Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-11-12

to travel whore he chooses, at the public .xosn..s
aud ,he faithful Juba" Is more brought In 10 saw
ing tho very honorable tribute, which have been maid
to MS courtesy and Kindness by his shpnates hi.
conduct duriag the voyage Is made the theme Of the
oiterest exaggeraion-We are told Of "his arrogance
his ridiculous malice in charging the Captain and 9th
Ohccrs with stealing his hams and porter" Sc ~
me BOSTON Patriot calls on Captain Hooper OF the
Shp hthens, which arrivedon Sunday from ST. Peters
ourgh, AUGUST 27 TO testify the udcrous conuc of
MIR. R-He gives US also, account of the Minister'S
blue coat with bright 6uttons"-snd speaking of b,s
presentation 10 the Empress, without saw word of
the EmPeror-her s"bursting into fit Of un.
comfortable laughter in which her attendants Joined -
&c. &c.-But this witness passes over entirely the re-
markable circumstance of Mr. RS falling upon hi,
knses, when he presented his credentials.
The -Netc York CONNIE, ciai asserts that sthe reve
iaions OF Mr. RS conduct have "come from yarious
respectable sources"and from zone gentleman i'm par
ncular, who boarded in tn. house with the eccentric
Minster-lt produces also the following extract from
letter written by gentleman at ST. Petersburgh To hi,
friend in N. York "John R(says this gossip of pri
yate conversaons is the greatest curiosity saw
re made me pass much OF my time with him.-Last
night he had me up in his from o'clock till one
ths morning, during which time discussed sundry
too He showed all his correspondence and
with Webster and M'Dufie, and also all the co,nmun
cations between himself and our government relative
10 his appointment which Is very credtable TO him
any rate. I'll let you all this some day. if YOU have
mind, for he has given copies of most OF these doc
uments made by himself, with notes, which are curl
in the circumstance OF his falling upon his knees &c
And who are these respectable" men? Are thev
Wiling TO give up their names and 10
nen the statements which they have made to the Pub
hcf That much OF what they have said gross exag-
geraon that they in these respects either dupos or
deceivers, there is little hesitation in believing n
is known, that Mr.. Randolph Is singular man and
that those who do not understand his habits are ami
tireiy to mistake his character man has been
more frequently the subject of abusive In
Decd he had scarcely left the u States before he
grossly misrepresented In OF the very journals
which Is now most busy in ridcung his conduct At ST
Petersburg. The present Opposition too spares no man
1t employs every means Of warfare, through all tho
various shades OF down 10 forgery IT,
seif-Is Press even IL It were speak the truth has
SO often lyed that like the Shepherds boy In the fable
II would scarcely be beleved.-Whsn these things are
Sir RS calm and agnifed conduct before he Left the
country, had extorted the appreciation of all whs sa
him--how much no had graced tho retirement To
which he had voluntarily gone-how cooly he had
borne himself though the stirring scenes of the late
virginia Convenion-how dgnifsd yet how courteous
he had attached TO himself both here and AT Norfok IN
the very moment of his embarkaion; how handsomely
MS shpmates have spoken Of his demeanor ON board
the ship; how easily the trling acts of such a
gentleman are colored and mrepres Sc nted-and have
oeen In some respects we have good to be-.
ieve, since he landed at st. Peersbnrgh-we are COM
PEELED to receive all these statements with the utmost
caution and incrcduy.-But IL these accounts should
unfortunately turn out 10 he true If the
subject, the Administration should be satisfied thai Mr.
H. from the nhrmity Of temper,s has points in his
character different from those OF men, from tho vi
lost sight of the discs elton and dignity which ought TO
attach TO the Representative of his country abroad
there cannot be two opinions about the which
becomes them Immediately to pursue.