, 1866-04-20

~, Int erest1nE Hit OF Donae~t1c History
ri Aaron Bnrf's Famaaf-OId Scan-
data Reglvod-The Trial Postponed
Until May.
{Ftom the New York Iaue-, 18th xnst,l
On.thc heights Of tue west bank Of the
Harlem river stands fine old mansion, dat
5ng back long before the days Of the Reyoln-
1ion house IN which Washington. Latay-
cite and their contemporaries wrote their des-
British landed and occupied the city . house
trcm which one may now overlook
;hs ,ss sesRas siesRass . sf 'hi IL sSsz hsssa
and the distant wsteT s,of ,ed o tue e.o nSsnd
16lA, 31me. Jumel, whose cvcn'fu1 life ended
nigh a year aEo nj a Sery advanced age; whose
cvcntfM story, could II be written, might be
more interesting than any romsnce. 40 OBJ
scurc but beautiful Yankee girl, sas had come
TO be the wife Of the rich Jumel, q Frcnchmun
driven away from St. Domingo duringlts hor-
rors. Full Of ambition and talent, she did
and dared many things which made the timid
aud the prudent stare. which set the tongues
Of the enyiohs and the curious q wagsing,
and made her as famous md as brilliant as
any woman Of her time. One Of the episodes
nj her 1ate career was her marriage with
Aaron Burr, which was soon terminated by
separation, hut which identified her with one
OF the most remarkable men of the
country. From her marriage to
TO know Louis Philippe, TalleFTnnd and all
1tc rest Of those remarkable men who had
refuge In Ibis country from time 10 time. and
when atlefword she visited France, with her
husband, she had Access 10 the Court circle,
which then few Americans ever entered, and
Fllcre she made her Hask. For time she
vas star among the beauties of the Court.
and Ito be talked about, 10 be cnvicd. is 10
be happy, then Nine. Jumel was as happy as
mortal woman well could be. But for tic
11HEt 6ft4&U Ebn hAs
Tery old, and has spent her time in the
retirAcy OF her own home, with lew iptiInatea.
aud with little Intercourse with the world
her companions and friends being her nlcce
and adopted daughter and her children.
These she had taken to France 70 be educated.
There one Of them WAS married By the agency
and consent of the madame, The landed es-
tate she received from Jumel she had held on
to with tenacious grasp, until 10 the pro-
s.Tess of time 1t had bccolue property of i'm
mcnsc value-some estimate II pt a million ot
dollars.
But now It has been fought orcr, and ont oi
which will be arrayed fome Of the most dis
4incuished lawyers OF the New York bar.
II oppcare that In her old age, wher past
ninety, Nine, Jumcl made neT Will, cutting
OF hcr relatives and adopted child and leF
children, giving her entire property to rarlone
public charities. with the single exception ol
her pastor, who was to iiave m equal share
with tile othar dcyisees. These rel&t,rrs N
lcIrs who have lived with her some forty
years, mutually do not respect this paper,
md they claim that she had beeame incom-
p.stent 70 make a lcgul will. They are In.
oeinaho tlat this paper shall be set aside at
uull and void, 20 that they may enter IN and
cn1oy inc GOOD thine@ which they think they
lad good and reasonable right 10 expect
"a 1nc dtns5 aand tue aeyisees take quite
in better frame Of mind tilan Nmc u1 !1ume1 i
and TINT the very judie1ous beque,ts made to
them ennbe her sanity to the cr..test ~.
speet. They claim, TOO, that Mine. samel,s
relatives arc no relatives at all, md lave