Literary cadet, and Saturday evening bulletin. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1826-1827, 1827-02-24

| the little GRASS one was rung upon by the
pestle, he cried, kill-'em-quick, kill-'em-
quick, kill-'em-quick.'
Napoleon frequently manifested such
an acquaintance with legal knowledge as
to astonish his ministers. At length
Freildhard took the. liberty of asking
the Emperor how he became so familiar
with law, considering that his whole life
had been passed in camps? The reply
was, that when Bonaparte was lieuten-
ant he had been put under arrest and
confined in a room where there was no
furniture but an old chair, an old bed,
and an old cupboard in The cupboard
was ponderous folio volume, older and
more worm-eaten than all the rest. 1t
was digest, and as he had 10 paper,
pens nor pencils, he considered the book
as valuable prize. 1t was so volumi-
nous said he, and so covered with
marginal notes in manuscript, that had |
been confined a hundred years could
lever have been idle. was only ten
days deprived of my liberty but on re-
covering il, was saturated with Justin
ian and the decisions Of the Roman Leg.
islators. Thus picked up my knowl-
edge Of civil law, with which so often
trouble you.
1t is very remarkable that when the
Governor of Missolonghi, during the
siege of that memorable city, called all
the strangers together, and told them
they were at liberty to depart, most Of
them did leave the place, seven only of
the fifty ito which they amounted) re-
naming. Of these seven three were
Swiss. One OF them was Dr.. Meyer, one
Of the editors of the Greek Chronicle.
He had been married during the siege to
a Greek girl, who was killed while car
rying water from fountain. He him
self died, after receiving many wounds,
and after effecting the third sortie from
that fortress. The other two died also,
after by their valour, obtaining the names
of the most distinguished heroes Of an
cient Greece.
Towards the end Of the year l777,
the Able Raynal, calling one evening on
Doctor Franklin, at his lodgings in Par
is, found in company with the Doctor,
their common friend, Silas Deane. "Ah,
Monsieur PAbbe, said Deane, eve were
just talking Of you and your works.
Do you know that you have been very
i'll served by some Of those people who
have undertaken to give you information
OIL American affairs" The Abbe resist
ed this attack with some warmth; and
Deane supported it by variety of pas.
sagcs from Raynai's works, which he al
legged to be correct. At last they came
to the anecdote ofPolly Baker, on which
the Able had displayed great deal of
pathos and sentiment. Snow here"
says Deane, /" is a tale in which there is
not word Of truth" Raynal fred at
this, asserted that he had taken it from
an authentic memoir received from AM
erica. Franklin, who had amused him.
self hitherto with listening to the dispute
Of his friends, at length interposed. "My
dear Abbe," said he, "shall tell you
the truth? When | was a young man,
and rather more though,less than is be-
coming our present time Of life, was
employed in writing for a newspaper /;
and as it sometimes happened tina, ! want
ed genuine matter to fill up my page. l
occasionally drew on the stores of my
imagination for tale which might pass
current as a reality-now this very an
ecdote of Polly Baker was one Of my
invention" "And upon my word,"
cried Raynal, quitting at once the tone
of dispute for that Of Aattery, 81 would
much rather insert your fctions in my
works than the truths Of many other peo-
ple."
A MIR. Harwood had two daughters by
his first wife, the eldest Of whom was
married to Mr.. John Chosick. This
Chosick had daughter by his first wife,
whom old Harwood married, and by her,
had son; therefore John Chosick's
| second wife could say, as follows My
father is my son, and am my mothers
mother, my sister is my daughter, and I