The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-07-08

The reader will be amused, 10 spite of himself
at the ingenious quaininess and simplicity of III.
following fiction, so ridiculous and at the same
time SO well told:
From the Knickerbocker Magazine.
II must have been sheer envy on the part of Mr.
c. Conklin Eeppins that excluded the following
stirring 'pome" from the columns of ssThs Qaos
Litery Gem" We take an early occasion TO dc
Justice to the talents OF the author, X. N. Pepper
Esq who writes Us that be 'has chose the hydrault
measure because, next to hydrameters he consider,
il the most efectoosl"
"Sn1ject: 4 CollNsion 5etpeen Alegaiter and q
Water Snaik: Triumph of the Water Snaik: Desi
of the Alegaiter:"
ssThere is an iland on river lying,
Which runs I'm lntT Traa;.I Gaa;ma.y warm mn, country
Hear and their symptun of a Willow,
Hanging of its umberagious inns branches
Th. aas ns shs the Home Of the now ssnt mt assse
When not in his other element confined:
Hear he wood set upon his egs sleep
With ey observant of fis and other passing
Objscks: while it kept going ON so:
Fereles of danger was the hapy Alegaiteri
But las in an evil our he was fourced to
Wakei that dreme of Bills was two sweet for him.
morning the with unusooal splender,
Which also did our Alegaiter csmng from the wa
ter,
His scais a-finging of the rails of the son back
To the fountain-head which tina snginly sprung.
But having had nothing to eat for some time, he
Was SLEEPY and gap'd, in short time, widely.
The rails of the shet his sinister ey
Because of there mutooal splendor and warmth.
The Evil Our (which / sed) was now come;
Evidently good chans for a water-Snaik
Of the large Specie, which soon appeared
Into the hori son, near the bank where repose'd
Calmly in slepe the Alegai.er before spoken Of
About 90 foot was his length (not the 'gaiterl
Aud he was aperientiy ell-proportioned Snaik.
When he was all ashore he glared upon
The Hand with APPROVAL. but was soon
.Astonished with the view & lost to wonder from
Wats)
Being material Enemy af his'n, he worked hissef
Into a fury, also nj position.
Before the Alegaiter well could ope
His eys Tin other words pirceve his danger)
the Snaik had envelloped his body just 19
Times with 'toaids voloominus and vast from Mil
toni
And had tore off several Scais in the confusion,
Besides squesing him awfuliy onto his stomic.
Just then, by fortunate turn in his Affairs,
He ceased into his mouth the careles tale
OF the unrefecting water-Snaik. Groan desperate.
de- finding that his tale was fast squesed
Terrible, while they roaled all over the iland.
1t was a well conduckted Affair: no noise
Disturbed the harmony of the Seen, ecsept
Onct when Willow was SNAPPED into by the roaling.
Each OF the combstence hadn't mint for holering
So the confic materially tremenious
But soon by crate fource the tale was bit complete
Ly of: but the eggzertion was too much
For his delicate CONSTRUCTION: he felt compression
Onto his chest, and generally over his body:
When he ecspres'd his brething, it was with crate
Dlhcuty that he felt inspir'd again onct more.
Or coarse this State must suffer revolootion.
SO the Alegaiter give but vel, and egspire'd.
The water Snaik realed hisself Off & survaysd
For say 10 minits, the condition of
HIS TO then wondering what made his tale hurt
He sloly went off for to cools'