The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-04-12

but he could lind no captain willing to let
him essay the feat. Then he went aboard
the Queen, Of the National Steamship Line,
without making known his object, and his
only baggage being his suit in bag and
his paddle. When far enough out he put
on the dress below stairs, and paddle in
hand was ascending to the deck, when
met by the mate, who reported him to the
captain. The latter ordered him below, had
his rubber suit taken from him and said he
would allow no man to commit suicide
from his ship. Boyton might leave it, he
said, but it must be at Liverpool On the
way over, however, the enthusiast won the
captain Of this vessel partially to his views,
and obtained q promise from him that he
might take the water as soon as the light
on Castinet Rock was sighted. This light
is % miles from shore and can be seen for
about 20 miles, making the distance Boy
ton was to attempt about As miles. The
night came, the forctopman was on look out
for the light, Boyton was dressed and ready,
the passengers-now aware of the captains
promise and Boytons purpose-were III
anxious suspense, and nothing could be
heard on deck but whispers and the ma.
! chinery. The sea was already sobbing with
the coming storm.
Light ahead" came from the masthead
Boyton stepped up to the Captain and re-
minded him of Lis pledged word as form
atty.
~ will keep it Mr.. Boyton, but first look
at my weather glass. have been seven
teen years on this coast, and never knew it
so low There will be an awful storm.
Will younot postpone the attemptl"
Il hold, you, Captain, may never have
another chance
"All right, then. Good bye"
Boyton lcaped into the sea. AS he struck
the water he lost a. signal light which he
was to have set off to show that he was all
right. He called back, however. call
right, Captain, go ahead" The great fans
of the steamer turned and she steamed
away, leaving Boyton ITO do or die" He
stood up in the water until he could feel
wind upon his cheek, then knew his course,
and padded away for land and lite The
storm did come and was a memorable one.
Boytons story of his nightlong experience
, in it and his almost providential landing on
the irish coast, would make eloquent chap
+ tiers. He reached England and was re-
ccived by the queen, before whom and the
: royal family he exhibited alongside Of the
l Alberta. His next important feat was the
crossing of the English Channel, accom-
panied by the press boat Rambler"
When nearing the French coast in fog,
the pilot of the Rambler lost hearings,
and Captain Boyton was induced to
= come aboard for the safety Of
y the craft. Soon after he left Grenez, France,
and after II hours hard pulling, landed un
der the South Portland lights of England
: Voyages down the Rhine the Danube, the
Soan, the Garronne, the Pc and Tiber fol
lowed on the 3lst of January, 1878, he
c. started from Toledo, in Spain, down the
river Tagus, and in IS days and nights
$ reached Lisbon, distance of $50 miles
lie and the longest voyage until the presen,
of one that he had attempted. During this trip
E. he once went three days and nights without
, a stop, or seeing human face, and living
y on dry bread and few wild olives
II During this voyage he shot over waterfalls,
st the highest being rs meters, or about SO
lcel HlSH. Tie was rcCelVcu Dy the
King and Queen of Portugal, and subse
quently knighted by King Aphonso, Of
" Spain. Next he entered the French service
&c to drill the sailors in the uses Of the suit
+ which the navy had adopted, and it is on
of leave from this service that he is now in the
" United States, After exhibiting before
81 President Hayes, the cabinet congress and
the legations, he reached his home in Pitts
burg. Here he became fascinated with the
No idea of
THE PRESENT JOURNEY,
2342 miles, and over 400 of which he has
completed He tried the river on the
tn ice, then went up to Oil City and began the
-, voyage. His first run was 4S miles to
y Emlanton, in water three degrees below
81 freezing, and amid ice on which he could
IS at times get up and walk as il moved. The
N rest of his trip forms large item current
70 newspaper literature,