Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-03-29
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HIrpoPorAMus AND LEvIATHAS.-Thc owners OF
the celebrated English horse, Leviathan, lately
purchased in England and carried to Alabama. hav-
ing IN the western prints, pulled his blood points
ond performances, rather las was supposedly beyond
The modesty of veracious narrative, the following
humorous burlesque appeared in the Tocsin, paper
published at Tennessee:
THE CELEBRATED MEXICAN HORSE,
MTPPOP0TAM nus,
W. AS taken Wild by the Chamancha Indians
w the Rocky Mountains. in the middle of Orto-
Der, $50, and after tedious and dangerous journey
OF many weeks, arrived in the Western DISTRICT of
tennessee in good condition. Hppoiumus is six
years old, IA hands high, and carries his hend %
feet from the ground; he OF beautiful rich
color; and to form equal to the lovely Chedamus
OF the G-ecian Artist exhibiting in glare of
sociated beauty, the pide Of every model, and the
perfection of every maser-His cars well point
ed aud beautifully tpt Off with black, his man is
black, and falls handsomely the right side; he has
| a black streak running down his back black tail,
not like raccoon's riDged round, but ike POISON
drags the ground and directs his course sea- He
has comet in his forehead like Leriathqn but has
star as bright and fixed that by which the mari
ner directs his course; his legs are rped like those
OF the Zebra his eyes pour forth flame of savage
fury, and when you approach him he wins los ike the
moun'aIn buck The points Of ITippoamus hive
not been iasen in every particular He measures
9 feet sfrm the end of The pnes to the end of the
tail and 10 2 from the end of the tail to the end of
the nose again. " will at any given day exhibit points
/ with IIrvJathan, Arab, Eciiard rr tho hrs. sons
aad grandSoas Of old Sir Arc.y, in Nashville or at
Nills-pon';-tbere Is, however. point in which
f''pp"potamus might prove dehcien that IS the sine
quI non OF horse having been Compelled To submit
to the knife of the msrccss savage so surn as ia
ken. 1t Is supposed that this extra rtlinary hnrse
could climb 'rce if me had claws, and can kick a
mans hat off has head while on his back; and can
| m nt ,nnt hnrco
ding. south of the Brcky Mountains eight miles md
repeat. toating Col Crockett with wild cat Oh his
back, and gold breast pm in his bosom, tu d fea-
Their.
PEDIGREE
H'Ppopotainus wa get by Whirw:nd ard came
ont of Prairie; Wh>rlwind was got by Hurricane
Hh'rcan by Forksd Lightning, aud 70. ked Lgh,-
nns BY Electricity; who mo from regions unknown.
or The Gndol .hiao Arabn. J. K. Y II. B.
u. B.-l1!ppopHtnmus broke of the stable last
night, kicked down brick chimney, killed two ne
groes, and run liua kiln J. * Sc
New. YonK. MARcH 25
BANK RoBBERT.-Yesterdny an Anonymous letter
was received by the Directors of the City Bank re.
aiIve tn the are Robbery 1t is SAID the writer Of
:rcd to give information that would lead TO the
recovery OF the money provided that larger reward
should be gwen, than hat heretofore offered In the
evening papers an add onai reward of $4,000 was
offered.
The whole amount missing is tro hundred and
;7oeaty-eight thovsunG doiidys. The Morris Cana
Company have offered $1,000 90! The recovery cf the
am ,unt lost by them.
ALEXANDER MANSFIELD We coz graduate the
owners Of this fine ship her arrival Yesterday from
the South Atlantic, having bard FIJI cargo OF
OIL ana bone The Alexander Mansfield il one of
the two ships fried out last Spring Hudson and
only sailed from this port the eth of June last
having on board provisions for thee years voyage
LATEST reoM L,nERr, BY the brig Liberia.
Hussey arrived at PhIadrlph.a we have rcce;vsh
the Herald for February.
|. The Rev. q r Skinner, died on board on the LIST
instant of sickness contracted in Africa 4 few DAYS
since we announced the death CT the wife and daurh
ter of DIR Skinner, Liberia.
Liberia, February G.
DEATH OF THE OCRASa OUTAHe This great
natural curiosity died on the 18th nit
Her features were disgustngly like the human
and this likeness was rather increased, when death
had LAID lis icy hands upon her poor body.
Important to The People IF Tie Upitcd States
An itineront stranger in various SECTIONS of our
country, calling himself by the name of Lorenzo
Dow, and in gross manner decciving the pHblic II
becomes my duty 10 caution the people throughout
the country to be their guard against the impus-
ter. With traits of my public and private life he at
tempts TO dupe the credulous. There are others in
the conhRy who call themselves the '.nephew, s"
wife" and ''sjeter Of l.. D." and pursue their
journey through the country my credit This is
to give timely cau,ion against those JEsUIrJcAL!!
imposiilons, for there is ~ snake in the grass -
LORENZO DOW.
Providence, March ~, 1881.
From the Oneida Observer.
To EtIcUREs-Dr. ~. Smith, oftbs village onc,-
ed coso of fresh Lobstsrs that he purchased ard had
kept four years and two months, which Ind beep
put mp md Theoretically sealed, in the ci,v of Neu,
York is months prior to the purchase-on which
number Of gentlemen dined and pronounced them
rs fine dish as they eat prepared from thai
fish. Utica March lOth 1cai
Captain Morgan, ofbrig Commerce. from Gbral-
tar, informs that on the 10Th January, a party Of
the lower class Of Spanar1s, from the neutral ground
attacked the soldiers at tho rock and succeeded in
driving them into their quarters but not ill soyorai
OF the party had been severely wouned. They were
afterwards taken into custoday by the Governor and
pm; in prison.
RUNAWAY.-Was committed to the Jali of JEFF
Id fsrson County, on The 9Th day Of October 1880
as runaway slave, ncnrO man who cnlls hin.cfF