The Republican journal., 1873-02-13

for bravery and military skill he had be-
gun the practice of law under the most
flattering auspices; he was universally re-
garded as rising man whose future could
not fail to he glorious and with these re-
Communications he might easily have wooed
and won younger and lovelier bride,
who would have brought him the influence
OF her family rs well as the more tangible
blessings of an ample fortune. To say
that Burr did not see the advantages which
might result from making what is now
termed ''a good match" is to suppose
him a tool-which he certainly was not.
That he put aside these advantages while
perfectly comprehendng their weight, is
at least an evidence that his heart was not
quite as hard. his seltishnoss not quite as
profound as his enemies would have us
believe
Burr was admitted to the bar January
10, 1882, and on the ID of July following
he married Mrs. Prevost-she then being
thty-six years old and he twenty-six.
The pair took up their residence in ALBANY,
where-June %, 1793-Theodosa was
born As far as we are able to Judge
from the scanty material at our command.
the union was, from first to last, a happy
one. Welded to the woman he loved.
surrounded by the purest and tcnderest
associations, with no cause for anxiety,
present or prospective, and with every
thing to stimulate his ambition and crafty
his wishes-the next twelve wears were
by far the best and brightest of Burr'S
long and varied career. How he must
have looked back to these years from the
gloomy standpoint of that period, when
there could hardly be found in the whole
country dozen persons who dared call
themselves his friends!
Mrs. Burr died Of cancer in the spring
of 1794-n time to escape the abuse and
ignominy which were destined so soon to
blast her husbands name forever When
the grave opened for her Burr's star was
high in the heavens; ten years afterward
it set in eternal night on the heights of
Weehawken. The bullet which killed
Hamilton annihilated Burr. Better, inf
nitely better for him had the lightning
smote him before he touched the fatal
trigger.
Eliza, or Betsy, Bowen - afterwards
| Madame Jumel and the second Mrs. Burr
was born. it is said in Providence, about
the year 1775. Her mother was prosti-
tute, and the daughter seems to have fol-
| lowed, for a time at least the same pro-
tession. She was for several years ser
| want in the family of Major Reuben Bal
lou and while there cave blrth-Uctober
9, 1794-to George Washington Bowen,
the plaintiff in the suit now pending. Bal
lou was supposed to be the father of the
child, and took no pains to relieve him
self from the burden of the unwelcomc
| honor. Soon after arriving at the dignity
| OF maturnity, Betsey left Providence and
went to parts unknown, leaving the child
in charge OF Ballou. Several wears later
she returned. bringing with her the body
Of sea captain, whom it is thought she
had been living with during the interval
The deceased mariner was duly deposited
| in the earth and his widow, or mistress.
| fingered about the city for some time and
then went to New York. where, by means
| never explained, she managed to marry
| Stephen Jumel u wealthy French mer-
chant. This was in 1904. In 1915, the
,jumelS went abroad and lived in great
| splendor in Paris until 1922. when they
returned to New York somewhat pnorc,
| than when they left, but still rich enough
for all reasonable purposes. A story i.
current that Madame Jumel attempted tc
deliver q lecture in Providence on the
French court, but being threatened Will
a mob was compelled TO abandon her
supremelv impudent undertaking. JnmeI
himself died in 1882, and the next year
Burr. aged seventv-pight. married Mad
ame-married her for her money and
contrived 70 waste SO much of it that in a
very short tjme she instituted proceedings
for a divorce We believe the divorce
was never legally consummated hun Nj,
parties ceased to live together, and ncvri
met during the last two years of Burr,
life. Madam Jumel died july Is. 1880
and the battle for her goods, chattel,
and real estate has been going on eve
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