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O@orgi4 Tisnes! & State Rights Jtdvocate>
BY RIH K'lVilE.h A P.AII^RIh
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ST.iTK ItlCflT.V ADVOCATE,
Publi-hrd Weekly in the 21'"'.) of Mt/fiit*; ■ ,7c'
AT THREE DOLLAIcH PER A'l,
, ’ PAYABI.E IN AriYANfE. '
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charged accordingly.
Sal<>3 of Land, by Adnmn :
or Guardians, ate required, by law, to.bftlirld on
*lic first Tuesday in tho m nth, between ilie.lmuts.
of ten in tlio forenoon and three in the afternoon, s
at the court-house in the county in width l!i< !
property is situate. No>e «•} 'lit,-..- sales mirf.
be given in a public ga/.UU. sixty .teys-prow.-n ;
To tTie day of siyly, . ,
Sales of uegroe.t, must he at public n,jetton, i
en the first Tuesday of the month, • between !
the usual hours of sale, at the pljwte of pub ;
lie sales in the county where the 'letters'
Testamentary, of Administration <«r Guardian.
s hip, may have been granted,iir.-t giving ei.-.ty I
days notice thereof, ih ems ol the public ga-
IP tte*s of this State, and at the dr.a of Hie;
court-house, where such , aic to bo held.
Notice for the stile of iVruen.il Property must
be given in like manner, forty days pterion,.to
the day of sale. , ]
Notice to tins R'ebtors and Cn- litors of an Ite ;
rate must-he published lor forty days. '
Notice that application will- be made tot
the Court of Ordinary for leave to sell Land,
must be published four months.
Notice for leave to sell Negroes, must be
published for four months bc.fyre any order ub
eclute shall be mad. thereon by the Court
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AS £Kf EJULA .VJLO l si.
prom Pvulson'f .'luierlea .hiva tt:• -.
Mr. J t.HES Haa-!., a native of l > lsiladelji>ljia,
smlfavotabiv known as tbe antlim «l Legends
.ofthe West, has. jnfit published anew work,
entitled “ Uakph's llk a ii, ol Legend (/
Kentucky.” L id well calculated to add to
his fame, and though it hears evidences ol i
being a hasty composition, ft ficcils . great
credit upon Ule aqtl»or. It is the story oi’ .Mi J
cajah Harpe, a Kentuckian Freebooter, and
the scene changes from Virginia, in tltedlden
tune, to Ohio and Kentucky. 'The account
of aVirginia Barbecue is sb-tvell and natu
rally executed, that it must become a favorite.
It is here inserted.as a-favorable special-, e
of the work! Miss rendition is altogether j
loveK:—
ft i*e company Wgatv In assemble at an J
carlv hour, a gay and ihiscellkheoiis assem- 1
lilage, somewhat aristocratic, but by n,, mean'.' •
exclusive. It was all of the class ot tree
holders, but included every variety t»f that
class- Some worc-motnbcrs of ancient fami
lies, well educated, polished arid wealthy. 1
proud of their birth and of their estates, sitn
ttl# and hospitable ; though somewhat state- j
]y, in their manners. Some were decayed :
gentry, a littje prouder than the. nature ol the
case seemed to .require, hi Consequence of I
tbeir poverty ; and others were plain farmers
aiidtbeir budl, well fed, well j
cl.td—an intelligent and independent race-,
who lived on their own farms, and justly con
sidered themselves tho peers of the. best in tin f
land. In the whole circle there was inueli 01,
the durduices atnj. simplicity of an ngrjcultu-j
ral people, together Vlth a degree of polish ;
not often found sftnong'mcre lart'nctv. and
resulting hero from the hospitable cus-J
toms ol the eoitntry, vvliieK.induced a con
tinual rent’d of social intercourse, and;
from the fact that lire Raid proprietors 1 , be
ing the owners of servants, had Insure to.
cultivate their minds, dn*l visit their neigh
bors. Among them were many' gentle- •
men of lihcrafced.ucation, some profession- {
ui men .of !iig|j^attuint«cnt.-, and men in
public 1 tie, .or ref large -iortunes,'• who,:
spending apoUteri ot every year in large
cities, Ind^nc'i"ired all the-■eleg '.ncc o 1
manners, and cultivation of intellect, which
is found iii the Beu| circles. One piculi.ni
tv which Usu.Jiy marks a tasidonriblq, or.
more properly’speriking, an t-xclusive sooi
civ,was wanting here, vi;: : that nuifnrmi
ty in dress, in mannei ?, in thought, and in
phraseology, which results from a set \ ile
obedience to the •canons of fashion ; that
dismal monotony of taste which forcer
every gentleman to furnish Ins hous.cuftci,
a prescribed modi;!, arid a whole coinmu ;
nity to dress as jintch alike a ; a body of
soldiers in,regutua»Uib ; reminding onb.of
Pope's description of a garden, where
“ 5o t’ltUMttg in triencics intervene,
No irlt’uTwilderness to perplex tkr scene,
terovc nods ai {irovc,. o.leh atripbos o brother,
And halffh* ptirtto; in ju i nfiocfsitie other."
‘‘This neighborhood being sccfuded.
•mldistant /j-otjt the. scKr-b.oai;d, fusliidns.
•'onnng with tv tardy step and from dilL r
fnt quarters, .were _ ],-ai liajly adopu and
never generally ae.piii seed jn, ini' cun i; and
to excess, Maiiufucluies of cvet'y Itindj
were at ihat lime ui a low-chi). me
ehames -were not to be ioltnd in country
neighborhoods.. ’l'ltc • southern fieoplc,
too, arc hahttually indolent, m:’d while fitcy
oftencxliibit o.i thc-ons Itand great third
nesa for show, t. > u-.u hclia-y oil Li- cihir
the most absffffrtc cat-eli-s. no.- ■ 1> '■ 1
anecs; an ajSpavctit' <-e>nti'adie’itoii 'wtiieh
arises front the ftret jjiat'ihiiitgli lavish in.
the exp-etufiUfre ol fnotu y,. fhey will irpt
endure any pcr.iou.il l.ibor.or
the purchase of luxuryV I's .a splendid
dress, vehicle, ’-r ;trfif!c at fufuifurc, c iti
he readily procured,.,it i- o:i;;eidV bought,
without rcgijfd o > the .price : Jait U it can
not be had, the jr luja-t substitute is cheer
fully adopter!: and fltco .'t-ro too
ent, either to ¥<due e.f !i *o • ou sn i;
adventitious possessions, ot to mar their
<>Wn ham iuc*. kv riimung a! the want of
them.
From iht'S’* v.H'ir?tt*- it arose, that
while one ladv was rolled to the tote ill an
vlcgat)|i coadi. with tour iai .hoi -'S .mi-i
plated hin'iVk ~ equal walth
cimetnui sorry veotWrywin hii■ >:h'- b.tv’
heori very snpnrVin thr flat j ofhcr gfanu
w-other. bat war, now f.uh ,and ahvt erm-.y,
drawn bv a
to it u itlt i.t-dilq ifisfi -clfoo-.ly i- Hi’-T' •
| plow-gear- An ancient spinster, whose
: last w ill au 1 iuc.taui<'.til.,v.as. turuattci* of
lutcii -' y. tlpaJl kmsloilv, and taf tsuriositv
; w ithVtlm rest of her aotjnaintanc#, rode' iii
! softy aft'tir, which had once been a ‘credit
able elutisf, but was now tcms6>mu.-d by
. repeated tneudhigs into sotnething- resem
bling a liangnta tvs '.-art: having undergone
iho-siiinc mafatiojis u, which our ships of
; War are subjected, in vviuclr timber after
[ timber is sttpplie'd, until uomc of tite origiu
fthnateidfrfs'is left; the only ddlefcn'ce be
| tug,, tiiat in ttic case Ail i!to" carriage -uio
[cure had bcett tajten to presovVe the-no
de!. or to adapt the-Itfst' repair to tlic cyjc
which had preceded it. Tfie ltofst-s- were
.generally degttnf—*hit such a hrtereg,mu
cus ‘ assortmea't of equipment 1 "Hoxv
cduhJ it lie otlierwlse'? There wa's'nol fi
saddle xvithui fifty who
htul tho'nt}sfort.mio-U> break h iv. , «j»<oj» ijji'-
ry away a buckle, not being able to pro
cure anew article,, must - necessarily sab l
nut tlfe old one ton negro rubier, .ofJcavci
it lo the ingenuity ol insovvai groom, . The
most usuaT.jdati Mas to supply tite. rent,
with the nearest string. Thus it.happen
ed thaTmany u! the auiitials. were nobly
caparisonedcfegsmt .' saddles, daslritig
sad.fie-cloiii'4-, -niartingale, tind .doublct-
Teincd bridles, w ere abundant t-blft. w iien
one of these spruce affairs had chanced to
tie broken, a knot or a splice, ivith a tliong'
of f'ein-deer skin, not unfrequefitly tutrtc-d
the several party, while.a rope nr n.strap ■
ofleatlter was som§lji.n( k-substituted lor. a
gtrljr. MdiVte- jjchtfrtnon rode isaiidics
without ru ths, hnil some rodfr'wdtlt . blind'
bridles : tor amoiJg Ibis equestrian carter,
anv ib.iug that, opu'ld ’bc ndtien with',mr
ri.iii- a up >ti, v\ lr \ than ,v .dkin.. ami
any thing at all w as far better thaiiStSying
avVa.y I loin tiio barlieeue ! ‘ •;
•• jlow.ru t n.W. ell tin-; tuiglit sc cut at
ght,to At: r. tie ri v. I ■ soinc-j
tlifng in it that Was ren.vhrkalily'pleasant—,
a something which, shovVed that tiiq-gjost’.
detectable pf ali pride, that vyiilelie'csti-- ;
mates an individual by Ins cxleninT ap-1
pearan -p, was totally, wanting. Tfiorc,
was it r cordiality-, a conftdeiKJe in being !
kindly received for one's c;v\ n snkeV'vliich
which .was cheering to. the heart, The‘
gif's, too, looked: ehai'mingh ; audit was 1
marvellous to’lsce them feonfing' in pates,,
two on ahorse, iriyountci behind their!
fathers, laughing and chattering", and just
as happy as if they had ridden in coaches..
And then the greetings; one would have'
thought dial a single dan had peopled the
whole the stately old gen-!
tlemen as they siwoV hands,' ahiU’d each i
other as cousin Juncsi-connhi Lv'c, ittuTeoU- j
sin Thompson, Avlih' here aid theie an
occasional Mr. or Idir ~ but the girls were:
ail coiTgiifß; and 'the old ladies tver-e aitnts
to aft the world—That is', to all that-print
of the world vvlii ih ,wa*s jail a l:t±" ari the
barbeedd,
“ It wasri scene, the hor'ics hitch-’
td to; the suiTouiidiug trees, the ladies’yft
iing in groups or parpdiiK; abM-tt. and' the
‘gen t lerr ie nj ]ri ft pang > g h>r the idivorsioits pf
tho day. lj<nnc d'spetisfcd- into the woods
with their fowling-nieec:;, somc.distributcd
thotiisefvcs along .die rocks that overiThng
the river, and thfcvvo«t Truths-,
and others launched their canoc-s hi -the <
Slue.mv. -and sohghl the finny tribes in 'the'
eddies of th®rapid current* A lew ol tlim
ladies participated in. tlic amuscmcut of
atteling,' whether to show .their skill in
thtovvihg.bt.it a.bait,.or prove that they :
| ff-d iii'' ;. itici> , is not
i.unv. n ; but' it is'certain aval they hrole
•quite as many iods.aifd Itheias;h«iarts. .. .
••'imediptciy; opposite the spot at wliich i
oul party yva.s asstyfblyd the. liver rush- ;
ed over riscries.pl rocky ledges iuiettieCted
by numberless lisaures uitbidiog dh)ttiuds h
to the water, whicli at Hie ’-anfc tune
foamed and das'll'd Ctrcr. the rodkc, A
nutnheyr of the youth .twfc IfttiTtsiHg- thtmH
selves in navigating these.* rippies .with
canoes. By keeping the qin-.tmel;;. tlieyi
could )>»ss m stelefy down Inc rapids, but ;
-it requi red the-greatest skill lo" a void .the \
"rocka. and slt-ef the beat along the seipenrj
tine and 1 .sometimes' tu.gular f-ti’ise?, ;hj:
•which alone it coftld be VcH'tght In j
tl.nough Ihe ripples,- l?.ometiinei.n V ippe.,
-ftdss.iug-'its epilikc, 'vh.vt el!, jyitol.a .{Vo^br;
edtfv. wliece the .-still ."vvater afSirilttel s»j
secure harbor ; liut it it hrippeiredto ttAich
a rock in the rapid hle'scent. itrey.itable t
shipwreck was teiiy .coiiseqiienae. The]
eotnj">*titci'S;.iu this advejit.«idus entertain
mebt.spyii became' linmerotip.: several "ol j
i the ■ v.oungladies, who koved sprirt bio well,!
| oi- feared the water too littie, to bedetcr- j
i red by the danger of a vvetiing, e'ugtigcd |
*in it so that DOihe of flteteahocs were seen;
* toci’tifriin, besides the 'teii im in. a single i
i fcrntrlc, for these ITail vessels were only i
I intended ibr two perrons.'
*• The first pushed their eaii'oes-. up -the !
! ifbbrdn with poles, keeping close to the;
here, whore the current flowed vvitli littlei
[rapidity- until they readied the heiVd ’oi
tite lipj’lc: theft taking their puddles.ißK-j
; ahft. out- into the stream, guided their b«'>3ssj
uric* tbo elianiicls, darting dev. u with 11 1* ■
v't’lWdtv el an tiiTcvv-, soifietinii ? conceriif and j
! anxufte Hw risk's, ami Sbtfftilinies hidden
Hiv |lt.-'- loain, and Ttf'u fe\> irnnutt s were
r ;,' i.u idalugfout- uXiC.r tijc sinpotb. water!
II dt.yw harihlg- j a»t.-.'d lor neat b a nirfe-i
tiii'tu ijh this dangerous na-v igtetion. SjVhm- !
* tjjrit i dtoy puiq o • iy loiv.ook tlic-rlumud.
land VUtm-cdabqrskill by !u: nmg*ctddculyj
’ ml” the wU2t« on Ottif r . gfc, w lte'ti: tlro.v
' v, aiild w mtr wtiifiut**; notejs.-at 'passed, an !
■teehms
, asAtn r atui.Wfnenf appeased. th< tepw.t* :n
■ ■■ V pMh 'ri' te r h." m
' {til,u’cau- ■ ■ yilkj'i s«iuAlf.l,o»a Ulrf d-.
.Tff/T) r.ntiKvil,t.i:, inm-vimti', oeroKHu, **, is:ias.
| would tlirovv live passengers into shallow
I water, or lodge them against a rock, with
no other injury than a wetting, or perhaps
a slight-orrii.se. .. ....
. ‘TVmnmore, who had walked with Miss
Pemjletou to the shore, and watched the
canoes for some time," propose lo her to
join the party. • - .
" s .'an you manage a canoe?” inquired
die, hesitating.
“ Try me,” said he, gufly, “ I Would
surely not venture to take so precious a
charge, without some confidence in my
skill. 1 have been a western ranger for
several years, and am .quite familiar with
(lie use of the’paddle.”
” \ irgjnia.stcppt'd unto the canoe, and
j having saaiecT herself in the prow, while
I I ' Uunnofe tc-ok possession of the stern,
cxotetintc/l, *
“ A rajtgef* I am surprised Mr. -Fermi
more; w'iy you do not live like a ranger !.”
‘‘l am at liberty to consider that doubt
j as. a compliment P . -
‘.‘Oh no—l do not pay compliments.—
j But I al w ays thought that a ranger was a
; great rough man, with a blanket round his
j shoulders, a tomahawk at his belt and a ri
de m bis hand.V
“Sue.ir indeed is a part of the equip
ment of the baeltwogds soldier; and be
lieve rue, Pendleton, many of the
■most gallant-meu-of this, day have earned
(fteir Jaurds in such a dress.”
V Oii, terrlbie 1 you will destroy some of
iny associations. I never think ofa
; hero without fancying him a tall elegant
: nran in dashing regimentals, with a rich
>work-knot, raid a pair of temaikablv
dia'iidson-.c epaufets.” •
“ Add to yous picture a powdertd head,
■u loiig'tjrijKtCfd stiff forin, and measured
ii'Cctd. U'ud you have t!ie beau-ideal of a
mldier ot tlie school ol Ba'tbn Sfcuiien.''
a word against that sdiool,
. Mr. be pul more : illia-s produced a noble
. rae,a of-heroes. What' would have be.
come of-our couiitry, had it not been for
etfiosC line old generals,’ who trained ..our
~soldiers to vvar, in the late revolution, and
! who were, rnodeia <if that netitness and
military etiquelio, wltich-I am afraid you
undervalue': Wo have a dear old genllc
-1 man hove, \V];om you will see at dinner,
i and w!i6 is an cjcollent specimen of by
gone timer.”
Who.is he ?"
“Gclier.d Armour, one of our revolu
! t'ibrin'ry veterans, ri most excellent man, but
one w|ro tcfcms* to tflink that the highest
1 degree of human -excellence- consists in
looking and actmg like a soldier. He
j coiltiuißJS to wear his three-cornered hat,
his buts waistcoat, and .his blue regimental
! coat turned out with red, and would ra
ther part wklt Ins. estate than with his
black cockade."
“ 1 honor such men,’’ said Fcnnimore.
‘‘ hut kcc, here Vje arc at ItKc head of the
rapid.;.’’
“ Fonoimore paddled In* light canoe
over tire smooth water above the rapids,
advancing towards ihe reefs' and then re
: tiring,-describing e.trelds with his little
vessel, as if to try his. skill before lie veu
| turocramong the- breakers. lie was evi
dently quite familiarwitli this exercise.;
: and Virginia, as she beheld with; admira
-1 tidi; the atrengdi nnddcxtei ity willtwhieii
• he-handled thri paddle, !elt no longer the
- slights t timidity, but enjoyed the exciting
Snort. ’ •
•' T ' t llic!»\v ;i»■ kuo\y lodge, fiodv," said
his f \c,s "over the :
:>pple, “flint. I n-m . • ' Tog to mtrfnpt a ;
dangerous nri> in,>! .u; ' A T’neV. to me.
witlkso yalnabte acharge.
- Virginia stmied: • { have often passed
these,rooks.,’said she,‘wtnd led no fear;
.but if yom,!ia\c the slightest desire to re-:
turn,.lot us do so.” -•
“1-iip stranger hesitated ; his prudeiw'®
re: t-raiirinf: him,while the tiahTr.il ambition
whit h a youj.g mai) fe< Is in tin pre; 'ir e ‘
oiti' lady',- urged him on,--until Miss i’en- |
cllntnn f-hjy.atp.iini tty saj'infir; “Jet uTrui
I hd j iSEs? ITriniiridriSr ) should not
rtjhsli a wetting; aiftf 1 run in fault for not
! teflfyfyou.;-' 'tier, that it would T/e ditfi
r cult, if not impossible, for you to pass
i through the-rapids, without. knowing the
ichauirefe’. ?. .... , •’ j
•• At thi. nvOmept a ftauoe darted past
! them. coifT.iining-u.yotuig'lady and a gen
| tletnair. Hath wero laughing, and the.
\ young man, pfotiuOi Ins-sktll, in attempt
; ing 10 flourish his paddles round his liou,d,
| a hi hind of salute ty Mi.-s I*cndlat6h, un
-1 ktekif}' theiv it from Iris hand. An- rxcla
! dama-t-ion of affright arose,(lbna both par-
I ties; for flic canoe teas rapidly aj*|»roach
irig t!«r breakers, jvhife the steersman had
I nomu an of directing its eoursix
•'tilij’i If dfow I” cried l'c ni rim o re.
• By-.ifl means,” exclaimed his Cbm pun
! i.fti; and iri a munrent life was rapidly pur
suing the uii’lting ennone. The latter kept
its ooun-o jiir a litfie while, then swinging
round, iloatod with the broadside to the
current, rising aid sinking witii an un
steady motion, now striking one e.nd a
-aiiisf a i<>i-k .-md whirling round, and
now the othfr, und sometimes darting
: head-foremost. thor.gli tho spray. I'enni
i more passedouvith admirableskill, iWgiag
! his canoe foi ward.\\ith all his strength, to
, overtake them, and guiding it with uncr
| ring -sagacity. iJo ‘had nearly readied
i the »!>jc< tof iiir. pursuit, when it struck a
jjod-., and up:it, throwing the lady und
giutiyiy ti into the deepAt part of the
übaaKP . ,
‘ K» (.p your soar, Mr. rennimorc ! guide
the exclaimed Virginia rapidly,as
,
j vlier kn clod in. the b< at, and
*• - '■ f*~ry. **'
! leaning forward caught the floating Indy
bj the arm, while Fohnimore, at life same
instant, by a powerful exertion, threw tlie
canoe into nil eddy where ihn waters
were still. The whole was tltc work of an
instant; but it was witnessed from the
shore, and a burst of applause excited, by
the presence of mind shown by Fen
nhnore and Miss Pendleton. Thc'dtip
piig lady was drawn into tlie boat; the
drjopitig gentleman, who had crawled on
a ruck, was taken in as a passenger, and,
wltn they reached the shore, it would
hate been diflieut to guess that arty oi" the
laughing party-had met with a disaster.—
They were greeted with a hundred merry
voices as they aseemjed the hank; and
Mr. I Vnninjorc forgot, in the lively scene,
that lit was astrangor.”
[From the Pli llatlelphta L.vaminer.]
East niomeuts ot .i£r. itaitdoiiih,
Mr. Rnndyluii arrived at Philadelphia
in the Baltimore steamboat ou .Monday
the 20tH May last,With tlie view of Ftn
barking for F.ngiand in tlie jiaekct, and
took lodgings at tlie City Hotel in. Third
near Arch street. On Tuesday he.rode out
in a hack,and on his return was sp.feeble
as to be obliged to taken to bed. Without
any personal acquaint men with Mr. llan
dolph, but being an admirer of his politi
cal e-onsisteteey and manly independence,
I 'made an appointment w ith a friend to
call upe>n him, and accordingly'went with,
him to the Hotel between.one and two o’-
clock on ThursdaV the ftflrd. We sent
out* names up to liis room on a card, and
wore thru drsiredto walk up kv the ser
vant who delivered it.
On entering the roorn, which u;as a
front one in rlie third. stdry, we lduiid
Mr. Uandolplt in a lied, lying on
ills back, villi his head and shoulders
propped up by pillows on a chair, with
his knees bent and elevated. He looked
thin nttd emaciated, and nioredikc a skel
eton than a living man. His countenance
appeared to be almostdestituto'of life,and
without turning liisliead, lie put. out his
Itand as 1 approached the . bed, which 1
took, and inquired how he was. 1 told
him my name, and introduced iny c'oyi
panioii l.'ol. Biddle, lie seemed to be in
a-stupor, and scarcely notTCecl'us, which I,
supposing to be the filed.ol aunt library
debility, sat down, in hopes that lie
would sown be able to converse. Had.
Biddle also took a chair nearer to the side
of the bed than the one on which 1 sat.
Those was nobody else in tlie room ex
cept Air. Badger, olte of tlie proprietors Oi
tlje Hotel, and wc all remained sil#nt foi
some minutes, as if in presence of a dying
man, w aiting lor Mr. Randolph -to-signi
fy his wish to converse..
After a lapse of probably (ivc minutes
from our entrances, Alr. Randolph beck
oned to Air. Badger, who appro.ac.l>ed
near to him. lie said something in a low
voice to .him, which 1 did not hear, and
then Mr. Badger whispered to (.’ol Bid
dle, who then approached near to Air.
Randolph wily saitl something in a voice
just audible, about “names’ tor tltc pa
per.—l will" give a hundred dollars tow
ards it's distribution.?' This was nntn
telligible to us all,, and Mr. Handoij*h
pCfijeivjng that we did not under/umd, re.-
pc-Htcd ‘T want to give names for the .pa
p'er,.” Air. Badger then wtid to us in -a
iSwTtiJne, ’'■Mr. Katidoljm has IdmStitfies
been tliglity; ’ hut J, thinking, thaflie \vn.
uoflei it tntetalic as to who Ins visiteis
were, ,;aid, “1 think Air. Randolph is mi
ster some mistake about Cos!. Biddle.” Up
eh'q|us AJ t. Badger said to him, ,' llci baps
sir you have tni-taken this gentjemaii tor
.Mi.--———naming a gent kin an whom
lie had seen before. Air. Randolph Ic.-
piied, “Ac, 1 have n>:t--l sapjvosc him
to brill ic editor of the State tight.; paper'.”
This expression instantly cleared tip the
ditlieirlty. Col? Bfddlc tiUnied me as the
inrlividua! intended, and 1 ’took his place
near Mr. Randolph, irnll said td liim"—“ I
am not now. Sir, the editor'of a -paper.-;
The one which 1 conducted was discontin
ued at the end of the last* year. It was
tlie Banner of the. Constitution, to w hich,
I prc*utnc, yyu allude.” Ijc replied audi
bly, “ I know that that jauper was discon
tinued. but 1 understood that you iutend
cd'to'publish another, it siiflicient patron
age Aas olitaifted iH'fo't ch'hc first ot July.”
I replied, tiiHf’t.hc first'of Al.iy was the
period assigned for its commencement, but
that, as the i cqui ute support was liol of
fered, the undertaking had been abandon
ed. At the north, the cause of State
rights'liau been so' completely annihilated,
tli.it nobody cftiild be found here te» sup
port a paper devoted to its advocacy.” 1
continued—“At the tinw you cihne out a
gainst the doclVincs "est the President's
t'nxdamation, and when the cause stood
1 in need of such able defenders, 1 had been
'in hopes that we should have been able
here to rally a party, but have been dis
appointed-.” 1 said, “1 waxglati to .learn
from Mr. T , a few weeks ago.
that he did not consider the cause as des
perate, in Virginia .” Air. Kandelph then
said Air. T was here to see me
this morning.”
During these remarks Mr. Randolph
listened with great attention, showing that
he lelt a deep interest in the cause of State
rights up to tlie latest period of his lifc.bui
lie was tiro feeble to converse, and think
ing that any further observations migh
disturb Inni, wFtb'ok leave of him, undoi
astrong persuasion that lie cquld not lohj
survive. In this impression we were con
! firmed by his mart John, who had cnterci
the rconi‘'tlbie vVe left it, arid who uc
eoriipanicd us out, and who stated, its an
swer to our questions, that he had been
the epiVtant attendant of hi; his masfrr
for ifiaity niontlis past, and that he had
never seen Ititli so low as- that time, lie
said, he thought at one time in the prece
ding night that lie was dying.
Ou tlie !oJ lowing day, Ftiday the SUh,
I called tit tiic Hotel at about a quarter
before ten o'clock, t" inquire alter Mr.
Randolph's itcalih. but without any inten
tion ol going to his room. I saw Air.
Badger, win,sard he thought Mr. Ran
dolph vvuji.dying, and said lie, “I believe
ho inquired this morning-for you. * He
.desired me U> send for some gentleman
whose name I have forgotten,, and 1 think
it was you.” 1 then mentioned my. name,
when lie- said “jhat was the linmo.” I
then said. I would go up and see hinq. .
On entering the ry 'in I found two
young gcntkmen, who 1 afterwards
learned wore Dr. West and the j Midget
Di'. l'arish, sun o! tlie attending physi
cian. Mr. Randolph was lying in bed in
tin: same position in which I had seen him
the day before, haw rig bis head, and back
propped up, and his knees elevated. He
appeared to. ke altuostiupcnstbK*.
After a little while he asked .for pencil
and paper, which were given to him. He
then aT.ed for spectacles which were al
so given to him, when he began to write
very earnestly, I Masting the paper on tlie
back of a waiter placed against his knees.
AVheirlie had filled two thirds of a page-,
the lines w ere iru-gular and vyide apart,
he hanged it to Air. Badgerivvio euteied
y. iih’n)f, to read. Mr. Badger atitanpfcd to
do so, but found it ui i)hei ei,t and in some
pai t;: ili' giblo. Afi . Randolph then said
“send it oveiq tfie way to Dr. Coulter,”
liis mind was •evidently wandering, and
as he insisted upon the note's going trith
fi'asjc, Mr. Badger left tlie room with it, as
if t'Vseijd'it.
Alt. ■R'andofjifr. soon after began to
write again. After he had finished, he
boeoned so tne to come to him, and giving
mo the.papei he eaid read -it.loud.” 1
tried to do :;b, but could only make out a
part. T l commenced thus “Dying”—then
followed words that luojjcd lik<{. “place—
home,” ami then tlirse words, as well as
1 can recollect,-not liavingdhe paj er bd
iorc me—-“Jlatldolph and Betty my eltil*
dicn adieu—Rut me to bed at Chatham."
lie then told tne to send the note quickly
to Chatham, and as he was urgent upon
it, Cleft ihe lbom lor two or three mi
nutes, as if to execute Jus wishes.
At one time Air. -Randolph asked me
to get an orange ]o which he pointed on
the mantle piece, and cut it tor him,which
I did.' lie ate two small pieces, lie
asked fur water,, and th ank tw o or three
limes. At times lie showed by his rc
uiarks, that hisTiiinil was-, nearly gone.
At ong time lie said “call Captain West
back.” Captain West hod been an offi
cer mi board of one oflhc packets ii) which
Mr. Randolph h;uj inade a voyage to En
g.and, but vyas not llit ii- in. the py’rt. At
bnotfier, lie inquired “hyW much do they
■asfvib’r all thc.cli?ihs in this.roftin.”'
•Ifetwceff 10 anti 1). o'clock Mr. Henry
tk Wd'.tiins ot’ Virgilua crime into the
iOqfij. Air. Hcndolfih sccmcc to recog
iiipe Ifim us lie took Jiis.ltand. The sa;r.e
oceuficd with Mr. John R. Harbour who
ctyn’d, soon after. Air. \V”i;i. Bdiksdalc
i! )■• inic in. v.liru Mi. Randolph akt <j
liiih wiicrc'lii:; s> it told bim to
* r o and Ifnng.hiiri, w hicli hc did. Before
It Dr. Parish arrived, and from that gen
tlcirian 1 Ij-arrted that up in eight o’clock
of that morning, Air. Randolph's mind had
remained perfectly'unimjfaiicd.
I ean'Ka, rcfiollect tire whole of the lit
tke incidents that.occurred. Mr. Ran
dolph did not ap]scai tb sillier any pain.
At times he .wished (lid door left open for
the air io pass tine ugh, one window being
all the time open. At one .time, aficr tat
inri the orange, lie a Ted fur a tbojt pfek,
and then for.fi j eiikn'ifc to mend it, winch
was given him, bur he .could lkit.usc it
"hen lit wrote tijc first lime he used Air.
RrirtgerV spectacles-. His own were un
der him oil the bed and could not he got
at, l,ut an old pair occasionally used hy
him was given to him at one time, when
lie said “tjkse are not the best ones." At
one period lie. insisted' upon putting Jiis
spectacles into a tumbler of water that
stood (in a stand within his teach, which
1 afterwards learned was Sometimes hts
practice at home. At times there was a
motion ot liisdips with a movement of the
J ui lid S’, as it’ in- dc vol to n.
At about twen’t? minutes after eleven,
liis eyes began to liecome fixed, and ho
laid front that time without moving. Ilis
breathing vvas.easy, and continued r'o un
til .fifteen minutes before, twelve o'clock
(nooti) wht .i lie drew his last breath. He
departed without’ a groan or a struggle.
As he censed t<> breathe, there was a Might
contortion oii one side of hir lace, and his
logs, whirl) lie continued elevated at the
knees, fell over from their previous posi
tion in the left side. 1 assisted Dr. Par
rish in removing the pillows and cliait
ftoni under Mr, Randolph’s head, and
j before 1 left the room gave to Air Barks
| dakt lhc paper which Air. Randolph had
handed me to read, supposing that it con
j tallied the last words written bv that dis
i tinguished man, it might be considered as
Ia valuable relic by some of the relatives,
and especially by those named ttt it, who
1 have since learned, were hu nephew
and niece. 1
i The incidents above rclatcdarc substan
tially taken from memoranda made at
1 -he time. If they I>avc no interest attach)
' e d to them, it js ic< at.se"no matter ol ia-
VOLIMIE I.—ACItIKU 3S.
j iciest occurred. They will however,jut
' svver this one puvpo-c,—th :V will show
!exactly What did happen dining the fast
[two hotirit of Air. Ilatt'olph's life,and
j may serve to refute any ftU’sc talcs that
1 may at any future time be febrieated to
! the prejudice of that extraordinary man.
Air, Randolph's rctnauij left Rhiladel
iphia oii Sunday the goth' of May, for his
j late rcsidenbe at Roanoke, in eliargn of
! his friend Air. Baik daie.
Dr. Ravish had some, interesting con
versation's with'Alt*.' Randolph not long
j Before his doath, wfhch it is probable,
j were reduced to writing soon after, and
may possibly at and futute day be gt' Cn to
the public. •
rdUTICAI,.
j t'rum jho Aajusti Chrcl.ii-h!.]’*
ftreat festival at Afpliiia.
AVe tetdthp pleasure t>f attenditig the great
dinner giwt in this price, on Friday last, in
honor of those of the DelcgaU'S in Coiigtcss
who voted against the infamous Bill of Blood,
and were highly gratified at tho indications
given hy the very numerous and flighty re
spcctatde company, <»t the onward -progres? of
j tlie great cause of Liberty and State Rights.
! At least six or seven hundred persons sat
down to the dinner, which was extended on
three very long tables, in the beautiful Drove
on the eminence south of the Village ; and a
large number were undoubtedly prevented
j from attending, by the very unfavorable as
j peel of-tho Hay, and the heavy rain .of the pre
vious afternoon. The Hop. Archer Avery
- presided, supported by Titos. Nc Hainiiton,
t-aßc Ramsay find Win. Magrujcr, son.
Ksqrs., s- Vicc-rrruidc.ntn end the highest
, harmotiy surf good feeling prevailed through*
I out the occasion. Vorv» excellent speechos
t were dniitered by Mr. Wilde, Col- Ottrtibti,
! Mr. Qt’ifilfij nnd'Cof. Gotid, which gavo n
'high interest to tho Ate, and rondcrid ’it
I doubtless a truly gratifying-one to all pr sent.
I Mr. Wilde’s, though ciinracteri-o-d by (he
wonted eloquence, beauty, wit, arid polish of
that distinguished orator anil statesman, bore
100 much of a please every body aspect, and
j neemed designed for n still vvr-Jcf sphere of
I consideration, than the particular one in which
;it was del vereq. lt'contaified pass*.
! ges of almost unrivailed jumgegey of satire,
(rprity ofprinci|iir v and eloquent nobleness of
i patriotism, w hich justly cnliod forth bufeta of
enthusiastic applause ; but withal, dealt too
much in perplexing and intricate distinctions,
and was rather too good natured to “our o’p
-1 |ires£ors,” and sometimes too severe, not to
siy unjust, to those who pledged and
, liaaardcd every tiling in the cause of tho
South. Asa plain and unlettered citizen
1 saidof it 'in our Jicariiig, it ha«l too much to
\ say in favor of all aides, and sp often fir«t
: praised and then nhused each, that lie was
* sometimes puzzled to know w tiicli it was real
! ly.in favor of.—Mr. Wilde’s mind is evident-
I ly more of a literary than political caste, and
; for such an occasion, and the troubloua times
m which tve livo, sacrifices too mucTv to luero
beauty, delicacy, and refinement of ncnti
iqpii’t. The allusion to his “ flagging spirit,”
loss of interest in tlie scenes of the uot.d and
rapid .progress, to “ tiiat rest vvbic'i lio. covof
t and, (lie grave,” \va3 iu bad ta:-to for the pracliy
j evd stall r.itiun and politiciani, and though it
i mfghfhave pasted toleinbjy well in the anony
i non if five! ieal effusion ofa romantic youth or
lov.csigk girfi yet in contrast w ith the athfetb
frame, ami gay, nnipntcd, tptd sthiling conn,
tenanog of tlie speaker, his age, btislm ns hab
its, and the inaTter eftfact gravity of Rio sub
ject and the cccaaioii; lv.:s altogether outre
ami ludicrous.
Let no otic; misled by the vicious eos
tom of iudiscfiminate praise or censures, sun
pose for a njoincut- that this liaatv, criticism
1 .rpringd from r.itin r personal dr.-dike,op politi
cal ppposition. Wc enteftaui for Mr. Wtldo,
j personally, the highest respect and esteem,
j and are conscious .that he is mainly with us
in the great cause of Liberty and tiio .So,nth ;
i but, let it be rgrueinbcredgii.'tf out cause ijisno
: of. “ principles not men"-—out duty, lo speak
as wo honestly thick,-and 6rir hjotttf,- “Bo
j ju?t, and fear net.” ' V •
The kpece'i of Cos!. Gamble, was onc-pf
\ straight-forward, bold, determined and un
cornproinising hone-pty and independence—
i loquent for its truth, and impressive by its
rigid and manly patriotism—and tbu enthusi
astic applause,.with Which it wtis received
and repeatedly interrupted throughout, shew
ed that it happily butunetiidicdly hit,the very
torn: and temper <f of the occasion, and re
quired neither.study to adorn it, nor honeyed
phrases to sweeten it.—lt deserved trull tho
approbation it rcctm-d, as did tho e also .of
Mr. Griffin and Col• Gould, as riutired in tho
official account Wtiicli will be transmitted £)v
this dayV mail ; arid which will ho read wjjji
much inters, t. We have not time at pri-qout
i to say more, than that account will prcsent v a
: cheering and gratifying evidence of the rapid
! advancement of our glorious cause, highly
.creditable to the patriotic people, of the couni
; ty and tho State , and acts an example to tho
people generally of tho w hole South, worthy
i of *ll acceptation.
! Appling, Columbia County, Scpf. 10, 1603.'
Tiic Coin in bln Bintwr.
The public dinner given by the citizgqs or
i Columbia County,to that portion of our Dele
; (fitton in the late Congress,who voted against
the Enforcing Bill of the last session, took
price according to appointment, at Appling.
;oh Friday tin.- I-ith ins!. Though the day was
lowering, and cterv appearance of the heavens
j indicating rain, riofue-*' than six or seven
; hundred pel cons, assembled to partake of tho
festivities of th» day. They were comprised
chiefly of the citizens of tin? county, and of
invited guests from other sections of the State
and some few from South Carolina. W» re
gret, that of that portion cf-thc Del gatifinan
lioiioi of whom the dinner was given, but ope,
the Hun. Ru-hurd H. Wilde, was chle to at
| tend. Their letter* will exploit the causes
of tln.-ir absence. Tlie lion. R. L. Gamble,
! member elect (6 Congress, .lodge Lamar,
’lien presid'tig at the Superior Court, in Cos.
J banb.j, and a number us gentk’lMU of
