The Sun.
London, England, 1850-08-28 00:00:00

CAPTURE OF A. SEA COW.

By the arrival of the steamer Monmouth, Captain
Freeborn, from Indian River, yesterday, we
learn that Messrs. Clark and Burnham succeeded
in capturing a sea cow on the 17th instant, near
Jupiter Inlet, Florida. The animal was caught in
a net, is a male, and nine feet three inches in length.
They succeeded in taking it alive, and have shipped
it to Charleston in the schooner Charleston, with the
intention of exhibiting it at the north during the
ensuing summer, and of bringing it south next
winter. A person who saw it describes it as a re•
markably curious animal. It was very wild when
first captured, but soon became quite tame, and now
eats freely of grass, &c. Its tail is in the shape of s
fan, and is 2 feet 5 inches broad. It has no hind
feet; its fore feet are similar to those of a turtle, and
it has nails like those of the human hand, but no
claws. Its mouth and nose resemble those of a cow,
it has teeth on the lower jaw, but none on the
ug,per. Previous to the capture of the one above
described, they succeeded in taking a fernalt, but
it was ao large, and becoming entangled in the net
made such desperate exertions to escape that the cap-
tors were compelled to shoot it. They preserved the
skin, however, which is fifteen feet long. The per-
sons who made the capture' were in our city some
weeks ago making the necessary arrangements for
their enterprise, and expressed their determination to
make a capture. They have succeeded, and will no
doubt be amply rewarded by the exhibition of their
great natural curiosity. Barnum, of the American
Museum, is said to have offered them if successful;
10,000 dolls. for their prize. This is the second in-
stance within our knowledge that the sea cow has
been captured. Some years ago, daring the Florida
war, Colonel Harney shot two of them in the Ever-
glades. He preserved the hides, and•they were ea-
hibited at St. Augustine as a great curiosity. We
saw a rib of one of the animals yesterday in the pos-
session of a gentleman of this city, to whom it was
presented by Colonel Harney. He informed us that
he had partaken of the flesh, and pronounced it re-
markably tender and palatable, far superior to beef.
Mr. Clark, one of the captors, is a resident of Florida,
a highly respectable gentleman, and well known in
this city.—Savannah News.

ROYAL ORTLIORMDIC HOSPITAL.—The half-yearly
meeting of the managers of this institution was held yester-
day afternoon at the London Tamers.; Mr. Quarles Harris in
the chair. The report of the medical officers for the half-
year ending 26th August, 1850, stated that the number of
patients in the wards on the 23d of February, 1850, was
36; the number of patients admitted, from the 23d of
February to the 26th of August, 1850, was 41 ; discharged,
cured, 32; discharged, relieved, 9; now remaining in the
hospital, 36. Total number of in and out-patients ad-
mitted during the half-year, 793, being an increase over the
number in the corresponding period of last par of 28 ; total
number of patients since the opening of the charity, 9,908.
The financial statement being made only at the spring half-
yearly meeting, no other business of importr.nce was brought
before the committee. The report of the medical officers was
received and adopted, and the chairman made a few remarks
upon the present state of the institution. The elaborate 0 Opp
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(mate to meet all the requirements of applicants for relief.
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CANAL LOCKS SUPERSEDED.—Some months sigiveocy , ~A
operations were in progress at the Blackhill Locks, on t °Os , the
Forth and Clyde Canal, to do away with the waste of ti 4/, ° /
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attendant on so tedious and complicated an operation, by , ilot,Cilici
substitution of an incline, on which the boats might be dra fib, 1 It
up to the proper level by means of a stationary steam-engiiii4q, °P
The works having now been brought to a completion, the new ' •
process was put to the test on Saturday last. The result Q. 411
most satisfadtory, three boats having been drawn up intieenzt,
than five minutes, whilst to have made them pass th . , le/
the locks would have taken fully half an hour.— /' • :*
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