Evening Star Newspaper, September 20, 1892, Page 17

THE EVENING STAR PUBLISHED DAILY, EXCEPT SUNDAY AT THE STAK BUILDINGS. M01 Penesylvania Avence, coczar 11th 8. by The Evening Star Newspaper Company, S. H. KAUPFMANN, Pres't. New York Ofice, 83 Potter B iiding, erat the coumuel hore tse United Steet Ovente yer month. Ty me ie postae Barvunar Qr with, foreun po- “pep ern BEER Rates of advert: EDITION. = — GRAND ARMY EDITI & Che Loening . —- PART III. ON. WASHINGTON, D. .C.. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1892. PART THREE SPECIAL NOTICES. SPECIAL NOTICES. rd within « block. ARD AND LODGING CAN BE HAD AT 2038 tow sole BR Hu G A BONE MINUTE —THIS DOESN See ES ah NS kant scomrade in every 1o- sty © ae octats attorney, securing pen- Mon ‘and potent cases. We allow yous larwe per- contace tee for your service.” Call to see Ua, OF if foo tuey surbtecetny cut this cut and write us for drculare and! particulars when you arriv= home. EVER? & APPLEMAN. and Prtent ati 73, Room 4. Sid F st. o.w. Washington, D. ©. 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Remeber. st costs you nu‘ hin tolist your property with us, and if we rent or sell it our charges are tni- form and very moderate. ‘We will be glad to see you st our office, or call at your home if desired. ‘We remit collections same hour received. We wil furnish ya the very best of reference if you are rot acquain.ed with us. Se-1m JOHNSON & BALMS, DRACENTAS, FERN for’ decoration, choice roses, ails Americin Beauty. The best are none toojguod to wel- come the old defenders of the Union to the cayital ee 3 st B™ (srupER, Florist. The annual meeting of the stockholders of ‘Hat. ne, on MONDAY, rs, closed import- 'E'Srown, secretary. ee BRACKET IN RACQUETS ‘We are making terrible racket in ‘Tennis Racquets. Get ready for the Fall Tennis Tournament. We are selling the best «rade Tennis Racquets at com- mon Racquet prices. Suggestion: Don't walt uat) your favorite make of Reoquetis sold You 8 Parke 2019 Butidere’ Hardware, COR. ITH AND GSTS. §. W. 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E RENCH DYFING, SCO! ‘Estabitvh nent, 1 ladies’ au! eoute work 0 2 med +): N samseet 7 Several Elewant New Cabtnet Grand Upright Pianos, selling at $300, made by several prominent makers. with each piano. Fully guaranteed for 5 years. W. G. Merzzorr & Co. wt Con 1220 ux G Sra N. W. ‘Swtrings, full tron frame, rosewood and fancy wood cases, such as oak, mahogany. &c., which we are now ‘This ts positively the first time this offer has ever been made. Longtime. Elegant silk plush stool and cover <q MUIREIRE SPRINGS FOR GALF. SPA Ry Saleen =>MEDIOINAT, OR SOCTAL, 6 ACCORDING TO AGE eR ae sel4-7t othe we. SRR eg parlors, 3105 M. 8. Georgetown. eal ow eT OU A VACANT HOUSE 01 20. send, us number at once HAVE 5 <3 furnish you tenant ation. Feference. YouNSON E Banners, ‘Rental Agents, wlt-iw G00 Fat nw, OFFIC NaTIo ee irene Courkat Ae oO 801 Oth st. n.w. (2.0. corner Het). Coal con ve been. made allowing libers! dis- “9 E pe ay ee fa Hl ==> TAILORING DEPARTMENT. | 3 = Sea Fall Suitings now ready for inspection. Novelties im Tronserings. Our facilities enable usto give the bighost degree of workmanship, style and finish for prices that actually appear too modest for the value Feceived. Cali around and look them over. RISEMAN BROB., $y18-3m _ 7th and Este. n => SEPTEME = 1S re ee eB livery Counpway to sect u Uourd of directors saat by Nees vind to transact such other Uus.ness ar may be feade faihay oh TUESDAY, Se: att o'clock p.m GEN. PALMER (= an AS A SERGEANT. GEN. PALMER AS A SOLDIER. The Commander-i -Chief and His Military Record. HOW HE WAS WOUNDED AT FIVE FORES—THE BATTLE 48 IT WAS OBSERVED FROM THE RANKS—PROMOTED FROM PRIVATE THROUGH ALL THE GRADES TO CAPTAIN. One of the busiest men in the country today is Gen. Palmer, commander-in-chief of the G. A. R. The election to the command of the Grand Army, he says, does not bring only honor. There is a great amount of labor attached to the exalted position, and he says he will be glad when the hour comes to turn over the exacting duties to some one else. Gen. Palmer is well known to every one in the city of Albany, where he residos. Greetings aro extended to him right and left, from young and old, as he walks along the streets, and the “Little General,” as he has been titled, is most gonial in his respon- sive greetings. Not only do his comrades seo in him the commander of the G. A. R., but as; Albanians they fully appreciate the honor in his election to the lofty position, as the first man in twenty-five years that New York could unite upon for the office. Since his election ho has been untiring in his devotion to the in- terests of the order. He has traveled over 40.000 miles visiting the different states and soldier gatherings. His administration ha been noted for the vigorousord emanated from hi of his visits to all sections of the country it would certainly teem that he is extremely pop- ular with the rank and file of the Grand Army of the Rep As wapeaker he is bright and witty and is pen, and from the published accounts | change him. Gen. Palmor enlisted on the 10th day of Sep-| my spinal column was being gouged out, tember asa private im company B, ninety-fi New York volunteers, at Allany. ‘He was moted corporal, sergeant, sergeant mejor, second lieutenant, first lieutenant, acting adju- tant and captain, It is his proud record that be participated in every battle in which bis regiment was engaged. At the assault on Port Hudson he was detailed im charge of the am- a genial nature, Lut behind his | me to the grount genial manners is a force that indfcates that } me. when he has'en:e made up his mind todo a and wi certain thing no amount of persuasion ewn | I gave bulance corps transporting wounded from Port | Hudson to Springtield Landing. WOUNDED AT FIVE FORKS. It was at Five Forks that Gen. Palmer re ceived the injury for which he is now a pen- sioned soldier. In Albany, the city of his home, there were those who endeavored to cast asper- sion on his character, and. with a zeal that would bave been commendable in s more bon- | orable course of action, both secretly and openly accused him of an act of great disloy- shy, I was said thet the injury for which ho ia receiving a pension was received by having @ borse fall upon him while’ on a foraging “ex. ition. was given such encourage- ment that it was with difficulty that Gen. Palmer got in advance of it and prevented its further # ‘Affidavits by the men who had hauled him out from under the horse, as they supposed, in a dying condition and carried him to the rear succeeded in eventually nailing the ‘Then there happenod a little incident at the encampment at Rochester that effectually sot at rest the ugly rumor. Gen. Palmer relates the incident: “T was standing with e group of comrades re- lating incidents and anecdotes of the war when e soldierly-looking man came up to where I was and accosted me: “ ‘Is your name Palmer?” he said. “I told him that it was and he then con- tinued: ‘Well, you may not remember me, but now I remember you very well.” “There was nothing about the man’s features that I remembered and I told him that he bad the edvantago of me. “Then he replied: ‘My name ia G. B. Gai rison; I live in Ellenville, Ulster county, N. Y., and have been commander of a post therd. ‘The first time that I remember seeing you you wero in command of the left wing of the infantry at the battle of Five Forks April 1, 1605; were you not?” “The fact was I was not in command of the left wing,but commanded the oxtreme left com- pany of the line of infantry in that ongage- ment, company G of the nincty-first New York veteran voluntgers, “ ‘Well,’ said m,‘Ithink Iam right, bow- ever. You remember that on your left was the cavairy. The infautry charged in a direct line and the cavalry came up in an oblique line, #0 that when wereached the woods where Leo army was intrenched the infantry and the ca came together." © ‘That was exactly the positions,’ I remarked, wondering what the man was driving at, and a ing at, adding, asI thought of the first timo in four Years’ campaigning that I camo near to death, {I hare tho best reasons in the world to remem “* *¥os,’ said Garrison, ‘we had just enterod the wood and you were in advance of your com- mand, when a cavalryman’s horse was shot and fell square upon you. “Imagine my astonishment, ‘Who in the name of ail thut's wonderful are you?’ I asked. «Well, I will tell you,’ and he went on to re- ‘Iwas major in command of that cavalry. My adjutant’s horse was struck with a piece 9 shell, carrying away a portion animal's head’ “He dismounted and had Just off ES the saddle when the horse # and fell over on you. I saw you dragged from under the horse and to the rear. Since then I When Theard you of the convention today I rade your name, when he The voice, thoname and Five GEN. PALMER'S WAR STORY. Gen. Palmer has related toa Stan reporter the incidents immediately attending his injuries. at Five Forks: | ¥ enemy,” he 9 the t strategic Value of the known as a five roads met in the woods, to cover it with a line‘of en- trenchments. We had been advancing for three days, with very weather, ppg eee ag age rd ape bers ce a ‘Socning ot “the Slat for’ tos advance ugon the White Oak road. The enemy moved out of their works in force, and, though a stub- born resistance was made by the federal troop, nothing could resist the impetuous onset of the enemy and the boys fell back. When the enemy had ven Warren back they turned their at- tention to Sheridan's cavalry, who were now badly exposed. ‘arren was relieved of his command after the battle for being dilatory. The poor fellow died broken hearted. In my opinion Gen. Sheridan's action was cruel. Warren was a brave soldier. He had been ordered to have his men at a certain point by 4 o'clock. The fierco fire of the enemy made it impossible of accomplishment, Gen. Sheridan might have are the fault when the battle was won. fe did not relieve Warren when the battle w: going on, but when the victory was fully ours, The boys in the fifth corps will remember the intrepid Warret. rushing up and down the line after the first repulse shouting, ‘We'll get them this time, boys! Let us try them once more!” and he did try them again. ‘The fifth corps was again rallied with Warren st their head, and at least 100 feet in advance, the boys went for- is -d and forced their way to the desired posi- ‘ion, ‘The events of the Ist of April began at 4 o'clock in the morning. Gen. Grant had placed Sheridan in command not only of the cavalry, but of the fifth corps under Warren. When the time for the decisive struggle had arrived the fifth corps was moved forward in a straight line and the cavalry came up at the same time in an oblique line from the left. The corps had to engage in one of the most fearful contests of the war. The enemy poured a terrible fire into ourlinee from the edge of the woods. There was terrible execution on both sides. “‘A horse had been shot a short distance from me. I saw the rider dismount and jerk his ead- die off and then the maddened animal rushed toward me and — on its hind feet bore and rolled over squarely upon I was unconscious for several minutes mn I was able to appreciate my position john Palmer up for dead, There was a terrible pain in the small of my back as though ‘The st | dying horse, writhing withagony, with his every ‘o- | movement increased the agony of the unfortu- nate beg beneath him, I had fallen upon a basket-handied sword and the horse wae grat- ing tay back on ite hard edges, It must have been fifteen minutes before I was dragged out from beneath the horse. Four or five of the boys carried me to the rear. I was unable to move and the doctor afterward Suid that he feared the injury to my spine would result fatally, and I had ail the en- couragement of being told that if Ishould re- cover I would never be able to move sround freely. Wewent into camp for several days and for three days I was unable to leave my bed. ‘Then I began to improve slowly and was able to walk about when we were sent to Alex- andria to be mustered out. ‘From that time,” said Gen. Palmer, “I have suficred from the injury to my spine received at Five Forks. I have visited the best surgeons in Europe and America for treatment, been of erated upon several times, but I still have the old pain in the back of my head and back aud guess I will always have it.” a TO ADVERTISERS. Tho advertising patrons of Tax Stam are respectfully notified that advertise- ments intended for insertion during encampment week must be banded in the day before that on which publica- tion fs destred. Unless this is done in- sertion cannot be guaranteed. —_.____ THE ENCAMPMENT STAR, No’ richer souvenir and no better record of the great gathering in Washington this weck of veterans of the war can be obtained than the daily issues of Taz Stan, Every number will be filled with illustrations and letter press of the most interesting character covering the historical events, memories of which will be re- vived by the great reunion, as well as the hap- penings of each day graphically reported. The Papers issued during the week will form a com- plete history of this memorable gathering. If you cannot come to the encampment, the next best thing you can dois to subscribe to Tur Stan for the week and the encampment will be brought to you as vividly as pon and pencil can bring it If you are coming to the en- campment you will want Tux Stam for the week to take home with you asa most interest- ing, accurate and complete record of thescenes which you have witnessed in the national capi- tal. Tue Star for the week beginning Monday, September 19, will be mailed, postage prepaid, to any address in the United States, outside of ‘Washington, for fifteen cents. THE CHOSEN LEADERS The Men Who Manage the Affairs of the G. A. B. THE NATIONAL OFFICERS. Commander-in-Chief Palmer and His Asso- ciates in Office—The Senior and Junior Vice Commander—Prominent Men Who During its existence the Grand Army has | been exceedingly careful and lucky in its selec- tion of national officers, The long list of men chosen by the various encampments contain | selves to the entire country. The officers selected by the last encampment are no excep- tion to the general and established rule of picking out of the vast material offered by the organization only men whose character and | life would do credit tothe Grand Army of| Peace. In the selection as commander-in-chief of Capt. John Palmer the encampment did honor | to itself and to a gallant and desorving soldier | and man. Capt. Palmer has « military record | to be proud of and a personal reputation which | is above reproach. His father was killed dur-| ing the warand he himself was wounded s0 severely as to have his life despaired of for a long time. Capt. Palmer was born on Staten Island, March 22, 1842, and removed with his father to Albany atan early age. At the breaking out of the war he was only nineteen years of age, but in Soptember, 1861, promptly enlisted in company B of the ninety-first New York volun- tecrs and was elected second lieutenant When he returned home July 3, 1865, he was a brevet captain, At Five Forks he was severely wounded Among the engagements in which Capt Palmer participated may be mentioned Irish Bend, Donelsonville, Port Hudson and Five Forks, Since the war Capt. Palmer has resided at Albauy, where he holds an un- bounded popularity. As commandcr-in-chief ho has been untiring in his efforts to advance the order and during the first year has traveled over 40,000 miles visiting the different states and soldier gatherings. His administra- tion bas been especially marked by the vigor- ous orders which have emanated from his pen. As a speaker Capt, Palmer is brieht and witty, although behind iis genial wature is a firm and unbending will EXRY. M. DUFFIELD. v The senior vice commander is Henry M. Duffield, who was born in Detroit, May 15, 1842. His father was Rev. George Duftield. D. D. Henry M. Dusield received his earlier educa- tion in the public schools of Detroit, graduat- ing from the ‘Old Capital” School in 1858, After ong year’s instruction in the Michigan Universitv in 1859 he entered the junior class of Williams College, Massachsetts, then under the management of Mark Hopkins. He grad- uated in 1861, and enlisted asa private in the ninth regiment Michigan infantry in August of the same year, being the first student from Williams College to join the Union army. A short time after eulistment he was made adja- tant of the reziment. While acting in this capacity he, with his regiment, in July, 1852, participated in the bloody fight with the forces of the rebel Gen. N. B. Forrest, at Murfrees boro’, Tennessee, and during the engagement was by the side of his brother, Gen. W. W. Duficld, when the latter was twice wounded and as then supposed mortally, Sosevere and close was the contest that it was impossible to carry his brother from the field until the re- pulse of the enemy. In this battle Col. Duffield was taken prisoner, but was exchanged in Sep- tember of the same year. After his release he was detailed as assistant adjutant genera! of all the United States forces in Kentucky. He was afterward appointed assistant adjutant gen- many names of men who have endeared them-| ® THADDEUS STEVENS CLARESOR. The junior vice commander-in-chief is Maj. Thaddeus .Stevens Clarkson of Omaha, Ned, He was born at Gettysburg, Pa, in 1840, and educated at the College of St. James, only about three miles from another great battle- field—that of Antietam. In 1857 he removed to Chicago, and in April, 1861, enlisted in Dattery A, first Ilinois artillery. His war record from that time is a most honorable one, In December, 1861, he was @ischarged for promotion and was commissioned adju- tant of the thirteenth Illinois cavairy. After- ward ho served as adjutant on the staff of Brig. Gen. John W. Davidson. He participated in the engagements of the Army of the South- west under Gen. Curtis in 1862 and his march in May, 1 Comrade Cjgrkson was assigned as staff offi- cer tocommalid of battery K. third Mixeoum| artillery, and participated in all the engaj ments of the cavalry division of Brig. Gen. Davidson in southeast Missouri and Arkansas, inciuding the capture of Little Rock in Au- yust, 1963, Mainly by his efforts the third Arkansas cay- alry was organized and in October, 1863, he was made senior major of this regiment and commanded it through gallant service until December, 1864, when on account of family affairs he was obliged to resign, In 1866 he removed to Omaha, Neb., and has been a resi- dent of that city and state almost continuously since. except a residence in Dakota from 1872 to 1878. He wasa member of the Dukota leg- islature in 1875, At present Maj. Clarkeon is postmaster of Omaha, Neb. He joined the G. A. R. in 1879, was post commander in 1380, department com: | mander of Nebraska, 18%), and » member of | the execut pmmittee of the nattonal coun- | cil of administration during the administra- | {ons of Commanders-in-chief Rea, Warner and iger. CHAPLAIN-IN-CHIEP PAINE. Rev. Samuel D, Paine, chaplain-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, was born in London, Engiand, in September, 1837, When sixteen years of age he enlisted in the royal artillery, going to the Crimea at the breaking out of the war against Russia and taking an active part in several of the great battles and in the capture of Sebastapol, September 8, 1855. At the close of that war he came to America and entered the Union army in 1861 from the state of Maine, and was commissioned by Gov. Washburne of Maine senior first lieutenant of the second Maine battery. or battery B. He saw active service, and at the battie of Freder- icksburg. under Burnside. in December, 1862, he had three horses shot under him, He went to Florida about twelve years ago from Llmois, where be was department chap- lain for two years. and became one of the char- ter members of O. M. Mitchell Post, No. 4, De- partment of Flo: He has been commander of 0. M. Mitcheli Post and department chap- jain a number of times and is department chaplain no Chaplain Paine has interested himself in the G. A. R. work in Porida and has collected con- siderabie fonds for 0. M. Mitchell Post to ena- bie them to assist comrades from the north who bave come to Florida in search of health or work and have been taken sick or died in Jacksonville. They have buriea quite » num- ber who would have been buried as paupers without the help of O. M. Mitchell Post. He has been largely instrumental in erecting a handsome monument in memery of the Union soldiers who are buried in the Evergreen cem- etery, outside of Jacksonville. He was uuaui- ‘at Detroit last | mousiy elected chaplain-n-chi August. Chaplain Paine was formeris a Methodist reacher, having built four Method:st chu: in Florida, hes He is now in the Presbyterian -y and pastor of one of the bandsome yterian churches in the United States. It was built by. M. Flagler of New York in memory of his daughter, Mra. Benedict, who died on her way to Fiorida,. The church and manse cost nearly $250,000, He has two silver medals—one presented to him by Queen Victoria and the other by the Sultan of Turkey; alsoa handsome miniature G. A. R. badge, enamel and gold. presented by ©. M, Mitchell’ Post of Jacksonville, Fla. He is well known as an eloquent preacher and a famous lecturer. He married in 1865 a Indy from Maine, a gifted, handsome woman, wh» has beena great help to him in his ministry. She isa talented organist and pianist and a magnificent aito singer. He has two children, a boy and a girl. His son, nineteen years of age, born in Illinois, | FARRAGUTS FLAG. The Ensign of the Hartford Pre- served in This Ony. THE FIGHT OF MOBILE - BAY. A Veteran Who Served Admiral and Has in teresting Relic h the Brave Old in Possession an A Spirited Story of a Fa- mous Engagement. - HERE 18 NO MORE picturesquely grand and heroic figure im the annals of maval warfare than that of the great Admiral F ragut latched to th ne, { his flagship, the Hartford, im the battle of M Perry on Lake Erie give up the ship” of Law took the lead in th le of Mobile Bas its crew did the st fighting of the fleet, losing nearly as many men killed as did all the other thirteen vessels combine Partholomew Diggins, captain of the watch of the Si War and Navy building, served on the flagship Hartfora and received a medal of honor tor ga! ving participated in all the engagements in which that vessel took part during the years 1862, 1863 and 1864, and as four times wounded. One of the captai most treasured relics is the adwiral's flag which floated at the masthead of the Hartford when the battle of Mobil was fought By the courtesy of the captain # Stan artist was enabled to obtain the sketch of the flag, which is given here, It as of blue bunting, hes tour white stars, and its dimensions are twelve foot square. When the statue of Admiral Parra- gut was unveiled in the square on Connecticut avenue in this city which now bears his name, Diggins was selected by Admiral Porter, “on account of his conspicuous bravery and close association with Admiral Farragut,” to hoist this flag, which was the signal for the cere monies to begin, Captain Diggins was only nineteen years of age when he left the navy, having enlisted when he was sixteen years old, January 1, 1862, All bis service was aboard the Hartford, and his position on the boat's crew of the adwiral's barge was next the com mander. THE ADMInaL’s FLAG. The captain also allowed Tur Sti take asketch trom a photograph, taken daring the war, wiich be has in his possession, of the historic old flagship. Dig Hartford during the battie of Mobile Bay was amidships, known as “the slaughter house.” | The Hartford bore the brunt of the battle and er * blood.” The dead were laid in « row » deck, which was slippery with blood, the wounded being carry ow, The sy je that the bi old adwiral looked down upou from his station in the rige ging dedes descrip oat both legs by a up both a time to bave them also carried away by nother shot, A gunner had his head shot off. ant at another gun all the crew were swept down by « shot which came crashing through the bulwarke, A shell burst between the two forward guus, killing and wounding fifteen men, eral of the twenty-third brigade, Army of the Cumberland. In the campaign from Nashville to Chattanooga in 1863 he was attached to the headquarters of Gen. Geo. H. Thomas and was Present at all the important battles of the campaign, including Stoue River and Chicka- mauga. At Chattanooga, on October 23, 1863, daring the siege of that town by the rebel forces under Gen. Braxton Bragg, he was pro- moted to post adjutant. As post adjutant of Chattanooga he issued,by order of Gen. John G. Parkburst, commander of the post, the orders for the Chattanooga United States cem. eters, giving particular directions as to its purpose and plau of management. The general plan was subsequently adopted by Gen. Thomas and from it grew the system of national ceme- teries, which are at once « testimonial to the heroic devotion of the gallant soldiers buried ‘werein and to tho gratitude of their country- men. When Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas assumed command of the department of the Cumber- land Mr. Duffield was appointed on his staff as assistant provost al general of the de- in which capacity he served until fhe end of his term of service. During the memorable campaign of Gen. Thomas from Chattanooga to Atlanta Col. Duffield was de- tailed as acting provost marshal general, vice Gen. J. A. Parkhurst, disabled, and partici- pated in nearly all the hard-fought battles of this gallant Union commander, Jcinding Resaca, Missionary Ridge, Peach Creel and Jonesboro’, a campaign which regulted in the final capture of Atlanta, During the battle of Chickamauga, which was one of the most sovere engagements in which he took part, ho was wounded, His term of service ended at te and he was mustered out Octo! 14. 1 F efit &i stands six fect one and a half inches, weighs nearly 200 and is one of Yale's game foot ball players and is in Yale's ‘varsity crew. ———_ ee James R. Milner. James R. Milner of Springfield, Mo., a m ber of the national council of administration, was born in Mt Pleasant, Jefferson county, Ohio, September 4, 1845. His older brother en- listed in the ninety-eighth Ohio volunteer in- fantry, and James, too young to enlist, but full of anxiety to be a soldier, went with the rogi- ment to Kentucky and shared with the soldiers mauge and was discharged on ac- count of his wounds and thes James immedi- i ‘ ! 3 i } il He THE WARTFORD. It is not the purpose of the writer, however, to give a detailed account of tho’ batties im which thal Hartford was engaged, or of the attle of Boviie Bay, but simply to call atten- tion to thd existence in this city of an interest- ing relic of the war—the admiral’s fag of Parragut’s flagship, the Hartford. The battle of Mobile Bay, however. was replete with inci- dents of personal heroism. and it may not be inappropiate to refer to oneor twoof the most noteworthy and interesting. As the fleet approached the rebel ram Ten- nessee the U.S. monitor Tecumseh struck some torpedoes, and suddenly careening to one Side can to the botiom, carrying with ber Capt, Tunis A.M. Craven and the greater part of his crew. Of 114 officers and men on board the Tecumseh only twenty-one were saved. Jobn Collins, the pilot, war rescued, and to bis statement, as told by Comutodore Parker, we are indebted for the account of the heroic act which is associated with Craven's mame: “Craven and Mr. Joln Collins, the pilot of the Tecumsel,, met ‘as, their vossal was sinking beneath them, at the foot of the indder ang to the top of the turret. It may be then that Craven, in the nobility of his soul—for all know be was one of nature's noblemen—it may be, I say, that, in the nobility of his soul, the thought flashed across him that it was no feult of his pilot that the Tecumseh was in this peril; he drew back. ‘After you, pilot,*said he . “There was not after me,’ relates Sir. Céliins. “When, 1 reached the ‘topmost round of the ladder the vessel seemed to drop from under me.'” Ten of the crew of the Tecumseh . ig ti £ 3 tr { Ht i i i : i t i F ih Ai { a i ut uit i ft i . | | i I i f i fit : { i i ‘