New-York tribune., 1868-04-04


Those who visited the house generally
regarded her as an idiot After her residence at Mr.
Stewards some improvement effected IN her uepott
mcnt; her habit OF excessive drinking cured her
temper controlled and she was ntrsted with tDe VVef
sight OF some MINOR domestic duties As she Ws Lpere
treated with consideration and charity, ana recelVed
from her other relatives scarcely any Htiehon ~ Was
deemed by the prOpOncnt an act OF retDutVo JusuSe
that her property should revert those who ad made
her life less rksome 10 herself and more agteaue 10 r
and entered decree declaring her incapable at any
period of her life Of sustaining intelligent Vows as 10 e
her viii This opiron was formally concurred IN by the
Hon Ogden Edwards. then CrcIntJ uugo vi 'is OIyut
and also. appeal from his decision ny tue Chaneenor
naLppcal was then taken 10 the ola Court OF Errots
when the three decisions below were reversed ana tne
at @ e boe no &c evSn5ce established that degree OF
understanding however and sluggish, which raised
the tcstatrix above the aDsOute anu Seheh eH ino"
pacity OF the mere IDIOT"
THE GARDINER-TYLER CASE.
Quite as interesting case as either of the above has
proved the GardnerTyer case recently brought to ter
miDaton by the rejection Of the will Of Mrs. Julana
Gardiner Of Casteton Staten Island. Mrs. Gardiner
was highly respectable lady enjoying estate valued
at about 100000 mostly situated in this cty The heirs
living at the time OF her decease were son. Col David
Gardiner of staten Island gentleman Of liberal culture
and honorable connections daughter Mrs. Juha o.
Tyler wife Of President John Tyler, and grandchld
Harry Beekman the son SON of Of deceased a. dsSgdeT dre
arrived at the homestead at Catleton being driven from
the Tyler estate by the % a upon bsr e
occupation OF Virginia by our troops she came iHee
fun OF love for the Southern cause and her children
erences about the household Col Gardiner was loyal
man. and the breach thus constructed between the mem
hers Of Mrs. Gardiners family daily grew Wider until ~
the following February less than three ohtns suose
quent to the arrival Of Mrs. Tyler David received
a note from his mother requesting him 10 ieaTe te
with the exception Of two years IN California DaNlu
to HS''e"' farm in Port Richmond Mrs Tyer having
clear field of action, applied herself asslduOusy 70
after MIR Lott c. CLARK received note from Mrs Card
ner, interlned by Mrs Tyler giving Instructions TOT
viii to he drawn The WILL however was not immedl-
atey drafted, aud the sd day of October 1861 Dir
Clark hastily sent for by Mrs Tyler WIN direeuons
Mrs TYLER was had ON The evening Of that day, and
the following day Mr.. Clark came again The VIII was
from the attestation OF the instrument the hand which
had been made the agent OF is execution was pueess
view he provisions OF tins remarkable instrument and
close inspection Of it will discover that the only portion or
onefonrt6 Of the estate beside the homestead given TO
Henry Beekman. after his majority and the re-
TO- David and his heirs utter Mrs. Tylcr's death.
she being about ten years his junior. pre-
Staten Island David aud the remainder of the estate
equally between David Mrs Tyler and Harry Beekman
the grandson but complete reconstruction seems "
have been effected by the return OF Mrs Tyler This Is
the Mrs. Tyler at whose house during the Rebel
non It was reported that Rebel flag was displayed, IN
citing visit of the authorities This will OF 1854, being
offered to Surrogate Henry b. Meteaf for probate, met
claimed that his mother completely under the iniu
OF Mrs Tyler and in his behalf Surrogate Bradford
The most Iigid scrutiny into the management OF ms
mothers affairs by David then followed every effort be
ing made to establish the fact that he had received beDe
fits from the handling OF her moneys during ma long ser
vice in her behalf amply sufficient to offset his dlsinhe
tance under this will Yet although no stone was
left untued imply the least favor received the pro
pOnens unable to detect the slightest instance IN
which he had even seemed 10 forfeit the implied conf
dence reposed in him by his mother This investigation
lasted nearly six months and at ts conclusion the surro
gate rejected the Will obtained by unduennuencc. An
appeal from this decision heard at General Term OF
the Supreme Court in Brooklyn during May, 1850 when
entered ordering the will 10 be admitted TO probate on
appeal TO the Court of Appeals however this last deei
then Jury passed upon its validity and decided II
be worthless means OF devsing real or personal
THE CELEBRATED JUsfEL CASE.
The three cases already cited have obtained celebrity
by reason Of their Importance leading cases OF law and
their political aud social relations but in the Jumel VIII
case which is becoming the subject OF renewed
judicial investigation all the interest Of pleasing and
startling drama seems 10 have eliminated Nothing In
Eugene Sue, Miss Braddon or Bulwer can exceed III Ie
startling effect of alternating hope ana despair @ 5he plan plan
while extremes can be greater than those when meet
I'm the and Of the venerable testatrA Born M
midocean in the cabin Of French figae, and placed
an Infant orphan in the care OF a Mrs thompson
of Newport II. L., Madame Jumers early youth
was spent that city, then cOntendng with our own Tor
the OF metropolitan power, and It's harbof being the
~ scarcely 10 be wondered al that she early yielded to
the solicitations of British officer deloped with him 20
this city, where her brancy of intellect ana personal
attractions soon gained her commanding position IN the
arstocratic circles Of Manhattan Island AZ the age OF
80 she was left widow and soon after stephen Jnnei
charins and offered te under which her estate
has become notorious. Upon their marriage no olbef
city but Paris thought Of residence and after
years passed there the e1trayagancea and 1oes o
that gay city reduced their resources 10 suc an extent
that retrenchment found necessary Returning
therefore. TO this city they were together IN
regainDc the wealth which they had lost. aud at ms
death Madane Jue bad passed youth OF fashionable
le, and found herself possessed 0f very valuable
estate Late life Aaron Burr yielded 10 the unlued
charms Of the Ocogenar1an, and marriage and divorce
followed this acquantanceship IN RAPID sucG99soh' i
Our heroine then retired 10 Washington nIghls
and bereft OF the exciting pleasure OF gay
society, filed ont the heightened measure OF her
existence with Elusive imagnngs OF schemes 10 Ontah
her money by designing fends and closed the Efforts
10 thwart them by executing will two years before her
death, giving the bulk OF her fortune 10 charitable st
tutiOns with incOnsiderabe annute- to few of
her household The executors two ministers named IN
admission opposed by certain Nelson Chase, who
ried niece aud adopted child OF the tesarH aud the
children Of brother, William Jones Jhese clalmans
soon united In the person Of Mr. Chase, who paid
the ambitious children OF the brother $3.50 ana sue
eessfuDy defeated the will upon tho ground O insanity
.. THE ALLAIgs CASE
A. instance persistent and lengthy litigation the
Alare viii case yca unsettled, is conspicuous The
tIcme difference Of opinion entertained by the parties
may be judged by the fact that while the proponents OF
the win estimate the estate at $4,000 the atlaw
claim for value OF t25sOO These circumstances, aud
the prominence OF the testator cne to place in the
remarkable Wills Of the city. Mr. james Allaire was
the son OF Peter Alexander Allare, and was born IN
New Brunswl n. j.. about the year 1900 His father
was, AT tno time VI
citizen Of New Rochelle, and the spot Is still pointed out
where he read that usrions document on It's first re-
cepon at that town James r. Alare the tstator was
married at the early OF nineteen and shortly after
learned the trade OF brassfOundeT He soon became
identified with the cause OF steam navigation, In
the construction Of marine engines, aud about
the time that the philosophers Of the old
world were demonstrating the incapaclty Of any
chip 10 hold eucent fuel feed boilers during voyage
across ths oeeqp,, ship reached them propelled by
Tean CELEBRATED by boiler constructed by Mr Alaire
upon an improved plan which he had devised for re-
dgeIng the consumption Of coal The Aare works, soon
after founded by him. began 70 manufacture boersupOn
this improved principle and stl one Of the leading
manufactures for boilers In the country, although Mr
Allaires connection with them ceased n,l8O. In 1876,
his wife having died number OF yeas previous he mar
ried Mrs Tompkns, who had been for some time q