Literary cadet, and Saturday evening bulletin. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1826-1827, 1826-10-28

The Editor of the Nantucket Journal will he
pleased TO accept our thanks for the civil words he
has spoken Of us nor do appreciate the com
pment the less, notwithstanding we are assured
that 1t was unmerited, and that if he had waited
few days longer, he would not have published it -
In relation to Gen. Bolivar, we have to remark ,
for the ediication of our friend that never con.
tended that he was pious; we have only expressed
disbelief in the idle reports which have reproach-
ed him as a debauchee and bacchanal. We have
always been the humble admirers Of the Liberator
and have felt solicitude for his SUCCESS, and the
consummaion OF the great cause in which he has
been engaged. We believe HIM to be devoted
Jealous patriot and friend to liberty, and shall not
be easily made TO believe him the vile wretch taat
his North American calumniators would repre-
sent him.
Mr.. Nantucket Journal informs us, that he was
told two months since, by" intelligent f.. intelli-
gent" mind that American, who had olficiated in
the capacity of surgeon in the Chiian service, du-
ring period OF fifteen months, and hnd been per
tectty intimate with the Liherator during his resi-
dence In South America that BOLIVAR was profane
and hcemtous" We, Of course, know nothing
ahout this said "intelligent" :" surgeon, but are
strongly inclined to believe, tha! the learned doctor,
during his fifteen months residence Chill, was
not perfectly intimate" with Bolivar for we do
not think that the President of the South -Ameri-
can Republics, is so very easy of access be per-
JecHy intimate with every vagabond and black
guard who may chance to be driven to the South
| American provinces. We do assure Mr.. Nantuc-
ket Journal. that do most sincerely dis-helieve
every word his intelligent" informant has utter
| ed, for we have had to listen to plenty Of such
ridiculous nonsense and are not, at this momcnt,
prepared to listen to the idle tales Of the informant
of the Nantucket Journal although he be - gra-
duatc Of Yale College,
BY the way, the tales Of the intelligent travel
lers from Chill, and Peru, remind US of an anec-
dote, which will, for the want of better en-
ploymen.. here relate. A venerable farmer was.
one day, riding along the road with son of his,
who had just returned from foreign travels. Fa-
ther, said the son, when in Germany, | saw a snake
two hundred feet long, and as large round the body
as II hosshead. Indeed, replied the old gentleman !!
Nay, son, are you not mistaken to the size of the
serpent? Mistaken no faith I'm not replied the
son for was within two feet of the reptile, and
know he was not an inch short of two hundred
feet in length, and large around the body as a
hogshead. The old man bit his lips and moved ST.
ently on, Till they had reached the vicinity of RI
YER, over which was thrown a bridge, and which
they necessarily must cross. As they came in sight
of it, the old man, addressing himself to his son,
said, my dear boy. the bridge we shall soon have
TO cross. is very singular one and is certain to fail
the instant il is impressed with the fsot of man
who has uttered falsehood! Sir, said the son,
that snake spoke OF was not quite so Lar ge, as re-
presented it: do not think it was over hun
dred feet long. The old man paid no attention to
him but as they approached the bridge, the length
Of the snake rapidly decreased, and as they were
about to enter on it, the son, trembling with fear,
excaimed-father, that snake I spoke Of, was not
snake it was nothing but eel, and don't be-
leve it was longer than my little finger, and cer-
tainly was not so large around the body as my
thumb.
These South American stories are all snake
stories and il those who circulate them, were COM
PEELED to pass over bridge, like the one mention
ed in the anecdote, Gen. BOLIVIAN would soon be
presented to the North American public, as pure
and unsullied as the Siberian snow. So much for
MIR. Nantucket Journal.