The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-03-07

LITERAL COMMUNICATIONS years ago,
the Yankee schooner Sally Ann, under cons
mand Of one Captain Spooner, was beating up
the Connecticut River. Dir. Comstock, the
mate, was at his station forward. According
to his notion of things, the schooner was get
ting little too near to certain 'nats, "hich
lay along the larboard shore. so ait ne goes
to the Captain, and, with his hat cooked on
one side, says:
sCap'n Spooner you're get,in leetle TOO close
to them flats hadn you better go ABOUT
To which Captain Spooner replied:
mr.. Comstosk Jest you go fora, d ana tenu
to your part of the skinner, and III 'eho "
mine!' 49,, T.,
Mr.. Coms,ock went 'for'ard,' in high dud'
geon and haloed out, :,
Boys, see that are mud-hook oil Clear LOT
lettin' go!'
'Ay, ay, sir-ail clear
Let go them said he.
Dow went the anchor, out ratified the chain.
and like flash the Sally Ann came lutflng
into the wind, and then brought up all stand
ing.
hat We, cavalierly, said:
We'll, Cap'n, my part of the skinner is to an
chor!-Harpers Nag.
THE ONE Man ExPLoRER.-The La Grange
Texas Monument is publishing series Of pa
pers, indited by Moses Evans. known as the
avid Man of the Woods" ard giving an &C.
count of his surveying expedition TO the head
waters ofthe BraZos river. The Sly lie is rather
uncoutn, but they give an interesting descrp-
ton of an uuexpIored portion of the State. In
his fist letter, Moses describes a section of
counHy through which he passed as Astounding
in fruit, more especially cianberres, which
were excellent and abundent. He saw also
cpf -,
abundance on the hill sides. He mentions par
ticularly round mountain, standing alone in
the centre Of valley, and the surface (which
was "solid iron ore, without any OF the earthly
crust"
Oh Noses oh tempora We beIia"e auy
thing. however, abUuI the natural resources OF
Texas.-N. o. Pseayune.
A Boa CONSTRUCTOR AND ITS You've. On
Sunday last there arrived at this port, in the
ship AFRO 4, Capt. Wyatt, from Para, huge
serpent of the boa genus, respecting which We
have received rome Interesting particulars
The reptile is at least eighteen feet in length,
ann was caught by some of the natives on the
banks of the mighty Amazon" Before it
came into the possession of Capt. Wyatt, ii had
satisfied its appetite by swallowing full
grown goat. On the day the vessel left Para,
the captain and crew.were surprised TO find that
the serpent had given birth to thirty seven
young ones. The .'snakeets" were abouttwo
feet ia length, and in six weeks they have only
grown about an inch in length.
The report of this birth extraordinary soon
spread at Para and about $50 of the leading
gentlemen of the place went on beard the Ar.
row to see the mother and her offspring. In
about six days after the birth the mamma de-
voured twenty mine pigeons, being the first food
she had tasted from the time she had Toasted on
the goat, a period of about three months. Capt.
Wyatt, since his arrival in Liverpool, has dis
posed Of the boa and its progeny TO MIR. Ed
monds now the proprietor of one of the travel
ing ment geries of the late Mr.. Wombwell,
which is at present, being exhibited in Man
chester. The mother and three Of the young
ones have been conveyed to that town, but
tbirty-three OF the snaketets have yet to be de.
livered, dead or alive. They are at present, in
seaman's phrase, adrft in the ships hold, but
will no doubt be recovered as the cargo is dis
charged. The bite of this snake is not veno-
NOUS, so that the young wrigglers may easily
be captured.-Licerpoot Mercury.
u. BANK.-We learn verbally from Har-
ris5urg, that The Governor has signed the bill
closing the Several trusts OF the U. 5. Bank,
and settling The judgments obtained by the
State against the Bank on account of bonus
The Bank 1--WE believe, is TO pay the State $780,
900. By closing the Trusts, the Bank gets rid
oflarge and useless expense. and by cOmpro-
missing ihej judgments lying against it, removes
weight that would forever keep,it in the dust.
1t the Bank has anything after paying its cred
itors, there is now at least chance of making
it available to the stockholders. We under.
stand the Bank has several hundred thousand
dollars worth of properly after paying tue
$l5O,OOOnamed to the STATE.
The New Orleans Pcay une notices q Swed
ish silver coin of 1852, under hing oscar, q
very large quantity of which has been recently
brought into that city, and no" nooos .ne .las
ket. Their intrinsic value IS Six cents they
are of the sze of a dimes somewhat thinne
and much lighter. There is u possibility o.
these coins being passed off as dimes. The
sl,phtesl examination detects the difference.
The citizens of Hartford, at meeting votet
to petition the next Legislature tor power ts
;ssns bonds 10 the amount Of $3.50 900, for tn,
rurnnse Of introducing water Of pure ant
wholeson charac ter into the city.
vrY, England, Mr.. ). Norton has invented, a m
- whieh he calls an indicator of Numbers ant
D;stsnces, and which is approved by the Londol
Saciesy Of AYts. 1t will tell the number of person
~sssing through door, or travelling in an omnibus
nd Ia this case the distance passed also. It
essily adjusted and 10 pronounced TO ba infallibls
its results.
ALLIGATOR SKIss.-Mr. j. w. Benedict, G
Galveston, has manufactured some tie mos
beautiful boots and shoes that we have eve
seen, with leather made of Alligator SKINS
The skinsare tanned and prepared so that the,
resemble Tie finest calfskin in pIiability, anc
are beautifully notified, like tortoise shelf
He intends to send pair of boots 10 IN.
Worlds Fair in New York. He certainly me
rits premium for changing these huge am
ugly monsters to forms of beauty and nssfnI
sess.-Houston fIerasl Telegraph.
In PEACE PREPARE FOR WAR.-The Lon
don Morning Herald says thar in the course 8
the present spring measures will be taken 4
place the western coast Of England in q atat
Of efficient defence. Major General Sir Hal
vey Smith has been appointed commandes-il
chiefofthe western district