The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-12-18
NEW YoRKISNs.
Erom our o,on Correspondent

New York, Dec. IL, ls0e.
The notorious
JUMBL WILL CASE
came up yesterday again before Judge Cardozo
Oftbe Supreme Court.
Having taken some pains TO understand the
facts of thS case, will endeavor to elucidaLe
them.
Madame Jumel, widow Of the late Stephen
Jumel, died in the January of 1895, at an ex-
tremely advanced age.
She left behind her real estate TO the value o I
1T least 81, 100000.
Her origin was humble. She was the daughter
pf a comwonsailor named John Bowen, residing
In Rhode Island, and had one brother and one
sister. TIE brother died. The sister came to
this city. and married gentleman In moderate
circumstances, named William Jones.
BY this husband Mrs, Jones had four children,
the present heiIs.at law OF Madame Jumel,
named respectively William Ballou Jones,
Stephen Jumel Jones, Elizabeth Jumel Fran
cbell, aud Louisa Jumel Maddox.
Meanwhile the subject of the present debate
bad also came hither and married stephen
Jumel, who, embarked at that time in most
prosperous business promised TO become wnat
Al his death all his possessions passed into
the hands oil his widow The one thorn ID WhO-e
Nedoed life had been that she was chlldless.
70 remedy this defect, she aud her husband,
at early period of their married iiie, had
adopted child.
they made a singular choice. The child was
no other than the illegltimate daughter OF
Madame Jumers sister, Mrs. jones' the little
girl having been born before Mrs. Jones' mar
rage.
educated and in all respects treated as the
daughter of VI. and Madame Jumel. fue
education was bestow upon her in Paris. She
was for long time leader of fashion IN this
CITY, where she was married TO a Mr.. Nelson
Cna.e tone OF the plaintiffs In the present ca1e),
and finally died in lS49, eleven years after the
death OF M. Jumel
she lett two children, Eliza and william,
whom Madame Jumel Immediately and always
regarded as her grandchildren, styling them in
formal writings her grand-nephew and grand
niece. In 1854 she again visited France, taking
these grandchildren" with her, aud married
Eliza TO a M. Perry.
These are the facts-a little romantic if you
glesse-sO far as have been able to CLEAN them.
The plaintiffs, however, allege that Madame
Jumel was not the daughter of John Bowen
the Rhode Island sailor, but of one James
Bowen, and, moreover, that the Mrs. Jones
whose illegiumate child she adopted was not
her sister.
The application before Judge Cardozo was on
the part of Champlain Bo ven for an order to
compel MIR. Carter, attorney for Nelson Chase, to
permit the plaintiff to take fac StDllte of au
original letter purported to have been written
by Bowen.
has likewise been presented before Judge
Barbour.
MIR. specht, being charged by Mr.. Milleniau
with rObolng him OF fifty ceats, was arrested
and Imprisoned. Milenian then repaired TO
Spechts friends and informed them that he
would withdraw the complaint if they would
give hun 5000. spechl's friends did SO: Specht
was released; Specht's friends stopped payment
OF the cheek; Specht commenced an action for
false imprisonment. Specht has ben awarded
$500 damages.
HE'LL GATE
is going to be drilled.
A new machine has been invented Tor that
purpose.
In Hell.Gate there is no separate scylla and
Chary bdis; bolh are in one.
The new dTlling machine is like a kettle
drum turned upside down, made of iron, and
water-tIeht. Tue part which attacks the rock
ss superiauvely hard piece of metal, in which
are Inserted more than a dozen black diamonds.
1t is by no means certain no HeVer, that the
object OF the invention has yet beeu attained.
The experiment was performed upon solid
block OF granite, above the surface OF the
water. II was not demonstrated that the
machine is water-tight and the question whether
Hell.Pate can be blasted by lls use, and her
fearful floods cleared Of their rocky distractions,
yet remains unanswered.
ILLEGITrMAcY
be now the topic upon which the pens of our
literary and scientific women (or women who
think themselves SOY are engaged.
Mrs. Ernestine l.. Rose believes, for example,
that the hest cure for infanticde is to legally
compel the fathers of illegitimate children to
recognize them.
III Eucn were TO become tDe law, am afraid
The size ef the families of some of ''our most
respectable citizens" would be increased with
extraordinary rapidity, and that vrtuous and
npsuspecting wives, before they knew it, would
spontaneously become the step-moJhers OF
numerous little wanderers.
MR.. BEECHER
has been doing another wick &c thing, that has
placed him beyond the pale of forgiveness.
He Is the most successful man living for doing
wicked things which no other m mister is bold
enough and original enough to conceive of.
For instance, he has been aiding and abettng
the institution of deaconesses in Plymouth
Church to visit the poor and needy, and see
that their wants are provided for.
lie not this distinctly borrowed from the Roman
Catholic Church?
Finally, brethren, let Mr.. Beecher beware.
mr.. FI9KE,
that ''rising young artist IN stocks" who bought
Pixies Opera House, is going TO try to turI
manager too; or, at least has engaged manager
10 represent him. That manager is Mr.. Tayleure
the adroit adapter of LADY Isabel,n and Mr.
Fox's rlght-hand man in HumDty Dunpts. The
admission is 10 be fifty cents per head aud the
entertainment spectacularly Shakespearlan.
ALI BABA