Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-09-08

ing his visitor:
Copenhagen, July "A country lad ef
the neish6orhood of Aarhuus, having laiu
himsel down lately in the ncld 10 sleep, a
snake crept into his mouth. which was
open. and descended into his stomach !;
after having renamed there for some days,
II came out again alive by the same way
| IL had entered.
A private letter from Paris, dated July
,, published In the London Courier, saws,
IL The courier of The Spanish embassy al
Paris has broush this morning letters adj
dressed 10 several respectable houses, ap.
prising them OF the important news that
the American forces had taken possession
OF lie Floridas, and that Nj. Onis had
conveyed This intelligence 10 his govern
| mcmt."
! On the above, the Courier remarks as
follows: II tins should be correct, land
from all that has reach them from Ame.
RIGA Tor some time past, the merchants in
| the city are not mach inclined to doubt
It's automatically Spain will have diff
Gull task assigned TO her i'll her present
| embarrassed stale"
| NDEMOlSELLE GARNERIN.
| The following account OF her peYilous nau-
| TIC as well as eroDautic expedition, has been
| given by Madem"iseiIe Garnerin herself in the
| Bor ieoRr Journdi-"I al first descended rather
| DeI'S uTINeb ny Il low Ntnu 10 the
| height of about 800 toSes. My balloon was
soon above the river and took It's course against
| the cur emit could not expect to /. ct another
current of wind by rising higher. having no
| ballast remaining. Besides, | was now twelve
| minutes in the air, aud the point from which
| rose was so diminished by distance, that |
| was afraid of getting out of sight, uuleSs de-
scended. Though knew must descend in
| the river, detached mySelffrom my balloon
| which instantly rose with greatly increased
| CELEBRITY. Myparachutee expanded itseltprompt
| lyand freely, and in minutes forty seconds
| L sound myself ih the midst of the waters /
| may say, that. in this situation. | wa indebted
| 1or my de second time to my father. The
! floating machine, of which he is the inventor
aud which was placed in the bottom of my
| little boat, made il feat but. from its being
! entangied with cords, was not able to adjust
| H.. Like lcarus, neglected the prudent cOun-
| sci Of my iather-Ihe floating machine being
| Al the bottom, raised the lower part in such
mtRueT, that the instrumen nj destined for NV
| safety would have been my destruction, had |
not, by miraculous instinct, jumped in the
water, though did no, know hew to swim.
| was SO fortunate as to c;.ich the side OF my
| boat that was raised by the floating machine
| and saved myself in that precarious situation
! This, however, did not prevent my remark
ing the grand coup dell presented by my para
| chute's tonching the water ON one side, cx-
| panded like IL full sail, aud conducting myself
| ana my little boat to the opposite bank. Two
| hoatmen, named plassau aud Droullard, were
| ths hrst mat came to my relief. For seven
| uO1'eu on Inc wafer anu myStrengtn
| was beginning to fail me"
| POLAR ICE.
A letter from Copenhagen communi-
Gates the following detail, upon the break
Ing up Of The ice OH The coast OF Green
land.
g -Four hundred and fifty square miles
of ice have recently detached itself from
The eastern coast of Greenland and The
neighboring regions of the Pole. 1t was
this mass which, during four hundred
years, had rendered that Province at first
difhcult OF access and afterwards inacces-
sihle, so AZ even 10 cause lis existence TO
be doubted. Since 1886 the reports of The
whalers have invariably referred 10 some
| changes, more or less considerable, IN the
seas of the North Pole; but at the present
time SO much ice has detached itself, and
such extensive canals are open amidst
what remains, that they can penetrate
| without obstruction, as far as the SD de-
| gree.
| " All the seas of The North abound with
| these floating masses, which are driven TO
| more temperate climates. A packet from
Halifax fell in with one of these islands in
more southern latitude than The siua-
ton of London il appeared about half a
mile III circumference, and lis elevation
above the water was estimated at 300 feet.
This breaking up Of the Polar ices coin
| cIdes with the continual tempests from tie
South East, acc ompanied with heats. rains,
storms, and very electrical state of The
atmosphere circumstances, which, du-
ring three years, have caused us to expe-
rience III Denmark, hot winters and cold
humid summers. On the 25th of Nav.
there fell at Copenhagen, FIVE showers of
hail, to each of which succeeded dead
calm.
Many mariners are apprehensive, that
the ice will fix itself OH the eastern coasts
OF America but while the north east
winds prevail, these floating masses will
disappear IN the southern ocean Some
OF these Heating islands convey ed forests
and trunks of trees.-We notice this last
fact principally for the satisfaction Of p.-
oIoglsts who attribute 10 phenomena of
this sort, the blocks of foreign granite
found III the chain of the Jura mountains,
and conveyed at the epoch when our
highest mountains were covered with wa
ter"
New YORK, Sepiember3-The ship AyITy.
Captain Stanton, Que OF Tie line vi packets
arrived here yesterday. She sailed from Ii
Serpool OIL the I'd OF last month, up 10 which
period we liave advices from Liverpool " ,tl
London papers OF the 3lst July. J he payers
asusuai, are barren of political news. is TO
the alterations in the markets, II any, tie fDl.
loving quotations are offered from the house
OF Barnard, Brothers a Co. under date of the
b'st Of August. Bark, rs TO 22- Upland Col.
Ton. ~ TO ~ New Orleans, is to y Sea.
Island, IS. I'd. to Is. 3J.-Flaxseed, 7Os. Sweet
Flour, III TO AZ sour, IS 10 30-Turpentine.
lbs Cd. to les; Tar, las. Cd. to iGs-pitch IS.
ROsin, IS. 6-Kice, AIS. to i3s--Whcat. iIs
Cd. TO LIS -James River Tobacco fine s In
O5d.; Kentucky, to I'D. Maryland, none.
Ashes were steady at the above quotations
Cotton had been in steady demand during Ihe
week, and extensive sales made. Naval StDtcs
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