The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-06-21

his estate was lost by coufiscation.
| Washington in his disas 'ors retreat
from New York in September, 1775,
held his headquarters bee for a few
hours, and am't. all his troubles may
have then rene nbeted Mary Phillipse.
On the return of peace the property
was sold by the commissioners of con-
fiscation, and il soon passed into
Stephen Jumel's hands, with one brn-
dred acles OF laod, for $4,000. At the
same time he bought tb,ee hundred
acr es of laod in Wes.chester county for
$40 per ac"e. The No is house was
Ges rab'e as coup " seat, but was
pever home for he Jures who soon
weot 70 Paris. Stephen Jumel ha |
matred deeplv i1G Gfeuing member of
tte demi monde, who managed him in
al al OFT mo ,er Eli she got control of
BIS properly, bat Thea left him to die in
neglect. Acter his death she was sole
micftess of the grand estate which at
ac ed toe cupidity of Aaron Burr, who
was then ea,ly three score and teu.
He married the ancieot heire3s, but
found he had his master. He was not
al owed to cootrol the property, and as
she soon got tired OF his company she
tanned him out of the house. Madam
Jomel was the fist woman that Burr
had ever met that could meet him in all
bis irt";gues. He saw that she was more
tbau bis match, aud witely Withdrew
t'om place which be hoped to win as a
bone foc BIS old age. Twelve years
at wa. the madam heard of his death.
She bad never adopted bis name, but
was still bis legal vie; the urio,, how
ever, bad nevet troubled her, and his
death wos n trifle.
The Jumel mansion shows marks of
age, because the madam reglec ed lis
cave dd'ipg the lattice pa It of be-: lie.
Sue d'ed in 1865, aged riuety, since
which time it hos been in possession of
Nei 3ou Chase. He has been ia litigation
W III oIher contestants ever since the old
woman died, aud the end is not yet. He
has beaten his adversaries thus far, but
their claims were based on b;nship with
the madam. Now, however, he is called
to battle with tie heirs of Stephen
Jumel, who claim that the madam OBJ
tatped the property from het husband
by fraud. The case may reach tlial in q
year; meanwhile Chase holds the entire
S'''''tN ~ hlo III u GU, pcu'1 uiiuStI Olif
a 'rds'ee. He is POW above S yty, but
has marr;ed second wife, who bas Que
or two ch ldren.
A very noticeable popularity in these
ancient houses is the conceslmeut of the
staircase. In order 70 give all possible
breadth to the ball the latter is at the
rea:, and is protected from observation
by part zion. Passing through door
you see an awkward stair full of aogles
and very iuconveoient, but by this sacri-
fee fne hall is gained, aud this, with
its parlors on each side, was supposed to
be a full compensation. The Thorne
mansion and the Grange are destitute of
any memorials of their former owners
Except the trees above mepSioned), but
thc Jumel mansion. has all Che madam s
accumulation of pretty and interesting
things. Among these is a strange look
ing trunk, which is said to have been
once the property of Napoleon, and ac-
compapied him to Waterloo. Other GU
l;osties of similar character are there,
rendering il the most Interesting of all
the ancient houses in this city.