Delaware State journal, advertiser and star. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1832-1833, 1833-08-13

lphia. In this town, on my way to VIII
liamsburgh, Twas taken i'll with the scar
let fever, and brought to the brink of the
grave. So few charms had life for me,
so strong was the disgust that had ia
as to the issue of the disease. Reach
ing Williamsburgh, saw, for the first
time, Mr.. fuckers new wife.
shall never forget the chilling cold1
ness OF my reception. In few days
set out for Bizarre, and was once more
restored to the society of the fondest
are those which have already related to
you, and which you say most truly, can
never be forgotten. In July. 1898, I
again rs.arnsa to P d wlle a~ay the
time of my minority; and otter encoun-
tering the horrors of the yellow fever,
(Which broke out few days after my
arrival. and drove my friend Bryan to
Gcorgia,) l passed the winter less UNI
pleasantly than the two former which /
had spent there, and left the right anglcd
city in April or May l7e4. In June l
came Of age. The crop of that year was
destroyed, and also that Of 1895, by ths
flood. My guardian Showed me no &C.
counts, paid me nothing for the profits
1 of my estate during minority ofnincteen
years, and found myself overwhelmed
with overseers', blacksmiths,' and shrr-
ifs claims of several years standing. This
reconciled me to the sale of Matoax, ur-
ged by your father. l made his house
Cat his requesD my home, and lived the
life of mere lounger.
The society of your farther, the con-
versation and company If I. Thompson,
j QorI was haIfmy time at Petersburg, )did
not rouse my literary ambition. l rode
about from one race field to another: and
whilst at NEWMARKET races, my earliest
friend, your father exceptedO Henry
; Middleton Rutledge. son of Edward Rut-
ledge, and nephew Of the celebrated John
: Rutledgc OF South Carolina, called at BIZ
: zarrc, on his way to Charleston, and not
a finding me at home, left letter inform
: ing me of his intended voyage to Europe.
: knew Rutledge in New York; we were
: in College together, and l burned with
d desire to see him once more. My guar
: dian had always frowned upon my wish
!, to travel; and now had not the means of
l. indulging the inclination TO any extent.
y borrowed, however, as much money as
II would dcrray the expense of my journey,
S and in January, 1895, went to Charleston,
It (leaving you an infant in the cradle, and
d then to Savannah, to see Bryan. l return
= ed in May, and few weeks afterwards,
r whilst lay i'll of bilious fever, at Peters
If burg your father,who had left me conva-
J. descent, although Immediately relapsed,
!. was, in the most strange and mysterious
manner, snatched away from us not a
| c,o I, I, IoJ bic
n He left considerable debts of his own,
l. (produced as / have before explained to
al you, } and my fathers whole estate was
e under mortgage for heavy British debt.
ID Unpractised in business, ignorant OF the
1t value Of property, made compromise
l. with the creditors, and saved much OF the
of estate, that must otherwise have been
N sacrificed. On you and St. George my
le affections and hopes conferred; and in you
W had theesweetest companions, and most
of dutiful children. In 1899, chance threw
I'd me into public l(e.-The rest you proba-
TX ly know.
of omitted tt, state, that in the winter Of
H. 1908, spent some weeks at William
30 and Mary's College, and made slight
vn beginning IN mathematics and natural
n philosophy.
m These are but hints and dates. an out
ey line that will on some occasion, fill up
le- With this superficial and defective edu
90 cation, commenced politician. l car
truly say, that except from my mother
an. who taught me to read, ! never Learned
re- any thing from of my preceptors.
ne must make further exception in favor
Ell. of Cochrane, with whom l was Tor few
on weeks only; think not more than hive o.
Ser six. The little that know, has beer
,es self-taught, picked up from the most de
,rd sultory reading, and chiefly from an in
re- tcrcourse with the world. When l tool
st up my pen, nothing was-farther from m.
by thoughts than to dash of this loose ant
list imperfect sketch. Take it as it $50
ere the books that have read with mos
ter pleasure, and profit too, reckon Shaks
use peare, Milton, Popc's Homer, Don Qui,
rily otte, Chaucer, and Robinson Crusoe. Thi
hat last was, believe, the second book eve
van read. Voltairc's Life OF Charles ri
hen was the first, and ought to have been nam
also ed above My mother pointed my attei
TO ton to the Gear, and may say, "Nlde
no meliora, etc.
,ms Enclosed is draft for $500. May
fter afford you pleasure and profit. wish
. of were cyphcr more. am as ever,
ned Your fopnd uncle,
had JOHN RANDOLPH,o sol Roanoke.
and --see~--
,ingI Exemplary PUNISHMENT; --N, nv NV
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