The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-02-28

! bride, who would have brought HIM the
| influence of her family as well as the more
! tangible blessing of an ample fortune 10
! say that Burr did not see the advantages
which might result from making what IS
now termed "a good match" is to suppose
him fool-which certainly he was not.
| That he put aside these advantages while
perfectly comprehending their weight is at
least an evidence that his heart was not
quite as hard, his Sel6shness not quite as
profound as enemies would have us believe.
Burr was admitted to the bar January
19, 1882, and on the I'd of July following
he married Mrs. PrOvost-she then being So
years old and he 26. The pair took up
their residence in Albany, wheTe-June -,
11S3-Iheodosia was born. As far as we
are able to judge from the scanty material
at our command, the union was from nrSt
| to last happy one. Welded to the Wo-
man he loved, surrounded by the purest
and tenderest associations, with no cause
for anxiety, present or prospective, and
with everything to stimulate his ambition
and crafty his wisheS-the next twelve
years were by far the best and brightest of
Burr's long and varied career. How he
must have looked back to those years from
the gloomy standpoint of that period, when
there could hardly be found i'll the whole
country dozen persons who dared to call
themselves his friends
1194-in time to escape the abuse and ignO-
miny 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 Wechaw-
ken. The bullet which killed Hamilton
annihilated Burr. Better, infinitely better
for him had the Lightning smote him be-
fore he touched the fatal trigger.
Eliza, or Betsey yBowcn-afterwards Mad
anne Junel and the second Mrs Burr
was born, it is said, in Providence, about
the year 1915. Her mother was a prosti-
tute, and the daughter seems to have fol-
lowed, for time at least, the same pro
fesSiOn. She was for several years SER
want in the family of Major Ballou, and
while there gave birth-Oct. 9, 1794-to
George Washington Bowen, the plaintiff
in the suit now pending. Ballou was sup
posed to be the father of the child, and
took no pains to relieve himself from the
burden of the unwelcOme honor. Soon
after arriving at the dignity of maternity
Betsey left Providence, and went to parts
unknown, leaving the child in the charge
of Ballou. Several years later she return
ed, bringing with her the body Of q sea
captain, whom it is thought she had been
living with during the interval. The de
ceased mariner WAS duly deposited IN the
earth, and his widow, or mistress, fingered
about the city fOr some time ana JAeh went
to New York, where, by means never eE-
planned, she managed to marry stephen
Junel, 4 wealthy French merchant: This
was in 1904 In 1915 the Jumeis went
abroad and lived in great splendorin Paris
until 1922 when they returned to New
York somewhat poorer than when they
left, but still rich enough for al reasonable
purposes. A story is current that Mad
anne Jumel attempted to deliver lecture
in Providence on the French Court, but
being threatened with a mob, was compelled
to abandon her supremely impudent un-
dertaking. Jumel himself died i'll 1885,
and next year Burr, aged 7S, married
Madame-lnarriod her for her money, and
cOntriveG to waste 50 much of it that in a
very short time she instituted proceedings
for divorce. We believe the divorce was
never legally consummated, but the par
ties ceased to live together, and never met
during the last two years of Burr's life
Madame Jumel died July i, 1855, and the
battle for her goods, chattels and real es-
tate has been going on ever since.-.St.
Louis Republican.