Evening star., 1932-10-16

property within the city itself, before and after
the arrival of outside assistance and, although
this statement is known to be true yet the
remarks on the subject made by Col. Charles
r. Stone, U. S. A., will add to its support and
weight. He said:
They guarded the public buildings and
property. They at the same time, guarded the
bridges and roads giving entrance to the city.
holding line Of about ID miles In length when
Washington was cut of from communication
with the rest Of the country. They seized and
guarded the supply Of flour which made bread
for the people Of the District and for the
earliest arrival Of outside troops. They oc-
cupied the Bcltimore & Ohio Railroad between
Washington and Annapolis Junction and thus
opened the way for the arrival Of friendly
troops. They were the advance guard in the
first movement into Virginia when Alexandria
was captured
An old atlas of 1878 shows that there were
then living. near the approach to the Chain
Bridge on the District SIDE Joseph Paine Levi
Barnes and Joseph Biunden and close to the
Virginia end of the bridge Ed Woody.
Across the road from the entrance to the
driveway leading up to the Doak residence Is
a little stream called Plummett Run and near
By sign which reads:
Near here Henry Clay and John Randolph
of Roanoke fought a duel April 8, 1926. Ran
dolph had called Cay 'blackleg in speech.
Both were unhurt, but Randolph's coat was
pierced by a bullet"
At the time this duel took place, Mr. Clay
Secretary Of State IN the cabinet Of John
Quincy Adams, in which also were serving
such stalwarts as William Writ and Richard
Rush, John c. Calhoun being the Vice Presi-
dent. 1t right in the middle Of the days
when the code duello was the most popular
way Of settling ones differences fire.
quently bloodessly; occasionally. fatally.
md fnI1v NJ
N talents claimed he was q descendant Of
Pocahontas, and was glad of it; and he evi-
IDENTIFY was, for he seems to have inherited the
warlike spirit of some of the Virginia Indians
OF him, his friend. Thomas H Benton, writes:
He was noted for his keen retorts reckless
wit and skill in debate. His tall, slender.
cadaverous form; his shrill piping voice; and
his long. skinny fingers pointing at the object
Of his invective-made him a conspicuous
speaker. For 80 years he was the political
meteor Of Congress-
At the time of the duel Randolph was serv-
ing in the Senate, having been appointed there
in 1925. Previous to this, however. he had
served in the House of Representatives from
1915 to 1925, except during the years 1917 to
1919, when he had failed of election.
It is said Randolph did not like Clay, nor
any other Kentuckian, for that matter In
deed, it might be truthfully said that there
were many people whom he did not like, and
one very bad habit he had was in expressing
his personal dislikes in public, and then In
scathing terms, which he did in the speech he
made in the Senate which brought on the duel
John Quincy Adams, the reader will probably
recall was elected President by the House Of
Representatives, particularly to the dislike Of
those favoring Andrew Jackson, who had re-
ceived 80 electoral votes to "a received by Mr..
Adams incidentally, the election of 1924 seems
to have been a free-for-all, since, beside these
two candidates, there were also in the running
for the presidency, Henry Clay and William H.
Crawford, and for Vice President, John c.
Calhoun, Nathan Sanford, Nathaniel Macon
and Martin Van Buren. Henry Clay and An
drew Jackson also received votes for Vice Presi-
dent.
Evidently, Mr.. Randolph did not like the
selection made by the House, and he did not
like the Presidents foreign policy, and he did
not like Mr.. Clay for accepting the oface Of
Secretary of State, and. maybe, he had dis
likes for few other things, besides. At any
rate, this Is the way he paid his respects IN
the Senate to the President and Mr.. Clay:
The letter from Gen. Salazar, MEXICAN