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Aaron Hnrr.
[From the Philadelphia Times]
Those who desire to ascertain truth
and who will judge as men desiring to
do right, who believe charit}' to he a
virtue and who consider that their
judgments of characters of men ought
to be formed in that merciful spirit of
justice "which they themselves may require
in passing down the uncertain
road of lif-j may not believe that Aaron
Hurr was guilty of "high treason.It
is not a single right or wrong which
should determine the character of an
individual, llis true character can only
correctly be understood by following
hint through life, analyzing his deeds
and discovering whether or not the
principles which governed hi.n were
virtuous. Few men in this life will
bear a critical examination into every
act and if every man is to be damned
in public estimation because one or two
t'ark spots may be found in the midst of
many bright ones, then we venture the
assertion that few will be found if any
passing safely the investigation of every
ordeal.
We find in the history of Texas by
Gen. Moseley Baker, Texas veteran, one
of the Spartan band at San Jacinto, who
gives the particulars of Aaron Burr's
purpose in his intended expedition
against Mcxico not in the w<iy as intended
to settle the disputed intentions
of Burr, but as a part and parcel of the
history of Texas. Ho makes use of the
Burr incident among other responsibilities
of the United S'ntes government in
respect to the Texas revolution. He
does it to clearly represent other important
occurrences and other important
personages.
BF.MKK IX BURR'S QUILT.
General linker was a student of
William Craven, an English gentlemen
who had been associated with Burr, and
who, with Burr, was arrested on the
Totnhigbee river, in Alabama, and con
vej't'U to litcmnond, Va., lor trial.
Richmond was at tlie time the very focus
of .JelFersonianism nnd the pnbljc
mind was already prepared for Burr's
conviction. Never, perhaps, in any
country was there a greater unanimity
of opinion upon any subject than that
of Burr's guilt of high treason. Never,
perhaps, was thejo a greater display of
talent and eloquence and never was
there a more patient, fair and impartial
trial. Had Chief Justioe Marshall never
before, or after, performed a virtuous
act, the decision of the Court in Burr's
case ought to have immortalized him.
Humor with bur thousand tongues, had
been busy, and President Jefterson,
with all his noble qualities, possessed
some of the frailties of man, and he
perhaps received as tiuth the created .
fictions concerning Burr's intended
treachery.
William Craven was Baker's preceptor,
and was a gentleman whose veraci- .
ty among those who knew him well
was like unto Caisar's wife'K?beyond
a suspicion. From Craven Baker learned
the following:
Mr. Craven had been one of a large
firm in London who were engaged in
the Mexican trade ; had resided many
years at the city of Mexico, and had
daily opportunities of witnessing thfc
degredation to which the mass of the
people had been reduced by the haugh- I
ty and tyrannical aides do camp of the
Spanish government; that in consequence
of heavy Iohscr he was compelled
to emigrate to the United States.
At the city of Washington he among
other distinguished citi/ons* Vas introduced
to Mr. Burr, with whom he contracted
the most intimate acquaintance,
and their intercourse was characterized
by a frank and cordial friendship. Burr
inquired of him very particularly
touching the political, moral and social
condition of the Mexicans, and received
all the information which many years'
experience in Mexico had enabled him
to collect. lie informed Burr that the
mass of the people were ignorant, superstitious
and unacquainted with their
rights, but that there were many
among mem uestinetl tor distinction,
and among those there was scarcely a
man that wan not restless and discontented
under the reigning government,
and only needed sorno encouragement
from abroad to enable them to undermine
the Spanish dynasty and prostrate
it? already crumbling columns to the
earth.
FIRST S^EP OF Till? CONSPIRACY.
He stated that Hurr believed that his
reputation was lost'ln the United States
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if lio remained in the country: that ho
was u man of rare talents and acquirements
; that he was ambitious in the
extreme and was ripe for any enterprise
that promised even a hope of re- ^
trioving his character, and in an}' attempt
for that purpose Burr intended to !
signalize himself elsewhere, not doubting
but success would blunt the malice
of many of his enemies, and that this
would in the end enable him to atone '
for the death of Hamilton, for whose .
memory he cherished the greatest respect,
and declared that Alexander 1
Hamilton had been used by worse men '
for the purpose of getting rid of one or
the other or, if possible, both.
Burr's first step was to open a correspondence
with some of the leading
men in Mexico and then to travarse the !
Western States, for the purpose of
sounding some of the most influential '
citizens of the Mississippi valley and 1
their success in both undertakings surpassed
even what they had been wont <
to expect. It wes found that many '
men in the Western countrv h:ul ideas
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of conquest and fame. There were 1
ninny such men in the valley of the
Mississippi and in all the Spanish do- '
minions in America besides, while the '
patriots in Mexico hailed them as disci- :
pies of freedom and furnished the outline
of a systematic plan l'or future oper- '
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WHAT WAS TO HE HONK. ,
It was suggested by citizens of the
United States that Burr should ap- ^
proach the frontier of Mexico and es- ?
l.'lltlish his lll?n?lminrf nrvi (tin Wouliito
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within the limits of our country, but j
that ho peremptorily declined, it was ^
finally arranged thut they should iloat |
down the Mississippi and go on u vessel
at the Utilize, which the kin^ pirate of ?
the gulf, Lafitte, was to have in rendi- ^
11 ess, and sail for Galveston island, then {
in his, possession. It was further understood
that trading houses were to hi* .
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established among all the surrounding
tribes of Indians, for the purpose of j
buying their friendship,, and that, if |
possible by any peaceable means, of the t
inhabitants of the old Spanish towns of
San Antonio. Xacagdoces and others in j
Texas. The inhabitants were to be f
conciliated and enlisted in the cause by
agents who under pretense of selling t
goods, were to reside in these places, j
Should this ultimately fail the fortress- f
es in Texas were to be taken forcible i
possession of and used as depots as ^
soon as the patriots in Mexico were ,
ready to co-operate effectually. It was (
clearly understood that no attempt l
whatever should be made to dismember j
the United States or interfere in any
way with her people or her laws further ,
than the fact of concocting a scheme in y
the country for the above mentioned j
purpose.
KAIIiURK OF THE SCHKME. 1
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Circumstances rendered it necessarv 1
to get out of the Cumberland river (
much sooner than time was afforded to *
complete all.arranguments. and no soon- 1
cr was there an appearance of danger *
than many of those who had been most
active in preparations withdrew their J
support and forwarded information to 1
General \Vilkinson, then in command at 1
New Orleans, which together with in- ?
structions from the government, would <
have made it impossible for Iiurr and 1
his party to pass that place.
Under such circumstances it was t
proper to leave the Mississippi and go ^
to Florida, where Burr hoped to meet c
assistance from abroad* and ingratiate *
nnnseu lino mo gooa graces or iniluen- 1
tial persons there, who were known to
be extremely tired of the Spanish yoke
and ripe for a revolution in the government.
But after undergoing many difficulties
and privations they werp captured
and all their golden dreams vanished
in thin air. Some of those who
had been dreaming of honorable immortality
were transformed for a tune into
criminals and objects almost of universal
execration, ?
The circumstances were not suffi- '
ciently strong to warrant Burr's arrosL f
if taken in connection aith his enter- f
priso against the dominions of & notion
with whom We were at peace. Presi- 1
dtnt Jefferson from rumors, but oer- 1
taiuly not from proof, beliered it was
possible foi* Burr to form a combination 1
for the purpose of dismembering the ?
union. \
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rope-walker reported to be killed 1
at Spartanburg, has recovered and is at ]
the business again.
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Where they Now Are.
[Spartanburg Herald.]
Over half a dozen of the ex-Confederate
Generals who went into the war
bachelors have remained so ever since,
imong them General Cnstis Lee,
the handsome and popular son of the
Don federate Chieftain, ai.d General
Jubal Kearly, who is now seventy
add.
Whenever he appears to speak in the
Virginia campaign Fitzhugh Lee is
received with enthusiasm and bodies of
mounted men ride out from every
lown to meet him and escort him to the
hotel.
Most of the ex-Confederate Generals
ivho are not in politics are interested in
some way with railroads.
General Longstree will, next month,
apen a winter hotel in Georgia, near
the gulf coast.
Fitzhugh Leo is short and stout, with
irayish chin whiskers, and looks like a
farmer.
Groat has been the fall of Mahonc.
Once he was the idol of the peoplo of
Virginia and carried the political vote
jf that State in liix pocket. Now he is
eviled and abused troni every stump
vnd cross-road.
As when he "did all the swearing
or Stonewall Jackson," Gen. Jubal
h'arly continues to enjoy the distincinction
of being the "tallest swearer in
Virginia.
Age has made tunny inroads upon
Ten. Joseph E. Johnson, now United
states Railroad Oommissinnnr TT?
ins gotten ovur the nervous trouble
roin which he suffered for so many
fears, lie is married but lias no chillren.
The commander of the troops in the
Shenandoah Valley for a long time was
3 en oral John Echols, who is now a
lirector in the Chesapeake and Ohio
-ailroad and president of the Lexington
on and liig Sandy road.
Although ;n the convention that met
before the war, General W. C. Wicklam
now vice president of Chesapeake
md Ohio railroad, voted against seces?ion,
he galloped the first troop of horse
nto Capitol Square and tendered his
sword to the State and Confederacy. He
commanded a brigade through the war
dthough his home was within the linos
?e did not cross its thcshold but twice
md was each time carried in wounded.
When he surrendered with Lee at Appomattox
he disowned the Confederate
eaders and returning home built
he first schooT\)iouse for colored chillren
in the South. He became the
cader of the Republican parly in Virginia
and did much to make it respective.
He was driven out of the party
Mahone and is now supporting Fitzmgh
Lee for Governor.
Mahono's bitter enemy. General Bradey
T. Johnson, is now practicing law
n Baltimore and is one of the counsel
>f the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company. Ho is a brilliant and
landsoma looking man of about
ifty.
Dark as an Indian and straight as an
irrow, standing over six feet four
riches. Genl. R. Lindsay Walker has
lot changed much.. He has recently
rone to Texas, as superiniennant
>f the construction of the State House
it Austin.
General Tulifero, who commanded
he militia at the time of the John
Urown trouble, is still an active man,
>ver six feet high and attends to his
arge estate near Gloucester Point, Va.,
^ordering on the Chesapeake Bay.
One of Mahone's fast friends is tien.
V. 1). Groner, now living at Norfolk
ind occupying the position of presilent
of the National Compress Comiany.
Physically Mahone weighs Icrs than
ninety pounds. He was an enginner
?rhnn the war broke out and rapidly
ose to position. He had command of
;he defence of Petersburg and distinguished
himself in the battle of the
Jrater. Loo singled him out of all the
generals to accompany and stand by him
it the time of surrender.
General Beauregard continues to act
is counsel and promoter of the Louisma
Lottery.
It is curious that General Custis Lee
.hough a grandson of Mrs. Custis, bears
l most marked and striking resemblanco
lo the pictures of Washington.
General Hooker, who lost an arm at
Vickstyurg,- in now practicing law in
Mississippi and is th.e closest personal
friend of Jefferson Davis. During the
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past summer ho was at tho Virginia
Warm Springs.
General Walker, who comimnded the
Stonewall Brigade after Jackson's death
is now over sixty years of age. He
is a practicing lawy?r in Virginia and
has been Lieutenant Governor of the
State.
Kx-Lieutenant Governor and Gen.
Robert E. Withers, of Virginia, is six
feet, stout and gray, and is an active
lawyer with largo practice.
Keep to the ltight.
"Yon have one of the prettiest cities
in the United States, and as live and
progressive business men as I have ever
met, but your people have one of the
ipost serious faults that any people can
have," said an extensive traveller the
other day to. a reporter. Continuing, by
way of explanation of his indictment of
the good people of Charleston, he said :
' You all pay no attention to the rights
of the sidewalk. 1 will except your
business men. for 1 have observed all
classes of your people, and have found
that the business men are the only ones
who inaku any effort to keep to the
right. Their business habits show even
on the street. I was so struck with the
havitual and continued ignoring of the
old established law of keeping to the
right that 1 made it a point to walk
over the streets in different parts of the
city andjmakc observations. I found that
the law was broken in every quarter,
and by all classes of people. I wns
about to come to the conclusion that the
rule in Charleston was to keep to -the
left. 1 was walking on a wide street in
the western part of the cit}' on the
right side of the walk, which happened
to hi! novt tn futifo T 1 ?
? w ?w ?..w luiivVf I? iivaa A U1UI IW if
ladies coming towards me. They were
walking close up to the fence, which
was to their left. I kept on to the right
but had to step out to the left to avoid a
collision, as the ladies walked on, showing
no signs of allowing ino to keep to
the right. They looked at mo as if
they thought I was the most rude and
impolite man they had ever t>een."
4*The ladies' are very persistent in
their violation of the rights of tho
walk. I have often seen ladies walking
on King street four or five abreast, and
when they would cause gentlemen, who
had to pass them, to leave the sidewalk
ano pass them on the roadbed, they
H'ould walk on chatting and laughing as
if tlieV had beon PlllltV of tin innirnriT!
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ety at nil. Unless this is checked your
retail trade on King Street will be injured.
Business men will shun it.
The police could very ensily regulate
this evil without giving oll'ence to any
one. A courteous "To the right, if you
please." would have the desired effect.
I don't want to he misunderstood. I
am not finding fault with the ladies for
being on the streets. They have just
the same rights to the sidewalks as you
or I, but that right does not include the
whoie of the walk.
I hare never seen a city where so
much liberty is given to colored nurses
with their baby carriages. They roll
along the sidewalks of all the streets
wiwiuul any regard at an to the rights
of others. They generally take the
middle, if alone ; but, greatly prefer a
companion uimilarly armed when they
roll away side by side. I saw a lady
try to pass two of the carriages rolling
side by side without leaving the pavement,
and the result was that her dress
was caught by the feheel of the outside
carriage and badly torn. I could hardly
believe my eyes the other day when I
saw a policeman leave the sidewalk and
take to the roadbed to allow two baby
carriages rolling side by side to pass.
Your authorities could make ho better
rule than to keep all baby carnages off
the retail streets, and never to allow the
nurses on any street to roll their car
riages side by side.
44The school children are growing up i
accustomed to violate the established
rule on this subject, and should be reformed
now before it is too late. In all
cities of Europe and America the rule
is in walking or driving to keep to tho
right. In the cities of Europe there is
a rule for vehicles that Rhould bo adopted
everywhere. It is for heavily loaded
vehicles to keep to the right and as <
close to tha curb as posaiblo. The observance
of this rule leaves the middle
of the road for thoHe who wish to pass i
tho slow-going teams. If this rule
were observed here there would never
be any occasion for yoor street oar
drivers to be whistling for carts to get
off the track S'ITqw and Courier
"Mardrc Imperialc."
[1'iiul II. Hayno in "Southern Bivouac" for
Norembur.]
In those bnef articles, now drawn to
a close, I have attempted nothing more
than a fragmentary account of ''Antebellum.
Charleston*' and her society,
illustrated by biograpical sketches
of a few of her wise and groat men.
It would require a volume, at least,
to do anything like justice to so faithful
a theme ; for, as Mr. l'etigru observed
in his address before the South Carolina
Historical Society twenty-seven years
ago, "in the circle of vision from the
belfry of 'Saint Michael's/ there has
lvrw... no ~v, *1 1-* - ?
??a inuvii uiuu^iu spoKen? as
much heroic action taken,^,s much patient
endurance borne/ as in any
equal area of land or sea on this continent."
Uifc with romance, is indeed the history
of this city. Imagination travels
back across a period of two hundred
and fifteen years, and perceives how,
from a feeble settlement on the Ashley
in 1870. "despite wars, disease and
great privations, has grown up in the
nnvirnn m nnf aT
v.. wi & iviiugV) uuiuiijr anu ,
State, a city and people, who from the
earliest times down through the afl the
governmental changes since, in peace and
in war, have borne themselves always
on tho highest plane of honor and
duty."
Twice she has been stigmatized as tho
"Mother of Treason;" once, when, in
1776, she dareil to hurl defiance from
her unfinished fort, on Sullivan's Island,
against the English fleet, and again in
1862, when, under quite as sincere a
conviction of right, she bombarded and
took Fort SuuUyr.
Success sanctified hor action in the
the old Revolution, and she was purged
of tho "damnable crime of revolt and
treason."
Does anybody doubt that success
would have had quite a purifying and
exalting an effect in tho new ? Meanwhile
no accumulation of trials misfor
luiicn ui ?noi. even me "MAdes
of Reconstruction''?could finally subdue
her !
"Wo know the issue ! all unsmirched
with passionate gratulation.
She rose, she toicered ! for who could
touch her soul with degradation ?
The cruel fire that singed her robe died
out in rainbow flashes,
And bright her silvery sandals shone
aoove the hissing ashes 1"
I, her poet and her fibn, hero in the
sheltering arms of jny beloved adopted
mother Georgia, cannot but thrill at
tho thought of the true mother that
bore me !
She may sometimes seem cold to her
children ; yet hers is only the coldness
of Hccla, which carries beneath
its surface a heat of deathless flame.
Oh ! Queen ; oh ! madre imperialc,
when the sunset has faded, and the twilight
has gone, and the nigt descended,
wilt thou not call the wearied exile
home ?
He would fain sleep within the sound
of thy waters, under the shadow of thy
immemorial oaks, near the sacred dust
of his fathers !
What Colored Folks Believe.
[Spccial to the News and Courier.]
Elijay, Ga., November 1.?A silly
story of witchery coinos from a suburban
county to the following effect : A::
old negro woman, who has been gaining
a livelihood digging herbs In the moun
tai js, nsked for bread of a negro womav.,
named Clements, who lives alone with
her children. Tho Clements woman r-*- /
fused to give the beggar anything to eat,
whereupon the digger pronounced a
curse upon the house and its ii\ma*o^. . ;
Sho returned a few hours later and told
the Clements woman to prepare to die
RR shfi UrnillH nnf lion
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The Clements woman started to pick up
a stone to throw at the beggar, when - /
she was seized with terrible pains in ,
the back and side. She crawled to the
house where she died in convulsion's.
Poison was suspected, but a meJical
examination failed to reveal the existcnco
of any poison either vegetable or fy*
mineral. The Clements woman ha<V. ,
three children, all of whofa are now ill V,
and it is thought may die. Ovor thu
door of the cabin was found a con jure'^
ball, consisting of red rags, hairs from
% black dog's tail and cr >oked pine.
The negroes in the vioinity belic.ro
the story and ace confident th;:t ibo >
woman was bewitched, end thrown
the life of the old root digge,r who '
flo? thorn .U.
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