Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1832-07-26
WHOLE NO. l2l.

follow by the mHii, and mentioning as an
additional inducement for delay, the pos-
sible arrival of important letters from our
| Minister at St. James; thu, confoundIng
documents connected with high diplomas
cy with couple ofc"*s*s* p""*, andren-
dering it necessary, il he chose to insist,
that ship of war, mounting twenty-four
guns and manned by 200 men, fed and
paid by our economical government,
should be detained "a hours upon 60 nas-
ty subject.
| In the course Of she same night he was
very sick, talked about dying, and wss>
quite beside himself from some unknow o.
cause. He ordered Jne of his slaves toa
throw his favorite dog overheard, and
begged that the pilot, Cor no offence atJ
I all, should be served in tho same man.
ner. lie had the Captain awakened to-
wards midnight and commenced talking
about some despatch paper, which had
been forgotten at London, and which he
had ordered to be sent to Yarmouth.
where he was anxious the ship should GO
to take it on board Though somewhat
restored in the morning, he still urged
the necessity of going to Yarmouth for
the paper, the idea OF which he had first
started the night before. The unavoid-
able delay of two or three days in get
ting to St. Petersburgh, an early arrival
at which place had been so repeatedly
urged as matter of the last Importance,
did not greatly concern the Captain; but
as the north sea Pilot, who was a master
in the British Navy, represented the ap-
proach Of Yarmouth as SO dangerous OH
account of the shifting sands, that the
kings cruisers were ordered by the Ad-
miralty never to go there, the Captain
determined not to risk his ship for a ream
| Of paper, without remonstrance to Mr.
Randolph in the presence of witnesses,
and without written requisltion from
him, which he was not at liberty to neg
lcct. The requisition was accordingly
made out in due form, and the matter OF
the paper strangely coupled with the En-.
vows desire TO "show the finest ship OF
: her class in the world, to the third city in
England upon the German ocean,
The ship accordingly diverged from her.
course, the Envoy landed, having on hiss
head an opera hat, which he had bought
in London, and attended by the compeer'
t OF the sable Juba; making himself al.
home in the most i'll bred and outrageous
manner in the house of the gentleman
who had the misfortune to he the Ameri-
can Consul. The ream ofcommon foois-
cap paper, which, to say nothing of CO.
penhagen or the capital Of the Gar, was
actually to be found in the Purser's de-
partment of the Concord-and which was
to contain the diplomatic musings of the
Envoy, was purchased, whereupon the
+, slip loaded with her precious burthen
went on her way rejoicing. Favored
with fine weather she got happily clear
OF the sands and dangers that beset her,
and fairly into the open ocean.
This visit to Yarmouth had, however,
the good effect of putting him in better
humor. About this time he made for
NAL recantation of his opinions in tho
matter of the ships anchorage at Ryde,
and actually wrote to the Secretary Of
the Navy, explaining away his previous
letter of complaint against the Captain
After landing some dispatches at Elsl-
neur, Mr. Randolph expressed wish to
see Copenhagen, and made requisition
to that effect The ship accordingly
went there, and incurred a consequent
delay Of two days, by which the honor
of the country was not at all augmented,
as the Envoy took occasion to quarrel
about the hire of hack, which the Con-
sui had procured for him, and about tho
fees for seeing the kings picture guile
ry.
| On leaving Copenhagen, the ship
made the best Of her way to her original
destination, accomplishing the uncom-
mon passage Of only forty-three days to
/ Cronstadt, including in all eleven days
detention in touching ut various porfs.--
Mr.. Randolph's only misdemeanors at
this place of happy riddance, related 10.
the steam packet which the consul had
engaged to take him to ST. Petersburg,
as was usual, on the arrival Of q foreign
minister. But although the boat had
remained in waiting five or six hours, AND
! he had been himself party to the ar
rang eme mt, when he came to embark, NO
swore he would pay no more than tho
price of a single passenger, as he was
travelling on his own purse, and not on
Uncle Sans. When, however, he
came to disembark, the ruling passion
for a moment relaxed, and although he
forgot the usual compliment Of ten, or
twenty quipeus to the boats crew who
took him away, yet he paid the whole
crew off with a neat speech from ne
gangwsy; and, asking permission 70 maxe
the usual compliment to the ofhcers from
his stores. he rendered the ses-sick skeI-
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