Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-01-30
The Royal Marriage ia ENGLAND

! concerning the approaching marriage OF III
Princess Royal Of England with Prime,
( Frederick William, Of Prussia, which take
place on the 25th inst Immense prepare
tions are being actively made at the venera
bic palace Of St. James, in the royal chape
of which the ceremony is to be performed
The Times represents that St. James woulc
not have been chosen for the celebration O
the marriage, but it was the only available
place. Buckingham Palace is too small
having, in fact, no room, except the bal
room, which would have served the pur-
pose. 70 have fitted up Westminster Alb
hey for the purpose would have cost about
| $500 The London Observer gives
the following brief programme Of the affair
s'The court will come to London from
Windsor on the 18th Of January, after
which the several royal and distinguished
visitors will begin to arrive from day to day,
to be present at the marriage Of the Prin-
cess Of England with the future King 0!
Prussia. One Of the Austrian archdukes,
brother Of the Emperor, will be present land
all the heads Of the royal families Of Ho-
henzollern and SAKE Coburg, several Of
their members, and the House Of Hanover
The preparations at the palace, and at all
places bespoke for the illustpious guests. are
Oh the most extensive scale. The marriage
viii be solemnized at the Chapel Royal, St.
James. There will be splendid break
fast at buckingham Palace, and a grand
banquet in the evening. The Prince and
Princess will proceed to Windsor, where
they will remain for fortnight It is dur
ing this fortnight-the first in February
that all the royal and popular festivities viii
take place. At the end Of that time the
bride and bridegroom will proceed to their
own future residence in the royal yacht,
which Will convey them to Hamburg, the
nearest port to their future homo in Berlin.
The London papers state that Oh the oc-
sion Of the marriage and the subsequent
festivities, Gas on all other occasions where
roy atty IS concerned, ample arrangements
have been made to accommodate tie press.
Royalty, il will thus be seen, does not af-
feet that contempt for the press which
some Republicans here profess to enter
tain, and sometimes express. -Pet. E.c.
Re- Tn q review Of Randalrs Life Of
Jefferson in the Richmond Enquirer Of the
18th inst, we find the following incident
related
Following the order Of time, Nr. T.
gives US most amusing incident, illustra-
tive Of the tastes Of Jefferson and John
Randolph, the Attorney General. Jeffer-
son was devoted to the violin, on which he
played with mnch skill and it seems he
was anxious ID obtain at almost any price,
g violin owned by John Randolph. But
Randolph loved the violin as well as Jefer-
son, and was determined not to part with it
during his life. An agreement, however,
was at last entered into between them, was
witnessed by Patrick Henry, who, no
doubt, longed for the possession of The fd-
die as ardently as did Jefferson, by Wythe,
and by five others, and was duly recorded
II the General Court, that in case John
Randolph should survive Thomas Jefferson,
the executor Of Jefferson should deliver to
the said John eight hundred pounds ster-
ling Of the books Of the said Thomus, to be
chosen BY the said John, or, if not books
sufficient, the deficiency to be made up in
money and in case the said Thomas should
survive the said John the executor of said
John shall deliver to the said Thomas the
violin which the said John brought with
him into Virginia, together with all his mu-
sic composed for the violin, Or in lieu there
of, if destroyed by any accident, sixty
pounds sterling worth of books, to be cho-
sen by the said Thomas. This agreement
was made in 1771, and in ITS John Ran
dolph withdrew with Dunmore to England
The annexed entry. in Jetferson's account
book, shows the result of the bargain =
AUGUST II, ITS. Delivered to Garter
Braxton an order On the treasury in favor
cf John Randolph, Attorney General, for
thirteen pounds, the purchase money for
his violin. This dissolyes our bargain re-
corded in the General Court, and revokes
legacy Of one hundred pounds sterling to
him, now standing in my will, which was
made in consequence Of that bargain. p
50 Randolph parted with his country and
his fiddle at the same time Mr.. Randall
gives the agreement in full from the records
ofthe General Court ; and quotes Jefferson
as saying that ''for dozen years Of his life
be had played three hours day on the
violin. Patrick Henry was, we know,
from the best authority, equally devoted to
that instrument, and played remarkably
well. 1t is fact worth noticing, that the
resolutions against the Stamp Act, and Of
the resolutions for putting the colony into
military array, and the author Of the De-
claration of Independence, were the great
est folders of their day. But it should seem,
from Mr.. r., that Jefferson never played,
habitually from the date Of the revolution :
and it ought to be said, that he took part ia
no games, could not distinguish one card
from another neither smoked, nor ohcwed,
nor STUFFED, and he was thrown for amuse-
ment and excitement upon either his books
or his fiddle. It may also be said, that
Randolph's violin whould have fetched
very high price in London.
Melancholy DEATH of a Niser-A few
weeks since Spanish gentleman Of high
connections, named Stephen Despratt, died
in London, under circumstances of most
extraordinary nature. Although in the
possession of wealth to the amount of $3.50
900, he was so penurious that he denied
himself the common necessaries of life, and
finally carried his frightful avarice to such
an extent chat his landlady was compelled
to call in medical advice, in consequence Of
his being discovered in an insensible and
exhausted condition in his apartments, tic