The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1854-08-08
From, the San Francisco Herald, July l.
Great Pedestrian Feat.

Yesterday afternoon the doors Of the "Moun.
neer," on Commercial street, were crowded
th persons anxious to see how Hughes look
as the hour approached at which the extra.
Fdinary pedestrian feat of walking for eighty
Consecutive hours without stopping, which he
had undertaken, should be accomplished
Hughes looked somewhat pale and jaded, and
bets that he would never live to accomplish it
were freely made, notwithstanding that he had
offered to stake hundred dollars that he would
walk ten miles more. The feat was performed
on plank fifteen feet long and three feet wide;
and up and down this during the whole time,
he has continued to pace, never stopping either
to eat or do anything else. The frequent turn
ing weared him considerably, but he bore up
manfully, and evidently was determined to &C.
complsh what he had engaged to do, or die.
As ten O'clock approached, it was evident
that the pedestrian found it almost impossible
to keep awake. All sorts of noises were mide
-clapping of hands, and knocking of canes on
the walls, etc. for the purpose of rousing him
and at last it became necessary to whip him
pretty smartly During the last half hour 1t
was necessary to have two men walking along
side of him in order to keep him on the plank.
Hughes was dressedin tights, with strong shoes,
and kept bullet in his mouth all the time in
order that his mouth might be kept moist with
the saliva and the necessity of drinking obvia-
ted He ate and drank very little during the
whole eighty hours. lie was very much swoIl.
en- yesterday and described the sensations
which he felt in his feet, as if five hundred pins
and needles were sticking in them. When the
time expired, he was taken of, placed in wine
bath, and covered up in blankets. He was
then allowed to sleep for ten minutes-kept
awake for the same length Of time-allowed to
sleep for twenty minutes-and so on increas-
ing the time. If this precaution was not adop
ted, and if, after the performance Of the feat,
he had been allowed to sleep for any length of
time, it is more than probable that he would
never awake again. This was one of the most
extraordinary pedestrian feats ever performed
Some time ago noted pedestrian set out to
perform similar feat, but after the expiration
of sixty-eight hours he fell asleep, out of which
the discharge Of park of artillery would not
be sufficient to arouse him. Hughes made a
good deal of money by the operation. Weun.
derstand that upwards of five hundred dollars
were taken in at the door, yesterday; and this
added to the original bet of one thousand dol
lars, would make the very handsome sum Of
one thousand five hundred dollars During the
preceding days large amount Of money WAS
also taken in. and many outside bets were ia.
ken up by Hughes himself.
From the same.
Contrary to all expectation. Hughes, who
accomplished the extraordinary feat of walking
for eighty consecutive hours without stopping,
was out yesterday, and paid visit in the morn
ing 10 a barber's shop. He looked very much
jaded and worn out lie is not allowed to
sleep but at short intervals. His legs are great
ly swollen, and his feet present the appearance
Of huge Jumps of raw beef. He walked at
pretty good pace all the time, making Oh aver