Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1834-09-09
RANDOLPHlANA.
From The Nep York american

Mr. Randolph had made pilgrimage to the
Cane upon which the packet ship Albion was
wrecked. He described it as cavernous Gill;
into the recesses of which, some of the unfor-
tunate sufferers were probably washed by the
waves and thus Immediately entombed."
shall never forget his graphic sketches OF
Ireland He said ''there was nothing in Ameri-
ca to give one an idea ofthe wretchedness which
he had witnessed in that drive though the south
of Ireland" GA good hunter would leap with
out difficulty over their mud cabins" The
potatoe was in many cases the sole means OF
sustaining their lives, and after meal OF them,
nothing remained but to throw the peelings to
the pig tethered TO stake in the floor, and then
TO lounge listlesSly, until nature demanded the
process with the potatoes to be repealed;' and
such. Sir. were the swarms of loathsome beg
CARS, of all ages and sexes, that gathered about
my post-chaise. whilst changing horses. did
not aIight for fear of contagious diseases; and
on one Of these occasions saw gentleman
ride by, who dashed through those wretched
creatures at a full trot, scattering them ike
geese in the road followed by his sleek groom
with his masters overcOat folded and strapped
around him, who seemed careless OF thclr
lives. Alb! Sir. they muZzle too closely the OK
that treadeth out the corn. The condition OF
the Virginia slave is preferable ereatly-for our
negroes are better lodged, clothed: and fed
better provided for in infancy, sickness, and old
age. and generally are better informed."
We were speaking of the climate Of Great
Britain and face of the country, IFS enchanting
verdure, for the grass seems to heal over every
abrasion of the surface, covering even d'c'Vi'
teS-so unlike our own Southern states, where
the raw fields and CALLED hills meet the eye IN
every direction. Mr. r. added. = England IS
most lovely country. | once attended Church
i'm village Of the vale Of the .Serern, dud alter
the service | walked into the fields, euticed BY
scene after scene o increasing beauty, nni'
stopped and exclaimed God! II -"
country becomes much more beautiful, shall
90 distracted.
One of the subjects which he appeared to
take delight in rdiculing, was the modern syS-
tenn Of female educQfiOR-the undue importance
given to mere aCcomplis hments and the neglect
to qualify them for real life by useful Informal
ton: and he told with great glee, in illustrator
Of his argument, an anecdote OF plain Virgin
ia Planter, who unwittingy married young
lady fresh from n Boarding School; and he was
surprized beyond measure to find at dinner,
that round of COTRed beef had been roasted by
order Of his bride"
Of Mr.. Jefferson, he did not speak highly-eI
Their as moralist or politcian,-and said he
was not a practical stateSmar--" his political
measures being about as wise as the choice OF
his residence; which he had placed on the top
of mountain, and ever after had to go mile
for 1rateT."
When the pilot boarded us off the Hook, we
pressed around for newspapers; and ii was in
The paper which he handed to U.s. that saw, for
the first time. paragraph in which the preten-
slons of General Jackson TO the Presidency were
gravelv put forth. Irecollect that we all treat
cd the matter very f0cefiously. But what was
then (1S2i) only good joke, has since proved
q very serious business. ID.