New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1843-06-16
VOC. EaI. no. So.
p...,,cc OF .rohn Randolph.

/ BY the kindness oil Ile1nDet vi tile iiItissi!ou
! Randolph family OF Virginia, we are honorcd witt
several interesting "reminiscences of that family
which we shall from time to time lay before ou
readers For the present, we give Letter o
JoHs RANDOLPH or ROANOKE, never before pub
Ished, of which the original i'll Mr.. Randolph:
handwriting is nov before US. 1t was written
late in life, Just after Mr.. K. had suffered from
visitation ofinsanty, but III passages cvinccs The
acute and vigorous 1aind of Its author.
1 1t is ncrbatim as follows:
Loypoa, July I'D 1925.
SIR: Your two very obliging letters are re-
ceivcd and demand my best acknowledgements
winch beg you to accept or your kindness and
services. in the recovery and care of my effects.
am sorry that my suspicion was misdirectcd
The circumstances were such as to warrant, IN lis
fullest extent, the belief that the servants at the
! Eagle q mean the two LADS had sent the little
boy, that | left IN charge OF NY char, away, for
the purpose Of pillagc. My orders were peremp-
tory That the luggage should not be touched
until | could ascertain that there was something
i more than an empty rack and manager to reward
my gallant grey" for lis noble exploit. So far
as the credit Of Mr.. HolaIns house is concerned
one peck Of oats and - lbs Of hay OF corn blades
would have saved his servants from suspicion.
and the credit Of his stables into the bargain.
This has been the hottest and Gricst summer
! here in the memory of man. Tho crop of wheat
is an average onc-but the oats and barley are
sllort and the Hay an almost total failure. The
Turnps, it is feared, will also fall but be the
crops what the may the distress of they approach
ing winter appals many stout heart The very
early harvest they are now reaping wheat even liz
the Northern Counties will add TO the distress ;
as the improyident viii have dsspatcd their
wages before The cold weather sets in.
BE assured that il viii give me at all tunes the
most solid satisfaction TO maintain good under
standing with every member OF my family from
whom am not separated by circumstances that
intcrposc an insupcrabc barrier between Us.
The events, 10 which / make this painful and re-
luclanl allusion, were such as | had no agency
in bringing about although | have been in
manner, their victim; for they have given IA bias
to my character and a color TO my life for thirty
four years past.
am very highly gratifcd at the book of our
common ancestor and still more at the letters of
my father that you were SO ebliging as to give
me. | trnnscribe the following from some Ms.
extracts OF my own from the old Virginia news
papers. }
Z" 1t is reported that Col Richard Randolph.
who went last autumn TO England for the re-
covcry of his health, died at 'Fhc Bath nov
called Bath without tic definite article.) g In
our next we shall be able 10 give a farther
count of it."
''April Is. In our last We mentioned report
that Col. Richard Randolph was dead. Itisnow
confirmed that he diedat The Bath having been
much emacia.ed by his distcmper, and the fatigue
Of his voyage. Hc had been worthy member OF
Assembly for many years, and first in the Com
mission Of the Peace for his County. He left
behind himnot only a very plentiful Estate, but
great charaUtcr-was csiecnio2 irric p.tri". {"
his Country, a kind relation and good nclghbor
and his death much lamcntcd."
Succeeded in the representation of Hcnrlco by
his ncphcw, Col. PeIer, of Chatsworth, who re-
s;aned his Office Of Ok. to the H. Of Burgcsses,
in which he was succeeded by his brother, Col.
VIM. Of Wilton.
In case that you should write again be pleased
to say word about the season, and also about
such persons as | happen to know, and who be-
licye do not think of me with indifference.
Among them is our relative Peyton X. of Prince
Edw'd, and that very benevolent and kind-hcart-
cd man, Major Gibbon. 1t is probable, however,
that, before an answer to this can arrive, shall
be or my return voyage to the u. s.
purpose to sail on the Path October, with
Captain Dc Cost, in the ship York from Liver
pool.
Since my arrival have Travelled several hun
dred miles through thislingdom, having returned
only last night from an excursion into iicrtord-
shire, Essex, Cambridge, Norfolk and Suffolk,
during which | visited New Market-wherc
saw a very mean race. Thetiord, Norwich, Var
mouth, Hollham Hall, Mr.. Colie's y iloughton
Hall, "a still more magnificent ediicc, erected by
the great Sir Robert Walpolc) Bury st. Edmonds,
Lord Peters, at Thonton Hertiord, &c.
am Sir, your obedicnt
servant and l,iusnan,
]. r., OF Roanoke.
July. Sunday, I'D.
To RICHARD R.Spolru, E,e., Richmond:
In case that you shall see MIR. Barksdale, OF
| Amelia, pray remember me To hun. | have not
vet seen his fatlicr--hc is at Cheelhaln and will
| be in town this week. Mr.. Bernard Cor!cr IS
there also, and quite well. Mr.. G. Marx Is al
| fected with gout in the hand.
/ On my return the boy missing an. two others w"
taking Off the luggage. He affirmed IL allaus presence that
! they sen; hun ~! stairs Tor a ctif'ie
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