Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-08-18

.ldt ali oIead manufactured IN that city shall
nc made INTO loayes of either one and half
or thrcc pounds, avolrdupois, the weight to
be stamped on them. The defendant in the
SUIT endcayored to evade the law. by maxine,
!oayes oil more than one pound and a half
and less than three, all of which bore q staun
indicating the former weight. On selinr
them, however, he informed his customers
that though they did not weigh three pounds.
ihcy weighed more than one and a half
ana that the price was graduated accor-
oingly. 1t was decided that marking the
ioaves one and half pounds, when they
actually weighed more, was a violation OF
the ordinance. We should sc glad If a law.
similar to the one which exists in ALBANY.
were established here. TO prevent imposi-
tIon, the weight of the loavcs should be es-
iabiIshed, but the price ought To- be left open
10 competItion.-.N T. EVepng Post
An amusing account OF i young imposition
who has been travelling through the interior
oil the eastern states under the name of
.4bduiiah 1iohummed, and represented him
sell 10 be native Of Damascus i'm Asia,-is
published IN the Portsmouth, \. III. Journal.
The editor says
Abduilah appeared here under very favor
able spices-haying with him printed
paper, one corner Of which was oarnishcd
with several lines IN manuscript. having The
generaiappcaTance of fine Eastern printed
characters, and stating in English the out
lines ofhis historY-his birth-capt,,re br t!,,
pirate, escape, &c; and another paoer. hear
ing the names of the members Of the Senior
Class, at the oldest and most DISTINGUISHED
literary institution this side Mount Hatadin.
and stating, that the aforesaid Seniors nj
I- College, had had several conversations
with the bearer of it, Abduah MohammcG.
whom they had discovered To he a yo,.nr
man OF uncommon intelligence. and slronr
natural talcDtS-that he cunycIsed in the la
tin language with great elegance and pro
priety-that he was Intimately Acquainted
with the geography and histof, Of Modern
| Twkcy-that he was, as they HAD been in
/ formed by those who were compcteui to
Judge, familiar with the Arabic and other
Eastern languagcs--aud concluded by ro-
commenting hmm to the sympathies of a re-
nerous public. We had also, among other
certificates, one from a Icbulou Il. Slirp.
herd, which stated that Abdullah th, 'Fmb
spoke the Latin language with greater Cicj
'ity and correctness, than any other person
the aforesaid Zcbulon mad convcr.ed win +,
this country.
Such an array Of authority should have
screened Abduah from all susoicion-bur
here, as he afterwards said he had been else
where, he was doomed TO misfortune. me:
( hin IN company with several of my friends.
and while we were examining his Daneys
ana convef>'ng with hlm IN the only language
~ which be Is able to communicate wi
scholars on this Western world. Gen. W
.oi the army, entered. ~ Turk saws he.
me Is the Same rascal met two wear. aro
al Troy, mot IN Asia, dear reader, butt New
ork, where he was taken up and exposed
as an Impostor.' As young Abdullah heard
all this, and comprehended not word. the
conversation was continued i'm Latin. To
. ihe objection that his pronunciation was not
foreign or IurhlSh, he replied by asking. "Tl
qho modo IUrCI prOnuaciaHi2" When told
that Gen. w said he was an impostor-
placing his elbow upon the table, and drop.
ping his face into his handle asked with
an innocence and gravity truly Turkish. "n..-
tGSne me posse ie Gecipsrcl' lie vas ioic
that Gen. w. said his real name wa. Ho'!e9.
"BcideG Beidea! (in7Hi gravH,r) .,t i..,7.,
oatdc cWr'osuns!' When told we would &c
tam ms papers and imprison him. "g4sq e.>
htS, Says he,) vos muiE csijv. Posss'.s. So aLi-
cc', me IN carccrim jacfare; std y,yecor eos mil
! UliSeyicordiam pcrhibers Porc,,'ce 4,,r.i ,..,
IN .Asia crpcctanG"
Hero we are left by the General 10 ma
mage affairs with AbduIlah as we pleased
After some further conversation I'm which he
was as times invited, "depouere I}rc,sn. Fl
imguaH tati'Hm," he requested two Of orr
party to favor him with a private interview
which was granted without hesitation. And
here YOU may imagine our surprise, after the
hcys had been duly turned and while we
were expecting some important communi-
cations respecting our relations with our Bro.
ther ct the Moon, at the following annuncia
ton, ".Imcricanus non IUrcus sum-" and
when upon being notified that but one of his
auditors understood the only language with
which his Furkship was able to converse with
the Scholars OF this country, he con3.sccn-
dcd to say, "Well then, let us have 10 i'm En-
gllsh,' the unexpected address was i'm a..
effect, like the electric spark.
And now as Abdullah speaks good Enc
iish, we must suier him To continue his sto-
-. tHrI t.s