The Woodstock age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1844-1845, 1845-04-24

a building. The weather was very calm
when the fire broke out, which alone
saved it from spreading 10 greater ex-
tent.
The Bible in Chma.-Rev. DR. Bridge
man, in recent letter to the American
Bible Society says:
"The demands for Christian books
is increasing, and doubtless will increase
until the whole empire of China has re-
ceived the gospel, Repeatedly, in the
course of this month, have distributed
more than two hundred portions of the
Bible, among the Chinese, before break
fast, and all at the same spot, the door
of our depository.
CDR Ball and mysclrhave now arranged
for daily morning and evening distribu-
ton of books, ard we try to improve
these opportunities, not only to put the
bread of life into their hands, but to
sound the name ofJesus in their ears"
Sea .MOnstcr.-The Philadelphia Morn
ing Post has letter from "a man of the
most undoubted veracity," dated Cape
May, April 18th, which contains the fol-
lowing description of a most singular sea
monster that has lately made his appear
ance near that place.
Il, appears to be about sixty or seventy
feet long and not more than eight feet wide
at the widest part. which is about one-third
Of the way from the head; from this pon,
it gradually lapers TO the tail. 1t cannot
be very thick, as we had an opportunity Of
viewing it yesterday, as it lay, apparently
lfeless, on tine top of the water 70. fifteen
minutes at time; it would then sink out
of sight, then come up again in the same
place aud blow, but its blowing is not like
the blowing ola whale, since the jeto wa
ter appears to proceed from very near the
widest part Of it. After blowing, he will
rear his head on high, (say at least six feet)
look around, and then lie quietly down.
The water caused by the blowing does not
rise higher than ten feet, and the column
is not larger than your cane, 3 or a feet, J
and does not keep in body out flies a
bou, in every direction. After it (the an.
imal has gone one half the height to which
it raises, the head is about as large as a
hogshead, and appears to be flat on the
top, with, as some say who have been along
side rhim, hooked f1eak, like a logger
head turtle.
"The person who gave me this inform
attn respecting the appearance of the
head is man whom | can depend upon;
the animal passed within ten fee, from him
while he lay to an anchor In one of the pi-
lot boats, and he thas had fair opportu-
nifty Of seeing him. The monster is per-
leciy black and is covered with kind Of
black muscle or barnacle. AS regards its
find it difficult to convey an
idea ofthem to you-sometmes he appeas
to have fins, or aappers all along his sides,
which make great foam and wake in
the water-at another time he will appear
to be rugged out with one ofthe mos, pow
erful propellers, after the fashion of the
Princeton, as he goes faster than any
steamboat, but does not make any wake
again he will 60 tumbIing along like an
old bay porpoise. His iavori,e resort APP
pears to be from Cold Spring Inlet to a.
round in the Bay say two or three miles
above the steamboat landing, and almost
always so near the shore that you can see
him without the aid Of spy-glass; at times
when it is smooth he is observed to be just,
of the breakers
at was first seen on the 18th day OF
March by grea; many persons at once;
these spectators were prime pally strangers,
twenty-five of whom we're down here at
work at McMaKins house. 1t is not seen
every day-sometimes it will not be seen
for three or four days at time.
ave have made up our minds TO take
him at every hazzard-we have four good
whale boats and every thing which may be
requisite for The enterprise, except that we
are still wanting the proper number ofmen
necessary for the undertaking"
GPAdUiccs from Mcrico have been re-
ceived here at Key West, via Havana
The news is substantially the same already
received here. A letter-wriler hazzards