, 1843-05-13
New Hope, April, 1s43.


The following is from the Mills
Point Herald, and is the best one vet:
ANOTHER SIGN.
Full particulars Of the wonderful
sight seen by the Engineer of the
flat boat MILLER, in the skv, on
Saturday night, April first.
On Monday afternoon, Mr.. Blind
man, engineer of the fat boat Miller,
a packet that runs between this place
and N-where-in-P Particular, called by
proxy at our Office to give us particu-
lars of the wonderful sight seen by
him on the night abo aforementioned
fully aware of the mania injecting the
public mind, which makes them
to snatch at and believe each and
every thing of a marvellous nature,
however absurd, and desirious of ad-
mlnistering his mite to CRAFTY this
morbid taste after the wonderful.
He states that as the flat boat Mill
er was on her trip to this place, when
slowly and silently moving along the
undisturbed waters of the Mississippi.
about II or 10 o'clock, P. NJ, just as
the boat was making her turn round
island No. 6, being a startling night.
he was giving a lick back ON the star
board oar to keep the boat from run.
ming too close on the sand bar near
the island, when he turned his eve to
the southwestern direction of the
horizon, he discovered a strange light
on the kentucky shore. The cap.
tain of-the Miller was sitting in the
cabin astraddie of a whiskev barrel.
with his back leaning gracefully a.
gaInst a lot of bulk pork, when his
eye caught the reflection from the
strange light, which shone upon him
through little window situated in
the SIDE of the boat; he Immediately
rushed out and asked Mr.. Blindman if
he saw the light MI. b. said he
did.
"Nhat is it?" said the captain.
"Dear only knows" said M. B.
From this the captain disappeared
from the roof, and went below.
Mr.. BlIndman also sought safety in
flight, but being anxious TO discover
whence this strange light came, he
looked diligently out of the cabin
window, in rather a south west
course, when he saw the comet. which
TO him appeared to assume the out
lines OF a wenomous sarpent;i it was a
long bright streak, pointing to the
east, with a head on one end, and a
tale on the other, on which latter ap-
bondage he discovered written in
arge twenty line plea !
TO BE CONCLUDED NEXT WEEK.. |,
MI. Blindman watched it for twos
" three minutes, when the tail part 4
disappeared nearly to the middle, and h
he remainder in a gradual manner
ormed in distinct Roman characters d
he word +
MI. B. had time now 10 renew bis a
mixing courage by taking a drink b
rawn from the red b headed barrel. on o.
'hich the captain reclined. Hav- a,
e IN this manner raised steam, he D,
roceeded with his observations.- "
tter about one minute and a half, he IN
atching it and his pint ticker al. hi
rnately, it changed, turning into to M
e following letters:- ly
IHE ey
perfect as was ever seen, in which
sition it remained as before. B. m,
tied that he was surprised greatly ev
this, but not in the least scared or to
ghtened, and Immediately tapped pr
. barrel for another horn. The
plain followed suit and both return tn,
to the window, but ere this the pa
IRE in the sky had changed to the TIN
letters, which were SO plain full
t B. could read them without his
'cks: E
PRINTER. IStI