The Republican journal., 1872-02-08

truth now its all too long gone BY, anC
we are as much to each other as though
the sod was over US.
MADAME JUMEL'S ESTATE.
A Cause CeIebre---A Presumptive Son O.
George Washington.
Special Correspondence OF the Boston Post.
NEW YORK. Jan ~, 1872
| II Is now almost one hundred wears
| since one Of the most remarkable women
who have figured in American society was
| born, and to 80 great an age did she at
| tain that the lawyers may be said to be
only at the commencement Of their quar-
rels over her estate Eliza Bowen was
| born in Providence, r. l., in lT75. and
| died, as Madame Jumel in New York
city, in 1868. Hers was a most singular
| lite, and her history, career and circum-
| stances, giving rise aS they did to nearly
tentury's gossi p and scandal are now
/ tor the first time being recalled to memory
in a connected form BY the efforts OF the
opposing LAWYERS in the trial before the
nited States Circuit Court for the posses
sion Of the estate. The greatest interest
is manifested in the case, particularly by
those Of middle and advanced age, who
have had the opportunity Of Watching
the movements Of and taking part in
the general conversation, concerning
Madame Jumel during the past twenty. F.
thirty, forty, fifty wears When the Old
laoE aled. seven wears ago many wert
~ .ll' ie,liih i,eenIes ~ lhe lolilef peiie OF
New York" indulged in by wealthy dow
a al t,,t
aSe's aiiu 80 aiou' oiu Seh,ltileh. put
= oiio 0"uho' 70 loieFeI 'hinAlhg OF the
'ieau' ~ 'u'uie SOU "eca'he aS lieless
T. III "'i0 " q 'nlN ,ou'fed upon
,aiT liI'ei .''' '''i't u. casual = ul~'usSlohS
-" ho"eNel ~ 'e,etah anaif hN' oe
,''ie ''N"N 't"F' ~" he'tiolt I'o' "hiN
IT, "r1th at'' p'' ~ a'So he oiu Socle-
\ y '"''i''iil "re ~ up lh arms ah"nt
TT rNh ifH = ~ Nlll
The courtroom il daily filled % abso-
Lutte repletion. many ladies being included
In the audience Judge Shipman pre-
sides. and the LAWYERS in attendance are
gOodly in number and reputation For
the plaintiff appear Mr.. William A Beach,
eX Surrogate Gideon j Tucker. Mpssrs
Chauncev >hatf-r, Levi $. Chattield, F q
Mcdonald and others. The defrndent Is
represented by Messrs Charles p'Con0r
and James g. Carter. The c0ntending
parties are respectively. Mr. George
Washington Bnwen--an ola, venerable.
whlte-haired gentleman Of Rhode Island.
who claims to he the only child Of Eliza
Bowen-ani Mr. Nelson Chase, the pres
ent holder Of the ,Jumel estate. who dis
putes Bowen's pretensiOns and claims 70
inherit the property legally. being the
nearest living relative Of the deceased
Where there's a VIII there's a way" the
proverb truly observes, but the trouble in
this ease is that there il no satisfactory
will. The only Instrument Of the Kind
that was left behind her has been set aside
BY the Court and the Surrogate, 50 that
the Madame, although she made many At
tenpts at constructing q VIII, was finally
baffied in her intentions; and though She
went down to her grave In The firm con
viction that She had ordered her mundane
affairs according to her desire. She must
have found disappointment awaiting her
in the "spirit-land, !" if '.such things be."
r. ''' - ~ MADAME ~ NihI.
A calm and dispassionate study Of his
tory ought To convince any one that the
manners ana morals OF our national an
cestrv were not in reality any better than
those Of these degenerate days" and
certainly no better than they should have
been Human nature, with all It's weak
nesses and toibles, does not develop with
the development Of the ages, but has re-
mained pretty much the same Since the
time when Samson returned from his
morning "constitutional'' with the gates
Of GAIA only to make 4 tool of himself
with Delliah. ard entrust his precious
strength to the tender mercies of that
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