The mountain Democrat., 1865-09-23
mental, did he exhibit signs of decrepi.

Some months passed or without his
again meeting Madame Jumel. At the
suggestion Of the student, who felt ex.
cecdingly grateful to Burr for the solici.
tnde with which ks 23z:zsS3 Lisstpdiss.
Madam Jumel invited Col. Burr to din.
ner. 1t was grand banquet, at which
be displayed all the charms of his man.
ner and Shone to conspicuous advantage.
On handing to dinner the giVer of the
feast, be said: Il give you my hand,
Madam my heart has long been yours.
This was supposed to be merely com.
pliment and was little remarked at the
time. Colonel Burr called upon the lady;
called frequently became even warmer
in his attentions; proposed, at length
and was refused. He still piled his suit
however, and obtained at last, not the Ia
dy's consent, but an undecided no. I'm
proving bis advantage on the instant, he
said, in jocular manner, that he should
bring out clergyman to Fort Washing
ton on certain day, and there he would
once more solicit her hand.
He was as good as his word. At the
time appointed, he drove out in his gig
to the lady's private residence, accomps
= MED by Dr. Bogart, the very clergy man
who, just fifty years before, had married
} him to the mother of his TheodoSia. The
} lady was embarrassed, and still refused.
But then the scandal and after all, why
not? Her estate needed Q vigilant guar
dian, and the old house was lonely. After
much hesitation, she Ut length consented
to be dressed and to receive her visitors.
And she was married. The ceremony
was witnessed only by the members Of
Madam Jumels family and by the eight
servants Of the household, who peered
eagerly in at the doors and windows -
The ceremony over, Mrs. Burr ordered
supper. Some bins Of M. Jumsl's wine
cellar, that had not been opened for half
a century, were laid under contribution.
The little party was very merry one.-
The parson, in particular, it is remember.
ed. was in the highest spirits, overHowing
with humor and anecdote. Except for
Col. Burr's great age, (Which was not Sp-
parent the match seemed not an unwise
one. The lurking fear he had of being q
poor and homeless old man was put to
rest She had = companion who had
been ever agreeable, and her estate stew.
ard than whom no one living was sup.
posed to be more competent.
AS a remarkable circumstance connect.
ed with the marriage,it may be just men.
toned that there was q woman in New
York who had aspired to the hand Of Col
Burr and who, when she heard of his
union with another, wrung her hands and
shed tears A feeling of that nature can
, seldom, since the creation Of man, have
been excited by the marriage of man on
the verge Of four score.
A few days after the wedding, the
"happy pair" paid visit to Connecticut
OF which State q nephew of Col. Burr,
was then Governor. They were received
with attention. At Hartford, Burr ad.
ViSed his wife to sell out her shares in the
bridge over the Connecticut river at that
place and invest the money in real estate.
She ordered them sold The stock was
in demand and the shares brought sever
al thousand dollars. The purchaser offer.
ed to pay her the money, but she said,
No; pay it to my husband TO him,
accordingly it was paid, and he sewed it
up in his pocket, a prodigious bulk, and
brought it to New York and deposited it
in his own bank to his own credit.
Texas was then beginning to attract
the tide Of emigration which, few years
later set so strongly thither. Burr had
always taken great interest in that coun.
try. Persons with whom he had been
variouSly connected in life had a scheme
on foot for settling large colony Of Ger.
mans on q tract of land in Texas A brig
had been chartered and the project was
in state Of torwardnesS, when the pos.
session of a sum Of money enabled Burr
to buy shares in the enterprise. The
greater part of the money which he had
brought from Hartford was invested in
this way. 1t proved a total loss. The
time had not yet come for emigration to
Texas. The Germans became discouraged
and separated, and, to complete the fail
ure Of the scheme, the title Of the lands,
in the confusion of the times, proved de-
fective. Meanwhile, Madam, who was
remarkable thrifty woman, with a talant
for the management Of property, wonder
ed that her husband made no allusion to
the subject Of the investment, for the
Texas speculation had not been mention.
ed to her. She caused him to be ques-
toned on the subject. lie begged to in
innate to the lady's messenger that it WAS
no affair OF hers, and he requested him
to remind the lady that she now had a
husband to manage her affairs and one
who would manage them.
NooI,,o,o ~ - r
was the result Of this colloquy. Then
came remonstrances. Then estrangement.
Burr got into the habit of remaining in
his office in the city, Then, partial re.
generalization. Full of schemes and spec.
ulationS to the last, without retaining any
of his former ability to act successfully,
he lost more money. and more, and more.
The patience Of the lady was exhausted.
She filed complaint accusing him Of in
fidelity and praying that he might have
no more control or au thority over her az
fairs. The accusation is now known to
have been groundless nor, indeed, at the
time was it seriously believed. II was
used merely as the most convenient legal
mode Of dspriving him Of control Of her
property. At first, he answered the COM
plant vigorously, but afterward he allow.
ed it to go by default and the proceedings
we're carried no further. A few short
weeks of happiness, followed by few
months of alternate enlargement and re.
conciiation, and this union, that begun
not inauspiciouSly, was, in effect, though
never in law, dissolved.
Since then Madam Jumel, who has new
er resumed her late husbands name, has
resided in her. home at Washington
Heights, comparatively alone. She knew
but few, and cared not to extend her list
of friends. She died possessed of cOnsid
erahle nronertv which her grand. .children