The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-03-06
Captain ROYtOn,
THE oEnHUNDRRD.AlLs SWIM PRoK BAYOU
GoULA TO NEW ORLEANS PEAT PERFORM
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THE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES SWIM FROM BAYOU
GoULA TO NEW oRLHANs-THE PEAT PERFORM
I'D IN EXACTLY rwENTYPoUE HOURS. e..
lProm the New Orleans Picayune.l ~.
There must have been at least five thou
sand persons copgregated on the eyee, at
the foot of Canal street, and upon the steam
ers lying in the vicinity, yesterday afternoon,
to witness the arrival of Captain Boyton in
his life-saving suit from Bayou Goula.
Captain Boyton, it will be remembered,
left New Orleans on Wednesday evening
last on the steamer Bismarck for Bayou
Goula distant one hundred miles above, to
take the water at that point on Thursday
evening, and before leaving authorized US TO
state that he would arrive at the foot of Canal
street at s O'Clock on Friday yesterday
afternoon, allowing himself just tWenty-four
hours to make the down trip. ..@
The Captain, it appears, dressed in his
wonderful suit, went into the water at b.
you Goula at precisely O'Clock on Thurs.
day afternoon, and started down upon his
tedious voyage, the water trifie cooler and
much heavier than he expected to find it.
He was accompanied on the voyage by
Mr.. George j. Duncan, who, with a colored
man to assist at the oars, made the passage
in q skiff. -t-- n .s..
The voyage was not without incidents.
Being caught in fog and separated from the
skiff, the Captain barely escaped being run
over on two occasions, first by the steamer
Thompson Dean and again by the steamtug
John A. Wood, the latter vessel having left
our port on Thursday morning.
At Dopaldsonville the village was ilumi-
mated in honor of the famous waterman, and
cordial invitation extended to him to land
by the citizens, which he was obliged to po
litey decline.
Yesterday morning the skiff landed at Bon.
net Carre creyasse and obtained bottle Of
coffee, some of which the Captain drank, aud
was in consequence much refreshed. He
carried, as usual, such eatables as he needed,
and helped himself to water from time to
time from the river through his fog-horD..
Several gentlemen, among them friends OF
the Captain, went out in boats at Carrollton
and accompanied him down to the city from
that point. ~ 5...-.s.
The crowd upon the levee began to swell
in numbers rapidly about 4 O'Clock, and a
little while. later the skitf containing Mr..
Duncan and his assistant was deserted in the
distance coming down stream. .st
The excitement at this moment was very
great, and continued till after the Captain,
with his paddle moving upon either side,
came into full view, lying upon his back,
looking for all the world as be is represented
in the wood-cuts, and not unlike boy pad
ding a canoe. H. -. &.s l-..s.
The skiff landed 10 advance at the Harbor
police station, and precisely at o'clock the
Captain padded in to the same point, and
was lifted out upon the wharf considerably
exhausted by the trip. ~, .-a : '.sae
Immediately upon landing be was placed
in an open carriage by his friends, and driven
to bis quarters. He states that this trip was
| a more arduous one thaa either that across
the English channel or his voyage down the
Rhine, owing to the want of buoyancy OF
the water and the strong counter.currents
and treacherous eddies. .. ..- s..-..#