The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-11-25

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| We copied a paragraph from the Lon
don Globe. last week. alleging the appear
ance of huge sea serpent to persons or
board the British fiigate psdalus. The
following official announcement Of the fac
is copied from late paper brought by the
Hibernia:
Her MAJEsrY's SHIP DAEpALus.
| Hamoaze, October I.
SIR: In reply to your letter Of this day.
date, requiring information as to the truth
OF statement published in the Globe news
paper, Of sea serpen, Of extraordinary di.
mansions having been seen from her males.
tvs ship Dadalus, under my command, on
her passage from the East Indies, have the
honor to acquaint you, for the information
of my Lords Commissioners OF the Admi-
rally, that at 5 o'clock, P. NJ, on the 9th
OF August last, in latitude "a deg. "A min.
s., and Longitude 9 deg. 22 min. E., the
weather dark and cloudy. wind fresh from
n. W., with a long ocean swell from the
5: w. the ship on the port tack heading
~ Z. by N, something very unusual was
seen by Mr.. Sartoris, inidstiPman, rapidly
approaching. the ship from before the BEAM
The circumstance was Immediately reported
by him to the officer of the watch, Lieut.
Edgar Drummond, with whom and Mr..
VIM. Barrett, the master, | was at the time
walking the quarterback. The ships com
pany we're at supper.
On our attention being called to the OBJ
ject, it was discovered TO be an enormous
serpent, with head and shoulders kept about
iour feet constantly above the surface OF the
sea, and as nearly as We could approximate,
by comparing it with the length Of what our
maintopsail yard would show in the water,
there was at least sixiy-feet of the animal
a ae1r feaE, no portion Of which was, to
our perception, used in propelling it through
the water, either by vertical or horizontal
undulation.
1t passed rapidly, but so close under our
lee quarter, that. had it been a man Of my
acquaintance, should have easily recogni-
sed his features with the naked eye, and il
did not either in approaching the ship or
after it had passed our wake, deviate in the
slightest degree from its course to the S. w. b,
which it held on at the pace of from II TO
Is miles an hour apparently on some deter
mined purpose.
The diameter Of the serpent was about
Is or 16 inches behind the head, which was,
without any doubt, that Of a snake, and
never, during the twenty minutes that it
continued in sight Of our glasses, was be-
low the surface of the water its color a
dark brown with yellowish white about the
throat. Ii had 10 fins, but something like
the name of horse, or rather bunch Of
sea-weed washed about its back. Ii was
seen by the quartermaSter. the boatswain's
mate, and the man at the wheel, in addition
to myself and officers above mentioned.
! am having a drawing of the serpent
made from a skerch taken Immediately after
it was seen, which hope to have ready for
transmission to my Lords Commissioners Of
the Admiralty by to-mouow's post.
srswss ana Csa.s :. psssa OF Tobacco.
Judge Stryker. in the Quarterly Register
and Magazine, gives an interesting paper on
the growth and enormous consumption Of q
plant, prepared not as product Of use and
nourishment, but as stimulant, and which
was not known in Europe three centurie:
ago.
In the city of New York alone the con
sumption Of cigars is computed at $4,000
day-a sum greater than that which the
inhabitants pay for their daily bread; and
in the whole country, the annual consump.
ton Of tobaccois estimated at 100000, 600
lbs, being seven pounds to every man, wo-
man, and child, at an annual cost to the
consumers Of s20,0OO,000.
In 1910 it was ascertaiped by committed
appointed to procure and report statistical
information on the subject that abou
100000 persons were engaged in TIL
manufacture and cultivation Of tobacco il
T the United States, 100000 of WHOM
were in the States Of Virginia, Maryland
T Kentucky, and Missouri. Allowing tn
population OF the whole country to be II,
0OO, 900 it will be seen that nearly on
tenth are in some way engaged in the GU
. tivation or manufacture Of this article. Tn
value Of the export during the year wa
nearly S10,000.000. g.
}. Notwithstanding the variety Of the soil i
: the United States, tobacco is produced
most Of the States-in Massachusetts,, Cor
necticut, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virgr
: ia, South and North Carolina. Georgia, A
ALBANIA, Mississippi, louisiana, TENNESSEE
4 kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Misso'
ri, Florida. BY the returns Of 1915, ker
J lucky produced 63,310,0 lbs, Tenne
! see, 81, 100, 900; Virginia, 30.210,O00, MI
' ryland, II, 92O. 900; Missouri, 10. 744, OO'
4 North Carolina, 10. 373, 900; Ohio. 1876
\ 900; &c. And the whole crop for 1874
was put down at 49, Az, 900 lbs. L
1916 the crop was estimated at 219. los
# 3l9 lbs, or 1S2, 636 hogsheads q 200 10
each-A
MI The tobacco crop oil 1S41 is estimate
n at 220, 164, 600 lbs, worth, at cents
pound, s11 100000.
Thus, tobacco, mere luxury, has D
!, come one of the largest and most in
!, portant productions OF the soil. Ii I'M
! its way to almost every pes, OF the worl
! and is enjoyed by people Of ell countrie
: Humboldt derives its name from the Haiti
{. language, signifying the pipe used by d
:, natives. Some curious facts are connect'
= with its history.
a In 1920, ninety young women were Sc
y over from England to America and sold
. the planters for tobacco, at 12O lbs Tor eac