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Show Story of Bleniierliasset H will be remembered that In tho Star of August 22nd I corn. ment made In thnt paper the dny proMotis that the reside,, e , I!CtM,' on an Island In the Ohio river, bcurlng hla name, was de8ir0(.a b n("1' M object In making that collection was not so mu h to rorr, " ous atnlement 11s to cull attention to two booki In tho public lib " clt The Life or Illenncthnssctt" nnd ' Illennerhassett l'jpel, b ' 0I Ham H. S.ifford of L'hllllcothc, O. A few dis later Mr Charl p1" tlirough the Htnr, ihullengeil the correctness of eicij slater,ent J. Htlll later appeared npother nrllclo hi the same paper, signed kv V ' '' roboratlng the contention of Mr, Winter that tho mansion naa a-8, n mob" "" t'onfldent of the (orreetness of nil my alntements, I dtfetrM three gentlemen until I could consult certnln uulhorltles amonrik "' Great Weal unit lllstorlcul Collections of Virginia, by lIfnrvll',, llrst mentioned book 1 enne up with only n few das ogn 'H- Math nuothig Howe aaa fioon utter President Jefferson r, reached Ohio Illeiineilmsett lied from his Island homo tn scan, ik4 of the mob that ennic fiom the Virginia aide of the Ohio ilier nilM",'i that Illennerhassett hud escaped on ono or the boats c ommencea ikV tlon of eier thing they could la linnda on, 01 hitter down " The whole of this puiugriipli Is Mncll 'a Interpolntlon eiery nnM line of 11 No such statement appear In the (Ircat West a,,li Mult, iiuutlrur iigiln from the Mheut West" snjs in i.0, n down the Ohio rhcr In 11 b.nt, nnd landed, unlinlted on the IsUm wna reolwd Willi frnnk hoplliillt. Ho ugaln lilt, 1 the Island , Illennerhuaactt Into hla plana. When the Virginia, militia tO0K M ' " J Island In lCi. Ihi 1110I1 aplilt ran riot. (The grounds were enllrtlr 1 u' the furnltuie destrocd. nnd the tnniulon left 11 hopeless wreck Ui but the bare walls standing) In 1SU Ihe woik of dc istatlon iiii b tire, wlili h entirely destroyed tho (wrecked) in inslun ' . In Howes lllstnrlcal follectlona of Virginia ' ever thing ,. ,. Illenneihasaett la taken fiom William Wnllace ""toj Tioin n leiluie giien In New Yoik, sny Mr Howe In February Wllllnm Wall ue, Ilsr , the following wna prlnclp 1II3, derliM ..7 had In Ida poasi aalon the p ipert of tho Illennerhassett fumllj, nd . sources nf Informntlon ' ' "' I quote only aa mueh nf the lectin e na relates to the Msit ot the Km, the duninge done lo the mansion nnd giminda. au An order was received li Onl I'liclpf, the inmmanlnnt of IheWmj mllllla for Illennerhissetta attest, with his nsointps Mr uierZT1 met the mllltnrs with unblani bed cheeks nnd forlude th'm lourMnriT not mentioned In tho wnrrunt but the mob splilt or th militia ran well stored lellira or the minafcii were nas lllcil femes were ddFtrovM. the sentinels llres the Hliiubbei j wna Irninpled under foot and, forim-I balls were filed Into the rlih glldtil cellliigB ny the aid of some of K nelgbbora 111 llelpie, Situ Illenneihnssett wna enabled to embatln f later, with her two little sons, the most aluablo effects, nnl i(r,in, boat Well inlhlit the In utter cara look hack with fond re grct to ft. fiom which the) hud been expelled. In 1312 tho dwelling-house anil tin (lestrojed by nn Micllenlnl lire" In Howes two hooka tbeie la not a single atnlement made to Just f y 01 Mr Inler In their contention that "Iho Inh ibltnnta of the district tr tho island and broke or curried away everything they could lay Ihelrl on that the trnwd look evoiilhlng mumble out of the mansion, and to almost cer thing cxiept Ihe four wulls, wnntonly destrojed the omw and the in inslnn wna patibed up to be used us 11 hemp house ' l'o.slbly 11 book may be published In tho near future entitled the' West HeilMil nnd loirr-ited, ' bl Mncll , lu (ollabornllon ulth Qf WlnteiH I'ursulng the subjeit fin ther, ua I will quote from Jodie fc two books I woull atnte tint the ntithnr of these works was born In Pi burg one mile ibnie Illenneihiissctt Island, eights jenra ago Therein; the earlier diis of hla life, where he wna brought In close and diUjp. Willi 11111111018 of persons liilng In l'utkorsburg and klnltj, utio halt tnlned liillmnte sorlnl mid business! relations with Illennerhassett djri. jeirs he Hied on the Island Here I, too heiiid the alorj told by the pioneer mother dimr-ib winter eienlngs, In those gathcie.l nbout her, of Ihe hardships nl frli, Im blent lo n lire lu tho wilderness, mound the closing years ot the eltr icntury lllended with these iicltuls w is the story of lllennerhatMtt 1 Islnnl, nnd looming Into pronilm lue ubnic el crj thing ele pertalnlcg , lsinn I was tho nccount ot tho burning or the once famous manslonit mil the nntmw esiapo of Ha oicupunta, In 1811 Judge HiifTonl spent miinj inta cnllertlng mnterlal for his ' Life c! nerhasselt nnd the book waa published In IS.,1 In 1805, on account otr that a numeious and poweitul iiasniliitlou, engaged In an cnternrlse he. the nitlonnl Interests, hud been rormeil In the West, President Jrfh-Hi hls proilanmtlnn warning the jieople of tho West asalnst It and crjrt nucat nf all engaged 111 the enterprise ' I nder tho authority nnd b lrtuo of thla proclamation," sjjj Ju'r fnrd, the Virginia iiillllm of Wood enmity was called out, b) commnlt Hugh l'hclps of Purkeittbuig, us anon us ho had recoiled Intelligence i f ime 1 'On the 10th nf the month nienneihnssett, halng recelied Infortu the prcpaiutlons making by Oil Phelps (who It w is expected ftouMmi' the Island on the follow Ing dnj ) to take pohseslo of his pereon, km stores depmtcil under toiei of night wllh Tyler nnd his forces I'lrt-i I lennoilusselt, with two little ho)s In follow. On thn sum cling morning f'nl Phelps, wllh 11 small body ot tint "ceded to the Island They found It deserted by Its proprietor, nd Mil ucrhtasett wna on her way to Mmletta to secure. If possible tre Im uriiitcil for Ihe lonwjHtue of Illenucrli issett and his family toMuhU Ing the gi enter poitlon of his men ill possession of the premise Coll Mine! uciosa the lountiy lo Intercept Ihe den ending boats al the o the Kumiwhi None billing imapeil during tho preilous day (niira1 dcsirlptlon of those of whl h he wna In puisult, Col Phelps InfonwlL zens of hla designs mid proiuied ti party to watch Ihe rlier that night Duilng the absence ot nl Phelps which prnbjbl) did not eim dnss the mob spirit of the mllltln began to tun riot, and by the Urn ended ull was innfuslon Tho well-ntorid cellars or the mansion b-pi ' foi Hi their ill lie diuiikeiiuess 1 nsucd fences were torn don n to r blazing lite nf the aentlnels. the ahrubbi r wua trampled under fool" When Col riielpa letuined nnd eonteniplntel tho ruin lhat l wrought 'ho tumid upon the tneii 11 look nf wllheilng rebuke atlr mill terms or Indlgn ulon aa roused them to shrink with rear and tier 'rlhnine, men ' he exi I imed shiiino nn audi conduct 1 iou haiedlfr't distill t nnd the cause In whlih you ure concerned ' To Mrs Dlennnte espreaaed his deep sense or inni tlllcutlon foi the riotous acts of h! t men, nn.l aasuic.1 hoi of whit she wna ulieady uwnrc had hebeenfre-shamertil hebeenfre-shamertil acta would not hno omiried" Hail) the mxt moinlng Mra lllenni ihassett took leaie of IhebA was assisted by lol I'licli a In unloving nil neicssnry stores and lut the boat After the Irlul nnd nciiilllul nt linn nt Wrhmond Vn , niennfrhu (based laud In Mississippi nnd engaged In raising cullon On icco war of mu Ihe prlrn of farm prndin la of ecry dcscrlptlnn teI enomx lllennerhna.ett waa tulned llnanilull). Itcferrlng to this failure, lo-f tut. inlsfortiines seldom come slnglj. It was but a shot! llnr that he hid bund ot the hurnliiK of his Island residence rented M or bis Ilelpre fileuds, hut who wna artoiwards dispossessed by w neillior Ibe beiiulv or the gioiinds had been entlicl destrojed and tJ Heir mui b Injiiied thiniigh cnrelessm ks und negle t In the ) truant r.ilsed nil unusual aunnlltj of hemp, whlih was stored in wIiirs of tho building On a eciy 10I1I night seieinl of lh fU,M."'!'u p. rnilii.d lo ilsll Iheh Miglnli fi lends met tinned Iho boat In " leturulng and one nf Ihelr niimbii was diowned buffering from t"" thei proiei del lo the ullir whcio Iho splrllous llfpiors ' f fllmulus iiiceaani) fur lounli nu ting Iho effects of their tcl'J'B'. through the hemp loom, to which the slulrwny led b) nfc,l0"VJ'i rate 1 the tl 11111 of 11 inndle to Iho hei,ip nml III n few minutes tneo tnrnt was li.jond their control Htupld with hstonlshincnt ot I f the speitHde, In the dink nf tho night they mgleclcil to aPP"' a who woull nil douhlleas lime perished had not Homeone of ! time lo rlie the iibiim 'I hey beheld wllh uwe Ihls beautiful n but 11 few Jims beforo had been tho ubode of hipplncss, rrauceu 1 ruins ' . ,. ntr The foregoing nciount. glien by Judge Snrrnrd. rnrrM1'"";",',jj wllb Ibe riu is ns 1 leuiiied Ibeni ri mil mj patents anl gran m laled bi Hi, 111 lo tluli children mil griindchlldicu, nnd to tne i tlulr irnt f . .,,1 In II2 aoya Judge BatTord, "Mis Illennerhnssclt llslt" J1 thioukh llu hands iif hei nienils prifured a petition lo I Jinp 1 , lu thla pitlllon alio apeuka In a general way of the 'nJur' j erty but whin It (nines to tiling 11 bill of piirtlciihiii' f" "ii.-jjt Insi in . of tin, mlsiblof done, und ilnsliuitlvn rphlt hi' " lb. in she woull inintbm Hut wlillo liny onupled as n gu"" w I hi , iiiineiiia In the house tho biilbllUB nf which tost n""' k. 1 01 illle ImII wua Hied Into the idling, by whirl! It """"" tbil ib5 wunlonly deslioved innny pleics of inlunhle furn iu . hurlng Mrs lilennerhnas. tl'a snjniy.il In Jlonlrejl In "" wi publish. . I 11 liiiititltiil Utile poem, entitled 'Ihe Descried ,c runs 1I1111 llu l.luiknlng flic has emrpt IhiouRliout her '"''" ,. Mpi Hhe would suinely liaie Invoked the niines In d "" ' h,rp gilef oiei llu destrmtlon or mill "liaro wulls patch d up I"r II C I rei In K insiis Clly Htar. - |