The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1865-08-08

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saarmed with applicants Cor aid and
he seemed 70 have quite los, the pow.
er Of refusing 10 40 other respects
~either bodily or mental, did he exhib-
il any signs Of decrepilude.
Some months passed on without
his again meeting Madame Jumel. -
AT tie suggestion Of the student, who
felt exceedingly grateful TO Bnrr for
+ the soliciiude with which he assisted
his studies, Madame Jumel invited
i Col. Burr to dinner. Il was grand
banquet, at which he displayed all the
charms Of his manner and shone to
conspicuous advantage. On handing
to dinner the giyer Of the feast, he
said i give you my hand, Madame;
my heart has long been yours. This
was supposed TO be merely in compli-
ment, and was litfe remarked at the
time. Col. Burr called npon the la
/ dy called frequently became more
warm in his attentions proposed at
1 length, and was refused. lie still
/ piled his suit, and obtained at last,
not the hdy's consent, but an mndicid-
ed no. Improving his advantage on
| the instant, he said in jocular man
ner, that he should bring out cler-
I gyman to Fort Washington, on GER
tain day, and there he would once
more solicit her hand.
i" He was as good as his word. AT
the time appointed, he drove out in
his gig to the lady's country residence
accompanied by DIR. Bogart, the very
clergyman who, just fifty years before,
had married him TO the mother Of his
Tbeodocia. The lady was embarrassed
and still refused But then the scandal
And, after all, why not? Her estate
needed a vigilant guardian, and the
old house was lonely. After much
hesitation, she at length consented to
be dressed and to receive her visitors.
And she was married. The ceremo-
ny was witnessed only by the mem
bers of Madame Jumel's family and
by the eight servants of the house,
hold, who peered eagerly in at the
doors and windows The ceremony
over, Mrs. Burr ordered supper
Some bins of NJ Jumers wine cellar !,
that had not been opened for half a
century, were laid under contribution.
The little party was a very merry one.
The parsoR, in particular, it is remem
was in the highest spirits, overfowing
with humor and anecdote. Except
Col. Burr's great age (Which was not
apparenD seemed not an unwise one
The lurking fear he had of being a
poor and homeless old man was put
to rest. She had companion who
had been ever agreeable, and her es-
tate a steward than whom no one iv-
lng was supposed TO be more compe-
tent.
:" A few days after the wedding,the
happy pair paid visit to Connecti- :
cut, 81 which State nephew of Col.
Burr's was then Governor. They
were received with attentions. AT
Hartford, Burr advised his wife to sell
out her share in the bridge over the
Connecticut at that place and invest
the proceeds in real estate. She or.
dored them sold. The stock was in
demand and the shares brought sever
al thousand dollars. The purchasers
offered to pay her the money, but she
said, No, pay it to my husband To
him, accordingly, it was paid, and he
had it sewed up in his pocket, prodig-
ious bulk, and brought 40 New York
and deposited in his own bank to his
own credit.
Texa was then beginning to at
tract the tide of emigration which, a
few years later, set so strongly thith-
er. Burr had always taken a great
interest in that country. Persons
with whom he had been variously
connected in life had a scheme on foot
for settling large colony Of Germans
on tract of land in Texas. A brig
had been chartered, and the project
was in state Of forwardness, when
the possession Of sum Of money en-
abled Burr TO buy shares in the enter
/ prize. The greater part Of the mon
ey which he had brought from Hart
ford was invested in this way. 1t
proved total loss. The time had
not yet come for emigration to Texas.
The Germans became discouraged
and separated, and, to complete the
failure of the scheme, the title Of the
lands, in the confusion OF the times,
proved defective. Meanwhile, Mad
anne, who was remarkably thrifty
woman, with a talent for the manage
ment CT property, wondered that he;
/ husband made no allusion TO the SUBJ
iect Of the investment, for the Texas
speculation had mol been mentioned to
to her. She begged to intimate 10
the lady's messe ger that il was no
affair Of hers, and requested him to
remind the lady that she now had a
husband TO manage her affairs, and
one who would manage them.
/" Goodness between the husband
and wife was the result Of this collo-
guy. Then esi angsmeat. Burr got
into the habit OF remaining in his Of
ice in the city. Then, partial recon-
ciliation. Full Of schemes and spec.
ulatious 10 the last, without retaining
any Of bis former ability to act sue
cesstully, he lost more money, and
more and more. The patience Of the
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