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s"' S'dSeiui s'Ntc OF ftding NJ the B1ro-
nei. with the uncouth rDi awkward
manner VI las competitor
. Some two or three years ofcr this
Wat la haIlcston, L- was elected n
menHer oi Congiess. and such vas
s'iii ms youthful appearance. that hen
he appeared1i the Clerk table 10 quail.
fy.thatgenilcnIan could no, refrain lrom
asking him his age; :hc answer was
prompt, al not satisfactory ask INV
condiments, sir. Was the reply. John
Adams was iheD President. and Mr..
Randolph took a decided part against
his administration. Congress was sill.
ting IA Philadelphia. aud AIR. Adams
hof rofsr rar tr,M France" being then
on the taps. the latitude MIR Randolph
gaze his tongue IN debate occa.ion.d
hts being assaulted IN The lobby oi the
theatre. by. an officer OF the army or
navy, We do not recolleci which. or
who he was but Mr.. Randolph made
a lorna; complaint. which, 10 the best
oi our iHenoTy. met with but n cold re.
cePtion. Party runs high enough now,
and much TOO high for the good OF tire
country.-but he. " ho supposes II ne
rcr rcse higher, knows rothing OF the
period TO which We allude.
Among the members Of Congress.
Alr. Randolph had but few personal
Trends. but those lew hc '.riyetied TO
his soui with hooks of steel" Among
them was the Hon. Mr.. Bryan. from
Georgia, the late Gov. DAVID r. viii.
iams, oi South Carolina, and the vene-
r'Oic Nathaniel Macon, OF y. Carolina.
the close ol a srssiJn, soon after the
removal oI Congress I'D Washington,
the former OF ihrse gentlemen. (Nr.
Bry AM marird a daughter OF General
Foreman. al May land. and With her.
ana her sister. spent some 'dayS ia.
Charleston, when on their way 10 his
estate IA Georgia. On hi, occasion,
Mr.. Bryan showed us a letter hich he
had just received from MIR Randolph.
consrdiuiItms. hin upon his mar.
rage. a Teller oi more beautiful SIm.
pIicny aud feeling we never read
We fecIltrct that. while The writer
dwelt upon the happiness and'advanta-
ges 10 be expected from a weddcd life.
he spoke ieehngly 'oi never expecting
10 ruJ"y ihcn' hl'nself.
The fazoo fraud, greater than
Which never d'.sfdvcd' HE annals of
state, ornaiIuu, came before Congress
about tia, une. We are acquainted
with sOiue ul the nrIariouS Transactions
winch gave use To- ihI. siupcnduuS Iil.
iainy. la 1894, "a number oi men ia
Georgia, joined hy some IN South Car
DINA. calling ihrnaclVcs the Iazoo
Company, applied To the Legislature of
Georgia, M iIJo, Tor u grant IN I'm:
nrn'e tract uI territory. Ia which she
had no right, AMI oNrr hich she had
JurisdIc:iun; but Ihc Gu who form.
ed Ihis Company wee not 10 hr easily
put OFT. aud iIItr hum sumcl.cei,Ia.
iurc Mas indispensable Io the >uccc>, oi
'heIT.- cheu.c. Tnry effected hy .br,he-
~ the acConi lIshmrnt oi their on.
J"cIi u bcchI.c u matter G 'nuiurirtv
that the whole, or nrarIy the whole.
Lr-i Ia;u'r, wrfe brI!cd To- grant the
Ii'lr ASKED Tor. but which they had lro
Iishl Ia grant. The manner ~ which
1. mad been u5iainri Was brInird ~ the
new sP'rcIs u. thc div auI none could
Iic'd isnofdEcc: lac staf ID, iug mas
contained, agents WrIciun.,alurcly sen,
through tie stat, Ia ti.p"sc Ell the
- sfOIrn VOO'h. They VI i'cd - ,,tcu.
where "a Iohpany was inu cdia,.l,
lorped, called " Ute .f,to. I0giuI
.Nisss,ppi L,nd C"mp n.y." VII, pur.
chased 90 lie cXicn, II sonc millions
OF dull,rs oi these l,nds, knowing them
To have heen lrahdulcn;ly obtained.
We were N Georgia Ihr next wear,
1876. when the new Legislature, " ho
bad been elected viii! tlirCot view TO
10 this s'A'Jeci, having assembled al the
seat OF gONcfnn cni and taxing the
NECESSARY preliminary steps. Neat IN
grand pTOCesdon, with their Iespec.
1--we officers at their head, aud burnt,
10y the hands OF the So'nmon hangman.
the record OF the infamous proceeding.
of their Immediate Trc,Icc~ssors. Dad
With ihrm the infamous grant i'scli.
The lazoo Cl1In wa, bV the New
England AiI,sissippl Land Company
" ~ WV ifFfW hWliEkA'1N VIC Nhtfit OF
The lands so obtained and II was in
opposition 10 ihi, application. that Mf.
Randolph imButiaIzed himself ~
speeches that viii stand NE test Of
f'ias, of seruiing. mad al faLHf." IL
was regularly brought forward al every
session. and a. regularly defeated by
han. The late Gen. Wade " rrpion
ana O'linen Smith. we're both elected
70 Cong,css. With sole view "a tie
carrying through Of ihis unugLieous
measure, aud Il was during IS discus
sipn one day Wbcn they were W the
House, that Mr. Randolph mode The
whitening remark, which rung through
The Union at itc time. shaking his
hong lauk fnrcr At Sc Hampton. hr
exclaimed q, lhc top 81 his ,oice. M.
SOTaSyy: I bape. s,r. 10 see NE dgg
u'ben Yg-oO cigIngHi md n riH.aa
wIH be sgHoRyaOus ieras" On The
evening following. Mr Hampton bun