The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-03-25

lnSnuatlng, famous. 100, came drlltinE
down the river from Pittsburgh in
tlatboat with a companion or two, irea-
SOnably designing later TO create and
conduct an expedition against Mexico,
then Spanish province, with n view
OF establishing government there
which also might include the south
western part OF the United States. In
N apparently casual spirit he landed
II the island, we'll cogntzant OF the
H.ennerhassetts. but not knowing them
personally. and politely inspected the
beautiful grounds. the Blennerhassetts,
lowcver. being absent in the east.
Burr really had been gallant
'olOnel in the revolutionary war,
'nited States senator and vice presI-
lent. and was now 40. handsome, chiy.
Uric, daring. The year before he had
illed Alexander Hamilton in 4 duel,
md. mourning public opprobrium as a
consequence. was himself deeply en-.
Filtered: nevertheless he was most
distinguished parsonage and. like dem.
agOgucs freQuently-now az we'll as
then had a great personal following.
This very year Of 1905 he had retired
from the vice presidency.
Lures slennerhassett.
Leaving the island in the evening,
he rode with the current on far down,
but returned later the same season
and by flattering wiles lured the SEN
timental BlennCrhassett into his sedi-
tious scheme. particularly inducing
him TO finance the construction at Ma.
rietta OF fleet OF flatboats to carry
his future army TO the scene OF pros
peCtive conquest, and TO provision the
flotilla.
Burr. merCurial and confident. was
/ restlessly intriguing al Washington
! and elsewhere late in 1905 and early III
1906, and in the fall Of the latter year
his accomplished daughter. Theodosla.
wife OF the future Governor Joseph
! Aston OF South Carolina. enthusiastic
/ ically absorbed in her fathers ambi-
tious schemes. visited the Blennerhas'
sets and found Mrs. B;ennerhasSett
woman possessing a temperament or
romantic ardor like herself 1t was
busy. gay and thrilling time on the
! island. Already Mrs. Blenncrhassett
pictured herself as he wife of the am
| baSsador 10 Great Britain from the ma
| ton where Burr ruled as emperor.
while the radiant TheodoSia visuallzed
herself as presiding gloriously over the
| imperial household in Mexico City, at
! New Orleans. or wherever the seat or
government might chance to be located
by her gifted father.
| Piotters Are Betrayed.
! But suddenly the storm broke. Co.
conspirators betrayed Burr. who also
! had confded his revolutionary plans
too widely for safety. December Is.
| 1906. BlennerhaSSett hastily dropped
down the river under cover OF night 10
be joined In Mississippi January 18th
by his wife and two young sons. Burr
! fell in with them a. the mouth OF the
Cumberland. supported by an absurd
army OF sixty men, which here prompt
| ~ went TO pieces. Both Burr and
! BlennerhaS were arrested but cs-
capped conviction. The later returned
| 10 his island at tho end OF a year. only
| TO find the house had been pundered,
its contents ruined by vandal militia.
| The place was hopclcsSly lost 10 him.
and he now settled in Mississippi. re-
NAMING for ten wears as planter,
then CAV" up The struggle.
| RleunCrhaSsetr. his devoted wife at
his bedside. died in 1881. at the home
OF a sister in ENGLAND. while Mrs. Blen.
nerhasSeU died eleven years later in
poverty in a New York tenement. She
> long had been cndeavorinC 10 have
congress grant $4,000 for her losses
on the island caused by tho reckless
Virginia militia. or three children leIr
! all sons. DOminiCk. born in 1922.
reached manhood. became diSSipated.
and disappeared at st. Louis. probably
! being drowned. Hartman. born on tn"
island in 1901. was an invalid. painted
portraits. and died an inmate Of the
New York almshouse in 1854. He is
! buried beside his mother in tn"
| Thomas Adds Emmett vaUlI in tho old
"margle cemetery" Second street
! New Work city. Joseph. the third son.
pracriced law at Troy. Missouri was
! an officer in tho Confederate army, and
! died after the war. leaving descend.
ants AT s.. Louis \ daughter died or
lever while the parents were living in
Mississippi The daughter and or"
/ son were born in that state,
! Sold for Debt.
! When the family left Mississippi the
! 1000 acres owned was sold for $1,000
and. 90 far "a 1t would go. this sum
/ applied mostly TO the redemption or
BurrS notes that Blenncrhassett had
! endorsed to the extent OF 100000. All
personal property on the island thar
! had no; been stolen or destroyed was
! seized and sold for debt. while the
. house and land passed into tn" hands
of creditors. All went at auction, IN"
island being secured in 1877 by Joseph
:. Lewis. Philadelphia merchant
The house had burned five years be-
fore. Tn" island then was bought by
! George Nealc. Till tho tllibuStcrinG
Burr appeared tho Blcnncl lassott
Mace was little less than an earthly
paradise. He left il in ruins. tho same
fate that hefell his prrilous conspiracy,
tho greatest and most alarming In
American history.
Nor was Rurr'S own Fa'" loss tragic.
In Poverty II" wandered over Europe
from 1908 TO 1872. returning then and
cudcayorlng to renstahlish htrrSclc as
LAWYER IN Now York cit. hut that Very
vcar OF 1872 tho gifted Thoodos!a. a do.
voted and adorcd daughter. pcr!shcd
while coming TO him by sea She left
Charleston on small schooner lat" in
B pecemhNr and was never heard Of moro.
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