The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1839-09-05

The SEA notwithstanding to
the N. H. Gazette, his majesty has
made his appearance of Portsmouth
harbor. He was seen last week by
the crew Of a schooner, about three
miles outside of the harbor. When
first discovered he was about quar-
ter Of a mile astern of the schooner,
and was moving at rapid rate, APP
parently twenty miles an hour. His
head laid horizontally on the water,
as though he was feeding, and appear
ed to be twelve or fourteen feet long,
and looked like the skin of an elephant
This was followed by long line Of
humps, resembling net buoys, and ex-
tending apparently one hundred and
fifty or two hundred feet. There were
four persons in the schooner at the
time, and among them veteran Shoa-
Ter, who declared that he ''never saw
the like of that BEFORE" and all were
convinced that this was the Sea Ser
pent, of the existence of which they
had before been so incredulous. The
fishermen aver that something unusu-
ais certainly the matter under water,
for the fish have deserted all their old
feeding ground, and are only to be
found, close in shore.-Boston Mer.
Journal.
A CASE OF ABSENCE OF MlSo.-A
witness, going through the process Of
taking his oath, at the Mayors Office
in St. Louis, a few days since--heing
one of three who had hold of the b
BILE at the same time, one male and
two females-when told to sskiss the
book" gave the young lady who stood
next TO him the whole benefit of the
smack, and didn't find out his mistake
till the lady hit him slap in the face.
Thirty-one slavers have been cap
tured and carried into Sierre Leone
and condemned, during the present
year. Several large esta blishments
where slaves are bought and sold, have
been broken up by the British cruis-
ers. Both the American and British
forces employed in suppressing this
nefarious traffic, have been acting with
great efficiency.
The storytold by our neighbor Of the
Republican, last week, in relation to
the unusual size Of the Arostook mos
quitoes-which we suppose must be
partly owing to their having fattened
upon the blood split in that awtul war
reminds us of a saying of squirt eyed
acquaintance Of ours well known on
the Penobscot and Kennebec waters.
as fellow Of infnity humor, that he
shouldn't care so much for their Bit
ing, if they did'ut Drag so like the
d, before hand. III Piscataquis
Herald.
s'Massa wants to know if yon can't
settle dis small bill to-day, kase he
wants de money bad" said a darby
yesterday to a gentleman.
s'No | can't. This is the third time
you have come for that money today
Your master isn't afraid | am going to
run away, is he?"
nNot 'zackly, but look heea,n said
darky slyly and mysteriously, she's a
g,Doin to run daeay heself, and darlor
wants to make big raise
IRuE CouRAGE.The following card
proves the writer to be a man of hon
or, and Of courage enough to refuse
fight. Such a man never would turn
his back TO an enemy in the hour Of
battle. Judge Gould Of ST. Auo,,s-
tine, is said TO be Jerseyman. and !
native of Essex county:
From the ST. Augustine Herald.
A CARD.-Dr. w. Whitehurst amid
the other venom he has spit at me, in
sinuates that | am actuated by cow
ardice. | confess that I am a COW
ard upon principle-and upon oath
that TO keep the ten commandments
has been part Of my education and