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BY WM. J. HOBBY.
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From Iht Charhtlon Courier.
COUNT BOHUWLASKI,
The Polish Dwarf.
[There is in Clnuleston a full
length portrait of this gentleman. It
ought to be sent to the Academy of
Arts, J
I xtract from “ Outwooif-J/u//." a Novel by Mr*.
Hutton, author of the “Miter Married,'' Jtc.—
Vol. 2. page OH— l«l!».
“Few persons know Boruwlaski
better than m 3 .self. In the year 17HG
be was exhibited in a town near us,
and uiy mother and I were so well
pleased with him, that we frequently
sent for him and his family to pass a
day with us. Hr. was then forty
seven years of age, 3 feet 3 in height,
and well proportioned, except that his
head was rather too thick for its
length. His features were agreeable
and manly; bis complexion pale, and
his face marked with lines of care.—
<lf his understanding I could not
judge with precision, because he
spoke little Knglish, and my ears
were not sufficiently accustomed to
French conversation to judge of it
accurately; hut 1 believe jits capacity
was above mediocrity. He wrote a
good hand, and danced and playd oh
the guitar inimitably. I have seen
him, in our drawing-room, sling his
guitar round his neck by a ribbon,
and perform the single dances of his
country to his own music.
11 There appeared to be some difli
culty in knowing how to behave with
propriety to a man who announced
himself as n Count, yet exhibited
himself to the meanest person who
chose to pay a shilling; but the mo
ment you were introduced, the point
was settled. To say, in the vulgar
phrase, that he was a gentleman
every inch of him , would not do him
justice : because his inches were few,
whereas he was as well bred as the
finest gentleman, however tall; and
rude and ignorant must the person he
that could treat him with disrespect.
In public be repeated a few English
sentences with smartness and an air
of gaiety, but it was assumed; in
private, be was grave, if not sad.
“ His wife was a Pole, of French
extraction, twenty years younger than
himself She was of the middle size,
lively, handsome, gay and agreeable,
with fine Mack eyes. Her behaviour
to her husband, in company, was
equally distant from tenderness and
impropriety. They bad three daugh
ters. the eldest of whom they had left
in Germany under the care of the
Margrave of Anspach : the others, a
child of two years old, and an infant 1
at tho breast, were with them.— 1
\\ icked men have doubted his being
1 their father. I can only say that he
did not doubt it himself, and that he
.showed them much fatherly affection.
“Another of Bnruwlaski’s fanjil}’
was a Monsieur Detrouville, a
Frenchman turned of fifty, a man of
sense and reading, said to he ancle of
the lady ; he seemed to have the
guardianship of their persons, and
the management of their affairs.—
Besides this gentleman, who never
appeared in public, they had had two
men, between decent and shabby,
who received the money at the door
offthe exhibition room, or carried
Boruw laski in rhoir arms, wrapped
p\ • woman's cloak, when he went
into the streets. These ate with him
at home, but never come to our
house. 1 grieve to relate that those
who should have been his protectors,
proved his enemies. I saw him 1
Jigain, at the end of six years, still
shown for a shilling, hut without wife,
or children, or even the profit derived
(iom exhibiting him : for he had sold
himsolfto a master; 1 was (old that
his wife had, lu derision, placed him
on a chimney-piece, and run away
from him, before his face. I have
never heard of him since, except that
Ids savings and (be subscription of
souk* friends have secured him un
independence. He lives upon an
annuity, in Hurlimn, keeps house,
«'« l bus a woman servant; visits his
bicnds, und i« greatly respected bv
theta. He walks (be slieels without
being nsrtleuluily observed.”
Hr t» Bow alive and above eighty
v.utw eld. Jh- >. I| 4 . | |R|
.published a second series of his Me
moirs. He states in his first Me
moirs, that his wife was, like himself,
a dependant of a noble family in Po
land, and that when he first addressed
iter, she burst out into what Homer
calls “ Laughter iinextinguishable.”
Whenever he renewedhis address the
same thing occurred; but persever
ance was at length rewarded.
ROGER BRANAGH,
i There seems to be an inherent
' power in Man which enables him in
various perplexing cases to overcome
the difficulties ofliis situation, or to
' remedy or counterttct any defect in
his bodily frame to which he may be
[ subjected by nature. There is at
present in this town an ingenious
young man, named Roger Branagh,
[ who was born without arms, and is,
1 of course devoid of hands, which may
r be justly classed amongst the most
useful members of the human frame.
s His feet, however, serve him in (heir
place, and enable him to perform va
rious operations, for which, ai first
view, be would appear wholly inca
pacitated. The Editor of this pa
per saw him opening out, with his
toes, a closed penknife, with which
I he trimmed a quill, and made an «x
--t cellent pen in a very short space of
f lime. He can write rapidly and dis
tinctly, his small letters being well
; formed, und his capitals cut with
taste and ease, ft is surprising with
1 what expedition he can thread nee*
1 dies) and even tie a knot at the ex
tremity of she thread with nearly as
much facility us the most practised
sempstress.
He can darn his own stockings,
and twist (he thread or worsted line,
which he uses for that purpose to the
proper degree of thickness. Branagh
can row in a boat with a singular en
ergy, tho’ it must be confessed his
attitudes are more unique than grace
ful. On such occasions, lie leans
his hack against (he stern, and one
foot on one of the seats, so as to keep
the oar, which he propels with the
other, in due position. With hoys
lie can play marble. 1 ’, and clear the
ring with remarkable skill, his big
toe hulking , as the phrase is, his taw
to the mark with (he precision of an
air gun. He can convey his food to
his mouth with his toes, and is by no
means deficient as a carver. If any
one of our readers will supply him
with a Christmas goose, we are con
fident that lie will not only dissect it
with anatomical accuracy, but fill up
n glues of whiskey punch and drink
the health of the donor with becom
ing glee, lie is by no means a timid
equestrian, but can even drive a cart
or carriage. The reins, on such oc
casions, are placed round his body,
ami by moving to and fro, to (lie light
or to the left, he so varies their posi
tion as to affect the horse’s mouth,
and direct his motions.
Amongst his other accomplish
ments and acquirements we may
enumerate his power of scourging
tops with his left foot; his skill in
sharpening knives; to say nothing
of his lighting fires, blowing bellowcs,
picking up pins with his toes, crack
ing whips, and putting his hat on the
one extremity ofliis frame (his head)
with the other (the foot.)
This ingenious poor man lives in
Milfield street, near Mr. Mullan’s
new house, opposite Samuel street,
and makes his livelihood by running
of errands. His mother resides with
him. He was born at Ballylagan,
near Ballvburn, and was taught to
write by Air. Thomas Hagan, a man
of singular merit as a schoolmaster,
his taleits may be estimated by his
pupil’s progress. We recommend
Branagh to (he attention of the curi
ous. They will find this singular
mau well worthy of examination.
If the reader will take the trouble
of turning to Guilleinan’s Latin trans
lation of Ambrose Faroe's works,
printed A. d. 1582, p. 746, he will
find a drawing of a man without
arms, and in all respects resembling
Roger Branagh.—This man, who
was a native of Paris, was able to
wield an axe. crack whips and drive
carts, play with cards and dice, use a
shoemaker’s awl in mending shoos,
and do various jobs which (generally
speaking) it requires skilful trades
men to effect.
About fifty years ago, there was in
Ireland a man named Bnckinslmw,
who wrote elegantly with his toes.—
This extraordinary person was able
to comprise the Lord’s Prayer in the
narrow bounds of a British sixpence.
The letters were regular and distinct,
the penmanship most equislte.
[Belfast News Letter.
PARACHUTE ROCKET.
A newly invented rocket, of a very
peculiar ami curious construction, lias
been lately let off at Chatham, in the
presence of the officer* of the garri
son. After rising a considerable
w,, y hi the air it explodes, and a pa
rachute is discharged, having u lire
bull ol considerable magnitude at*
(itched i«» it, whieh gives sniUcient
light lo illuminate the country for
nearly a mile around, and a* the pa
rachute, when discharged, iminedl*
ately expands, it prevents the ball
from falling. This rocket is intend
ed to show the position and move
ments of an enemy’s army, or *ny
body of troops, during night.
From the London Sun, April 14.
THE GREEKS.
Letter from Mr. Hohhouae to the
Greek Committee.
LONDON, APRIL 10, 1823.
Gentlemen—Having been lionour
i ed by your request to make some re
> ply to the statemants of Sir William
ijGell, relative to the character and
1 1 condition of the Greeks, 1 have ven
; tured to prepare for entering the lists
t against that very accurate drauglits
i man. It seems that Sir William,
f who could find so many traces of the
, exploits of that people at the siege of
r Troy, is altogether sceptical as to the
t alledged efforts of their descendants
. in his own time. He disputes the
r very topography of their pretended
. actions—he believes their battles and
t sieges to have been fabricated in Ger
- many—he pronounces their regoner
- ation neither more nor less than a
s ‘joke.’ A discourteous adversary,
i and one not acquainted with the per
- sonal merits of Sir William Gell,
f might have been tempted to reply to
. him in the same tone of sovereign
1 contempt with which he has treated
i this unhappy nation. The retort
i discourteous might be easily resisted,
. and the charge of vanity, presuntp
. tion, and pretended learning ; but I
s had applied with more reason to an
I individual, than to a whole people,
resolved to deal with his credulity
, only by enumerating the town and
, districts which the Greeks had wrest
i ed from the Turks, and of which they
are in actual possession. For this de
tail I had made some preparation,
when I was favoured with the sight of
a letter, a copy of which I have the
i honor to subjoin for your perusal. It
' is written from Greece by an indivi
dual with whom I was acquainted
■ when in that country, whose charac
i ter is, 1 think, a guarantee for his au
i thenticity, and whose simple, though
affecting statement must be much
i more acccpiible to the committee
than any thing which I could offer on
my own authority.
Wishing you, Gentlemen, all the
success deserved by your sympathy
for the noblest of all human exertions,
a struggle for liberty,
I have the honor to remain,
Your faithful humble servant.
John C. II onnorsjE
“Vouask me many things with
respect to Greece, for you are in the
midst of a nation well educated, a
bounding in wealth, populous, and
independent, not for years, but for a
ges ; whereas the unfortunate Greeks
are not only ignorant, but compara
tively few in number, poor, without
arms, and depressed by the bondage
of 22 centuries ; but at length they
have begun to assert their indepen
dence. During the last two years
they have vindicated their rights
though they commenced their strug
gles only, as it were, with two or
three rounds of cartridges and a few
merchant vessels. Is it not wonder
ful that they have done what they
have done ? In this short space of
time they have emancipated all the
Peloponnesus, with the exception of
four fortresses, viz. Motion, Coron,
Patras, and Corinth ; the two last
will surrender in a few days. Napo
li, the principle fortress of the Morea,
surrendered on the 30th November,
Saint Andrew’s Day, on which ac
count the Greeks have agreed to call
it the fortress of St. Andrew. Crete
is entirely free, with the exception of
a single fortress still in the hands of
the enemy. Boeotia is free: so are
the districts of Pliocis, Soaris, yEtolia,
and Acarnania. In Enbea only one
fortress remained to the Turks, and
that is at present besieged by the
Greeks. All the Islands composing
the ancient Cyclades, excepting Cy
prus and Rhodes, are free and the
Hag of our Italian floats triumphantly
tn all the Fnrkish seas. The vessels
of the Speziots, Hydriots, Cassiots,
Ipsariots, and Samians, though car
rying only from 10 to 24 guns, had
cast terror into the great fleet of the
Sultan, and have driven it from the
Mediterranean. The Turkish flag
fears to,shew itself beyond the Dar
danelles. Twice the fleet ventured
beyond them, and twice it returned
with great damage and disgrace, and
without throwing any succours into
the besieged fortresses : such is the
state of our naval affairs. As to our
successes by land, the Commandant
of Romelia, Chourschid Pacha, last
August sent forward several Pachas,
byway of Thermopylae with not less
than 33,000 men; but what have
they done ? Nearly all of them have
been destroyed by the Greeks under
their new Leonidas, Nicetas. Mix
thousand alone have escaped of this
great army, and these are now block
aded and perishing with hunger in
the citadel of Corinth. They are al
so on the point of surrendering. Al
lien is entirely free and the (heck
banners float upon her Acropolis.
On one side of Albania, four Pac ha*
I inarched with 12,000 troops, ihs
most select corps ot Albanian iur
key, provided with field artillery, and
a battering train of mortals. They
arrived before the ramparts of Messo
longhi, and on the 25th of December,
advanced to the assult of scaling lad
ders. For three hours they obsti
nately maintained the fire of our
Greeks, but were at last forced to re
treat to their camp with the loss of
500 men killed and as many wound
ed. On the 31st of the same month
they fled from their camp in the mid
dle of the night, leaving behind them
all their baggage, 13 pieces of field
artillery and mortars, an immense
quantity of cannon balls and gunpow
der ; sixty tents, two of which be
longed to the Viziers, were magnifi
cent —the whole of their provisions,
and also many of their sick and
wounded. The Greeks, headed by
their hero, the Prince Maurocordato,
brought their spoil the next morning
1 in triumph into Messolonghi, and
' then set out in pursuit of the enemy,
' many of whom, being closely pursu-
I ed, were drowned in the Achelous,
at that time swollen : so that in fact
nearly the whole of this body of
1 Turks is either completely destroyed
i or so beset by the Greeks as to have
little hope of escape. All these de
i tails are authentic, and you may
1 communicate them to your friends
without fear of their being exaggera
ted. Indeed, they have been rather
said less of than 1 might have done.
“ But I feared entering into a de
tailed account of the actions of the
Greeks, lest they should appear al
most incredible, considering that they
began all their exploits, as I before
said, with only a few rounds of car
tridges. Now, however, they have
artillery and mortars, which they
found in the enemy’s camps and for
tresses ; and they have organised a
. regular corps of 800 men. These
are but few; but where is the money
to organise more ?—With a regularly
disciplined army of 10,000 men, the
Greeks would have been now in
Thrace, and would have done great
things indeed. They would have
shown the Sultan, with all Ins pre
tended power, what he really is.
The Greek fleet consists in all of
150 vessels; the largest of these car
ry 24 guns. The land forces amount
to 50,000, the Generals are skilful,
and the troops are brave ; but they
are not disciplined for regular war
fare. Colocotroni and his nephews
Nicetas, Raimes, Londos, and others,
command in the Peloponnesus, which,
according to the new division, is call
ed Southern Greece.
“ Odysseus, Guras, Dubiniates,
Metzos, Contogiannos, Caratossos,
Scaltzodemas, and others, are at the
head of our troops in the Eastern
Greece, from Athens to Zeituni.—
Marcus, Botzari Ziongas, Macres,
Caraineos, and others, are our Gene
rals in and Acarnania, as far
as Arta.
“ The Greeks have begun, at least,
to regenerate; they conduct them
selves daily with more discretion, and
they acquire the true spirit of hero
ism. What they want is pecuniary
means. If they could find friends to
assist them with money enough to
pay a disciplined corps by a regular
salary, they would at once acquire
power and stability. They would
want this aid only for a year ; for in
that time, and by means of this corps,
they would be enabled to discipline
troops of their own. They have
well organized their internal govern
ment—creating a legislative repre
sentation, a police in every district,
councils, courts of justice, and garri
sons in the captured fortresses. The
utmost harmony and union have pre
vailed amongst them since their Se
nate has been presided over, and
their affairs conducted by Prince
Maurocordato.
“ And I must add this, that if neu
tral flags had not given assistance to
the besieged Turks, it is certain that
no fortress would now be in the hands
of the enemy. Also, that if sailors of
neutral nations had not been found to
man the Turkish fleet, that fleet
would never have sailed from the
Dardanelles. In the Captain Pacha’s
ship alone, which was burnt by the
Greeks a short time ago, there were
found to be no less than five hundred
foreigners ot neutral nations. I now
hear that the Christian Ambassadors
at Constantinople have prohibited
this proceeding for the future.
“ Almighty God is for us.—He
has confounded the Councils of the
Sultan, who has destroyed, one after
the other, all the principal protectors
ot his empire. He first made away
with Ali Pacha, the pillar of Turkey;
next with the great Chourschid Pa
cha ; then Selem Pacha ; Islimael
Pacha; seven other Pachas, and the
Grand Vizier himself. At Inst he
slew all his own Ministers, and a
inongst them the celebrated Haleb
Effendi. So that the high offices of
State are now filled with common
Jaunissaries and his Vizierafe are gi
ven to the inexperienced slaves of
the Seraglio. To add to the per
flexiiies of our enemy, oriental Tur
key is ut war with Persia, mid the
’iiclia of Asia ha* revolted, and de
feated three Pachas sent against him.
—I should mention that the Sultan
also beheaded all the Commanders of
the fleet who escaped into the Dar
danelles, because they failed to dis
perse our fleets, and to relieve Napoli
and the other besieged fortresses.—
With the next courier I will write to
you more particularly, having now
got to the end of my paper.
Corfu, Jan. 31, 1823, C. S.”
Commodore Porter’s Squadron,
Letters from Havana of the 17th
May, andTrom Thompson’s Island of
the 16th of May, written by officers
attached to Cora. Porter’s squadron
have been received. The most ac
tive measures continue to be pursued
for the suppression of piracy. A
letter from Thompson’s Island of the
l6th states that they had just return
ed from a cruise, and that every bay,
river, cove, creek and key, from the
river Pahnas to Cape Antonio had
been examined, and no spot which
i was capable of containing a boat was
■ overlooked. They burnt a stout
> schooner near the river Puerto, and
1 several piratical establishments, be
s tween that place and the Bay of
• Honda: and another detachment of
5 the fleet, which was out at the same
‘ time captured a fine felucca pulling
7 sixteen sweeps, the crew of which
5 escaped to the woods. The convoy
’ list also shews that the vessels em
r ployed in that business have not been
idle, the weekly arrivals and depar
- tines from Havana being about thir
? ty sail of American vessels, and at
- Matanzas about two thirds of that
i number. The operations of the
? squadron had been much embarrassed
-by an order which was given by the
• former governor, excluding the ves
i sels of the squadron from the small
- ports in the island ; and although re
i peated applications were made by
? Com. Porter, for its revocation, yet
f they were nevdr replied to, until since
f the arrival of the new captain gene
e ral, Vives, who has assured Com. P.
i that no order for prohibiting the en
t trance of the American squadron,
s into the ports of the island was then
- in force, but on the contrary, that
they would meet with every aid and
f co-operation, on the part of the local
. authorities, in the pursuit of pirates
t who might shelter themselves in the
, uninhabited parts of the coast; and
r for his farther satisfaction he enclosed
. him a copy of the circular, (which we
j give below,) for the different com
} mandants of the military stations on
} the island.— [Savannah Repub,
- (
TRANSLATED.
Copy of a Circular letter from the
Capt. General of Cuba to the
I Commandants of the several Mili
, tary stations in that Island.
Office of the Capt. Gen. of the Island of Cuba.
An American squadron under the
’ command ofCommodreDavid Porter
’ being destined to cruize about the
coast of the Island in aid of our for
ces, who are engaged in a like enter
\ terprize, namely, the purposed ex-
I terminating the pirates, who infest
our seas, and cause so much injury
' r to commerce in general, without re
| specting any flag whatever; and it
( being an obligation of every civilized
nation to annihilate such banditti,
; who heedless of their duties in society
I employ themselves in such execrable
practices; I have thought it proper
to give orders that whenever tire,
[ squadron may arrive and present
itself to the constituted authorities,
’ they must afford it every aid, which
may be compatible with the territorial
privileges and respect.
God preserve you many years.
Habana, lOlhofMay, 1823.
FRANCISCO DIONISIO VIVES.
BALTIMORE, JUNE 5.
HAVANA.
’ The fast sailing brig Thessalian,
Conklin, arrived at this port in 8
• days from Havana, reports that a
• part of Commodore Porter’s squadron
■ continued to give
[ day. A part of the
i' gone round the
' pirates. No pirates
; of on the coast of
! capture of the schoon^^n^^^fl^^
’ ,o lk. The squadron are constantly
‘ look remain but a
■ very short port. We are
happy to have it in our power to add
that the officers and crews are in
good health.
By a letter from Havana of the
17th idt. it appears that two schrs.
and two barges belonging to the Ame
rican squadron, were on a cruize to
examine the north coast of Cuba,
from Point Yeacos to Cape Maize ;
thence around the island and down
the south side, and up along the
north coast to Havana. Two other
schrs. had gone down the coast from
Havana along the north side, round
Cape Antonio, with the intention of
cruising off the isle of Pines. One
schr. was lilting at Key West, sup
loosed for the purpose of cruizing
about Campeuchy. One was em
ployed in giving convoy from Ma
tunzas, and two from Havana.-—The
sloop of war Peacock, hud sailed for
the Gulf of Mexico, and the Men Gull
and one schr. were at Thompson’*
Island — -[Savannah Republican.
new-qrleans, may 1i
Apprehensions continue to De -
pressed for the safety of th» i V
M . r : R ° ffinac «to day hard
with his numerous labourers T?
and black Yesterday the ri ver r ' a '
over into Levee street, between ??
ferson and St. Peter streets - an J/ ef '
.he winds pressing
company with a stubborn tide ’.i
hhe wii. do uM e.s occur
POSTSCRIPT.
Meridian. The wind has increns
ed since we noticed, this momi«
the swell of the river, and we are Si
moment apprised that the water i<
running over the Levee in several
places opposite the city, and i„ a.
Faubourg St. Mary the influx is be
coming irresistable. Should the«
wind change a little to the south an c
continue as high as it now » W(?
must expect, ere to-morrow
an inundation. =’
One o’clock. —News has j us t ar ,
rived that a crevasse of the Levee has
taken place about four miles above
the city.—[l6.
~ _ MAY 13.
Capt. Davis reports that there was
1 such a freshet in the river Pascagou
; la, and the streams emptying there,
i in, as to have carried away and des
troyed all the mills in that part of the
• country, besides doing other damage;
1 [Louisiana Gazette.
BATON ROUGE, MAY 10. ,
Distressing Times. —The state qj
1 the Mississippi, at this time, becomes
[ really alarming; it rises from an
! inch to an inch and a half every
J twenty-four hours, and by the latest
: accounts which are far from being
• satisfactory, we are informed that the
1 Missouri freshet is daily expected.
The Levee, which fences the spot
r formerly intended for the town of St,
1 Michel, in West Baton Rouge, right I
! opposite this place, has been partly I
■ washed off, and forebodes danger to I
■ the inhabitants in that parish; some I
■ of the residents are preparing to move I
> on this side. I
1 This is an uncommonly distressing I
1 season, under every point of view— I
I mercantile business is at a stand— I
I the price of cotton is low and without I
' demand; cash scarcer than ever be- I
! fore noticed in this part of the world: I
I incessant rains for a certain length of I
I time latterly, have nearly destroyed I
1 the new planted crops, and the un- I
• usual swelling of the river threaten.. I
1 te blast all hopes which might have I
been entertained of remedying the I
evil. I
’ From the Savannah Republican. I
BUENOS AYRES. I
By a statement in a Buenos Ayres I
paper of the 22d March, it appears I
‘ that the number of perons engaged in I
the late attempt to revolutionize that I
: place, was only about 200. The go- I
vernment received information of I
their intentions on the night of the I
15th March, and took such measures I
■ as they thought most prudent. Or. I
the morning of the 17th, about 2 o’- I
clock, the conspirators entered the I
■ town of La Victoria, forced the guard I
of the prison, set the prisoners at li- I
> berty, and took possession of tha I
Court House bell, which is used to I
1 call the people to arms. They were I
immediately attacked by all the force I
1 in the fortress, consisting of 100 in- I
fantry and five artillerymen, and at- I
1 ter a violent struggle for about eight I
| minutes, were compelled to abandon I
the post leaving several dead ai.tf I
wounded on the ground. The go- ■
vernment was promptly supported ■
by the citizens, and several officers ■
on furlough, who repaired to the for- ■
tress on the first alarm. A large ■
number of citizens and many stram ■
gers enrolled themselves the next day ■
under the body of the order, I
one appears to have been concerned ■
in the plot except the 200 who w- ■
: tered the town in arms. The camj 1 ■
to have been perfect!) ■
■nil. The army had not io? K
new occurrence. The to l ' ■
HpPmg proclamation was issued b; ■
I We government immediately after tn*- ■
affairs of the 17th. I
PROCLAMATION. . I
Fellow Citizens—lt is only io ‘'H
hours since a mob, commanded
assassins and strangers, hadJjj| a 'M|
dacity to attempt the V|
your peace, the
credit, the violation of an
constituted without bloodshed®® ■
it is only four hours since this
thority, strengthened by your P®«l
aid, has liberated you by a djlß
blow from the most horrid
Fellow Citizens !—Maintait®
selves firmly in your present
tion. This is the duty that the tmSi
gated government requires oi
Maintain yourselves liruily l j®S|
for we are convinced that
wish is to procure with lioiun U *®H
berty, a respect bolli abroad
home. As (<Jr Uic rest, be I
(hat the delegated govern men l ■
has restored your iranqum'o . ■
maintain it the utmost ot i> s * ll ’ I
and punish severely any one .n ■
dare to disturb it. .
Fellow Cllizen.-At *
in the aflcrnooool thi» d-iy, H ■