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iiV‘,\U“ VV\A VV.l\V’d «\Vt‘ lUUWSy l
Os the Campaign of t'<e Worth. IVestern '>
Army, in <hr. year HIS. Addressed to
the people 0/ the States. t
llavinm \,i the former numbers explained c
the motive* which rendered it expedient, #
t.. crow the D-tnit river, ami take a p«- ,
gition with the principal part ot the foit.es (|
on the opposite bulk. I "hall now endeavor h
to satisfy you of th propriety ol the delay c
in this situation, anti ofter the reasons why t
an attack .... the British t »rt a. Malden was t
not made. In the same letter, from the
Secret ary of War, which authorized me to f
com nence offendve operations, an a'teinp. ,
to take possession of the British * or * (
Malden, was left to my discretion.
K.t ter was received the 9th of July, in the ,
eveniiif. On the same evening this letter ,
was received, I wrote to the Secretary, in
answer to it. in these words Ihe Bri
tish command the wa'er and the savages.- (
1 do not think the force here, equal to the ;
reduction of Amhertsbnrg. You therefore, ,
must not b>* too sanguine.’ ... I
As the Secretary’s U tier only authorized
me to in ike the attack on the British tori
at Malden, provided, 1 considered my lorce ,
adequate to the enterprize, an.l consistent ,
with the safely of my other posls ; and as (
in inv answer, I gave it as my opinion that
ruv force was not equal to the enterprise, (
i(i(! jrave my reason* lor the opinion, (viz)
that the enemy commanded the water ami
the savages. I could not have believed it
possible,"after the govern neut had confided
this measure to my discretion, and had lul-
Iv approved of my conduct, that it could
have tv-on made a charge <d capital oltence
against me. But so it was. ami I there
fme, must ask the indulgence ot year pati
ence, in stating the reasons, which govern
ed inv conduct
Alter having received these discretiona
ry orders, mid after having given this an
swer and opinion, if I had made the attempt,
ami it hail been unsuccessful, what would
the officers of the administration have salt! r
They would have said, and will, propriety,
that I was only authorized to adopt this
measure, provided my force was competent
to it; that I had communicated to them my 1
onitil ni that it was not competent to it, and
therefore it had been attempted, contrary '
to the spirit of the orders 1 had received, 1
and would then have been a sufficient '
ground for an article of charge. In ex- '
plaining the reasons of my conduct on tlusi
occasion, nothing shall be disguised, notli-i
imr shall be kept back, nothing shall be said,
but what is founded in truth, whethei it 0 I
perates for or against me. Under these no I
pressions, I wish you to understand, that tin I
the 9(li of July, when 1 wrote to the Sec |
retary of War, and informed him that my ’
force was not equal to the reduction ol
M ilden, it was uncertain, what part tliem-. ;
habitants of Upper Canada would take in -
the war. They were subjects ot the Bri
tish nation, and liable to the orders ol its:*
government. Unless in some way they I
coultl be prevented troui taking a part 111 .
the war, thev alone were sufficient to over- *
whelm the whole of my army. They were |
militia, composed ol the same materials, a*
the principal part of my army anti more
than five times its number. M itb respect j
to the savages, many ot them at that tune
bad joined the British standard, anti no cei - I
tain calculations could be made, that I 1
should be able to induce them to return and
remain quiet at their villages. It was well
known that a great portion of the inhabi
tants of the Province, felt no very strong
attachment to the government under winch
they lived. Many of them, as I have be-,
fore observed, were born and educated in
tne United States, liid enjoyed the bless-|
in«s of .1 free government, ami were united
to*us by ties of friendship and of blood.
V cy remembered the time the
Cn.ieti States, were provinces ot Gieat
Britain, the history of our revolution, and
were nut ignorant ot the blessing we enjoy ,
cl as an independent nation. I could not
but indulge the expectation, that Iron, then
situation and feelings, they would not have
been disposed to have j uned in the w.u a
giinst us. For some time every appearance
justified this expectation. Luge numbers,
who had been called into Malden fonts de
fence, came to our camp, and received th
protection of our government. Numbei.-
came from every pari ol the province, am
gave assurances ot their friendship, an ,
their deienninat’oti, not to take arms a
gainst us. U ider these circumstances, I
considered delay favourable to my opeia
lione, as the force of the enemy was everv
day diminished. Strong detachments weu
made to the river Trench, to collect provi
sions, and to Malden, to reconnoitre the si
1 nation of the enemy. All the artificers ol
the army were employed in making carri
ages for t wenty-four pounders, for the at
lack nn the fort at Malden, and Boating
batteries were commenced to transport
them down the river, if possible, to operate
against the enemy’s naval force.
These preparations for an attack on the
fort at Malden, were made under the ex
pectation, or at least the hope, that the de
section of the militia would continue, and
other events would take place, which would
render that measure expedient.
During this delay, a clamour was excited
in the camp, by the officers of the militia,
because the army was not immediately
marched to the attack of Malden. Incon
sequence of this impatience, two days after
the invasion of the enemy’s territory, I call
ed a council of war, and proposed the ques
tion, whether it were expedient to attempt,
with the bayonet, to storm the fort at Mal
den, The council determined that no at
tempt ought to be made on Malden, until
the heavy artillery was prepared.
Although, from the time of the first coun
cil, to the sth of August, many circum
stances had taken place, which will hereaf
ter be related, to render an attack on Mai
(I*m» still more inexpedient, and the heavy
artillery had not been completed, yet on ac
count of the great impatience of the offi
cers, I called another council of war, on
the s tli of August.
In this council, I stated that the heavy
artillery was not in readiness, but would be
in two or three days. The question was
then submitted to the council, whether it
were expedient to wait for the heavy artil
lery, in order to make a breach in the
works, or immediately to make the attempt
with the bayonet alone ?
Before the question was taken, I observ
ed to them, that if it should be their opin
ion that it wu expedient to make the at
tack immediately, and they would answer
for their men, I would lead them to the en
terprize. Col, Miller, (who commanded
the regulars,) answered, he would be an
swerable for the men he commanded. Co
lonels M’Arthur, Cass, and Finley, (who
commanded the militia,) said they would
not lie answerable, but hoped they would
behave well. The council then determin
ed that it was expedient to wait two days
longer for the heavy artillery.
Thus it appears, that not withstanding the
impatience and desire which was manifest
ed to attack the fort with the bayonet, yet
when it came to the test, and I declared to
them that I would lead them, if in their 0-
pmi m in council, they thought it expedi
ent, their impatience and desire subsided,
and they thought it beat to be aided in the
enterprize by the heavy artillery. These
facts are proved by the testimony ol Col.
Miller, and others, aiula more particular
detail, will be found in my defence belore
the court martial.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Extracts from Eiigli-h Publications.
How-street. —Mr. Jeremiah Wilier wa*
charged with assaulting the person, and cut
ting the throat, and breaking lie best black
chip bonnet of Mrs. Mary Junes the sprightly
spouse of Mr. Griffith Jones, Cambrian pur
vey or of sky-blue to a very large proportion
of the worthy tea drinkers of St. Clement
Danes. Mr. Jeremiah Miller is a gteen Is
hntder, who, after many vicisitude-, has -et
tled down as a green-grocer, and picks up a
pretty living bv the dispensation of praturs
parsnips, and pot-herbs, from Ids own rented
place in that lane of slop-slush and log,
.vhich leadeth from St. Clement’s church
yard to the mutton manufactories in Clare
inarkct. He is a great contemner ot soap
and water, and has a mortal antipathy to ra
zors ; but he is a man of a merry tempera
ment withal ; and it was this merry tempe
rament that brought him into his present
predicament with Mrs. Jones. “ And plase
you Worship,” said Mrs. Junes, "as I was
standing on a step opposite Jerry Miller’s
shop last night, he and his second wife, and
Ins first wife’s daughter, and two or three
others of’em, sallied out at me, and basted j
me shameful, and dragged me about by the
hair of my head, and cut my throat with a
piece of hr iken glass, and ranted my best
bla k chip burnet all to tatters!” Ibis
was an awful charge ; hiii awlul us it was]
Mrs. Jones could not deliver it without
laughing. "Here, your Worship;” she
continued, holding the fattened bonnet upon
one h ind, and a quintily of hair in the otli
er—“ here your Worship, Here’s my bonnet
and here’- iC' hair pulled oifmv h -ad, and
here’s my throat cut, as you see l” Ueie
she pointed to a scar on her fair neck, and
, still she smiled and tiller- d, and seemed to
have much ado to help laughing outright.—
ilis Wo'ship complimented her on the good
hum air with which she b ire so many inju
ries, and asked her wlut provocation so
sweet-tempered a person could possibly have
■ given. " Wnv, sir, I only I aligned at .1
song Jerry Miller was singing,” replied the
merry Mrs. Jones. " I Heard him singing
in his little bit ol a simp, and 1 could no:
nelp I,tug ling—it was s > very funny !” and
1 neu she laugiied again at the recollection
»t it. Ilis W or-hip expressed so ne ,ni io.a
-Itv to know tv ha 1 s uig it was that could siill
•xcite Iv r mirth, in spite of so nuicn 111
treatment ; and with some pressing she said
it was s mi.-thing .ib mi
•• Oh ihere »v.i» u bar.ier, *ho«e uam** it w rs J’.it,
Aa«i lw hirn •Mine lne nit - . * vn- , ,r«*.isv -ml fat.
fcu» # .n g , u.rt, lentdit Uin, ?9.U0
it was admitted on all hands, that such a
■song, well sung, must be irresistible, especi
'llv in that particular neighbourhood, the
nagistrate a-kt*d Mr. Miller, what he had to
say for himself. “ Laws bless your life and
soul,sir!” replied Mr. Miller—“ there isn’t
a mnnny-xyllihle of truth in it from beginning
to end! It’s all spite jillisy agen me, be
cause she’s got imoa holly alliance with (he
green grocer’s shop over agonal mine.’ ‘And
what are your praturs a pound, Jerry Millet?’
said she. ‘ Don’t be axing the price, when yej
don’t want the praturs, Mrs. Jones.’ says I,(
and with that she stoops down and grabbles
up a double hantle of slush—‘What is slush ?':
said his worship. ‘ Wet hay and sludge 1 ’
replied Mr. Miller, ‘ and she grapples up a
double hantle of slush, and slaps it right at
i me I’—‘That w.is very wrong,’ said his wor
ship. ‘Sure it was,’ rejoined Mr. Miller
and with that my people went out at her. and
1 there was a bit of a sfcrimmnge, hut I never!
laid my own list upon her at all; if I did,
there is’nt a pratur in Common-garden this
i day.’ Mrs. Jones, in reply declared that
there was not a monosyllable of in Mr.
Miller’s statement, and she callen a disin
terested witness, who swore (hat he saw’ Mr.l
Miller and his wife take Mis. Jones up in
their arms and shove her head right bang
through a pane of glass in a shop window —
battering-ram fashion; and that was the
way her throat wio cut. This witness al
Iso corroborated all the other material points
in merry Mrs. Jones’s story, and Mr. Jeny
Miller was ordered to find bi 1, whereupon
he withdrew exclaiming.—“ Oh, law*! Oh,
laws! there’s neither law nor justice lo be
had in this wicked world ! ’
One day later from Liverpool. ;
i
I
Ch\RLF.si on, April -21. |
Bt the ship Sarah Sf Caroline, Prince, l
we have commenial aerouips one day laterl
(totlie Ysth March inclus >e.) than weie r-|
reived by the Ne-v England, at New Yoik.
The papers are no 1 ter than thus by he
latter vessel. The flowing will show th ■
state of the M arkets at Liverpool, and on the
Continent:
Extracts of Letters.
Livkrp >ol, March 15.
“ I addressed you on ihe Bdi, informing
you of the very extensive enqui v we had
experienced in our Colton Mark t. That
demand continued unabated unti. the ! < th I
inst. when the sales for die preceding thr e
days amounted to upwards of fifteen thou-.-
and Bags. Since that period it lias so ma
1 tei iallv decreased, the sales of the past five
■ days not being 2500 bags, that my quotation.,
in the present state of the market must be
■ considered altogether nominal, although!
they are fully I pr. lb. below the rates ob
! (ained on the KJth. The import lias been
for the vyeek fourteen thousand four hundred
bags, of which ten tho isund hags are E yp f
jail. In Rice there is little or nothing doing."’
“ Since writing you yesterday, per this
■ conveyance, fiOUb bags of Egyptian Cotfdn
r have been sold to one speculator, at 13 311
a 13 i per lb. and l-kl. is now ask *d. Tin,
1 makes the sales far the last three days a
(bout 16,000 biles, ala full advance of j 1
■ per lb. on our prices of 12tli instant.
We are without arrivals ; should we con
• tinue so for any length of time, and the wind
( is now strong against them, no doubt prices
will go still higher.”
“ Operations have not been followed up
by very extensive sales this day, but they (
seem to have given additional confidence
to holders.”
There is a good demand to day at rather
better prices. Uplands It £ a 14i. Or <
leans 12 a 15 |.
““““
Some Rice was brought to public sale ,
Iyesterday, and sold at 18d 9d a 20s per (
jewt. being a decline of fully Is from pre
vious rates.
Melancholy I,os:i of Ihe Kent. —We yes
trrd.iv mentioned under our foreign news.
1 the loss of the East-India ship Kent.. The
. English papers received la-4 evening con
! tain the particulars which we have not room
for thh morning. Ttie Kent was bound to
i Bengal and China, and took fire from the
j bursting of a cask of spirits in the hold, in
, lat. 47 30, and lon. 9 4.5. Shortly after the
j accident, the brig Cambrian, from London,
( bound to M -xu 0, bore clown to her. The ,
Kent had on board 637 souls. The Carnbri-
I an succeed d in saving 301 officers, non-j
commissioned do. and privates o r the Slstj'
, regiment, 46 women and 48 children, 19j (
;n ile and female passengers and the captain)
' .f the Ke ; and 159 of her crew, in all 554. i
Th*seamen of die Cambrian refused to go
; -o the K i* again to save the others, fearful
' she. would blow up. 54 soldiers, one »n
--, .nan, 21 chil Iren, and 4 of the Kent’s crew 1
were on b card the vessel when she blew up,
four hours,after the C. left her. Os the 90
on board when she blew up, 14 soldiers were
pi ked up by the Caroline, and carried to
; Liverpool. The. captain of the Caroline j
! reached the wreck two hours as ec the explo
sion and the 14 soldiers were found clinging
to pieces ol masts. &c.
[ Xew-York Daily . iduerlismr .
ac——e——»jn——fpiiih—
CONSTITUTIONALIST.
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TUESDAY APRIL 26, 1825.
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The fine Steam Boat Henry Shultz, was
1 destroyed by fire at the City-Wharf, on the
evening of the 23d inst. A crowd of inhab
itants summoned by the alarm bell, had ar
rived at the spot in time to arrest the flames,
but Capt. Lubbock, with a humanity which
does him great honor, informed them that
there was a quantity of gunpowder on board,
and all exertion immediately relaxed Lit
tle more could be done than to await the
explosion, which soon happened, throwing
high into the air splinters, sails, rigging and
I merchandise, and covering the face of the
| river with valuable goods and fragments of
the wreck. The shock was sensibly felt
in the city, but the injury threatened was
not as great as it must have proved to the
I wharf and the by-standers, if the whole
quantity of powder had exploded at once- —
It is believed that the fire communicated
with only a few casks; the water, which
had b >en let in at an early moment, cover
ing the remainder. Capt. Lubbocji refused
to leave his vessel to the last, and experien
ced a severe, but we hope not a serious in
jury when she blew up. The Mate, Mr.
Black was much bruised ; one person had
his arm broken, and another received a
blow from a piece of thick glass which threw
him on the ground. We sincerely regret
this destruction of one of the most elegant
boats on this or perhaps any other river.—
I The loss is said to amount to upwards of
jg 100,000. file sympathy of the communi
|ty has been much excited by the accident,
ami the more so on account of the kind and
jgentleimml ■ deportment of Capt. Lubbock
to all t lose, who have had the fortune to be
passengers under his care.
—COb —
Kurus Kino has been appointed by the
President Envoy extraordinary and minister
Plenipotentiary to Great Britain. Whether
tills appointment will be acceptable to (lie
Senate we cannot pretend to say, but one
tiling is certain, if the people had beer
called on to make the selection, he would
not have, been the choice. The northern
Republicans must have rejected him or, ac
count of his old principles, to which he has
been ever as c insistently attached, as has
■ General Lafayette to the cause of liberty.
The Southern people without distinction of
paity, would have declared to recognise, as
itlie Representatives of the Republick at a
foreign Court, the politician who stood fore
most m opposition (o the admission of Mis
souri, and whose last act in the Senate of the
United States was in support of the princi
ples of a controversy which involved the
lives and property of the western and south
ern country. We cannot believe, as well
disposed as are all moderate men to support
the administration without narrowness of
views or feelings, that tiiis step of the Pre
sident will meet the approbation of even a
majority of his constituents. If it was ne
cessary to give the appointment to the great
state of New-York—she has many sons of
equal talents with Mr. King, with any one
of whom the people would have been better
satisfied. It is not intended to deny to Mr.
King experience, eloquence and a merit of no
ordinary capacity—but if we have correctly
learned, he did not greatly distinguish him
self when he was formerly Minister at Lon
don. Indeed, he gave great offence by
denying to oppressed Irishmen an Asylum
in this country. But we will not prejudge
the whole course of the administration from
a single appointment to a foreign embassy.
Recovering from the shock which its an
nunciation must of course give to them, tire
republicans will meet, with as much calm
ness as possible, to see “ what will be
shewn to them next.”
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The feast ol pant ion and the flow of gaU !
General Jackson on his way home partook
of a dinner at Cincinnati, Ohio, where he
was must cordially greeted ; and Mr. Kke
mer after his return to Lew isburgh, Puin.
dined with his Constituents, who it seems,
wished to manifest their respect for “his
firm, dignified and patriotic conduct.” Poor
Mr. Clay was severely handled at these
feasts, where it required all the pungency
of good wine to correct the bitter savour
of the Toasts. We give one or two byway
of sample:
By Oibion, Jr.—All f/nntsl Stntesmmi, wliohcar their
•‘consciences'’ in their bosoms, not in their pockets.
By Sainjiel K Miller.—The next Speaker of the Reuse of Re
j presepiHliveiof the United Slate*. We trust he will bare a good
1 conscience.
By M. Dawson—May our sentiments this eremng make here
aypdrent, that no Heir Apparent, ffhail ever again succeed to the
Presidential Chair.
B/ S. Burrows—The western soil, the best in America May
jsinjied be kept 1* feci belew the stuiVee. ;
0
* Gee. Audi** Jasksta, the lecoad lariour of his country: Free
from the puliation of mlempered Clay, *• the Military Chitfttin."
whom the people "delight to honour. 1 '
John Q,uincy Adams, the Usurper—Elevated to the office of
& chief magistrate, by Clay, saturated with corruption.
Henry Clay, the Geueralisimo of the late intriguing faction
—Curs’d be the wretch who sold his vote and influence for the
=. paltry consideration of being appointed Secretary of State.
By Jonathan Smith. The intrepid Kremer—Like David of
Old, he slew the modern Goliah, the giant of intrigue, made of
- Clay, daubed with corruption.
By John Brown. The corruptionists in Congress—may they
’* meet with the same fate hereafter, as did Henry Clay in hit late
p attempt to disgrace the Pennsylvania fanner.
By Thomas tt. Lewis, Henry Clay who smuggled J. Q,.
. Adams into the presidential chair, ns the Serpent did original sin
into Paradise—May the flaming sword of the people thrust them
>. both out in the year 1829.
■ ’ The indefatigable author of “ Hamilton,”
has commenced his eighth senes in the Na
* tional Intelligencer, with a long Essay upon
’ the Cotton Trade. He places the following
' sombre prospect before the sanguine Specfa
e tor
Lr " The present extraordinary prices offer such strong incentives
i to an increase of cultivation as mint have powerful operation.
1 It is not improbable, therefore, that our next crop will be 30, 40,
or 60 per cent, greater than the last—and llftl the increase will
6 he equal elsewhere. From Egypt the importation into Great
, Britain and France will probably be doubled. Should these
t virwsbe realised, great reductions of price may be expected,
and must take place at the c'osc of the year, which will probably
t produce such fatal consequences as occured in 1819. when t*
enormous, importations of Fast India Cotton reduced the prices -
S to 60 per cent, in the course of twopr three months"
e W e have not heretofore had much fait,
e in Mr. Carey’s views, but in this intranet
- we hope rather than believe that his protiA
] bililies may be far wide of the futim esui'
l!
The National Intelligencer of th 1. ~
I contains the following letter:—
Messrs. Gales and Seaton :
Gentlemen : In the Speech of M <
’ sylh, on the bill for the Supression <
* cy, published in the Intelligencer
1 day, some remarks are made in refer
9 J“ an anecdote” contained in my 1
v |the 14th July, 1824, to the Secretary u*
State, which, being founded on misappre
-1 hension require to be corrected. The a
’ vowed object of Mr. Forsyth is to do jug
- tice to the character of Governor Vives,
f which he seems to think has been thereby
“ injuriously attacked.” Whatever injury
may result to the character of Governor
’ Vives, from the case reported in my letter,
* must be, charged, not to me, but to those
k who have ascribed to him an act which
e was not designed by me to be imputed to
him, but to one of his predecessors in office.
In my letter, it is stated to be “ a fact
which I have received from a gentleman of
s unquestionable veracity,” and”to have oc
r cur red “ about the period of the greatest
r activity amongst the pirates,” referring to
an epoch anterior to the accession of Gener
e al Vives to the government of Cuba.
p It is scarcely necessary for me, in re
n porting the official act of a Spanish Gover
j nor, dictated by considerations of political
ti necessity, to disclaim all intention ofim-.
penciling the honor of the officer concerned,
’ whomsoever he might be. Mr. Forsyth
- himself, in his speech, while doubting the
s, fact which had been communicated to me,
has furnished not only the strongest evi
f - den.ee of its probability, but also the jol
lification for it, in the following :
s ®
■Say what jriu will, lit* Governor of Culm has, in (ho facsot
p, .1, ■ world, ft jnstifi -liiion Ins condui I. He is placed in a .no t
IHi. n'e and danjjnroui lituniion. He feels all its dangers and
• all its delicacy/^ He rememhers Ihal he is commanding The rich
■si portion of all the Spanish dominions, and ono that hone's to
- Spain by a single thread. He ever consult, first the interest of
-ipain. He must preserve the popularity of the Spanish" ttovern
p ment in the island.”
When Mr. Forsyth’s speech was first
published in the National Journal, I called
upon him and pointed out to him the mis
- Hike into which he had fallen, and request'
led him to correct it, in the report of hi*
i speech for the Intelligencer. This he readi
ply promised to do. He was at the same
dine informed that I had unquestionable
‘ authority for the fact reported by me, which
i 1 offered to exhibit to him, but which, for
- obvious reasons, it would have been unjust
t to publish to the world. The omisssion of
P Mr. Forsyth to notice the subject further,
_ has impelled me very reluctantly to make
“ the present explanation.
Yours, respectfully,
THOS. RANDALL.
, JJpril 12/A, t 824.
On this letter I have t.p remark that Mr.
' Randall did not understand me accurate
■ly I made no promise in the report of my
r speech, for the National Intelligencer to
, correct the mistake which had been com
mitted. I never intended and never did
report the speech for the Intelligencer.
1 Mr. R. wished me to correct a mistatement
. of the National Journal ; this I declined,
I readily admitted on his explaining the
. meaning of his own letter, that there was a
mistake in connecting Gen. Vives with (he
’ Regia anecdote, and suggested that the best
“ mode of correcting it, was, to have a note
added to the report of (he discussion if it
should be published in the National Intelli
gencer. Had I furnished the speech for
; publication or examined the sketch of it
, prior to publication, I should certainly have
added a note lor that purpose. Having had
no agency in the publication of one version
■ of my speech in the National Journal, or of
, die other in the National Intelligencer, I
, do not hold myself responsible for the er
rors of either. The appearance of thedii
b cussi ui at this late hour was to me altoge
“ ther unexpected, and could i be considered
" answerable by the public for the share I an
■ pear to have taken in it, would be a matter
r of great regret. In the particular part of
tl.e debate to which Mr. R. alludes, I am
not less unjustly treated titan he is. It
would seem that without reasonable motive
, I had seized upon this Regia anecdote us a
calumny upon Gen. Vives, and entered in,
; to a tunnal defence of his character from
1 the assault of Mr. Randal!. Tne fact was*
that on the authority of this anecdote ape-