The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-04-28
CAPTAIN BOlTON.
.rr,sg.v CROSS THE ENG
H. 1fSfs CHANNEL


-.,77 = rn C.EKY OUT
N@A h' W., T,,r >rFsptr THE CUR
IL =. =: -',,,'xr a., TIE START
Ks\'~ ~ ,H,.c-.aA<CE AfrErHE WAS
"f rvt. Ti.,:.
'A''' - ,c.,,
a -~.u@!'"ce 81 '.r w" y, t,,lo
l.>..>.Ai@' T. WY "'' ''' Snrda,
s.,-. sa'r! ""tH we "1Ns ~ ,o,, hoI
r.-..., 3" "F '!'aI N'l'"'" ivy rT""i ~" ,,'i'
..... .l a.. 'ht" /" ''',, 80, ".,;,,,,
Il. g.. II u.r Htdfi> on n'S s"'., -
.n.4. nc.u'u now /" ot'', In~' '"N
...,. J.. Us. H. 'auI'. '"l'atu po. ton
..-..... ln- NIP "cro>, ;Ne Cnann'I a'
30. .., q. G@',. iI>l ) " clock on IA" morn,
,... g.. 10. make no douDt III "ou''
d.. ..... .li the Weather be'n etrt ,, ~
lDN,u,d 10 tee yer! Soo"' inet
.... " .rE and next 10 n" >e'. r'niis
-. ".-. rH>':'T23!c numbers OF Peop't
e.. .0 'w ij'r !" >'' MN '"' SUN VI
."., Il, .nu H.rd from tAG steamer IL
....1 1,rG,',. w.l"H, IL tArrNcl"hlcnt. WAS
. p ,a' ai.' i II Inc c:o"u. uen
e.. -. .,r r'a.: away 1t was 'o"uu
..r >. wan h'' "'.h oio"" '"'o tno
a.,..-".a"ul amy Iht-"'t>e ".i' ,r ie
"a, ..w. iI'urd olt y ile
r....@ I..ti'd FIpiu5H "HI @! port, 'eeI
...a.,,. | mt MN ho' TAR o" ID tne oh'tn-
...... ! AH.2"r"d - Hc crossing iEoiii 'he
.'..- >..." - "r h'SHt 'Ap'csS' All We
.... s..'ti Il d" D"iiC u otii st''!iCi was
o.. -.'.-. .-st.t'. it>l "Gdtd - 10y hish' R'''
..a.I- ~ i!' .-AI'. hu. ~ VIZ s"Pi'o,I,"
.%., tssr 'ua ""9F .! >tATtile' We lt'u'i!
.... W.I "a' "dN >IH'in2 US. lie car
.,. .nnrlr. with G''n tut ms SAL, ana are"
......,- y .n "iH'ri them from the steam
&, AfHr~t hc went ahead OF the steamer
t.." $50 Thought >HttT hc snp'iiu i"iio"'
t...@... .'."i> tlr Kept up ",Iu IutSi'eae-
..-'.@s.n. ~ hiH-iA>l I bostoH S'' u'e
-. sgd ".~ nHah'h2 2'ou l4oSirS> ~
-a'- N'.'. >H't'> ia>>ihS' ino E"S''>
e. -.'s" m'r> a>'cIn aver TWO noul>
l":'.t. \. .'4' zap avn boEl"h te't-taiu-
81. .. >Ot.'!'i i"-'"n '"lhG alohS s!teuu'
.... FuH'wn mh'> "ut. ana nine ui>Cah''
ia-."3 ,".E.i>. ana smoking. cape "Tlsue|
ff --.'.
L., reporters "h" were on o'tiu MS
=. Eng steamer. lie hhnlb'tF, give Us very
'.' t@'" accounts oi "hal hippeheu AMER
,.a'. hut they ar" perhaps more cIapoFale
'nrj"ar. In" Captain was Padohn@ TWO
u.- IN hour ava di'i'lh- I"u!, An0 MS
,..,a seems |" bay" been about lhe same
an.r av bad spread his SAL. That once up,
D. ..a''"rwHid used his paddle manly 20
@',l u And :" keep Lis SAIL iniI. tie mAuc,
.a.- 'a~ writer. astonishing progress. Inc
t"ra Pile, "@> :" lnNch Impressed ny the
Sized attained litl ~ TOO sauguIn" mo.
Ha,r b" d,ci1fcd ihnt taraln Boyton would
r.....a.'" the whole journey III twelve hours.
h''ul. 81 accompany hIm let Us see what
".G- &e a'!En"l'i"> whIch made the under
h...- - uncertain.
II l"a #"h al TIE map, 4 Journey from
b.''. '' '"H'.s 'C"Ih> Il simple thl''S enough.
b.'WeN 'lo'" Us" ports the SILVER Stlcak o'
So (, ca. -.5 mites troad, ana there Is not
=. >!-a''>t Goutt that Captain Boyton can
- INTO ID, H'o-dre>s and propei himself with
D. ,a"H i.Iuugh 223 miles OF still water.
i .@ ''H .lttlc word still that all the peril
@'-, II" strait OF Dover IS the tupc OF Il
~" ".1Ah."-inouthcd tunnel. Ihe tides OF
IL" A'"HtE pour through IL lhto Tue Nortn
80. a-3 DICK again from The Norm Sea mo
TIE Ah'Lt't Wlth extreme Vcloct'y. lheie
j. ii'F+ . moment when there IS not cur
i'a. ~ I'm" kiud running. ne direction
a'I force oi them cannot he iorcto!d with
i,;:sc, accuracy on any given day. They
a.e stronger during >plinS-tdcs than during
l'1:":idc>. OF course, tut they are aflected
by 'hr winds and by The conhguratlon
., ID" shores, ana ol the pottom.
i"'E run IN AZ least one part OF tue
''tiA'i, over the Ridge, Ooth ways
a liz Haaa tiIne-that Is, a current sets from
""" ,'2e "i The Ridge, Where the water Is
Eatmar" than four iathoms deep. 10 The Eng
.>a 'Ao'". nud from the other to the French
>1.r'. Tie speed of the currents is much
-..'."! t!an the >pccd Captain Boyton can
- II. Tie could not make beaC"ay Tor Il
M".a""t against them. lie could not pass
";"H-a them tran>vcrseIy at rate which
""~d c!.s"c him 10 take Il direct course
!t"aa our shore 10 the otber-not even u
>"H4'G Going sixteen knots an hour can
&' 'H''. II" could not make the transit in
%i' u.l' = IL two. 1t was necessary, there
'.I', (" enter into very NICE calculation OF
IL" d'S 1Ha hour at which he should start 10
'.',I' hiin 10 avail himself 10 the utmost OF
.hr favorable currents, and subject himself
!" IL" r.>t lnhucucc OF those which were
'"''iw +" ttim. The crucial point was The
h'-", The Captain must reach the Ridge
i"ln' Au4 at state OF The flde when
%|'.'.' '">tic h'> tEerting the current 10 the
>"'i"' aha not Tue current "nicn
NJ t'lN' ohcN 10 Tue E"siisii slioir'
'"o't4 was one over "a'ch li!anS
''.' at"uH wee ia'u tosethcr. 1he
'g' "t>c indfibels oi Dover, Tue ste"ih-
-.'. captains, the pil0ta. and The harbor,ma
- "''e mostly agreed That IL O'CLOCK Oh
r. .'.' n.Ioi was the best tihie ior start.
',"n F"os VINO game over from noI,
H.. ,r. 1I' iu'n, has, nDauc u' l.s n,,,u ,l'o
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