Litchfield enquirer., 1829-04-16
Genealogy Of JeAn RnndalpA.

Gencalogy cf JoRn RondolpA, ai
 We find the following communication In . late number of the Charleston Patria ot:-- wrA
 As every thing relating to Mr. John Randolph is interesting, and Ns it is said ho brides himself on his Indian descent, I send you tho following account of his gem calogy. tis taken from memorandum furnished by the great Virginia orator him- selE, which he placed iD tho hands of a friend, aud is transcribed in his own words. NS you will see. g1a tea ,a a.t. w
 !" Pocahontas, (whose nAmc was Mat- much, baptiSea by the name of Rebeeea, married John Rolfe, Esq. and left m only son, Thomas; whose only daughter mara ricd Robert Boiling of Boiling Hall, West Riding of York, who left son, John Boiling, ono of whose daughters married Richard Randolph Of Custis, whose younRA est son, John Randolph, of Roanoke, mar~ rictl Frances Bland. Your humble scr. vnnt is one ec the only surviving issueslof that n,arriage,~ and sixth in descent from Pocahontas.'-[s He is also tho youngsss. son. ,.8.l. ... <. .r...t ..n..'seas
 From Li5eria.--Bys,the Shark, from Africa, dcspatches havc been received, by the American Colon zation Society, from Dr. Randall, tho Fesitlen. Agent, which confirm tho news ofthe disaster, 0fwhich a rumor was received n few days ago by tho way of England. Sono time prior t0 the arrival of Dr.. Randall, tho temporary Agent, Mr. Lott Carey, was making prsp- aratons to assert the authority of tho Col- ony, by expelling from its territory tho people of n French slave vessel, who had landed cargo on the coast, for the ptir. pose ofoponing trade for slaves. tElov- cd persons, including some boys, were bu- sly employed ih making nusket cartridges l and imprNdehtly continued their employ- mont by candlelight, MT. Carey superin- tending tho work. By the carelessness or ignorance of one of the boys some loose | powder took fro, which communicated to all the rest, and tho house, with an its in-
 matcs, were blown up. MT. Carey, Ca most neritorious and valuable uian) and 2 others--none ofthe latter, however, prona% inent individuals--perishe the remaiu- dor escaped with their lives, though one of tho survivors was blown a distance of thir- ty yards. In other respects, the affairs of tho Colony were prosperous Iat, Electricity-An important fact has late. 1, lsly been asccrtained with reference tN eleca llricity. It Is well known that if tho two
 poles of n voltaic pile arc united bY "a shOrt metal wire, proper charge will make that wirO rcd hot In tho middle. PhlOs- orhers havo explained this by stating that
 tho temperature of the wire wRs actually tho same throughout; bat that tho extrcu- I ities feeling tho cooling effect ofthelr con-
 tact with tho pile, it followed that tho mid- dlo must manifest higher temperature. Experiments have, however, been recent. 1 ly made on tho operation of tho electrical current on wire 90 as 10 remove the pos. sibility of any cooling effect on tho ex- l tremi,ios interfering with the rcsnlt. By those experiments il distinctly appears that tho temperature of the wire goes on augmenting from each ond rof tho wire to tho middle and, consequently, that the cause which produces m electrical curron., the intensity of which is uniform in every part of tho wiro, acts as an acccleraling power in tho dcvolopement of hoat.
 4 Mirror for Vaaity--Queen Ellsa- beth, admiring tho Marquis do Villa do Mediana, q Spanish nobleman, compliments ed him on it, begging Ut tho same ,ine to know who possessed tho heart of so ac- complshed n cavalier. "Madani," said he, "a lover risks too much on such aR occasion, but your Majesty's will is Q law. Excuse mo, however, if I fear to name berJ but request your Majesty's acceptance of her portrait" He sent her Ioeking-glass!'
 TalIOw aud Talent. --.F Fletcher Bishop of Njsmes, was tho son of a tallows chan- dler. A proud duke once eHdeavor6d to mortify the prelate, by saying, atthe levee. that ho smelt of,allow to which the rbish- op replied, My lord, am the son of 6 chandler, il is true, and if your lordship had been the same, you would have rec mained tallow chandler all tho days of your life." "" aau' R't
 Wooden Natmegs-Tt is said that the high price of nutmegs during tho last war, induced some. of our Yankee neighbors to manufacture commercials from wood, SO much in imitation of the nutmeg that 1t was .l:a. ,ls s.e A~snn1 .Ln ~Lnns Al.h~.mA .ma