The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-31
usrs WITH HISTORIES.
Hamilton's Fashioned
@Pssidence at "rhe Grange.
=, ,be Nets York Star.


haini 49, mn into building lots, directs at
being -. - the few buildings Of historical
-! ..s,sst which still remain to REMIND Ne"
--s,J of the people and events u 'ne
-. ,ert of the century.
cary 20 curious fact that while SO many OF
sli.faslioned dwellings have been de-
llssiisbed TO make way 1or tne euG, i"to
mon If IRA =, there are TWO winch nave
mems % Enough situated at opposite
been s s+be city. that are intimately asso-
ends " II one another, and also with the
ci9l.I Lannon's duel Of this century
m o. r,ronJa y the residence OF Atexan-
LUG ns,ilton is one of these, and the other
der ,,se in Reade street where his great
Is lne aaron Burr, lived and entertained
ia -. T,ost brilliant company OF MS Time.
t uT,e Grange" was built by hamLlton IN
I.9 On SPOT midway between
lsJt' 2arlsm and Hudson rivers
the .is+ant about eight miles from the
anu US a., - then existed. The timber used
Gu y a. os,I'srruction, W hich is as sound to-day
III ~ when it was first put in place, was
as !. "a9 from Ge0. Philip SCHUYLER, the
~. pie # Mrs. Hamilton. Tine Grange"
Iaep; =, tic dav made famous by the hospltaH
Sf irs owner, and it was mere tnat
ii,xarder Hamilton was won't 60 entertain
no leading statesmen, poets ana obnet ce'e-
q
!to. distiuruished guests his rival Burr and
Vtne Jo',rhteT. Theodosia Burr, frequently
c9.nJ "a Is at his table, al hough the poilt-
cum 'I no,,+ogorism which existed between the
ca d I,oisrs prevented anything like Gloss
;ocr Inc grove of thirteen trees
lIli,,' ! Nv Cen Hamilton in commemora-
-, If RE thirteen original states III the
mon still fourishes in the grounds, care
t,,llv fenced in and preserved from the
denredations of tourists and vandals gener-
AARON Burr, at this period of the history
NJ Yo k had two residences, one at
Picbmond hill-then in the country-2nd
+bo other in Reade street, just east of
Poodvav 1t was i'll the Reade street
boSsa Which is still standing, that Burr
nv"cisa1 the lavish hospitality for which
he was always famous and which was
LARGELY the cause of the financial troubles
which cl1uded his later years. Prince
Jerome Bonaporte was entertained mere
inst before his marriage TO Miss Patterson
If Baltimore Talleyrand, Sir Guy Garlic
tonand ether distinguished foreigners were
also among the que Is of the Vice President
Of yorious times. 1t was during his occu-
macy of this house that Col. Burr pro
iectei the Manhattan Water Supply Com
Tany Tor the ostensible purpose of furnishing
water to the lower part of the CITY, but
which afterward developed into famous
banking institution. The tank which was
buiIt f the water supply purpose still
remains in the back yard of the premises,
and seems ludicrously small in comparison
wit the Croton reservoirs and aqueduct of
tn present day.
1t is said that Alexander T. Stewart lived
in the Burr house at the time that bis
retail store was at 20 corner of Broadway
and Chambers street. 1t is still used as a
residence, while the old grange has become
achurcn.
There is another house in New York,
built at a later period than either of those
already mentioned, but still of ancient dae,
and / was reminded of its existence the
other day by a stranger who asked, Are
there any haunted houses in New York;
did not wish 70 put myself on record as
a believer i'll ghosts and tho rest of the
supernatural crew, SO l replied that al
though | did not know of any houses that
were actually haunted, | knew of one O
two that we're surrounded by such an at
mospnere of i'll luck that they might as well
be haunted. can well remember the old
Nathan mansion, on West Twenty third
street, as it stood, desolate and untenanted,
for years after the murder of its master. 1t
was simply impossible to rent it, and
the 10 ger it remained empty the
more people grew afraid Of it, until it was
found best to tear it down and erect new
busines' building on its site.
Not many blocks from Twenty-third
street stands a house which, if not really
haunted, seems to have brought ill-luck to
nearly every body who has owned or lived
IN II, including a famous general, who
quilt It and was its first occupant. There
Is a legion among real estate men that once,
Years ago, one of its inmates, a tall, rather
hoy, 4 g.
tle Daustrade OF the upper floor. This may
or may not be true, but lady of my &C
qualatauce, who leased the house
about fifteen years ago, told me that her
lille was rendered q burden by the presence
Oh mysterious phantom which moved uD
end down stairs with heavy footballs and
rusthng skirts. to the terror of all who saw
VI neard lt. Certain ii is that during the
lerod OF my familiarity with the house
Shd tloSe who owned and dwelt in it, nobody
could be lnduced to stay there more than q
Few weeks As for the servants. the sight
VI 'He mysterious phantom, Or the sound Of
neF footsteps, was enough to scare them
out Of the house.
MRS. Jones, the one lady who dweIt there
IoF a period of six months. used to thrill NY
soul WIN accounts OF her experiences. at
"a" o9 pedutllul house, she said land Splen-
r'uiy quiz. L was completely fascinat ed
M ., IL as soon as Went inside it. | walked
r through those beautiful parlors and that
pIaSaul back dining room, and was simply
nensujed. Then Went into the hall and
500 Gvooa directly ulder the stained-glass sky
meut' Caat shed light down on the broad
!; "iTTuing staircase. And would you believe
~ ~, rev cold, creepy feeling come over
NC anu sort of suspicion that something
o vas wrong did not know till months
4 ahse' ward that that was. where
S fnaV poor creatures body was found
~ 4 i!llg one morning years before.
sitt;" Ell one evening, just at dusk, l was
,rSus IN my room on the second floor,
c ~Ion hea:d the footste of some one
TYh,l'ins up the stairs from the hall below.
s a'r0 o.etS We're those Of heavy person, and,
tb a iog IL was my cook, went out on
dnsi ta L' TO speak to her. 1t was quite
bS+ ~ mat time and | could see no one,
brisil nearu the heavy footsteps moving
ton ,Ai3 up the stairs and then advancing
do, G ~ me me along the hall. he'd a little
leStI,, NY arms and ne began to bark vio-
hail. Inc steps came swiftly along the
the a. ! heard a silk dress rushing against
thai qla railing; then something's shape
cold t goqid not see, but whose presence /
doc doc T,d aett!-orushed past me, and my little
ar3S "euG OIL into a fit of convulions i'll nv
way ,, could hear the footsteps all the
door ~ sValIs to the top story, and then a
eyer, Upeaed and shut with loud slam, and
,,I S'aing was quiet
and ,r AIRED my little dog into my room,
him "une was trying to do something for
wifi fny Two servants came flyihg down
know a ',' as white as sheets and wanted to
Storv M" ~ hau Just gone upstairs to the top