Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1826-08-04

DOR one OF the most beautiful haibors in hs ord
w ofus cannot describe its spendour. IL is built
on long elevated and extensive ridge commanding
view oil the commodious, spacious and noble bay.
nc houses are generally lofty, and built of white
marble In the rear Of the city is a lake in the |
form OF crescent. San Salvador is thus nearly |
surrounded by water, sndby nature almos; imrreg.
nable The Notifications very scientifically and
strongly constructed. During our stay the emperor
and his family arrived on visit TO the city. He
wasreceived with considerable parade The En-
peror himself has military air, bu, the Empress
has nothing very recommendsbie in her appearance
She was on one side of her husband, and his chere
ans on the other. His little daughter, aged seven
years, rode little in advance. IL is said that the
Emperor has abdicaied the Portugal crown in her
favor.
man oil war cannot approach the city of Bu-
enos Ayes nearer than within Is miles, where YOU
lie on about } IL fahoins Of water The city lies
on Hat, cherries plain, which is bounded by the
rlyer The sea has evidently receded considerable
distance from its old limits. Tie population is
| ABOUT Oo,OOo Kivadivia who is at the head OF the
government, ID man OF srea, ability. l nope he
may carry the Republicans safely through their
present war with the Brazians These latter have
thiy sail oil men OF war now in the river of Plate
| CONSISTING ot iTigates and corveltes.- Browns
force Is much smaller, yet he attacks them on every
| occasion without hesitation On the night of the
Zo'h, he engaged Admiral Lobo's fleet, took two
scnrs. and cut up one of the large rigates in fine
style' besides killing her captain and forty men,
| WIN larger force, he would easily destroy the
| Brazilian flag
! We arrived at Janeiro the Goth June, in ex-
pectauon OF hndlns dispatches, but were disap--
pointed. WI nther our next destination may be,
DO not know, but probably shall touch a, the
several ports along the coast.
we have had the small pox, by which we los,
our surgeon, Dr. W. ID. Babbet. The disease
| however, soon subsidized. Yours truly, &c -
montreal, C0sdda, J,ily To-
LARGE SERPENT. "A gentleman of this
city, IN the habit of constant commune alton with
The INHABITANTS OF L'Assompiion and its environs,
has related to us the following novel circums,an-
ces. which he derived from the very proprietor
oil me land which was the scene of the occurrence
About ten days ago, woman, with three of her
chiuren, were gathering strawberries on the farm
OF one Valiant, distant two or three miles from the
village aforementioned Meeting with little suc
cess, the children asked their mothers leave to po
'oa thcket close by, where they thought they
might ind tie fruit in greater quantity. Leave
| oeng granted, they entered the wood; but had
not been long out at sight before they rc-appeared
running with all their might and in great atTripb,
had happened, they described in their own inner
iect way, that they had seen some living and mon.
S'ions thing on tree. This account excited the
mothers curiosity so strong as to induce her, in
| spite OF feeling OF apprehension, to return with
them and see what it was. She accordingly ac-
conpanied them, but what was her dismsy when shs
oehelu AN enormous serpent curled spirally roun
Tree, Its tail resting the ground, and its head
waving above the topmost foliage, as if lookina
round tor, or watching the motions of some intend
Ell prey 1t is not easy to imagine the terror of the
little human gfoupe. Scarcely had they STRENGTH
10 retire and tell their neighbors what they had
seen.
row Jedn Bdptiste, like all of French cx,rac-
'ion' neiher wants courage the spirit of enter
p''@e; accordingly three men set out, one of whom
armed with muske:, cautiously 10 lead the
way, steal on, and, if possible, disable the mou,,er
AFTER which the others assist in putting an
end 10 INN. They entered the grove and look I'd
around, out IN vain, nothing to be seen, and
ihey almost began to suspect that the woman .
imagination had converted the twisted trunk of =
Tree rotten branch waved in the wind at IFS ion.
i"o reptile whose existence in Canada was I'm
known.
Recollecting, however, that something similar
had, 1t was said, occurred the falls of Ioouarro
river, they resolved, as las; resource that the
nuSRet should be fired, TO start il if lurking near
OF which, however, they had little expectation. 1t
was accordingly discharged, when loi a tract oi
tail grass not lar from them was violently agitae ed
and wrltbins through it with, as it seemed TO them
the velocity OF race horse, appeared an enormous
serpent whose body, occasionally rising disclosed
bulk as large as water bucket, causing in its flight
Leaf like rustling sound, and leaving behind a
long wake oil waving grass Hurrying throuyb
inc tract, 1t crossed ploughed field, through
winch lis passage was only TO be traced bv a
iineai cloud OF dust, entered wood and disap.
pearol. F
After recovering from their surprise. and some
conJectures concerning its length, il struck them
that 1t might be toIerably ascertained from, Tho
height OF the tree where it had first been seen
Having accordingly messused it, they found i, n
De hHfy feet; adding, therefore, TO the straich,
ilnc oil the tree two fihs, to equal the sniral liz.
oil The reptiles body, the latter may be fairly e.,;-
mated at my feet-Some time previous IN The
occurrence, several sheep, seven cows, and borse
had disappeared, and it was supposed, become ue
prey oil pears; but, as no remains of even their
bones have been found, it is now considered nro.
bahle they must have been swallowed entire L,
tins serpent, after the manner of the Fas, Ind;.n
6on constructor, so well described by Button and
Goldsmith, and more lately in some of the Eurooean
papers. 'Pe'"
The hrst enquiry that presents itself on this sinh
Ject Is, whether the account is true; of Tins ,y ~
h"' douo', as 1t Is VIGOROUSLY affirmed w the seven
persons whom we have mentioned as having Soon
me creature, and who scarcely be suppnSeJ 90
nave comoined IN the fabrication and preparation