The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-09-24
dogs. When about to fight the dis.

dogs. When about to fight the dis.
tinguished M. c., Mr.. Eppes, Gen.
eral Breckenridge, OF Virginia, was
requested to prepare Mr.. Ran
dolph by q little practice for the
conflict. He recommended to the dis
tinguished Mr.. Crawford, OF Georgia,
who was to be the second OF Mr.. Ran
| dolph on the field, by all means to
arrange the matter, for Mr.. Randolph
can not hit barn door, An accom-.
mediation took place. On making up
with Mr.. Clay, after his bullet had rent
| Mr.. Randolph's flannel dressing-gown,
that he wore on the occasion OF their
| duel, he said: 'Mr. Clay, you owe me
a gown Clay promptly replied: Il
am glad am not deeper in your debt.
There was a correspondence that has
never been revealed to but a few, be-
| tween the Hon. Daniel Webster and
Mr.. Randolph, in which there was an
| invitation to the field, but the meet
ing was prevented by the intsrposition
OF friends, in which Colonel Benton
took all active part"
"Some curious anecdotes are told OF
him OF different character from those
narrated. He was great whist play
| err and would devote whole nights to
the game if he found congenial spirits
Here is a case in point: Governor Ed
ward Lloyd, then Senator from Mary
land, during q session of Congress at
Washington, about the 1920, had a
whist party at his lodgings, the pres,
ent Wizards Hotel, then kept by
Strother. The party consisted of Mr.
Randolph, Mr.. Clay, and General
Gibbs, of Rhode Island, besides the
host. Governor Lloyd. Mr.. Randols.L.
and Mr.. Clay were partners the whole
evening. They were winners. Yet
months afterwards Mr.. Randolph
fancied he had won $50 from Mr.. Clay
on that occasion, and reminded him
of it. Mr.. Clay blandly replied,
if l had remembered the debt /
should certainly have paid it, You
surely owe it, said Mr.. Randolph.
Without a word more, believing in his
thorough conviction, Mr., Clay forth
with paid the money, though sure he
had not lost it. In these Matters
on Mr.. Clay's telling me the anecdote,
he said, 4 feel | am beyond re.
proach. y"
"Nlr. Randolph treasured up wise
saws, and was happy in their applica-
ton. He was well versed in Roche.
foucault. His landlord, Dawson, be-
came needy. Mr.. Randolph asked for
his bill and payed it. Dawson in
alarm, inquired if he had taken offense
and meant to quit the house. Mr..
Randolph replied: 4 intend to leave;
as we shall part friends, and as Ienter-
tain respect and regard for you, fear
from my knowledge OF mankind
that in your altered circumstances
something might arise to change my
opinion OF you, SO we had best part;
and Mr.. Randolph removed to other
quarters. He gave currency to a
Spanish proverb, Save me from my
friends, ! can guard against my
enemies He felt deeply wounded by
the imputation put upon his chivalry,
and said: Il shall never again take
refuge under the communion table
The evening preceding his duel with
Mr.. Clay, his seconds, Messrs. Tatnall
and Hamilton, called upon him to
make the last arrangements. They
found him reading Milton; and he
entered upon an essay on its beauties,
from which he could not be diverted
until the hour was so late that very
few words were said about the duel or
anything else. He was adroit in
extricating himself from difficulty.
He had one with the celebrated Nc
Duffee that threatened serious conse-
quences. The South Carolina orator
returned more than Roland for Mr..
Randolph's Oliver. On the next day,
prematurely announcing the death OF
the dying Pinkney, Mr.. Randolph elo-
quently referred to his hallowed grave
around which no resentmants could
be maintained, that he felt none, and
made such an appeal to Mr.. McDuffee
that he responded in the same spirit,
producing an immediate reconcilia-
ton. Mr.. Randolph was one OF the
committee to count the votes OF the
house that exactly elected Mr.. Adams
to the presidency; not ore too many
or one tootew. Mr.. Randolph at once
exclaimed, SO as to be heard over the
whole legislative hall, and that was
as silent as church, The cards are
stocked In this way was anticipated
the proclamation OF the count. After
Clay and Webster had retired from
congress, a distinguished member
from Vermont said to me: Randolph
is head and shoulders above any man
in the house,"