The Litchfield County post., 1826-07-11

 sudden perturbation of the water, and i'm mediately on that an object presented it. self with its head above the level about four feet, resembling the above figure, which position it retained for nearly min- ute, when he returned it to the surface and kept approaching abreast of the vessel at a distance of about fifty yards. imme- diately called to the passengers on deck :. several of whom observed it for the space. of eight minutesas it glided along slowly, and undauntedly passed the ship at the rate of about three miles an hour. Its colour was dark dingy black, with protuberan- ces similar to the above sketch, it's visible length appeared about sixty feet, and its circumference ten feet. From former ac- counts which have been given of such a monster and which have never been crcdi- ted, this exactly corresponds, aud have no doubt but it is one of those species cal led Sea Serpents it made a considerable wake in the water its progress.
 lremain, your ob'dt servt. ,A {
 HENRY HOLDREGE, Captain.
 The foregoing is. attested by the follow ing gentlemen, passengers: Vim. Warbur- ton, of Pentonville, England, Duncan Ken- nedy, Thomas Austin, of Clifton, England, Lowell Purdy, Thos. Siyeter, and James Magee, of New York.
 An edition of the prize History of the United StGtes, written by the Hon. Salma Hale, of keene, N. H. has been published by John Miller, London bookseller. The circumstance is highly honorable to the talents of son of New4H Hampshire, who has not received what is here called a liberal education, ard whose first ,occupa-. tion was the same as that of Franklin, who arose to the highest eminence as an author, politician and philosopher.
 ~. H. Patriot.
 To give some idea of the travel between Albany and Troy, the Albany Daily Adyerti- ser inserts the following account of vehicles which passed the inn of Mir. David Nash, on Thursday last, to and from Albany, viz. 5l stages, % hacks, Sl gigs, 5S double wagons, 90 single waggons,-total, 25O, in one day, besides 27 saddle horses"
 BOSTON, June 20.
 The late John M'Lane, Esq. having be- slowed upon the Massachusetts General Hos- pital S95,871 66 already received, besides $95, ,OOO more, which will be payable on the decease of his widow, the trustees commem- crate this instance of his iberalty by confer ring on the Hospital for the Insane, at Charles town, which is a part of the Massachusetts General Hospital establishment, the name of " The M Lane Asylum for the Insane."
 was accidentally at the office of Downing street, when diplomatist recently landed in England, and quite fresh from the school at Ratisbon, came to ask Lord Gastlereagh if he had received any news! "Newsn' answered his lordship: "yes, certainly, and very inns portant news; here is the second edition of the Courier just published; read it and you will know all I know" Never in my life shall forget the countenanee of the diploma tist, supplied at being acquainted in &sch a simple manner with what was to be Known by all the world. :" "What!' his looks seem ed to say, 'not memorandum, nothing off, cial, only newspaper to send to my court! shall neither have the honour of secresy nor the pleasure ofindsposition.-[M M. de Stael's Letters on England. s
 Tn 1436 we find the Bishop Hola, in Iceland, whimsically erongh. hiring the master of a London Merchant-ship to sail to Iceland as his proxy, and to perform the necessary visi-. tation of his see {; the good prelate dreadingin person to encounter the boisterous Northern Ocean. a
 Mrs. Morris, the lady of Major Morris, who a year or two ago, descended in tine diving bell at Plymouth, whilst under water, wrote a long letter to her father, which concluded with the following lines ss From belle. my dear father, you've 0lt had
 line,
 But not from beu under water;
 Just now can only assure you Ina thine
 Your diring affectionate daughter.
 4 SnokT e0ter.-A man in UnderhilL Vt. few days since, for the sum of 25| cents swallowed the head and aconsiderable1 a portion of the neck of large striped snake. Having disposed of the head, for a more lib- eral compensation, he offered to swallow the 4 remaining part ofthe serpent;b but the spec tators, were already satisfied with his per- lformance. The unsavory meal proved rather difficult of digestion, but the stom- 'ach of this snake eater was less affected than those of the astonished spectators. The man afterwards stated that the snakes head operated as a powerful cathartic, and did him two dollars service.