Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1843-11-04
From he Nc,c Mirror.
Rccolicctions OF John Randolph,
OF ROANOKE.

favori,e candidate for the Presidency. Several
distinguished men were talked of--Crawford,
Adams, I.owndes, Clay, King, &c
The night before Randolph sailed lie was
invited TO spend the evening at the hospitable
mansion Of the late Mr.. Codon. A select few
Of the li'erati were invited TO meet him, and he
was very tnlkative until politics were intro
dGced he then became silent, and seemed to
| take no interest in the conversation. The sub.
| joct Of the next Presidency vas freely canvassed
| by the other gentleman, and at length learn.
ed physician present, turning round to Mr.
/ Randolph, rather abruptly said:
And pray, MI Randolph who is the most
talked of in Washington as the most happy
mani
'Ilis name, sir, is 'Lcs jon,' replied Randolph,
in his most formal manner, soon after which he
/ withdrew.
Mr.. Randolph never wished % have any to-
pic of conversation .foIced upon him. lie was
very arbitrary in his taste, and the surest way
ofsecurnC an intellectual treat from him was
to permit him to introduce the subject, and
soon discovered this Peculiarity of tcmpcra-
mort on hoard the ship and INDUCED him 10 his
hearts content. Sometimes however, our
young Virginia passenger would oppose him
pnrposcly, 20 show his independence, and
Randolph would rotaIjste by Iavishng the most
unmcasured abuse upon the Russians, amongst
whom the Virginian intended to pass the next
two or three years of his lie
Your father, sir will regret the day he has
permitted you 10 - among the dcmi.sayages
to learn the art Of war ) or, To butcher your
lellow-crcaturcs, more correctly speaking. You
will lose your love ofhberty, sir. You will
be taught to consider vice, Uiriue; and all the
landmarks OF morals, sir, will quickly be efaccd
from your youthful mind In after years, sir,
You will have to mourn over time misspent
and talents misempoyed! = On my return to
Washington, sir, | give you fair notice, shall
; try to persuade your father, my cd friend, TO
recall his 'prodigal SON.
Poor fellow he now lies IN the cold grave.
llisncarecr was brilliant though short one.
His letters of introduction procured him 4 most
favorable reception &; the court Of Russia. He
quickly rose in the army, and became a fovorite
IN the very highest circles. His death occur
red several years ago, after short illness, in
the prime Of life.
On the fifth OF April we made the land about
? noon. The wind had changed since Randolph
predicted that we would strike Sligo head,
and we first saw the high mountains Of Done,
, gal. The atmosphere was beautifully clear
and wc ran along the coaat near enough to see
the houses, sc. ToNa night, Randolph
said 10 nc;
Wei, sir, | no,c believe the anccdo,c rela
. ted by Arthur Young. In his notes on Ireland
he says that ono day farmer took his son, r
:, Young hoy, some distance from home, in the
county Menth They came to tree a; The boy
was astonishod, stopped and asked, Father
~, wha, is that "neyer having seen one before
Here have We been sailing along the Irish coss
for whole day, and not single tree have
p, seem
r. I, was too true Barren are the mountain
!. Of Donegal. No trees arc 10 be seen; and i
# :sno wonder that an American should be s,ruc|
!. with establishment, just arriving from his owl
Y well-woodcd shores
. The moon was shining brightly when W,
Q came up with the island of 'Rathlin,' or Rag
!, hery, but tho tide ran so strongly against II
q We passed il very slowly notwithstanding WI
. Lad stiff breeze our in favor. AZ MIR Randolph
ga2ed upon It's rugged Shore he said
10 'IHGt island have wished much to see ST,
d | suppose you are aware tina, it's nhabitant
&c 9rc a n.yst peculiar race. They look dow
=. with contempt upon the continent Us the
no call ireland, (only three miles distant , an
"A the greatest curse known to them Is, Ma
a, Ireland be your latter end They hay
i, their own laws and usagos, intormarr
:, among themselves, pay great Difference
N their landlord and priests, sn'uggIe hit
~ for an honest livelihood, and the ssverest pu
N. shment practiced among them is banistme
,cs to Ireland .
or. Next day we run down the Channel, pass
mo and meeting hundreds ofvcssels, fromthe stat
%, " Indiaman to the small fshing-smack. It
American ships were easily discovered FROM
British by their phi,e canvass bright ',,des
ysi- sharp bows. 1t was very excii'. .ng SCI
ex- Randolph was in fine spirits. Th.. .;ob, o.
DOT, England brought back the ..u.a ,;,aa, ;,
d 4 memory, and he ',.led ,e,s of delight,