Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1857-09-12
A Thrilling story-W orthy of Place
beside Christie johnson.

beside Christie Johnson.
We extract the following account of the
rescue from drowning of Capt. NJ Stevens,
Newburyport (N1ass.) Pilot, from the
Baltimore San:
We yesterday gave brief account of the
rescue from drowning of Captain Nj. Ste
vens, Jr., a Newburyport (Mass) Pilot,
who was knocked overheard by the boom
of the pilot boat America, when ten miles
east of Cape Ann. At Ncwburyport it was
very generally believed that the captain
was drowned, and the event seems to have
created deep sorrow throughout the town.
The Herald, of that place, on Tuesday,
however, thus speaks of his rescue and re-
turn:
"While re were all lamcnting that this
worthy man was gone, and the flags had
dropped in mourning for the dead while
pcoplo-were stopping each other at the. cor
ners of the streets to talk over the matter,
and some were raising subscription for
the benefit of his fimily y--after we had
published his obituary, and already had
another paragraph written, calling for a
material Testimonial to aid the widow and
orphans-as suddenly as though he had
fallen from the heavens above, Capt Ste-
vcns yesterday, at noon, appeared in our
streets. Wildly the story goes about town
speedily lie is rushed home to a family
mourIling his demise; instantly the flags
from half-mast are run hard up; and glad
ness is upon all faces, for the lost is found,
and the dead is alive again.
With the tide of men moving to the
south end, we go'to greet him and learn,
his story. Almost immediately after his
companions had retired below, as he was
standing in the anartcr with the spyglass
to his eye, the lnainboom jibcd over, str;
king him in the backof the neck and sweep
ing him'into the sea. Instantly the boat
filled away and sailed off with six knot
breeze. He turled in pursuit, but one
hundred yards swimming satisfied l;M that
that was useless. lie halloed, but the noise
of the sails, the rushing of the waters, and
the intervening decks, shut off all commu-
cation. There he was in the midst of the
ocean, the boat recedihg and no friendly
sail in sight; it is not desirable to die, and
he iay for some time upon the surface, when
by and by, five miles away, a sail appears
standing toward him.-2it is his only hope
IA faint hopo, but the last He did not
swim to her, but reserved his strength;
and when she was within two miles it was
evident that she was going long way to
the windward
He then coolly--oh, how can man be
cool with the deep water below and naught
but the deeper heavens above cody he
struck out to6e9d her off For three quar-.
ters OF mile or more he swan for dear life !;
but now he begins to fail. His logs are
already cold and stiff, and hang down deep,
the waves broakingto hisnouth. 'Tis the
last chancej he raises his head and shouts
and a woman-a woman's ears are always
open to the cry Of distress bless her
s--soys q / hear avoice" An hands looll
round II isnow on never; and as d last
effort he stretches himself above the waves
and says: " 1 AMI drowningp They hear
they see. e Ease off sheets, up 4sim,
man the boat r 1T Is done as auio3 as
said quicker than written I" / shau
drownp calls tho brave; truggiiug, but