The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1874-11-17

eNN M3iy 5OluSlS tooh iyserg " tuc uccbr
iHg The officers made commendabls
effort to conduct everything harmoni.
ously, and to prevent personal seetafiaf
and den0minational discussion, and the
result gasia flee Antendhaqge df thought
and sentiment tlfaI will result IN good.
-.-rThe. Nations. Series Of sunday School
lessons was endorsed. The meeting
iwas largely, attended, a apa, good, erdes,
preyaiietlf and is deserving shofsa th6fe
extended notice but time will not allow
us to tfo'it9ah OTHERS wiib brobably do
50 One thing we wish to commend
the management for Be.tefsedtilation
prevailed titan we ever expefiencedth there
before, This is step in the right di.
irectioh., SpiritpM advisers are two apt
TO neglect the physical man fiiE Ssi5os5s
Some typhoid fever here. A little
diphtheria. ITEM.
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Science and Nerve Conquer ahe
% Waves. andiNEtnd.0n ON the ~ .ee
% o. ...-.. Irish Oeast.zis ,sssgps eacs
(cork. Ireland. Oct i229 Correspondepse.tof
- the My. Herald .3Iscps spr
Wien it was announced In the city This
morning that an American seaman hadfrs
tbe.gale Of Tuesday night, jumped 6teta
board from transatlantic steamer, ,ands
after swimming, fort hours, had landed
on the. .SkibbereenE coast, people while
quite prepared to togve1Americans credfss
for doing big things, were yet unprepared
fer such a demand on their credufty ~
thiss The thing, however was done, and
thehero of twas Capt. Paul Bontop, Of
theDsNew. .JerseydiLfe Guards, Atlantic
City, This gentlemsn, professional di.
verof we'll known daring, left New York
about q fortnight Ago in the National
Company 8 steamer Queen taking with
hImapatent swimming costume. N wds
Capt, Beyton's intention When from 200
to 300 miles distant from New York; to
jump Overheard and swims back, but The,
commander of the steamer was q manof
title faith, and vetoed othetexperiment:--
Capt Boyton had herefofestoremainsn an
involuntary passenger tn.if the vessel
approached the Irish coast, on Tuesday
evening" "nen Tue commahoer, havlng
been repeatedly importuned, gave bis
permission. Capt Boyton drew on his
Indian rubber, air-ti9htsu and inflated
the air chambers /; in his air-tight sack he
placed food for three. days, a compass, q
bull .eyeaantern, senes booHs s(jnst to
beguile the time onthe water Some sig
nal rockets and . United States hagg I'm
his inside pockcthe plaeeda . mail which
the passengers had given him TO post
he strapped MS bowie knife and ak to his
sloe' aRa, gfaspng ms paddle, was lower
ed into the ~afer; amd6aeeheers OF the
rassen getssas halt past 92oicl0ekP.M
Lives a, wilo, dark piigAt; he was close
to the Fastnet rock with Cape Clear three
miles from him, and Baltimore, toward
which he intended to make, was in d direct
line, ysseyep miles away. He lay on bis
back, padding vigorously and now'tfie
lightssatt the, vessel were estip theniGhtx
In qusrtenof an bonf more his spirit
almost quailed, when tossed high on the
crest Of a wave, heconid no longer see
lthe1coa line or an. slights. The wind
blew, ,tbe rain poured down and the Tide
setdead against him.
He wasdnftingoutto sea- and, to add
to- the awfuh loneliness, Of his: situation
and to increase the, dreadful peril a vio-
lent gale, commenced. That night for
many hours no mail boat crossed the Irish
Channel, and great destruction was done
on the coast And through these awful
hours of darkness this man was tossing
about at the mercy Of the waves some Is
miles from land. ''e..'' sa'l l'as9~F
4 The wind was so violent that he had to
i give over padding, aud with one hand to
shade bis face (the only part Of Ills body
exposed from the cutting blast. g Once
his paddle was wrencfred away by heavy
sea, but it fortunately came INTO his AsAd
again. For several seconds 8 wave would
completely submerge him, then he would
shoot on to the crest and take breath be-
/ fore he againxas hurled down 8sbpiig
mass OF water which seemedE ahundred
feet to the bottom As result lof this
tossing he became sea-sick, thing, he
says, which never happened to him be.
fore.s His indomitabIe spirit, however,
conquered everything, and about L
o'clock the wind began to- blow + directly
on,shore. rHispaddlewas piled vigor.
ousIy, and at 8 O'clock on Wednesday
morning he perceived hewas near'breais.
ers, and there bound coast west Of
Skbbereen aOemed up p<befoe him Ills
fdangef nowawas not less than itwAs dnE.
ing the height of -rhe-gale, tor as wave
would raise him $Imost on leyei'with She
cliff-tops hecouid discern nothing bus q
threatening walhoflrocka HeHmadHlis
way along parallel toI the coast, and sfortu.
aately lighted upon almost the only, safe
landing place fer miles round. He SAN
anopening in the cliff, and propelled him
sell cautiously toward it, p W bile hesita-
tingly, examining the entrance q aea
struck him, carrying him on ;another and
another followed N quick uccesslon, ,and
IN an almost senseiess state ne washurled
nlgh ana drY upoL tue peach. 1t was then
clock IN the mornlp !, and ne had been
nearly seven hours on The water, trayers-
. ing distance OF ~ miles. aThe 1aappa-
ratus had Denaved admirably andhaving
diCa2tpd himself nj 1T He gt(lOH. nUifo a 80