The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1817-09-24

nsbls hssrtsd sssA,upss, vhsshSs tbsy vsil
or ride in ssrrisgs. vhstkss thsis teuss Il
- by 80 ~ 80 BY 90, whstbss they sss cloth.
cd In fns wssl cod silk, ~ 10 sses. Such
psrssns arc bsyspd he reach Of fortune OF
tho need Of praise.
bas thare ere sfhsrs sgsis, vhs change
with evsry bssszs. and whoss he'd is tusnsd
oy every fancied bmD DSsvsmsst; like the ysuse
siri, whs Is spak ~ Of y, Addisss, % pottiaO
on stssngs airs Of il fsstssss 81 which No sss
You'd euess the cause until il YES fsusd cot
shAs ths had % that dsy pat on ner fair Q,
carriers.
The quicker the sievstiss, the nsts csus-
pietsiy . wssk hsax bsesmss turssd. We
are told tha, the pssss in England are net 80
7sin and inteierskls, ss those upstarts whs
havs bssa sitlsd by The King.
E --~o:~~:O--
THE GREAT OCEAN MONSTER.
The Toilswing isy The sasss inssssstisg ssd
dofinais account No have sssa Of the See
Serpsns, or LEviATHAN.
Ftmssks Beasn LsteiHgencer sf August 2Ss
The sscounts giscs Of this hngs end hid
saus" toons,es we're considered ~ msrvsi-
Ioaa, that its vary sxistsncs 10 doubted By the
Editsrs or the EncycloPsdia. Aver vseisi1g
ihe description givsn By Gathsss Of its snor-
snsua bulk, shsys observe, (" pot~ithstsading
shs belief OF Gsthsis and The tssuMoay wkich
hs produces, ws cannot help dsubting Of the
existence of the Sea Serpsnt.--Is bulk ID
aAid 70 be so diapsopessiouAts 70 oil the known
,inispsls Of our gisbs, ihss il rsqsiyss mere
shei. ordinary svidsncs 10 fssdss IL crsdita-
bls." 81
s Extssosdiasry sceounts Of land serpenis,
Aowsyer, have been credited, from the ssr-
MeR ages, ADD the sans writer's cite the fol-
loving facts, ~ werihy Of belief.
"a We are told that whiss Rsgulas led his
army siong the baaksof the river Begrsds in
Afsits, an enormous ssspent disputed his
,.,.,, ;;s~ evsr.-Ws are assured by PliOy,
-nv.d m.aSQ ssss long, and that Il bad dss.
sAs sstteriag susfhsss sss@y. - % ,ss, nowSss, o.;~s,
"; aod ihssS ssaaiiiugT THs.s o,o.s". ' '.as
sosn dsstroysd. Ire spoils $780,. VIZ. c.,,;.S 30 80
Rene, and an ovasion decrosd for hrs e.s.s..
The akin was kept fos several years sI,.r
IN tho eapitni, and Pliny says ho saw It thersp
Since tha appearance Of tho prodgious
snAke at Cape.Anns nuoabar Of cirrumstan-
ore ~dlich had prssissaly occurred have been
srcoilscisd, which, coupled with tho recent
Htu~cspsctipg Il, place tho sxislcnce Of this
HsuarkAtts animal beyond the reach Of fur.
thar dispute. About twenty ysars ago, q pa
%, was transmitted TO the American Acsde-
my ct arts and scispccs in Boston, counmu-
SieAsiOg acme inreiligeocs respecting the
appearance of naonsser Of this kind IN Pen
sbsess Bay. A Glersymas and his daughter
tsrs crossing the Nay in Boat, md such o
ARsks uaa&o his appes Anco snd swan towards
thsns--sils lady fsin'e d--shs tsthsr was ssiynr.
1nsd--hut the ,suimll did ,hom no irjury.
Tas description sf che phesomenes VAS con-
@detsd 90 remarkable, % 70 bs incredibls,
tnd sas scadssny rshsed to publish it, A
sesreh for tho rejaeted paper is now making,
sn the hope thar il win throw somo light Up
IN The qusstiou. N.g lA
CApsaih George Little, who afterwards
coaanssn,isdths u. s. fsigsts Boston, 10 re-
collected 20 have dsscribed simiist csssture,
which sppearsd in the sssne bay during the
car Of che revolusisu.---fis was sens out 10
boar TO examine il. bot .,hs snake disappeared
SAtsrS 10 could approach sufficiently near to
naks on attack. Tho pspsrs during the
Aessent week hare rspublishsd letset from
Captain Cvsbtree, dated lT9a, giving an &C.
teunt If scspsnt which no saw near Mount
Isser Ia the month ef Juss of that year.
AN haAd was elevated q or 3 fcss,---largar
thanx barrel and somswhat ssssmbisng thar
sf ahosso~-lhs bod sf about the sans cis-
enniafcace wsa. of I dssk brown color and
.sppcaeed - b trem,ss "a. GO fsss long. L.
shswed no dispoxition 70 ooloas them, and
asaaaiasd near nd hous within visw Of the
sssscl, IN cycs wars black end piercing,
and It's motion. was rapid,-VcrbN informs
lion has hecn communicated by Other indi-
viduaiA of another spsnt AimilHr. Id It's ap-N
n6sranco and chsrActsr, whIcS has Formerly
hesn observed On shis coast. fts, ~
This testimony assists as in giving credit
70 she inlorsnalion reosissd lfom Cape-Ann.
TAs sasiisss accounts ~hich the iDhsbtants
Of Olsuossssr rsceivsd Of their snake visitor
Was from the masasr Of coasting vcsssl
Hs wsoton shose and uisutinncd, that hur-
rid msaster wac discoyossd by him, with.his
A<sd reaad fhe 6ow Aad sppesrinE to DO rest-
ing upon tho eabts---his body ,exssnding a.
long the sidss and passing beyosd tho stern
of che vnssel, which measuse sboss 80 osoo
toos. So lutte belief was awarded 70 the
story, that tho master was glad 10 scek refuge