Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-05-17
Mr.. JOIN RANDOLPH.

Mr.. JOHN RANDOLPH.
By looking under the head of the New Market
races, the reade. will discover that MIR John
Randolph addressed the party at the Jockey Club
dinner on Thursday last. Gentlemen from this
city, present on the OCCASION, represent 1t as
among the must brilliant efforts Of that extraor.
binary genius. He trod the VINE press OF wrath,
and ranging through society, struck down moral
and political offenders on the right and left. even
as Achilles among the fl ling squadr"ns OF Troy.
Richmoud Hhig.
..On Thursday, the Jockey Club dined toge
ther. and were honored with the presence OF
John Randolph, of Roanoke. who. on the pre-
v,ous dav, had been elected an honorary mem
krr After the removal of the cloth. the Presl-
aent Of the Club gave as toast:-" Our disiln-
guished guest-A speedy restoration to health"
Mr. Randolph replied to the compliment, 10 his
singular!y discursive and eloquent style His
speech was pleu,fuily seasoned With appropriate
anecdore. biting Sarcasm. high compliment, and
bold denuncialion Whilst Chief Justice Mar
shall. B. w. Leigh. Mr. Macon. and other dts.
tingushed individuals. received the tribute OF
hi. high Wrought praise. Daniel Webster, and
the Editor nF the Ilichmoud Enquirer, were COM
pletely srowed up Salt River" As we took no
notes, we cannot undertake to give even an out.
line of this extraordinary sDeech-marked. as 1t
evidently was, with all the brlliancy. strength
and originality, Of Mr.. RS best days. HIS
health was still so feeble ss to compel him to ad.
dress the company from his seat. He concud-
ed by paving a merited eulogy to the character
and talents OF B. W. Leigh, and offered the fol-
lowing toast, which was received with general
applause:
'.Bnjamin Watkins Leigh. for the next Pre-
sident Of the United States, and John Marshall,
Chief Justice thereof"
We are not alarmists. nor would we wanton'y
instiI chimerica fears into the minds OF our fel-
low-citizens. But we believe it to be sound po.
licv, and conceive it our duty, to inform them OF
the actual situation of the health Of the city. 1t
would be ridiculous to deny, that, for some days
past, the number of deaths has been increasing,
and that the greater part expired after very few
hours sickness; to speak plainly, they died Of the
merciless cholera; or, If we mistake the charac.
ter of that dire disease the prevailing one is, at
least, as fatal in its effects; and although bther-
to, the number of victims may be deemed incon.
siderable we nevertheless are Of opinion that our
constituted authorities should enquire into the
state Of the public health, and adopt such mea-
sures as might tend to prevent further mischief
We earnestly hope to find that some OF our me.
dical gentlemen will lose no time IN throwing
light upon this dreadful subject; and we will with
pleasure cooperate with them, IN publishing
whatever might be calculated to tranquiIise lihs
general feeling of painful apprehension, or al'ay
any fearful, unfounJeJ fUrebodlng which may
be excited.-New Orleans Courier. .fprI so.
GIt seems, then, that the accounts we have re-
Gently received are but too trre, and that the
cholera has actually broken out again in the de.
voted city of New Orleans.
We learn from the Orange Free Press. that
about o'clock, on Friday morning, wagon and
four horses belonging to MIR. Smith, the stage
Contractor, in attempting to cross the Robinson
River few miles from the Courthouse, were
borne down by the strong current, and all the
horses drowned.
We regret further to learn, that the driver of
a wagon and three horses, the property of Mr..
Benjamin Hume, Of Orange, were drowned in at.
tempting to cross at Mr.. Someryle's Ford on
Saturday last.
The most seasonable and abundant rains have
fallen within the last four or five days.
fredericksburg Herald.
The WHEAT above and below this city, on the
James River, az we'll a. on the Pamunkey, has
been a good deal injured BY the Fly, and the |
drought the former. We had |
fine showers for the three last days-but unless |
this rain arrests the ravages of the Fly, it will
prove very destructive to the Wheat
Rich. Com.