Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-11-03

risdicton. told him one hundred dollars lie thea
ssd, 81 will give you hundred dollars for writing
my viii: write that''--He then directed me to write
what is found in the paper produced here in Court
marked b in the latter part of which believe
the very words lac directed me to write. While was
engaged in completing sentence, he told me to stop;
that he wanted me to write letter for him, TO Mr. Hol
day.
The purport of the letter to MIR. H. was that he wish
ed tobuy Of him two horses, got by his mir RS
Janus; that he obliged to have them, and horse
jockes would make him pay than they were worth
for them but from Mr. ii he expected different treat.
ment; that his life depended upon bis getting these
horses; that 1t depended upon his drinking milk
and although he kept two fine asses and kept them to
their milk, by having them MIXED daily he under
contract not to drink the milk until he obtained these
on To say but the contract have made with other
person than his Satanic Majesty himself He folded and
directed The letter, aud gave it to put into the
fost Office ] set off to dine at MIR VIM NJ. Watkins.
When had got about half way of his boys overlook
me- with his horse in ather of sweat, and told Inc
his master desired me TO send the letter back as il
was charmed, and could not GO While | was ut
Mr. Wutkinss, the same boy brought me the letter
saying that his master said the charm off,
ana II could go. On my return from the Superior
oo9ft called again to see HIM On first seeing him he
said he glad had come, for that my wife aud little
boy mad been up stairs for time aud he had hard
work to keep the devil from them; that Essex had been
endeavourng TO get to them. lie said also that there
was man In the next room, writing dead mans will
WIN dead mans hand; and urged to go immediate.
~ and get my wife aud child home before dark for the
devil was dangerous in darkness left him. He soon
after went TO Mr. Marshals On my way to p. Edward
shafts, aud message brought me- that he wished
TO see me- As soon as entered the room he said
Go away, go away cannot speak to YOU " AS
returned from Prince Edward, understood he was
at Mr. Cardwelrs, and stopped there. He was in.
formed | was there, and desired TO see me- When
went IN, he shook me by the hand but he was in
such situation that lie said but little, and soon
left him. next him in the latter part May at
Mr. Cnrdwells The first day met him he was calm,
and appeared to me entirely raonal-'ihe next morning
while was sitting with him, Mr.. Glmor of AlbemarTe
came IN to take leave of linn He began talk about
10 unu nrda Ia. toll
mer and alter continuing in that strain for short time
he mentioned the name Of genteman-how he brought
IT I'M do not know for whom he always appeared TO
entertan and believe did really entertain the highest
respect and veneratou-spoke OF the mischief which he
had done and was doing, and said he ought to be hang
co. ana sooner than that he should want executoner
he (Nlr. RI would DC Jack Kctch himself From this
thought has mind was not rght-but this but mo-
mentary, and he soon became calm and rational
saw hun III the summer, two three timcs-per-
haps oflener and have recollection OF any thing par
ucuar in his manner conduct, and therefore, sup
pose, that at these times, lac calm rational In
September, the Grand Jury of Charlotte desired his
Oveseers TO be subpmnaed to give evidence before them
and the Sheriff was sento Mr. RS plantations for them
Mr. Randop underood thatthe Overseers were wanted
to prove that he had made his negroes pull fodder on
Sunday and he came to Court to to that business
The Grand Jury did not present him After Court adj
lourned, visited him at Mr.. Cardwcll's there were
lew gentlemen IN the room, and he writing. He
contved to get the gentlemen to leave the room and ~
they had all len it but myself he rot nm and
fastened the door lie told me- must wait until he had
done writing his letter. Acr he had finished it, he told
proper 10 send the letter. 1t TO Gen Jackson asn
nun Tor an office for gentleman Of Mr. RS acquain.
ahce and IN 1T he gave pretty full account of domes
uc transaction which had taken place many years be-
lore at which he felt deeply and which in It's time had
made great noise told him would not scnd it. He
saiu men VIII not; you that alou 9Th am so far
gone that cannot do right, so mad as not 10
take good advice and put the letter in his pocket
About this time or as | think somewhat beG,ra Is
bought several small tracts of poor land without seeing
them--lands, arr sure, he would not have purchased
unless much changed from what he formerly vas
N nf hoe H..
winch supplies Mr.. RS Mill Gas he told mel and in
talking to me about his purchase, he said he had made
~, irst some one by making use of forcing pump
should avert the stream from his mill Generally
his mind was, thought, sound whenever | saw him
eltho"gh occasionally otherwise, from the time of
MS recovery at Cardwes, until he left Charlotte to
go TO Philadelphia On my return from the Sune
rior Court of Prince Edward saw MIR Randolph
in his carriage in the woods accommodated bv some no
groes with axes to mark out road which led as
far as could understand place whatever but STOP.
ped short IA the woods John driving; and as tic
negroes with axes marked the trees Mr. r. would some
times tell them to Haro them hgh When they came o
the next tree, they would mark it in the same wayne
would curse them, and tell them mark it Iooand so
ne continued with them requiring them 10 mark the trees
nigh, low or niddlng, and changing his directions with
almost every tree There were things that
req, TO which cannot fix the dates. 1t dreadful TO
hear Mr. denunciatons Of the people of this country
Once he said it would delight him TO be tied ON his
horse janus aud with army of for,v thousand otbs
lsuch as Atila hadO TO enter the United Suites on
the Canada frontier, and to march 10 Inc extreme
South, laying waste The country, and Strengthening
stained with blood and gore bic advertised his
groes for sale, and William Il. johnson wrote TO him
as he told me- that Mr. David Branch wished 10 purchase
them, or some of them. Mr. II. said that Mr. johnson
had used Mr. Branchs name, but in truth he wanted
TO purchase them himself; and although he had adyer
used them, he violent agans MIR Johnson for
offering to purchase them and believe never E,rrave
MN lie was constantly writing Rt all hours Of fhe
night when was at his house, he seemed sleep lit
tie or noneI should think scarcely more than two or
three hours in the twenty four Once he told me he had
kept Queen up all night because Bull as he called NIoes
was too unhandy IN the house At night, after dinner he
told Queen to make haste and get coffee that she nig
90 to sleep He said lac did wish any but MIR LeJrb
DID told him we had just dDed and did not wish it,
and that Queen need it for me fIc turned 10
me In great rage, and asked how dared To inter.
tere with his domestic atraugcrnents He then said
that he wanted il himself, and that she should mike IL
Al one time, when was there, N think it was in Fe-
DruaIyD ne bad shut up his kitchen and had the cook
ing done in his house lie extremely parsimonious
and sometimes scarcely gave his guests food fit to cat
lie would have brought upon the table or two or tbrcc
days IN succession cold pudding and any one cut
rom the meat slice than wanting he would
remark upon IT, He would complain it the snalrst
scrap OF paper was wasted or destroyed. While was
with him, did not see him drink to excess until March
When ne FIRST got home feel confident that he did not
drink at all, when with him and do moi believe
tha OF any time, during the winter previous TO March
ne drank to excess wbea with him
by MIR. Taylor-Wa The letter TO Mr. Holiday putin
Tic Post Office? hnswer-lt was. lie told me after |
las recovery at MIR. Cardwcls, that be had received
very extraordinary letter from Mr. Holiday which rave
him good opinion OF MIR II s heart but he could no,
account for such letter, indicating that bc did moi
know that he had sent his letter. never xpained the
matter 10 him.
by Mr.. Jones' Did he ever conceal his drinkino from
have got abroad that he was addicted TO hard drinkn
IS, tbnk, erroneous. In the year ie2 after Decatur