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

my will: write that lie the' uJ. - !; Cow.
what is found in the paper produced mere III Cout'
nLed r. in the latter part of which believe wrote
the very words he directed me to write; WINE was
enr,qed in completing sentence, he told me 10 STOP;
t 5e wanted me 10 write letter for him, to MIR. Holt
be purport of the letter 10 Mr. H. was, that lie wish
ed to buy of him horses, got by his Nr RS horse
janus that he obliged to have them, and horse
iockirs would make him pay more than they were worm
lor them; but from Mr.. H. he expected different treat
ment; that his life depended upon his getting these
horses that it depended upon his drinking ass milk
and although he kept two fine asses and kept them |"
their milk by having them MIXED daily he was uhGcF
contract not to drink the milk until he obtained These
two horses You will think this strange: tile letter went
say, but the contract have made Is WIN no oel
person than his Satanic Marsty himself lie ioIaru anu
directed tho letter. and gave 1t to e 10 put into 'e
Post Office set off to due al Mr.. VIM NJ. Watkins.
When had Got about halfway, one OF his boys OVERLOOK
me- with his horse in Il lathrr OF sweat ana told me
his master desired 10 send the letter back, as II
was charmed aud could not go. While ! was al
Mr. Watkins's, the same boy brought me the letter,
SAVING that his master said the charm was now ntt,
and il could go. On my return from the superior
Court called again 10 see HIM. On hrst seeing nun nc
said he was glad had come, for that ny wife and little
boy had been up stairs for some timc and he had nara
work to keen the devil from them; that Essex had ceen
endcayourno to get 10 them. He said also, that there
was man in the next room writing dead man WILL
with dead mans hand and urged ;e 10 60 ih'nsalae
" and Get MY wife aud child home before dark for the
devil was dauyerous in darkness. left him He soon
after went to Mr. Alarshalls. On my way to EDWARD
Superior Court the 18th April stopped at Mr.. Mar,
sbil!s, and message was pronsh TO me, 'nat NC
TO see me- As Us entered the room ne SAID
d" Go away 81 away cannot speak TO YOU AS
returned from Prince Edward, understood he was
at MIR. CardwellS, and | stopped there. he was m
formed I was there, and desired 10 see me- When
went in, he shook me by the hand; but he was in
such situation that he said but little, aud soon
left hin-I next him in the latter part OF May, at
Mr. Cardwrlls The frsl day met him, he was calm,
and appeared entirely ratona-The next morning,
while was sitting with him, Mr.. Gimer Of Abenarle
came in to take leave Of him. He began TO talk about
Mr. jefferson. He evidently talking at MT G'i'
nrr and after continuing in that strain for short hne
he mentioned the Of gcnlleInan-how lie Drought
i in do not know-for hom he always appeared to
entertain and believe did really entertain, the highest
respect aud interchangeable OF the mischief which lie
had done and d"ing and SAID he ought 10 be hang
ed and sooner than that h. should cxecutioner,
he (Ar r. would be Jack kctch himself From this
thought his mind not right-but this was but mo-
mrniary and he soon became calm and rational.
saw him in the summer, two or three times-pcr-
haps oencr and recollection OF any thing par
tcuiar in his conduct and therefore, sup
pose that at these times, he calm and rational In
September The Grand Jury OF Charlotte desired his
Overscers be subpGnard to evidence before then
and the Sheriff was sent Mr. RS plantations for them.
Mr. Randolph understood that the Overseers wanted
to prove that he had made his negroes pull fodder on
Sunday and he to Court to see TO that business
The Grand Jury did not present HIM. Alter Court ad-
ourncd | visited him at Mr. Cardwell's; there
few gentlemen in the room, and he was writing fle
conved get the gentlemen to leave the room, and as
soon they had all left it but myself, he got up and
fastened the door lie told me, must wait until he had
done writing his letter After he had finished it, he told
me he had kept me there to advise him whether IL was
proper ,osend The letter 1t was to Gen Jackson asking
him for Office for gentleman OF Mr. X acqualnt-
ance and in he gave pretty full account o domes-
tic transaction which had taken place many years be-
fore al which he felt deeply, and which in It's time had
made grea, noise. | told him would not send it. lie
said, hen will not; you see that although am SO lar
gone that cannot do right, am not so mad as not 10
take good advice"aRd put the letter IN his pncke-
About this time | think, somewhat before, ne
bought several small tracts of poor land without seeing
thcm-lands, ar, sure, he would not have purchased,
unless much changed from what he formerly waS-
On one of these tracts. is the head spring OF stream
which supplies Mr.. RS Mill, (as he told me) and in
talking to about his purchase, he said lie had made
IT, lest some one by making use OF a forcing pump
should divert the Stream from his mill. Generally
his mind was thought, sound whenever saw him.
although occasionally otherwise, from the time ct
his recovery at Cardwell's, until he lett Charlotte t"
90 10 Philadelphia. On my return from the Supe-
rior Court of Prince Edward, | saw Mr.. Randolph
in his carriage in the woods, accompanied by some ne
groes with axes to mark out new road, which led as
far as could understand to no place Whatever but stop
ped short in the woods. John driving; and as the
negroes with marked the trees Mr. X would soIe-
tunes tell them to blaze them hgh When they came to
the next tree, they would mark ii in The same way-he
would tem and tell them to mark II to'oand SO
ne continued with them requiring them to mark the trees
HIGH low mddlng, and changing his directions with
almost every tree. There things That occur.
red to which cannot fix the dates 1t was dreadful to
hear Mr. r. Recommendations Of the people Of this country
horse Janus and with army OF forty thousand d"ls
(such as Atla hadO to enter Inc Cniea otatts OH
the Canada frontier, aid TO march 70 lne eHtf''!e
South LAYING waste Tie country, and sanghlrrlng
men, women and children, with his horses hoots
stained with blood and gore He advertised his ne
rrocs for sale and William r. Juhnson wrote to him.
as he told INC that Mr. David Branch wished to purchase
them or some oc them. Mr. R. said that Mr. johnson
had used Mr.. Bancbs name, but, III truth, he wanted
TO purchas, them himself; and although he had advcr-
std theta he most violent against W.T. Jpnsoh Tor
Offering to purchase theH', ana believe never orsaVe
him. lie was constantly wiring ut all hours OF the
nuht When al his house. he seemed 10 sleep It,
tic Or none-l should think scarcely more than two or
three hours in the twenty Once he told me he had
kept queen up all night because Bull az lie called Moses,
was unuly in TIC house. AZ night after dinner, lie
told Queen to make hastc and get Coffee that she might
90 to sleep He said he did wish any, but Mr. Leigh
did told him had just dincd, and did not wish ii,
and that Queen need not make it for he turned To
me in great ragr, and asked how dared 10 inter.
fcrc with his domestic arrangements lie then sad
that he wanted it HIMSELF and that she should make H.
At one tinc, when WAS there, q think 1t was III Fe-
bruarv) he had shut up his Kitchen aud had the cook
ing done in his house lie was extremely parslnonlous
anu sometimes scarcely gave his guests food fit to cat
He would have brought upon the table, for two or three
days in succession, cold pudding; and if any one cut
from the meat slice than wanting, lie would
remark upon IT, He would complain if the smallest
scrap of paper was wasted destroyed While
with him, did i,n drink excess, until March.
When he first got hone feel confident that he did not
drink all, when VAS with hlil; and do not believe
that any time, during the winter previous 10 March,
he drank to excess when was with him.
By MIR. Taylor.-Was the letter 10 MIR. Holiday put in
the Post Office Answcr--lt He told me. after
luis recovery Mr. Cardweils, that he had received
very extra ordinary letter from Mr. Holiday, which gave
him gond opinion OF MIR. HIS heart but he could no,
account ioy suc 4 letter. indicating that he did not
know that he had his letter. never xplancd the
matter to him.
BY MIR. Jones-Did he ever conceal his drinking from