The New York herald., 1844-10-22

Oct is-srcosD DAs-zHs Cruxr CsSe--Ths Vice
CaahcsoI took his ssst upon ths bench s 10 O'clock
your honor that although Mr. CIuger beior, the mar.
uniformly refused under sny stipulation ss
70 INC terms OF the settlement he might make and fpe-
eay a. 70 the disposition OF the Income Of The e.tsts
ye. e. .ne csr mony mad TAX place. and Law had
every husband he did not hesitate 10 spsLdon ,mss;
aieiy all that he had acquired This was done lp The
has S @ U~ :, .ns occasion and 10 convince bis wife
tnas she married from disinterested motives He well
knew that for yeaB she had been deferred om marrvio
any one .hrousn dread o. being married for her money.
ana ne tooK inns means of satisfying her contrary
ia his own Had he mada any b.
to make the abdication he did he could not have thus
avsed himself OF the only measure In his power to dss.
buse her Of this apprehension and at the time II
had the desired effect. for Mrs. Crussr, as s
proved by the testimony Of Mr.. and Mrs Monroe.
and Of the Rev. Drs Phillips and Wainwright declared
herself surprised and gra6ed by the settlement hen
was made known to her. and spoke repeatedly of her
conduct In making Remuneration OF all the property
She did then duly appreciate his conduct, and Just
euiogum on II and in return to him wy4 Q
pondms liberal spirit on her Tsri," Ito use her own
words she gave him the entire income OF the he
scedent such her death before she could put this
execution she made nuncupsive will 20 secure to
by this give him the income after her death
But all the ci cumstances Of action and her own
language and conduct at the ime make such pretsncs
preposterous as rsciprocating that conduct
which she herself pronounced noble and gener-
Sus. S. 70 give him the contingency OF post obit
Dem faction and that too by word of mouth That
such was not could have been her intention 1t
the time is furthermore evidencsd by the fact very
shortly after not many days AFTER she gave order on
her trustees pay him the whole 80 il accrued
This was in urherance and fuflmen Of the gilt she had
made at the wedding and did meet and recprocate
liberal spirit and noble conduct manifested by her hus.
baud An attempt has been made 10 get.sncs Mrs Cru
gers declarations at the wedding by saying she mere
~ meant to pay her husband vogue compliment But
this was no time for compliment The ccumstan-
ces were too solemn for any thing bn seriousness and
truth She calls to separate part Of the two cler
gymen and two of her trustees as Witnesses At her mar
rage, and in contemplation Of death with her hand
laid on the Bible, declares that her husband has act
property and in return .he s1es him Il. ncoP. nss Of
1t during his life. This cannot admit of q miscon-
structon-she never could have used sush language
a hollow compliment or a posthumous donation, was
all she intended She did speak OF will at the time un-
doubtedy but by this obviously that her de-
claraton to operate such in the her death
before she could carry otherwise into effect and such
vas the understanding OF both Dr. Phillips, and DR.. Vain.
wright they have tested and find ihst the 18th
OF July after. she followed up end reduced form
and operation by her order that TO her trustees for the
income in favor Of her husband But. say the gentle
men, this order TO be revocable at pleasure
and its effect merely appoint the husband dis
bursng agent or steward Of her household. Hsw they
can make this out II is difficult to conceive. The
order ON is face 10 unlimited to time contains
Power OF Revocation and must operate absolutely like
any other draft transfer of the Fund drawn upon
received and paid over applied her use that he
to account for their expenditure WILL its nature ID
right and not counter msndsble Nor can i be SO con-
stIued and dsparaged when the circumstances in con-
necon with II are taken into consideration II made
20 reque AMI to be equal with the generous and
fding Of her husband, and was ostentstiousy
written and signed with all her heart To contend that
sI orssr t wa. mere for
pendence but only appointing him discussing sgent snd
accounting steward is libel upon the lbersity the
Mrs Cruger ought to have been Accredng this order
az s language and the attenden circumsances justified
him IN believing i to be, gift Of the whole income to
ITO be continued to-morrow.I