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ro THE MEMORY OF KQSCltfSKQ.
Tbou*rt (one! (a the gioo* «ff the grave
l "be tone* of i tie Hero reclAiej
TlioaVl gone! and the *oul of the brave
Pine* uo aore o’er hi* counry’a decline.
Thoii’rt gone* but inshtined tl thy glory—
A Btwnl win were to th»«l ..
por'in ages to come dull thy Mory
Ciaim • tear frum the patriot and free!
on a uisT.ijrrisi~i.Yi).
Bright We if ihe Ocean! a* mildly it roae
0.1 the 9-rge Of the evening akyi
It seem'd like a sp'rit just sank to repose.
On 'he breast of a zeraph on high.
ft* bright arches ihine in the evening sUr,
As it gleam* o’er the breast or the Wave;
Like some rutle-sculpMrrd turret that rises afar.
O'er the homeward bound mariner’* grave.
The ivy etill twines round its mouldering steep.
The night suU sighs in the grove:
There the maid loves at even to wander and weep,
O’er tbe dreams of her earliest lore.
Old long shall the light of that vision remain,
When the wild bits* of childhood is fled;
And tong shell it beam on our pathway of pain,
Like the smile on the cheek of the dead!
No fate shall therr bid thee to love and to part,
Put peace to thy day-dreams be given;
Yet faint glows the flime of hope in the heart,
Till fanned by the breezes of heaven. *
Yet the soul on the pinions of mercy shall rise.
From the woes which encircle it here;
And soar like the herald of day through the skies,
Till it rest in a holier sphere.
t eXP-css
FORKING V NEWS—Continued.
London, April 27.
While there were About thirty or forts
of the most daring demagogues in safe
custody, and while the mspension act re-
ineiiisd In force, no direct attempts were
made to disturb the tranquility of the king
dom, by infiamatnry appeals to assemblies
of the lower classes.
No sooner, however, were the former re
leased, and the latter repealed, than w,
again heard the voice of sedition; and now,
as the following notice will prove, we an
threatened with another Spa Fields tu
mults;—
“THE RIGHTS OF fiRITONS.
“A meeting of the disfranchised inhab
itants of Middlesex, agreeable to public
advertisement, will take place on Monday.
May 4, 181(3, in Spa Fields, at 13 o’clock
At noon, to petition the prince regent to
take into his consideration the sufferings ol
the laboring people, the approximating state
o! it'll industrious persons (not having en
titled property) towards the same condi
tion, and the necessity of some speedy re
lief founded on the rights of man$ the ad
vantages w.iich would result frofu bis jiro-
motiog a parliamentary reform, annual
parliaments', universal suffrage, and vote
by ballot; for supporting the social and ci
vilized rights of labourers throughout the
three kingdoms; from whom proceeds the
splendor, luxury, and good, enjoyed b)
kings-, priests and nobles, tor using his in
flucnci- to redress prevailing witmgfr, and
thereby add to the security of the crown
and its glory.
«Henry Hunt, esq.
“Mr. Whitman, sec’ry
LATEST FSOti FRANCE.
We have been favored by a friend with
Paris papers to April 27, and those of I*on-
don to the 23, received by the Roxana, from
Havre. The following paragraphs contain
the principal articles of intelligence which
they present.
Madame Krodener has arrived at Riga
and there received an order not to proceed
to SL Persburgh, but to take up her resi
dence for the present at Revel,.
The oumbemf deaths in Paris, which
1816 amounted to hut 19,801, in 1817 has
increased to 21,381 a difference of more
than 1581.
Admiting but one half drowned wh
have b.-en taken up, to have caused their
own death, the number of suicides in 1817
is 335.
Nine person* nnlyhavedied between the
ages ot 95 and 100 years, of these eight ol
them were women. Hut what ought in an
especial manner to excite the attention ol
government, is the proof that is given us by
this statement of the disr* pute into vacciu
lion has fallen into the capital; 150 per
sous died of sm,II pox ill the year 18)6:
the. number amounted to 486 in 181*
increase ol 336.
The ship Son of Prance, 825 tons, th
largest merchant ship which lias been built
it -ante for thirty years, was launched
the 20th of this moiitn—it is destined fsr
China.
A letter from Frankfort announces that
the marriage ot her royal highness the prill
cess of Linage (Maria Louisa Vicloire
princess of Saxe Coburg Saafiehl, Ins royal
highness with the duke of Kent, brother ol
the prince regent (if England, is now detri
mined on. The counsellor baron Schmitz
set out on the arrangement of this affa
with the English minister, who resides at
that city,
A Havre letter of April 29, remarks—
“pot ashes, there is very little inquiry, ami
a good stuck on hand; pearls on the run
trary, are scare, and wdl sell—coffee i
brisk demand, and will sell readily at uu
•luutali. ns; Havana and St. Domingo are
worth 27sols, in entrepot; cottons continue
to sell pretiy cOirently at the pn ces q„
,ed (Georgia, sea island 1-2 killo. 4f. 50
a 73; do. upiaud 3 73 a 2 85; North Care
>ina, do do; Luui-ana 2 80 a 2 85.) Noi
so n.ucli doing in hides. Of indigo ther
.s rather a scarcity, and it would meet;
ready sale— ar,keens in good request.—
Little doing in pepper pultries of heavv
ale; rice rather declining. Sugars are aii
very briric, at the moment in any part •*
Europe; fcugals have been si lling current
y here, at 23J sols for white, and 21J lo
yellow; teas are rather fiat tobaccos liavi
advauced at tile last sale of the 10th dye
wood generally dull.—Palladium,.
Lord Castlereagh's indisposition is-a Vio
lent cold add hoarseness-.
April 29:
The Paris papers ol the 26th instant,
which arrived this morning, are of great
$ a portative. They cuntain-an official an
iiounce ment of the approaching eVacua
tion oP the French territory by the'allied
army, of the financial means provided fo
carrying it into effect, and-ot the speed)
meeting of the allied sovereigns,- for tin
purpose of fixing the precise time, an.,
ether preparatory circumstances. The
sain required for the final liquidation o
the clai.as nf foreign- powers is redacci!
from sixteen hundred*niHlions of francs.
Louis, hr the grace of God, king ol
Prance and Navarre..
To all present greeting.'
We have ordained and do ordliin, that
(he projector die' law, the tenor of which
follows, shall be presented tb the chamber
of deputies by our ministers secretaries'of
state in the iiepartmc its-of foreign affairs
and finance >ind by the sieursr count Sime
on and Haron Mounier,counsellors «fstate
whom we charge to explain its motives,
and support it iq debate:—
Article 1. For the purpose of providing
fhr the full and entire execution of the dis
positions of the treaty of- the 30th May.
1814,, and* the conventions of the treat)
of the 20th November, 1815, so faras'con-
cerns the payment of the debts contracted
by F -ance anterior to that epoch, beyond
the own actual territory, - there shall* be
created and inscribed upon the grand book
of die public debt, with interest from the
22d March, 1818, a perpetual rente of
16,040,008' francs, to meet ' a capital ot
320,800,000 francs.
Art. 11. Tnere is opened in* the minis
try of finance and credit of tweuty-luui
millions of rents. Ib consequence the
government is authorised to create and in-
arritie on the grand bonk*of the public debt,
in concurrence with this sum, rentes which
Clay be employed only tu complete the
payment of the saws due to the allied pow
ers conformably with the 4tb article of the
treaty of the 20fh November, 1815.
Art. HI. An account shall be given in*
flp session of what shall have been itpac in
vittar of the above second article.
Give* at our castle of the Thuilleries,
the 25th of April, of the year of our
mot, 4810) and 23d of oar reign.
. ' Louts.
.. i ’ - lUuiiLULtf.
Boston, June 13.
Letters from Paris, per the Roxana
arrived yesterday, dated April 8tli, men
lion that our minister to Holland still re
■tabled in that city, and wa. to leave the
text day for the Hague. Th** letters als.
mention that he would remain at th
Hague but a short time, and then take pas-
-age by the first vessel for the United
.■States. Mr. Appleton will remain a
charge des affairs.—-Patriot.
From the Kentucky Reporter.
S U U TU-AME IlICA.
Extract of a letter from »n intelligent American
at Buenos Ayres, to* gentleman in Lexington
dated
March 3. 1818.
“We are here at Iasi after a voyage of
three months, having stopped ten days at
die de Janeiro, and four at Monte Video
!l wish 1 Could give you a faithful trans
script of the impressions made no my min
in the cobrse of this interesting period of
my life, but I regret that the limits of a
letter will not allow me. The short tim*
1 have been here will not allow me to spe a k
my opinion With perfect confidence on
variety ol important topics; there are soon
mwever, on which I Cannot be mistaken,
although I must reserve for some opportu
oityv-when I can have the pleasure of con
vernation with you, the account of the modi
in which my opinions are formed.
“Oh our arrival here, the English and
Americans who crowded around us, (f.
'they appeared at our consul’s ve<y much
nixed with each nlher) seemed to vie wit*
•ach other in giving the most unfavorable
accounts' of th'e people and government
*ol the country, but in the midst of their
accounts,-they let out some things which
to me spoke in their favor. On a mort
particular examination of the characters ot
the individuals who thus spoke. I found,
in every instancr, that circumstances ex
isted which rendered their testimony sus
picious. Iu casting my eye around, I
could very readily see the cause of their
being despised by the British, for nothing
is to be seen throughout the city, but the
plainness and simplicity of republicanism.
In the streets none but plain citizens, or
republican soldiers ai e to be seen; the lat
ter Having somewhat a militia appearance;
but 1 did nut like them the less on that ac-
ount. I assure you, sir, notwithstanding
the numerous acts ot government,
which may be justly condemned, I feel
myself here in a land of freedom, and
where an American will find mure to re
mind him of his country, than in any go-
vei nmetit in the world. This is faying
much, but ifis no Irss true.
“Our'st.iy a- Rio lias been of infinite
service to us, by tarnishing our mi ids with
a picture of dcS|Hiti*m to contrast with the
state of things at t!:fe place. Yesterday a
personage gave me, as tie thought, a most
appalling description of the state of parties
here, and-with great confidence told me,
tnat a portion uf the people was in favor oi
this system, and another of a different one,
etc. I put this * simple question to him:
“How is the public sentimen, ascertaineur'’
For thi» he was not prepared. - I then told •
him that aiRio de Janeiro there was do
parties; that the people neither spoke nor
'bought or politics. An Englishman, ex
pecting to ra*e contempt in my mind for
a strapping fellow who passed by with a
couple of ejraulcttea—that fellow, said he,
i little *hilq ago kept a gtoc-shop-^he U
ibw a militia cdionel! I told him, that in
our country, it was not uncommon to see
generals feeding hogS. .
“The propei mode of jddgiog of these
people, is bT looking at flic past and the
future; to see die advancement they hare
made, and what they Will probably make.
It is enough for.thfe present; that the spi
rit of liberty, ihc ddsire of independence
rhe desire for improvement, is deeply root
ed, although perhaps Iradlydirfccted. Even
if they possessed the previous advantages
that we hiatii it would be uufair to compare
them with wliat We are now. It is admit
ted on all hands that their progress has
been very considerable, and I see no rea
son why ii will not continue. You once
suggested to the the advantages they would
derive from national songs; I find they
have a nu.nber, which are sung on all oc
casions; their sentiments are purely repub
lican. Ibis; together with the number of
persons who are called forth from th*
most humble and obscure s:tuations, to act
considerable parts, surely must tend to
elevate and enlighten. The number ot
persons, more or less connected with the
civil and military, is necessarily great.—
Amongst the reproaches heaped on these
people by strangers, what appeared to me
vfery' curious, I heard them reproached
with national vanity! One cf these patri
ots, I was told, declared that North Ame
rica had produced but one Washington,
while the South had produced a hundred'
There is one thing universally admitted
and that is, the great equality existing
throughout the socuty, an equallity which
lias n >t been forced, but exists in the same
manner as in the United States. Here is
•ertaiuly the basis on which to build a re-
• ublican government. As 1 did not come
hereto look for miracles, I am not disap
pointed. With respect to the administra
tion of the government, the state of finance,
the irregularities of those in office, from
the want of powers being properly defined,
the d- fficieocy in general knowledge, etc.
thesd are topics upon wlucii may be justly
said against the country. T ere is one
thing certain, that all l have heard alledg-
•-d against it, w. uld have excited no par
ticular attention at Rio, as being of course;
“The shortness of the time which ban
elapsed since my arrival, will not enable
me to say anv thing worth writing down on
the subject of the government. Its ene
mies call it a mi/iiarjwepublic, but I as
sure you it is nothing but a republic, and I
believe can be nothing else. The story of
their wishing a king you may rely upon it,
is absolutely ridiculous. In the vessel
which brought us up from Monte Video,
there were several persons in the lower
walks uf life who talked politics and suog
tlreir national song, something like oui
Hail Columbia. These people who can
lardly be presumed to spek any other than
the sentiments of the hundreds, which
compose tiie class of society in which they
.novel had quite as rational and as entliu
-h.i.tical notions on the subjei t of a govern
ment, as people ot the same occupations
■ ml education in our oivn country. One
if them told me that he thought Ro-seau’s
social compact a visionary thing, but that
Paine’s common »ense and rights of mai
were sober and rational productions. The
priests are all natives and republicans.—
I’tieir influence in much diminished; the
younger part ol the community are bee. in-
ing, perhaps, too careless on the subject ol
their religion. There is religion. There
is no religious intolerance, every one is
free to worship in his own way.
“Our arrival, lam informed, has excited
the most extravagant joy; to be noticed in
any manner by a respectable government,
and more particularly by us, whom they ad
mire more than any people in the world
is highly gratifying. In the present stab
ot the world, the feeling of one republican
nation towards another republican nation,
is not to he described, and cannot be
known to kings and their servants. We
lave it in our power, to direct and fix the
lestinesof a great people. Good Heaven!
it possible that our enlightened states
men cannot lift up their minds to the mag
nitude of the subject?
With respect to the capacity of thes
people for defence against any force that
can be sent against them, it is admitted bv
ill. To any one who has been an hour on
the spot, the attempt of Spain, with the
assistance of any nation in Europe, to sub
jugate them, must appear almost ridicu
lous, when we see that at Monte Video the
whole Portuguese force is shut up by on
ly two hundred men. Thirty thousand
men can be brought to the defence of this
capital, every house of which is a complete
fortress.. The diffiulties in the navigation
are also of such a nature as to render it
difficulty for any large body of troops to
be transported with safety. The Poi to-
gues are wasting their men and money in
the most childish manner. Any one on
the spot will see in five minutes that it is
utterly impossible for them to make the
slightest progress. The dispute between.
Artigasand this government, I will endea
vor to explain wheu I shall become better
acquainted with them.
“The people here are under the impres-
sion, that England is only waiting for the
United States to acknowledge Buenos
Ayres, in order to tallow toe example.—
The simple acknowledgement of these
people will be productive ot consequences
of which you can scarcely from an idea.—
The importance attached to it by them, is
sucbfthat there is hardly a man who would
not give almost half ol what he is worth
that i^Xaould take place. 1 do out hesi
tate to say, that tbe moment we acknowl
edge them they will adopt every feature
of ouf'goverhment and constitution, and
such is the idea which they have of the jus
tice, wisdom, and disinterediiess ol our
country; that they will be guided by our-
advite in every things I have nut tbe
least doubt, that‘the commissioners will
be applied to for the - purpose of healing
the civil dissentions which have’ existed
between Artigas and this people. I assure
you lam enthusiastic. I have good au-
I hority for what 1 state.*’
Prom the PUtaietpkim Pemomtic Proie.
IMPORTANT DECISION.
W. B. Finch, et. *1. )
es. L Chumfirtahagt.
Tbe Maria Josep*. and chigo. J
"Questions of salvage are always ques
tions of the most disagreeable kind: In
vain the mitid looks for relief in its anxie
ty to dd justice; by seeking the aid of fix
ed rules or principles. Such questions
arc addressed exclusively to discretion
and that discretion must more in a range
to which there are ilo defined limits. This
case is attended with another embarrass
ing circumstance. It is impossible to se
perate the question of salvage from that
which must finally dispose of the residue
of this vessel and cargo. The same rule
cannot be applied indifferently to both par
ties claimants. If the residue ought to be
restored 10 the Spanish claimant, then no
salvage can be demanded, if tbe treaty ap
plies to the case, or if it does not apply,
then a much higher salvage ought to be
paid, than i(lt be adjudged to the captor
The principal question in the case, then is
forced upon ine before 1 can dispose of
that salvage, and here I cannot hesitate on
the decision that must be made. The law
of nations requires of the United (States
the observation of strict neutrality be
tween the belligerents. Flagrante bello
no neutral nation is bouriHAMfepgFBUg. „
course of conduct, that may ultimately
embroil it with the victor. We found the
property in possession of one of the belli
gerents and we are bound to leave it there
It i* enough tar us that we see a state ol
open war existing between two powers who
are able to maintain it. Tiie question ol
right is with the God of armies. This is
no recognition of the independence ol
Buenos-Ayres, it is the recognition of a
fact known to all the world, am! admitted
by the claimant himself, that of a state of
open war between Spain and one of her
colonies—this is the most solemn and no
torious act by which nations can exhibit
theirindependence to the restof the world
and whilst the struggle continues, otliei
nations arc not at liberty to distinguish
between fact and right. Under these im
pressions 1 award one-fifth of the nett pro
ceeds to f ie libellant; convinced that liad
he captors been consulted at the time tiie
vessel was taken charge of they would
have freely given that proportion to secure
the rest—and that the libellants ought tb
he satisfied with eight thousand dollars for
the services rendered.
There is one other point on which I feel
myself called on to make a remark, that is
the effect of the treaty between Spain and
me United States. The sixth article has
,iO bearing on this case. The object ol
that article is the protection of the vessels
or eff'cts of Spanish subjects from seizure
at the time of t icir being within our juris
lirtion. Nor does the case come uudci
the 9th article, since in whatever light
pain may think pr iper to consider the
ruisers ol her enemy, they are not pirates
in tiie view of other nations; and as to the
second sectiofl of the 14tli article, it make
no provision for the restitution of property
captured by citizens who have accepted
commissioners to cruize against Spain.—
The provisions are that no citizen shall ac
rept such a commission, and that he whoac
cepts such a commission shall be puuisheu
asa pirate. In a government oflaws,every
thing has been done which good faith re
quired to be done. Laws have been' pas
sed and our courts of justice are open for
the punishment of such as accept of com
.missions under the enemy of Spain. But
information must be lodged, and evidence
produced, before it can be required of the
courts of justice to punish those or any
other offenders. For any thing farther,
Spain must depend upon the vigilance, ac
tivityand intelligence of her own agents
and'in no case is it or can it be made an id-
ditmn to the punishment of such offenders
that the property shall be restored unlesi
the United States may be made lible for
indemnity, for when the capture is made,
the propdMy is vested in the government
that grants the commission. It is the seiz
ore of the state and not uf the iudividua
In the case before us, there is no evi
dence that the San Martin privateer wa-
litted out in t e United Statrs. She ha-
i .deed very in properly recruited her crew
within ourlimits; and every individual con
cerned in H at transaction, will be punish
ed, if presecuted. But all the world know;
that tbe arbitrary exertion of power is un
known to the genius of our constitution
tod all that any state can expret of toe
United States is, that adequate laws slioulii
oe passed, to punish and prevent the com
mi-sion of such acts. When acts are done
m evasion of those laws, unless the govern-
rn-nt can be charged with winking at these
evasions, it is not liable to indemnify Spain
for such captures—and our courts of jus
tice cannot on that ground violate the ob
ligation of neutrality by seizing and rts
toeing prizes that have been made by
either party. William Johnst.
MASSACBUSE ITS LEG IS LA TV RE
IN SENATE, June 8.
The secretary caine in with the follow
ing message from his excellency the go
vernor, viz
Gentlemen, &c.—This morning I re
ceived a letter from the honorable John
Quincy Adams, secretary of state, stating
his Britannic majesty’s government had
given orders for the delivery to the United
States, of Moose, Dudley, and Frederica
islands, and that brigadier general Miller
had been, by order of the president of the
United States, authorised tu receive pos
session of the same in their name, sug
gesting at the same time, that it would be
-atisfactory to the president, should an of
ficer of the state be appointed to attend the
surrender of the territory. A copy of the
tter of the secretary of state wjll here
with be laid before you. John Brooks-
'■ Council Chamber, Junebih."
The message was read and committed
to Messrs. Quincy and King. The house
joined Messrs Balch of Lubec, Treat of
'Bangor, aud Jarvis, of Ellsworth.
Thp committee 6b the subject of the
delivery of Moose Island, etc. reported a
resolve, authorising his excellency the go*
vernor to appoint such ait officeifof the mi
litia ofthis commonwealth, ai he inaydeem
suitable; ahd take such other measures in
relatiob thereto, (sin. bis judgment thd
interest and dgnity of the cotnuiuhwealth
majr require.
The steam boat Virginia, from Norfolk,
arrived this morning about 10 o’clock.—
Among the passengers we observed the
secretary of the navy and general Scott.—
On Friday last a splendid public dinner
was given to the president at Norfolk, and
lie was treated with the greatest attention
and respect by all classes of hi* fellow-
citizens. He was officially addressed by
the mayor of the city and the Mechanic
Society, to which he returned very cordial
answers.
At 10 o’clock on Saturday morning,
says the Beacon, the president and suite>
with several naval and military officers^
embarked on board the Nonsuch and sail
ed for Hampton. A salute was fired frotq
each of the garrisons as she passed. . The
United States’ schooners Hornet ann Des,'
patch, having* on board generals Bernard
« d Swift, colonel M'Ree, and captains
Arrington and Elliott, accompanied the
Aiensuch as Isr as Hampton bar, whence
llie president and the officers proceeded up
to the town in one of the Ferry boats, hav
ing been invited to partake of a dinner,
•irepared by a number of citizens. As
,-oon as the boat came in sight of the town,'
a handsome salute was fired from some
pieces of artillery, posted for the purpose;
and when the boat reached the landing, %
great number of respectable citizens croud-
ed down to the water'* edge, to testify the
exalted estimation in which they litAd the
great and good man who presides ovJr the
destinies of the republic. After partaking
of a handsome dinner, the presideut and
his attendants took their leave,and rejoin
ing the Nonsuch and Despatch, which
awaited them off' the bar, they returned to
Old Point Comfort. About 8 o'clock in
the evening, the Nonsuch, with the presi
dent and suite on board, got under way
and proceeded direct for Washington Ci
ty, with a fair wind, having received des
patches requiring his early return to the
capital.—Baltimore Patriot, June 16.
SEED8 OF RESOLUTION.
The Upper Canada papers announce,
officially, that a provincial convention as
sembled at St. Catharine, in that province
on the 4th of May, and was immediately
or ganized by the choice of John Clark, ^
esq. president, Wm. J. Kerr, ceccretary, '**
and George Adams, esq. treasurer. ■ The
towns of Niagara, Grantham, Lowth, Clin
ton, Grimsby, Conburv, Gainsborough,
Pelham, Thurold, Stamford, Willoughby*
Bertie, Crowland, Iluinberstone and
Wainfleet, were represented. [These
from, but an inconsiderable part of the
towns of Upper Canada} and no delegates
appear to have been sent from York, Kin
gston, Newark and Chippewa, the prin
cipal towns of the province.} Of the de-
legates, were Robert Hamilton, esq.
Wm. H. Merritt, esq. John Clark, esq.
George Keeper, esq. James Cummings,
esq (theae three justices of the peace) Dr.
Cyrus Sumner, and Dr. John J. Lefteity,
and Messrs. Hixon, Robertson, Kennedy,
Henderson, Baxter, Current, Horton and
Thompson The measures were adopted
with unanimity. They recommended the
election of Representatives to form a pro
vincial convention, to meet at York, on the
6th July next, to appoint a commission to
proceed to England with petitions to the
Prince Regent, on the state of the provin
ce; and to hold conferences, generally; on
ill mattery then requiring attention- Mr.,
(iouriay, the autliorof the public addresses *
which put in motion the meeting, was fin-
vited to a seat in the convention, and to
issiat in its bu-iness. The principal op-
iosers of these measures, are Col. Clark,
nd major Leanard.
Much is expected from general (govern-
ir) Maitland, on his arrival frpm England.
Ine party anticipate from him a prompt
alleviation of grievances, and the other at
prompt su'ijirpssiiui of s<*If-created asso
ciations.—Boston Centinal, June ip.
From the Boiton Ccntir.tlof June 13,
MORE SEA-SERPENTS.
We can vouch for the intelligence and
veracity of the medium through which* 1 we
have received the following information, 1
so interesting to the naturalists ot our'
country:—
Passengers just arrived from Eastport
report, that a captain Ilaggens, of French
man's bay, arrived there a day or two be- i
lore they left, who informs, that about ten
leagues south southwest of Muuhegan he
saw an object at the distance, as he sup
posed, of about a league, which had the ap
pearance of a whale. As he drew nearer
this animal suddenly -ose with his head
about five feet out ot water, and came to
wards the vessel with astonishingvelority;
he came immediately along side the ves- <
sel, so near that he could have reached
him with an o ir, and extended bevond the
essel considerably—the vessel is eigthty
feet in length. IJis head appeared about
the size of his long boat, with a white spot
on his breast, without fins and covered
with a kind of shell, of quite a dark color. I
He had several bunches on his bead, and
nis motion was of an uudulatory kind; hi*
tail shaped like that of a whale; his body
about the size of a grampus, say four feet
diameter. He soon disappeared and ve-
soon he saw two others of the same des
cription, but considerably smaller. Thcv
came immediately b*fore the vessel, and
wheu within sixteen feet he fired upon ooe
‘ them, when he immediately disappear-
, with a motion so quick as to throw the
water on board the vessel. 'This animat
pouted the water downwards. His men
weie so much alaimed with the appearance
ol tnese animats that they ran up the*
shrouds.
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