The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-09-02

4 my friends upon their experience of me
In addition thereto commit my SOU
to the mercy of God through our LORD
| and Saviour Jesus Christ, and exhori
my dear children humbly to try tc
guide themselves by the teaching OF
| the New Testament in its broad spirit,
! and to put no faith in any mans mar
row construction of Its letter here OF
there. In witness whereof 1, the said
Charles Dickens, the testatOr, nave to
this my last will and testament set my
hand this twelfth day of may, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-nine., t.1.
aCHARLES DICKENS"
"Signed, published, and declared by
the abOve.named Charles Dickens, the
testator, as for his last will and testa-
ment, in the presence of us (present
together at the same time), who in his
presence, at his request, and In the
presence of each other have hereuntO
subscribed our names as witnesses.
90. HOLDSWORTH, No. 26 We'll
lington st. Strand.n rs.... .-5uas.s
i" HENRY. WALKER, No. 26 Wei
lington st., Strand.n 5 i..-. t.L .-
81, Charles Dickens, of Gadshill pal
ace, near Rochester, in the county of
Kent, Esquire, declare this to he be a
cOdicil to my last will and testament,
which will bear date the 10Th day of
May, 1889. 1 will give to my son
Charles Dickens the younger, al! my
share and interest in the weekly jouril-
oI foA L. I'll &,
now conducted under articles Of part
nership made between me and William
Henry Wills, and the said Charles
Dickens the, younger, and all my share
and interest in the stereotypes, stock
and other effects belonging to the said
partnership, he defraying my share Of
all debts and liabilities of the said
partnership which may be outstanding
ut the time of my decease, and in all
other respects confirm my said will.
In witness whereof / have hereunto
set my hand the I'd day OF June, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight
"CHARLEs DICKENS
: "Signed and declared by the said
Charles Dickens, the testatOr, as for a
cOdicil to his will, i'm the presence of
us present at the same time), who at
his request, in his presence, and in the
presence of each other, hereuntO sub
scribe our names as witnesses. c-.-re
"G. WORDSWORTH, 26 yelling
ton street, Strand" ~ ....-..7r
I "H. WALKER, 26 Wellington
street, Strand" ..
Proved at London, with codicil 10th
July, 1870, by the oath of Georgina
HOgarth, spinster, and John Forster,
Esq, the executors, to whom adminis~
tration was granted.
The personal property of Mr.. Dick
ems is sworn under e3O,00O. The will
is written i'm blue ink, and occupies
whole sheet of ordinary letter paper.
/ + r A STRANGE STORY.
Three Thousand Confederate Soldiers
at the Dry TOrtWgus.
The Abingdon Virginian contains the
following communication, which is
well calculated to excite profound in
terest. If the revelations it makes be
true, the matter should engage the at
tention of our people. The following
is the letter: ...ufi ...r.
.r SALTvILLE, Va, Aug. 2, 1870.
EDITORS ABINGDON. VIRGINIAN: /
saw man to-day, who gave his name
as Edward Parker, and rel resented
that he was a lieutenant in Capt. ].
w. Kelly's company ,"COl. Greer's
regiment 10th North Carolina cavalry,
in the Confederate army: that he was
captured at the battle of Chickamauga,
on the 18th June, 1862; was sent to
Camp Chase, and from there to Dry
TOrtugas, where he has remained until
the lst day OF June last. -..''t, ..f.-.,
His tale is a strange one, but l am
forced to believe every word of it--and
so would you you could see the man
and it may be of interest to some of
your readers. He says there are still
about three thousand men on the island
who have no means to pay their pas
sage and no way to make money
enough to do so. Among those still
there whose names he remembers are
Games Grady, Thomas w. StinsOn,
William Stinson, and George Taylor,
of Washington county; Thomas Car
ter and Jesse Carter, of Russell; John
Black. and William Black, of Scott;
JAS. Higginbothaln, Thos. w. May, ].
II. May and William A. May, of Taze
well county. Parker says the prison.
efs were all released at the close of the
war, but they had no means of commu-
with their friends, and they
are still there in most wretched con-
tlitiOn, their only means of support be-
ing derived from labor at the Ievees at
fifty cents per month. He saved S36, 80,
with which he paid his fare to New
Orleans, from which place he has walk
ed since the 7th of June, and begged |
his way. He Is i'm most pitab'e con-
ditiOn, being entirely blind i'm one eye |
and very nearly so in the other-cals-
ed by exposure very lame and
crippled UP from long walks. He is
now OH his way to his home in
Hopkins county, North Carolina, hav-
ing walked up the Mississippi to the
of the Ohio, up the Ohio and
through Kentucky, several hundred
miles out of his way, owing, he says,
to his ignorance of the country, and
the ignorance of those who gave him
directions. He says the poor fellows on
the island are praying for relief from |
their friends, but he does not know
how that relief can be afforded, as he
seems to he entirely ignorant of the
means of communication with the |
island, and only knows that vessels go
there for coffee.
1 write this, hoping that you will
publish it, and that it may he the
means of communicating the where
abouts of some of those poor wretches
TO their friends.
rhe Nan who Keeps the Government
-f.'. Rank Cnfp panop -