Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-02-25

The vivid sketch below is from the Proyi'
dence Journal. The man who could make so
much out Of mere tumble overheard, must
certainly be possessed Of no ordinary mind
The sensations described, are such ashundreds
Of people have experienced in degree, but
which few have been able 10 relate with such
dis,inctness as the author Of the following
Bos Dai. .9du.
By The author of Mariners Sketches.
have noticed lately, in the papers; several
different descriptions Of ones feelings when
drowning, hanging, starving, being buried alive
ec,. never have, nor do wish 10 have The
hn 70 douB A can sc d6ns but
coming into the world once is quite enough for
me, for if was once fairly our Of il, l should
not thank any one for dragging the back into
it by the Ears, as Hercules did Cerberus of old,
and an experiment that 10 said 10 have made
the cog extremely sick AS for hanging, or as
sailors sometimes call it, stalking walk up
Ladder lane and down Hemp street." / have no
desire TO termina'e my subiunary griefs that
way, and am tho much OF d BON WANT TO di
gest any approximation towards starving 10
death One writer his favourrd u, with his
sensations w.ile buried under he fallen roof Of
a theatre Il should suppose that when per-
son wa hermeti, ally sealed up, Ike Asmodeus
III ",hs i"vil on two sticks" that his pros
pee ,nost he rather gloomy. This was the
case wi n The writer alluded to. All the above
writer's had ,nrne line for =, hrc,ion, but in he
case am bout % relate. (ny unutlerable pom
derlngs, which hope will afford some enter.
,ainmen) there was hardly lime fur delibera.
ton.
Having had, while in Tie Pacific, the pleasure
of D trforming an aerial excursion which com-
menceG at the main Ca, harp,ns Of one Of our
la,se., frigates, and terminated near the bot.
tom of Cal;ao Bay, will take the liberty 10
give history Of the voyage and M reflections
during it, for the benefit Of future ,umblers.
was going aloil and bad jus got as far as the
fuuock shrouds, when ra;lins broke under my
feet, and fell backwards. NV first motion
was surprise, I could moi imagine where was,
bull soon ascertained from The rushing Of the
air by my ears, that was falling and that head
foremost. DR.. Johnson says that the near ap-
pi zach Of death wonderfully concentrates a
mans ideas. am sure II did not mine, for I
never thought SO fast before or since as did
during the TWO or three seconds that was tum-
bling In an instant the recollection came to
my head, that one OF the quarter deck guns
was directly under me, and should, in all pro-
liability, be dashed into ten thousand pieces.
would have given The world to have roared,
tried 10 gather my limbs together, to- contract
my muscles, TO shrink my body into as small
space as possible. All this while, there was a
blood red ligh, before my eyes, though which
thousand horrible forms were constantly glid>
ing. Then thought Of home, and The forms
Of all those tina, hold dear on earth; & a>good
many "s,rangers Of distinction" besides, pass.
ed in review before me. Then he recollection I
of the cursed gun, and the consequent smash
across the breech Of it, put all the establish
ment to flight and l felt that peculiar sickness
a, the stomach, which it is said one experen-
ees when on the point Of undergoing sudden,
painful and violent death. thought to myself,
"sarely, it must be almost time for the shock"
A shock certainly did receive, and no gentle
one, across the back Of the head, neck and left |
shoulder and in an instan, all was dark & sill. |
"I,;istail over" thought /, when 10 my utter dis
may perceived myself falling a second time,
but no words can express my delight, my &c
stacy on finding myself overheard, instead Of on |
the gun. kept going down, ill it appeared
to me that the seven faihoms and half, 1.-THE |
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