The Republican journal., 1874-08-06

| painful lOf MN, and ne closed MS eyes IN
mental agony but when the children (siN
IN numbcr) were withdrawn he consoled
his wife with the words = Remember,
Eliza, you are a Christian" Here he was
subsequently visited by Bishop Moore,
VINO was gratified to hear the diving mans
repentance, and administered to him the
communion according to the custom of
the Protestant Episcopal church. llamil-
| tons wound was beyond human aid :;
Hosack found on post-mortem eXamina-
ton that the bullet had fractured the third
rib and then passed through the liver and
diaphragm and lodged in the second lun1-
bar vertebra. Hamilton fingered in great
agony until the next day at two O'Clock in
the afternoon, when he expired. Thus
Aaron Burr obtained 'ssatislacton
liamilion's city residence was closed for
the season, or the funeral would probably
have been held there. The remains, how
over, We're removed from Hayard's to the
house oi John Il. Church. No. - Robinson
street. Church was 50 dear friend that
he had been named rs one Of the cvccll-
tors Of his viii. and no doubt craved this
last privilege OF hospitality TO the dead
Robinson street. Is most Of our readers
know. has been merged into the extension
| of Park Place Here thr funeral took
place on the following Saturday. Mr.
Coleman. editor Of the Evening Post. in
referring to the ~ad event. SAYS: .'ln the
death of General Hamilton have lost my
ablcst adviser and dearest friend. and on
the day Of the funeral the Office was
closed and no paper i-sucd The obscquics
We're nnlcr the control Of tlc Society of
| the CinGnnati Al 10 O'Clock Colonel
Morton and his corps appeared in the Park
with SiN pieces OF artillery Two OF these
were stationary, aud tirrd minute guns
during the procession, ot which the others
formed m Imposing feature The tincn-
natl and the clergy met in the college
near hv. aud thus IN detail Il grand
funeral column was formed. which march,
cl from Greenwich street up TO the Park,
then down Hcclman street and up Pearl
to Whitehall street. after which it swept
through Broadway until il reached Trinity
Church. Here Goyemcur Morris delivered
al appropriate culo@y. and the remains
We're buried ANA three yollcys Were fired
over the grave The monument placed
here il still one of the most Interesting
features in Trinity churchyard. Fifty
three wear, after his burial the remains Of
his widow We're laid by his side.
The death Of Hamilton at once destroy
cl Burr's political prospects, lie reached
Philadelphia within 4 week after the duel,
and thence travelled in The south but re-
turned to Washington on the opening of
Congress-. and resumed his seat aS presi-
dent OF the Senate. that being his last
term The next feature in his life wa,
called .'Burr's Conspiracy, tor which he
Il, ,.l,.
ing treason. His plan was probably the
creation of a new government in the
southwest The trial took place in Rich
mond and hereW ashington Irving saw him
4 prisoner in the penitentiarv, and the in
tervieW was no doubt mutually painful.
Burr, says Irving, seemed in lower
spirits than formerly. but he was COM
posed and collected as usual" After his
acqUitta Burr Went to Europe. where he
suffered many priyations. He had hope
Of interesting Napoleon in some of his
projects. but failed to obtain even an audi
ence He was at this time much i'm
poverished and on his arrival in London
was for short time the guest Ci Jeremy
Bentham. In 1872. lust before war was de
clarcd against Great Britain. he returned
to this city, where he resumed the law,
but never got into Il successful practice.
His chief support was derived from his
~-.a;,-n n.,la,al IN tho Revolutionary
army. in which service he won his highest
honorS. HE .Juncl ease raviVps the fact
that one Of his last exploits was L marri-
ame with the eccentric 'madame," who
soon shook him off. and never, indeed,
bore his name
Burr had at this time lost caste. but
some OF his political friends clung to him.
and he ha,l Il number of influential rela-
tiycs. who treated him with kindness.
Among these was his cousin, Judge Ogden
Edwards, IN whose house on Staten Island
he passed his last days. lie died on the
lith OF September, lS:i6, IN lis eighty
first wear One OF Burr'e hiographcrs has
said that his last word was "madamc.r
3nt Mr.. Alfred Edwards. son OF the Judge.
who was present when Burr expired, says
that He was unable to speak. hut seemed
dcsirouS Of communicating something of
Importance which was burdcnng his
mind The romans We're buried nj Prince
ton. by the side of His parents. and the
funeral was honorcd hy military ccrc-
monies lis relatives (thc EdwardScs)
subsequently erected plain but elegant
hcadStonc. He survived Thcodosia tWen-
ty-folW years and left no childrcn--at
Last none that bore his name The re-
port that the pirate Gibbs confessed muir
llcrng Theodosia i~ sufficiently re!uted by
the fact that whom that noted criminal
was in the cilv prison Burr was alive, and
II any such confession had been made he
would have heard OF IT, Thoodosia no
doubt perlShcd in a storm, which lef no
survivors NJ the crew on passengers, Burr.
Ike Cain, bore till death The mark Of 4
great crime
\ conductor on The prunsN lvauia Rail
road tells the following NJ I'm eastern
station ne received on board 4 iine-looIl-
inc specimen OF an old country gentleman.
When he passed through the cars the old
Gentleman handed up his ticket. which
was duly punched and returned TO him.
After passing the neNt call station, the
conductor again called ior the Old gentle
mans ticket lie looked up in surprise.
and informed the punchcr of tickets that
Ne had thrown it out Of the window.
''Whv did yon do that" asked the con-
,uctor The old man replied, why |
thought if YOU didn't want it | didn't"
The face Of thc old man was so honest
and his knowledge Of railroad travelling
evidently 50 limited thai the conductor
accepted his word md carried him 10 his
destination.
\ STRANGE lllsroEl. There is now
lying ut the point Of death in the Insane
Hospital at Augusta, patient named
Samuel II. Howard, aged about so, who
has spent = singular life in this world.
lie was evidently a circus performer
when young man, and has often amused
the patients and attendants by his vault
inc and other feats once practiccd in the
ring he was Il soldier in the Mexican
war, but dsgracel himself, and ran
away, SO that he could never receive a
pension; he served 4 term in the State
Prison, and was prisoner in the kenne-
bee Jail for nine years, from which place
he was removed to the Insane Hospital in