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^ tiie effect of tlio shot on the fish. The btill
passed over the back, the grape shot struck all
nround, and the instantaneous dash made by
the fish showed that he was evidently hit, as be
had showed no emotun whnto^er at .either ot
the previous shots, w hen the boll struck very
near nnd thofish itself fn greater proximity to
the cannon. The wind now freshened up nnd
it ..''became so rough that the cannon was use
less. The fit. Patrick wus„th?refpre compelled
to get itito linrbor. The only alternative left wns
to try my,harpoon. I had struck Devil Fish but
never hud seen n whale but once, nnd that too
in nty childhood, in these very waters. I took
tlio precaution of fastening my line to tin emp
ty wine cask which I had brought to buoy-up tho
Serpent. 1 directed Slowman to keep about
twenty yards paralleled to thefish, judging by
the wake, and us soon ns I gave tho word, to
dash in directly among them,as my harpoon was
too heavy to throw at any distance. We hud not
proceeded far when two of the fish made their
appearance immediately on my loft, at ubout
twenty yards, I gave the word to put me close
upon them! the boat wus pulled, up to within n
yard of one of tjie fish, and having selected
my spot, 1 drove tho harpoon with ull my
strength into him. 1 lie* staff was so long that
before it had submerged I lied twice takers it
^iold nnd it nn additional thrust. The
cu$k was thrown over und wpnt whirling upon
the water very much after the fashion of u bob
in a trout streum. A loud wild shout of up-
plause broke out above the wntersas soon ns
my companions beheld me safe and unharmed.
Tho fish ran about two hundred yards with
tho cask attached; when ho rams to the surface,
ho ploughed about furiously, ho would throw
himself half way out of tho water, would then
beat it with his ponderous tail. We could dis
tinctly see tho white cord of the harpoon wound
nround his body. Wo all though* that I hud
&iven him some mortal blow and that it was
his death struggle. The cask had now been
daheing the Polka to the tune of tlio whale for
twenty minutes when it stood at rest. We had
no ether harpoon, no lance, nothing hut lilies,
which woro useless. I went up to the cask,
pulled upon the lino and found tho lmrpooa
had become detached from the fish and wus
bent like a hook. My disappointment nnd
mortification were extreme; I laid yielded my
own jungdmont in'belioving in tho existence ol
the serpent, nnd had neglected to provide for
the whales. I took tho crook out of tny har
poon and went aguin in pursuit, but both tlib
fish and tho onrsmen became shy and I was un
able to get near enough to strike ugain. Cnpt.
Barnwell now took tho harpoon and my place
in tho Belle, to try bis hand. He threw at
some disianno, struck a fish, but without any
visible effect. Tho Sea had become rough
and I hud some difficulty in beating down a-
giunst a rnw east wind. At length I reached
the whulcs, when Capt. Barnwell camp along
side und offered to bo my helmsman if I would
strike. I again, took my post on board the
B^llo. Mr. Flander a gentleman from Now
, ^Btifflnnd, requested a seat in the boat; the task
I' of throwing the cask o'verboard, was asaignod
Hfc .ttrbfth. Tlio fish were sporting furiously up-
S ^n'the surface of the water and it was difficult
to approach near enough. At length an oppor
tunity o^red, and we dashed in upon the fish;
one of the oarsmen became alarmed and neg
lected to pull; tho be^t opportunity was lost,
tho fish began tp settle down, the boat lmd
floated a little nearer; the fish in descending
turn^ partiully on its side, without throw
ing. I struck tho harpoon into him and
could feel it cutting its way. Tho whale
dashed us the steed front the spur. The oarsmen
neglected to pull back, the water boiled all a-
round like an imrnenso caldron. Wo wore in
no enviable position, for as I looked down in
tlje water I could seo tho wide spread tail of
the whale only a foot or two under the boat, as
ho dashed a head. The cask danced about for
* aminute when it became still und 1 found that
the h.prpoen had again been torn out nnd bent
The fish now disnppcured, and tho weather be
coming thick anil squully wo very reluctantly
gave up the pursuit. We reached Beaufort
late in the evening in u lieuvy rain. We im
mediately made plans anil preparations for an
other expedition, having provided ourselves
from the fishing armament of un ^bsont friend
* which if wo had procured on our first cruise,
would have insured success. On Monday we
were again on Broad River,but the distinguish
ed visitors had gone out tlio day previous, and
we had the mortification to know that the only
^ chance which had happened in a life time wus
l°9ti and probable gone forever. It must how-
Wr ever be taken into consideration that we were
t ‘l u ' te unprepared , for sucl* un encounter and
that we are only “amateur whalers.”
We fancy that we have accomplished some
thing, however,-—we have shown the Sea Ser
pent upl we fepcatedly, saw throe whales to
gother, and whenever they clustered, one fol
lowing the other, in proximity, they resembled
« closely the uppearance of u large serpent
at repeatedly throughout the day, some one
would call out to "look at the Sea Serpent.”
®Hie,ro wereot least fifteen persons present,men
of intelligence veracity und character, who
would have testified before any tribunal oa
earth and before high heaven itself, that it
was a great Sea Serpent he. beheld, if he lmd
seen it only in these particular positions
Their heads were knotty and irogular, they
were Without dorsul fins—lateral fiqjs were very
apparent—the Tail was forked-ptlle top of the
back and bead were of a “fbbecdute brown
color," the under part pewter'colftt, they had
I'jjs the power of giving them«elv(*r u very snake
like mo\au\cnl in tlio water. They spriutod
water like a whale, and made a noise like tho
single neigh of a mule, and would be heard at
u gi outdistance. The largest^vas sixty feet long
Injusticetb Citpt. Blankenship, it must bo
remembered that he saw the fish after sunset,
when tho deception must have been more com
plete than when we uaw thorn nt bright noon-
Ho reported only what ho believed ; and
duy,
torn whutl havo seen of those visitors myself,
lie
described very accurately what ho saw nt
that particular juncture of time—he oxaggora
ted nothing—and is entitled to thanks- rather
than to badinage.
1 he first whale that I struck did not aguin re
join bis.companions, und I hope to hear some
thing of it along the const. When lie threw his
houil out of water, two white marks three feet
long, and ono foot wide, resembling tho white
bands of a clergyman, were very visible undo,-
the throat. This peculiarity may be sufficient
for those who are conversant with whales, to de-
teiminA to what class they belong.
The master of a fishing smack who saw them,
said they were the Bight Whale. They did not
resemble tho ono I bail seen when a boy;
that wus pronouneqd a sperm whale by a com
petent judge. I seo nothing liko them in any
prints that I have been able to inspect, nor do
they answer to any of the written descriptions
that I have read in every particular, The head
of the fish had barnacles, animal flowers, or
some similar excrcscnces attached to it. The
figure of the whale when depressed in the
water, with its rougli head and buck only a
few inches above the water line, resembled a
huge alligator. I saw no eyes, but some of the
party suy they distinctly saw what they took to
bo the eye. It was the size of that of a horse,
and resembled in shape the humun eye. We do
not pretend to give an accurate, or scientific
description of these fisb. We only state in can
dor, how they appeared to us, leaving the “ sa-
vaijs” to define the genus, etccetera.
We were in close contact with them for six
hours, and frequently within a few inches of
them. We did not look nt them with appre
hensive visions, or else we would not have in
troduced our stool to them. There was no
call upon us to encounter them, ns we were un
prepared, but wo wore in tlio habit of master
ing ail finny tribe that presumed to intrude
themselves into these waters, and though nt a
disadvantage, we would not shrink from the en
counter, the result is now before the public.
1 bopo that some other gentleman who was
present, will give his version of the affairs, as I
was so actively employed in the combat, that
I had but little oppottunity of making observa
tions beyond what transpired to my own imme
diate self.
Thero was one universal regret that the
author of tho “Carolina spoits” wus not present
with his skill and equipment. If ho had been
there, the result would havo been different,
and ho would havo been able to havo added
ono last crowning chapter to his work; he must
however, console himself with the knowledge
that it was his own trusty harpoon, that I acci
dentally laid my hands upon, that was used up
on that memorablo occasion.
SPORTSMAN.
More Fashionable Morality.—A diabolical
assault was'perpetrated a few evenings since,
by a female named Harriet Barton, on a high
ly rcspectabl'o lady, named Mrs. Bartrem. It
uppeurs that the husband of Mrs. Bartrem was
bound by tie9 of an illicit nature to tlio accused,
whom bo supported in a lavish manner. On
Wodnessday evening his wife went to the resi
dence of Mrs. Barton to take him away, when
that women threw the contents of a bottle of
vitriol over her head und luce, as she was going
up tlio stairs, and so severely injured her that
it is loured she will loso the use of her eyesight,
l’he accused was lakeninto custody and held to
answer tho charge. We are getting on very
nicely! How the great Horned Devil must
laugh and cuuckle as he looks over tho New
York morning papers!—N. Y. Day Book.
S3? 5 “Mother, I guess the baby won’t cry
■nny more, fur I’ve killed it and throne it out
doors."Tho Dedham [Mass.] Democrat relates
that these are tho words which a little girl in
that town, only 4 years old’ addressed to her
mother, upon her return front a short absence;
anil that tho baby was found under the sink
spout, with a cut upon its wrist, from which it
had bled almost to death.
Clover in Florida.—Some three years
since, Gov. liriffon, of Florida, received from
the Patent Office tit Washington, a packet of
clover seed from Chili, which he planted. It
lias flourished amid all the trying changes of the
climate. This is a most valuable addition to
tho wealth of that State, for it supplies, what
was most needed, a nutritions grass for stock
Mr. Clay 1ms received from the President
and fuculty of tho University of Notre Dame
Du Lac (Ruman Catholic) in Indiana, a highly
complimentary letter for his recent efforts in
tlio senate to nppouse civil strife and preserve
the Union. They thus concluded :
While you are assailed by tho violent anil
insane of bothjsections of the Union, we thought
it might be ugreeableto you to know that in a
secluded religions House, whoso inmates buvo
their citizenship and conversation in Heaven,
who commune more with the mighty past than
the present, nnd whose invisblo companions
aie tho noble armory of Suints, your kindling
oratory has warmed and cheered many a heart
inflixibly and altogether American.
Singular Disappearance.—A Baker, by the
name of Diehl, whoso establishment is near
the lower market house, disappeared on Satur
day night last, and has not yet been discovered.
He wus formerly the partner of Schultz, who
*o singularly disappeared last year, and whose
remains were found in January last near Ham
burg.—Augusta Republic.
ETI -amartin has contracted to write twen
ty volumes of romances, for tho sum of $100,-
MORNING NEWS.
BIT JOHN M. COOPER.
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Thursday Morning, April 4, 1830.
JjAllGKST CIUCIJUATION!
The Daily Mornino News bus now a larg
er citv circulation than either ol’the other daily
papers, and consequently is the best advertising
medium. Wo state this fact in justice to ourselves
und for the benefit of the advertising public.
L-rr Sen first page for our rates of advertising,
ff-fp* Advertisements should he handed in tit nn
esrly hour, to insure their nppeuruncc in the puper of
the next morning.
13?- single copies of the Daily Morning News
may bo had at J. M. Cooper’s Book store, nt J. B
Cubbedge’s Book store, Congreas-st., nnd nt the of
fice of publication, 117 Bny-st. Price two cents
Nashville Convention.—The following
is the result of the election held in this city on
Tuesday last, for Delegates to represent the
First District, in the Nashville Convention.
There were 439 votes polled.
IIon. Geroge M. Troup, 433
Hon. Jas. Hamilton Couper, 414
For Alternate.
Dr. Wm. C. Daniel, 428
Fire.—About 10 o’clock last night smoke
was descovercd issuing from the cellar under
the office of Mr. William Duncan, on Bay-
street. Tho alarm being given, our firemen
were promptly on the spot and the fire speedily
extinguished. We are happy to learn that the
only injury sustained was in tho burning of a
few samples of cotton, which had been stowed
in tho cellar.
Professor Agassiz’s Hectares on Nationnl
History.
It is hoped that the citizens of Savannah will
promptly avail themselves of their good lortune
and attend the Lectures delivered nightly at
the Armory Hall, by the great Naturalist who is
now among us. The attendance on Friday
night was small, in consequence of the inclemen
cy of the evening. Those who bad the good for
tune of being present, were highly gratified ns
well as instructed. The Professor’s manner is
easy, simple, clear and to the point—and adapt
ed to tho comprehension of every one. He is
carried forward by the force of bis subject—
very much of which is new—not to bo found
in books—und the results of his own vast in
vestigations of Nuture, which be lias carried
on far beyond any other man. These investiga
tions leading to the most unexpected as well
as important results, tend directly not only to
revolutionize much of what in Natural History
was before thought to be fully established, but
to cast a flood of light upon those portions of
nnimated nature hithorto involved in utter and
chaotic darkness. ’They show us a uniformity
of purpose nnd a singleness of design in the
works of Creation—and a progression of de-
velopement from the earliest time which con
cent the Past Present snd Future indissolubly
together in tho reflecting mind.
Let no one stay away because he has not
henrd tho first discourse. Each evening will
supply a distinct subject highly instructive in
itself. We say, again, let us show our appre
ciation of this distinguished foreigner by a full
attendance.—But above all, let us partake of
the fresh fountain of knowledge which he has
opened to us and which will supply much food
for thought even to those who never have, and
never mqy, open a book on tho subjects of
which he speaks.
We would invoke tlio attendance of our
youth. If Jiut.one shall catch a spark from the
genius of Agassiz, the latter will not have la
bored in vain.—Com.
Athenecm.—We have boon requested to
state that owing to the inclemency of the
weather on Tuesday night, the proceeds of
the benefit proffered to the Catholic Orphan
Asylum, amounted to a very inconsiderable
sum. Tho managers of the Atheneum have
therefore determined to defer the Benefit to
some future occasion, when they hope to realize
an amount more worthy the acceptance of tho
institution. Due notice will be given of the
night to be set apart for this benevolent pur
pose. .
By reference to the advertisemeat it will be
seen that the managers offer a fine bill to-night.
Monopoly.—With tho exception ufAristo-
crat, there is no word in popular opinion more
odiou3tlmn Monopoly. It conveys to the Ameri
can ear the impression of a cunning nnd over
reaching encroachment on the rights of the
sovereign people—tho very reverse of true
Freedom. We lcarn eurly to despise ono who
would grasp the whole.—Newark Advertiser.
We could indite a leuder on this text,nnd ap
ply the-moral, but a sentimontso just needs no
comment.-
Cod Liver Oil Candy has been invented
by a druggist in Springfield, Mass. Tho New
York Mirror states that a single house in that
city is under contract to suppiy no less than
fifteen thousand gallons of cod liver oil be
tween this and tho 1st of Moy next.
E3F” A destructivejfire occurred in New Or
leans on tlie 28th ult. It broke out in what is
called tho Triangle Buildings, and destroyed
some twelvts buildings among which was tho
New York Hotel. The total loss of property
is estimated at upwards of $120,000.
F5F 3 Father Mathew was too unwell to at
tend his appointments at New Orleans on. the
28th ult.
t Correspondence of the Morning News.)
New-York, March 30tii, 1850.
The excitement with reference to tlio For
rest affair has been somewhat increased by the
publication ofa Card by N. P. Willis, defend
ing his brother Richard, front tho imputations
on his morality contained in the published evi
dence. Mr. W. takes a correct view of the sub
ject generally, for wo all know how the most
innocent actions in themselves, may ho distorted
by suspicious, officious and prying servants. It
is due to nil parties, that a full mid fair trial
should take place, and as tho application of Mr.
I 1 . has failed in Pennsylvania, I presume he will
either apply to tho courts of New-York, otythat
Mrs. F. will sue him for alimony,Rnd thus have
an opportunity of placing herself in a true light
before the community, provided she is ns inno
cent of criminality us her friends believe her to
be. A Mr. Andrew Stevens replies to-day to
jhe Card of Mr. Willis, and appears as the
champion of Mr. Forrest. Ho is Mr. F’s
man of business, or man of all work if you like;
a toady of tho “great trudgedian.” Ho is ono
of those men of whom people remark,‘I wonder
how ho lives.’ He professes to ho a jeweller,
hut his last occupation so far a si know,was exl
hibiting a dwarf in various partF of tho United
States. The Card exhibits a close acquaint
ance with Forrest’s family matters, but tho
tone of it, is by no means calculated to better
his employer's cause, or injure that of tho wife.
But wo must wait the denouement, and then
“ we shall see what wo shall seo.”
The process of sinking wells and piles by at
mospheric pressure is ’still in operation, and
with every probability of success; indeed, it
could have been effected before,but it is so novc-
a plan, that it was deemed desirable to prolong
it to graitfy the public. The following des
cription of the process may be found interest
ing : Several lengths of cast iron tubes were
provided; each 16 inches in diameter and 8
feet in length. The depth necessary to reach the
water is 82 feet. Ono of the tubes being plac
ed vertically in the excavation, a gutta-percha
tube of two to three inches diameter is con
nected withjan air-tight cap, previously plac
ed upon the upper end of tho tube—one end of
which again connects with a . large, strongly-
hooped barrel acting as a receiver for tho con
tents of the well-tube; a smaller air-pipe of
gutttapereha being constantly operated to witli
draw all the air from the interior of tho iron.
Tho force of the atmosphere of course drives
down the hollow iron pile into tho earth ; and
as the lengths succssively disappear, another is
attached and cemented, so that the connection
is unbroken—until, tho required depth being
reached, the operation ceases, und the well is
complete.
Postmaster Brady contemplates a change in
the hours at which the great ‘Southern mail with
close in tho afternoon, which will give addition
al accommodations to the busines community.
The intention is to close the mails at half past
3, r. M. or 4 o’clock und not nt 3, .os at pres
ent. Half an houreven may he of great im
portance to men of business. Charlemac.
Disaster at Sea.—Tho steamer Wilson G-
Hunt, which left New York for San Francisco
on the 28th of February last, put into Bermu
da on the IIth, in a most dcplorablo condition
—leaking, foremast gone, and her upper works
nearly torn to pieces—Laving narrowly escaped
foundering at sea during a violent gale of wind
on tho 9th. A boat was dropped astern, and
fastened by a 2^ inch rope, for the purpose of
saving what valuables they could, the cap
tain fearing the vessel would sink, and one of
the seamen put init. While in the act of low
ering a box, containing $10,000 in gold belong
ing to tho ship, $245 belonging to the captain,
tho cabin silver and ship’s papers, into the boat,
the vessel gave a sudden lurch and parted tho
painter, causing the boat to get adrift; tho box
accidently slipped from their hands into the
sea and was lost. Ono of the fireman, named
Francis Blackney, was killed, and two others
severely wounded, by a sea which she shipped,
and which completely swept her decks.
Mysterious Military Movements.—We
have received a long communication in refer
ence to the militpy displays which have attrac
ted tho attention of our citizens during the past
few days. The writer desires to know what
is the meaning of theso military parados of
strange looking troops in our city, and asks
whether they are intended for the invasion of
Cuba or the conquest of Sierra Madrn. His
mind is filled with startling visions of rapine and
war, and he thinks the Executive should bo in
formed of the presence of these troops in
our peaceful city. He says a more beligerant
looking body of men lie never beheld, and
thinks that they have been recruited for some
desperate enterprise
If any movement of this character is in re
ality going on in our city,' it is entirely
without our knowledge. We have heard mar
tial music in our streets, and wo havo in pas
sing, on one or two occasions met squads of
aimed men, but we observe nothing peculiar
or foreign in their appearaitce, and took them
for a detachment of thn reiloubtuhlo G. M.,
serving their country “according to law.” Wo
know noth ,-ig of the daily drills upon the com
mons nor of the mysterious accession of num
bers which seetns to havo alarmed our corros-
dent.
Should we hear of nny movement on foot
likely to disturb the peace of the world, our cor
respondent shall havo timely information.
OF 5 A Spaniard, named Salvadora, a woll-
%nown vendor of eggs in New Orleans, was
killed on Wednesday last by a mail named
J. Walsh.
Dt viDE.NDs.-The Directors of ,h„ M -
ics’Bunkof Auglistii, uri Monday j
Dividend of Ten lief cent, out of t| le J.""’' 1 *
the past six month's,
h.of
Tim Directors of the Brunswick B
Augusta also declared aDividond of /'•/° f
per cent out of the last six months p rofl '.
Riot in Oincinnat..-T1. 0 Louisville l-
Journal of Commerce learns from „ Av
that there wns a tnob at. Cincinnati on
of the 23 ult., by which the office of thoVp^
Gazette wns destroyed. A p ait y f ron , y ' "
port und Covington, assisted by soi nc c ■"
natiansattacked the publication office ofT
Ewon, and after firing six or eight 6 hn' ta ‘' C '
tered tho building and entirely ransacked'^
tossing cases, type, presses, ftnd tnateriid
of the windows. Tho office wns totnll ° U '
turned und destroyed. The party
soventy or eighty men. No resistance
wus of
fered, and after effecting their purpose, t | le
tiro demolition of tho office, they qniet! * ^'
tired from the 9pot. • rt
I3T lion. Samuel T. Armstrong, „„ oIJ
distinguished citizen of Boston, died i n ).
city on Tuesday night last, in tho GGlh yj r "!
his uge. Gov. A. was ono of the oldest iiril
ters in the State, and for several years L 1 .
Governor, has been mayor of the city, ij eut ''
ant-governor, anil for tho greater p art „f or '"
year acting governor of the commonwealil, "
Mr. Vattemare—The newspapers arc
discussing Mr. Vuttcnmre’s claim that he i,,i, e
agent of the French government fur the dist i
button of international’ exclmnges. This
tlcmnn had tho modesty to ask the New J erac ' v
Legislature for some thousand of dollar?, as a
perpetual salary from that State, and he has
been equally importunate to other Legislatures.
It was denied in that body that he was tho agent
of any government, and tho Newark Advertiser
says that his own aggrandizement has alonebeco
sought in all his recent movements; that he
keeps a hook store in Paris which the gifts from
American cities and states are to enrich. He
has, so far, taken no notice of these assertions.
The Days ol the Sailor numbered.—An
article in the Courier anil Enquirer comment--
ing upon certain changes in the British navy,
mainly the substitution of marines for sailon
in naval gunnery, quotes front the “United Ser
vice Gazette” the remark that “steam, or some
other motive power doing duty for it, will su
persede sails; the navigator will exist, but the
sailor will he no more.” The idea has some
truth. Greater changes have been silently
wrought, by the progress of science.
The Great Lake, which we noticed some
timo since ns having been discovered in the
interior of Sooth Africa, in latitude 19 degrers
south, and in longitude 24 east, has since been
explored. The vegetation upon its bnnVsU
tropical; the languugo of tha natives upon its
shores is unlike that of any other of the Africaa
tribes.
Health of New Orleans.—The Delta of
29th instant says—
Members of the Medical Faculty stated
to us yesterday, that the number of cases in
private pructic and hospitals, had almost en
tirely disappeared, and that, for the present, all
cause of alarm has vanished. We can confi
dently state that New Orleans can now, in
point of health, rank equal if not superior, to
any city in America.
ES?" The New Orleans papers of the 29ih
ult.. state that lute frost lmd greatly injured
the cotton plant in tho vicinity of Natchez, atd
that tharc was a hoavy fall of snow in that city
^nd vicinity, on the 27th inst.
Burning of the H. S’ Smith.—A gen
tleman from the West gives the Charleston Mur-
cury somo details of tho burning of the steam
er II. S. Smith on tho Chutahoochee river,
which we noticed a few days since. The steam
er left Columbus for Apaluchmola on Sunday,
the 17th instunt, with 1015 Dales of Cotton.
About 10 o’clock the same night, when near
Eufaula, about fifty miles below Columbus, th?
hour was discovered to be on fire, which .spread
so rapidly as to prevent any efforts to run heron
shore, anil sho drifted down with the curreot,
which wus running with great rapidity, d |cn!
being a heavy freshet in the river. Two of the
passengers, and two negro hands belonging ,l
the boat, were drowed. Gen. Irwin, one 1,1
tlio passengers lost, was a wealthy plantcfi
resident near Gainesville, and was returniOs
home with the proceeds of his crop
thousand dollars, in gold. When tho alarm '•
fire was given, he hastily seized the bagotgf'j
rushed to the side of the vessel, and j UIT, P^
overheard, nnd almost instantly sunk. Of 11 '
1015 hales ef Cotton, only three hales Wtl
saved.
A Young Mother.—Mr. Walter 0oU»®
saw at Rio a woman only twelve years old,"
lmd two children. She woa marled at t* ie " r
of ten to o man of sixty-five.
Killed iiy the Carateuof Vesuvius.—
Charles Cnrnoll Bnynrd, Midshipman of tho U.
S. Navy, aged 22, and apromiaing son of adi‘-
tinguished gentleman of Phila., died at Naples
22d. February of a wound received from a
stone thrown from the crater of Vesuvius, while
ho was standing in company with other officers
on the side of tho mountain. The eruption
was one of the most brilliant and tremendous
that 1ms been witnessed for many years. It
was, moreover, remarkably sudden, as none of
tho usual signs had preceded it. A letter
states that the mountain literally roared with
the efforts it mude to disgorge itself. Thenuise
was like tho fireingof cannon at ses, and at
every discharge, there was thrown up a mass o(
luva and rocks, which at night looked like balls
of fire.