Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-09-15

invlncihie, and his alta chn,en, TO wild, unies.
trained, savage, barbarous manner OF living is
not 10 10 overcome. lie Is "a rough barren
rock, unit Tor the hammer of the mason, the
ciiiSel Of the sculptor, or The hand OF the cui-
uvator.
Extinction is the inevitable fate Of this race
OF men. IL appears destined by the God of
nature that they should Weld to the superior
genius and Intelligence OF tie whites And
although Il cannot he denied that they were
tee original holders OF this continent and we
are the mtruders, who have gradually dISpos-
sesscd theu,, vet that wrong has been done II
is IN vain TO think OF retracting, and as chris.
tIans, as civilized men, we can iiaveno regret
IN perceivlng race OF meH become eAtiuct ,
after every effort has bcen made i'm vain TO
wean them from their savage propensities
aud make hem useful to God or society, and
convert them from ther barbaiuus paganisn,
who have never developed capacity for the
attainment or exercise OF any OF the arts that
adam human nature, and who, n0tw withstand
ing their sagacity, and occasional display of
superior acutepess, are IN the mass entirely
untameable, savage, ferocious and ignorant
aud can, IN comparison with the population
who take their places, be considered as but
oEs degree above the beasts OF tie forest.
THE sen AERPSv-
BoSroN, Sept. 5.-We lament, in common with ,hc
pubc, the disappointment vi the hopes That had been
aisca 10y the report % the capture oI this r,naksh
sHinal. Captain Richard Rich and his party on Thurs
day last terminated cruise of nearly three weeks I'm
SUIT OF the Serpent by The taking ola sh not very
common in our waters which from It's singular appear.
in the water, they had been led to believe Was the
Sea Serpent so often described. The intelligence OF
the capture OF sh and tue assu,ar m some Tho
crew. who either beieyed or wisLeo others IN heeve
that this was IN fact the animal which has been tie OH
Ject Of so much curiosity aud speculation occasinned
general beletthat the evatBan the deem had Weld
ed To tue skiii aud enterprise OF scaen. The ru
nor produced very great excitement this town and
IN proportion as curiosity raised disappointen,
has been severely felt There we're few whom we will
d" The justice to say that they did believe this ill.,
tegence and The farther justicp to saw as far "a we
are Informed, thattbe doubted iniuiiively without
tah'hs any t,o"oe 10 eAdWihe the testimony on hich
tue proposition rested. Doiiu .ldr
The dsh taken by Cart. Rich. and which he brought
To town aud exhibited yesterday is of the Mackgr,I
tribe, and is the fhunny Horse Mackerel |, mai
remarkable nor rarely met with. The inquiry naturally
arises, can tins hsh, or any nGmser of Them, lac The
monster so often described as a Sea Serpent We ap
swer decidedly NO lac existence Of some remarkable
animal in waters lastsumner partcnlayIt u,ar
Cape Ann, was proved by the most Satisfactory test.
mopy, ana the appearances which presented are not
in any degree To he accounted tor hy suupnhinp am
numbers Of the hsh now tak,n. descriptions which
we have had this season OF The Serpent been less
consistent and satisfactory, and of,en en-
sggerated. But neither these exaege, ated DESCRIPTIONS
the of persons who by mistake have been mn
suing what had nothing Of the remarkable and bsrac
terisuc appearances o. the Sea pent to
suspect all former testimony on iii, snbisct ws
are happy 10 publish the following remarks ola cores
pendent:
coMNpNtc,rIoN
MR. HALE-Since the great excitement occ,si,ped
last summer by the appearance of an ani.
NAL supposed to be marine serpent public exuecta
~
binary visitor Whether the same animal ba, since
been IN orr waters whether the name Of the sea ser
peni mas been this year applied TO objects unlike the
original one rs point on which opinions differ II IS
not surprising that TO persons prepared to see this
aquatic monster, almost every unusual marine pheno
ieola, should be Identified with the expected serpent
Various animals Of large size have been described in
newspapers under the name OF serpent some with
their heads eqnang ships boat Others with tails
elevated to prodsious height, hut in most instances
evidently distinct from the animal of 1917 There "a,
he little donb that The spoa,iue Of whales and the
lfpfF turn
this monarch ofhs Lastly, after public expecta
lion bad been excited 10 high pcs, by the reported
successful termination of three weeks chase of the
moEst we tave nothing served TO satisfy our eaper
app,ti,es, better Than Ta.nny Fish. ten or dozen
feet ioag.s
As we may not this be- gTa.ided with nearer
interview with his seTpentne naesy than through the
person OF ms representative the fhunny it may be well
To examine how Ear the pTeteDsioDs of the latter give
HIM right to be considered legitimate couRexion Of
the former.
The Thnnny (SeoDihas THynnRs) is found IN almost
all seas and particular! db unds in The Mediterranean
IL is extremely vOracous feeding npoH behring's and
other small hsh. 1t freGuenis the shores in the SHAWN
ing season, swimming shoals with great swift
ness, accompanied by Kissing noise. They are said
10 form 10 smnmlng irregular paraelogTam The size
of the Thunny is usually from feet in length with
the back aud belly considerably convex
From his account, ii does not probable that
single hsh OF his KIND could produce nv any means
appearances like those asered to the sea serpent Yef
is possible that shoa of ibe especially IL swim
ming IN with their beads above water might rem
resent very well me Continuous punches of the serpent
If swimming ia different directions they wous Tenre
sent the mede o. turning Of the SERPENT Tor his
sinking like rock, 1t only requires that every s i'm ie
train should take care Of himself.
Thus far the correspondence OF the appears spe
csno But as those of us who have the one
nor the other are obliged to make up our opinions
from the representations Of those who have been more
fortunate as spectators: IL is fair that we shouId tai
i1io view the whole Of tie evidence before we MAKE
conclusions.
Every one allows that the phenomenon in Cane Anne
harbor last summer, bad head. This carried sew
efdi feet above water IL seen hy MANY accurately
described by lumber * actually Cred at fron the dis
taHce OF about rod Now feature OF this Kind could
not well beoag 10 train Of separate animals unless
Que travelled ~ the air and the ia the water
Again The Gloucester Serpent was often seen at rest
as wen as III motion with great length OF back
cred BY the water. This repeatedly described as
being ~ or 90 feet III length not only b. the spectators
at Cape Aan, but Judge HertelE and others, OF New
York. who reported his appearance in Long Island
Sound.
The appearance shoals OF the Thunny is said TO be
TIL - b. unfrequen. " is hardly proba BILE
that IN maritime town like Gloucester "A great NOR.
ton Of whose inhabitants are sailors familiar with eve
~ sea, that any common marine phenomena should
have p3ssed as
The singular coincidence in Appearance Of the small
pen taken last year az Cane Ann is certainly an ev
dpnce rot tn he neglected Ia forming conclusions ON
this hitherto obscure subject. bis animal has been
pronounced by CuyeT the celebrated French natural.
st. to he serpent sri gfHeriS specifically distinct
from all hherto described. The circumstance that no
Other Of the kind has been satisfactorily examined rem.
ders tpr0hdbe thatts Teyidence is in the water where
il endes the detection Of the Haturast is not the
onl' species of which single individual sny has been
submitted to close inspection. The animal cast ashore
ar StToussa, and Described in the wernerian uaHsac
tors. nearly equal in length to our supposed Sea
Serpent yet none other Of his species has been seen
before since. H.
1He BOSTON Paf,iot sags the. fsh Is 7 feet long
the CcHtiHetO -
STEAM.
The most impressive aud beautiful Illustration OF the
steam power. wnen applied IN tiat way, that have
ever IS ~ the mill al Naj. isaac ,i'Em snbh'a
wharf. he machinery Is one Of sixty horses power,
aI1 propel eight pair ofbuf stones wish 50 much ease
aud pTCcisieH that ~ tie undst of this amazing opera
ton ene IS struck with agreeable surpise the Silent
nj H.
moves.
Ire Of the wheat without changing his DO.
sitiOn, casts "a at once into hopper placed HyO the
wharf ana manual labor whatever is again apvli led
throughout the Whole gf0eels nnIil the honf Pot o