The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-09-14 00:00:00

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Loan , M remit, ,retorlied
intinastinotbst a moat eltraprdipary persopage tegrwid,
wait upon him, with the design, of
,roaking„4,rn-
posal of great interest to Ibis country. It seemed to
bag/ been generaUy egpectml, thet,somerhing.riat slf
the, small rows, of tbings was &boot to..take Ace,
for . the office *as, greatly crowded, ,is Lordship
collected from those sho were in„poseepsion of the
netatti.fif the aohject bstarteopected visitor wesin
the ,habit of. entetatis pi tiepin which. seldom_ Wok,'
to ratiostal es; pevertitelest, induced to
snake each preparepos for him et.woWld prove that
the importance of the circumstances which were to
be detailed, was met with due respect.. itbad bee?
mentioned, that the .proposer we; able, to converse
upon indifferent suhjects without. inhibiting soy
evidences of, a disordered, imagination • that pro-
tided no mention was made of high rank or great
wealth, his mist) did not soar.pat of the'elements.to
which sense is limited. His Lordship, upon this. in-
. telligence, was determlised to measure the, greogth of
las understanding first, isodithen to ascertain, to what
no elevation he bounded in the fields of imagination%
The experiment was deeply interesting.. At lecke
o'clock it was known by a noise; ealsirigkllle Man..
.eiou-house that the vialior bad arrived.
,4.chair *as,
placed near the Lord Mayor, and the Pershalmewi
-Were directed to conduct the Gentlemen to it. A
Joao of a most veneralile aspect then witted the
Jestice.room. Hit head was white, and his beard,
:which descended and was squired over his chest,
made his appearance truly patriarchal. It was ea&
dent from the strong feeling Which he eshitbited upon
this interview, that the snow upon his herd had not
'extended its influence to his bosom. Ili sometimes
shed tears, and seemed to labour under same malady
ias.. likely. to esolte compassion as that of 'the imagina-
tion. lie had upon his head a military hat, which
wined to have whitened innumerable campaigns. It
was fantastically decorated with an old feather and
pieces of ribitsed. A belt was tied mind his waist,
to which was suspended a sword as harmless as she
Awl, by which it was fastened to his person.—..,.,
~pieces of. Wass. Whih were attached. to his dress in
'serious places, for the purpose of goosing his rank,
,yineplsins the.likeness of an aged wartiots who in an
minter of imminent peril to his coentry, pot on the
insignia of former days, and adopted by an effort of
,patriotic feeling the impetuosity and business of
„loath. ile bowed to the Lord Mayor, who spoke
I. him with the familiarity which never fails to give
encouragement, and avoided for some time those
topics which occasioned a violent eicursiveuess in the
mind of this ancient warrior.
66 I understand, Sir," ssid the ',nab MAYOR,
you are a native of America."
. I am, my Lord," replied the stranger. 46 I
„fie. been impatient. to see your Lordship upon
•very important ()MANI& My name IstMuseli
1.04g00d." .
!. The Lotto WIAVOL—Yoa served in tbNirrots,
denary war ?

Muses Oseenel-ertires, we bad bard knocks in
that nor.
The Lotto MAYelt.—Whom did you fight for
• Moses Osgood.--For his Blitannic Majesty, and
I hate fPilS*ll to remember It.
The LORD MAYOR.-1 apprehend
,you febouretk
ender severe dissbiliaies on that account I
Moses Osgood.—l hewe indeed, and am still suf.
feinting; but towel that all dieagreeable things are
et art end ; at Imo, Ism determined to dopli 1 can
to finich disagreentei.ts. 1 hoe marriage in Clew.
The LORD MAYOR.--Pray what age may yoe be ?
blows Osgood.—Ezactly seventy-four.
. • The Lotto MAYOR......Atstlitifitlid to marry ? 4
MOWS Osgood.--Yes. I can serve the Nation by
an alliance, and l can ,serve. myself, which is a
sr straws motire. •
..The Loan MAYOR finding that he was touching
otespoo the string which " bore not healthful music,"
returned to the topic of the American war, and was
.gratified at perceiving that the campaigner
,mixed up
swore of the fire of his Wry with his detail ,f the etc.
carmine's during do continuance of that stain to the
- dignity and honour of our national character.' At
length his Lordship led him to the Immediate sebject
'of his visit; when
• Moses Osgood rose end said, he had a worm at.
tachment to the Hoose of Bruniwiek; and teat no-
• thing but that had ioduCed hint to leave AMMOa
with such advantageous proposals to make to his
Royal highness the Prince Regent.
The LORD MAYOR asked why he bid applied Id
him epon a subject on which he smelt( not be "le'
peeled to have much infieence.
Moses Osgood replied, that his object was to ger
en introduction to the Prince Regent dirtiest+ 01111111
of his Lordship, that be might propose an allione
between himself and the Princess Elistheth, of whole
excellent qualities be bed heard a peat deal, owl he
depended much upon the iniluence that might be
exercised by the Lady Mayoress over that Royal:
person.
The LORD MATOll.—Why, my friend, the Prior.-
cess Elizabeth is already married.
Moses Osgood.—ls it possible? sorry I •m to I
hear it I •
Here the veteran .sat down ; his eyes were filled
with tears • his dog, which bad followed him into tbel
room, jumped upon his knee, mut seemed to pistil*
pate in his master's affliction. Patting the dog e*.
•the back, he said, " I brooght over this faithful
animal from Massacheset's to present to the Prbi:
cess, and to no other human being would I part witli
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• The LORD MAYOR, with greet humanity, eisdhete
voored. to turn poor Osgood's thoughts fromothil
theme, but it was impossible. Having been give* to
understood that there was soother of the Royal Fa.
wily unmarried, be hesitated for some time, and
seemed to entertain a hope sae all was not *tee'
with hint. The hope wee bet esteciesstery. ." Welt:*
said he, " as I as foiled In that empect, f obeli Meek
of going back to America; bet I emetask the Nati
Regent one favoer."
The LORD MAVOlL—Porlmilisti• Amy be greeted
to y oe • without' any application ler lib bpi Ul/416-1
-.1
Dettlt.
Moses Osgood I have dimmed ePtielt mks of
old on the estate to which I am Witted; nobody
ws any tbiug of it bat myself. wish the mar'

Oar you mention had not taken place, for that mine
would have coact! op and the Princesi quite comfort.
able; and 'ulloht its of some service to her brother too,
fro*ever, 410'801ton to serve the son of his Ma-
jesty and t hope* Witt orris's-Sae a certain nombir
of men and utensils to work at the mine which I am
14: in 'show to my own countrymen.
e American. Consul, 'to Whom. his Lordship hid
sent, sod the Captain .of the; ship in which the'Ame-
rican had come if!tr this country, at tiiis moment
entered' the office.
The Ciptain of the 'Alp said, that he was led. to
suppose, frorn'the coodUct of,the stranger on apply-
ing for his pas'age to England, that he was in at
sound state of mind. riro sooner, however, was Mr..
Osgood
,let on board, thee he gave symptoms of be-
haviour that but ill agreed with his station in society.
The Captain requested that he would take back his
pimp ..money; 151. end go •shore. Mr. Osgood',
resolotely refused, and it being well known that he
was quite inoffensive, the Captain thoight there could
be no impropriety in bringing him to England, where,
according to the grave-digger, the (people were "all
as mad as hit."
The Logo MAYOR was of opinion that there might
have been a little more humanity displayed, and es-
pressed a hope that as the Captain had taken him out
of his country he would take him back again.
The Cowell) seemed to have no objection, provided,
he was paid full price for the passage back.
The Loan Mairna said he bad no doubt of the
success of an application to the American Merchants
and Captains on,Chinge, bat perhaps Mr. Osgood
bad money shout him.
Moses Osgood: I have upwards of ten guineas, be-
aides some of the ore of my estate, and I don't know
but it is better for Ate to go home.
The LORD :1,1 A TOR. —I am glad to bear you sly so.
You shall be taker► great care of.
The American Consul asked him whether he had
been naturalized after * had liven deprived of his
citisettship in 1783 i-7b this he replied in tho/te..
Wive.
The American Consul regretted that it was out of
his power to do any biting for the poor veteran be.
rand what was dictated by private feeling. 'The
United inst." never recognised those who had fought
for his Majesty, except they were naturalized. The
revolutionary army were all independent, but the
rights of citizenship were denied to those who bad
fought againat the attlooal troop, and they were con.
sidererl the 'objects of another country.
The Loan M A OR said he should direct that the
American should he made as comfortable as possible
in this country, and that the first opportunity that
. &red should be embraced to send him home.
I. Here Mr. Osgood took from his pocket the guineas
Of which he spoke, and at the suggestion of the LORD
MATOR, put them into the hands of the Marshal for
vecutily. Ile then withdrew with his dog to the
Comptes, n here all possible cierwill he taken of him.