Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1840-10-22

his appearance, aud called upon the bystand'
ers to Join in their applause that
all who could not see and admire the beauty
Of the garment, must necessarily be a low
born cniiih, unworthy Of being admitted to
u sight Of tho person of his majesty, and TT
only TO associaie with the Scottish Wings,
who lived on Butter,nilk, and who dared to
pretend To have rights Of their own, indie
pendent Of their dread sovereign's will. u
was some i:mc before any one could be
found sufficiently reckless and independent
OF public opinion, to confess the truth. Al
lcngth, however, % poor honest son of the
green Isle, who had Just arrived from Cork,
fixed his eyes intenily on the "forked" object
which the bys,andors informed was The king,
and Just as no was about to pass. roorcd out
in his Hibernian brogne, 1.-The King ls in his
shirt"-"he King is in his shirt" Tho ice
was now broken-anothcr joined in the same
cry, and anotheT--until one universal shout
arose from the whole muliiude-"the King
i, in his iiu,"-whilst his attendants hur-
ricd mis- majesty into the nearest coach TO
prevent bis naked person from being longer
exposed 20 the gaze Of vulgar eyes. Upon
the return of the king to his palace, search
was Immediately made for the lmposters, but
they were no where to be found. And II
was finally ascerained, that Immediately
after The departure of the king, they had
sailed down the Thames in vessel on board
of which III y had previously conveyed ssve-
raj boxes Of gold aud silver, which they had
spunged from The king, under preience OF
applying il TO the manufacture OF the magic
garment, which had never existed but in u
name. They were never heard Of in old
4 England Afterwards.
i Now, Mr.. Editor, am strongly inclined
to believe, that this same magician and his
associates, after having gullcd "Jol,n Bull''
out Of his silver and gold, fed TO America,
and have been lately playing trick Of the
same character on his good Datnred "broiher
Jonathan" Brother Jonathan being remark.
able for his simplicity of manners and plain
ness of drfss,---the "splendid garment"
scheme could not be made to come over him
but finding that he wos remarkably fond ot
money, they commenced barnboozling him
under the prctence that they could con str'ict
for him 4 strong box, which they called a
'snb TreosWy" ofso excellent nature TINT
it would I'LL itself with silver and gold, aud
make him richer than he had ever been be.
/ fore-nnd amos. as well off ms the princes
/ of Arabia, or even the Grand Turk himself
who they represented already possessed n
box of the same nature-as did also the En.
peror of Austria, and some other kings and
cmpcrors Of the old World. Under pretence
of constructing the magic box immense sums
of gold and silver were obtuined from honest
Jonathan, and in order To prevent punishment
/ in case OF detection, the magician and his
sssocintrs adopted the plan of dividing n
Il portion Of the plumber obtained, among the
numerous servants OF his honseh0d--hsving
previously manngedt TO induce brother Jona-
than to dismiss oil who were too honest tn
unite with them in plundering their Master,
and filling their places with brawling charac'
ters, which they found in the grog shops
and gambling houses that were scattered
over his immense estate. All these honest
creatures joined heart and hnnd in persuadine
"brotner Jonathan" that the "Magician" was
II good, honest soul-and that his associates
were little less than saints upon ear.h-and
that lie had nothing TO do but 10 resign HIM
self entirely into their hands and take his
comfort for tho remainder Of his life-as the
II Magician could not only finish the magic
box. but with his leave would place a guard
of 100000 men over It, to protect his treas
nres from the thicvish Wings, who infested
his dominionS.
Il The Box was completed on the ith oI
II july last, uUu " WIS utCluIcu Wy uil VII
GERS aud servants Of brother Jonathan, to bt
the most glorious box ever seen, and secont
/ tn nothing on carlh--not even TO "Jonathan's'
| first declaration Of Independence, which they
swore i, rcscnbled IN more points than one
Il was ROW mounted on the shoulders of poor
\ Jonathan" and he commenced making a
tour through his dominions. commencing nj
the northeast extremity and travelling south
A L.. .t,l k,,t
sands of his ,hievlsh servants, who were bri-
bed by The Magician, all of whom raised 8
great shout in praise of the box filled rs they
said with gold and si!ver--calling upon his
tenants to unite with them in npplauding the
work Of the Maeician-and declaring that all
who did not, were base born, aud unworthy
tho name Of democrats. Poor Jonathan" had
however, progressed but short distance in
his estate of "hlaine," be fore an honest Far
mer regardless of the threats of l'is villain
Gus servants, raised hue aud cry that the
poor old dupo was in the hands of knaves
and thieves, and that the Sub Treasury wns
all humbug, devised by the "Mngician" and
his associates, in ordor TO enable them Ia
Il Dlunder jonathan" of his money, and that
he believed ,he noisy servants in his train
were little better than they. The tenants
II HoW pcHcIdlly t0Ok up tic suInc Ctys auu ["
strife commenced between them and the Off
GERS and servants of Jonathan" which hnal-
II ly cycntun,ed in \ complete victory in favor
OF the formcr-and the the vilainous wretch.
es who had jonathan" and his strong box in
their keeping, were forced to hurry him of as
quick as possible. They passed rapidly OH
towards the south amidst the Kisses of the
tsnantry of "Jonatban's neighboring estates,
being absolutely kicked out of Jersey, De!a-
ware and Maryland, and finally halted in
l IGcorgia-where the people rose tn maSse
against ihem-and it was even proposed by
some OF the leading tenants, that the strong
box together with i,s bribed keepers, should
be handed TO tho regiment oi Dloodounds IN
Florida-whch the Magician had ordered To
be imported from Cuba, at "Jonathan's" cx.
pense, for the purpose - dcvouring the wo.
men and infant Children Of tribe Of poor In
dians, whose lands the Magician had taken
from them, and divided by lot amongst the
tenants OF Georgia, With the intention Of brlb.
ing them into tho support OF his vlllainous
schemes
\ Upon hearing this appalling threat, poor
H "Jonaihsn's" eyes were at length opened
lie paused. gazed around as one jus, awaken.
ed from ihgh,fnl dream. lie then looked
down upon Insel., and for the first time Dis
covered that he was naked and being strip
ped Of every rag by the scoundrcls vino had
Y M loup gullad md detained him in their