The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-08-11

by it, was his friend William Bayard.
This man took bis place at the ferry
house "a building which still stands at the
corner of Cedar and Greenwich streets,
which latter then was the beach). and
watched the return Of his friend At
last he saw skiif approaching, and soon
deserted the surgeon and the second, but
nothing was to be seen of Hamilton. Bay
ard understood this and burst into tears.
As soon as the boat touched the wharf
he urged them to take the wounded man
to his house this was l42 Greenwich
street, near Liberty, the spot being now
occupied by the Continental Bank Note
Company, and his invitation was accept
ed.
DR.. Hosack says be found Hamilton
sitting on the ground, upheld by the arms
of his second. His countenance | shall
never forget he had just strength enough
to say This is mortal wound, and then
sank back to the ground apparently liie'
less. - The tcrry-man put forth every
effort to return. and the sea breeze re.
vived the wounded man, who Immediate
ly referred to his wife. "Let her be sent
for" said he; "but break the news gent
ly and give her hope" DR.. Ilosack soon
found the words of the unfortunate man
too true the wound was mortal. Mrs
Hamilton and the family reached Bay.
ards about noon, and here .he dying man
took his last view of that group which he
had SO greatly wronged, Tho spectacle
was too painful for him, and he closed
his eyes in mental agony but when the
children (six in number) were withdrawn
he consoled his wife with the words,
"Rememher, Eliza, you are Christian. y
Here he was subsequently, visited by
Bishop Moore, who was gratifed to hear
hear the dying mans repentance, and adj
minstered TO him the communion accord.
ing TO the custom of the Protestant
Episcopal church. llamilton's wound
was beyond human aid ; llosack found on
post.mortem examination that the bullet
had fractured the third rib and then
passed through the liver and diaphragm
and lodged in the second lumbar yertebra.
Hamilton fingered in great agony until
the next day at two o'clock in the after.
noon when he expired. Thus Aaron Burr
obtained satisfaction
liamilton's city residence was closed
Tor the season, or the iuneral would prob.
ably have been held there, The remains,
however. were removed from Bayard's to
the house Of John b. Church, No. -
Robinson street Church was so dear a
friend that he had been named as one OF
the executors Of his will, and no doubt
craved this last privilege Of hospitality
to the dead. Robinson street as most OF
our readers know, has been merged iuto
the extension of Park Place. Here the
funeral took place on the following Sat.
urdIy. Me. Coleman, editor Of the
Evening Post, in referring to the sad
event, Gays "ln the death Of General
Hamilton have lost my ablest adviser
and dearest friend, and on the day of the
funeral the oticc was closed and no paper
issued The obsequies were under the
control of the Society of the Cincinnati
AT 10 O'Clock Colonel Morton and his
corps appeared in the Park with six piec-
es Of artillery. Two Of these were sta.
tionary, aud fired minute guns during the
procession, OF which the others formed
an imposing feature. The Cincinnati and
the clergy met in the college near 10y, and
thus in detail, a grand iuncra column
was formed, which marched from Green.
wich street up to the Park then down
Beekman street aud up Pearl to White.
hall street, after which it swept through
Broadway until it reached Trinity Church
Here Governor Morris delivered an ap.
propriate eulogy, and the remain, were
buried and three volleys were fired over
the grave. The monument placed here
is still one Of the most interesting features
in Trinity churchyard Fiity.lhrec year,
after his burial :he remains of his widow
were laid by his side.
The death of Hamilton at once de
stroyed Burr's political prospects lie
reached Philadelphia within week after
the duel. and thence Travelled in the
South. but returned to Washington on the
opening of Congress. and resumed hi,
seat Il, presiden. OF the Senate that being
his last term. The next feature in hi
life was called "Burr's Conspiracy" fol
which he was arrested and indicted The
charge being treason His plan wat
probably the creation OF new govern
ment in the Southwest. The trio. .ooI
place in Richmond, and here Washington
Irving saw him u prisoner III the pentcn
tiary, and the interview was no douh
mutually painful. BUR-" says Irving
seemed in lower spirits rhan formerly
but he was composed and collected a.
usual. After hi- aeqnittal Burr wen
to Europe where hr suffered many pii,a
ticns. He had hope Of interesting Ma
poleon in some Of his pinJrel-, hn' lailt,
to obtain even an audience. lie was u
this time much impoverished aud ON hi
arrival in London was tor short tim,
the guest of Jeremy Brntham. 1912
just before war was declared agains
Great Britain, he returned to this city
where he resumed the law, but never 90
into a successful practice. His chief sup
port was derived from his pension as
colonel in the Revolutionary army, il
which service ho won his highest honors
The Jumel case reviyes the fact that on,
of his last exploits was marriage will
the eccentric "madame,@ who soon shool
him oil. and never. indeed bore his name
Burr had at this time lost caste. bu
some Of his political friends clung to him
and he had number Of influential rela
tives, who treated him with kindness
Among these was his cousin, Judge Og
den Edwards. IN whose house on Slater
Island he passed his last days. lie die,
on the lith Of September, 1896, in hi
eighty.Grs year. One of Burr's biogra
piers has said that his last word wa
madame but Mr.. Alfred Edwards, sol
of the judge, who was present when Bur
expired, says that he was unable to speak
but seemed desirous Of communicating