New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-08-11

lsrs.h II the LoLdoa papers. The pIntid IN Ihe
case (s:r +. Tse,igsrs late c.ieIt) VS. Nh
Ps,.eIce sstftr, VITO ws- TIE widow OF tie OH
con Of Samuel sw;lfD, Of Ssinfen Hal, the tss-
ta.1r. AID who cl.:xed urder the vii, the etfae
Ct sw;bhn Hal, vita the furniture AID al iae
noystle property bslorsios to II, valued 81 it0m
EGO. 900 10 go COO. TIE cefeL.Nt vas Cap
ten n the eb Oregon Guards, nephew OF
TIE !es.a.or, wLo dei!irg tie validity OF tie WILL
eli. med TIE ests.e SIS hair at lsw.
Tie stoIy Of It's Switttn family, which eose'
olt n tie couIse Of the tia, fuIn;,he, CURIOUS
specimen Of Ersi.h domestic history. The tesla
toIs father, Wlo had preceded tbs tes.ator u the
pcstession Of S~.hfen Hal, Lad married second
We, ard in addition to Lis fra. fanly-Wsch coz
sissed Of tie teststor sid ourger brother JOHN
be tsdarsUeIous second family Of sons snc dause-
teIs, to whom lie became much bttAcked. lne
.ectld con by TIE fnt marriage becsme an IDIOT
sEd va. tert 10 an asylum; q commission IN tie
Amy vas purcta,td for the Oldest son tile ss'ta
tor, uIder which be Hss sent or foreign ser'lce,
with tie hope as lie u.ed to say, TIA. be would he
kilkd fcr tie bereft Of the secoLd family, the es-
tate OF Swiifen being el taed, AID placed out Of
bis fathers control. Meanwhile he married tie
daughter CT k1' ght, with whom lie recs we'd
G20. 900, and by whom he bsd 90 Only 800 (the
husband Of the plAintif), who as he greT up sp-
pesIs TO have became dissiPsted fellow, and
great trouble TO hispsTents. In lS?- the testator
BEN ten some fifty five years ID bis father died,
Having BY bic vii az uneEtaed estate which he
d siesled TO the ode 5. con Of his second marriage,
the father of the defendant, AID Tor tie benefit Of
tLst !snily stripping Ssiaf-n Of everything mov-
able
A letter vas produced, written BY the testator
thorly after h:s fathers death, in which lie con-.
plsired list bis father had left the furniture, piate
AID even the titles Ct Swilfen for the benefit Of
h;. seco1d fsnily-in fact, Rad robbed him to pIo-
vide fer ITEM When he took Posseaeniou &c found
tie e,tate spoiled Of its wood, tie hou'e without
apy furniture in It, and nothing in the wine-ceilar
but en- empty scdsVster bottle. BJth the testasor
and lis oife were exceedingly economical and even
lei ur:oup, and with . view TO improve the estate
they Undertook to carIy on one Of tie four farms
Of hich il consisted living in ole room and leaving
the house unfurI ishtd. Soon after coming into
possession tie .estator iesettled his estate, himself
hece rirg tenant for life with emaindsr 10 tail to
bis son. 10 vhsm also was secured an aunnlsy
If ESQ, with power to grant jointure
Of 1890 TO aIy wife be might marry, remainder
in fee berg reserved to the testator. The son,
now twenty .se7en pears DID, aid thus provided for,
'oon after married the plaintiff in the case, who q!
/ ct time was servant in London lodging house,
,f which TIE young men hsd been 40 inmate. Tnn
marriage, Ct course offended the father and mother,
ard the young couple went abroad, and lived sev.
sId years ia France AID Italy, and afterwa'd at
various Enslish watering places. After q time,
he wife, evidently person Of much force of char
acter, succeeded m entirely reforming her dissi-
pated husband, AID, this f,et having been eommu
picsied to tie father by nutaal friend areconeiha
Ton tooh Place. The father and mother Ire son and
bis v fe met each ether BY appointment u isii, at
sn i'm in IitehfeS rear which Swnfen e situ.ted,
but while the mother lived the son and daughter
al net yis.t SwiDfer-tLe reason brog that the
father ard mother, grown more sBd more pecuii-
aus, were living il a very mean way, and had no
fun ithed soops f. for penons accustomed to live
Ike gentlefOlks. 10 Isis the mother died, and the
stD ard daugbteri 10 law who had been sent for on
lie occasien, remained With the father for eight
moLth,. They then left, and were absent three
yeaIs; bat correspondence vas Kept up between
tie father snd son. Mesawh lie the testster, grow-
irg cid aid very infrm, wss robbed b. his house
keeper ard plagued by bis tenants, til st last on
tie suggestion Of tie family physician, the son and
daughtsr-I law returned, in ISL, and took charge
Of tie old NAH house I'll af,rs. twas 10 evidence
that ,tey lived with him on excellent terms,
tie ;on in the management of his business always
&c eITiDg TO Sis wishes. The old nsp, who kept
n bsIk account at LitchGeld, continued t. sign
cheeks TIL october, 1858, when 10 consequence of
uTa'gie sit ctioa Of his wrist bis began to
sisn for I'm. His dsughter-in-law wa, de:ided
fa7oIite Nth bin. To accommodate her, he had
.wo or three ICONS handsomely furnished. lie
bad tie grounds which had grown up into 5 com.
yle.e wilderness, put in oIeer; he reformed his per-
sopsl habits and drtss, which had become ex.
trsmely ,loyerly, and even 10 please her left of
swearing. IL 1890, when the estate Was resettled,
be had made viii, leayiug sll his property to bis
wife. Ia 1852, his wife being then dead, be
made Few one, leaving everything to his son, at
the same time spp:oyirg will which the
sen b.d previously made, leaving everything to bic
wife, tie plaintiff in this case. In No7ember 1885,
the te.tstor, now eighty years old, WHO was very
heavy spd Suffered much frou rheumatism, and
I,o frtm iydroeele, came near falling while de-
,cerdir the stairs, and from ths time bis family
physician ordered that he should Keep his room.
Ttep,efoth be did So though, spsrtfrom his sp.csl
infrui, which were Of ,eyeral years standing,
his health cortiI ued good. On the 18Th Of June,
1854, his sen died suddenly, His wife thereupon
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