Washington sentinel., 1853-12-11
General SateIliaeate.
From the n Y. Herald OF the 9th inst
The ClairyOyant Case--Sudden Death Of Mr.
Stuyvesant.

The ClairyOyant Case-Sudden Death Of Mr.
Stuyyesant.
II will be recolected that few days ago DR..
John X. Seymour was arrested on the complaint
of Mr. John R. Stuyvesant, charging the doctor with
fraudulently obtaining from him deed of house
and lot, situated in Sixteenth street, valued at up
wards of $4,000, through the aid of Mrs. Seymour,
the clairvoyant. The melancholy termination Of
Mr.. Stuyvesants life has thrown gloom and
mystery over the whole matter, which is now pos
siblyt be made ajudcial investigation by the coro-
ner. Mr.. Stuyvesant was member OF the wealthy
family of the name, and possessing large fortune.
He was about forty years OF age, and has lett
wife and two children residing at Poughkeepse,
where he had Used for some time past.
The defendants counsel required hearing in
the case, and the right of course, TO cross examine
Mr.. Stuyvesant. Wednesday was the day desig-
mated for the examination TO come of. The COM
plainant attended, but the defendants counsel OBJ
tanned a postponement until Thursday morning
yesterday at 10 o'clock Al the appointed hour,
counsel on both sides were in attendance, and up
wards of an hour was consumed in waiting for
the appearance of Mr. Stnyyesant; ultimately
messenger arrived, and informed the court that
Mr.. Stuyvesant was dead; that he expired that
morning at six o'clock caused by Asiatic cholera.
The surprise exhibited by Mr.. Stuyvesant's coun-
sci, at the melancholy information, can be much
easier imagined than described. AT first they could
not believe the story, and thought the whole matter
ajoke, until creditably informed of the death by
relative Of the deceased
A rumor was in circulation yesterday afternoon
that the death was the result Of suicide; but how
far il can be sustained will depend upon the medi-
cal evidence should the coroner make legal
investigation and order post mortem exami-
nation.
Coroner O'Donnell having been informed of the
mysterious circumstances attending the whole
affair, has prohibited the city inspector granting
certificate OF burial on physicians certificate, until
he has fully investigated the suspicion WHICH at
present hangs about it,
The following is the substance of the affidavit
made by the complainant, on which Seymour was
arrested:
The complainant asserts that in the early part of
the present year he was afflicted with severe pain
in his breast, and was induced TO visit the house
of Mrs. Seymour, then located in Division street,
for the purpose of consulting her on his peculiar
disease, her sign on the house indicating that she
was professed cairvoyant, and able to prescribe
efficient remedies for the cure of diseases. Ac-
cordingly, he frequently visited Mrs. Seymour,
paid her dollar for each consultation, and for the
medicine prescribed he paid her husband (Mr.
Seymour from one TO three dollars per bottle;
that during these visits, Mrs Seymour, by her
responses and acts, while in cairvoyant state,
invited liberties TO be taken with her person by
him. gradually and artfully leading him on, there
by placing him in position which he now believes
was done to carry out the design for the purpose
of extorting money and property from him; that
on the night Of the 10Th Of May last past, com
painant was al the house of Mrs. Seymour, when
she informed him that her husband had gone 10
Boston; she then gave complainant night latch
key ofthe front door, and invited him TO visit her
the next night, informing him that she would have
the servants out OF the way; that on the following
night, according to appointment, he visited the
house, and let himself in with the key when she
repeated to him about her husbands absence in
Boston, and by her seductive advances and
artifces he was induced to visit her sleeping
apartment, and while both were partially un-
dressed, she suddenly slammed the door three
times which the witness now believes was
signal, from the fact that her husband imme-
diately rushed into the room, having in his hand
drawn sword-cane, and inflicted blow on COM
plainants head he also made several thrusts at
complainant with the cane, accusing him Of the
seduction Of his wife, and threatened 10 take his
life unless he paid him sum ofmoney or its equiva
lent; al the same time took possession Of COM
plainants clothing, and refused to allow him to
dress until he Qhe injured husband) had received
redress for the injury done him by the attempted
seduction OF his wife. The peculiar position of
the complainant rendered him almost powerless,
and so much alarmed that he consented to trans
fer to Mr.. Seymour deed of house and lot
which he owned in Sixteenth street, which deed
was subsequently conveyed TO him for the purpose
of compromising the whole matter. The com
plainant further adds in his affidavit, that Mrs.
Seymour possesses no such powers of clairvoy-
ance as she professed TO have but that the busi-
ness carried on by her and her husband is nothing
but gross imposition. That in this instance the
witness alleges they have conspired together to
cheat and deprive him of his property, and sue
ceeded in obtaining from him deed of house
worth nearly ten thousand dollars. The card with
which the complainant was furnished read as fol-
lows, viz: John X. Seymour, magnetic physi-
clan. Clarvoyant examinations by Mrs. Seymour,
No. 49l Houston street, between Bowery and
Broadway. Consultations daily, upon sickness,
business and absent friends, from A. M to
p M"
On the above sworn facts, the magistrate, JUS
tice Osborne, issued1hs warrant of arrest, and on
Saturday evening the accused was conveyed be-
fore the court, and was detained by the magistrate
TO await further examination. Mr.. Seymour
conended that no felony exists in the matter; that
he had perfect right TO compromise any attempts
ed assault on the chastity Of his wife. N
BY the above compliant some very curious facts
develope themselves, showing the modns opc,andi
on which the property was obtained and the de-
ceased made the victim Of curiosity. Mr. Stuyve-
SAINT died at the house of relation in Second av-
enue near Ninth street
Counsel for the defendant yesterday procured
writ of habrds corpus and removed the case before
Judge Mitchell, who, on hearing the facts, re-
manded the matter back 10 the police magistrate,
when Justice Osborne, on the production of the
evidence showing the death of Mr.. Stuyvesant,
dismissed the charge, and DR.. Seymour was again
set at liberty.
Extension ofthe Central Railroad.-On Mon
day last the central railroad was extended from
Meechums river TO the Greenwood Tunnel, a dis
tance ofeght miles, the whole of which is upon the
State section ofthe road. The editor of the Char
lottesville Je6ersoniaa, who was passenger or
rather with several others, guest of the road on
the occasion, states that the track was in fine or
der. After reaching the Greenwood Tunnel, he
and other gentlemen explored the unfinished track
for mile and half beyond, to the second tunnel.
There is great deal Of heavy cutting, he says, in
this distance. In one place $4,000 cubic yards Of
rock have been taken out, and yet the work is in
complete. There are other deep cuts through the
hills and rocks, some 100 feet deep, and fearful
looking. This prevalence of slate occasions a
tendency TO slides, and several heavy ones have
taken place.
The second tunnel is 500 feet long, and 10 feet
high. Six hundred and fifty feet completed.
The remaining $50 feet, il is believed, is of the
hardest kind of rock. The temporary track across
the mountain leaves the main track at the eastern
end Of this tunnel Between this tunnel and the
Blue Ridge tunnel there is some very heavy work,
including third tunnel, at Robinson's Hollow, of
100 feet in length. The J.1ersonian says: q When
completed, the whole route from Meechum's river