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U80ledli it ical aa-tboU(iuinhi*nrf» or VlurJIngnme aud Slckltn.onlt;WiWrWibed vel tho a of Ulic ave t\nsEn115*-t.— Eu^ * to Rc-ract, • of0V-ry(!.ia:sr60Vi* i irnoiandOnianridDon Piatt, Washington correspond ent of the Cincinnati Cummtrvtal, ni- ! writes to that journal the fo lowing \ UyJ “The next notable occasion that brought Burlingame and the writer of J,u’ this together, was the fmou* dinner rvr r At party at Sickles', next preceding the assassination of Barton Key. Mr Key | brought me the invitation, and offered to lend me a dress coat for the occasion I accepted the invitation, but not the swallow-tail In thedres.-ing room I encountered Burlingame and Chevalier Wykoflf. The dinner was a brilliant affair, and 1 remember the people there, asseadded under the gas lights and around the glittering plate and gorgeous array of rtowcrs We little dreamed, while the wine bubled to the brim in our glasses, and the laugh rung out. of the grim death that was waiting upon us, so soon to startle the world with its bloody retribution.— Since I hen dfath has gone more quietly among the guests, and one after another has dropped out, the latest being the kind hearted, and amiable Burlingame. j *upAfter the dinner. Sick'ea invited Mr., Burlingame and myself Into his libra-ry to smoke, and while thus engaged the little daughter of our Ifost came with his mail. Excusing himself he opened the letters, and among other* the fatal Anonymous missive that b d not J to the exposure and murder. Subsc-if quentlv. Bjrlingame frequently refeir-r|»t. . to the cool, quiet manner in which» * , Sickles took theaffiir. lie said noth*the ing, but after we returned to the draw-Ihe roo*11- Dion Boucicault and hischajpnig litt'e wife had joined the cir-ttce cle adding stories and songs to the en-CJ»t- j tertainment of the evening, and Sic« kies waa as attentive a* if no ugly shot had penetrated his brain. On the Joint I lowing .Sunday came the horrible ev-hal ent. That will remain, all things considered. as tho most celebrated case on record.“What a cool, self-possessed devil,'* bed Purl|n£*ma to nie frequently afterward®. “Think of his carrying a-hot bout that hell in his heart without a nal shadow on his face or the slightest , change in his manner/*in-solchcPre' •ir a ltd.Inlt; her ault;1 hue oth td. cM fan A p*j iOficoblbsOajs* carcpmunet;IdvwlcOne of George D. Prentice's My | Earliest Literary Productions.
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The Conservative
Mcconnelsville, Ohio, US
Fri, Mar 18, 1870
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