Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1849-10-25
" Sing a song Of sixpence,
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reminds Mr.. Clayton of the tobacco boxes.
Me-. Poussin's respects, and desires TO know
II the claim has been granted, which. some time ago.
Mr. Port laid before yOu ana tells me to say,
He is anxious TO leave for Puebla to-day.
HIM. PousSin to Mr. Clayton.
Mr. Poussin joys the memory of Mr.. Clayton.
Perhaps he was too busy with the ofhce-seekers TO
attend to the tobacco business.
Mr.. Clayton, hope,
Will not think this dun-he
Knows that my client
Is in of his money,
And thinks that the matter
Has ceased 10 be funny
Detained from lis business,
For expenses at Wizards,
Two dollars day.
IV.-Mr. Clayton to Mr.. Poussin.
The Secretary of State is sharp and crusty He
opens the quarrel by abrupt dismissal of the case
if the tobacco were not worth pinch OF snuff
With respect to the claim
of your citizen, Port,
The case has been tiled
And adjudged BY the Court
or War at Pueba;
And from their explanation,
The thing has turned out
A id bad speculation.
Such is their decision,
And cannot jump its
And If you do not like II,
Why then you may lump 1t.
WI. Poussin to Mr.. Clayton.
The French Minister puts the tobacco IN his pipe
and smokes 1t.
Mr.. Port admits Court
Did not intend to rob
But Mr. Port don't like the sport
OF losing by the job.
He only asks indemnity;
For in this tobacco trsde,
He realized FIVE thousand, cash,
Above the pIice he paid
By advertisement il was sold,
From Capt. Webster brought,
And Mons. Port, though not his forte,
Was the lucky man who bought.
But Capt Webster afterwards,
With the GOODNESS OF Turk,
Wrote, the tobacco he had sold.
Belonged TO NJ. DOmercq
Then Mons. Port your Captain told,
He late to tea
For the tobacco had been sold again,
To Monsieur Abadle
And Abadie had sold it, too,
And made thousand more,
And when the sales all annulrd
Port had TO pay the score.
This loss and this the claim,
The honest claim Of Port,
Sustained by all the documents
And papers of the court
And the evidence of Col. Childs
You cannot justify,
Which changes an attempt at fraud
With Mr.. Wengierski.
Ihope, therefore, you'll try and get
A Judgment rather better
Than the dismissal of the case,
So briefly n your letter.
VIM. CLAYTON to Mr.. Poussin.
The Secretary of State condescends to chew quid
Of the tobacco and don't like 1t.
By the records of the court,
The evidence is bad for PoIt;
ItsppeaTs he knew il we'll
Webster had o right to sell,
And of course 'tis all my eye,
Port was JUSTIFIED 70 buy;
Knowing the tobacco sold
Was anOther's, told,
BY small attempt to shrk
That Port was Ignorant OF DomeTcq
No sir our decisions spoken,
And the judgment can't be broken
VII-Mr. Poussin to Mr.. Clayton.
The French Minister takes fresh quid Of the to-
bacco, and accidentally splits upon the Secretary's
calf skin Shoes but afterwards takes out his hand
kerchief and wipes it off, or the two nations might
have been plunged into war.
What, sir, is your estimate on
This tobacco, Mr.. Clayton;
knew that when he went to work,
That it belonged TO NJ Domercq,
And then, you try 10 prove that ne
Can't claim the loss by Abadie
This singular reasoning does import
You rather go beyond the court,
Allowing Col. Childs TO bring
His calumnies all on a string,
As proof my client Is a thief,
And not entitled TO belief;
And so, the money which you got
From him feed the troops Of Scott
In payment Of tobacco sold,
BY Websier's orders, told,
Can't be refunded, knowing well
That Webster had no tight TO SELL
Il this way in which you Try
To prove trick with Wengierski!
But sir, when the United States
In French tobacco specuates,
They cannot claim it as their due,
The money and tobacco too,
BY such undeThsnded plan
As the branding Of an honest man.
Mr.. Poussin presents certificates of Ports good
character and subsequently retracts the offensive al
lusions to this country.
VIII.-Mr. Clayton to Mr.. Poussin.
The Secretary of State peremporiy orders the
French Minister to come back to Washington, as be
would order a lacquey black his boots 50 without
delay"
Oh where and oh where does my little Frenchman dwell
Perhaps this may find him, in New York. at hs hote
And do lose moment, cen to drink mug of beer.
But have say without delay are ordered to be here
Here expodes the Tobacco Bubble
THE SALVAGE CASE.
M. POussin TO Mr.. Clayton.
The French Minister seems to have disregarded the
order to repair to Washington without delay, for
twenty-one days elapse before hear of him, and
then he produces the case of the ship Eugene.
I am instructed 10 advance
A requisiton Just from France,
That the ship Eugene, SIR must be
Released from salvage and that he
Who held the vessel on that ground,
Deserves a censure good and sound;
For they who assume illegal powers,
In seizing any ship of ours,
Cannot be lightly passed or droppd,
Blu all business must be stopped.