New-York daily tribune., 1858-12-24
FROM BOSTON.
TIE WILL OF THE IMPLACABLE THORN
DlKE.

Aueu.tus ThOrndlhe, son OF the late lsrae
Thorbdikc, Died at the fremont HOu-e few week:
ego, kavIpg an estate valued st four or fise hun
drcd Thousand dollars. HIS will has been offered
FIR probate. IL ia prodiglously long. and ren@rk-
able ouly for the ipgeniou. cruelty WITH which the
testatcr has coDrryed to cnt of with II shilling his
dsugh,er Rete ga her husband and children, for
ever. Rebecca $50 says old ThOfudike in his viii
married Mr.. NJ. &. Marin, "not only without my
"conseDt, but contrary to my express innnction-,
land under circumstances Of great deception, and
| "after full notice from me Of the consequences OF
| "sUch step" The consequences are, that she
| is left with only S400 year. This may be paid 70
her order but not 10 tue order or III favor Of her
husband.
II is my intention says the reveDgeful old man,
:" that part of my estse, beyond the said amount
cf ior hundred dollars Year. shall, in any event 60
to my said daughter or her Issuei and hereby re-
quest aIG cfGer that tner my wiie nor aLy One OF
my other children any legatce OF this WILL or per-
who shall become entitled to any property or 10.
~ virtue " III provisions, shal at any time aid
MY raid daughter ReOecca nth money, or IA any other
wsy; ana I'll fhe provisions OF tins Will for the benefit
o my WIFE, ard those fr the benefit of my other chill
dep for the benefit Of all and any Otner person
whatsoever 6Te upon the eXpress cOi dltion tlat, II
either of them shall aid my sand daughter Rebecca by
giving or btqueathrg 10 ner or her hubbard, present
iuture her issue, any other or gr itef sparc OF
NY estate than provited for her 10y this Sl or by
giving bequeathIg TO her husband, present or u'
ture, her issue, any sum of money or property
vi hsoeyer, in that cue all the prOyleiOn5 for t1ls
will fer tie beIst of the person or persons go aiding
my said daughter Reoecca, her hntband or Issue,
thereafter cease ana become VOld aud 0i no ELECT
And all the property or income winch by TINS vii
otherwise peId 10 b. given 70 or tor the benefit OF
the person 80 sdiog my said daughter Reoecca, her
husband issue. Is hereby given over upon the hap
peLiDg Of tie ed event. to such uf my ctldreo, other
than the said IL becca ana unoer the same conc ons,
shall not dsobey the express Injunction OF tnls
w and in of their dec7as-, the same l. hereby
given over upon sc cOnot0ns to the lasin issue OF
my SAID otftr children; and in defaut OF failure
thereof the same ,hal 20 ACCORDING T. the provisions
hereafter following for the case of the death Of all
children Except the saij Reoe3ca) and Their issne.'
This forfeiture however, is to be personal only,
and during the hfe of the person breaking the con-
ditiop. and not 10 extend to his or her children.
Gracious Mr. ThOrDdIkel Only those who are
guilty Of having human feelings are To be punished;
those who are innocent of such fIallty are 20 be
saved
All through the will runs this determination;
yOu come across il everywhere. The words sex
cept the said Rebecca" are used parenthetically
bfv times and the purpose Indicated III the above
extrac, is mace sure and firm and binding by hall
score Of sections, which seem 70 make evasion in
possible. And, to crown all, il Is provided that
whoever tries 10 annul the viii shall be cut of from
lis benefits: and that if it should not be established
another will made in 1853 shall take IT. placc. 1t
is said that there are three or four more, back OF
the viii of lr,3.
Poor Henrietta Dclprit husband -huntcr), her
mother (noney and siation-hunter), and all the
other Deiprsts, are ALSO driven out from the pos
| session into which they hoped to enter. Says Mr.
| Thorndlke
"In conet quence of the marriage of my son James
Stewrr, with lie cousin Henrietta Delprat, Onder cir
! cum.tarets not known 10 me NJ the time but which
ind NH plaIIly
plan of long standing, delib rstely and successfully
pursued the pat Of herself and nef mother to lead
my son, wblle vet mere youth, uto natTmonhl en-
| Ctqcuert much 20 his injury, under the ilea she
should thereby become entitled, eventually, 10 some
LARGE 81 are Of my estate and IN consequence oi the
! more ultimate acquaintance which have now formed
with her and er character my intention is 10 preclude
her ard ler family from any further pecapary Deueht
| Ia reeu to her and them from said marriage thsn Il
hereby cxprt that to say give to her Tor her
personal 4si0t.hance, III case she should survive my
said SOD, and Ing she shall remain his WIDOW, an
annuity Of ionr hundred dollars year and no more
! the said 70 be paid TO her in equal quarterly
! payments every year, from the day Of the decease
Of her husband ourirg her life and wdoshood; but II
cease IN the eveut of her second marriage. The fore
/ going annuity | consider 10 be- sut'ient provision,
under tue circumstances aforesaid for the present wife
of my said her family and hereby forbid my
Culcrs and trustees h. uske L. her or u her mother,
brothes or sis'er any further allowance or payment
Of ny estate, for or under any pretense
| whatever.
As if fortupe-huntlng was rare thing among
| Boston ilenTicttSs and their mammas However,
/ rhe old man has a bowel oi compassion Tor the
/ ThOrndke-D Deprat children and does not cut them
Oft. They are Thorudikes. kebeccas children
are nothing but " Marins." What harm is there in
! cutting of 4" Marin ?" The Thorndikes must be
perpetuated and encouraged. Augustus Thorndike
! Perkins has great legacy, and, If certain condi-
| tions fail large share Of the property provided
/ be will change his name from Perkins 10 Thorn
! dixie. man must love money toleraby we'll 10
/ take the name OF Thcrndike now. Ii is No blame
/ 10 anybody to bear II, but who would choose 1t
/ after this
The other provisions of the will may be briefly
stated. The widow Of Mr.. TbOrndike gets = 900
year, house wherever She peases 10 1--we, furni-
ture, carriage aud horses, aDd pew IN Trinity
/ Church, whege suppose her husband used To con
/ fees himself miserable sInner. and 10 pray That
/ he might be forgiven, as he ioreaye others-his
daughter Rtbeccs, ftr instance. The two sons get
the library: Augustus Thornjike Perkins, his
nephew. before me ntioned, gets $1,000. Tse
remainder of the estate is placed IN the hands of
4 Nm. VI. Gardiner Nm. Nnory, \. y. Bowdltch,
I Samnel i. Dana ana A. 4. Perkins, eNecu-
! tors and trustees, for the beneht OF
+ Charles James and Henrietts Augusta, his
Children, nd .heir heirs. In twenty-one years
after the death of the children, the property Is to
/ be equally divided among their heirs. la case
there are no helm at that time. 4. l. Perkins Is Ia
1 have $50 coo: The children of Lis uePhew, Israel
/ $50 co eaoh three uiects the same; Anna Lormg
/ his sisier) aud her heirs, $1,000, aud Hara'd
! ,ouere. SO 900 iOr proessorship at muse.
| Ttslk if all these beir. il tie property goes to
A.. T. Perkins. as TesldGary egstce, on conditi N
! rhsi he shall change bis name tO Ihorndlhe. II
b. declines OF shall not be living the property Is 10
bc con. ly d. idrd-- Laf Is to 20 10 an nefeaSe