Washington telegraph., 1847-08-11

lhltu ny an oicer ol an Last fnflanlan III
a letter written ohlhe indian Ocean, on tho
way To Bombay md Published in London.
A Young person OF the age of seventeen
yrafs entered nn board our ship Al Dept.
ford, IA an ordinary seaman. under the
name of George Thompson, who performed
all tic duties Of his station with remarkable
sleadiness and deIieFY, aud would. per.
haps, hate re NAMED undiscovered the rest
ollhe voyage, had not the following eiream.
stances led 10 the discovery. A theil hay.
Ing heen committed on hoard, general
search was tie consequences ON elamln-
ING Ihomnsnn's chest, there was found
woman's apparel. lpon which, the officer
on duty concluded he mlsi have stolen them
when IN shore therefore ordered him three
dozen lashesi when they attempted enforce.
ing the punishment, he bufsl into tears, sol.
emmy protested his innocence. and sought
mefey the officer continued inneliblci
WHEN eniffaty was found IN VAIN, with
much reluctance, size acknowledged her
SEX Iaise what Hslohishmenl prevailed
the niai ul every Que on baafl, who little
expected 10 lind ON the person al George
Thompson, blooming. youthful girl. Re.
Ing questioned by the Captain who she
was, md What could have induced her to
take 50 extraordinary slep she replied
her name was Margaret Thompson: she
had e her uncle, who lives in Nurhum.
befland street, In see her sweetheart, who
quilted England three years since, aud is
now residing AT bombay; the resolution
with which she performed the most arlu.
Gus tasks, mounting alall with amazing
| lnlepIdllY IN the mIdsl ol DANGER even
when tue most experienced seamcn ap.
pcated daunlei, aslonished every one; her
patience aud perseverance, during hss
monlhs had labor, eau lac equaled only by
her lJrlilule in The attempt.
AI.sl ranR lRrfANn.-A lats Irish
paper Is beiofr ms. Il Is daird the l., II
MAY. II say;
Nhrfe ate the May DAY reioicings now
Where the laughing refellefsl Alasl the
fingers that ~oyc The wreath aud coronal
OF this day twelve months. are either siiii'n
death, ar busy closing the EYES ol those
whom lamiao and pcslilenze have swept
away, II ilowefs aie rlusked. IL is 10 deck
the death bed OF the gnye-anl no more
joliul sounds are heard ia our afflicted land
than the moan oi the dying and the voice
OF the weeper.
On The May.lay morning Of by gone
years, the prasauiy OF Ireland arose 10 eel.
citrate a jubilee. 10 day. With iolleriug
limbs aud hungry slomaehs, seten hun.
dred thousand mon crawl from their wretch.
ed beds Of straw, with the horrible prospect
oi starvation staring them in the lace
With famine IN their eye. and lever 10 Their
blood, they creep from the Nreiohrd hovels,
To throw, colbnlcss, into hurried graves.
their parents, wives aid children; OF to BE-.
take themselves To seek a wretehed mock.
cry OF nonfisbmen, in the nearest soup.
kiIehen.-ChristiaH Record.
A YANKEu TmcK.-h Is said that no
law can be formed that Yankee cannot
avoid. and AN instance OF the fact Is given
in Maine paper. The Legislature OF that
State passed a law recently requiring that
the composition and the proportion Of each
article in the composition Of every patent
medicine offered for sale shall be printed
on label pasted on the bottle, package,
&C., containing it. A daring individual.
who has patent medicine much in demand
by the down east people, had tho compost.
Iions, and proportions, &C., OF each article
in the compound translated into Chinese,
aud in thai language the required labels
are printed. He thus complies with tho
letter Of the ael-because the law does not
dehnc The language Of the labels.
CART. DoNNAvAN's RErunN.--Capiain
Donovan Gus, arrived in this cily,) states,
that while prisoner at Nalladold, Mexico,
the best meats he eat was monkeys aud
poll parrots. lie says the inhabitants
catch ihe monkeys when young, and fat.
ten ihom US we do pigsl We presume,
they can ask parrots when they are fat and
hearty, and il they obtain ailirmatisc an.
swers, shoot aud eat them.
Captain ID. states that he had very
bard march from the place Of bis capture
to the Mechoacan. For two months his
vicluals were sent to him in the second
story OF the printing Office, where he work.
ed. Alter that, he went down TO the table
wiihthe family to cat.
The Captain lef The city ofvallaloli 'onc
night lie let himself down from the
second story window olhis prison by a rope.
and travelled the first night about twenty
miles towards the city OF Mexico. lie sub.
sisted on tomatoes, which grow wild there;
until he got to such distance from the
place Of his captivity thai le could with
safety enter dwelling In his march, to
be safer, he represented himself to DO an
Englishman. At the city Of Mexico, Mr..
Black, our Consul, gave him money and
passports, with which he reached New
Orleans.
Captain Donnavan is printer, was once