Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1876-06-19

ards to the house of John b. Church,
No. % Robinson street. Church was SO
dear 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 into the extension of Park Place.
Here the funeral took place on the fol-
lowing Saturday. Mr.. Coleman, editor
of the n. Y. Eeening Post, in referring
to the sad event, says: "In the death of
General Hamilton | have lost my ablest
adviser and dearest friend" and on the
day of the funeral the Office 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 pieces Of artillery. Two
of these were stationary, and fired min
ute guns during the procession, of which
the others formed an imposing feature.
The Cincinnati and the clergy met in the
college near by, and thus, in detail, a
grand funeral column was formed, which
marched from Greenwich street up to the
Park. then down Beekman street and up
Pearl to Whitehall street, after which it
swept through Broadway until it reach.
ed Trinity Church. Here Governor Nor
ris delivered an appropriate eulogy, and
the remains were buried and three vol
leys were fired over the grave. The mon-
ument placed here is still one of the
most interesting features in Trinity
churchyard. Fifty-three years after his
burial the remains of his widow were
laid by his side.
The death of Hamilton at once de-
stroyed Burr's political prospects. He
reached Philadelphia within week af-
ter the duel, and thence travelled in the
South, but returned to Washington. on
the opening of Congress, and resumed
his seat as president of the Senate, that
being his last term. The next feature
in his life was called "Burr's Conspira-
cy," for which he was arrested and in
dicted, the charge being treason. His
plan was probably the creation of new
government in the Southwest. The trial
took place in Richmond, and here Wash
ington Irving saw him prisoner in the
penitentiary, and the interview. was no
doubt mutually painful. "Burr," says
Irving, ''seemed in lower spirits than
formerly. but he was composed and col
lected as usual" After his acquittal
Burr went to Europe, where he suffered
many privations. He had hope of inter-
esting Napoleon in some of his projects.
but failed to obtain even an audience.
He was at this time much impoverished,
and on his arrival in London was for a
short time the guest of Jeremy Bentham.
In 1912, just before war was declared
against Great Britain, he returned to
n. l., where he resumed the law, but
never got into successful practice. His
chief support was derived from his pen
sion as colonel in the Revolutionary
army, in which service he won his high
est honors. The Jumel case revives the
fact that one of his last exploits was a
marriage with the eccentric madame, -
who soon shook him off, and never, in
deed, bore his name.
Burr had at this time lost caste, but
some of his political friends clung to
him, and he had number of influential
relatives, who treated him with kindness.
Among these was his cousin, Judge 0g-
den Edwards, in whose house on Staten
Island he passed his last days He died
on the l4th of September, 1886, in his
eighty-frst year. One of Burr's biogra-
pliers has said that his last word was
madame" but Mr. Alfred Edwards,
son of the judge, who was present when
Burr expired, says that he was unable
to speak, but seemed desirOus of eommu.
nicating something of Importance which
was burdening his mind. The remains
were buried at Princeton, by the side Of
his parents, and the funeral was honor.
ed by military ceremonies. His relatives
(the Edwardses) subsequently erected I
, plain but elegant headstone. He surviv.
t ed Theodosia twenty four years, and lef
no children-at least none that bore hi
name. The report that the pirate Gibbi
: confessed numbering Theodosia is suf6
J GENTLY refuted by the fact that wher
? that noted criminal was in the city pris
: on Burr was alive. and if any such con
t fession had been made he would hay,
heard of it. Theodosia no doubt perish
ed In a storm, which left no survivors o.
+; the crew or passengers. Burr, like Cain
bore till death the mark of great crime
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: One of the strangest eOincidenc.s tina
j ever came TO our attention occurred OF
: White street at midnight of Sunday. a
D the time of the death of James Carragan
s The upper sash Of one of the window
e had been lowered to give the patien
f more air. His daughter. Mrs. Seavey
: sat by the sufferer feeding him ice whicl
/; be eraved. J. L. Lucas, friend of thl
: family. was also present Just befOr
q rn;dn;nhk AZ Carran.r rar. .arrni.k.I. l.