Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-05-10
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Captain -, of b" Lnted States Nav,
agh'y mtr'tarious officer, was ordered, in
thu year lSl9, II take out tie flag 81 10 to L.
VS. lUdlrs lt was, bpIieve the Constell,
ton Al the Island of 81. Thomas, several ol
nnf vessels OF Wal were 10 rcrdrgyous and
Com Perry would there come on board the Con
steli.iInn. and take the command o, the snrad
ron, Tor tn purpose of securing the pira q
from tue hannts they infested. Pen, he'd sail
ed short lime before in the Corvette John
Adams Cap y sailed on slowly, annoyed nv
head winds and detained by Gains. One niggi
he dreamed he was standing on his quarter
deck adm ing he view Of SEA and sky, when
ne suddenly ohse' we'd tina, sort of conlusiun
Al thr eang"ay which announces The arrival
Of "A visitor. lie Looked in that direction. aud
'aw advancing, Capt, Goroon, who had died
some years hetor" in The Mediterranean ger
wee lie f. II rs we usually do, vi hen we dream
OF the departed, consciousness that they are
lead, yet no surpriseto ser them alive and
PEI forming all The actions of living uen---dis.
crepances. that dreams one con reconcile
Gordon politely sautei him, and then ipouired
whittier he was bound;" Cant. ". answered
am going out as Perrys captain, who will
hoist ms tag on board NJ 81. Thomas " No -
AID Capt hnrI"n, " That YOU must not tx.
peel % '"t,tp' Ferry now belongs T., mn Sou1d
ron; lock around a. ynuwi be conyin, e. ri
mn pointed ofrt the size # The Ship. Captain
y. looked IN ihe direction des'Qnated and saw
WIZ" appear d 10 % an island, with town
and forI !; flags Of various vn,sels and or tho Co.
were hoIstrd nall mast high: mnute enn. vers
hiring vessel lay out in the road M n die
thncr from the anI. also with marks of mon, :,
ing ;-Presentiy, Two or three boats uu, in,o
view from The side OF the vessel nesre, III. lsnd
containing officers, and rowed slowly ny win
molien oars then another boat with music
ana muhleo cinms, playing dead n.arch 4; and
as' o, a'' came boat with coffin covered
WIN o''ch' m'Iiary hat and sword lying or
IT, mn" s"''""naes by several officers, seeming
:" "''P S''e' ne saw the procession glide
Win measured strokes towards the town. and
nlalnIy heard the min led sounds oCh.II r;nr
pe' music I'iaying and he cannon firing. RE
continued looking, LOST IN anxiety md wonda,
when some accidental noise in the shin aroused
o'h rom ms sleep. He felt his mind 80
strongly IMPRESSED with this awful dream. ,ba,
10 steep "ga'a was quite impossible he hv
''AtsS wv me morning he then assembled
n's ohicers' and told them all the parlcuars--
'or saho's are provPrbia lly supe,stItion>-
&C. 10y ~ WV ''o"'''
a.'er rev Gays more sailing, the, made
me 'si"nd OF ST. Thomas where lay the cor.
''"" A"'ins--a boat soon put oil from
n'r "heh they were informed tha, Comma.
"ote ferry had died on board of yellow fever
""o open actually buried on shore with a
procession oil boats, and on the very dav n,
'he mon'h on which Capt. y - had the won.
derfu dream. wv WIN
may have made some unimporiant errors
,o,d i =" aoooun', OF time and place, as il was
.oln 10 me seven or eight years ago; bur my mem.
Dry rs 10 the essentials is correct. IL believe I
'en S"Hhout any attempt at making fine
,'o's1 eiac'iy as Capt told il himself
from ne MS. Notes Of Foreign NoBl,n,,