Elizabeth-Town gazette. [volume] (Elizabeth-Town, N.J.) 1818-1821, 1821-02-27

Sheriffs and Lawyers. For months /
have been on my family connexions for
bread. They are fired disappearing me;
and absolute necessity compels me, in the
name Of that friendship which you had for
my dear, lost Jack, TO tax your goodness.
| can say no more.--Read the enclosed.
Your obedieilt servant.
BETTY BOWLINE."
en-, Dec. 5, 1920.
/" Mr. DEAR Berry,
In few hours shall be no more. My
life is Forfeited to the violated laws Of my
country. Your extravaganza involved,
me 10 debt aud debt 10 crime. am pi-
rate have been taken. am coudemn-
ed II was " 10 maintain .yo,sr rank in So
ciefy," that Jack Bovine has lost his
honour and his life. You have daugh-
ter. Teach her economy -teach her in~
d,lstrg --aboye all, . teach her humilitys
The love Of fashion and the desire OF isecI-
ing mp appearances, have ruined more Of
your sex, than any other propensities.--
They are the banes of civilized life. But
for these, might now be honest aud re-
specled, and you Betsey, aud my little
oues, comfortable aud happy. - forgive
you--may God. Your lost husband,
JACK B0WLINE."
May the fate OF poor Jack and his FASH
ionable wife, prove saiatary warning to
some Of our present gentry.
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Police Of Parts.A curious fact which
occurred during the reign Of Bouaparte
illustrating the stale of perfes ion to
which The system Of Espionage was
carried at that time.
A party sal down to dinner at public
table, When gentleman sticking his fork
into fowl, began to disseci it, and as he
cut off the head, he said with laugh,
here goes the head Of the Emperor.
No observation was made aud they pro-
ceeded with their dinner; but in the course
OF it the waiter came. and tapping the
gentleman on the shoulder, told him be
was wanted in the hall. Ca entering the
hall , he w@as aeeosied by gendarme. who
asked him If he was not the gentleman
who at dinner had said Here goes the
head Of the Emperor? he replied he was,
bot what Of that ?--s You must come
said the gendarme, With mes with
you ? he exclaimed, and putting his hand
to bis pocket, presented it full of money
TO tine officer, and was turning away
Stay said The officer, am not 10 be-
thus dealt wi:f--you must Instantly obey
my summons; Alas 7 said the gentleman
am then to be Torn from my wife aud
children, and hurried to dungeon, fox
such trifle as that-my life aud liberty
are most precious and important to my
family-I will give yon'--and he named
an enormous sum, to liherate me and for
ever conceal the affair." No. said the
inhexible gendarme, am above the Iarg-
est bribe you can offer, aud you must in
stantly 60, for I dare not parley with YOU
any longer The gentleman then took
card from his pocket, which he held up
to the view of the gendarrne, who imme-
diately made bis obeisance to him and
departed. Now the fact is, the gentleman
himself was superintendent ofthese spies.
The waiter in the tavern was 10 the pay
Of the government--he made the observa-
ton respecting the head Of the Emperor
to prove his vigilance-he was true to his
charge, and directly appraised one Of the
gendarmes Of the seditions and treasona-
BILE words that had escaped from the stran-
gers lips. He then tempted the gendarme
with those liberal offers, and finding him
faithful, his object was accomplished;
and informing him by the card which he
carried about him, and which bore the
secret sign, who he was, there the matter
ended, to the satisfaction Of sil the parties
concerned.--W Who would live 10 such a
land as this ?--Ra6le's Tour.
| Ludricrous Punishment. "A few years
since the mayor of Cork, imagining, il
he could strip the beggars Of the misera-
bic and sickly appearance they generally
made, he should divest them OF The stron-
gest claim TO the charity Of the humane,
came TO the following agreement with one
Geoghean, one Of the constabies, who was
by trade barber, viz ;-He directed the
barber TO seize all the beggars he found
stroIing within the limits Of the city, for