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LErrEn OF JonS RaNDoLpn.

LATTER OF IOnS RANDOLPH.
We have procured ahd present 10 our read
era, (omitt,rrg few sentences Of no interest
ono Of the letters of the late JeHS RASpoLrH.
according 10 our promize Of Moodsy. Few
letters more amusing than this have prob-5l,
ever eeen ~ritten- = RieLs.euA Courier.
koASoKE, Saturday. DE II. 1881. , !
Hay past -. {
DEIR NJ: On taking out my
chariot. tins morning, for the first time
,IIce | got home from your house. 10
clean II and the for this
dreadful spell OF weather has frozen US
up unit to-day the knife vas found
IN the bottom of the carriage. where it
must have dropped from a shallow
waistco1t pocket, as ! got in at Your
door. for | missed the knife soon after
wards. When got home, had the
pockets Il the oha-iot searched aud
every thing there taken out-and il was
not uniii John had searched strictly IN
To my Portnanteau and bas taking on;
every article therein that | became
perfectly convinced, of what I was be-
fore fully persuaded shat bad left the
KNIFE IN my chamber At YOUR house,
On Tuesday the 9th and when heard
l; had no; been seen. took it for grant
ed that your little yellow boy having
found Il, had, according TO tie negro
code OF morality appropriated It to
himself. In this, II seems, / Vas mrs
taken, and l Asa Lis pardon as the best
amends thai can make hIa-and at
The same time to relieve you and Mrs
NJ. from The uhpleasant feeling that
such a suspicion would occasion, dis
patch thIs cote by a special messenger,
although ! have 4 certain conveyance
Tomorrow.
make no apology 10 yourself or
Mo. NJ, for the frank expression of nv
suspicion, because Truth Is the god
d"ss at whose 'hr,"e ! worship: and
~ Hugoenot IN france or Morisco IN
SPAN. or Judaizing Christian 10 Portu-
gal, ever paid more dearly Cor his he
yeGcal schisn, than have done in
leaving the established church OF False
hood and ErImacs. a'n we'll aware
that ladies' a=e as delicate as they are
charming creatures; and that in our 10
tercourse with them we must strain the
truth as far rs possible. Brought up
from their earliest infancy TO disguise
their real sentiments. Tor a woman
would be monster who did not prac.
iice this disguise, II Is their privilege
70 be Insincere-and we should despIse
them. and justly too. II they had tina,
manly frankness and unTeserye which
constitutes the ornament OF our cha
racter. As the very reverse id>S Of theirs.
We must therefore keep this IN yieS IN
all our intercourse with them. and re-
collect that as our point Of honor IS
courage and franknesH, theirs 1, chas-
ilty and acknowledgements, as said be
tore q woman Who does not di,semble 4
her real feeling Is monster Of impu-
..ence. Now. therefore, IL d0ss 20 G~D-
pen tas Mr. Canning would say that
truth IS very offensive TO the ears Of q
isdy when to those Of gentleman
her husband for instance II would be
,.ot AZ all 80.
To iliusirste-Mrs. r. Il r.. nv bro.
,asrs widow, IVES. beyond all co.,. pari-
,on. the incest and best house-v ", tia,
! eSetssW Not one drop Of water was
ever suffered 10 stand upon her side.
board. except "a bat was N the pitcher.
the house from cellar 10 garrett. and in
every part ~ clean a. hands could
make IT. and every thing as It should
se % suit even nv fas,idious taste
lived there after nv brothers
1~sth from I7OG 20 1910 incluase
and never did I see o. sHsSH any thing
- offend my senses or my imauna- P
u9n bet oacs. Except "a autumn. !
could defy YOU 70 End . Leaf OF = lea- 4
tler ~ the ward. No poultry we're per-
mf''sd - come into a. and Ne had ~
t.f9 children white or negro. % make .
litter and filth A strong enclosure Of
avn plank eight feet high fenced IN I
iae kitchen smok e house. ies-housr 4
'eai-house uood -hbsse (in Which The .
sood t0r the use Of the house vas
-acksd away under lock and kew Z
ne turkey and ben houses were IN the 1
'nne enclosure v hicb had tao doors 7
ne neHi The dwelling house Tor the 1
~'' u ne mistress and house servants
ana ooc ARG enough 10 admit a wagon
ne back % -n0r.h side, bevonS /,
Nmeh En q Wsll-built quarter nth
40 eusk eb1a niss. and tuo fsom,
@i'h IRE place. and for room, w,,b-