New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-11-19
The Jnnel yyill Case.
ITS LAIN FEATURES.
From the New yorIz Times, Nov. 8th.


From the New York Times, Nov. sh,l
As the "JumeI will case, which will probably
Occupy the Supreme Court part J. for the neXi
two weeks. is likely to take rank among the cel-
ebrated trials that have occupied the attention OF
the courts Of this civ a brief rehearsal of the
main featnres of The casa nav not he nnintprest-
nr 10 our readers at tListnle although it involves
onIv rcpetition of facts published months ago.
Madame Jumel. as MANY of our readers may
recolecf died in this city on the 10th of july
1865. at the are of ninety.one Years. She left an
estate valued ut n million dollars or m0re-mostly
landed property and houses in this cty-the bulk
Of which she bequeathes by will to various char
jtahle institutions and but little of which was left
to her relatives, or those who claim to be her rel
atiyes and lawful heirs AS is usual under such
circumstances, the heirs have resolved to contest
the will the rround of contest in this case being
that the Will vas made during the last days Of the
tpst9tor. when her mental caDacity untitled her
for such an act; that twas in direct opposition to
| will previously made when she was i'll sound
mind, aud that it was made al the instigation and
undpr tile influence Of Interested narties having
no relation hv blood or marriage to the testator
and to whom she was under no obligations what
ever
But it is not 81 much the will itself or the
amount of nropertv Involved as the personal his.
tory of the testator that invests this tral Will pe-
culiar interest. Nine. Jnmel was one o. the most
remarkable female characters that figured in our
reySjufinn5rv fTa. and was possessed of beauty
and accomDiiSbfnants that would have made their
mark in any era Born at sea of mother who
died in Giving her birth she was brought up as an
0rphan in the quiet town of Newport r. l.. until
the age Of seventeen. when She elopei with an
EnrIish officer and came TO this CITY, where her
career as a woman of fashion commenced, and
; whore she first came in contact with the listn.
gushed men Of The revolution. Here and in Phil.
inst6n, of Jefferson, Of Ben. FrankIin, Of Latay
cite OF Patrick Henry of Aaron Burr, and many
mere of the lesser lights Of that day, all Of WHOM
3: admired her beauty and accomplishments, ant
e many of whom were eaptivnted by her charms
e None Of them were, however, accepted by her a
, husband if they ever made the offer, and, afte
several years spent in Illuminating the fashionable
, circles Of that era, she finally allied herself with
L rich French wine merchant of this city, and Mis-
c Capet became Madame Stephen Jumel.
v The happy pair shifted their residence to Paris
i where Madame ,Umel sh0ne not less Brilliant
t than here-enIiyening the court of Louis Philipr
with her charms, fascinating the wary Talleyrand
/, and spending her husbands money in truly roys
;, style. When Monsieur Jumes eXcheQUer brok
e down, as it soon did, and he became moody al
= ieal wife, turned her attention to finance, cam
back 10 New York took charge of the remnant
in of her husbands estate, nurtnred and cherished
" till it grew once more into living proportions, an
ID then invited the melancholy Wine merchant
e. come over and enjoy it with her. He came, AZ
as the two lived together until his death at the az
h, of 10. While widow she renewed her acqual
y, lance win aaron 6utf Wlloll sue nau oceIs.pn
employ in his professional capacity as a Iawyg
ed Burr appears from her letters to nave been u
only man OF the revolutionary era OF any othgF eL
VINO 1uiiy answered her ldeal Oh What d nan stlou
Sc be-beirg, as sue says, nmoh ol Mars y y
Nv Apollo-and it was not strange, therefore, u
when he offered her his hand the second tlhle' ~
er INSISTED upon H. se GonsenteH ~ n III
ID, Bun BUR-, "a othonsn Aer Mars anu APoilo was ~
p"Sii ~, a., .,,,, o,,+ ,,o,, ho,vo,,or a
nt a,U ItoF s%art 4nntia NM Inn
he the Wco4ta NE WAS Oh shott uuratl0AA Nlle' ~
ng had by TINS time droppsa ioHe T anu fphhGG
nd Ee GYeyi i not aree With hers the partnershp