The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-10-31

tinled WITH nhabaltd inghs ready Ia blast
all hurr ~ midnight, ~ found ourselves
in The midst ri the gull stream, Il c,Iren,
/ 80 miles broad, aud running eastward III a
; calm, three miles an hour. Here, entil \ at
ter the dawn ri day, experienced severe
thunder and iisdnug, forinlnS altogether Il
horrible tempest /; perfectly nhsel Scent,
| ,ueh as had never witnessed. Up all
night.
3isi-The morning dawns, With a
mest d,smaI frowning aspect; the air be.
ng full of blue fire and crashing thunder,
aud the sra rising and falling over, ON,
aud around ~, like swelling morniains ol
liquid fire. The captain apparently Devil
dered mol knowing how IL act, aud SEEM
inelv overwhelmed with doubt aud indee.
sion.
\ AZ ., u. IN, we tried Tor soundings, hut
! found none, ,he gail h.ing nnlaiilomahlr.
+ Affirm, tell smotinIlng rain, succeeded bs Il
short calm, when thc VIVID ,eered to n. W
and The ,ir became suddenly cold and clear,
though in the gulf it WAS warm and foggy
the salt water Was there as warm rs milk
from the COW, and very atcamy, and spark
ling like bnrRng sui phar or volcanic lava,
having luminous PARTICLES large AS h"Hcl
uat /; bat these, whrn touched by the fin
ger, disappeared. Lat 80 drS. long, 10
deg, 80 min. SAW several pieces of wreck.
Thls is the last day Of Mach, aud was eN.
pccted 10 bc the last Of our lives.
.3prd lSi.-Coller than lever feli II on
II wiutcr's day III England. resume m,
winter dress, but e,nnot BIZ warm. The
captain, during yesterdays saIr s,,lkod, aud
would rat prthng, nor sutlcriny thing eat.
able 10 he cooked was therefore plniu9
- hours on ten, coffee, VINE, China sweet
meats, aud DRY hard blsrult. ! hese brave
clrcnmuavlgalors state, that dulne the last
four years Va, age, they met not a worse
gale than the equinoctlal tempest ofyrster-
day and the captain says, HAT at six "A.
IN he saw The most dangerous SEA he had
fever Witnessed. II Was mounting ~ feel
above the ship, and ready to burst over her
stem Il mighty mass of water, molc than
Sufficient 10 hase swept the dech Of Every
mai aud beast ard rnast upon it, If not 10
great bit felt qniie lodth 10 die without
telling my oWn tale, or enabling others 10
tell IL for me. The chambrf Mh,ro the
good maA meets his fdte, seemed iadced a
matter of envy, aud privileged beymal
the common lot" desired and prayed it
might be mlue, instead Of sinking III these
dark d"soatc Dnfathomcd waters.
| :" Al ndon we saW several Indications uf
land Il l,nj sparrow on our rigging, ard
several fat Yankee ducks and geese near
tvs.
- " 2d--lfiae clear morning in 10
fathoms white water, ilst on the edge Of i
dangerous wrecking siloal, bal soon plunged
lnto 30 iathrols.
" AT ten a. III. blessed with the heart :
cheelids sound Of Land, o ! and saw the
island Of Nantucket from our topmast, dis
tant 10 miles, aud nIarand by three wind
mills and 4 few white houses.
4" We hoistrd the patriot colors OF South
America, The best signal for pilot, WHO
soon boarded Us, and conducted is 10 an
anchorage in the bay, formed by the above
island, aud by cluster of other smaller
isles Smoihered with small hardy sheep
which Craze all winter uponlhc PASSED
huge 6ronp of "rcckluI rocks, tsome in
aud some out OF the water called jnt Old
.Soac aad Figs.
3" Sunddy iM.s-At daybreak passed Fort
! Indtpendcace, Fort Strong and Fort M
l'an,, which are I'll founded by nature, aud
but upon two Islands.
Here we shall end the voyage, To Which
such strange and wonderful Sights hrlnnS,
as forts 5ounded By nature isles smothcred
With sheep Yankee ducLs salings out from
the co'st Ia be- eaten by hungry uayigators,
who had ,pinrd Tor hours on tea, coffee,
VINE, sweclncats, aud biscuits seas warm
as milk, with Jumps Of fire swimming about
IN them /" play ut snapdragnn with the
moon SHINING At noon, aud " shores quite
uut al SEA covered with countless tons aud
ship loads ltuol OF dead aud dying fish ! !,
Such sights as no man but Mr.. Faux and
'5inbad the sailor ever witnessed witch
put Robinson Ctlsoc 10 shame, aud which
may hc paraphrascd lllloa poem rs imuor-
tai rs fh'islIan aud his Island by the gifted
bard Of Pisa.
But IN sobcr carn"Stnesp, We can expect
only very doubtful statements respecting
the land from u writer guilty of such rho
| domontade about the SEA = and we np-
proacb the shores Of America with the
smallest portjon of reliance on the cfrdibi-
, lily and authenticity Of Mr.. Faux. Whe-
Tier this opinion be- well or llI-founded, the
! Sell ctlnus which We reserve for future
number may determine.
At m'dnio hit came on a terrific tempest,
filed the horizon above, aud the sra brnrath
wiki blue forked Lightning, and stunning the
ear with 'oud sounding, cracking, ratlIins,
crasning thunder, presenting IA seen" more
sulF'lncy hor,i'ic than had ever seen; the
lightning lnsht almost he handled, being
what our captain calls doltb!e tristed ropy.'
The gulf seemed, literally, lake OF boiling
fire aud birthstone"
On future occasion, he is, if possible,
more absurd in his eAaggefations -" The air
aud water warm aud steamy, aud the sky sum
meIish and gInAmv. and ornamenlcd with hMge