The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1867-01-03
dinner. 1t was grand banquet, at which
he displayed all the charms of his manner,


handing to dinner the giver of the feast,
he said: 81 give you my hand, Madame
my heart has long been yours" This
was supposed to be merely a compliment,
and was little remarked at the time Col.
Burr called upon the lady; called fre-
quently; became ever warmer in his at
tentions proposed at length, and was
refused. He still piled his suit, however,
and obtained at last, not the ladys con-
sent but an undecided No. Improving his
advantage On the instant, he said in a
joeular manner, that he should bring out
a clergyman to Fort Washington on q
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 country residence, accompanied
by DR.. Bogart, the very clergyman who,
Just fifty years before, had married him
to the mother of his Theodosia. The la-
dy was embarrassed and still refused =
But then the scandal. And, after, all,
why not? Her estate needed vigilant
guardian, and the old house was lonely
After much hesitation she at length con-
sented to be dressed, and receive her vlsi-.
tors. And she was married The cere-
mony was witnessed only by the members
of Madame Jumel's family, and by the
eight servants OF the household, who
peered eagerly in at the doors and win
dows. The ceremony over Mrs. Burr
ordered supper. Some bins of M. JumePs
wine cellar, that had not been opened for
half a century, were laid under contribu-
ton. The little party was very merry
one. The parson in particular, 1T IS re-
mernbered, was in the highest spirits,
overfowing with humor and anecdote.
Except for Colonel Burr's great age
(Which was not apparently the match
seemed not an unwise one. The lurking
fear he had of being poor and homeless
old man was put to rest
She had a companion who had ever
been agreeable, and her estate steward
than whom no one living was supposed
to be more competent. AS remarkable
circumstance connected with this mar
riage, it may be just mentioned that there
was a woman in New York who had as
pired to the hand of Colonel Burr, and
who. when she heard of his union with
another, wrong her hands and shed tears I!
A feeling of that nature can seldom, since
the creation of man, have been excited
by the marriage of o man on the verge Of
fouYscore.
A few days after the wedding the
"happy pair" paid visit to Connecticut,
of which State nephew Of Colonel Burr's
was then Governor They were received
with attention. At Hartford, Burr adj
yised her to sell out her shares in the
bridge over the Connecticut 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 purchaser offered
TO nav her the money, but she said "No,
pay It to my husband" To him, accor-
DINGHY, 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 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
country. Persons with whom he had
been yariously connected in life had a
scheme on foot for settling q large colony
If Germans on tract of land in Texas
| A brig had been chartered. and the pro-
;cct was in a state of forwardness when
The possession of 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 the emigration
to Texas. The Germans became discour-
aged and separated, and, to complete the
failure of the scheme, the title of the
lands, in the confusion of the times, proved
defective. Meanwhile Madame, who was
a remarkably thrifty woman, with tai
ent for the management OF property,
wondered that her husband made no al
Ilusion to the subject of the Investment;
for the Texas speculation had not been
mentioned to her. She caused him to be
questioned on the subject. BE begged to
Intimate to the ladys messenger that 1t
was no affair of hers, and requested him
husband to manage her affairs, and one
who would manage them. -,
Goodness between the husband ana
rr;fe was the result of this colloquy. Then
~ n mo = remonstrances; then estrangement.
% p,,rr got in the habit of remaining at his
off;ce in the city. Then, partial reconcile
ao ot;on Full of schemes and speculation
to the last, without retaining any o, OF lls
former so me- ability to operate successfully, he
lost los tn moro money, and more, and more.
The M natience of the lady was exhausted.
She fled complaint accusing him of IN
6ds1itv. @ and praying that he might have
no more control or authority over her
affairs. The accusation is now known 70
have have been groundless; nor, indeed, at the
TIME time was # seriously believed: 1t was
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