Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1873-04-19
AARON BURR.
sis whrrcaboui- after the Duel with
Hamilton.

IInmiiton.
The Hartford Courant publishes the fol-
lowing interesting extract from the ad-
vance sheets of m account Of tho life of
James Williams, the old negro janitor or
Trinity College:
"Professor Jim was the slave o. Colonel
q bart. retired Revolutionary officer
wing in yonkers, N. Y. Aaron Burr was
reoueut visitor nt Colonel Robaris
80, and n room was always ready for
g.I, MS he might stop at any time on his
vl from Albany to New York and back
npain. The establishment Of Burr seems
- have made strong impression on Pro-
fessor Jim's mind, and he describes with
admiring tones the enormous carriage
drawn by six horses, and the rctinue of
out-riders and footmen which accom-
panied him, Burr himself Jim describes
as d short, rough and ugly man who swore
and cursed constantly, but who in ladies'
society was very polite and exquisite.
At the time Of the duel between Burr
and Hamilton Jim was at work in tho
fields at mail time, and his mother was
sent on horseback for the batch of papers
which was due. She gave the letters, on
her return, TO her master, and he had
scarcely read the first one he had opened
when, all hurry and excitement, he shout
ed, Get n re ON ready quick, for that little
devil is comingr When afterwards he
learned that Hamilton had been killed in
the duel, the excitement only increased.
"a moments depression here to the
statements of history will be serviceable
in ascertaining how far Prof Jim rcmen-
bers tbs circumstances Of this occasion.
"On Wednesday morning, tho 1lth Of
July, 1904, Burr and Hamilton met on the
heish of Weehawken, and the duel was
fought on Thursday, the 18th, Gen. Ham
ilton died, and on Saturday, the lith, he
was inferred with Military honors.
"Burr writes to Joseph AllistOn, ESQ.,
from New York July l3: "Gen. Hamilton
died yesterday. propose leaving town
for few days, and mediate also a jour-
ney for some weeks, but whittier is not Ie-
solved. Perhaps to Statesburgh. You
will hear from me in about eight days.
The next letter with any date is from Phil
adclphia, July 90.
"Parton, in his life Of Aaron Burr, says
that immedia tely after the duel Burr went
to his home in New York (Richmond HID,
and for eleven days stayed at or near his
place, writing under cover of friends In
Philadelphia to his daughters and 10 his
son.in-law.
"Jims statement, as will be seen, be
comes an important one in the history of
Burr's life, inasmuch as the missing link
in the broken chain of circumstances con-
ected with the history from just before
the duel till some months after is here
supplied. The interest attached to the
events in the life of our aged janitor in
creases when we find ourselves able to
verify his statements with the accepted
statements of historians.
"Now Jim says: Burr went first to his
own home in New York, near the old State
Prison, on West Broadway. The next day
between B and in the afternoon, as We
we're putting up new yard fence, there
appeared n great cloud of dust away down
the road. Some one said that it was
somebody riding, for the day was so quiet
it could not be the wind. BY and by
man came up and gave note to master
that said he was coming. Pretty soon he
ca me up himself in his four-horse coach.
His head was bowed down, and he didn't
say word; but then, his head was always
bowed down. lie caught right hold of
masters hand, and they vent into the
house, and we didn't see him again till the
next evening. Tho day that Hamilton
was buried was a bad day for him, and
he didn't eat any dinner nor 60 out for
his walk along the river, but he walked to
md fro along the corridor up stairs, with
his hands behind him. We could hear the