The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-07-01
charles Dickens.

A letter from London Las tbe ioiioWlDg
IL must, however, not forget TO give You
q little BIT Of scandal that 10 going tae
rounds Of the literary world just now about
Charles Dickens. For the last fortnight or
more he has been residIng at the Office Of
Iioussiold Words, and il Ia said that be de-
sires TO be divorced, but Mrs. Dickens will
not c0nsent % account Of her children. i
hear that Dickens has for some time been
paying attention 10 an actress at the Hay.
market, Amy Scdwick, il IL thought 80
charmed was he with her that he went to
Hunt AZ It0skel's and bought her beanti.
fuI bracelet, for which be gave u hundred
guineas. and had the lady's name engraved
upon it. The trinket was unfortunately
lost one night when he was taking her TO
some place Of Amusement, and was found by
some honest person, who took II TO Hunt n
ROekel's, who at once sent 1t to MIR. Dickens,
and ~ Mr. Dickens was out, Mrs. Dickens
received the naughty tell.tale. which con-
Grmed her suspicious. She presented il to
her lord when he came home, and simply
said, Charles wish you would not be 40
open In these matters, whereupOn las the
lawyers say) the editor OF Ho'lsehotd Words
went into u towering passion, and said he
would not stay another night In the same
house with his wife lie slept that night
at hotel, and has never been home since.
II appears that all the children Except
Charlts) side with their father. Mr.. Dick
ens has removed his children (six or seven Of
thcin) to bis country house. do not
know how all this will end. but here ends
the first act"
Mr.. DicKExa In the Household Words OF
the 9th Of June, publishes the following
card:
Threeand twenty years have passed since
! entered on my present relations with the
public. They began when | was so young
that find them 10 have existed for nearly
quarter Of q century.
Through all that time have tried TO bc
~ faithful to the public a. they have been
TO me- II was my duty never to triiie with
them, or presume upon their favor, or do
anything with IL but work hard 10 justify
IT, have always endeavored to discharge
that duty.
My conspicuous position has often made
me the subject of fabulous stories and unac.
countable statements. Occasionally sueh
things have chaied me. or even wounded me,
but have always accepted them M the
shadows useparable from the light Of my
notoriety and success. have never OBJ
trudel any such personal uneasiness OF mine
upon tho generous aggregate OF my audi.
ence.
For the first time In my lie, and believe
Tor the last. now deviate from the principle
have 80 long observed, by presenting my
sell in my own journal in my own private
character and sn,reating NIL my brethren
las they deem that they have rcuson to think
well Of me, and know that am man
who has ever been unaileCtedly true to our
common ealling) to lend their aid to the dis
scmination OF my present words.
Some domestic trouble Of mine ot long
standing. on which will make no further
remark than that IL claims TO be respected
as being Of sacreily private nature, has
lately been brought to m arrangement which
involves no anger or i'll will Of any kind,
and the whole origin, progress, and sur
rounding circumstances Of which have been,
throughout. within the knowledge of my
children. II IL amicably arranged, and its
details have now but TO DO forgotten by those
concerned in IL.
By some means, arising out OF wick0incss,
or out Of folly, or out Of uncomfortable wild
chance, or out Of all three. this trouble has
been made tho occasion Of misreprcsnta-
tons most grossly false, most monstrous, and
most crucl--involving not only me- but in
noent persons dear 10 my heart. and limo.
cent persons OF whom have no knowledge,
II, indeed, they have any existence--and 50
widely spread that doubt II one reader In
u thousand will pcrusc these lines by whom
some touch Of the breath Of these ISLANDERS
will not have passed like an unwhol@ome
air.
Those who know me and my nature need
no assurance under my hand that such ca.
lumnies are IA rreconcilable with me as
they ART, in their frantic incohernce. with
one another. But there u q great multi
tude who know me through my writings,
and who do not know me otherwise and |
cannot bear that ono of them should be left
in doubt, or hazard OF doubt. through my
poorly shrinking from taking the usual
means to which ] now resort OF circulating
the truth
most solemnly declare. tbcn--and this !
do, both in my own name and in my wifes
that all the lately whispered rumors
touching the trouble ut which have glanc-
cd, are abominably false. and that who-oev
or repeats one Of them after this denial will
lie rs willlully and as ioully ~ il is possible
for any fake witness TO lie before heaven AMI
earth Oman, ~ Dtryr>s