Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1838-11-15
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q IL y s. th hhahiUst AND NO tlISTAEEs--
/ q e prod gious sse eiterlenf eIeVaiis in lres
iand, esp sciaily in the in conse-
gpences OF 81, aetual tivisg which
y y as fecentig scalghr in { salmon ne, AT
tannsrnW q, P.'int,it, the coHs,y Of Done!
gal. There can he no mistak 70 In Ibis fact
az i've orsix plPers corrob6rate il, in the
Important points. hut the + Derry Sentinel,,
and the \. e ermeuagh Jaurnal,.' are the
mos, enthusiastic aud particular in theis
Descriptions. .Hhefirst announcement an,
Peared in the Sentinels rs follows:
a mermaid, and no misfake,--A very
generttl disbetiefin in the existence Of the
Mermaid is likely TO rrceivea severe shock
itom:tiIe s,ash hzof the following s,afemeut:
Aaerea,urs ia every respect answering, the
usual description Of The ..-en wonau," was
caught lately In The salmon nets at fiunnc-.
raw Pninttnear Fahan, county Done a,
She Is at present underithe projection t,f.a,
genilenans6fthar neichbarhood. who sifI1g
k'ndly Periliiitedihc COUNTY, people. Who
are iiockinB III uEhuudreds abnut tho DIaceito
"see and believe" The menbefs OF the
+ ELomd0nisrrysN Natural History Society. ye
sussderstand, are TO inv esrieale this eSUaor;
EdlnaEy phenoine19 Tor the sp,lrpn,sS = y
fiffisis sss,ci ia Sn
at NeWeastss Wennderst,ud thnt # ibsS
novel monster should survive the sudden
change in hersitlotiDn. she will be sen; To-
piscount Ncliionrne as a present 10 the
Queen, II not, the, body will be- preserves,
III spirits. aud wiiis grace the now forming
museum or orr local society"
The eitoct OF this notice was, that d,
least fourth of all the iuha5itau,s of Der.
'ry, WHO cuiiid afford the exnense. yroeee-
ded ~ q sUiy tn Houeraw, wherc they
We're admitted TO an inspection Of the SIM
gular cteature; which ~ thus describ ed in
the rFermanagb journal. r. ss s
The Mermaid his is certainly 8 sea
toomdn; aud inns such an expression OF In,
teihgence inits c0untendnce, thai. we are
absolutely inclined tolbeiieye that il is, a
creature OF reason. rat her, than of instinct.
We. do not n,eaR TO fnsinuaIe sflat It has
any notion of abstract ideas, hui the fac 1,
~, that there Is an appearance of: :seonfu-
sion about u TINT would seem TO indicate
sentiments of Shame, fear aud sn ppliSation.
itWeie hs about seventy spodnds, ani;is al
together human IN IFS 0ut,gdra org ganizaitiof,,
from the head u tho navel. Wheresthe fish
begins 10 devel0pe itself, and ii.e remains
der Is formed very like the extremity of Il
large dolph The skin of the face and
the breast il "a hitisll brown--tbe ewes
u a s - - y
are. black, and The nose purely auniiine;.
aud its eye hrows, lipss9ad chin. are: ,r,pl.
els for assc1lp ptor. nc hair is long and
thick; and the crcainse's principal .aln,ise. ).
sment isrto strokesit downward with her
,webbed, hut otherwise, very perfect fin.
gers. 1t looks 10 he twe:ve or fourteen
Years old; aud regards peopi..oeGnsionaily,
Sassifit had an incl iiRution to- speak; and We:
are, sOleninls ofllle opinios that. when id
it's native eiemeu,, iii hal Its wishes
:isnown through the medium ofits tongue
Aitoge other indeed, II is The uiosf singular
~ s7sYor w;tuusssd. and eEciies Zee.
III ihes behold ders, ar l6ast as ,nusf
ali .iosasya al io essiositY Can il haJe
a soul apd be an acc6Gnfabls crea,dre?
! At all events. we sshait examite ii closely
a7his week, ad,t sport particulars, Z, 80
s We shall look &i;h greaf anxiety for
dlss naxe files of Irish papers. on The receipt
which We strust To he able to furnish the
readers OF The Examines with some fuller
intiifssas lon in relation to this surprising
sphsHlnienpn. s;Ss. . %
PHE TSMB soP KosciUsco.shfr. Ste.
Phens, ig giving aa account sof his visit to
the casbsdral church at ,Cracow-"alled