Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-04-09

RANDoLpH's STORMY DEATH.-The last
days of John Randolph, of Roanoke, are full
of pathos. He thought he was dying for
years before he did So and when he was
asked how he was he would reply: "Dy-
ing! dying! dyingW He was tyrannical
and dctatorial to the last, and he fought
with his doctor on his death-bed over the
pronunciation of certain words. His death
occurred in Philadelphia hotel. n few
to leave him, but Randolph objected and
his slave took the key, locked the door and
put the key in his pocket. With his last
words Randolph declared that he wanted
his slaves freed, and he kept the doctor
there as witness of his dying declaration.
A sceptic through life, he appreciated his
condition when on his death-bed, and among
his last words was "remorse." He was lying
perfectly quiet, with his eyes closed, when
he suddenly reused up and screamed out in
an agitated voice: "Remorse remorse re-
morse!" He then cried out: LET me see
the word Get dictionary! Let me see
the wordI' There was no dictionary at
hand, and he was told so. He exclaimed: {:
"Write it, then Let me see the word !"
The doctor picked up one of his cards label
led "Randolph, of Roanoke" "Shall I
write it on this?" Eyes; nothing more
proper" was Randolph's reply. The word
remorse was written on it in pencil and
handed to him. He looked at it a moment
with great intensity. "Write it on the
back" he exclaimed 1t was done and
handed him again. He looked at it with
his blazing eyes. "Remorse he said,
'you can have no idea of it whatever; it
has brought me to my present situation
but I have looked to Jesus Christ and |
hope to obtain pardon" He then asked
the doctor to draw line under the word
and told him to keep the card.
A short time after this his keen eye began
to dull, his powerful mind gave way, and
within two hours he died.
FACTS ABOUT CAsABIANCA.-FeW but
know the pretty piece OF poetry by Mrs.
Hemans, "Casabianca," commencing, "The
boy stood on the burning deck" The poet
ess states that the lad was the son of the adj
miral commanding the flagship IOrient,
which took fire and exploded; that young
Casabianca perished in the explosion, re-
fusing to quitthe position allotted to him by
his father, pending the battle of the Nile.
l have been looking into the official account
of the incident. The admiral was Brueys,
who was wounded in the head and hand ear
ly in the action. He continued to give or
ders until cut in two by q cannon ball he
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on deck, which he did in the course of some
minutes. Citoyen Casabianca, the father Of
the poetic hero then took command his son
was MILDLY, but only aged 10, not IL. At
that period lads entered the navy very
young. Casabianca was also a deputy.
Pending the action his son was at his side;
the father was mortally wounded in the
head by splinter and became insensible;
he gave no injunctions to his son, but the lat
ter would none the less quit his wounded
parent. BY this time the ship was on fire.
Several of the sailors had left and saved
themselves on spars, till picked up by the
English boats. Aided by the purser, young
Casabianca and his father were lowered
down on piece of mast floating by, but
they had only got short distance from the
l2O gun, Orient, when she blew up, and moth
ing more was seen of the CasabiancaS.
gay~ General Patrick Cleburne was one Of
the most gallant and dashing Confederate
generals in the west. He was an Irishman
by birth, and rose to eminence by native
merit. During the winter of lS63-G4, when
the western Confederate army lay at Dalton,
in Ga, and the fortunes of the Confederacy
were seen to be waning, Gen. Cleburne, it is
now developed by letters recently discover
ed, procured meeting of leading command
GTS, dIUOllS lIlclll ueIlcldlS 1ldlucC, SlCttl-
ham, Hindman, Stewart, Walker, Bate and
Patten Anderson, to whom he proposed
that they should join in a memorial to the
Confederate congress asking for the imme-
diate emancipation Of the slaves and the
drafting of all able bodied colored men into
the Confederate armies.
The letters show that this proposition was
very badly received. 1t got no support
from prominent officers. 1t was condemn
ed at Richmond, and those who knew of it
were warned to keep the secret, which they
did. Gen. Cleburne destroyed the paper
containing the arguments for his PROPOSE
tion and the points of this paper were only
saved by the care of one of his staff officers.
Ras~ The righteous sometimes suffer tenn
poral calamities with the wicked, but never
are they punished on account of the wicked.
On the other hand, the wicked enjoy many
and great blessings on account of the right
eous. Were it not for the righteous the
world would not remain for an hour. God