Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-08-09
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i'From tie Richmond Compifcr.)
THE RANDOLPH WILL CASE.-( Continual
En,n Sfii lnly

Richard Randolph .Jr., examined for the defendant,
Hobson.-Shewn the letter of Mrs Morrs-Says ne mas
seen many of her letters, and believes this is her hand
writing Questioned by Mr. Cook whehe, he ever saw
this letter before Ans. have seen copy OF similar
letter sert b. Mrs n 20 ofmy family some years
ago-bnt think this is longer letter than the one
saw. G. How Ing had you been at Mr. X $ house
ct the time the will ri 1891 written !: Answer. a
part Of the month Of October, and the greater portion
Of November-ubout six weeks. G. What was the
state OF Mr.. Rando n!s mind during Eatperloe -
Ans | never Mir. K. in better state OF mind-It
was that OF shrewd sensible and most agreeable gen.
teman. He was calm as any individual living on
Virginia estate could be. He displayed great care
and Kindness for his negroes-as evidence OF which,
will state, that he remained ct kane week beyond
his usual period Of setting out his way to Congress,
in order to distribute clothing to his slaves with his
own hands .Throug hou the time of my stay there,
observed that he paid degree OF attention TO Their
comfort which is not commoR.-After = left him at
Mir Earksdale's, we met accidentally the next day
As the weather was bad, did not know that MIR. K
would travel that day. and continued my Journey with
out him, and metal lodging place on the road,
and came TO Ricnitr.0 with hin. Gic rot see aiR
again that winter had with Mr r. III the
summer of S2l OIL the bcct of His slaves lie spoke
upon the subject with perfect camness and seemed to
feel much anxiety for their welfare. believe lie said,
that they could not be placed III better condition than
they then enjoyed and that he would give five hundred
pounds to know how they could be Kept IN as gooc
coudtior after his death. During the whole OF the time
that, sEeu. viii Mr. R., | had frequent and Tree
COMBINATIONS wits tim; and he did not manifest any
strong prejudice agaIcst any ndiVaual ou' one. re
was perfectly calm and placid scasn' ne spoke o! lhaV'
duals opposed to him. and mentioned Mr. clay MT Mtr-
Ger and others with great iorbearance vi the elder
3uoge Tucker he always spoke tn bitterness CUES
ton by Mr. Taylor. Was he equally calm ana COLLECTED
in August ISL as in the Fall after: ans iss-ftceps
that he lived freely at the former period: In the
Fall both Mr. R. and yself were in bad HEALTH and we
crank no wine. G What eliectGd wtre nroeuce on MN:
Ans The sane as on other persons lie occasionally
drank wine to excess; but he lei! the went 10
81, in his usual condition. ~.
whether he was with MIR r. on the road when he spent
a night ateeyson Raudnp h' s-Saysyss. was lsta'n
Randolph there that night: Ans NO Auestoheu'Sy
MI Stnnard whether he Mr. r., when he returned
from WASHINGTON shortly after the correspondence be-
tween him and Governeur Morris? Ans did not see
him in Richmond at that time; but visited MN al
,Georgetown the winter following In tue Ho'."' re-
ruary.i think O. Did yon torm any oplnloTas 10 his
state of mind at that time? Ans particularly ooserV
ed that he in possession OF all his faculties; as
6ined with him in company, which would naturally es
the souudness of his intelect-ar Webste and other
DISTINGUISHED men being present Mr. R. perfectly
cool delivered him distressing message from an old
frenG-cnd Mr.. r. prepared an answer in writing in my
presence, which / saw after had delivered 1t; and
which was sensiby written, and contained expressions
similar to some in his letter from Mrs Morris.
SATURDAY, July 9th
RicAard .Ruudoiph, ,Jr.,, Observation-Disclosures by
Mr. Cooke. Did not MI H., While yc1 were WIN MN
those contained in his will Of 1871: Ans The charges
made by him were substantially the same as have been
mentioned by the witness in this trial tie SAID he had
taken counsel to large number OF slaves which Judge
Tucker had Sold and to which he had no right Gsce
or law But that he (Ar R late for justice IN
the matter, was barred by the limitation OF tune Il
thought he said he had taken counsel Of Mr. Wckham
O. Did he say any thing of tie other enErge of embeE-
cling the profits of his estate during his minority? Ans
do not know that he said any thing OF embezzlement-
but he spoke of Judge nsmanagement of his estate
and said he had pay the blacksmith bill for the estate
during the whole Of his minority, after he was OF age
Il
versation with Mr. Randolph Accidental circumstan-
would ca up, and he was in the habit Of dwell
ling upon It, | remember conversation which took
place at the dinner table between MIR. Randolph and old
Essex. Something was wanted a GLASS of porter per-
haps, which should have been served in piece Of
plate Mr. Randolph said, Ah, Essex yor connet
serve that it should be. VIVA: has hecone of ouch
piece of pate:"-"Oh, you know master" snid Essp,
1that Mr.. Tucke. sent il TO Enslard, aad had it melt.
ed down."-Questi"n. Was it evident, TO Won that
Mr. R. asked the question in order elicit such In an
ewer from Essex? Ans. 1t might be- presume that
Essex knew his masters opinions, and gave him such
an answer rs would please him? Q. Was it not evi.
IDENTIFY planned Ans. thought it accidental: bot i,
seemed rood evidence that Mr.. R. wished get state
rent of the fact f;om ESSEX, not wishing TO mention it
HIMSELF and that he therefore put the question to the
old He then went on to state many things that
Judge T. had DONE and to shew that he had been un-
faithful 10 his trust in small as well as in large matters
He spoke of other instances petty robbery and said
that Judge T. had taken the marble jahs from his IA
theirs house at Matoax and sent them to house which
he was building or repairing at Petersburg He fire.
quently alluded to Judge IT,. and never spoke of him
with respect; but seemed pleased opportunity OF
complaining of what he considered the great
and injuries he had suffered from Judge 4. @. Did
you sound him on the subject of his religion Ans
should never have thought of sounding Mr.. 3. any
subject. had conversations with him the subject;
but had no curiosity to his sentiments. recollect
an accidental conversation between during the
mer of that year. made some remarks, of which he
took notice. and in sort rebuked for. He
ceiped that intended TO advance opinions which he
thought reprehensble and he spoke sharply; but his
remarks were such most persons would hare made:
they did not indicate any degree Of zeal CT
enthusiasm. But he spoke more sharply than usual,