Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1841-03-16
...,.. 1890. ..,.,a. as..s
I,,,a. ii Foreign Correspondence Of ths Boston

Sun .ScoH, The American Direr.-T he
oe9oe OF Lonion are ever on tip-,oo for
4 novelty, and the more danger or daring
there is ia it, the greater will be the crowd
- witness it. Any thing that has blood
m1rjer, or hang,nan's rope connected
with il will be sure t. collect thousands Of
Londoners. Ga this account Sam Scott
th. American diver, was the lion with
the rabb!a, till death ended the sport His
performances were Of most daring and
singular kind, and as he contriveG to dodge
death by mere hairs breadth for long
time, and the cagernass OF the mob to see
, how far he could @ aad not Kill himself,
became intense. Sam Sect was born In
Phiadelph and was in his twenty-eight
ar when hc drd. H. oacc saved the
lie OF beautiful child 10 the Bay of Bis
cly, for which noble act, the father Gc-
neral in the British army, frequently as
sisted him by donations Of money. Scott
asserted before his death, that he jumped
OF. place below the Niagara Falls, five
hundred and ninety seven feet in height
Whether this be true or false, he has
.,1ped from Il cliff nj Port Isaac. in Corn
vail, three hundred and lorty-seyen feet
Ugh, into the sea; he has also loaped from
Bangor bridge, The highest in this country
tao hundred and ten feet high, and has Of
80 within a few months, Jumped from the
u2goLan: masts Of English and American
ships into the Thames. He Frequently
as!onishcd the thousands Of spectators On
these occasions by his extraordinary. and
certainly foolish fcats, which consisted
N running from rope to rope, standing on
l.s head on the very top of the highest
mast and kicking his heels in the air. then
u.sccud.ng TO the yard, he made a slip
moose in a rope and placing his heaG in it
'agew himself Off the yard, in which posi-
,,u he you'd remain suspended few Sc
csaI5 apparently dead, he would sudden.
" regain his position on his feet and as
end to the mast head and make u leap in
70 The water.
These exhibitions acquired for him great
u)'oricty and conside rabIc sums Of money
from the crowd. Within few weeks he
Icapod fro II n staging, erected (oy the pur-
.ose on Southwark bridge, into the Thames
Tough large masses OF floating ice were
frequently passing along, bat this only
,eryed TO make his faats more daring and
whel the appetite OF the rabbIe.
From Southwark bridge he went TO Wa
acloo bridge TO repeat the same exhibition.
Il is fifty feet above the surface of the
Thames, and is one Of the nobIest struc-
lures of its kind in the world. lmmedate-
" over the second arch was erected d
,callolding, composed Of two upright poles
aal three others crossing them, at intervals
Of about four or five feet, the entire height
Of which was fifteen feet above the level
Of the walk This was erected because
the bridge was not high enough, and it gave
an opportunity to Scott TO so through what
he termed the hanging scener Large
pocardS were posted throughout the me-
jropoijs, announcing that he would run
I'm the White Lion, public house in Dru-
IF lane, to Waterloo bridge, leap into the
water and return back within an hour
Ihjs notice drew upwards Of ten thousand
PERSONS to the bridge, and along the banks
OF the river, to witness this extraordinary
performance.
Ii Will not be much TO my credit 10 say
lhet was that day amongst the crowd.
Atab)ut two o'clock on Mandav, the
eleventh OF January, Scott arrived at the
bridge, followed by a large crowd Of ac-
elJintanccs. lie was dressed in blue
striped shirt and white duck trowscrs only
having on neither shoes, stockings nor hat.
lie had long rope in his hand which he
fastened TO the uppermost pole Of the scat
hding. After performing his usual tricks,
.e placed the rope around his neck and
listened it by a moose, and suspended him
slr as he has done hundred times be-
fore.
lie soon recovered himself, and APP
.earcI in exec i.cnt spirits, making some
ocular remarks TO those near him. Alter
lis he placed the rope round his feet, and
ing with his head downwardS, when some
nac near me remarked, ON that's moth
ar-anybodv can do that And so the
.ousaals assembled thought, for they
oked with Indifference upon the diver
Il he again mounted the top pole, and pla-
ing the rope around his neck, exclaimed
O.; The top OF his voice, though | was too
.tc distant to hear him, Now I'll show
}al low to dance upon air before dive
lie .aon let himself down, and after hang
Hg few moments, again recovered HIM
ST., by the assistance OF The lower pole;
@-j in, he let himself down to the cX
"sm:y OF ,ha rope-ten fcet-with his
70. In the moose as usual, when IN two
"r perhaps three minutos-lor the excite
m.nt was 50 great that it became impossi-
D., 20 count the seconds Scott began to
grow black in the face; and some person
near him remarked, that Scott had hung
nscl' in reality. When some one an
,3cred he hasn't huag half his time yet
!