A TALE OF OLD TIMES.
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The following is taken from the Nara
tive of Joshua Hett Smith, Esq. who re-
sided in the vicinity at the time the trans
action happened.


"The courier dispatched by General
Burgoyue TO General Sir Henry Clinton,
was charged to deliver to him a silver
bullet, and TO give it into the Generals
own hands. 10 case Of surprise, if chal-
lenged from whence he came, or suspected
of being au enemy, he was ordered to
swallow the bullet which would prevent
the message from being detected. Having
reached as far as fort Montgomery, near
New York, he made inquiry for General
Clinton; and finding, on being brought
before him, that he was not the person de-
scribed to him as the general to whom ne
was sent, but that he was GoverDor Gene
raj Geo. Clinton, of the State Of Mem
York; he turned aside and swallowed
the silver ball. Being observed by some