Sunday dispatch. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1845-1854, 1852-03-21


ANCIENT DOCUMENTS Quite recently
as our readers will recollect, ,arumor was star
ted that letter written by the great naviga-
tor Columbus had been found near Gibralter,
enclosed in cocoanut, the ancient and moss
covered appearance of which caused the find
er to carefully open it, and hewas rewarded
by its strange contents. According to the
Paris ChGrivari several other discoveries of
similar nature Of still greater value have
since then been made, near the south of
France. The editor says that he has just
received reliable information that a crab fish.
erman at Etretot found in the crevice of
rock a small bottle carefully corked and seal
ed, and on opening it he found scroll of
parchment covered with writing; but in
language which he did not understand He
took parchment, bottle and all to linguist
who, on glancing over it, and the signature,
found that it emanated from Noah, and con-
tanned the following words:
For thirty eight days ! have drifted on
the great waters. l thank God for keeping
me and my children in good health, but the
animals are playing the deuce with me The
fox exhibits Enthusiastically symptoms of
deadly desings against the inmates of the
benstye; the wolves gnash their teeth as
they look upon the sheep, and the lions stare
at me in anything but pleasant manner
Yesterday I sent out dove to reconnoitre,
but the wretch has not come back yet. The
animals are getting more hungry every day,
and how is all this to end hope that in
case they should eat me, somebody will fnd
this document, to let my friends know what
has become Of me.
(Signed) NOAH
The discovery of the relic of this venera-
bic patriarch was followed by another of an
eoually interesting nature, in the shape of a
sroall iron box which diver of Marseilles
brought up from the depths of the Mediter-
raaean Sea. It was Immediately opened, and
was found to contain a roll of paPyyats, from
which the following words were with difficult
ty read:
After l had stored my vessel afresh at
Calypso's Ogygia, sailed for Ithaka and was
in sight of the coast when furious winds
drove me back upon the high seas For two
months knew not what course to steer, un-
til faint smell Of garlic proved to me that
| was approaching the coast of Provence
but 1 shall never reach it alive Oh, Pene-
lope farewell, farewell forever
(Signed) OYssEUs.
P.s1By the by, if you put notice Of
my death into the newspapers, state also
that have given permission 10 a young lit
erary character named Homer to publish
ny memoirs, but I most earnestly beg that
they be not used for any theatrical purpo.
ses.
The editor of the Char;rGsi adds that
these valuable documents have been purcha-
sed at price of $4,000 each by the direc-
tors of the British Museum.
A TRUE SToRY-A lady from the far
far West" was, with her husband, awakened
on the night of their arrival in the City o.
Penn, by an alarm Of fire, and the yells o.
several companies Of fremen, as they dashed
along the streets.
Husband husband~ she criec, shaking
her wcrser-half into consciousness, " only
here the Injunsi Why this beats all th'
scalp dances 1 ever heard
''Nonsense p growled the gsntleman, com
posing himself to Sleep" There are no In
dians In Philadelphia
"No Injuns, indeedP she replied, as if
didn't know war whoop when heard one
The next morning, on descending to break
fast. they were saluted with the inquiry of,
" Did you hear the engR'S last night
What a noise they nader
! Turning 10 her husband with an air OF tri
, umph, the lady exclaimed,
"There t0ld yoW they ceTe lnju'lS -