The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-10-23
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Ths GFsse 81 AaFaH hnFs'
A correspondent NJ the Herald, writ
inc from Princeton says II 10 gHner-
ally helieVed that tbs burial NJ aaron
huT was conducted under very Hlnplni
aud mysterious circumstance mat
lao was Inferred az the dead pl plHhl
by few men, engaged especially ~ 40
tie work, aud lhHt the secret pf The
e0iiin aud the hour II was lOWefrd fer
passes with These men alone, " nae
been said that tic plain mphunhel
now over hh last resllnH place was
brought 10 Princeton secretly, piece ~
niece that II was reared M midnight {
That no Que knew ~ the time who hAl
secured ", aud that no Que now can toll
frOm whence " came, Here ln fillrp7
ton even, 1 have found many people
who aliifm n as q iupl, anu Professor
Hart tnld me this morning lhhl no 70
called upnn almost every day ~ his HE
W contradict H. Ia CONSIDERATION ~
lhe fact that the story h hrlnR revived
again Ia many provincial pApfls ana
that VIII it, revival sllll nnbl hel Hhii'
GRAFTON may in The lGmlhcp lore We
actual truth, observation-disclosures ! llilhk,
would hprHcrmdingly upfupui, pud no.
pufdully ! rlVr ",
Professor j %, Hart was pWaeul M
the burial pl Aaron lluih and -hW the
body lowered ln thp crave ITO hlAHi
0l often wonder how certain pupulur
stories iiud ihelr origin, There WINS
absolutely nothing in tie actual huflnl
Of burr a. develop ihe story when sn
many believe, lnllrndod the Heryirrs
myself aud waa nn csc wilnerH 20 pll
that took place, The cuilln enoluslllH
The relaNlhnhtflvcd here al Princeton
nj midday. The yonr WAH lhIh, hnl,
II nm not mistaken, hll Wnh luHl
opening. After the arrival of the ~
ninlus They were conveyed ~ ihp cpl-
! lrpe ohppel aud u brief funeral sermon
WIS preached hy Dr. CRunhnu, who
wis lhe prcsident of the institutions
! AnOrt tile ceremonies the body was car
rled 10 the cemetery, the sludOulb iul-
lowing the bier 10 The grave Ihef,
was nolhing extraordinary ur even uu,
usual la amy Of the proceedings, All
who cared t0Ntlend the funeral wete
NJ liberty tO do ao,'
oliut The monument (" lqucslloncd
"lH lhoro any mystery In relation Ia
IT,
"None lint I am aware Of wus thc
reply
Leaving Professor Hart aud visiting
the library Of the college, ! examined
the "Llfo of Aaron Burr ~ written
10y James Parton, aud upon page slN
hundred aud oighty'ilve OF the volume
I reOd tho following;
"No one IN the house saw the monu'
mcni erected, or knew, or knows, any
thing whatever respecting II. Nor wa
there any stOnccutter In the Vicinity
competent 60 execute such piece o.
work. No relatives of Aaron Burr
nor any Of my numerous inIormanl'
explains tho mystery. Tie person
who did the pious deed, u known
however, and lives. Need say that
TO womnn's hand Burr owes tho ston,
that commentaries hisname"
Here then, | found what appeared t.
be indlspulable evidence that the cree
ton of llurr's monument was involved
In mystery imponetrabe, Mr., Parton
distinctly states, first, no oae saw iIli'
monument erected; second, no on,
knew then or knows now anything
whatever respecting H., resolved t.
search the town through and through,
with the view of getting down to The
actual truth of the matter But who
was to approach? CArnahan, presi
don't Of the college at the time OF BulT'
| deOeAse (the gentleman who delivered
the funeral oratlon) was dead, and sC
were many Of the professors who at
the time composed the faculty, Indeed,
| did not AT the moment know whether
any one of them was living. Finally
| remembered an old, old mau, well
worn with his many honorable years
one who was instructor In the college
for nearly half u century, and who
until the coming of DR.. McCosh was
noble president. | remembered him.
John Maclean--aud | called on him
with the hope that he might throw
some light on the question that APP
peared to be 50 dark. found him
alone IN his quiet home, and told him
my object in calling.
al have to contradict constantly
many romances in relation to Aaron
! Burr" said he. "rhe papers are con
tinually in error in respect to hi
biography
"Was the monument really put W
secretly? Does no one really know
how it came here, or who procured it {"
"rhere is no mystery about the mon
ument. All these stories are lies u
continued the venerable eX-president
in his peculiarly nervous and excited
manner. "Burr's body was brought
here in midday, and buried in pres
ence of all the students. A great many
prominent men came with the remains,
among whom | remember Mr.. Swar-
tout, then collector of the port of New
York, and his brother; Governor Og-
den, of New Jersey; Judge Ogden
| Edwards, of New York; Colonel Scott,
of New Jersey, and minister of the
! Gospel, named Van Pelt. The monu-
ment was made in New York, and
| paid for by contributions from Burr's
relatives--i. O., the monument was
reared by members of the Edwards
family
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