was surrounded by 4
= c~uricnsly mingled company Of Iui:lE
T chiefs in full regal!a and FrencN a.
: Colonial guests In hrocade and ',"c
: II is said that the Old Town rntis-s
I still treasure - yellow paper. the =.
y 'rd OF that feast, with the szna:l--s
= ~ IN" guests totem sign. the roc,
clear signatures Of Knox and
American friends. and the pre-
, clear cut letters inscribed b. "c'
u maurice tal!eyrand."
Subsequently. II re s.ayeG ,ocs
. enough to witness IL, the Sltr:Ca'
humor of Talleyrand must have tske-
delight in the fact that Knox No
AT last 70 90 out and eho, RS T.
dian guests or the estate. The ~
- II" mind 70 go back to suc"Ntast f, >
: ren!son after such a rove, lr' '"
4, quite willing 10 stay al, VINE
Although ha.nrc:'d al his ~. V D..
II cub foot, ~Talleyrard never !e' : -
"A 'erfcr" with any oi' OF doc -"
rise possible TO him, and no ss'r.,
10 have taken real pleasure IN 'o-"-
back journeys through VIA, p"r'
then tracklcss forests between r;',i
delphia and New York. New Yo-I .ri
!, Boston. Boston and Nachias. s'enr.--
In cabins ny the way. noting al -
he saw with the keencst inte-r.'
II Is not generally know 80 F.
was the first advocate OF fore>. co'.-
i s~ervation for this Country. and .,,'
n a period when the first undcr:,. - .
every settler was 20 clear to .l',
i of his land. He lad spe!' h,s co.: -
n ~ III" provinces of France. ,"-9' .
of trees. and in "A little dovuUer' ~
American M which We 49,"
= after his American tour he pointed c"'
p III" fact that If We continue =" r..
. down as many trees as pos>i-'" ~
s never planted any we should 81. 10
h settled part OF tho country ,r<' rs y
j. for" We knew Il, which u~";,d = .
Y misfortune.
s. There is II wooded trar' ~ NeN
u York city to-day IN wAich T.'-,-.
; surely walked. seeing IN .mar 40.
splendid chateauN, g,-teHS az "''
u Ing grounds like those Of l'rA:r'
Ncr flower, and that is tho pr' 80
~ ~ Central Park near S~"vcr'y-ct''
- street. At one time nc lived IN u ''r'-
try house t~hereabon,s, and ic..; .
~ ways n lover of trees there Is no ,'%'.
y h he observed and took Dc -'' 2
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