Communications
TOR TllE FREE PRESS.
A CHALLENGE.
General Saunders. (To Mr.
Wright.) Sir, the expressions
which you took occasion to apply
to me in the debate of yesterday
morning in the House of Repre
sentatives, were of such a charac
ter as to induce me to request
that you will favor me with an in
terview for the adjustment of our
difference, in the mode usual a
mongst gentlemen. My friend,
Mr. Archer, is fully authorised to
make the necessary arrangements.
The following should have been
Mr. Wright's answer:
SIR
I have received your summons to the field,
Hut an acceptance now I cannot yield;
Yet when Old Pluto roars "more fuel,"
We'll then, my dear Sir, fight a duel.
TOM.
TOR THE FREE FRESb.
kiSaw in a rhiff six horses prance,
-had at least a dozen volunteer And a nulk-wh.tc charger congee and
uauw
Clerks behind the counter, half of
'cm so. drunk they didn't know
whether they were men or hogs
ask'd 'em out. ..said Souire told
'em to come in. ..thought to myself
pox take storekeeping... mem. ..re
flected seriously upon the incon
sistency of such a confused man
ner of doing business. ..wondered
to myself how I got along as well
as I did without blunders, foe
Two o'clock.. .went to dinner and
eat meat and sallet voraciously...
returned to the store considerably
refreshed.. .Squire told me to set
tle an account. ..couldn't get hold
of the Ledger, for Constables,
Plaintifts, and Defendants,thought
damn the luck. ..had a great mind
to knock down and drag out, but
thought I wouldn't.. ..mem. ...a
whole troop of old women and
buxom girls came.. .one of 'em
quite lovely. ..kept peeping at me
...thought to myself I had taken
her eye. ..asked me how I sold my
quarter dollar calico. ..surprised at
the question. .. thought . she was
quizzing of me. Three o'clock...
heard too boobies talking politics
...spoke fluently relative to the
Rip Rap contract, and Lijah Mix's
villany towards the Vice-President.
..one asked the other why
MEMORANDUMS,
'Of the most prominent incidences
of Tuesday in February Court
week, 1827, kept by a poor dev
il in trouble all that day.
MemTuesday tnorninx rose
very early and washed my face!Johnnv Q. and Govr.mnr Trmm
and hands as usual sold a young didn't fiht a duel about the In-
lauyaquart or whisky thought dians...the other couldn't tell for
A 1. 1 I" 1 . .
u uus a oau omen wondered it the soul of him. ..thought to my
stic drank hard reflected very self. God belt) the nnlitininnc
seriously upon the subject of hie- mem. ..hoard the Squire read Rip
briation or excessive drinking, Van Winkle's pun upon the mem-
particularly ot young women bers of the Legislature...bystand-
cnani tase a dram that morning er wanted to know if Rip had
xim vswyuv ui u. mum waived yet out ot mtecn years
went to uieakiast and devoured sleep.. .tins astonished the whole
A. 11 1 1 . ... -
meat ano Drcau no ways slow mobility oi Constables, Plaintiffs,
return a to tne store in pretty good and Defendants.. .all said they had
spirits. lMht o clock a gawky never heard talk of
looking fellow came in, and said, 'slccnimr so lona- .snid tn hn cm
"you haint got no pepper" asked . the fellow was a nincom, or out of
iiiui now lie know en. said he his senses. 1 our o'clock...felIow
didn't, said he merely ask'd mo if. asked me if I had any good van-
x uau supper inougnt to myseit kec rum. ..told him no, I never saw
'twas a singular way he had ofany...said 'twas the most delicious
To the tune of "Yankee Doodle" he
In concert stepp'd most gracefully.
Saw 'em run, and vault, and spring,
And somersets turn, and ditties sing;
Saw Clown manoeuvre, freak & riggle,
While beaux did laugh & negroes giggle.
Mem. ..thought to myself, O
what fun.. .thought I never saw
such a fool as the Clown was, for
making negroes grin and giggle...
mem. ..returned in disgust, went
to bed, and buried every reminis
cence of the departed day in pro
found oblivion.
Jforcigm
asking a question. Nine o'clock
a whole squad of country damsels
came in traded considerably
bought six pence worth of snuff
ask'd if I had any. truck to make
collcretts and rufflestold 'em 1
had hawl'd down at least twenty-five
pieces of muslins, cScc.
sold 'em a quarter of a yard
lack'd two cents of paying for it
had no more money thought
to myself, good by to 'cm. Ten
o'clock house chock full of Con
stables, all asking for the Squire
in rotation stood answering of
'em a full half hour all got be
hind the counter in spite of me
got mad enough to fight, but was
afraid thought damn the luck.
Eleven o'clock five more Con
stables arrived all wanted the
rSquirc said to myself, I wish he
would resign his Squircship tho't
'twould be much to his interest,
notwithstanding the honor.
Twelve o'clock house overflow
ing with Constables, Plaintiffs, and
Defendants, all cursing and swear
ing like Trojans couldn't get pen
and ink to make an entry tho't
very hard of it meditated like a
philosopher upo; the matter, but
couldn't discover any good reason
why I should be bothered so un
necessarily mem had a great
mind to curse and quit, but-my
lnnk ill the World- nsnnr.inllv
I- 7
when mix d with molasses.. .tho't
God help the fellow, where was
i . .
he raised. ..mem...pensive reflec
tions to myself upon the impropri-
aim luuoiivuiiiencc oi sinter
ing so many people to come be
hind the counter.. .said to myself,
I never , saw any thing like it be
fore I came here.. .thought I had
double trouble to what any other
poor devil had, and all to no pur
pose. Five o'clock.. .sold half a
dozen needles upon a credit of
twelve months.. .couldn't get to the
Day-book to make the entry with
out heaving and setting like a
Hercules, to make a passage thro'
the niob... thought to myself, what
trials and hardships I have to un
dergo here. ..thought I had rather
be in the woods, grubbing up
Black Jacks, &c. Six o'clock...
Constables dispersed, and I clo
sed doors with pleasure. ..sat down
and thanked God that February
Courts came no oftener.. .medita
ted awhile upon my departed
troubles of the day, &c,..went to
supper and cat no ways slow.
Seven o'clock.. .went to the Cir
cus. ..mem. ..carried all my eyes
and ears with me. ..paid five shil
lings, went in, and saw and heard
perhaps as much as anvothnr nnr.
son there, viz:
From Europe. ...By arrivals at
New-York and Boston, we have
dates from London to the 12th,
and from Paris to the 15th Febru
ary. We are gratified to per
ceive by accounts from various
quarters, that the Greeks had ob
tained advantages, and that their
cause was prosperous both at sea
and on land. We hope that a
brighter day will soon, dawn oh
this oppressed people. It ap
pears by the latest Asiatic news,
that hostile operations . between
the Russians and Persians had
been suspended until spring; in
the meantime, negotiations for
peace, under the auspices of Eng
land, would be carried on. Be
tween Spain and Portugal, the
friendly diplomatic relations had
been re-established; and war was
no longer thought of. No chan
ges worth mentioning in the state
of the market.. .Pet. Int.
The sales of Cotton at Liver
pool, from the 8th to the 12th Feb
ruary, consisted of only 2000 bales
and the price fell during that time,
from 1-8 to id per pound.
Gen. Alvear, proceeds to t
Grande. The, government i
ry close and secret in all it. e'
rations; we nave manv 1
neiro, will use every exertion
uiiuy auuui uu adjustment tvl
has always strongly op!
the war." 1 1 UJ
Gfracc...Lcttcrs from Trieste
of the 14th January, announce
that Miaulis hnrl
Turkish fleet near Zca, taken two
corvettes and three brigs, and
sunk or dispersed the remainder.
.Letters from Zante of the Oth
January say, that Ibrahim being
entrenched between Modon nnd
Navarino, was attacked bv the
combined forces of Colocotroni,
ivikitas, Geneus, and Botzaris:
,UUU strong. The battle wns
bloody, and the noise of the can
non was heard for five lenmips
Ibrahim, at the head of 3,000
men, endeavored to break through
tiuu is ui viuneus, out was rn-
pulscd with loss, anil, after an ac
tion of five hours, his troons we
-1 . 7.m i - . ... .
uuvuii into luocion, l,lJUU killed
on the field, a great number of
wounded and prisoners, 14 pair of
1 r s i , .
coiors, o cannon, and 3UU horses.
Another letter from Zante. of
.i . : 7
the same date, says it was report
ed that Redschid Pacha, after hav
ing been beaten in Eubcea. lind
perished in a bloody battle; that
the town of Coristo had fallen in
to the hands of the Greeks.
that Miaulis had again beaten the
Egyptian fleet between CnnHin
and Cerigo.
nf no Tim TVi n 1
vertiser says: "by a genUcml
w iiu aiiiv uu iiuiu uii me Jjth fj-
Natchitoches, we learn tliatacom
xiiviKui, iiaviug iiuvunceuironiSt
iiiionio to lacoguoches, the'r
so free as to give leg bail, n; J
larly the leaders, for it is saidijlai
one or two oi their lollowers haj
been made prisoners. ThUflil
took place on the 30th nit L
thus has another Republic bce&
oiotteu out among nations "
Miscellaneous. ..At Trinidad
wuua, in uiu cuurse or eighteen
months, one hundred and seventi
slaves have purchased their free
dom, for which they paid the sun
of upwards of forty-seven thou
sand dollars, of their own earn
1 M (TO O TTirfi (Ti v-i t 4.,, 1 1 1
u,6 tiiciiu- uvu iiunurcu and
seventy-five dollars each.
Buenos Aircs...A letter' from
Buenos Ayres of Dec. says that
t"it is stated that 4000 troops are
to be kept to carry on the siege
of Montevideo, under Gen. Man-
cilia, whilst the main bodv, under
Tailor's Cabbagc.ln thcSove
reign's Court, Belfast, a ffiv dnv
ago, a tailor summoned ahakcr for
not paying his demand for maki
nptwo coats for him. The man
flour, in his defence, declared, tlia
he had been robbed by the tailor
who had taken one quarter of the I
ciotn: 1 o prove this, he said lie
weighed the cloth in his scales,
and it was as follows: weight of
cloth given to the tailor, twelve
pounds two ounces: weight of the
two coats returned, made up, nine
pounds one ounce and a quarter;
manifest deficit, or amount of cab
bage, three pounds and three quar
ters of an ounce. The tailor
pleaded the shreds and cuttinu:
but the baker argued that the but
tons and thread, and lining and
wadding, made up all that could
be reasonably deducted on that
score. Finally, the point in dis
pute was left to arbitration.
English Paper.
Extraordin a ry. . .A very bcauti
ful racing.mare, called Jenny, pos
sessing seven jJerfcct legs, was re
cently exhibited in England. This
remarkable animal is mentioned,
in tlietRacinrr:r!nlnnr1m- fnr 1822,
'23, as a very supcrior runner; and
it was not until she was three
years old that the transformation
ot nature commenced. Iler extra
far hind leg, which is handsome
and perfect, then began to appear;
next her- near hind leg, and next
her far foreleg. She was shod
on six fn hones of
her extra legs are set on from the
hips and shoulders; and have
beautiful muscular shape. This
extraordinarv mmG is the proper
ty of Mr. Checketts, of Belgravc
Hall, Leicestershire. .
e Liverpool Mercury say?, the
ic debt of England, which in
amounted to GOO,OOO,OO0
nnnn !.-. riK Tonii'icr If? it
amounted to 900,000,000 P0UJ
Th
publ
1813