The Arkansas banner., 1850-05-14
lFrom the Fraaklia " wss,srn Weekly Rsvisw.I The Crsaf SwimmeF--ia TaeXamplcd Feat sf
 Streagth and RadHTaace.

We do nsi kaOw that ws have ever either heard er ruAd ef Esre singular instaSee ef strength aad endurance n horse, than s eviaeed in the follow ing incident, furnished ns bT our friend Capt Wm A Stephenson, of this eounty. In January last, Capt. stephssson started south, with a drove ol mules and horses. and proceeded WiEh Ihem far th~ ju action of the Big w arrios and LiIIs War Fior rivers, where they form the Back warrior in BIoupt eeaaty, Alabama. Here he sand she bridge across Big wsrrior-tie nsaAl efe~sing Placs--hnd bsea swept aSay by the high waters, and the ferry beat eatirey too srna and frsit carry hts stock ever In safety. He al once determIned to swim them across she ensy means lefa ef esabiing him e proceed with them promptly to has destiBaaasn. and they accordingly driven into tls carrsnt, and started across the river With great dIi5c5lly they landed safe with the exception of large chest aut ssfrei, whs probably entering shs stream too .ies. swept gredaaily dewa by tue EsFcs of the earreni til its depth and rapidity, sad the stsepaess of the river bank rendered Tt inapossihe to get h
 SaE Csp1 StepheasoB followed essEsn ufomg the baak for several miles, from haf past two o'clock Monday afteEaoen untii late at night. when il be- came too dark 10 sec him, the horse siiIi swimming against the carrent. and breAssisg its whole force vl,h most determined resOsatioa. ca Tuesday, Cspi. Ssepheassa having offered . ssward te aay enc whs should get him ost alive. q number of ths neighbors watched the gallant swimmer, bet -:;ts- out being able 10 make any suecessfni attempt to- wards his rescue. SeseFai times he made ards
 
 ting fosahold and sent him back to buffet vainIy agaiass the sweeping eafreBt. Atoa time heavy piece of floating drift wood streek his back. and esea with this he@vy basden pressing him. he sirsggled upward as braFeiy but as Intellectually as before. The darkness of the night again hid htn from their view, and none believed that he couid survive the iong aud chilling struggle. On We'd nesday maF aiBg. however tbe walehsrs on the baak agzia foRad the noble animal, somA miles lower down, still with his head np stream. and braveiy centendinK with inc cold and powerful eurreBt.- Threagh all that day he maintained his position sgARst the stream, though still carried farther dow every hour, anti towzrss night, heaesred a tempo rsry island formed by siae ranAiag over the lower greands sdloiHing ii. At this point, worthy old farmer of the neBghbeFheed, Mr. John Porter, sac- eeeded in tarniBg him t0warcs the island which with greai Gificaliy he succeeded in reaching. So soon be saw him safely su5ed. MT. Porter pro- cared a halter, and al great personal hararj, soout a,elock W ednesday Dgbt waded through The slae, supporting himself Oy the brush and uDdergrOwth. aatil he reached the island, distance Of some 70 @ yards. from whence he soon returned with the gAilsat :. swiamss," safry and successfully Chilled, weArried and worn down with this long struggle frem Monday afternoon at half past Two o'clock, til Wednesday night al o'clock, he was 3y able to wak baf the kind care and attention Of Mr. PesteT in tee coarse ef a few weeks. has perfectly restored him to bis woated e1ergy and fife Ftfty-ihree hours constant struggling, night and day, against the swelling eurreni of sIch g stream ss Black Warrior, withost food rest is exhibition of strength aud endurance which we have never before kno u, and which Williamson horse, like swimmer" we presume, could alone perform The fact that 1t was done is incontestibie Capt Stephenaoa. the swaer of Ihe horse, IS EeH kaown amOagst us as a gentleman of correctness and in tegrity and whose stalsme ats both truthful ARd reItabe. Besides this the fact still further eon- Rrmed by ME. Porter, Mir AIexaUder, Mir. Goldsby. Esq. Haff<aats4e, and . namber ef other gsatemsa of that Reighberhced. all of the bighsst rssPeetbl fly, and eye witnesses to the scene. We challenge either history personal experience elsewhere 10 beat it. Capt. Stephenson rode the borse on his reinra home, swmmiag several streams with him, and he is now looking sound end well, and in as irving dendition ever, though the mark of the heavy drift wood his back, and the scars ou his knees frOm his repeated efforts climb the river bank. still remain tO Preve ms powers of endurance aaa mark his feat as one ane9aalied by his kind.
 "Swimmer" is about six years old, and from the best information, is Of that splendid steeed Chesterfield, formerly the property Ofoar friead Mir. 4. T Noien, of Williamson eoaniy. He IS indeed the noble Of most noble sire" and well deserves the well earned praise of hts worthy owner.