The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-06-09
" JIM !" BENNETT.
Some of the Eseapades !" of she Owner
 ofthe New York Herald.
lrreanass Daily. Nc~ Yers.1


 Mir. $. :. Chamberlain was, until re- gently. the private secretary of James Gordon Bennett, His gallant defense ei his late chefs yach, adventure would be very plausible anywhere the said chief is no, known. To those who know him. like the members of the Union club and the Yacht club. the polo club and the Racquet club. the probability ofthe story carries conviction of it's truth These gentiemen remember the time when Mr. Bennett invited party Of ladies a, Nc~- port 10 a luncheon on his yacht, and then se; sail and caused grea, uneas.ness ashore hy his unexplained absence. which continued lar Tn the night. This eseapadc caused Mir. Bennett to leave Ne~por, the next morning and several doors to he shut to h,m where he had always been welcome guest re- member once seeing him in maniacai rage commencing throwing the billiard balls on the table in the hiil,asd.Saloon a, the feQuo, house. New London. about lndiserim,na,ely. and then fleeing te New Londen and back ia New York hv tram. ,e.cgraphing h,s yaeh, 10 follow him, ,e escape the consequences oi hts mad act iA is st4kA HC>N III hlsnN Nuts rage he perpetra,cd in once throwing one of hts guests overheard m New York bay. IF sport, to sec fl he had told the truth abou; his hc,ag able ie swim the gentleman barely escaping death hs drowning The story, too. Is still fresh. ot how once. on the cNcufslcn steamer ot the Nach, regatta. he hlled the horn oi orc ot the musicians with chow der and when he commenced ,o play on Ii. blow ins out ,he mess. he exclaimed Mime Got. I'm seasieA to the amusement oi Bennett. who insisted on hlm taking some lalap which he had ready Now can tell you story which is '' new. The nigh, before he lei. th,s country thiS last tune. lrv went into tine mon club and invited those he found thete. some twenty odd. all his personal old aequainsant es. to supper aboard the Namouna. lsing al the foot oi rwen,y-;hird street. North nNer.
 The invitation was accepted by all hands. several supuia,ng that they were to be landed by twelve D. m. and order ing carriages to mee, them at tha, time. as they had previous engagements. Car riagcs were ordered. and the party soon
 
 miniature steamer. The table in the spacious saloon was SC; iti large party ana there was every lndIt a,ion ot the preparations ai symposium. Mf. lien net said others had been invited. hut they would not Wal, for them, and the maafings were cast oii. and the yacht shot ou, into ,he tiveI. heading nofthward. Mir. nennt;; sud they would take a steam up the uYct 8hiie eating supper but wi en the party. after an hour or t~o around the festive board. returned to the detk k, they found themselves well U, ln the iIlghland< NJ. Bennc;,. who had royalty selchfated his departure whilc presiding at the supper. m" insisted on taking the helm. and Captain Lyons was invited Ia go below and read the evening i papers. Well. the way the yacht was brought, about and pu, down the riScl. fuli head on, with Mr. Bennett at the wheel, kept all of those on board con stan,iy on the alert. IL seemed as tf he was ticndishly trying to run down every orai, he sighted. Finally. in the gray of the morning, they arrvcd abreast oi the city and, the rVer being more crowded with crafi. one ot his intimate friends itn- plored Mir. Bennett to allow the regular whcclman a, the helm but he persis,cd in his determination io take the yacht down the stream to the ste amer hr w aS gong ou, III. and II was soon evident ,hai remembrance or perSuaSaon wosld be ,n valn. l. was almost miracle that the cfaf, was no, collidcd with the ferry boats the ,acking sloops. or the anchored craft. Why. once she was run almos, ] Il L. ,k. A.,t l. would have smashed things en both sides ,erribly. Mir Bennett finally eNclarrd ,ha, he did TO, care whether she vas sunk or not. Finally the ocean steamer was reached Mir Bonnet, was hois,ed from his own deck io that of the steamer winch soon moved ou, and the las, seen of the gallan, yach,man by those on board of his oraft, he was dehantly shaking his fist al them. Several oi those aboard were msined men. and the domestic seiape which th,s enforced ab- senfe Of al! night go, them into was no, 4bsolutely healed by the explanation, which was no doub, doubted bu, this rectal may verify and establish II.
 New Workers have been much inter es,td within the last day or two over the
  ordinary doing of the Ifeyakd'i proprietor in his steam yach, Namouna, which are chrnnieled in the London Uo,M Em- den'ly, Nr. Bennett was very much cr- hilara,ed by French ar. Life on board the Samoana must have all the elements and uncertainty as tD what sill become of them nex;. Mir Bennett IS said io make his guests comfortable by playing on them with hre-hoac. and fai.ing a mock alarm of ire aIso, 10 inslsi on the whole crew getting roaring drunk. upDn pain of instant dismissal f he is no, obeyed. Bu, m this Last tlpsy erploi, he has surpassee himself The gravity ~i,h which Eenre;i must have refused the psofered assistance from the ifenchrn4n muf have been as good as play. for rl's phenomenal ~Dberness tappsr- en,l a. such times IS prosefbsai. heard A siory yes'cfaay in illustration of II.
 One New Years day Bonnet, arrived