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From the. Baltimore American June 27.
PERU—BOLIVAR.
The Editors of the American have been
politely favored with several numbers of Pe-j,
ruviaii papers, received by the ship Henry, |
Capt. Davis, at this port on Saturday, from
Choriilos, the present port of entry of Lima.
The Henry left at that port, besides the list
of vessels under the marine head, the frigate
United States, Commodore Hull, and U. S.
sloop Peacock, Lieut. Comdt. Kennon. Also,|
The British 74 Cambridge, and the Chilian |
blockading squadron, consisting ol the frigate
O’ Higgins, Admiral Blanco, the sloop of war
Pinchinca, aid brigs Guayaquillanos and
Chimborazos.
Since the proceeding paragraph was put
in type, the gentleman to vvuom the Peru
vian papers were handed, has politely fur
nished the editors with the following Trans
lation of the Message transmitted by the
Liberator Bolivar to the Peruvian Congress,
which body convened on the 10th of Febru
ary. The sentiments contained in this in
teresting Message, are truly worthy of the
dignified and elevated character of the il
lustrious and distinguished champion of
South American liberty.
MESSAGE.
To the Sovereign Constitutional Congress
of Fern.
Gentlemen —The representatives of the
Peruvian people meet this day, under the
auspices of the splendid victory of Ayacu
cho, which has for ever fixed the destinies ol
the new world. One year has elapsed since
Congress decreed the Dictatorial authority,
in order to save the republic, which was
sinking under the oppression of the severest
alu< lilv- But the protecting hand has
broken the .in- which Piz.irm had rivet
ted ot. tin .or-" • \Lu.co Capac, founder
ot the empire <<i >1„ run, sod ha- pi i
oil Peru hi the possession of its prin- dvr
rights
My administration can .u? • !*•• < alt
campaign. We have hardly had time toarn
ourselves and tight. Our appalling disas
ters left us no choice but to defend ourselves
As the army has triumplied with so mud
glory, I think it my duty to request Con
gre-s, to reward in suitable manner, (heva
lor and virtues of the defenders of the coun
try.
Tribunals have been established accor
ding to the fundamental law. I have soughi
hidden merit wherever it was to be found
and placed it in offices of trust and power
i have carefully sought those who modestly
follow the dictates of their consciences ami
respect the laws.
The public revenue was annihilated
fraud had shut up all its channels. Disor
der and confusion augmented the miseries
of the state ; I have been obliged to makt
essential reforms and severe ordinances ti
preserve the existence of the republic.—
Social life cannot be nourished if the riches
of the country do not freely flow in its
veins.
The crisis of the Republic forced me ti
adopt measures anil to make reforms wind
centuries may not again require. The po
litical edifice bad been destroyed by crimes
and an exterminating war; I found mysel
on a field of desolation, but yet with tin
means of establising a beneficial govern
went. Notwithstanding my ardent zeal foi
the happiness of Peru, I regret that I can
not assure Congress that this great wort
has yet attained the perfection I hoped.—
Congress will have to exert all its wisdom
to give the country the organization it re
quires. May I be permitted to confess
that not being a Peruvian, it has, on that
account, been more difficult for me to at
tain the desired end
Our relations with the Republic of Co
loinbia have obtained lor us great assistance
Our ally and confederate withheld nothing
from ; us she employed her treasure, hei
navy, her armies, in combating the common
enemy as her own cause.
Congress will be convinced by these de
monstrations of Colombia, of the infinite
value with which she views a close and in
timate federation of the new States. Im
pressed with the great advantages which
will result from a meeting of a Congress ol
Representatives, 1 have hastened to invite
our confederates, in the name of Peru, tc
assemble as speedily as possible at the Isth
mus of Panama. Phis august body will
there seal the perpetual alliance of the dif
ferent States.
The republic of Chili has placed undei
the orders of our government, a part of hei
Navy, commanded by the brave Vice Admi
ral Blanco, which is blockading Callao
with the Chilian and Colombian forces.
The states of Mexico, Guatimala and
Buenos Ayres, have made us an offer of their
vices, which owing to our rapid successes,
have been without effect. These republics
have established themselves and maintain
their internal tranquility.
Ihe Diplomatic agent of the republic of
Colombia is the only one, as yet, accredited
near our government.
The Consuls of Colombia, of the U.
States of America, and of Great Britain,
have presented themselves in this capital!
to exercise their offices -this last has had
the misfortune to perish in the most lamen
table manner—the other two have obtained
their exequaturs to enter on the discharge
of their duties.
As soon as the military success of Peru
shall be known in Europe, it is probable that
those governments will definitely decide
on the political conduct they have to adopt.
1 flatter myself Great Britain will be the
first to recognize our independence. If
we are to credit the declarations of France,
she will not delay in joining England in that
'liberal policy ; and perhaps the rest of Eu
rope will follow the same conduct. Spain,
herself, if she listens to her interests, will
no longer oppose the existence of the new
states, which will complete the friendly re
lations of the universe.
Legislators ! In giving up to Congress
the supreme power which you deposited in
iiny hands, allow me to congratulate the
! people in having rid themselves of the grea
test curse in the world—war, by the victo
ry at Ayacucho, and of despotism, by re
signation. Proscribe forever, I beg you,
that tremendous authority ; that authority
which was the grave of Rome ! It was lau
dable, no doubt in Congress, in order to re
sist the dreadful calamities and to lace the
’ futious storms which desolated the country,
1 to place her laws on the b ivonets of the li
> berating army ; but, as the nation luis ob
tained domestic peace and political liberty,
the laws only ought to govern.
: Gentlemen, the Congress is installed.
' My duty, as an auxiliary soldier, calls me
to assist in «bt lining the liberties of Upper
Peru and the surrender of Callao, the last
bulwark of the Spanish empire in South
* America. I will then hasten to my coun
try, to give an account to the representa
e (ives of the Colombian people, of my mis
e sion in Peru—-of your liberty, and of the
- glory of the liberating army !
I BOLIVAR.
e
s FROM PERU,
t Peruvian papers received at the office of
' the Baltimore American, contain a decree
'l°f Bolivoi as Dictator of the Peruvian Re
'■‘public, which affords another gratifying evi
'* ■'•'l’-ce of his wisdom and foresight.- This
‘UP, i ee, after acknowledging the Lancaster!-
,an system of education us the most speed)
I nd effectual for the promotion of public in
" struction, provides that there shall be estab
’■ fished in the capital of each department, t
*■ normal school on (he Lancasterian system
I* for the support of which the necessary funds
>- shall be provided. Each province shal
u send to the departmental school at least so
i- children, inorderthat they may hereafter ex
tend the system to every part of (lie republic
'■ Gue of the first acts of the Constitutiona
B Congress of Peru was the passage of a re»o
*> lution giving to Bolivar the title of “ Fatlm
r> and Saviour of Peru .”
y On the 12th of February the Congress
II passed a law ordering that a medal be struck
iu honor of the Liberator, having on one siifi
5 his bust with a motto, To its Liberator , Si
mm Bolivar" —and on the reverse the arms
' s ot the republic, with the following motto—
e “ Peru restored at Jlyucncho, (824.”
0 In the capital an equestrian statue of tin
- Liberator is to be erected ; and in the capi
1S (al towns of the departments, large stones
s ale to be erected in the public places witl
inscriptions,
J’ Ihe Liberator is to enjoy perpetually tin
’ title of “ President of the Republic ”
*’ Two millions, over and above their pay
:s are voted to the army.
General Antonio Jose Sucre is to enjoy
lL ‘ the title ol “ Grand Marshal of JiyacuchoJ
" All the army are declared to enjoy the
11 same privileges as native Peruvians.
* Ihe Liberator is authorized to grant an >
k .other rewards, either of honor or profit, ti
those who have rendered, or may render any
" services to Peru.
I Colonel KEOKKioK Brandsen, for having
j >|assisted the ex President, Riv.v Aquero, in
B Ins unlawful intentions against the national
L ‘ representation, and for having returned from
Chili, contrary to his promise, was condetu
-1 tied on the 4th February, by a council ol
war. to be shot ; but, in’consequence of his
g past services, General Bolivar, commuted his
T punishment to degradation and deprivation
ii of ever holding any office of trust or profit
under the government.
*' ( *" the 16th of February, a part of the
-e J garrison ol Callao made a sortie undei
' (Colonels A lair and Azoar. Ihev were mei
'-|by a division commanded by General Salom
" ami after a warm contest were driven bark
'* with the loss of about 200 killed, 19 prison
e ers, and a great number of wounded, leaving
0 «» the ground a number of horses and arms
1: Tne patriots had 20 killed, 23 wounded, and
II missing—among the latter the command
1-er of dragoons, Don Juan Pederneva, and
I captain Don Antonio Rodriguez, both severe
1 ly, ami captain Gregg ol Colombia, slightly
‘ l wounded.
'■ Plie following is -* —Gentri
>i | Bolivar to the testim
Ito him by the Cougn IND XS j
I Lima, 12lli Feb. 1823.
. To Hit Excellency the President oj the Sovereign
Continental Congress oj Peru.
5 Most Excellent Sir : The munificence of tlie
■Sovereign Congress has surpassed itself as regards
1 "ie Liberating army which fought on the plains o!
The General in Chief Grand Marshal,
f las received a reward worthy the Scipios, and ol
| 1 great people. The other chiefs, officers, and
troops, are treated with the most noble generosity,
•’tie Congress has rivalled i > magnanimity the
■ Liber itors ofthu cuiiiiryt they have shown them
, s' ives verity o representing a mighty people
, Kut, excellent Sir, was not the Congress satisfi d
*'llh ail the coi fi I* nee placed in me ? of all th
■lory conferred on me by placing the destinies ul
he country in mv hands? wl.y do they wish o
ter ilex and humilia e me by exces-ive gilts? and
I With a leward which I ought not to accept ? It I
receive the favors which Congress has already be
i towed on me. my set v ces to Peru will be more
than compensated by the liberality of Congress :
* that my most ardent desire is, that Peru may
t continue id owe me what little 1 may have done.
. 18 not my intention to slight toe kindness o,
i Congress fur me. I never would accept from my
r >wn country any recompense of this kind. I here
-1 're, it w ould he inconsistent in me, if I were mo
i to receive from Pern whatl nave refused from nr
I own country ll is enough fur rue, mo.v Excel
. I n Sir, In have acquired the esteem and received
tne thanks of the Congress of Peru. Ihe Meda‘
j which lus beei ordered to he struck woh m
bust, is so much ab ive my services, tin l it aim.
exceeds my utmost desires. I accept this reward
com Congress, wiiti an effusion •<( gratitude that 1
cannot express He so ■ bilging. Most Excelled
( stir, as to present to Congress, in the name of tb
iron , and in mine, the oval ex ires.mve lesimnoni
1 o l dur profound gratituile 1 itave ilie honor ■(
; nresentng to your Uxce lency tlie expressions o.
. my consideration and respect.
ROLIVaK.
The Constitutional Congress of Peru, re
! cognizing the high ami important services
which tlie Republic o( Colombia has render-1
led to Peru, without which, no doubt, she)
, would have fallen under.the Spanish power'
lias resolved:
’ 1. That the thanks be given to the Rcpub- {
lie of Colombia as a testimonial of gratitude'
tor the services rendered by her to her ally i
’ ami confederate the Republic of Peru.
2. That these sentiments be transmitted!
j to the Colombian government by the organ
<»f 'he commission sent by the Peruvian Coti
t gress to that slate.
( Ordered that the same be printed, publish
ed, and circulated. 1) me in the Hall of
Congress, in Lima, 10th February,. 1825,
Jose Mauia Gai. diana, President. Joaquin
c A hrese, Secretary—M Feureyhos, Secre-
MR. BROUGH \M
The first step which Mr. Brougham put
forth in the astonishing car er of his public
reputation, was bis memorable speech (as
counsel, below the bar of parliament) tig nnst
'* the orders in council. At no suusiquentj
u period have the Whigs been in power; and
in the ranks, the commtiuings, and die bat-,
l ' ties of opposition, he has had. during the
( M last fifteen or eighteen years, perpotud oc-|
l- casion to exert those prodigious talents and
} that wonderful eloquence which certainly
rank him among (and I had almost forg it
*' ten even the word “ among”) the greatest
a men in the country, and of this age. To
*’ this distinction, most undoubtedly, his
* speeches on the termination el the war, the
diplomatic proceedings at Vienna and Pa
x tis— Phe Six (abominable) acts, introduced
during Lord Castlereagh’s administration :
- jthe published manifesto and secret designs
1 <d that Holy Alliance : the foreign enlist
’■ ment bill : tlie Queen’s trial : his own
’ r jgrand plans for public education, and revi
sion of public charities: on pai liamenta
ry relonn : and the increased esiablish
’Uinentsuf the standing army : these speech
es have well entitled him. They are all
‘(distinguished by boldness of design, precl
usion or vigour of expression, constitutional
” feeling or legal discrimination, orimpassion
ed (and not seldom by personal) animosity.
0 The strioture of these speeches is remarka
ble. An ultimate main point carefully con
s cealed throughout tlie whole ts the exor
-1 dium, but enforced with prodigious power
n the conclusion ; long and sounding and
16 pompous sentences, consisting of many
members, but rarely involved : a large in-
r ’ fusion of the most vigorous style of old En
gfish phraseology: brilliant illustration:
scarcely a metaphor, but frequent and de
lightful similies ; an aptitude and force in
e quotations or authorities which are without
any parallel within my knowledge, except
■' in the case of that wondrous book, “ the 1
0 Pursuits of Literature,” and perorations!
) abounding with all the higher qualities of
superior oratory ; that is to say, with pas-
sion, pathos, intensity, vigor, irony, de
" nunciation. The grasp of Mr. B’s. mind
1 ( seems to be greater than that of any other
11 1 man’s mind within the walls ol parliament.
Proudly secure in the boundless treasures
* of his learning and his information: and 1
s his practical acquaintance with men and!
s things he atlorns and illustrates his argu-|
" ment by exemplifications drawn, without a|
lt moment’s hesitation, from almost any of
the multiplied regions of human knowledge.
e Phe abstract sciences and the mechanic arts
1 are equally tamiliar to him ; his rapid con
!t ception seizes every important feature in I
J’ each department of mind, and transfers it,!
’’ as it were, to an ideal canvas widiin his(
1 own intellectual view; upon which he can r
S|indicate, in an instant, the slightest tinct,l
*• tie deepest shallow, or the grandest or the;
I most minute object which can avail his pur
pose. His prodigious memory retains all
images, and confuses none ; yet his capa
city to combine images enables him to play;
' fearlessly, with all tlie elements of knowl-1
ledge. He is a master-spirit: the book is 1
to him : h a has learned the charm :
~~**~ i ~ >r nuig obeys hint.— Mr. Canning
PRINT pushed scholar ; Mr. Brougham
is a knowing philosopher. Mr. Brougham
is the wiser, more enlightened, less preju
diced, better informed, and more highly ac
complished man as a philosopher and a le
gislator. But as a statesman of his times :
as an elegant scholar : as an elaborate gen
tleman; as a reader of mankind : as a mas
ter of the arts he professes, and the ser
vice lie honors, Mr. Canning is beyond any
competition. The person of Mr. Broug
ham, notwithstanding has partiality for the
Paul-like attitude of raised hands, elevated
above his head, and opened ; is as undigni
fied while speaking as it is on any other oc
casion. His head is of a most extraordina
ry figure—longitudinal and deep. His
countenance, which is wanting in elevation
of character, and in all pleasing expression,
is yet extremely intellectual. When in the
heat of argument, he becomes impassioned,
and gives the reigns to that severe and cut
ting sarcasm which is one of the most tre
mendous powers that was ever given to an
orator in any age, his eye lightens, his brow
is fearful, and, wielding all the mental ar
tillery of destruction, lie seems to his ad
versary a demon who does indeed'.
“ RH<-. on the whirlwind, nnd direct the storm ”
It is then that his prodigious eloquence is
heard to the highest advantage; and every
lineament of his countenance becomes dis
tinct with expression ; appalling as (hat
may be. But, after exhausting die sublim
es) figures and the grandest powers of ex
pressing them ; after scattering his (hundersi
around them, and scowling Ins lightnings!
on his foes, he can instantly relapse into ai
vein of admirable merriment; reduce his
jaw ful sarcasm into exquisite raillery; put
lift’the terrors of his anger for a cheerful
and even a comic expression of counten
jance ; convul-e with laughter the same au
ditory, whom, but a minute before, he had
I warmed into indignation, or moved to tears.
IHe who has not heard Mr. Brougham, in
j short, has not seen the most astonishing
I man—and has neglected the greatest intel
lectual entertainment, which at present this
country can boast of,
I Mws of Literature and Fashion.
From a London Paper.
A DISTRESSING CASE.
Henrc Newbury, a lad of 13 years, and
;Edward (Dudley, aged 17, were committed
*' ,r charged with stealing a silver tea
pot from the house of R. H. Cocks, Esq.
Gmsvenor place.
I here was nothing extraordinary in the
i case itself, hut it was made peculiarly inter
, esting by the unsophisticated distress of
Newbury’s father.
i'h • poor old man, who it seems has been
a soldier, and is now a journeyman pavier,
l refused at first io believe that his son had
i committed the crime imputed to him, ami
jwas very clamorous against the witnesses,
but as their evidences proceeded, he himself
appeared to become gradually convinced.—
He listened with intense anxiety to the va
( nous details; but when they were finished,
, ll< ‘ ,ixeil his eyes in silence for a second or
, •' vt * upon his son, nnd turning to the magis
( Irate, with his eyes swimming in tears, lie
exclaimed, “ I have carried him many a
! score of miles on my knapsack, your honor.”
There was something so deeply pathetic
in the tone with which this fond remonstrance
was utteied by the old soldier, that every
person present, even the Jailer, himself,
was affected by it. “ I have carried him
many a score of miles on my knapsack,
your honor,” repeated the poor fellow, while
he brushed away the tears from his cheeks
with his rough unwashed hand, and then
continued, «• But it is all over now ; he has
done; and so have I!”
The magistrate asked him something of
his story.
He said he had formerly driven a stage
' coach in the north of Ireland, and that lie
had a small share in tlie proprietorship of
the coach. About that time he married a
young woman with a little property, but he
failed in business, and after enduring many
troubles, he enlisted as a soldier in the 18th,
or Royal Regiment of Irish foot, and went
; on service with his wife and 4 children.—
Henry, (the prisoner) was his 2d son, and
1 his dailing pride.” At the end of 9 years
■ he was discharged in this country without a
(pension or a friend in the world; and com
ing to London, he with some trouble gotem
- ployment as pavier by “ the gentlemen
who manage the streets of Mary le bone.”
“Two years ago, your honor,” he contin
ued, “My poor wife was wearied with the
world, and she deceased from me, and I was
left alone with the children, and every night
I came home, I washed their faces, and put
them to bed, and washed their little bits
o’things and hanged o’the line to dry my-
| self—for I’d no money, your honor, and so I
(could not have a housekeeper to do them,
lyou know. Well, your honor, I was as
well as 1 could be, considering my wife was
deceased from me; but some bad people
came to live at the back of us, and they were
i always striving to get Henry amongst them,
| and I was terribly afraid something bad
i would come of it, as it was but poorly I
’! could do for’em ; ami so I’d made up my
mind to take all my children to Ireland
( If he had only held' up another week, your
1 honor, we should have been saved. 'But
now”—
Here the poor man looked at Ids boy
and wept, and when the magistrate endea
vored to console him by observing, that his
;son would sail for Botany Bay, and pn»ba
-1 blv do well there—he replied somewhat im
: patiently. “ Aye. its fine talking, your
i worship. I pray to the great God he may
1 never sail any where unless he sails with
1 1
i me to Ireland ; and tlien from a momenta
thought, he asked, in the humblest tone im-.
aginable. “ Does not your honor think a
little bit of petition might help him r”
The magistrate replied, it possibly might, .
and added “ if you attend his trial at Old
Bailey, as eloquently in words and actions
as you have done here, I think it would help
him still more.”
“ Aye, but then you wont be there, I sup- ( f
pose, will you?” asked the poor fellow,
with that familiarity which is in -some de
gree sanctioned by extreme distress—and
when his worship replied that he should not ,
be present, he impatiently rejoined, “Then
what’s the use of it! There will be nobo
dy there who knows me—and what stranger
will listen to a poor broken hearted old fel
low, who cant speak for crying ?”
The prisoners were now removed from
the bar to be conducted to prison, and his
son who had wept incessantly all the time, (
called to him—“ father, father!” repeated- I
ly,as though he wished him to follow; but ■
the old man stood rivetted, as it were, to the
spot on which he stood, with his eye fixed
on the lad ; and when the door had closed (
upon him, he put on his hat as if unconsci- t
mis where he was ; and crushing it down
over his eyes, he began wandering about this
room in a state of stupor. The officers ip
awaiting reminded him that he should not
wear his hat in the presence of the magis- i
Irate, and he instantly removed it, but he t||
still seemed lost to every thing around him, f
jand though one or two gentlemen present %
I put money into his hands, he scarely noti
ceil. M
At length he slowly sauntered out of the W
office, apparently reckless of every thing. B
Let every child who reads this tale of sor- k|
row, avoid the company of the idle and the , II
vicious; lest in an evil hour they be led to m Ik
the commission of crimes which will ' VI
| down the grey hairs, and expose their own >1
, souls to the burnings of that fire which ne- >1
’ ver will be quenched, and to the gnawings f
. of that worm which will never die. I
|l
Mobile, June 28, 1825. f
FIRE IN WASHINGTON COUNTY. ]
Letter to the Editor. .1
Washington C. H. Ala. 13 t.h June, 1825. *
Dear Sir s A destructive Fire broke out I
in our village about 3 o’clock on Saturday
last, in the afternoon, and its consequences J*
'on several accounts are interesting to (ha |
• public. The fire was communicated to a I <jk
quantity of dry moss, which lay exposed in a Jt
kitchen, belonging to Jesse Grimes Esq. by A|
", some small children at play; the entire male A
part of the family were absent, and when' rff
the alarm was given to the neighbors, the la
1 fire had made such progress as to render all if
• efforts to save the building mentioned, and Ij
timse adjacent, altogether hopeless. The I
1 I’avern house, stables, &c. were entirely *TI
I consumed, with most of the contents of the f
former ;in an apartment of which was kept 1
the Office of the Clerk of the County Court, I
the Post Office, and the public weights and I
’ measures. Many of the papers and books I
l of the Clerk’s office of die County Court, I
which has been a Court of Record since I
e (he year 1800, were destroyed or mutilated; I
® most of these papers were of (he first im- I
portance to a large number of individuals, r l
c and to the country, as containing in many I
e instances the only legal evidence of (lie
f transfer and security of an immense amount
>of private property. Ilow far the inter
-1 ests of those alluded to, may be effected by
• the perplexity, confusion, and uncertainty, I
? consequent upon the loss of the public re
-5 cords, remains for*futuve time to unfold.— >
l lt is matter of consolation, that no blame |
5 can attach to the Clerk, who had the custo- I
dy and care of (he records, the post office, I
• and of the public weights and measures.— L
His individual loss is heavy; that of the I
- public cannot be estimated. Mr. Fnsbee’s I
1 store house was burnt, but his loss irf trier- I
1 chandise did not much exceed g200; a part I
1 having been saved from the devouring ele- B
? ment, which did not cease here, but contin- B
’ ued its ravages until there was nothing in U
• its course left to prey upon. Two Smiths* B
f shops were burnt with their contents, which B|
■ were, however, of but little value. The B
1 wind blew a gale from the south-west, du- W
• ring the prevalence of the fire : had its di- iff I
1 rection been north and south, the two Ta- iff'
• yerns, (which are left) the Court-house and M
■ jail, must have likewise gone. Several fain-’ft
1 dies ; who had taken apartments in the Fa- y .
vern, (temporarily) lost their effects. The J t
■ public weights and measures, which cost the I j
: government when a territory, about gIOOO, I*l
• were entirely destroyed.
; Letters from Dublin, of the 21st May, re
• ceived in Baltimore, state that such was the
excitement throughout Ireland, in conse- j*
quence of the result of the Catholic Ques- L*
- tion in the House of Lords, that the differ- (I
1 cut mail coaches were despatched with I
! double guards, from the strong apprehension I
■ of disturbances.
I
r An Unpleasant situation. —We are in- W
j formed by the Philadelphia Gazette, that on iff
1 Wednesday evening a gentleman passing (I
’ along Bank-street, discovered a man mount- *1
■ ed on the top of the pallisades, and endeav- jl
• during to get into the garden, of the Bank of jsl
- Pennsylvania. Finding himself discovered,
ne made a sudden jump, but his pantaloons iff
i were caught by the point of one of the palli- M
• sades, and there he hung dingle dangle head‘l«
> downwards, feet upwards, till the watchman ■
came and extricated him from his disagreea- I
ble situation. He complained that he wa* ff
too sick to walk, and was carried to th^'M
f watch house on a wheel-barrow. f B
1 [A r . Y. Com. Adv. 24 thult. | I