The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1819-02-10
MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES

Mr.. Lsign's voyage 10 Spuzbergen, &c
just published, gives the following curious
account Of the hoating masses of ice SO fre-
queniIy met with in the Arctic sea:
These floating masses of ice, to which
Dutch nayigotors have. given the nanc Of
Ace bergs, and which arc of different magni.
tudes, are originally formed on land. The
suR, even In hose latitsdes has considefa-
Bile power In melting tho snow on the noun
tains, which running down into the vallies
and sgsin congo siing, segments frequently;
break IF from the entire macs, and fall into
the sea. The ice Of which this Aoating mass
Is ssmposed, ~ Of various colours. Ths o.
rigInal esn water ice is sometimes iBcrust-
cd with that formed from the sea waer, and
this Is again covered with new ice formed OF
the falling snow
[" The differsst positions Of the spectator
relauve TO the incidental rays Of light, vary
likewise tho seeming hue OF the whole. In
so@e pats IL emulatcs the vividRess OF the
emerald, and in othors the NEST beautiul
supphire.- When the berg is totally com
posed of melting snow, which is sometime
but partially The case, the refractisn OF the
solsr ray is most beautiful; tho appearance
Of, those Aoattog mosntaias on the side op
positc presents the sun in sush blaze OF
AligAt, intormingled with different glowing
tints, as lstaly to bsfls all description.
X" Frost, says the e Qoent Pennsnt, sports
with the ce.bergs, and gives them other ma
jcstict and Other sIoguiar forms Masses
have been seen assuming The shape OF
Gothia church, with a'chcd windows and
doors, and all the rich drapsry OF tina,
style, composed OF what an A sblaD would
scarcely dare 10 relate, Of the 'ichest sap
phire blue tables Of one o. more feei--and
Of cs A II rooted temples like those of Lex
tor, Oh the Nile, supported by transparent
blue csystal, asst by tho astsGishcd sPecta-
tor. ~ H
~ have not Onf. educn,ly seen coating
masses of ice, whish have evidently been
fo, med Of driited snow, since they 'waated
the cempactocss and selidity of those form
cd by the melting Of the snow. Many OF
these contained trees, aud Gas thsre are no
|trees in Sphzburg) must have been original
" formed in The northern parts of Russia or
America, aud being carried by the 'apid fiv-
srs Of the countries to the ocean, had driited
in,o these la,itudss. These trees have OF.
(cn,be appearance of being burnt at the end;
"A, O asssan mentions, that the violent fric-
v&tly sets the m on Hre |; and exhibits the
L..-X Xsa enon OF Anne and smoke issuing
49, (ths frozen seean."
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~. >r.S1,t INEIAN SUPERSTITION.
a On the evscing of ne 22d u,. (says the
A vDet roit Gazette, an Indian of the Wyando,
etibe, was murdered by some Of his relatives,
cs,S-the rive, Ii iron, on Lake Erie. The
ii n L. s.f as
I3<ni 10 show the continuance OF that soper-
;>,sn which charasteriscs the Indians, not
Ishstsndins their intercourse with the
hites
a n sppears that two Wyandots, residing at
ALDEN, = relatives to the deceased, had been
)erned by capt Fshnay, an Indian living al
= Huron river, and also relauvc' ina.
~ Vono Indian had come TO his death sy
ia vitxhcrafl Of an old Indian woman and
~ , s.r4 Mike, aud that In order TO avert the
cro suks Of the Shawnee tribe, j, would nc
rSassrv' 10 kill them--aad turhermsr,s,
tho. death Of Walk.in-thc-ws,er, who
iaxt Juno, was caused by the same old
sHan's witchcrah. IL was determined -
S<,he old wsman and her son, and Tor thA
tsso they srossod over on the scd ui'
IA eb<o1edsd in tho course Of the evening
n Filing the latter at his cabin. The o,a
{<56man las not at home. The next dy
Wine % jsvoring to persuade her 10 accom-
osnv .shem TO the woods, as they said y
ifh,k khiskey, they were dlsrovered BY
: ~. NtowL and Mr. Oliver Williams, WA
- rscst,sd, that morning., iniims,ion q
k&;r insen>ions, end swing to tho exer,isA
N those gentlemen, the old womsn's hi
~ preserved, and one Of the Indians 'aks'
vvho Il now IN. goal In this city-,he o,het
'oscapsd by shs swiI,ness Of fsst.
o. exsmiuatisar Of the Indian taken, IL