Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1852-07-22
mr. CIay-Interestins incidents.


The Boston JoaYmaI thus alludes to the
duel between JOHN RANDOLPH and Mr.
CLAY: The particulars of the duel art
well known. The eccentric descendan
PoCAHoNTAs appeared on the ground il
a huge morning gown. This garment
constituted such a vast circumference that
the locality of the worthy SENATOR was
at least matter of very vague conjecture.
The parties exchanged shots, and the ball
of Mr.. CLAY hit the centre of the visible
object but Mr. RANDOLPH was not there!
The latter had fred in the air, and i'm
mediately after the exchange of shots he
walked up to Mr.. CLAY, parted the folds
of his gown, pointed to the hole where
the bullet Of the former had pierced his
coat, and in the shrillest tones Of his
piercing voice exclaimed, "Mr. Clay, you
owe me coat,-you owe me coat !" to
which Mr.. Clay replied in voice of slow
and solemn emphasis, at the same time
pointing directly at Mr.. Randolph's heart,
" Mr., RANDOLPH, | thank God that am
no deeper in your debit"
Another correspondent writes:
"When Mr.. Clay became Secretary of
State, Mrs. Clay resided here, and was
universally admired for her kindness and
affability, and her evening parties were
rendered as agreeable by her pleasing
manners as by her brilliancy and spirit.
I remember an incident that occurred
when he had the duel with John Randolph.
As he was returning from the ground, he
asked, anxiously, whether Mrs. Clay knew
what had happened. He had informed
her that he was going out, and had kept
it a secret. Just before his return, she
had heard it from a servant, and, meeting
himin the passage, threw her arms around
him, exclaiming, Oh Harry, how could
you 60 without letting me know" L
mention these circumstances, in conse-
qUence ofthe widely circulated statements,
latelymadein in letters from ashington that
Mrs. Clay11ecer acas jntbis CGty-where her
illustrious husband passed large portion
Of his life, and established a name that is
honored by the whole civilized world"
A Washington correspondent of the
Philadelphia Laq~irer says:
"Itisperhaps, not generally known, that |
Mr.. Clay, upon his retirement from the
State Department, at the close of John !
quincy Adams administration, confded |
o Gen. Jessup all the original manuscripts
md rough drafts which he had written
whilst Secretary of State. These were to
,e used after his death in justice to his
memory, in case the calumnies should be
evived, that although he spoke well he
ould not write. The manuscripts are
-ery voluminous, filing large trunk and
box. Their publication viii be looked
or with great interest"
The Washington correspondent of the
Philadelphia ledger writes Mr.. Clay's
ountenace Immediately after death look
d like an antique cast. His features
eemed to be perfectly classical and the
epose of all the muscles gave the hfeless
ody quiet majesty, hardly reached by
living human being. His last request
7as that his body might be buried, not in
nor in Frankfort, Kentucky,
where SO many distinguished Kentucld-
rs sleep the long sleep Of death but at
by the side of his friends and
elatives One of the most remarkable
henomena accompying the sickness and
radual dissolution of Mr. Clay, was
Decies of second sight-a living dream,
reamed with the perfect consciousness
lat it was a dream, which brought to his
edside not only the persons of his living
lends, but also those who had departed
lis life for many years. What bless t
z it must have been to a man Of such G
arm affections as Mr.. Clay, to be thus ]
by all he loved-to have the
rave, which was about to encompass him,
lrrender the dead, by the magic attrac- :
on of his departing spirit
The Washington Republic states that
homas H. Clay, Esq, son of the late
enry Clay, has presented to Rev. G. NJ.
utler, Of the Episcopal church, an elab- 4
.ately chased silvergoblet, manufactured
: Calf & Brother, bearing the following t
soription >
" THOMAS III. CLAY to the Rev. G. NJ. 4
UTLER, as a testimonial of his esteem
T attentions to his father during his last
ness. June, 1882 c
Sg- The n. Y. Evening Post, having o
asted that dozen members of Congress, P