Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1847-09-06
IERNNAING.

- 'NfiiS !" AiihiH itittl ~ AFmifJl IpauttFf IN
IN. Nollusl9l. ~ the Aemuirs Of Sir john Barrow, just
~puhlrhed N London.
"Al9nY Yeafs ago, when was a younrster On board
one n ia hai'~ty' 5 ships. in Portsmouth harlor. after
s'"li1aa ahael III . WY slnall boat, was endeavorinp to
iaNle1 het a~leegsile lie slua tn ,ne of he sru,,ler,ags
~ t5oli5h eastfucn, ! stepped upn he punwale. The ma,
al 'o1fa' uIEsi. aud | llI tdio The water. and moi know
l0G io" To ~ III, all my etlatts 10 lay hold either Of the
l"i ofoi the II alIns s#ulls We're lruilless. The irapsacr
'"' hld n"i been observed by the sentinel on he gang
WY ahu therefore II WAS mol till tho tide had drilled ma
some instance asl'r RI 81 The ship hat a mau in HE f,re,op
,'N ,o NPlashl0R IN He water, and gave the alarm. Tn,
llls' teol INSTANTLY aud gallanlly Jumped overheard, tho
'I'ffe',I ioiio"od ha example. aud the gunner haslen-
cd 10 IA boat AL pulled after tlrn,.
"Alth The tiulcut but vain attennis ia max. mvs,,f
h 11d had snall we'd muel, water, WA s,nn e>Lausi-
'' e' my struggle q. aud b'iire any relcf reached me [
l"l sun" oelaa HE s0flI,f; all hope had lied. all excr-
Ton eeasod, aui ILL that / nas downing.
~ ''' 'b'sf l'eis were eilllrr partially remembered
a'' I ny lerotery, II supplied hy those who had la,trr,y
"'t'Rs'" Tue a''"ei tardufing an interval Of such ariia
'I'i' Il downing rel#an IL tao much occupied in ca ching
~ every P.asii1+ sl9ln 81 too much absorbed by alternate
nope ana despair, 10 inarh The succession uf events very
''nia''} Mol SO, ioweYer, with the Iaeis which i'm.
'h'o#lely enshed my mind had then Undergone tho
sG.dde1 revolution which appeared Ia yon 50 rcmarka-
'' aaa va Tue circumstances # " hici ARE now ny Vi
'i'ly ie7h nHy memory al ii they had occurred but
yesterday.
ION Tie moneti that all eNorlion bad ceased-wlich
.,a.rs,i,n, al 'n'1'''''' consequence oil complete
snrets4IcJ he n'n ~ :" Ut "'es. Ie'"'' 'tah4aii''y
al'ilA' ''flalnlY odt feslgudtiun, Tor drow tlnp ne lonu,r
Appeared 10 be an evil 10 longer thought ol h;uy RS
my aersati4n, N,ro a,, ~ ,,,ha. :" .u"""y'
1nrtaklnr nl t,at ,uu -, - = >" ~ ~
lI'c'a'S 'he sleep produced by fatigue. II,aiuh tho
e'l'ses Were thus deadencd; mol 50 The mind: it's activity
seemed 10 be mvigorated in n ratio which, iclies all ie-
If succession ibal = a, ' ',t "' i u''os"t "'' 1'l'uny
iuconeeiyotj, h, - nan III ~ ~ y. P'opa"y
siullnr situation ~ w NV 'c' ""' ''s' o'" N
even now in , Great ,na,s,r, er,a ."'Nu "o"e"'' -
had ,nsi ,,L.n ,I' 'd"" ,'''oe-'"e even, wn,ri
cod iI-,hr Lnsil. !, ,aa =" """"'lun'ss .'a, h"' ?iodu-
served luo ne,s,ns 10 49, y SUI . asAA NJ ! naa I'D
,rt !, -. , ''h"ve on a mlsl al, ciionate iather-the
manner ~ Witch he would disclose il to The rest df tho
linlily- ana a Thousand other circumstances minutely Az
ISOLATED WIN hons, We're ahe first series Of pfiectims
mat occurred. They took then a wider range-our last
i"tner voyage. and slipwfock-iny sclesi-,
me pfogrrss had made there, and The time misspcnt--
and even all my boyish pursuits and adventures. lhas
travelling %aekNmds every past incident OF my lie
s'oaN1 Ia glance across my recollection ia reiroprade s,c-
ces3ion; not. however, in mere Outline, "a here stated,
but The piciulo filled up with every minute and collaier-
al ltainrcj Ia short. Tie Whole period of my existence
SEEMED 10 be placed bfflro me in a kind Of panoramic re.
view, and eaeli acl ii II seemed 10 ln accompanied by a
Consciousness "i night ar wrong. or by some ref yciinn on
It's cause or lis epnst qnenr,s; indeed. many trifinu events
which bad ieen long forgotten then crowded into nv
Imagination, aud with the character ii recent la,ulliar-
liy,
May not his be some Indication Of the allnost Infinite
power Of memory with Wlinl, We NAV awaken in anoll,-
rr world. aud lhps he compelled to contemplate our past
iycs2 Or miphi it not, In some degree. warrant the i'll
reference thai death is only a change or modification Of
our existence, in winch there Is no real pause OF int, rrnp-
iiuni But, however that uay be-. one circumstance was
highly rotGarhl h., thai the innumerable IDEAS which
flashed into my mind were all retrospective vet had
hctn religiouAly brought mp; my hopes aud fear, Of the
next world had l.at none Of their early strength, and at
any other period iuierae interest and aw iul anxiety would
have been excited by the mere probability that was
Hating ON tie threshold Of elorni y but at that ineXpli.
cable moment, when had a fill conviction that had
already crossed the threshold, not a sinule thought
wandered Iulo the fuiuro-l was Mrapt entirely in The
past.
,.Ihe lnnrIh of time that v,a occnninI NV ,hts delurs
of IDEAS. or rather the shortness of time iu,o which ll,ev
were condensed. cannot uow state with nr,cisiou. vet
certainly two minutes COULD moi have ,l,nseJ FINN The
moment If si1flication to than of nv b,einy hauled I'm.
The sircngtli Of The nlod tide made i eN,c,Ii,ni Ia
pull the boat at once Ia another shin. where underwear,
lhc usual vulaar process of G np,ying the water be- letting
INV head hanp dnwnwards. then bIecdinu cha6nu and
even administering ON. bul nv spbn,rsion had b.,n >.
illy SO brief. that leclrI,no Ia the ocemlr, ol the Lnkers
an sas very auiclly rcstore1 +, ,niu,a linn
MY f.clinps whlf iGe vas r,,ufninc were The n,yerso
in every point Of those which have been Described ,l,,yc.
Ouc singlc but confused idea "A miserable belief Ina, [
was lrowninr-dwel uD,n my n,iud. instead of Tho nul-
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