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I OR THE SWANN ATI MERCURY.
On the Ruins of a Country School House , icrittcn
July IG, 13SH.
BY MRS. E. V. B.
Vain!v T sought. the path to find
My youthful feet oft trod,
With brush and branches intertwin’d,
Arid-fill grown o’er with sod.
Fond uem’ry dwelt upon the spot,
To recollection bright,*
And brought the scenes, I ne'er forgot,
Os infantile delight.
Ah, now l sure am near, I said,
Those tall oaks waving high,
Must be the same that spread,
The rustic building by.
Yes. there they lie, the mould ring beams,
Scarce serve the spot to mark,
And o’er the wreck, fond mem'ry gleams
A sunbeam in the dark.
I gazed upon the ruin wild,
With feelings sad and sweet,
For here I came, a wayward child,
My gay compeers to meet.
And here, with look demure enough,
I conn'd each lesson well,
Or trembl'd at the stern rebuff,
When I forgot to spell.
Ah ! Noah Webster* well I know,
Thy long pedantic face
A frontispiece was set to show,
The true school-master grace.
And here decorum too was taught,
Each ceremonial fit,
And how to enter as we ought,
When enter'd, how to sit.
Each miss, her morning court’sy low,
With due observance made,
And youths, a little p ond, to show
Their last learn’d bow essay'd.
But where are they P he jocund band ;
So oft assembled here ;
Sojourners now, in many a land,
Some far beyond this sphere.
And I alone, awand'rer too,
Here ponder o’er the past,
And think how swift those bright days flew,
And sigh they could not last.
Oh! how they crowd the vision’d train,
Before my swimming eyes,
And now l seem to act again
Those vivid scenes that rise.
Hail! to your shade, ye aged pair,
Green, in full vigor yet,
Beneath whose branches, void of care,
I laugh’d away regret.
And here the rough-hewn table stood,
To us the banquet board,
On which to put those pies so good,
Mama hadkindlv stored.
Soon as the wish'd for hour came round,
And play-tiine was announc'd.
Oh! how wo flew, with merry bound,
And on the baskets pounc'd.
Then, arm in arm, as friendship pair’d,
We little maiden band
To yonder sloping bank repair'd,
Our little Fairy land.
Here, many a sylvan grotto scoop'd
The mossy bank beneath,
Bedeck'd with wild flow’rs, gayly loop'd,
As fancy flung the wreath—
Display'd the maker's taste and skill,
For rivalry was there,
And eagerly each strove to fill
Her own with flow'rs most rare.
But where is he who bore a part
In all those scenes with me,
Dealer than all to my young heart,
My brother still I see.
s Twas he who cut the flexile vine,
A skip-rope for my need,
And help’d each wild-flow'r to entwine
That grew on yonder mead.
Ahlittle thought we then the cloud
Which hung o’er that bright sky,
Too soon its brightness to enshroud
And dim the sparkling eye.
Who, who shall paint the Orphan's woes,
Or half their griefs recount ?
The God of Orphans only knows
The import and amount.
To distant wildst the Orphan bent,
Adventurous, his wav,
On schemes of future life intent
Which might not brook delay.
There soon he found a home and s rtends,
Warm, honest, kind and true,
The smile of F rovidence attends,
To bless his efforts too.
Now. honor, wealth, and friends, and love, m
Conspire to make him blest,
But, ah ! he stood a mark to prove,
Here may not be our rest.
Flow. flow, mv tears, for well ye may,
Kind strangers dropt them too.
As low in earth his head thev lay,
Those friends so kind and true.
And tho’ far distant be the spot,
Os thv long, last repose,
Thv grave shall never be forgot,
And o'er it blooms the rose.
Thv name shall live in manv a heart,
Thv worth that understood
From mv fond mem’rv ne’er to part,
My brother, kind and good.
And now. fond visions all adieu !
Tho’ still I love your gleam,
I ma v not stav to gaze on vou,
Thus idly here to dream.
A home! far distant waits my care
I haste that home to greet,
Fond hopes and thoughts are center’d there,
Nought may detain my feet.
Ye mould’ring beams farewell—
Ye sacred shades adieu !
Soon, none the lonoly spot shall tell,
And none these ruins view.
* The author of the Spelling Book used ichcn I
went to School.
+ Alabama.—Savannah.
RUSSIA AND TURKEY.
Glasgow, June 21, 1828.
It appears that much difficulty is experi
enced bv the Russians in effecting the pas
sage us the Danube, and that theft* progress
is by nil means likely to be so rapid and
triumphant as many have fanatically antici
pated They have been checked for a
number of days by the town of Brahilow,
which is situated in Wallachia, on a steep
bank of the Danube, aud which is defended
by a strong citadel; and also, as appears
from late intelligence, by a brave and reso
lute garrison.
Il the Russians can only be checked up
on the Danube until the scorching summer
months set in, their progi ess over the parch
ed plai is of Bulgaria, w here provisions will
be scanty, and water not at all to be bad,
must be so slow, and harassing as to render
the passage of the Ha*mus impracficab.e
•during the first campaign. We are b gm
, ng t. conceive good hopes of the defen
. rs of Turkey, and feel inclined t agree
mi'iment with a correspondent of the
, who writes upon this subject as fol-
I -wg:
e are among those who are inclined
to speculate very confidently on the issue
of the war Between tiie Russians and the
Turks, and those, we think, who predict
the decided and certain triumph of the Rus
sians, do not very accurately estimate the
difficulty of the enterprise in which they
are engaged,nor the great advantages which
the country they invaded possesses for de
fence. We are well aware of the resources
of Russia, and her great military power. —
There are no armies in Europe more nu
merous better appointed, or more per
fectly disciplined ; nor generals more tho
roughly versed in the science of war. That
on an ordinary field of battle an equal num
ber of Russians would beat an equal or
superior number of Turks, we make no
doubt, excelling them as they do in all mil
itary qualities: but though a powerful and
well disciplined army is a most essential
instrument of conquest, it does not insure
it. The natural defences of a country
form in many cases a most efficient auxili
ary to its force, and frequently serve as an
effectual counterpoise to the superiority of
the invading army. Tiie British army
which invaded the American colonies, was
in every view superior to the army of the
country, yet it was in the end completely
foiled, notwithstanding its fine military
qualities. Now there is no country which
possesses a more perfect natural defence
than Turkey. YV e have first the Danube,
which runs along the northern frontier of
Bulgaria for about 300 miles from west to
east, and which is studded with fortresses
and fortified towns, seldom at a greater dis
tance from each other than 30 miles
Tiie river is not less than a mile broad
through >ut all the country, and if it is vi
gilantly watched and defended, it must be
an equally difficult and dangerous opera
tion to transport an army safely across it.
It must be confessed, however, that in all
wars that have occurred be-ween Russia
and Turkey, this great river has not been
vigilantly defended ; and it lias never ac
cordingly proved any serious barrier to tin
progress of the invaders. But other more
formidable obstacles must be encountered
in advancing into the country about fifty
miles beyond the D mu be, and nearly par
allel to its course, lies the formidable bar
rier of the Haemus or Balkan mountains,
which rise to a great elevation, and are
full of deep lavines and-narrow defiles, an
all those localities which render defence so
easy, and enable a few men to arrest tin
piogress of an army. The direct road is
from Rudschuk on the Danube, to Con
stantinople ; ana it passes through various
towns rudely fortified after the Turkish fa
shion ; among others through Shumla,
where the different roads from the Danube
all meet. Beyond this place, which is
about thirty miles from Rudschuk, the Rus
sians have never been able to advance. I
is the extreme limit of their conquests. A.
this fortified town the Turks had always an
entrenched camp, which the Russians at
tacked in 1775 but were repulsed ; which
they again attacked in 1810, and were
again repulsed, after a bloody conflict, and
finally driven back to the Danube.
Over the almost inaccessiole mountain
chain of the Haemus there are f<.e passes,
two by tbe direct road from Shumla to
Constantinople, and three farther to the
west, which all lead to Adrianople. Those
mountains are impassable during the win
ter, from obvious caus- s ; the roads, if roads
they can be called at anytime, being block
ed up with snow, spring is the only season
of the year in which these bleak and deso
late regions present an appearance of ve
getation ; in summer they are scorched by
the sun into a degree of aridity, which ren
ders them a complete desert, while the
cold and imps and dews of night are adverse
not merely to comfort, hut to health. The
mountains must be passed bv the Russians
in their progress to Constantinople ; and
when we consider their height and rug
gedness, the narrowness and inaccessible
character of the passes, winding amid ra
vines and precipices, commanded on every
side by the adjacent ground we may easily
conceive through what a series of difficult
and dangerous operations an invading armv
must be pushed before it can cross this great
natural barrier ; what fatigues and priva
tions must be encountered ; how many for
midable positions must be carried; and bv
whal a great saci ifice of men even success
must be purchased. The Turks, we learn
from s he late instructive work of Mr.
Walsh, depend on these natural defences
for their security against a Russian inva
sion ; and we have no doubt they will be
maintained with bravery and perseverance.
The Turkish troops are not deficient in
Courage ; the} frequently display prodigies
of valor, and, aided by these strong holds,
they will make a powerful defence. The
Russians, by the aid of valor, and discipline
and science, may surmount all these obsta
cles ; bur if they succeed, it vvi.l certainly
be a military achievement of the highest
class, and will add greatly to their warlike
renown. There will then he no further ob
stacle to their progress ; ant the passage ol
the Haemus mountains may therefore be
considered as deciding the fate of Constan
tinople.
New York, August 9.
Latest from Europe. —By the ship Fa
bius, which arrived last evening in 27 days
from Gibraltar, Gibraltar papers are re
ceived to the 8m nil. and Cadiz to the 4th
ult. inclusive. The intelligence from Spain
is devoid of interest.
King Ferdinand and his consort were at
Bdboa as late as the 14th June, and the ci
ty was illuminated every night in honor of
them.
The first of the three divisions of French
troops at Cadiz, sailed from that port about
the first for the Mediterranean, and pass
ed Gibraltar previous to the 11th. They
were embarked in transports which came
from Toulon and Marseilles. The other
! wo divisions were to sail in a short time
for the Mediterranean.
The projects of Don Miguel in Portu
gal, seem much more likely to succeed,
than by the last advices^
A Faro letter of the 30th adds, with re
ference to Lisbon accounts of the 25th, that
in the morning-of that day, Don Miguel had
been proclaimed Absolute King by the two
estates of the Nobility and the People, and
that a similar declaration was expected
from the clergy in the afternoon ; that all
that bad been done by Government since
the Revolution of 1820, was null and void;
and that D. Miguel had been requested to
marry another lady, as the succession to
the Crown might he endangered, it he wai
ted ultil Donna Maria da Gloria, to whom
he was betrothed in Vienna, should be of
age. — Gazette.
Portugal —The Lisbon Gazette, of the
26th ult. confirms the intelligence of D.
Miguel’s having been acknowledged the
day before by the Three Estates of the
Kingdom, “legitimate King of Portugal and
Algarves and their dependencies ’
The same Number states, that Cumiu
ha and Valenca, which had been compelled
to declare for the Rebels, have been res
tored to tne King’s Government, the for
mer having been re-entered on tbe 14*h, by
the <. overnor (Richard Leo Quartui)at the
head of a strong detachment of troops, and
ilie latter on the 21st, by Major Guerra
v ho had been blockading iu it for some time
past.
A decree was issued, it appears, imme
diately after the sitting, in which it is ob
served, by way of preamble, that the fun
damental laws of the monarchy being now
in full execution, it is fair to put an end to
the punishments inflicted, before Don Mi
guel’s arrival, upon those who defended
them; and it is accordingly offered, that
their property, rights and situations both
civil and military, he restored to them; and
that such as were compelled to leave the
country, be allowed to come back whenever
* hey please.
The Lisbon Gazettes of the 26th and
28th, contain further particulars of mov* -
ments in favour of the absolute king. This
paper notices the intelligence transmited
mm that capital to tin London newspapers,
uid especially the Courier respecting the
late occurrences in Oporto,and D.Miguel’>
claims and measures; —ridicules the cre
iuhiy of Editors, and complaints of the
lisrespectful language useci by them in spea
king of august personages;—denounces the
Marquis Palmella as a traitor,and confident
ly predicts, that he will soon be brought to
condign punishment; mentions, that the
English sloop of war Medina bound to
Fernando Po with 59 passengers (British
Officers) on board and with directions to
.ouch at Capede Verde island where she is
to land Mr. Goodwin, the new British Con
sul, has put into Lisbon for no other pur
pose than that of the Consul s obtaining the
Royal Exequatur, and exultirrgly iufeis,
from this circumstance that the Bi iiisli Gov-
• rnment does not share the opinion of ei
ther the Editors or the Marquis,upon tin*
ligitimacy of the present luler of the coun
try.
The Governor of the Island of Madeira
addressed the following proclamation to the
inhabitants:
PROCLAMATION.
Inhabitants of the Island of Maderia !
Noble portion of the Portuguese family !
while unhappy Poitugal has been a prey to
all the evils of anarchy, and in a most vio
lent agitation, I have maintained you in
undisturbed peace and tranquility, thus
complying with a sacred duty. But the first,
the most essential duty is fidelity to the le
gitimate King.
Madeirans ! I profess honesty. Appoint
ed to govern you in the name of our august
Monarch Don Pedro IV. I cannot ac
knowledge another Sovereign without being
branded for a traitor; and my sword, so of
ten drawn in the defence of the legitimate
King, shall not be laid down until I los*
my life for so just a cause, preserving my
honor unsullied.
Honest Madeirans ! there is no virtue
but I expect from you If, however, any
degenerate Portuguese among us sin uld
defile himself with treason, or be wanting
in that obedience which is so necessary to
our heroic undertaking, 1 swear, by mv ho
nor, that he shall, in a military way, and
without loss of time, atone with his life for
so black a crime.
To arms Maderia ns ! Let the heroic re
solution of ihe Army in Portugal prove an
incentive to us. Let us defend our legiti
mate King, our country, and our liberties.
Confide in your General, and in the other
depositaries of the authority.
Long live D Pedro IV , our legitimate
Monarch !
Long live Queen Maria 11. !
The Constitutional Charter of the Por
tuguese monarchy forever !
Government Palace in the city of Fun
chal, Island of Madeira June 22, 1828.
Joze L.ucio Traassos Vald z,
Governor and Captain General .
But it appears by private letters received
in Lisbon, that when it was understood in
the capital ofTertera, one of the Azores,
that Miguel had been proclaimed King in
Portugal, thousands proceeded to proclaim
him likewise, and the authorities saw fit to
or were compelled to acquesc© in it. The
neighboring parishes followed the ex
ample of the capital.
Lisbon, June 25.
An order of the day, of the ISih of the
same month, makes known the Prince Re
gent s intention, not only to pardon, but al
so to re-admit into his service, the non
commissioned officers and privates who
laid down their arms, abandon the rebels
by whom they had been seduced, and sur
render themselves to the civil or military
authorities. The royal mercy is farther ex
tended to such officers as pursue the same
course (provided they have not acted as
leaders or chiefs of the conspiracy;) but
they are not to be reinstated in the posts
which they held before.
On the 21st, directions were given, thro
the Department of Eclesiasticai Affairs
and Justice, for the property of all indivi
duals known to be concerned in the rebel
lion which broke out m Oporto on the lfith
May, to be immediately sequestered, wher
ever it can be laid bold of.
Paris, June 23.
Letters of the 4th lust, from Herman*
stadt, announce that the garr.son of Btaila
had been so much harassed by the Russians
that on the 23d ult. the white fl <g was hoist
ed to demand an armistice for three days
This was refused.
Philadelphia, August 11.
r>y the arrival of tiie President, Davis,
12 days from Laguria, we have received
papers and letters to the26th of July. Our
correspondent writes, that Bolivar has been
declared Supreme Chief of the Republic.
This event was celebrated by illuminations,
&,c. at Caraccas As the President lias
all the army under his control all the su
perior officers in the civil depaitment in
his views—a civil war is not to he appre
hended —all well disposed persons of the
country have strong hopes that he will be
able to effect much good.
Bolivar has been declared “Supreme
Chief” as will be seen by the following
document, addressed by Gen. Pacz to tbe
lutendant of tbe Department.
REP U LIC OF COLOMBIA.
Jose A. Paez, Superior Chief of Vene-
Zlllrl, &c
Head Quarters, Valencia, July 15, 1828.
To the Inteudent of this Department ,
I have the honour to enclose you a copy
of an act passed at a meeting held on tht
13th J une last, in the Capital of the Repub
lic in which tbe lutendant of tlie Depart
ment of Cundinamaica, with the other civ
il and ecclesiastical authorities, fathers of
families, and respectable proprietors there,
invest exclusively with the supreme com
mand of the Republic, his excellency the
Liberator President, with full powers in
all the branches of the government, in or
der that he may organize them as may ap
pear to him most generally advantageous,
preserving the union of the Republic, se
curing its independence, and re-establish
ing its credit abroad; at the same time re
voking the powers conferred on the De
puties to the Convention from that prov
ince. You will also peiceive that this so
lemn act was made known to the council
of government, which by its communica
tion of the same date, signifies its approba
tion of tne steps taken; and finally, that his
excellency the Liberator President, on the
l6tli of the same month, in the capital of
Socono, officially announces that lie is re
solved to exert his authority ami energy in
the service of state, a copy of which ac*
companies this.
Thus has been sanctioned the uniformly
expressed w ish of the people of the three
departments under my command, and theit
ardent desires, as manifested in their peti
tions forw irded by me, that bis excellency
the Liberator President should take upon
him the supreme command of the state,
preserving the unity of the Republic. I
congratulate the worthy inhabitants of this
department in the happy accomplishment
of their wishes, and may Cob nubia be reno
vated, and obtain under the favorable aus
pities of its hem factor, that prosperity and
happiness of which it had been deprived
by the formet administration Be pleased
to make known tins praiseworthy act to
the inhabitants of this province, for their
information, giving lo its promulgation the
solemnity due to an act as august as it is
worthy of the'Colombian people. Signed,
JOSE ANTONIO PAEZ.
Remarkable case of conviction of an inno
cent person on circumstantial evidence.
The following very interesting particu
lars, descriptive of the cast* of a young man
named Gill, a native of Sunderland, who
was tried tor, and convicted of felony, at
the Suney Assizes, in August last, have
been obligingly communicated to us (on
our application for them) by a Gentleman,
through whose meritorious exertions the
young man has been released from custo
dy, and restored to his family and friends*
John Gill, the subject of this statement,
is son oi Thomas Gill, a common carrier
between Sunderland and Barnardcastle.—
He was hound apprentice to a butcher at
Monkwearmouth and at the expiration of
his term of servitude, obtained employment
with Mr. Nelson, a butcher, and most res
pectable man, at Sunderland. In this sit
uation be continued about a year, when
towards the latter end of June last, be de
termined upon seeing London, and from
thence going to visit his uncle, who holds a
situation in the Kink s Dock yard at Ports
mouth He accordingly took his passage
by sea to London, and after being ther,
two or three days, he proceeded by coach,
on the 11th of July, for Portsmouth. At
this place he temained with Ins uncle tili
the 17th of the same month; and about
three o’clock in the afternoon of that day
beset off on. foot, to walk back to London
Ins uncle accompanied him a distatise of
about eight mileson the road.’ There, wi ll
a view to keep up the interest of the story
we shall leave him, till vve have described
what occured in bis neighborhood alter
his departure.
Ilis father received a communication
Irom ihfe young man on his arrival in Lon
don, early in July and heard nothing fur
ther from him till the 27th of August, when
a letter, in the hand writing of his unhappy
son, announced to the horror-struck father
that he was under sentence of death in
Horsemongerlane Gaol.
The state .of mind of the anxious par
ent may be better conceived’ than des
cribed; his son, he was assured—not only
by bis own knowledge of him, but also by
a statement which accompanied the infor
mation of his conviction and sentence—was
innocent! Under this impression he im
mediately waited upon Mr. Stephenson, a
respectable solicitor in Cishopwearmouth,
who actuated by those humane and gener
ous feelings which at all times distinguish
him, instantly made inquiry of those per
sons who were best acquainted with the
young man as to his character and conduct;
which Mr. S. having ascertained to be res
pectabie, lie prepared a mem. ii;,! . * •
sed to Mr. Justice Gazclee (b fi„V v ,
J"hn Gi 1 was tried) setting fuiib the f, !
detailed by the unhappy prisoner 11 * *
together with such other general
Jars as he could collect from p, e
Grill and others. Tins memorial acc<
nied by testimonials as to character *
merously and respectably signed, v. s ’
warded by express from Sunderland to
ham to meet the mail to London “
• I . ii *'■!!!&
night. I hese documents were
to Mr James Griffith, a respectable SJ
citor in London, and he lost not am,.,,, “
in laying them b< fore the Judgt, wj, u 5 ‘
marked, that “it vv>s fortunate ihe par
areived when they did, as he would oil]!?
wise have sent in Ins Report, recomme,
mg the prisoner to be transported for
Pile Judge very kindly paid immediate v
tentinn to the subject, and diiected sev tr i
inquiries to be made respecting Gill at th
jail. Affidaviisas to several matters w er ’ |
also, at his Lordship’s request, prect ‘
from Gill’s uncle, at Portsmouth,
Further information was forwaided j ’
Mr. Stephenson to the Judge on the
September, and Ins Lordship’s report (r. 11!
case was finally given in ou the
13th. On the 29th of the same ai( lv j
Mr. Stephenson received a conmiunicatit ’
from the Secretary of State on the Subjec* 1
to which he replied, and scon afterwards
| received a further communication f IVn ,
j Lordship, which was of course also answe.
cd. The result of these proceedings
that Gill received, on the SOth October*
a full and unconditional pardon, and he vv c !
of course, instantly liberated. He wasde.
tained in Londou a short time for want,,
a ship, and he reached his father’s house
at Sunderland ou the 15th of last month,
r l he reader is, doubtless, anxious after
this digression, to know the nature ofU le
charge against the young man, and we dq V
hasten to gratify his curiosity:—V* e left
young Gdl eight miles from Portsmouth
on his road to London. The weather
being hot, he pursued his journey through
the night, and resting tiie following day
(13-h till four o’clock in the af
ternoon; when he again proceeded. He
had walked about eight miles on the read
from Gilford towards London, when About
three o’clock the so) 1 owing rsorning he o
vertook a man riding upon a poney, and
driving two oxen The man inquired
where he was going, when Giii replied
“London;” and after son,e further conver
sation, he tnked Gill if he would drive the
oxen for him lo London, which, after con
siderable persuasion, he agreed to do for
the stun of 55.; the man* engaging to meet
him at Westminster bridge. When Gill,
however, arrived at WamLworth, lie was
overtaken iy a person (who afterwards
turned out to he the prosecutor’s son,) ai.d
being charged by him with having stolen
the two oxen, he was apprehended and
handed over to a police officer. He was
subsequently taken before a Magistrate,
and by him committed to horse monger
lane jail, for trial at the ensuing Assizes
for tiie County of Surrey, and was tried ai
Croydon accordingly on the 26th of Au
gust, ‘for feloniously stealing two oxen,
the property of Mr. Thomas Drewit, wtio
lives at Ketton-hill, about 45 miles from
Londoi, and was convicted, and sentenced
of death recorded against him.
It should be remarked, that Gill, after
his apprehension, assumed the name of
John Watson, under which name he was
tried. His reason, as he said, for so doing
was to prevent the distress which he knew
would befal his friends if they were ac
quainted with his situation, and which he
was afraid they would be through the
means ot the Press; and feeling conscious
ol his innocence ‘ he calculated upon ao
acquittal; and so, perhaps, keep the cir
cumstance from his family and fi lends alio*
gether. The reason was assigned in the
M emorial to the Judge. j
He was convicted on the testimony of
the prosecutor’s son a servant of the pros
ecutor, and the police officer. Tiie main
circumstance against him was, of course,
the fact of ihe stolen property being found
in his possession, and the account given by
Gill not being satisfactory to the Jury. It
would seem that Gill, in this business, has
been the dupe of the thief who probably 1
finding, or supposing that he was closely
pursued, thus got quit of the cattle.
Durham Advertiser.
Frcm the Philadelphia Gazette.
Treasury Department, ?
Comptroller's Office , Jidy e 2stli, 1823. J
The question submitted for the decision of this
Department, by your letter of the 11th nit. i s >
whether the duty on Merino and other shawls and
handkerchiefs, composed partly of wool, and pad*
ly cotton, will be liable to any change under the
new Tariff'act ?
Upon mature consideration of this question, I
am of opinion that such shawls and handker
chiefs come under the operation of that act, and
accordingly the duty on them is to be regulated
with reference to the minimum value within
which they may fall, as established by that act.
Respectfully,
JUS. ANDERSON, Comptroller.
Two hundred and sixty-eight steerage passen
gers arrived at New York on the 7th instant, fro®
Havre, in the ship Samuel Robinson and brig L a
Grange.
The Mis ake. —A turkey and a chicken
were placed on the table on board of a U*
States’ ship; a number of gentlemen seat e “
themselves to partake of them. JVir. Wil
ley was carver; and when about to b<lp
his companions to some of the above
ed delicacies, made the following sad m ,s ’
take in addressing Mr. Clarke:
be helped to turkey or clarke , Mr. Chic*’
en? ’ This reminds us of a similar niisu> ! ‘ e
which occurred on a steam boat on tbfl
North River. A gentleman who was car'*
mg a goose, wishing to help his friend 3n
Bird to a slice of the breast, thus rddressrd
him: “Mr. (loose, shall I help you tos<’W fc
of the bird? * The misfortune was, t!' u
Mr. Bird was a tailor, and thought hintst * j
insulted.