The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-10-06
Ahe Tempest In = Tea Pot-Rnpture with
France.

bubbles that the merits Of both may be fairly
understood. And nrst We shar take up In order
THE BUBBLE OF THE TOBACCO SMOKE.
INN rovss,s To THE :rcnsrAn! oy srAr.
The French Minister calls the attention OF the Score
tary Of State TO the tobacco speculation.
Mr.. Pert In Puebls at one Of your sales
or tobacco At suction bought Ave hundred bales;
But hle purchase was qusfhed though good spscuA.
And for thi. h. lays clair. to decentralization;
The case IL before you and have but to name
My desire, to know what you think Of the claim.
n.-Ms rousmr TO Mn. eLAITor
The new administration comes in-Mr Poussin re-
minds Mr. Clay ton Of he tobacco boxes
MIR Poussin's respects. and desires to know
u the claim has been granted which, some time ago,
Mr.. Port laid before you and tells me to say,
He Is anxious to leave for Pueblo to-day.
II PoussN Mr., CLAYTON. pos ..H
Mr. Poussin jegs the memory Of Mr. Clayton. Per.
hsps he too busy with the ofces to attend
10 the tobacco business sNfte
Mr. Clayton. hope, .ra-I
VIII not think this . dun-he
Knows that my client fF
IL In want OF his money,
tli9 And thinks that the matter
Has ceased to be funny
Detained from his business,
And having TO pay
For expenses at WiLard's,
Two dollars day.
N-MR CLAYTON TO Mr.. PoUssrS,
The Secretary Of State Is sharp and orusty He opens
the quarrel by an abrupt disniss Of the eass, ~
the tobacco were not worth pinch of snug .l
With respect to thu claim
.,|-. OF your citizen, Port,
The has been tried
And adjudged by the Court
agc or War at Puebls;
-.1fl And from their explanation, u"
The thing has turned out
Add bad speculation
30 r.a Such IL their decision,
And csnsot jump 1t; f. .t
And II you do not liket,
f- 81 why then you may lump It.
v-MR.
The French Minister puts the tobacco In bis pip, and
Mr. Port admits tho Court N
Did not intend to rob,
..t--. But Mr.. Port don't like the sport
OF losing by the job
He only asks indemnity;
p W For In this tobacco trade, .
nI He realised i've thousand, cash,
-.-. Above the price hs paid.
By advertisement IL was sold,
From Capt Webster brought Elk.
Ard Mons Port. though not his forte,
mn Was the lucky man who bought.
But Crpt Webster afterwards
With the GOODNESS of Turk
r-fp Wrote. tire tobacco he had sold,
.-r Belonged to III. DomercQ. 'a
Then Mons. Port your Captain told
He came too late to tea;
For. the tobacco bad been sold again,
To Monsieur Abadis
ftr And Abadie haa sold 1t, too,
And made . thousand more
And when the sales were all annull'd,
Port had to pay the score.
This 10 the loss and this the claim,
b. .1 The honest o,aim, Of Port,
Sustained BY all the documents
And papers OF the Court.
And the evidence of Col Childs
You cannot justify,
Which charges an attempt OF fraud
With MT Wengiersh.
Hope, therefore. you'll try and get
judgment. rather better
Than the dsmssaal of the case,
So briefly In your letter.
VIM. CLAYTON MR. rorssrs.
OF the tobacco and dont like Il
By the records Of tbs court,
The evidence IL bad for Port;
II appears. he knew 1t well,
Webster had no right TO sell,
And. Of course, tits all my eye
Port was justiaed 60 buy:
Knowing the tobacco sold
Was another sre We told
BY a small attempt to sbirk
That Port was ignorant Of Domsrcq,
No. sir DECISIONS spoken,
And the judgment can'tbe broken.
wilma roussir TO Mr.. CLAYTON
Tho French Minister takes freth quid Of the to-
bseeo and accidentally spts upon the s-crearys calf
and wipes IL of. or the two nations might have been
plunged Into
What, FIR. Is your estimate on uil1
This tobacco, AIR, Clayton;
Port knew that when he vent TO work,
That II belonged TO NJ Domsrcq.
And, then. you try ts prove that he
Can't claim the loss by Absds
This singular reasoning does import
You rather 90 beyond the court,
Allowing Col Childs TO bring
His caiumpIes ell on . string,
As proof my client II q thief, .r
And not entitled to belief;
And 40. the money whioh you got
In payment Of tobacco sold,
By Vst<ter's oroers. are told,
Can't be refunded. knowing well
That Webster Rad no right To sell
IL this the way In which you try
To prove trick with W-nsiershi
But sir when the United statss
In French tobacco speeulates,
They not claim II as their due,
The money and tobacco too,
by such underhsuded plan
As the branding Of an honest man.
Mr Pou,sin presents certificates Of Ports good cha
racter ard retrsots the offensive illusions
10 this country.
ufi.-M TO NJ. roussrS.
The Secretary Of State psrrmpteriiy orders the French
Minister TO come back TO Washington a. he could
order lsckqury TO black his boots "vithout delay"
oh where, aud oh where, does my little Frenchmsn
dsel.
Perhsps this .ote may End him. In New York, at his
hetel:
Ard do net lcee q moment. cen TO arint mug Of
beer,
but have to say without delay you ordered 70 BE-
Here sxpiodss the Tebaeco Bsbbis1
THE SALVAGE CASE.
r-nr rousstr TO NE. CLAYTON.
The French Minister seems TO have disrrgsrded the
order repsrto Washington without delay tor twenty
dsys sispse before hear Of him, and then he pro-
ducss the ~ ~ the ship Epgenis.
su Instructed TO advance
A r.quisifion just from France,
That the chip Eueenie sir, must be
R.l.ss.d from sslvsse. and that he
Who held tb. vessel on that ground,
Deserves n O. psure. good snd sound;
For they ~ho ssfume Illegal powers,
In seising any ship Of ours,
Cannot he lightly passed or drapp'd,