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Written for the Courier-Journal. When Will The Chj^m CloseP A storm of Avar and its earthquake shock Has broke, till the hills eternal rock— And across the land from side to side Is the rift of a chasm deep and wide. When will the chasm close. 1 - Ah when/ 'Tis the grave of a nation's bravest men. Like curtius of old, our truest and best. Hurled themselves in its depths at our land’s behest— A torient of blood and an ocean of tears Have flowed through that chasm for twenty years; Its sides by Time’s attrition are Avorn; its Avails are ragged, scarred, and torn; But still the chasm; deep and wide, Is thro’ the land from side to side. When will the chasm close? not until He who said unto Gallilee’s wave “be still Shall have eased the pain in ten thousand hearts That are aching from sorrow’s rankling darts, And the tumult calmed in thousands more Whose throbs witn humbled pride are sore— Not till we forget the tears we’ve shed, Not til! Ave forget our coflluless dead. Tis the grave of countless futile prayers, 'Tis the gra\-e of unnumbered bitter tears, H hen the last drawn sighs of a nation, dead, Rang the knell of our hopes, forever sped. When will the chasm close* when the last Who rode on the waves of battles past— Have heard the summons that all obey And have met in the glare of the sunless day. A glance from the eyes that war-flre flashed, A grasp of the hands that the sabers clashed, A greeting at dawn of the endless day And the chasm is closed for ever and aye. Douglass, akk., April 28, 1886. p. H. p. BLEMERHASSETTS. THE HISTORIC ISLAND ON THE OHIO RIVER. Aaron Burr's Plot that Brought Ruin and Disgrace—The Strange Craft Floating Down the Silvery- Current of the Ohio—The Duel—The Flight and Interesting Ad ventures. From the Cleveland Plain Dealer. < hie beautiful May morning seven ty-one years ago, a strange craft push ed out from Pittsburg and floated flown the silvery current of the Ohio. Jc was primitive and capacious < nough for an ark, and, as there was no propelling power, had the appear ance of being intended for the high tide of undivided waters. At this season of the year the swollen waters of the < >hio, fed by hundreds of streams that dashed impetuously down from the surrounding hills, bore whatever was entrusted to its bosom eight miles an hour, and but for the innumerable bends would have been a resistless torrent. This river conveyance was 00x14. The boat itself ay as similar to the flatboats of our day only it had a gunwale four or five feet about its sides. In the center of the boat, in stead of the rude covering that was used to protect the emigrants and their household goods troin wind and weather as they floated down this great river and its tributaries to the sunny valleys which were still cover ed with primeval forests, it had a veritable house with all the essentials of home-comforts, a kitchen Avitli a brick fireplace, a dining room and t avo sleeping apartments. The roof of this domicile was constructed to serve this most auspicious time to strike the blow that would open the way to honor and to glory. This dream of greatness stood out before the mind of the disappointed politican in marked contrast to the shadoAvs that hung over him, that terrible duel with Hamilton, the flight and exile from New York and NeAv Jersey, where the clamors Avere both deep and loud for revenge for Hamilton’s untimely death by the hanging of the vice president. The ovations that were given this dis tinguished politician in the south ern cities during that past event ful summer had helped to assure him that there would be amongst his folloAvers in this new enterprise a large number of persons in high posi tions, men of wealth and culture; who would gladly and joyfully follow the fortunes of Aaron Burr. The pros pect of war with Spain was groAving less, but why need that make any dif ference in his plans? Secondly, he hoped in case there should be no war between the United States and Spain, to ascertain the sentiments of the people of the Avest on the subject of a separation from the eastern states. Should both these plans be abor tive he entertained the idea of pur chasing a large tract of land of Baron Bastrop, situated in the territory of Louisiana, on the Ouachitau river. Here he might at least establish a colony of choice spirits where he could have about him a society remar kable for refinement in social and civil life. The boat which bore this great man —for vice presidents were feAV then— halted at the thriving little town of Marietta, at the.mouth of ths Musk ingum. This toAvn had been largely settled by patriots of the revolution, men whose valor and deA-otion to the cause of liberty had won them a wor- thy place in the history of the na tion. Amongst many of the military chief tains dueling Avas regarded as the only honorable way to settle a difficulty betAA-een gentlemen. The enoryiity of Burr’s crime, out side of Hamilton’s political friends, was largely reserved for a later day. It Avas the political power that feared the fascination of his presence, the eloquence of liis tongue, that ostraci sed Aaron Burr and made him even tually remembered as the Cataline of tlie west. At Marietta as it was noised abroad that the ex-vice president had landed, the most prominent persons came out to welcome the distinguished guest and offer him hospitalities. Burr had called, he said, to pay his respects to a feAv friends, and to see the ancient for tifications near Campus Martius, wonderful reports of which had been carried to the east. During his brief stay at Marietta, he was told again the romantic story of the lordly owner of Blennerhassett’s island, Avhich was only a few miles beloAv the toAA'n. That same afternoon his float ing house was moored at the lovely spot which lias since been called the American Alhambra. All that wealth and culture could accomplish in eight years had made this lovely spot the most beautiful and pretentious domain west of the Alleghanies; the private residence had been fashioned for a promenade deck, where its pas- after an old country style, with curved sengers could sit and enjoy all the shifting scenes of the wilderness through which they were to pass. In that early day the vine-clad hills of southern Ohio were still covered and croAviied with forests. The voyager might pass hundreds of miles in his floating house without hearing the sound of the woodman’s ax or seeing the smoke from the cabin of the pioneer. There was no longer any danger of lurking tribes of Indians upon the banks, for the strong arm of the gov ernment had marked out the reserva tions of the red men at the close of the Indian war in the northwest territory. Tlie few scattered villages along the frontier Avere beginning to need their block houses and strong palisades less and less as the years went by. This singular craft had been con structed for the especial use of an individual who had more warm friends and more bitter enemies than any other man in America—Aaron Burr. Colonel Burr had been for ten years a prominent figure before the public. At thirty-six he had won the highest honors at tiie bar—a seat in the na tional councils—and even been a com petitor for the presidency itself with Washington. Adams, Jefferson and Clinton, and now, a decade later, when lie has been for four year vice- president of the United States, had taken have of the senate and left that august body in tears. When thous ands were asking what will Aaron Burr do next, he was quietly sailing down the Ohio and planning what. President Jefferson and all the Avise councilors had talked of in case war should rise with Spain invasion into the rich territorv of Mexico anti the Spanish pro vinces. His dreams Avere not to ex tend the jurisdiction of the United States beyond the newlv acquired territory of Louisiana. This ex-vice-president was now without a country; he felt himself, as he really was, ostracised, where he had aspired to the highest honor in the gift of the people. With his great ambition thwarted— turning his eyes to the southwest, he saAA- there the realization of his most ambitious dreams of health and em pire. The gold of the inexhaustible mines that had flooded Europe would enrich the adventurer who was bold and daring enough to strike the first blow and become the Caesar of the neAv world. The priesthood was dis affected and only waiting for the drum to tap from the right man, who Avould secure to the church the privi leges denied bv the Spanish authori ties. The pomp of mediaeval chivalry and the splendors of the east could be revived in this gorgeous realm. More than this: here, 1,000 miles" be yond the Mississippi, manv of the disaffected in the stares who yearned for something more to their taste than the plain republic would seethe glitter ing prize as the son of Esther Ed wards saw it and hasten at his bidding Aving, like those of the Ursuline con vent on Euclid avenue, and it is said to have had*the appearance of the Moorish palaces of Andalusia to the voyager down the river. The extensive grounds around the house were decked Avitli tasteful shrubbery and interspersed with showy flowers. Art and nature had combined to fashion the most delight ful walks and drives; orchards of peach, apricots, quince and pear trees extend along the exterior, while in the middle space wound labyrinthine walks skirted with flowering shrubs. Beyond the beautiful grounds Avere many acres of farming land already in a high state of cultivation. When Madame Blennerhasset saAv stran gers in her grounds, she sent to offer them the hospitalities of the mansion. Burr retuiyied his card by the ser- i vant, declining the invitation, and j stating that curosity alone had promp- ; ted him to land upon this favored | spot. . When the lady found that she Avas honored by so distinguished an in- | dividual as the ex-vice president she Avas unusally importunate. Burr with seeming reluctance finally yield- : ed and remained several hours. Mr. t Blennerhassett Avas from home. Could the madame have foreseen but a moiety of the unhappiness and misery that was to come to all within her lit tle Eden from this fascinating temp- j ter. she Avould undoubtedly have pre- j ferred that, the waters of the Ohio | should Have swept her island home ; out of existence before it became the j rendezvous of men suspected of trea- ! son. To understand the ruin of thik beau- an ^tiful home one must know something of tl»e antecedents of those who made it what it was. Its owner, Her- mon Blennerhassett, was from a family not noble, but amongst the most illustrious of the -Irish gentry. He had been educated at Trinity col lege, Dublin, and was called to the bar at King’s Inns in 1790. He declin ed entering upon his profession until after he had made a tour upon the continent. Wherever he went the spirit of dis content ..was abroad. England had lost her American colonies. France “had been raked with the whirlwind of revolution,” and Ireland was just passing through one of her periodical awakenings. “Strange and unforseen events were crowding the annals of the world; the established axioms of general polity began to lose their weight amongst nations, and governments, widely wandering from the fundamental principles of their oaati constitutions, appeared carelessly traveling the road to ruin.” The young scholar saw all this and yearned rather for the floAvery paths of literature than the rugged way that led through the bustle and hurri cane of trying times up the path of political preferment. He chose rather to renounce the hereditary honors of liis familv for the secluded life of an ■ unpretending republican. So he disposed of the ancestral estates, purchased at London an ex tensive library and a philosophical apparatus, and, with his young, in telligent and beautiful wife, sailed for the new world. The first few months were spent at New York, studying the topography of the country and the character of its inhabitants. It Avas decided to folloAv the tide of emi gration to the great west, over the Alleghenies. They reached Marietta that* fall and were delighted Avith the tone of the society of this new settlement, and determined to locate their future home in its vicinity. The folloAving spring a portion of Backus island, in the Ohio river, a couple of miles beloAv Parkersburg, Avas pur chased, and operations at once com menced to clear enough of the ground of its thick growth of timber for the site of the future residence. Stores were brought and laborers hired, and the clearing Soon assumed definite shape. In time the fair island blos somed as the rose, and travelers upon the Ohio spread the romantic story of this almost enchanted isle, whose OAA-ner had abandoned the pleasures of Castle Conway for a home in the secluded forests of America. Another year rolls around, Avhen Ave again find* Burr at the Island, this time accompanied by his accomplish ed daughter, Theodosia Alston. The war Avith Spain AA as no longer among the probabilities. Burr and his confederates Avere planning their Avestern expedition more vigorously than ever before. The Island of Blen- nerhassett became a rendezvous for men engaged in the enterprise. In an evil hour the happy family had listen ed to the voice of ambition. The pa trimony was fast Avasting away, and Blennerhassett’s children might be poor, the tempter had said. So the great-hearted, unsuspecting Irishman was led on step by step to embark all his ready means in the purchase of batteaux, provisions, and outfits for this Utopia Avhich loomed up in the distance. Rumors of poAverful military associ ations that extended from New York to the gulf of Mexico began to circu late freely. The president’s proclama tion against such enterprises confirm ed their existence. The Islands of the Ohio being part of the state of Virginia, those avJio Avere here expect ed no interference from the Ohio mil itia; but learning that Virginia troops intended to take possession of the is land next day, four of the boats Avere hastily loaded and the thirty or forty confederates embarked and made their Avay down the river, leaA’ing Mrs. Blennerhassett and her tAvo hoys and several serA r ants to meet the storm of the morroAA r . She was to procure the family boat from Mariet- ta and follow in a few days. The ex pedition came while the lady Avas a- Avav, broke into the Avine cellar and drank themselves into vandals. Then the Avork of destruction began. They ranged the house, destroying and disfiguring Avhere\ r er they Avent, tear ing down costly drapery, firing rifle bails through painted ceilings, break- ingin pieces vases and mirrors. Then they rushed about the grounds, de stroying everything that came in their Avay. In the midst of this riot and destruction Madame Blennerhas- sett returned. Some young men on their Avay doAvn the river to join the expedition offered to take the disappointed lady in their boat, an offer Avhich she glad ly accepted, and in a fe\v hours turn ed her eyes for the last time upon the scene of long years of almost unalloy ed happiness. The arrest of Burr, his trial for trea son, the verdict of not “guilty,” after the court had been engaged in the in vestigation for twenty-six days—a verdict which his countrymen refused to accept—followed. Eight months after the arrest in Alabama, and six after the commencement of his trial in Richmond, Burr was once more free, but his good name was by no means restored. The indictments a- gainst Blennerhassett and the others were never prosecuted. The man whom the country had once delight ed to honor, the noAv notorious Aaron Burr, fled from his native land under the name of G. H. Edwards, and be came an exile on foreign shores. Blen- nerhassett realized how thoroughly he had been deceived and draAA’n to his ruin. After his discharge financial ruin Avas inevitable; liis beautiful home had been used as public proper ty, the gardens had been destroyed by the freebooters and the Hoods of the Ohio, and a fire swept a\A’av the mansion in Avhich his family had'spent many happy years. Once more he started a home in Mississippi, hoping to retrieve his fall en fortunes by the culture of cotton, Avhich at that time commanded an exhorbitant price. The Avar of 1812 dissipated all hopes of success in this direction. One failure succeeded an other. Twenty-five years after he had sought America Avith bouyant hopes and joyful anticipation, blessed Avith a competency beyond his wants, he sailed for Ireland. His fondest hopes had perished, his fortune had been lost, his health impaired, and most bitter of all his remembered misfortunes was the thought that he was branded by public opinion with the design of overthrowing the liberty of the government which had drawn him across the Atlantic in his happi est davs. Would have been written on the Waitzfelder BiiildiiK*- of over t! he h L H. WOOD & CO. POWDER Absolutely Pure. This powder never varies. A marvel of purity, strength and wholesomeness. More economical than the ordinary kinds, and cannot be sold in competition with the multitude of low test, short weight, alum or phosphate powders. Sold only in cans, Royal Baking Powder Co., 106 Wail St. New York. 15 lim Georgia Kaliroad Company. STONE MOUNTAIN ROUTE OFFICE GENERAL MANAGER, Augusta, Ga., April 17th, 1886. Commencing Sunday, 18th instant, tlie folioAv- ingpassenger schedule will be operated. Trains run by 90th Meridian time-’' N01S—EAST (daily). 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Trains will, if signaled, stop at any regular scheduled flag station. Close connections at Angusta for all points East, and Southeast, and at Macon for all points in Southwest Georgia and Florida. Superb improved Sleepers between Macon and Augusta. Superb Improved Sleeper between Augusta and Atlanta. JNO. W. GREEN, General Manager. E. R. DORSEY. General Passenger Agent JOE W. WHITE, General Traveling Passenger Agent If they had not sold good goods cheap and worked hard to business. Our extremely low prices and meritorious goods creased our business hundreds of dollars above what it Spring, and profiting by our experience, we shall continue S Bargains to Consumers! We invite to lot. Throughout the coming season. We invite attention to NEW ORLEANS SYRUPS, which we bought low and are« accordingly. SUGAR IN BBLS. AND HALF BBLS., COFFEE Pv SACK OR DOLLAR’S WORTH AND TOBACCO BY THE : OR PLUG, are our specialties. 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Coming south. • a-TJJAiisroei i As the prosperity of every country depends upon the success;! agriculture, and realizing the necessity of thet borough breaking! land and cultivation of the crop, I have supplied myself witi] large lot of two and one horse Plows of the best makes, consistel the Syracuse, Benton & Harber, White’s Clipper, Meikle’s Blf Pony and the Boss, and I also have a large lot of Steel Plo? Haiman and Southern Plow Stocks, single and double, and farmil implements generally. To all who use Guano, I would recommend'J Chesapeake or Pendleton Goods! And to all who would like to have a Pump put in their wells, would recommend the Buckeye Force Pump, which myself an many others have been using with perfect satisfaction for son time. All who wish to supply themselves with any of the abov articles will do well to call and examine my stock and get my prici before buving elsewhere. 3UC- EmSTES. Milledgeville, Ga., Jan. 26th, 1886. iy Leave—Nos. Augusta.. 18 D Macon 52 D Atlanta 52 D Columbus 20 D Nos. 9.30 a m. .20 D 9.30 p m 9.40 am..54 D 10.50 p m 6.00 am..54 I) 6.50 pm 9.00 p m.. 6 D 11.10 a m Perry 24DES6.00am. .22D ES3.00p m Ft. Gaines 28 *‘ 10.05 am Blakeley 26 8.15 a m Eufaula 2 D 10.55 am Albany.... 4 1) 4.10 am..26 D 12.15 pm Montg’ry.... 2 D 7.30am Mill’dg’ve 25 D.E S 6.37 am • Eatonton 25 D E S 5.15 am Arrive—No. No. Savannah.52 D 4.07 pm..54 D 5.55am Connections at Savannah with Savannah, Florida and Western Railway for all points in Florida. * Local Sleeping Cars on all Night Pas senger Trains between Savannah and Au gusta, Savannah and Macon, Savannah and Atlanta, Macon and Columbus. Tickets for ail points and sleeping car berths on sale at the ticket office, No. 100- Mulberry street, and at the Union Depot, Macon, Ga., 30 minutes prior to the leav ing of all trains, WM. ROGERS, G. A. WHITEHEAD, Gen.Supt., Sav. Gen. Pass. Agt. Saw T. D. Kline, A. C. Knapp. Supt. Macon. Agt. Macon. W. F. 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Wool sent to my address at Milledgeville, Ga., will be promptly carded and re turned. All persons shipping wool to me should, also, mark plainly their own name and address on the package, ! so that no mistake can be made in re- ] turning carded wool. A. CORMANNI. i Milledgeville, Ga., March 2, 1885. tf Spectacles and Eye-Glass® n la ki t ie OLD EYES MADE NEf! N astonishing announcement will please the people, is that wiic CPHE “PEEPERS” “OUR BOOM” 1 “PRINCE EDWARD,” all favorite brands of Cigars, at 5 cts. at C. L. CASE'S Drug Store. Milledgeville, Ga., Jan. 20, 1880. 43 ly JOSEPH MILLER has the largest, and one of the best ed stocks of “King’s Combination bp#; cles and Eye Glasses, in the State of Wj gia. We have studied to supply the 2? of every eye requiring assistance, andq our large stock and long experience, guarantee to fit the eye. Call and * them in prices ranging from 25c to 5^ JOSEPH MILLEK, The Jeweler and Optich* Milledgeville, Ga., Jan. 5,1886. 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