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TUESDAY, JUIilT 6, 1847,
V ol. 5.-No. 34.
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A SIMILE.
I'te seen the Bun go down to rest,
Far in, the vaulted tVj,
Then in its glory, through the east,
Again 'twould raise on high.
I've eeen the floweret of the vale
Grow pale, and droop, and die;
But when again came Spring's soft gale,
It reared another flower on high.
I've seen the old and sta'ely oak
Soem towering in its pride,
Lut, ah! the lightning' fatal stroke
Has rent it, and it died.
-T is thus with life; for some have power
To stem raifjrtune's tide;
And though its clouds may darkly lower,
' They'll rise again in pride.
And there are some who fade awhile,
And seem forever dead.
13ut soon, again, you'll see them smile
And rear their drooping head.
Eut there are some who fell beneath,
Oh ! wretetcdness ! thy powerj
And thy first rending blast brings death
To many a stately flower !
The Yankee turned Turk.
A correspondent of Noah's Sunday
Times, who lately travelled in Egypt, re
lates the following amusing incident of
Yankee enterprize :
We soon found ourselves in the desert,
traversing seas of sand. The weather
was exceedingly pleasant, and the heat
not as oppressive as we apprehended.
We had an agreeable party, determined
to be pleased with the journey, and not
grumble. at whatever privations we en
countered. Early on the second day,
r.tier camping among some ruins, and
hearing in the night the howl of a solitary
hyena not a very pleasant sound we
saw at a distance what appeared to be a
shanty near a small clump of palm trees.
It was rudely constructed of rough boards
with an awfully formed door the whole
looking like anything else but Egyptian
architecture ; but it occurred to me that it
might have been thus, rudely thrown to
gether as a shelter for savans exploring
the ruins in the neighborhood. In the
front of the door, a Turk was seated on a
bench smoking bis pipe. He looked like
.in oasis in the desert. He had on a pair
tf cotton trowsers, sandals, a striped shirt
..id a turban, with an allaghan stuck in
a red sash at his side, and against the side
of the shanty rested a long gun. As we
approached'he rose up, placed his hands
en his turban, and said in Arabic, "Bask
chalic !" shook hands with my dragoman
and exchanged a salutation with the janni
zaries, who appeared to know him. His
hair, complexion and manner satisfied me
that he was not a Mussulman. I rode up
to him.
iiaiioo r
"Halloo to you !" said he in good Eng-
1
h. The tone and manner in which he
spoke created a suspicion that he was one
of us. After shakinsr hands with him, he
looked inquisitively at me and said :
Stranger, moughtn't I havu seen you be-
r.
We r
'Where !M
"Why, in New York."
-I belong there ; hut where do you
come from !'
"I traded in a sloop from Stonington to
New York, and am right sartin that I've
seen you often."
"Pray what are you doing here in this
barren and isolated spot ?"
'I keep this hotel.",
"Hotel!"
. "Yes sir nothing else ! It isn't the
Astor House ; but 1 entertain man and
beast travelling from the Red Sea. They
reckon sometimes to stop the night with
me, and get a cup of coffee and chicken
now and then, and a pipe."
' Where will the enterprize of the uni
versal Yankee nation end ! In what part
of the world will they not be ?
"But my friend, what originally brought
you here ?"
"I went up to the second cataract of
the Nile to look arler a two-horned rhi
noceros, for June, Titus, Angevine, &
Co.'s menagerie, but I couldn't get the
lamal crectcr ; they wouldn't sell hiinfor
no price. So I resolved to stop here a
while and keep tavern."
. "Is there much travelling on this route?"
"Quite considerable. I reckon this is
to be a mighty country for trade from In
dia. They bring considerable goods a
r.ross, and when we get our Railroad "
"Railroad !"
"Sartin sir. The route has been ex
plored, and this is the depot, and I'm to
be agent so Leftenant Waghorn says ;
and when we get onr locomotive, we shall
ftreak it from Cairo to the Red Sea in
sit hours. Wont I scare the lions, hye
nas, and other varment away with that
ere whistle !" So saying he put the hol
low .of, his hands to his mouth and set up
u whistle as loud as a locomotive's, evi
dently -showing that he had been practis-
"Stranger, wont your company stop
r breakfeast I". . .
for
I proposed a half of an hour or two,
hith-was agreed to, -'and we rolled off
our donkeys and fastened our camels.
John Hudson for I learned that was his
name brought out a large wooden mor
tar, into which he emptied some toasted
mocha cofiee, which he pounded fine and
boiled in a tin kettle over a charcoal fur
nace, and served up to us as we sat under
the palm trees with some eggs, quite
comfortably. We filled our pipes and
looked around at the barrenness which
met our eyes in every direction. At a
distance there were some mounds, some
broken fragments of marble, here and
there the ruins of tombs and buildings de
noting that at sometime it had been a
place of note "-JSaii bustled about and
filled the pipes with sweet tobacco.
"Moughtn't you like to buy a mum
my ?" he inquired. . ;
"Why, do you deal in antiquities, my
friend ?" . . :
"Occasionally, l'vgota mummy, an
ibes, and some glass beads which I tuck
from a tomb about a mile off ; but the
beasts in the neighborhood are trouble
some, and I darn't venture often."
"Well landlord, what's to pay ?"
Josh reckoned the amount on the tips
of his fingers, which came to a Spanish
dollar, which we paid with great cheer
fulness, and shook hands with him on
our departure.
As Doctor Pangloss says in the play,
"the human mind naturally looks for
ward." This enterprizing man. no doubt
aware that the overflowing route to India
would sSon be established, and that a
great traffic and commerce would grow
out of this new enterprize, was determined
to take his position in time ; so he com
menced squatting on a spot in a central
position, and be ready to take advantage
of the travelling, and also to trade in Iran
situ, and have a monopoly, of his position.
"There is stun enough in the neighbor
hood," said he, "to build a smart hotel ;
and when I can get hands, I'll surely put
it up."
This was' once the great highway of
nations, when the commerce of India
poured its wealth into the Mediterranean
when the gold ol Ophir was brought to
enrich the coffers of King Solomon
when the whole route was one continuous
line of noble cities, flourishing villages,
cultivated fields, and nterprizing inhabi
tants, in the midst of which the Nile
flowed majestically, as it does now,, a
midst barren sands. This is the vanity
of all earthly affairs.
THE NIGHT AFTER the BATTLE.
A correspondent of the New Orleans
Delta gives the following brief descrip
tion of the field of Buena Vista on the
night after the battle:
"Saddened more than I would desire to
admit, I moved over the field which was
so recently the scene of such bloody
strife, and terrible were the evidences of
that day's carnage. The shattered bo
dies, which made death appear to the
poor sufferers a thing to be desired, and
the horses, whose riders in many instan
ces lay motionless beneath them, were
struggling in the agonies of death. I
saw many a lit'le band silently moving a
bout, in whose faces were strangely blen
ded the desire to find, and the fear of fin
ding, the friend whom they sought a
mong the dead. On arriving at that part
of the field ncir the mountains, to the left
of our position, where a portion of our
little army received during the day the
fiercest charges of the enemy, I saw the
bodies of many a fallen foe, and felt how
dearly our brave artillery made the ene
my suffer for the guns they were compel
led to abandon. I saw many of my
countrymen cold and motionless where
they fell, mingled with the enemy defi
ance still on their brows, their swords still
grasped in their hands, and I knew they
were undaunted and unwavering to the
end."
A Young West Pointer. Lieutenant
Evans, of Buena Vista, a son of Senator
George Evans, of Maine, graduated at
WTest Point last summer, and hastened to
join the army early in the fall. A letter
from a superior officer says:
"Throughout this whole murderous
conflict he was immediately under my
eye. - He was apparently as cool and col
lected in the most, trying hours, when
men were falling around him on every
side, as he would have been at his father's
table. Two or. three times he was sent
by Col. May with orders or messages to
different parts of the field, and under the
heaviest fire, which duty he performed
with great credit and gallantry, and assis
ted in fighting with his company. His
cautare and skill were above praise.
Maine should be proud oi mm.
A distressing accident occurred on the
Des Plaines river, near Morris, Grundy
county, Illinois, on the 8th instant, by
which ten men were launched into eter
nity. It appears that the men were at
work on the canal, and boarding on the
opposite side of the river, and when re
turning from their breakfast the boat was
sunk by a yoke of oxen on board, which,
becoming unmanageable, moved so near
one end as to cause ttto fill with water.
A man some years ago was indicted in
the Grand Circuit Court, State of Kert
tucky, for the crime of petit larceny.
The evidence was heard, upon which it
clearly appeared that the defendant had
been guilty of stealing "one bag of corn
worth two dollars and twenty cents."
Nothing daunted by the array of facts
against his client, the lawyer rose, and
poured out an argument two hours in
length. Wrhen he concluded, the jury
retired, and after a brief consultation, re
turned n verdict of "petit larceny." ' The
attorney moved a new trial, which was
granted by the Court, and the case again
brought before the jury. .This time the
lawyer spoke three hours and a half, the
result of which was a verdict by the jury
of "guilty of grand larceny." Again the
attorney rose to move a new trial. He
squared himself, and commenced in a
style of grandiloquence worthy of en iti
nerant tragedian. He had spoken but a
few words when the prisoner rushed for
ward, seized him violently by the arm and
said: "Hush, hush, lor Heaven's sake,
hush ! Another speech will hang me as
sure as I'm a living man."
COPPER MINES.
Eagle River, May 24. We have had
winter here in all its fury. Thirty-five
leet of snow have fallen at this place -during
the past season. But, notwithstan
ding, we have got on very well, and the
mines are generally very successfully
worked. The location on which I was,
contained a vein of green carburet, inter
mixed with a little spar, and of five feet
in width. It belongs to a Pittsburgh Com
pany, and Mr. Jones is agent. The prin
cipal mines are getting out copper boul
ders by the wholesale. The following is
the best information I have with regard to
a few of the 'locations. -
The Medora Company has struck a
vein, and is doing well.
The Albion is not doing much at pre
sent. .
. Copper Falls is doing a good business.
The Eagle River works are in a more
prosperous condition than usual.
The navigation is open at last, and we
have had two boats from the Sault. O
thers 4ire -hourly expected.-.- Our -fine
weather has commenced, and everything
appears brisk and cheering.
THE MINES OF MEXICO.
We see it stated that the number of
mines in Mexico already known is be
tween three and four thousand. The lar
gest yield in any one year was $25,644,
5GG, in 1806; and for some years previ
ous to 1810, the average annual yield was
$24,000,000. From official reiurns, it
appears that in 1812 the value of the gold
and silver exported was $18,500,000, ex
clusive of what was smuggled out of the
country to avoid the export duty of six
per cent, and which it is supposed could
not have been less . than three millions
more. Gold mines are rare in Mexico;
the only ones known are those nearOaxa
ca , gold being found in combination with
silver. Three pennyweights of gold to
a mark of silver i the largest amount ob
tained of the more precious metal from
the combination ore, and this from the
mines of Guanajuato only. When the
amount cf gold in these ores are small, it
is not separated from tha silver, as the re
sult of the process is not equal to the cost.
MORAL PICTURE OF LONDON.
There are 30,000 common thieves in
London: 10,000 childreen learning crime;
3,000 houses of stolen goods, and about
10,000 common gamblers.
The "Weekly Despatch," an inhdcl
paper, nas a circulation oi uu,uwu tu
ples a week, in the city I
1 i . r t 1
1 he population oi lionuon, nuw, is -
bout 2,250,000 souls! There are 100,
000 people in the metropolis alone, un-
provided with means ot religious wor
ship. There are about 108,000 female
servants in London. Of this number,
from 14,000 to 16,000 are daily changing
places. Upwards of 50,600 persons are
now inmates of the London workhouses;
60,000 . are receiving out-door relief, and
1.000 to 2,000 nightly shelter themselves
in the refuges for the houseless.' In ad
dition jo this number, there are thousands
who live by begging, and thousands more
who live by criminal practices. . .
CaDtain John Poynor, of Dinwiddie
county, (Va.) came to a sudden and pain
ful death on Thursday last, in the follow
ing manner: Having just had a chiil, or
apprehending one, he went into the office
of his brother-in-law, Dr. John H. Ed
wards, to take a dose of quinine. By a
most unhappy accident, he mistook : mor
phine for quinine, swallowed it, and was,
in a verv few minutes, numbered with
the dead. He was in the bloom of roan
hood, and has left a widow and three Ut
ile chddren. Petersburg Intel.
Anti-Renters. Peter
nd Calvin Finkle. convicted at Hudson,
tm vrlr; nf assault and ' battery with
intent to kill, have been sentenced to ira
nrisnnment at hard labor at Mount Plea
sant, for tho term of three years and our
months, each-. .v - $. . -
HO P E A T H OUG II T.
SI CHARLES BATHS.
Hope ! Thou 'rt a bright and sunny isle,
. In life's wild sea;
A star of light, and weary hearts
Look up to thee.
Bright visions pass before our sight,
Then vanish in eternal night;
Yet still thju fiashest cleat and bright
Time's eldest born.
FRO LI III EX I CO,
THE LATE NEWS. FROM VERA
;. ; Cruz.
FROM THE N. O. PICAYUNE OF JUNE 17.
The ship Massachusetts arrived last
evening from Vera Cruz, whence she
sailed on the evening of the 1 1 th instant.
She brings over 155 sick and wounded
soldiers. The following deaths occurred
on board :
C. Gaines, of the mounted Rifles, and
John Drew, of Company 1, 7th infantry,
died on board before the Massachusetts
left Vera Cruz, and were sent on shore
forlinterment on the 11th of June. On
the 12th of June John Pope, af the mount
ed Rifles, and John Smith, ol Company
C, 7th infantry, died at sea. On the 13th
J. F. Carson, South Carolina volunteers,
died. On the 14th D. Scurry, South
Carolina volunteers, and II. Heck, 2d
dragoons. On the 15th L. G rover, com
pany E, Mounted Rifles.
The vomito is represented as on the
increase at Vera Cruz. We regret ex
tremely to say that Paymaster Bosworth,
who sailed from here only on the loth
ultimo, sickened and died in Vera Cruz
of the vomito. His remains were brought
back on the Massachusetts in charge of
his brother. .
Quite the most important intelligence
brought by this arrival relates to an attack
upon h large train by the Mexican gueril
las, which has been partially successful.
By the Fanny we learned that a train was
to leave Vera Cruz on .the morning of
the 5th instant for Puebla, under , com
mand ol Lieut. Mcintosh. The train had
in charge $226,000 in specie, of which
sum $100,000 belonged to the Paymas
ter's Dcpartment, the remainder to the
Quartermaster's. One hundred and twenty-five
wagons and six hundred pack
mules were in the train, which was es
corted by 800 troops.
The train left Vera Cruz on the night
of the 4lh instant, and on Sunday, the 6th
when it had advanced about twenty-five
miles, it was attacked by a large party ol
guerillas. The place was well selected
for the purpose by the Mexicans, being
represented as a defile broad enough for
a single wagon only. It is said, that
slight works hndbcen thrown up by the
Mexicans to obstruct our advance. The
attack was made upon the extremity ol
the train and upon the centre at the same
time the principal point, however, being
the wagons, which were supposed to con
tain the specie.
Private accounts represent that the at
tack was so far successful that forty of
our wagons were destroyed though not
those containing the specie two hundred
mules loaded with subsistence were la
ken, and thirty of our men killed. The
American Eagle of ihe 9th says our loss
is variously estimated at from four to
twenty, but private accounts from respon
sible sources give the loss, as we have
done, at thirty men.
The check was so severe that Col.
Mcintosh determined not to hazard an
advance without reinforcements. Uur
troops accordingly entrenched themselves
behind their wagons, and despatches were
sent to Gen. Cadwalader at Vera Cruz.
The General left on Monday evening,
the 7lh . instant, with a force of about five
tmnilrprl mpn nnd four howitzers. Pi'i-
vate accounts say further, that on the 10th
a part of the voltiguers also left, with four
howitzers, to join the tram.
The Eagle represents that our troops
received the attack with the utmost cool
ness, and that the enemy, being repulsed,
fell back towards the Puente Nacional,
which some suppose they may attempt to
defend. No later news from the train
had been received the morning of the 11th
the dav the Massachusetts left. On the
10th a lanre mail was despatched to this
port on the'propeller Washington, which
may be hourly expected. Her letters
may bring us further details.
No later news had been receiveu uum
the armv of Gen. Scott. The reason is
obvious; for the present at least the com
munication has been entirely cut en.
We do not regard this as at all alarming,
for Gen. Cadwalader will no doubt open
a passage to Jalap a at once ; but it indi
cates a necessity for some cavalry force
npon the line to clear away the brigands
which infest it, and who must have mus
tered in greater force than had been an
ticipated to attack a train guarded by 800
irnnns. ' : '
i But the audacity of these guerillas does
hp. Thev. are entering Vera
Cruz and stealing our horses. For sever
al nights alarms had been created in the
city by these predatory attempts, i
vate letters say that sixty horses were
stolen from one pen in the-immediate
1 cinitv ef the town; :: - V
Thfl AV Orhnnx RuUetin itates
that the train which was attacked con-1 exist, and form a centre of union and a
sisted of one hundred and thirty-two rallying point. The editor urges tho
wagons and six hundred pack-mules. f point with such force that we are persua
The fighting continued at intervals 'for tied he anticipated no formidable eppo-
three days, with a loss on our side of
thirty men, besides two hundred of the
pack mules captured, and thirty-five of
our wagons, with their contents, destroyed
to prevent them from falling into the
hands of the enemy, the horses having
been killed in the previous 'fighting. It
was thought that Col. . Mcintosh could
hold his position until the arrival of Gen.
Cadwalader.
On the evening of the 10th a body of
twenty-five guerillas made an attack on
fourteen Americans and two Mexicans,
who were in charge ol horses, about fifty
miles from the city. The Mexicans, not
answering to the challenge, were fired
upon by the guard and six killed, but
they succeeded in carrying off ten horses.
The next morning the two Mexicans
persuided the second in command to ac
company them in search of the horses,
and so soon as they were out of sight of
the guard they hung the officer, and,
mounting another Mexican on his horse,
succeeded in driving off sixty of the best
horses. A stronger force was 6ent from
the city, but neither the Mexicans nor
horses were to be found.
LATER FROM VERA CRUZ.
FROM THE X. O. BULLETIN OF JUNE 18.
We have seen a letter from an officer
of the regular army at Vera Cruz, who
has good opportunities for forming cor
rect opinions, in which he expresses
much anxiety on the subject of the re
cent attack upon our train. He alludes
to the report that the enemy are destroy
ing the Puente Nacional, which would
greatly interfere with, if not entirely im
pede the passage of artillery and wheel
carriages, as the main route leads di
rectly across that bridge.
A more serious apprehension, however,
exists that the enemy will again take pos
session of Cerro Gordo, and defend that
pass against any reinforcements going to
Gen. Scott. If they do so, the present
train and escort, even after they are
joined with the additional force under
Geh. Cadwalader, and also admitting
they were not interrupted by the destruc
tion of the National bridge, would not be
able to force 'hat pass ; for if the enemy
are in sufficient nnmbers to attack eight
hnndrpd regulars, and oblijre them to en
trench for their defence, they could hold
in check or repulse lourtcen hundred un
der such advantages, as to position which
Cerro Gordo would afford to them.
To seize and hold the pass, at present,
with any thing like a strong force, would
also place Gen. Scott in an unpleasant
situation, and might oblige him to retrace
his steps, in order to force open his com
munications with Vera Cruz, so that his
reinforcements could join him.
The prestige arising from the unvaried
success in all our military operations is at
present exercising a vast influence upon
the enemy, and the loss of this, from any
partial success on their part,' such as the
capture or even the repulse of a train or
a detachment, would be very unfortunate,
as it would infuse new hope and energy
among them, and probably induce a more
general turn out, or even a popular rising
of the people.
The letter we have alluded to expresses
the belief that, even after Gen. Cadwa
lader joins the train with his force, they
will encounter much difficulty in reach
ing Jalana. The next advices from that
quarter will be looked for with much in
terest. Garrison of Vera Cruz We have
been informed that the number o( troops
at Vera Cruz since the departure of Gen.
Cadwalader, has been reduced to so low
a figure as to give rise to some appre
hensions for the safety of the city, in case
of an attack by any thing like the number
said to be under Pedro Jarueta. There
were not more than forty men fit for duty
in the Castle of San Juan de Ulloa when
the Massachusetts left. A". 0. Times.
FROM THE CITY OF MEXICO.
The New Orleans Picavune gives some
further items of intelligence from the city
of Mexico, as follows :
We have seen a letter from one of the
American officers now a prisoner in
Mexico. It was dated May 28th. He
had been promised his liberty again and
again, but expected to be released on the
30th beyond a doubt. He writes that
Gen. Scott was expected to enter the cap
ital within eight days, and he did not an
ticipate that any formidable opposition
would be made to him.
Whilst exercising supreme power,
Sinfa Anna nil the 22d ultimo directed
that every prosecution 2gainst military
persons should be discontinued, and all
accused of offences be at once set at large.
Senor Pacheco was named Minister of
Justice on the 27th ultimo.
From private letters from the capital,
which we have seen, we feel persuaded
that little opposition to Gen. Scott's en
trance into the city will be made. El
Republican) urges strenuously that the
seat of Government should at once be
transferred.-: Then,; shtuld the capital
fall, it urges, tho Oovernmcnt wui sua
sition to Gen. Scott's advance.
In an earlier article upou the subject of
tho defence of the capital. El Republicona
sets down the troops available for the pur
pese as follows : The garrison then in tha
capital (the 26th of May) w not far
from' 10,000 men, while there were to ar
rive, says the editor, fram the state of
Guanajuato 3,000, from the south of
Mexico' 3,000, from Michoacan 2,000,
and from Querataro 1,000. We inCer
from allusions made to an article in El
Raz9nudor that the latter paper ridicules
the idea of making any defence of tho
city.
We see nothing in the papers about tha
formidable works said to be going on at
Rio Fria. We are inclined to the opin
ion that the resistance anticipated at this
point has been much exaggerated. Tho
Mexican papers which we have seen say
nothing about it, and speak only of tho
fortifications in the immediate vicinity f
the capital.
We are at a loss to understand the va
rious movements among the military
chieftains of Mexico. We have the resig
nations of Santa Anna, Bravo, and Rin
con, and the arrest of Almonte, all within
the space of eight or ten days, and the de
parture of other generals to remote points
and Santa Anna during the time was ex
ercising full sway and extending every in
dulgence to the soldiery. It looks as
though parties were marshalling their for
ces for a struggle for power among them
selves rather than to defend their country
against a foreign foe.
We find in the papers a copy ot me
new constitution, or rather tne amena-
ments to the constitution ol 1S24, which
have been adopted. The address, toe, of
Gen. Herrera, Gen. Santa Anna, and the
Presidents of the Supreme Court upon
the former promulgation of the new law,
are given at length. We have looked in
to that of Herrera with much curiosity ta
find what he has to say of the war. Ha
touches upon it only in general terras.
He says that a people truly free was never
yet conquered by a fore:gn invasion, and
conjures Mexicans to lay aside their ani
mosities and unite in support of the laws
and constitution. This done he promises
that their defcuce of the independence of
their country cannot fail. Santa Anna's
address is inhis usual vein; weget no new
ideas of his designs from it.
The Jalapa correspondent of the St.
Louis ftepublican gives the following
information in a letter dated
Jalapa, Mat 26, 1817.
"A warm and somewhat severe rup-
ture has broken out between Gen. Scott
and the Clerk of the State Department,
4 Mr. Trist, who has been sent here as
4 a sort of Generalistimo of die American
4 army. This Mr. Trist, in the exercise
4 of Ins mongrel plenary civil and military
4 powers, addressed a letter to Gen. Scott
directing him as to what move he must
4 make with his troops. A portion of
1 those directions were such as Gen. Scott
4 believed were at war with the best in-
terests of our Government, and the ten
4 dency of which would be the protrac
4 tion, rather than a termination of hostili
4 ties. It was the correspondence grow
4 ing out of this difference of opinion that
4 was the immediate result of this rupture.
4 Copies of all the correspondence, I
4 learn, have been transmitted by Gen.
4 Scott to the War Department ; and if,
4 at the next session of Congress, they
4 arc not voluntarily produced, justice to
4 the country as well as to Gen. Scott
4 will demand that they should see the
4 public light of day by means of t reso
4 lution calling for "them."
Anecdote with a Moral. When
Charles the Second chartered the Royal
Society, it is narrated Of him that he was
disposed to give the philosophers a royal,
but at the same time a wholesome, lec
ture. "Why is it, my lords and gentlemen,
said he, "that if y ou fill a vessel with wa
ter to the very brim, so that it will not
hold a single drop more, yet, putting a
turbot into ti e water, it shall not overflow
the vessel I"
Many were the sage conjectures ; that
the fish would drink as much water as
compensated for his own bulk ; that ho
condensed the water to that amount : that
he air bladder had something to do with
the phenomenon, and a hundred others
which were propounded and abandoned
in their turn, much to the amusement cf
the merry monarch. At length Mr. Wren
(afterwards Sir Christopher) modestly
asked, 44But is your Majesty sure that
such would be the case !"
Aye, there," exclaimed his Majesty,
laughing, "you have it I Always, gen-
tlemen, find out whether tne tnmg oe in.e
before vou proceed to account for it; then
I shall "not be ashamed of the charter I
have given you."
Censure is the tax a man paycth to
the public for beisg eminent.
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