St. Mary's gazette. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1863-1867, 1865-08-03

Col. Barr and who. when she heard oi
his union With another. wrung her hands
and shed tears 4 feeling Of tha, nature
can ssldom. since the creation o;
mon. have been excited by the mar
riage Of a m4n on the verge Of four.
score.
\ few days after ;he wedding. the "hap-
py pair" Eaic a visit 20 Come c;icu'. Of
which State nephew cf Col. Burr's was
then Governor They were received
with attention. At Hartford. Burr sd.
Tised hi, viii. TO sell OF. her shares ;u the
bridge oger the Connecticut at tha, place
and in vest III. proceeds in real estate -
She ordered them sold. The stock was
III demand aud the shares brought several
thousand dollars. The purchaser offered
TO pay her the money, bu, sh" said. Nc
pay j, to my husband" To him. accord
;rE'y, i: wss paid, aud be had i, se~ed Up
in his pocket. p.oi,gious bulk. aud
: lrougL, it 10 New York and depos-
::"i i, iu his Own bank to his own cred
Texas was then beginning TO a:trsct
the tide # emigration which. a few yesre
later. SCI so strongly thilher. Burr had
always taken grea. Interest IN ih.t couu-
try Persons with whom he hal been
variousiT conn-c,ed in life had . scheme on
foot for settling large colony OF Germans
on tract Of land ia Texas. a br;g had
been chartered aud the prcjec. vas in a
State Of forwarducss, when the possession
Of : sum Of money cpatl-d Burr to buy
shares in the enterprise. The greater
part Of tic money which he had brought
from Hartford was Invested in this way
Il proved a total lo,a The lime mad no'
oou,e frr emige.,ion TO Texas The C..-
n,ans became discouraged aud separated
and. TO complete the failure of the scheme,
the title Of ,hc lands in the confusion OF
the times, proved defective. Meanwhile
Madame, who was remarkably thrifty
woman. with e talent for the managemrn,
Of p-op,rty wondered that her husband
made no sl!usion to The sulj"c. Of invest
mcn.. for the Texas speculation had been
mentiouei 70 her She caused him 70 bc
qna-tinn, d 90 tie uij"c,. lie hrg'd
20 intimate - :hc adj. messenger ,ha, i
w. .l-' attNts - I''i :. n'I'i 'lic1l''t
l. - - Itru:ni the lad; TIN, no nos
h.i husband 10 lnaLagn he. a.
.A.rs, kud olc Nto would nansg>
rh.r
Coolursa between :nr husband and VII.
wAs the -esul. Of the c"!l"quy Then
came re enonstrannes Then cs'rxrc.'ner..
Burr Pot into the hn,i, o. remaining in his
oface IN The city Then. ps7 Ia! r.conciHa-
ion. Fall of schemes aad sreccla,ion'
to the last: Without rsra'nins au7 of ii.
former ability 10 -e' succe.s';'lG. hc lbs,
more money, and n.o.e. and no-e The
patience OF the lady was 'zt2n.'cd eLs
hl.d a compliant accusing HIN OF il e ie,i'v
snd pr aying 'ha. he nigh, have no c,ore
co&:rol Or authority OVER her affairs -
The accusation is now kuo1u 10 have been
g-oundiess; ncr. indeed, 8: the ,irnr vas
i, seriously believed I: VAS re'd n::.lv
"a The n,"s. corv"nirn: lrg,l mod, oi i..
priving him Of control o"er h"7 prorrr.v
AZ first he answered rhe complsut igor.
ously, but af,erward be allowed i, to g1 bv
default aud the proceedings were carried
no further. A few short weeks Of happi.
ness. followed BY few alternate moO,hs
o. sl.ei nate e..rsngemeus and recon.
cilia,ion. and thi. onion, ,ba, b..
gun DO. inauspici u.ly. VISA. in
effect. though never 10 Law. disso,v
; ed
Since then Madame Janel, who b.,
nev.r resumed her late husbands name
| has resided in her h,ne n, Washington
Heigh'f. comparatively alone She knew
bu, few. aud care d no. to extend her lis
OF friends. She died on Sunday. p ,.se..ed
{ Considerable property. which hey
grandchildren will doubtless iuh.r
| it,