The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1827-07-09

POINT aud Montreal. ana SO miraculouSiy
appearing On the beach before his COM
radps had disembmkcd, reminds me OF
u circumstance thu occurred DUNG my
,ersIludc on board the Dolphin Man 0i
Var, bound 10 The West indies. We
were going Al the rate Of about three
knots aud a hall, when Tom Cardboard,
belonging 10 thu loretop (who, hy the
by WIS Il bit ola wae,l sleeping IN lee
iorechains, by sudden lafch OK the shil
VS. thrown overheard.
\ nun overheard was the gcncrnl
cry fore alt--and every one rlA 70 oiIu,
OF give assistance 10 the drowning man.
Tom, who VIZ a tolcfnhlc good SWIM
mer Us every body thought hut nothing
eSfabIdnary, woke up, ON Finding
hlalselI n deep water, and began to use
his paddles, the ship passing ahead as !
WIS saying before, at the rate of three
knots aud = hall. Tom was soon lost
sight oil under the counter, Oor although
our ship WIS moi on Sopplng's plan, yct
she was pretty full ahali,) when Tom
was lucky enough 10 gct hold Of the
rudder chains. Tie hands all run aft
expecting 10 see Tom astern, and to
lower the Jolly boat down TO pick him
up bnt no Tom was 10 be seen. lie
Is gone said they,' 10 Days locker
md our efforts ceased
Our ship was, very deep, bound oai
la a. ltr
gun room ports were low in the water.
This Tom saw, and as il was getting
dark, be thought he would wait MI they
had beat 10 quarters, and pipcd tho hanl-
mocks down before he got ON board,
which he did, and then popped down,
INTO the lady's hold (whcfe the gunner
Keeps his wads and spmc monlies ralS,)
aud there remained III the middle ofthe
first witch, when he sailed forth aud
made free with our bread bags, taking
enough 10 serVe hnn for three days, Al
the end Of this tlmc, we were jogging
dong at an easy rate with scarcely any
wind, about knot, when master Tom
unobserHed slips oul of the pouhe came
n at and dropping astern began to hail
the ship. The Dolphin o-boy ! ~
Uoiloa,' says The QnartermaIcr, who
was bit getting polloGthe ,narnbracc.
) Us Tom, Ilyou don't back the
and heayo tool shall sink
ior no man can SWIM 10 the Wesl Indies
without provisions
Every body mn al in amazcmopt, for
il had been blowing fresh during The tme
we supposed HI had been oysrboard:
but there was 40 t,me to be loet- tlc
boat was lowered, and poor 7 onpickcd
up, 10 the great qualification and aston
ishmcnt Of every body on board.
On our arrival, as the Captain vas on
shore dining v llh the Governor the talk
turned upon swimming. The Governor
was oNlolllng the powers of a Black
man he bad, our Captain sworc no NAB
could SWIM with Tom Carload, Of the
polphln's loretop however, to make a
long story short, the Captain and the
Governor made heavy bet the time
was appoi ed---Tom asked one week
IL get led
The Carpenters were ordered iomako
what chests and convoncnc"s Tom re-
CURED. The pursor was ibslrrctcJ, al
lis request to supply h lorlnigIh's pro-
visions. The DAY came, and Tom wchD
on shore at the wharf appointed, when
he began 10 stow his prub. The black
fellow looked at him " hat arc you do
my here, 1nassa 2 says he - What
am dong here, say Gom, why |
am thlng III m"PioflslCns,' TO he sure, and
| ADVISE yon To do the same, for dam
TN BIT OF this do YOU get on the road
: WY nI5s.a. sys tae Negro me no
SWIM more Iian nno or Ten miles
: \ ne OF ten miles, says Tom, as if in
amezeue nj at the short distance, Why,
mn, In GOING 10 Tobago, which /
bel eyf IS over 200 miles, and shdn't be
baek ior a foringbt.'
Inc spectators we're astoundcd.
The black refused tn swim. The
Governor LOST ms wager, aud it was not
Until we were homeward bound, that
] ON told the secret
ronnant records an i'll naturca prov
erb, applicable 10 the people Of the
Carse Of Gowrio, that they want water
i'll The snmmer, fire IA the winter, aud
the grace Of God all the year round.
We have, moreover, derived from an
original source the following auccdotc
illustrative of this subject A landed
gentleman ofthe Carsc used to complain
very much Of the awkwardncss and stu
pidi;y ofaIlthe men whom hc employed,
decla, NJ, that if he were only furnished
with good clay, he believed he could
taake better men himself. This ridicu-
lous TRADE got wind among the peasap-
Try, d excited there no small indigna-
iiou. Que oi their class soon afterwards
found an opportunity of reyenping him