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MORE OF JouN RANDoLP us Will
We stated ON Friday the decision that haC
been made by the Virginia Court on this
will. The Richmond Wing says the case
will be taken TO the Court Of Appeals; anc
as that tribunal reversed the decision ol
the Genera Court of July, 1885, admit
ling his last will to probate, it is, possible
the present decision may also be rever
sed. In that case, general mtestacy viii
be established ,Rnd MIR. Randolph's whole
estate be distributed to the Heirs at Law
under the Statutes of Descents.
The following is the origal will and
one Of the codiclIs. O!her codlclls were
also made, but they are not given in the
Richmond papers.
"In the naWe ef God, amen. l John
Randolph, of Roanoke, in the county Of
Charlotte, do ordain this writing, written
with my own hand, this fourth day ol
May, one thousand eight hundred and
nineteen, to be my last will and testa'
ment, hereby revoking all others whatso'
ever.
81 give to my slaves their freedom, to
which my conscience tells mo they are
justly entitled. 1t has a long time been
a matter Of the deepest regret to me, that
the circumstances under which inherit
ed them, and the Obstacles thrown in the
way By the laws of the land, have preven'
ted my emancipating them inmy life time
whichit is my full intention TO do in case
] can accomplish it.
"'All the rest and residue Of my estate,
with exceptions hereinafter made wbe-..
therreaE or personal, bequeath to Viii
liam Leigh, Esq. Of Halifax, Attorney at.
Law-to the Rev. William Meade, Of
Frederick, and to Francis Scott Key, Esq
of GeorgetOwa, District of Calumb a, in
trust for the following uses and purposes,
viz: lst To provide one or more tracts
ofland in any Of the States or Territories,
not exceeding in the whole four thousand
acres, nor less than two thousand acres
Ito be portioned andapportioned by them
ia such manner as to them may seem
best, among the said slaves. I'd. To pay
the expense Of their removal and Of fur
nshing them with necessary cabins,
clothes andutensils. 3D.. To pay the ex
penses not exceeding four hundred dol.
lars per anuum, Of ih3 education Of John
Randolph Clay, until he shall arrive al
the age OF twenty three-leaving with
him my injunction, to scorn to eat the
bread OF idleness or dependence.
4lh. 10 pay TO T'heodoriok Bland Dud
ley ten Thousand dollars.
5th. With the residue Of said estate TO
found school or college, to be called 10.
anoke College.
al give to Theodotick Bland Dudley
all my books, plate, household aud kilch
60 furniture, aud all my liquors --aIso my
guns and pistols, aud the choice ofsix Of
my horses, or blood mares, and my single
chair, with my best riding saddle aad val
ise. II is my will and desire that my cx
ecutors give no bond or security for tho
trust reposed in them. In witness where
oil | have horeuuto set my hand ard athx'
cd my seal, the day and year before writ
ten.
JouN RANDOLPH, of Roanoke.
"COdicl. 1t is my will and desire,
that my old servants, Essex and lletty
his wife, be made quite comfortable. 1t
is my intention, that nay reversionary
claims on Mrs BIodgers and Mrs. Ran
doIph's estate; should pass the devise TO
my executors, who may sell any portion,
or the whole Of my said estate, of whatso'
ever nature il may be, the specified devil
ses onI y excepted.
]. R. of r. srALr
Much Of the testimony on the trial
was highly interesting, all going TO
prove the ecccnlric habits Of the eXlraor
drnary teslotor. We select the follow
ing;
Mr.. ]. A. Chevalle states, that he was
we'll acquainted with Mr.. John Randolph
decoased, (oI thirty years preceding his
death He met with him on board
steamboat coming from Norfolk to Rich
mond on the 18th Of April, 1880. Mr..
Randolph on the preceding day tad arrI'
we'd at Norfolk from Washington or Bal
timore. When he first saw him aboard
OF the boat, Mr.. Randolph appeared 10 be
very much excited, about something that
had occurred on the day before. He sta
ted that Frenchman, who was servant
Of Mr.. Hide De NeuvilIe, the French
Ministcr, and who had stood behind his
chair when he dined with Them, had tho
audacity and imprudenco 10 sit down by
bis side at table aboard the boat the pre-
cedina day--that he had resented his in
science, and threatened to shoot him with
his double borralled gun, which he bad
with him, (aud which witness saw ifhe
did not quit tho table.
Mr.. Randolph abused tho Frenchman
very much, aud said he had called him TO