Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-07-17
SAMUEL sCHGIID.
[rrom lie Denocnltic Prcs..l

Mr.. BINS In your paper Of yesterday vau
published an account of IL great battle, THAI
was SAID To haVe taNeu place bctweeu The well
Known Sea serpent and z Whale, al sea Ie
tween the kenrcheCk river and Boston The
appearance OF either OF The cumDatautSin such
place Is 50 rare an occasion. that do nor
much wonderat the dialogue from the Winter :
Tale. with which YOU introduced The account
OF capt West. \ first sight one would ,mos I
suspect that this was AN affair OF honor be-
tween The parties, and thai they had respective
~ conc from Their usual places Of tcS,apure
{ Il eide the contest on neutral and foreign
cast
Ii seems however. as if time gave Gradual
weight 10 relations long deemed Incredible
The character 0i heiudUtus as an historian Is
rising IN public estimation; aud ere long we
NAV fnd reason In peruse itiI somewhat less
ihCrednllN the accounts and testimonies Dre.
>ehted 10 H. by iSIshop POuioppiddn, OF The
hRAKEN and the (oRvbN.
NO single testimony wuuId have indsced me
fully to believe the account ot this battle be-
tween the SeTpep. and tie haie because.
mi" az reasonably haNe weighed tnp nab ,bility
of ii deception OF sight against The ntop,oti.tN
of the account presented TO Us; withom 4, pa
raging the veTdCiIN sf the uaLiaIur 1 >uot. ii
have held my assent in suspense. BniInD,erve
~ the Political Register. account OF Ini, ,,.
iiSbi given by MIR. Schnid tu,mrri, of Lttw..
!" Switzerland, which induced me To Mace
confidence also in The relation OF captain \, 81 .
whose account 1t corrobOrates IN every essen
id ,.altCuiar
have for many years known, aud highly re.
Spected MIR. SChn'd, whose character for uro-
o!tH. and ytracIiy consider as nnInpeariIab,e
Nor is II easy 10 liTd MAJ of nore dttepliye
"Id .ccuTai, oDseTvatian, or more knOwled..t.
ui the practical application OF sc,encr to The
Arts. II - tn this gentleman, the uuDiic arr.
indebted for the discovery OF Tie real .nethnd
OF making and giving favour 10 The Schan zei
gar CheeNe tOf Saps.sO as II is vnigarly call
ed.) AbOnt years a.o ne sen al my i,.t;,uce
to switzerland tor some seeds vi the JIey;,o,us
teTHieus. Irct0Il viii "a Dlde flower y.ose
seeds ground very hnc and Sitied are P,,nioy
ed III switzerland III lie manufacture NJ tba
Cheese in question. Lately, he furnished Mr.
:. Vaughan with tresn supply OF the ,ppds NJ
THIS iiIrt; aud they have nOw been Sn dtst,i
pUted, as u ensure their propagation i'm vari
1l, PARTS OF this state. IT. WIS from nv mani.
iitV Ia procure them from DR.. Mu!ilenher.- Or
EaItou, Mr VI NahOn, sc. that he was irflnced
TO ~eud Tor them from ISIS native country and
no person WHO Has Ouce ascert4i.ed The cdonr
OF these seed. can doubt for a n.omenI of Tho
use TO whtrI they are applied in uanufactuTimf.
the cheese before mentioned
An account ot Il scene ot which he wac avn
witurss, given by geutemar OF this de.cr',,
ton, seems to me entitled to more thar, lie
usual credit gwen to STANCE OrcHrre,irps reiat
Toy persons whose characters are little kan,Vu
CobceNlng u at some consequence ia pafuraI
history, that the reports presented 10 MS of tl.
Neh serpent seen OH tie coast al the Eastern
states, shOHId be verified or repor,eJ on co.,,
pctent authority, l am Induced to write van
tbs letter in support Of Mr.. Schmid's authori
am SourN, &C THOMAS COOPER.