Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1858-02-27

IN OtDer days nc had known her Weil ana
though many an eventful year had passed
since he had seen her. be recognized her at
once. lie received her in his courtliest man.
ner, complimentei her with admirable tact,
listened with soft Difference to her statement.
He was the ideal man of busiuess--contiden-
tial, self.possessed, polite-giving his client
the i1attering impression that the faculties of
his whole soul were concentrated upon the
affair in hand She was charmed, yet feared
him. He took the papers, named the day
when his opinion would be ready, and banded
her to her carriage with winning grace. At
seventy-eght years ofage he was still straight,
active, agile, fascinating.
On the appointed day sho sent to bis Office
O relative, student Of law, to receive his
opinion. This young gentleman, timid and
inexperienced, had an immense opinion OF
Burr's talents; had heard all good and all
evil of him supposed him to be, at least,
the acutest of horrible men. He went. Burr
behaved to him in q manner so exquisitey
pleasing, that, to this hour, he has the liveiest
recollection Of of the scene. No topics we're
introduced, but such as we're familiar and in.
teresting 70 young men. His manners we're
such as this age of slangy familiarity cannot
so much ms imagine. The young gentleman
went home to Madame Jumel only to extol
and gloriry him.
Madame aud her party began their journey,
revlsiting Ballston, whittier, in former times.
she had been wont to go in chariot drawn
10y eight horses visiting Saratoga, then in
tie beginning OF ITS celebrity, where, in
exactly ten minutes after her arrival, the
decisive lady bought q house and oil it con-
tanned.
Returning to New Yor,, to find that her
mansion had been despoled by robbers in her
absence, she lived for n while in the city.
Colonel Burr called upon the young gen
tleman who had been Madame's messenger,
and, after their acquaintance bad ripened,
said to him, "Come into my Office; can
teach you more in year than you can learn
in ten in the ordinary way" The proposition
being submitted to Madame Jumel, she, anx-
ious for the young mans advancement, gladly
and gratefully consented. He entered the
Office. Burr kept him close at his books
lie did teach him more in year than he
could have learned in ten in an ordinary way.
Burr lived then in Jersey City. His Office
(23 Nassau street) swarmed with applicants
for aid, and he seemed now to have quite lost
the power of refusing. In no other respects,
bodily or mental, did he exhibit signs OF de-
crepitude.
Some months passed on without his again
meeting with Madame Jumel. AT the sug-
gestion Of the student, who felt exceedingly
grateful to Burr for the solicitude with which
he assisted his studies, Madame Jumel inv-
ted Colonel Burr to dinner. 1t was a grand
banquet at which he displayed all the charms
Of his manner, and g one TO conspicuous ad-
vantage. On handing TO dinner the giver of
the feast, lie said Il give you my hand, NJ lad.
ame my heart has long been yours" This
was supposed to be morely compliment, and
was little remarked at the time. Colonel
Burr called upon the lady called frequently
became warmer in his attentions; proposed,
at length, and was refused. He still piled
his suit. however, and obtained at last, not
the ladys consent, but an undecided No.
Improving his advantage on the instant, be
said in q jocular manner, that he should bring
out clergyman to Fort Washington on
certain day, and there he would once more
solicit her hand.
lie was as good as his word At the time
appointed, he drove out in his gig TO the la
dy's residence, accompanied by DR.. Bogart,
the very clergyman who, just fifty years be-
fore, married him to the mother of his Theo-
dosa. The lady was embarrassed and still
refused But then the scandal ! And, after
all, why not? Her estate need vigilant
guardian, and the old house was lonely. AZ
ter much hesitation, she at length consented
to be dressed. and 10 receive her VISITORS
A nd she was married. The ceremony was
witnessed only by the members of Madame
Jumel's family, aud by the eight servants of
the household, who peered eagerly in at tho
doors aud windows. The ceremony was over;
Mrs. Burr ordered supper. Some bins Of Mrs
Jumels wine cellar, that had not been open
ed for half century, were laid under contri-
N
one. The parson in particular, it is remem-
with humor and anecdote. Except for Col
onel Burr's great age, (Which was not appa-
remit the match seemed not an unwse one.
Tho lurking fear he had of being poor
and homeless old man, was put TO rest. She
had a companion who had ever been agreea-
BILE, and on her estate steward, than whom
no one living was supposed to be more COM
petent.
AS remarkable circumstance connected
with this marriage, it may be just mentioned
that there was woman in new York who
had aspired to the hand of Colonel Burr, and
who. when she beard Of his union with anoth-
er, wrung her hands and shed tears ! A feel
ing of that nature can seldom, since the cres-
tion of man, have been excited by the mar
riage of q man on the verge OF ftourscore..
Men of seventy-eight have been married
before and since. But, probably, never has
there been another instance of man of that
age winning lady OF fortune and distinction,
grieving another by his marriage and exciting
suspicious Of incontlnence against himself
by his attentions TO q third.
A few days after the wedding the "happy
pair" paid a visit TO Connecticut, of Which
State a nephew Of Colonel Burr's was then
Governor. They were received with atten-
ton. At Hartford, Burr advised his wife TO
sell out her shares in the bridge over the Con
necicut at that place and invest the proceeds
in real estate. She ordered them sold. The
stock was in demand, and the shares brought
several thousand dollars. The purchasers
offered to pay her the mouey, but she said
mo; pay il to my husband" To him, ac-
cordingly,it was paid, and he had it sewed
up in his pocket, prodigiOus bulk. and
brought it to New York, and deposited it in
his own pocket to his own credit.
Conclusion nert week.
Ar. TuRouGu.-Mr. Jones after having