New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-12-20

the laws. They have opportunity now to
evidence their principles by their acts. Tho
soldier who returned to Lee his surrendered
sword is still the friend of the South. Any
favor that demands anything less than
obedience to the law he is ready to extend
him half way7 On the broad platform Of
charity for the past and justice for the fu-
ture, reconciliation of all conflicting in
terests is possible. The Republican party,
through Republican President. prOffers
the olive branch. Will the South accept
it ?-Nev York Commercial Adrcrtiser.
Paul Boynton's Swim.
Colonel John w. Forney writes this thrill
ing chapter from London, to the Phila-
delphis Press:
A few days afterwsrd met . Psunsyl-
vanian, not quite 60 renowned - the Aus
more of a curiosity in london. refer to
rasident of Philadelphia, Captain Paul
Boynton, Of the New Jersey Life Guard. at
Atlantic City, now here after his extraOr-
Diary feat of throwing himself into the
ocean, from the national steamship Queen,
on the stormy night Of October 81. seven
miles off Fastnet rock, on The Irish rock
of Baltimore, where the cliffs are $50 feet
high and more, and after being seven hours
in the water, swimming over forty miles, he
finally guided himself, in the midst
OF the tempest, into one Of the assures
ON that terrible shore. He was clad
in the life7saviDg apparatus recently
invented by another American, Mr..
Merrirhan, and aided by his great skill
40 . swimmer and q diver, his cool courage
and strong constitution, performed . feat Of
which, when the news reached London,
was regarded as hoax, and generally COM
mented upon AZ another evidence of Amer
lean exaggerati0n. You have heard .the
story how he attempted to get passage on
several of the outgoing Amtrican steamers
from New York in vain, because tho cap.
tains knew that he would attempt to leap
from the ship to prove the American ap.
paratus of Mr.. Merriman, and how, finally,
he obtained q berth ON the National steamer
the Queen, and was prevented only by
main force from jumping overheard when
800 miles from New York, and how at
length, az nine O'Clock on Tuesday evening,
October 81, off the Irish coast, he persuaded
the captain to put him down the side, and
all alone, in q dark tempestuous night,
clothed in his India.ru ober all tight suit, with
it's inflated air chambers, with food for three
days, q compass, a bulrs-eye lantern. some
books, several signal-rockets, an American
flag, with number of letters belonging to
the passengers in his inside pocket, with
his bowie knife and axe at his side, he
grasped his paddle, and amid the cheers Of
the crew and company entered upon his
awful journey. Every soul on board be-
l wish you could hear him tell the story of
his condition after being tossed on these
mountainous seas for seven long hours; how
he was cast into the rocky assure on the
Irish coast; how IN the dark night he scaled
the almost perpendicular cliffs, and, mount
ing the top, fred off his slgnal-rockets for
the relief that never came; how he de-
scended the dangerous declivity; stripped
off his preserver, and walked, bruised and
battered, until he came to q little Irish
town, the barefooted inhabitants of
which regarded him. pretty much as
the Indians beheld Columbus, or
Robinson Crusoe's man Friday start.
ed at the sight of the shipwrecked
sailor: how, at last, he got to Skibbareen,
where he posted the letters intrusted to
him BY the passengers of the Queen, who
astOnished when he telegraphed them to
Cork that he had arrived. and would soon
be among them. "While the houses were
being shaken and roofs being blown off in
London" says the Daily Ncscs of October
%, ''this bold mariner was alone in the
stormy sea- encased in his magic dress, Car.
ried up and down the alternate hills and
valleys of the ocean," His passage through
Ireland was something more than triumph;
the imam fish," as he is called, became an
object of wild curiority and admiration. /
Crowds followed after him, and when he got
to Cork he was welcomed at the theatre by
the company singing the ''Star Spangled
Banner" and ON October q exhibited him
self in the harbor near Queenstown for
more than an hour. He proved at once the
efficiency of his life saving suit and his own
d. un& "a -
signal lights, ate and drank, knocked the
neck off bottle of lemonade, hoisted his
flag twined round with the Irish green and
excited . bewildering enthusiasm. Repeat
ing these experiments on several other &C.
casiOns, he performed some extraordinary
feats in the city of Dublin, and on the sew
enth of November, in the theatres, ZoolOgi-
cal Garden. in the river Liffey. and here, as
he attracted an immense con-
course. The same scene took place in tho
harbOr Of KingstOwn. and have Just been
looking over many columns in the Irish
of comments upon his various
performances, full of incident and amuse.
ment.
Captain Boyton has been in London
about a week. and will soon display his
prowess and prove his invention ID Brigh-
ton, the English London by tho sea, now in
full blaze of fashion and frOlic. But he il
himself for the most dangerous
and daring achievement OF his life, viz: that
of crossing the channel from Dover to
Calais. To use his own words to me: II
will do it if it costs me my life, and when
have landed 1 will telegraph you these
words: i have just planted the centennial
flag on the soil of France" l do not
describe this young Philadelphia as l
would describe an acrobat or juggler he is
neither. He is engaged in q great work of
humanity, deserving far more honor than
many who boast of their distinction in
science and art. A young man who has
saved seventy-One human lives, and who
travels not for show, but to prove
the efficiency and usefulness Of great life.
saving invention, deserves something more
than the applause awarded to o travelling
and l have no doubt he will
receive it. Captain Boynton is about
twenty-seven years old, and was born in
the county OF Allegheny, Pennsylvania,
but is now a resident of philadelphia. Ia
served in the American navy during the
late war, on the Northern side; afserward |
took part in the battles against Macmillan
IN Mexico, and happening to be in Paris
when the conflict between France and
Germany broke out, fought with the |
+ rench. returning to America at the close
Of that struggle to enter the service
Of the life guards on the Atlantic
coast for the purpose of saving life |
1t watering places and seaports. He is |
4 fine, handsome fellow, modest and UMPIRE |
lending, and tells the story of his adven- |
lures without the slightest boasting or
His brother is the London |
for some of the American |
newspapers, reader in the British Museum,
md careful, Intelligent, studious man, |
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