Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1880-03-11

] ton Randolph of Roanoke Is font
| Of type used frecuensly ~ i0s printers
Of this day. The papeFs ol Il Parrish
state that when Mr. Rand % said
Write II down." he wrote - Word
s.Remorse'' upon The face of te card
in lead pencil. il q small hafi. Nrs
Randolph took The card in : vi CO.
ried manner, and Iasiened hikx - n
Il with great intensity. - IL
The back = he exeIaffsea -. -
done, when TIE card @ss handed baa
70 hrm. He was very much aNtated.
and said: aRemorsel You have DO idea
what il is; you can form no idea oft.
whatever; Il has contributed 10 bring
me to my present situation. Now, LET
John take your pencil and draw q line
under the word" This was done, and
the Doctor inquired: "What am to do
with the card's'' ''Put ii IN your pock-
et-take care of IL. When I am dead,
look at il, was the reply.
The lead-pencil marks on the card
ale nearly as plain as when FIRST writ
ten, and the underscoring by John upon
It's back shows that he did il with very
| tremulous hand, as the line IS uneven.
The lady who has this card in her pos
session also has q number Of papers
bearing upon the death OF Mr.. Randolph
| in the form of correspondence with >
gentleman in Virginia. in which the or
thodox ''thee" and ''thou" are invariably
used. In one ofthese. TO William Leigh,
of Halifax county, Virginia, DR.. Par
rish says, in description of MIR. RAM
dolph's actions when he ordered his
will TO be read
"He appeared to me to rally all the
remaining energies of mind and body to
accomplish this great and last act of his
life. His whole soul appeared to be en-
gagged in it, vIz: The confirmation OF
will wherein he had liberated and made
provisions for his slaves"
Il seems from some of hislkorrespon-
dence that the will manu- ktiing the
slaves was made but sh k.ime be-
fore his death, as letter a bng these
papers. from Judge Leigh, d Virginia,
one Of the executors of the wall, says
that, in will made by Mr. Randolph,
January /, 1892, there was no prOvis-
ion made for the emancipation of the
slaves; but, on the contrary, il was d.
rected that a number of them be sold.
Judge Leigh then says that IN will
which bad been in his possession since
|. 1922 bot which Mr.. Randolph cancel
led wEen be extcutf le OTTER N
1892, provisions were 21Re for the
emancipation Of thesiaves, and he had
amply provided Tor their removal. The
original deposition that DR.. Parrish made
before the Courts at Richmond is now
an the possession of his youngest son.
The reporter Of The Record had very
interesting conversation with CaptaiH
James West, a member of<he present
Board OF Health, who kne Mr.. Ran
dolph well. Mr.. RANDOLPH 80 Eu-
rope on the sailing packet lexandria,
of the old Cape line, soon Rr his duel
with Mr.. Clay. Captain est was at
that time the FIRST mate o the vessel,
and agentleman named Baldwin was the
Captain. II was the custom in those
days when the packets had received the
cargo to drop down to NeR Castle and
make an inspection Of the grew. This
was done to make sure tilt there was
no drunken men amongAhe number.
The passengers were then taken aboard
and the vessel set sail. Captain West
states that he Fecollects distinctly the
arrival of Mr.. Randolph. The latter
had lost his ha. on the way down and q
red handkerchief was bound about his
head. His body was encased in an old
aannel wrapper, and he was an object
that very readily commanded attention,
for be looked ike walking skeleton.
AS soon as he stepped on board The AL
exandria. RaIdolph proclaimed himself
master there, and stated to the Captain
that he was prepared to dispute the mat
ter with him. II was the rule of the
company that only cabin passengers
should carry dogs over, and just as the
Virginia statesman got on board Cap
tain West was in The act Of sending
ashore dog that had been smuggled
on board by a steersge passenger. Ram
dolph inquired Of him what he was do
ing. and Captain West explained the
rule Of the company. Randolph, Ia a
loud piping voice, declared that the dog
should not 60 ashore. and. when The
Captain saId that II should, be became
very much excited, and declared that IL
his boy John (who had been left behind
for some unknown reasou) was there
he would make him shoot every one
who iuteffered with hun. Finding that
the Captain was determined to carry
out bis order Randolph gave the owner
$3.50 gold piece for the possession Of
the dog during the trip. and then, as
the owner Of the animal. he defied the
Captain to put him ashore. This was
only the beginning Of the trouble with
Mr.. Randolph. II took twenty-five
days 10 make the trip. and The officers
had q serious time with hun. Hewanted
10 kack everybody that gotin bis way,
and If any one offered e assist him in
hunting papers. which .ent The cab.
IN well Uttered Up with
off with the remark thu
them he would cali the
the Captain out Of Pc
tam West says that on ing. while
he had the second wnfch below. The
second mate came to him with an order
from the Captain 10 make slraiehl
jacket. Is be could neAssrhd Dir. RAN
dolph any longer, and try the in
fuence of restraint M
Captain West reasd Captain
Baldwin, and told l.e could
i never keen fhe old uua efsll