The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1853-05-14

put t" the torture. ami finally condemned 10
death and executed in tIir ,car l6.6.- Trar-
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MEMORY WHILE DROWNING
pne "t the most singular features in f.r-
rholo"v Is the fact ~h; h i perfectly notori-
Gus that the t,rl.l;v Of memory acquired an
activity and tcns''ity, Ia the case of persons
about hein@ drowned, which 1t never rxli5-
its unaer ordinary circumstances. An arri
dent occurred some weeks since "A: New York
which threw number OF persons into North
River. Among Others were NJ and
his sister, the first named. editor of weekly
paper in Philadelphia They were both fl
nallv saved Mr. describes the s-nSa.
ton while under water. and in a drowning
condition, 10 hr pleasant bat peculiar. 1t
seemed to hEm that every event of his If,
crowded in hi mind Al one. liz. WIS ,en,i
Die oi wilat was recurring. and expected 10
drown. bat seemed oniy 10 regret that such
an Interesting item a5 his sensation wauld
make. should he lost.
In noticing this statement in an exchange,
] am reminded of an incident, which, di>siu;
lar it is 70 the one Just narrated. in lis zen
"rhi features, hi'! the same remarkable a.
wakenlng of the memory, winch such cases
sometimes exhibit. ran ynurh for The truth
OF what follows, a well a. testify to vivid
recoliertlonS in my own ca>r. when expo,c,l
to the hazards Of drowning reproducinr in
a Jew moments the events u nv entire ,,st
lt..
Some Years since. 4 held a bond of B for
several hundred dollars. having some time 70
run At lts maturity he found that he hal
rnt 1t away So careiu'lv that h.. wi< unahl.,
10 find X Eve~v search Wa frui;le>,. H..
only knew thai it had not been :,al or traded
AVIAN, In this dilemma, he ra'Iri on B. re
!''r'i the "ircun>r"n.e~ o:'it- Disappearance,
and pr"l'n-''i .,Irin. him a receipt A. AN of.
sci TO TIA" h"n':, or rather an ini,nn; ;fyi,,
honi against il collection If ever found.
10 his great surprise, b not only refused
to accept the terms Of meeting the difficulty,
tat positively denied owiug him ANYTHING.
and strong Y Intimatc'l the presence Of a fran
dulent design on the part Of \. Withou, l--
.al proof. AMI therefore without redress i,
had 10 endure both the lo>s of his money. and
the suspicion Of t!i>honorable intention in
Hr"'"g Tho claim. Several wears l,as>el A.
way without any change in the nature of the
case, or lis facts. a> above given. when ono
afternoon, Will" haIhin. in James river 4.
either from inability to SWIM. o- cran,n. or
some ntLrr ati-t.. was lisrovcrc,ito IN f,e drown
ing lie had sunk and risen several ,imcs
and was tinatn- away under the water, when
he was S"iz-d and drawn to the shore. The
usual Fr."''',',> were applied to rc,u>ci;a,e
linn, and a'thor@l t;icre were ;-ns of life.
t':rr" Wa nc appearance Of cor~,.io,,.-lcss.-
IL" wa> taken home in state of rolplc,s
exhaustion. and remained 50 for some DAYS.
On the first return of strength To walk. he
left his bed. went TO his ! .nk-casc. took on, ,
book, opened II. and handed his long iu,,
bond TO friend who WAS present lie then
informed him that when drowning and sink
ing. As he SUPPOSED TO ri>r no more. in mo-
mcnt. There stood ont ti>rn tIy Lcforc his
mind, as 4 picture, every act Of hi, l;ie iom
the hour of chI.d,iool :" ih,. hour OF sinking
beneath the water. and among them the cir
cnn>tan~" Of his putting the bond in book
the book i'~rli, and tn" pla~e in which he
had put ii in the bookcase. J. Is needless 10
say that h" recovered his own with r,s,,1,v.
There : no donlt that this remarkable
Gnlckening OF memory r,>n'ts from the pro-
cess which in such cases i going on-thc cx-
tinguishmen, OF life. l. i s"neuh hat analogous
10 the hreakin" in of the light of another
world, which in - many well attested eases
, of death nrd scenes. enables the departing
l spirit. even heiore it has absolutely LEFT its
cav tenement. To behold and exult in th.,
: glorrS OF the turur. >fate Is il not fair
= inference, that when the soul shakes off the
ciog> and membranes OF the BODY. it will
po>>e>S capaci'ies for enjoyment, of which OF.
earth It was mnSuScepuhlr.
~ regards the memory It Will be observed
t bv most persons, how readily in life we forget
= that which we do not ,icsir. 10 remember and
: in tins WY get rii Of mach unhapIincsS.
, fun we do his otier demh THIS is an im-
portant practical question--CSsf's Adrert'-
4 sCr.
e. Th. Phi 'ad-ll,his Ledger. noticing The
new silver coin, saws: adams & Co drew
= on; >2j0. 600 TO III" New York Philad.lTlia,
! and Baltimore markets 1t Is the exp-riar:on
A "t tins entrrprislng firm To draw out forty or
fifty thousand dollars. daily, tor some weeks.
| AT this rae, the country will soon be- pretty
: We'll supplied, and We shall no longer hear
, complaints OF want of silver change.
. e \ man applied to he shipped before
: the nat Are Won an a'lr seaman or green
hand:" asked the shipping master. Why,
, no no, IN al,e SEAMAN, but vet not exactly
green hand | have some knowl"dg" of the
water" Ever been 2 vovag":" Mo-
Ever been on the river craft" NO We'll
what then do you know about the sea-
WHY have fendcd Saw-miN.""
, WoMAN's READY VITA minister's
wife beng asked ot ti'e place OF her nativity.
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