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LIFA OF JOHN RANDOLPH

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I IFE OF JOHN RANDOLPH OF ROANOKE
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pen. FL Ne,o Orleans Delta.
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tunes, have played a distinguished part in the
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ton to our national history. Democratic Repie,o
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The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1852-10-27
A NUPTIAL TRAGEDY.

wealthy American merchant Of the
city Of N. Orleans had married a Creole
lady Of fortune, and with the estate and
servants there came into his possession q
mulat,o seamstress and her daughter, a
child OF seven years. The gentleman was
so much struck with the extraordinary
beauty Of the child, which had tho pures,
Italian features and complexion. that he
resolved to save it from the life of,degreda-
,tion which was before il, and to free it and
educate it. He sent her 10 Northern
school, where she remained until her six.
teenth yearly all supposed to be pa
trician Creole maiden. She herself knew
not to the contrary--so young was she
when she went North. Beloved by all her
companions, the idol of the institute, and
caressed by every one, she left to return
South, as she supposed to the roof"of her
uncle" A young Louisiana gentleman,
who had seen her in Philadelphia, and
loved her, and was beloved by her. sought
her hand on her return. The marriage
day was fixed. day arrived, when the
mother, who had been long sold away in
La Feurche Interior, in order that she
might never appear as witness against
her child, re-appeared, and in. the bridal
hall, in the very, hour after the ceremony
had been performed, claimed tho magni6-
cent and now miserable bride as her own
daughter-a bond slave by birth, and an
African by blood! The scene, as desert.
bed by one who was present, surpasses the
power Of pen to portray. That night the
bridegroom, after charging the adopted
father Of his bride with his gross deception,
shot him through the body, and disappear.
ed, carrying, no one knew whittier. his in
fanny and his bitter sorrows. The next
morning the bride was found, disfgured
corpse, in the superb nuptal chamber
which had been prepared for her reception.
She had taken poison! Education, cul-
tivated mind and taste, which made her
see and understand how great was her
degradation, now armed her hand With
the ready means Of death. The unhappy
planter recovered from his wound, and
has removed to the North, where he re.
sides, buried in the deepest ssclusion, the
residue Of his years embittered by The
keenest regrets. sa
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co AHEAD.

Few even among our most intelligent
ciiizens, says the Slate Register, appreci.
ate the vast progress which our country
has made with the experience Of the pres.
ent generation. The light Of the sun has
been made an artist and given US the dag
uerreotype. The lightning has been made
subseryient to the spread Of intelligence,
by the use Of the telegraph. Steam has
been made slave, and iron converted
into draft horse. Every stream that
rushes from the mountain has become q
propelling power to mechanism and the
clank of machinery mingling with the roar
of its waters. Green fields teeming with
agricultural products. have pushed back
the forests till the old primeval woods have
almost passed away. Canals and rail.
rosds have covered the country as with a
web, the millions in their construction,
circulating among and enriching the peo-
ple-cities and villages have sprung up as
ifby magic and the evidence Of prosperity
and progress accumulate all around U.s.
Where is all this TO end? Where 1.-THE
limit to the future greatness Of thisscoun-
try, and when is she to attain her full
strength Of fpower? Are there anj eviden-
ces Of decay, any symptoms q disease,
that in the far off future are y PROSTATE
her energies and palsy her Tmbs? We
can see none. She is full f The energy
of youth, the vigor Of healthN liie-as her
progress has been, so to aVhuman appre-
hension will il continue t9lbe. She is un-
clogged BY ancient preidioes and hoary
abuses. she is unwrHg by oppression
consecrated by time Her energies are
free to expand and ysr progress is imps-
ded by no tyranoN exactions. Europe
stands, as it were( (still--her nations have
reached their aN Of greatness-old op.
pressions hangA Aks an incubus upon them
and check thT y onward career-.axation
robs labor Gifts reward. corrupt and lux.
rrious govanmen.s, ponderous church
establishing Ms, and bloated aristocracy,
bear dowYfhe inward might Of the people.
Already ioes our country rank among the
first in fsatness, enterprise and nation al |
wealth, sIn the progress Of the world,
where Eill she stand fihy years hence? 81
Like Saul among the prophets, from her
"shoblders upwards" /" higher than the 9th.
or pktions. In territory she viii be great.
er lhan all Europe, lin population she
will exceed the most numerous, and iii
agriculture, manufactures. commerce and
fealih, she will overshadow the proud
nation OF the old world.
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CARRYING WEIGHT
\ Y ARnMrNrscENcn OF THE TURF.
aBY AN FRESHMAN.

COME Of racing family. We looked
upon the Curragh as our estate, and whip
q o0s ceptre. Everything in our house
savored d the turf Cups innumerable
gracsd our, side, board, and there was
enough offoxes' brushes hanging over the
mantls.pieces and decorating the hall to
Have swept away all the cobwebs which the
nursery legend alludes to as being"up in
thGsky.l' verify believe that we Blakes
came into the world Jockeys. that we were
born light weights, and had q natural ATTN.
ity to the saddle. | should not have been
mall surprised " at any time my wife had
presented ms,wiih an infant in top boots.
tsheuld hays regarded itmerely as furth.
er development Of the theory laid down by
ihst ingenious theorist Lamarck. that the
physical construction OF animals develops
Itself to suit surrounding circumstances.
Twas the inevitable destiny OF every Blake
to ride races: why then should not nature
bring them into the world ready for their
occupation?
yiThereis story told Of one Of my an
.cestors which will illustrate the kind Of men
We were, II is partly traditional, but |
have too much faith in my race to throw
any doubt upon its authenticity. You
may. believe Il not, as you like. So as you
send the .tin", by return of post, all my
purposes are answered. Mary Anne is
very bad with the influenza, and the dirty
brackguard Of an apothecary that physics
bur village says that he won't prescribe
fos her unless the little balance Of his ac-
count is paid. A nod is as good as
wink 10 you, so no more on that head.
My great-grandfather, Bob Blake. who
~Shfby the name Of "Little Ginger" he
was 90 small and irasclble, like all Irish
country gentlemen Of the time, lived some.
what in advance Of his means. Even in
money matters the family propensity de-
veloped itself, for he was always racing his
expenditure against his income, and Ineed
hardly say that the former invariably won.
Half his time was spent in the saddle. the
remainder in ingeniously avoiding too
close . contact with certain emssaries oil
The law, Of whose persons he had good,
wholesome Irish hatred. But Achilles him
sslf was vulnerable, and Bob Blake could
not expect to escape always. How he fell
into tbs. hands Of the Philistians you shall
.Esnis xas tho eve Of the Kilkenny races
and my grandfather had entered HE Irewl
.snoEe - tSes---. .-alnne before the people, -
~ ~ Ormond cup 70 0sa.adan BY her
nwnsr; ,cplprs green and gold. Lst-me-
1irs.,.s M fnra .the .neonlo was the terror Of