Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1822-12-03
NAPOLEON, SC.

"a military luOlNldcdIt WV iOeHieo az
ST. Helena nearly the whole time Bona
parle was there, has, in the Charleston
Courier, given bis testimony in favor OF
DR.. O'Meara's Book, and related the Iol-
lowing
"ISppo Scott, Ca colored LADY the natu-
raj son OF farmer was amongst the many
selected by Sir Thomas Reade. the Depu-
ty Adjulaat General, to attend upon the
Elk Emperor and his suite, in subordinate
situations; Tippo was employed as sta,
bic boy--he was a sly, designing lad, ana
be capable of carrying iEto effect the wish
es OF Count Lao Casas. This lad, after a
residence OF eight or nine months al Long
wood, was selected TO be the bearer OF lei
teri 10 Europe, and was TO have made ms
escape in some ship. Las Casas himself,
sewed the writings. which were done up
on silk. and IN hieroglyphies, in the inside
lining of the boys jacket; giving him IN
siRctIoRs and directions where to 60 IN
Lerdon. The lad had it in his presses
sion three weeks; but affection tor bis Ia
Their (Which was i'll requited) induced him
to tell him of his wish to go to England,
The father apparently consented, buf
shortly after questioned his son respecting
the views he had IN leaving the Island,
and as he had been 80 long in the heuse.
hold at Longwood, the father entertained
suspicious, and having, through entreatles
and threats elected the secret from his son'
and of the promise that Las Casas made
TO him. OF an immense reward II be sue
ceeded the father in the first inst nee APP
approved but fear of detection induced bin
togo to Sir Hudson Low and make him &C.
quainted with the extent OF his sons guilt.
The poor lad was immediately secured, &
the silken dispatches taken from his Jacket
lining; the consequence was, that he was
transported 10 the Island of Ascension;
and Count Las Casas, together with his
son, an amiable youth Of Is years OF age,
were sent Immediately on board one OF the
cFalZers 20 the Cape of Good Hope, and
to England. The writings could
not be decyphered, although shown TO
many amonsl whom was asked 10 use
my endeavors. The lad would not dis
close the name of the person TO whom ne
was directed in London, and the Governor
remained in total darkness with respect to
the intelligence he was TO have conveyed,
ALVEY little paperat Nantucket, called
the Inquirer, gives the following picture OIL
an editors occasional avocations. 1t is
really drawn from the life and possesses
D. small share of Attic wit and genuine
humour. We cannot, il is true. echo The
complaint in regard to our advertising cor
respondents, who we are happy to say,
transmit their interesting eftu-
sions in correct shape. But in respect to
some other pieces, which we receive, we
Car fully enter into the feelings OF our sa-
tircal brother. He says y
Custom and the carelcssness OF writers
have rendered it very impoflan and
painful duty of all newspaper editors. to
put ninety nine hundredths of the commu-
nicationS and advertisements, which are
offered 70: publication, into language ut
lie be read This to disclose some OF the
secrets of our prison house" We take the
i,5ertu TO do, especio " chen requested
always however adhering strictly TO The
facts. and as nearly as possible to the Ian
s~Tase contained in our copy. DID w
not IN general exercise this duty, neWsps-
pers would exhibit strange compound
indeed. We are often.times forced TO un-
rayel hieroglyphicks, that would puzzle an
Egyptian necromancer; to decypber CHI
rography, which is more like criptogra-
pLY, and resembles a Mosaic MS. rather
than any postGiluvian production TO
transpose the idioms of all languages into
tnat OF our mother tongue as well as we
know how ito aAlx punctuation TO things
that come to US without point or character
We have prose TO translate whe = 2 the hrst
letter of every line is an obstinate Capital;
and poetry to measure and Oersyy, in
which the capitals stand forth in thick ar
raw like scaTe-crows in a pea pa:ch, or
sleeps bones round parsley bed"
From the National Gazette.