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'id Pist., Jolm Hedman.
3d pint., Will. Jennings,Chm.
knditor—Joh.n Douglass.
Ivuier ot reeds-— C. W Martens.
:itv and Probate Judge—I hos. l.oiuk.
frnxiirer- S. Farl*V.
Sheriff—H- Benedict.
Court—J L. Lockliwrt
ii Schools —i, W
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lyrict Attorney—J. H. Owen.
or .Der-Ur. C. K. Daniels.
u»:ity Surveyor—W. S. Crow!.
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...It-J. W." Mel I.
reisure—Aug. Mittelstaedt
'-"ssor— .lames lierry.
itv .'u'ti-p -j?. M. Pasco.
IT A'tur ty—J \V Bell.
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ard V.^fT :'d Ward W Saunders,
Mir?ps Baird. 34 Ward -C A fcrlMidSon,
K W I'lieimi.
::v Marjihal, Street Commissioner, .iuil'i.nk
nsyector and Fir.* Warden- k Miauion*.
,• i«eraau—Charles Sutc'.itfe,
board o?
r.nc«AVios
Lit in W Bell, S Jones, K Eastman,
I Lmdlord, 'lrv .ng Bath, Oj W AnteUnat.
I Urles tiochinuth.
FKATEBNITIKS.
[DOTAL ARCH MASONS, MILBANK
111 Chapter No. 16. Stated convocations
weond and lourth Thursday ol each mouth,
":30 p. m. Visiting companions cordially
vited. A. J. liLiiHt-K, High 1 rie.-t.
'TUT Docomab, Sec.
4 F. & A. M.—MILBANK LOPUK N-. 20.
J/\» Stated meetings at Sehaler s Hall, on
Thursday evening ol each month,
Visaing brethren are cordial ly invited a^
[tend.
J.C.
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ft.
)RDER
Knapp, W. M.
K. Thos. L. Bocck,Secretary.
0. 0. F.-SYLVAN LODGE No. 54.
1 Meets every Tuesday evening at -Cha
lei'»Hall. Visiting brethren cordially tnvi-
Lcnukuu, bee.
RANLI ARMY OP THE REPUBLIC.
VI .Mt'i-ts .-verv si mud and fcurtli atnr
dav,at 'J ji. iu. glint'i, ut the Court House.
Ali comriide.s viflitiug our city are uiviU to
with us. \V DltiUB, ColllUlUlidei.
Thus,Fitch, Adjutant.
AO.
U. W.—Meets first and third Mon
day evening* ot each liiontli in Mas i.
ie hall. Visiting brethren cordially
OP
ONE OF MKTON'S MEN.
*LAG HERO JASPER, A FOLLOWER OF
THE "SWAMP FOX."
Ilalfatlni rnd'rMar1«ii,lte Trove* Wurthy
of )Iln I^vili'r imhI IivH Ih'li'udlni the
Colon, of iilH Couimuud Ills ijilults
Mi Moultrie ami Elsmb«re.
am
fe'SrlSv 'except Sunday'.: 4:H)
Preighi -Daily «x Sunday.... b.oU a
WILMOT BRANCH.
Lv« Milbaak daily ex Sunday. 9:15
»t*i0,ru11*" 10-la am
[C"iyright by American I'ress Asso.-i a.•:,
EKCiT. JASl'KIi,
the South Curo
lina Itcvoltiiion
ary patrita, whose
•la-rnn swile*! by
it heroic death,
rw*
fate
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Kuancel, N.i.
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SI. C, Jones, liecurder, C. E. Ubovkk, M. W,
BOP
L. E.-SEDOWICK D1V IhlON N',
313. Meets in S«hater's Hall, Milban^,
at U) a. ui. the lirst and third Sunday ol each
nionth. C. Matthews,Ghiei.
Kustac£ Fobs, Sec.
RAILWAY CONPUCTOliS-
Milliauk Division N o. 99. Meets at Ma
®uie Hitll every second and fourth Sundays
P.II members ol tlie order cordiai-
L1iuvi^P^ a.Johnson,
Chiel Cond r.
Jo^Iobnb, Sec. and Treas.
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0. u. G. T.—Meets every Friday eve
ning at Masonic Hall, and extends a
wdial invitation to visiting members.
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CHURCHES.
("ATHOLIO.-Service in St. Lawrence
Church every Sunday and holy day at
at 10:30 a. in. Rev. Father Stephan, Priest.
I
JMRST M. E. Church. —Preaching every
Sunday at 1U45 a. iu. and 7:30 p. in
Epworth Leajjue (i:.W p. m. Sunday school
if ru. Prayer meeting Wednesdays at 7:30
P-
m.
Rbv. J. C. Shkllanh, Pastor.
IUTHURAN—languageoocanional—in
7=^»P.
Service the
Norwegian at the church at
in. Rbv. J. H. Stoklie, Minister.
pPISCOPAL—Service
in Library Hall ttrst
Sunday ol each month at 10:45 a. m.
*nd7:30P. M. Rbv.J.M.MCBsidib
Ing.
placed hin uauio
V/'V/.'' anx'UK fnuie's l'ew
'-*1':'.^ iiuiuortal ones,
wa.H n recruit
brought u tho
71 !amp of the Sec
ond S utli Caro
lina n-.'iaii-nt by
4&>r
Capt.Franei.H M»r
ion. Marion, who
afterward irncl
',hetitle "Swamp Fax," went intot.hf. iiev
lutiou with a pojiular n-pui.»:iou, and
'hat of a kiml to lraiv .iroiuid liiri
"tiK meiu
11^
one said tliat the fort
swnld lie "batte-rwl dow n in a half an
hour tho colonel «iid the garrison would
thwi ilijht oil "Ix'hind theniins."
The KiUJe Iwui at 10 o'clock in the
morning and mqwl all day. Over twelve
boiHlrvil shotH wen- tired at the fort, but
the officers and men ttood coolly at their
work, doitif* terrible exivut k.n on the fleet.
Moultrie wjvs tho advance ^lard of the
harbor ami th»» h«pp of {Tiaricxton. On tlie
[Ursta/T had U-en placed llie iirst it-'volu
tionary liamier evt hoisted in South aro
litia It wavel prmdly over the brave
n**n of the S*'nd in the fmiit unt.ii a Brit
ish shot cut. t.lK' staff--1 he tail mast of a ship
—and the lla-4 fell ont vvurd onto the beach.
Jas]er. of his own accord, resolved to re
gtor** the K-uiner for the. hope and eneour
of the pa: riot.s at a distanw, who
would watch, with trembling li«irts, the
of Moultrie and its standard. Ijcap
Inc ihe ramparts, he ran aloiiK tlie lie ich
under fire tlus whole lenjjth of the fort,
cutthefla« from the prostr.tU- mast and
nwpared to restore it to position. .Just
above when* it fell there was an embrasure
wit.li a cannon at work. The «ipt.aiii
of
cunning and bravery that mark a good
Not\rit,h.standing the fierceness of tJie
strife in the south, where a moM cniei and
relentless civil war ged, .lasiier was dis
tinguished for his noblenes.-Atnu g:*iu'rosity
in these guerrilla e:cursion*. In many an
encounter, single handed, he span1 hLs
foeman rather than kill him. preferring,
as lie said, "to let them get oil."
1
tiMul. Thi.-i regiment, owel mtM-h of its
celebrity, and also h.it eirie-ienc-y- which
sanwi its ee.lebrity, to Marion. lie wjis
jarlv rh--en major and lielia-d .o jaold the
irKanir-at.ion, and one of his s nn nors in
the nviment calh*d him it.s "arrhu.jwt.''
Alnxist the first duty -f th comnnad
w«» at Tort Sallivnn or Moult rie, on Sul
livan's ishinil, where .T«s, first dlsttn
ifuishel hiirwelf. TheSH'md found only an
iutlineof a fort pn-pami for tlieni, but
ihey set Ij) work in anticipation of an at
tar} by the British, and built up walU of
palmetto lous and wind, liinh einai^h to
iff.n
1 protection for men Ntiindiiii? at
urns. loL Moultrie
wjw
in command of
the work, and it was unfinished when a
itronfi British fleet apjK'.irx'd in the har
»r in .Juw, 1770. There were Mlxiit 4.K)
Tien and thirty-one cannon iu tlie fort.
The British had eijjht ve.«ds, nn.unlink
ibout !J00 cannon, and nave their first
blow to Moultrie, tieeansi. it. conrnani. 1
!he entrance to tlie h.irNir. The spirit '-f
ihe aarrison is shown by the cohlidt
Dol. Moultrie id in thoi.^sueof the un
eqaai lifc'ht. His fort iiad one unlinishod
jide cxponeil to the s*vt and his animuni*
tiot: was stiort., and though Cen. Ix-c,
the American commaniter at harle.ston,
sviaiunl to have it abandoned a.s beius only
i "sl.%u^ht« ieii," Moultrie insisted on a
3ght. When he formidable ile^'t ap
peared and
j^otiio
th®
battery, Horn, was watching e^l»T, and
when he called for a sponge stall from the
tauuion irnve it to him. The brave st-r
irefuit. still under fins Imunu the flag to
the stuff with cords, ciimbel up the ram
part, and fixed the standard in tho sand on
a liastion wall facing the fletit and in full
view of th** whole lmrlior. This done, he
nimhly Uiunl'-1 over the wall niU) the,
fort. K^'t^ »»y thecheere of his comnwle^
Tlie day following the battle, which was
thundering American victory, tJ»'
of South Carolina visited the tort, and
learning of .l f-s]er's deed took oft his own
sword and pmsunUil it with thanks in the
name of he country
.Iimper declined a lieutenant s commis
Bion offered him by the governor for hia
fla« exploit, sayinu, "I am conterito
sercer.nt ." Hut he was fitted higher
work than routine camp duty, andMarion
ia:rLA«-iN0 TII£ KLAO.
nam him a roving commission and a
frntied^i to scoor the country iu the
wfw
On one of hU scouting lip-' Jasper .d
the adventure at the spring which e
him quite as much celebrity as did his ex
ploit at the fort. The British held Savau
nah and he Amerk'.uis w re unniiid it,
the Second regiment lying up the river at
Purysburg. In the British camp at a
pl.ve called Klieneaer, J.tsper had a Tory
brother, and one day lie Ixildlv presented
himself to him with ti i -t itement that he
hal ceanil ligh'ing for his country', yet
"had not the ln*» to fight agaiiLst her."
Ilere he remained until he had secured
valuable information, and then returned
to his own camp. Soon afterward, in com
pany with a comrade, he revisited his
brother, and on this trip he saw a party of
prisoners who had turned coat.- from Tory
to pat
.riot. The mer prisoners had borne
arms i:i he British service for a time and
then de.sert,ed, for which he punishment if
caught was death. The unfortunate pris
oners wen- now on the way to Savannah.
the British headquarters, for trial. One of
them, an American by birth, was secured
in chains and was accompanied by his wife
and child—a most touching spectacle, for
all believed that the man was on his way
to the gallows* a martyr to his principles.
When the prisoners left camp under a
guard of eight men and two officers to
march to Savaunalt, Jasper ai«l his com
panion set out in another direction, and by
rapid traveling made a wide detour and
werettil themselves near a well known
spring, just off the main road, where it
was tielicved the party would halt for
water. A halt was indeed mad-' at the
road-vie, and the guards staked their
i
was known t-o of that
stamp hinr*'Lf. He li.nl volunteered in tho
Cherokee war, ainl, ii.ivin ri.^' n a !ii'U
enaiu'V, lel a forlorn ho w of ir iy men, I
tvhere tweiii -t.iiri!»'if tho pany it'll. It is
i t«s»t of a soldier's jrrit w hen l:e ehHis«»s to
jniUi his furtuiifvs witJi a lwvd. of spirit
and energy, and "Marion's eompany,"
"Marion's rtariniejit" and "M.".non's bri
gada,'' an he nm« from «mu rank u aiiot.hcr,
?arh in tnrn Ltave pruof that the men who
•allknl around him for his .irrval name
svere ready to seek plory with him and not
throuf^ii i:im, following to tim cannon's
mouth wheitcver he hd the way. V, illiaiu
lanper was a M*.rueant in the olunUvr
amip uiy recruited ly Marion, nnd Ti!en.'t^l
into the Second n'^iment when it or^an- i
ased. with Col. Wiliiam Moultrie at the
nin.-l-ets, two armed men only conducting
the prisoners U the spring. '1 he plu.:e was
n it f.ir from the British outposts of Siivan
nah, and w \s in fact on territory, nominal
ly at least, controlli by Jiisjier'i. enemies.
The.-e f.icts n ndcred the guard confident
and l.-^s v atchful, and tho jgii the irr.m..
dinte work of rescu.' was rend .Ted simpler
l.v the .:titmle of the Bri:i-b -old.-rs. the
dttil wrw on the whole extra hazardous.
Then* were ten armed men t:i e over
matched by two w ho were unarmed, and
in ise of temporary success the rescuers
mast make their c.scape through hostile
regions ham|ercd by a baud of prisoners.
The two British soldiers whit went to the
sliot down at the abatis,
scout, and would enter the enemy's camp Carolinians pressed onwanl, pi
to induce, their soldiers to de^ i t. He usu
ally ul six followers, and (Jen, Moultrie,
Who commanded the brigade Marion at
ils
again but that game he could not play a
second time. With his little party he vat
always hovering around the enemy's
canip, and was frequently bringing iu pris
oners."
spring leaned their muskets against a tree
while they filled canteens for themselves gunboats, suited oiuy river and haroor
and their comrades at the nwulside. Quick servic
a« lightning Jasper and h:s fellow rushed
out and seized these two muskets and shot
down heir owners. Then, wit bent wait
ing to reload tho pieces, they dashed upon
the main body of British and tre.f re these
couiil reali'M' the danger two of them had
|iee.n fellwi hy the clubbsl muskets of the
bold assailants, and in this way the latUT
1
'l&rS
secured two more loaded wea|»ons. I'lacinf,
theniselves bet vven e helpless guard and
their stack of arms, the patriots were
masters of the situation and the outwit ted
Britons promptly surrendered. The Tory
1
prisoners were at once released and armed
with the captured muskets. The captive.s
I and escort of a moment before now ex-
i
changed places, and under Jasper's able
conduct the whole party made their way
g-ifely to the American camp at Berrysburg.
(»ne of the honors couferret 1 on the Sec
ond regiment for the gallant defense of
Moultrie hail been a stand of colors pre
sented by a lady patriot with the hope the
men would "stand by them as long as they
c.an wave in the air of liberty." The Hag
remained with the regiment, but the Ion
reign of quiet wh'ch the (Jmrl^to^ waite1
flet't to the (icorgia coast to iwsail tin.
British in Savannah, the. American troops
at 1'urjsburg apriroachisl that city and
liegan a siege. After a protnu-tecl delay of
engineering the French admiral Iwcarne
impatient and uwd a lx?ml»inlment by tlie
fleet to lie supported by an assault. This
was made on the mori.ing of Oct. 9, 1770,
and the Second South Carolina headed by
Marion was iu a column directed against
Spring Hill redoubt, on the Augusta road
west of the town. Taking advantage of
darkness and fog, the assailants pressed up
close to the work and the battle
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Yet the
passed the
al»?itls, and leaped the ditch, the Second
planting its colors upon the Ivrra or ex
terior crust of tlie parajiet. Darins? men
cuuld do no more. The British iinwl the
walls fuid bl.-wil away in the very faces of
tlie assaiL-Hits and a withering cross (ire
swept along tlie ditch. A lieutenant and
S»-rgt„ .l.tsper had one of the rog^mwital
colors in char#', and the lirst U*ingslightly
wouniiiKi relimjuished it to tlie sergeant.
The tYe.ncii standard wav«*l alongside until
the Ixvwrs, aids of ll'Mstaing, fell mor
tally woundttL Next the
other ctior of the
Seouvl regiment fell with its bearer, and
Jasper, wounded and quite alone, mounted
tlie parajiet and (Ixcd the colors for the
last time in the face of the British.
i
this time was colonel
of tlie.S ctmd—stated
in his memoirs: "'lie [Jasper] often went
out and ret unit*! with prisoners tiefure I
knew that he was gone. I have known cf i
his catching a party that was looking for
him. He. went into the British
lines at Savannah a deserter, complain
ing ut tin same tiiue of our ill usage of
him. lie was gladly received (they having
heard of his character) and c:u-ess«Hl by
them. He staid eight, days, and after in
forming himself well of their strength,
situation and intentions, lie turned to
As he did so he received a fatal wound and
rolled over into the diteh. lie diwi ill ail
'attempt to redeem the pledge of his regi
ment to defeiwl their colnrs, the proud
ftuiiveuir of he defense of Moultrie.
In his exploit of restoring ttse otlors at
Mouitiu .JasjK'r had wauy imitators in
Chari-jston l.arlior during the ltin:l«nl
ment of Fort Sumter in the civil war.
Sever:! tiiiKis the Confederate flajj there
was .-Lot away, and volunteers went out
under lin- to rcplace it aloft..
11EOtJGE
L. KtLMK'.L
AGAINST
S i n
snir.
HOW COMWCD0RE BMNBRIDGE ANO
THE BRITISH FOUGHT IN 1812.
Duttle Hi'tween the Coustitutlon and the
Java Terrible Havoc on Board tlie
English Frigate —Tho Palmy Days in
American Naval History.
[Copyright by American Pnws Assoeint ioii.]
!IKN* the war of
ls'12 broke out the
strongest powers
in Washington
serious!
y promised
to la}' up and dis
mantle the Amer
ican fleet in order
to save it from
capture. But there
pretense of
if
were two men (sea- ^'"at
men), whose busi
I ness wa» lighting
and not bilking,
on the ground to
oppose this humil
iating scheme.
These were Capts.
Charles Stewart
and William Bain
'Whi:t are our ships
navy.
fori!'
not to tight and attack the enemy
when their country goes to war? If when
a war comes they are all to lie laid up it i
would be better to give up altogether tliK
a navy, which seems to be only
used in peace time, when there is no real
work for it to do. No doubt if one ot our
frigates falls in with tho enemy's »quadr »n
it will lie cap*:ired but Kngiish frigates
da not always sail in squadrons anymore
thin our mvn, and if one of us meet® one
of them a'.one at sea'we shall he aide to
give a good account of ourselves,' Bet the
frigates go to sea to show what they can I
do at the worst they can only he captured,
and the country will be no worse of' than
they were laid t'p to rot in idleness."
Such was the language of these sailors.
With the exception of a grand flotilla of
there were but fourteen vessels
al'ioat to make good these bold promises.
Of this number six were frigates and the
rest sloops, brigs and schooners. The Brit
ish navy hud 2:*) line of battle ships, carry
ing from Co to lvi guns each, with about
000 vessels of smaller rank.
I However, the powers hat be wisely de
eided to let. the seamen run the navy, and
how capable Bainbridge was in war as
well as in council was demonstrated in
his very first encounter with the "ruler of
the wave." Within a few weeks after
I orders were given for the little navy to put
I to sea the courageous captain was placed
in command of a small squadron intended
i for cruising in the
I'acilicocean. \S
Soon
W
OX TI1K KATAL rAHAl'HT.
i
V
ith the
already renowned Constitution under his
own command and the sloop Hornet, under
('apt. James l.aw rence, of "never give up
the ship" fame, he sailed in October, 1812, I
for the coast, of Brazil, where he was to
meet the frigate I'.ssex, under Capt. David
i Porter.
after arriving off the South
American «v:.--t tlie Americans found the
i liritisli sloop B'.nne Citoyenne in the har
Iior of San Salvador. I
As tho Britisher was about an even
match for the Hornet, with the favor
slightly on her side, Capt. Lawrence dial
longed the English captain to fi ht with
his ship, giving a pledge, which was agreed
to by Commodore Bainbridge, that the
i Constitution should not intei fe/e iu the
fiction between the two sloops. The ideas i
of chivalry had not died out in those days, i
at least among nil seamen. The Kngiish
man. how ever, refused ti engage in the
novel combat for tiie reason, as he hired,
that the Bonne Citojenne won! I detent.
the Hornet, in short order, a .u that under
those circumstances the American commo
dore would not remain an idle spectator
and see a slop under his orders go dow n
unaided. He hoped that an opportu
i nity would soon offer when the Hor
net and the Bonne Citoyenne aiuld
meet alone and have it out. But when
Bainbridge sailed away with the Constitu
tion soon alter, leaving the Hornet alone
before the port, the Kngiish sloop refused
t- i ,i n,.,ri„6t„wn ric i to come out and redeem the promise, but
in!l,ti,0 i:1 m.utral
tory Of 1,,0 brought to British sevetity-four hove in sight and
gave it no higher nasal
on thattoflo.it »y
a quiet atmp. But when the Fnmth ay
Admiral 1) K«taing sailed v. ith a jwwerf il
chaM,(1 U o liultJ
waters until a
,Iornet
au
Tfae
iy.
KS(.Xi
wl]ith was
expected to meet
Bainbri(,K(, atl1 go to
opened
with the nvist terrible carnage. The
French admiral rode in the column and
was wounded at the first volley. The gal
lant Pole Count Pulaski, leading tho
American colutuu with a body of horse.
the Pacific, cruised
for some time off the Brazilian coast,
finally capturing an Kngiish ship carrying
$50,000 in s[iecie. With this Capt. Porter
started off on the famous cruise of the
Essex alone.
Bainbridge was now in the situation he
had predicted in saying to his superiors
that tlie British vessels did not always sail
in squadrons, and that meeting vessel for
vessel the American vessels would give a
good account of themselves. Two or three
days after parting company with the Hor
net at San Salvador
the Constitution sight­
ed two vessels in the distance and immedi
ately stood for hem. It was seen that at
least one was aship-of-war, and Bainbridge
CO maneuvered the Constitution as to draw
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7
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I ..lUATli (ViNSTII
that one away from her comcanion. In a
short time tlie stranger hoi-.nd Kuglivh
colors and proved to be he war frigate
Java. The other vessel
win
an Amerieao
merchant,man, prize of the .in-r The Con
stitution mounted fifiy-fout sand her
opponent thirty-eight,' or, as some state
ments have it, forty-nine, although rated
at thirty eight. A heavy broadside from
tlie former greeted the show of Kngiish
colors and the battle was opened. Bain
bridge was a bold lb/liter. It was he who
ran his vessel, the ill fated Philadelphia,
into the harbor of Tripoli in chase of a
Tripolitnn ami lost heron a treacherous
shoal under the gi.t ns of the Bnrbary pasha's
fleet. The ships were far apart and began
maneuvering for advantage. They Were
about evenly matched. The Constitution
had more seamen than the .Java, but the
Kngiish vessel was the faster ship—a great
point in her favor in maneuvers.
The
la
tics of the Java were to rake the Constitu
tion, which was classed in the Kngiish
navy as "a bundle of pine boards under a
bit of striped buuting." But Bainbridge
was alert, and although his wheel was
shot away at the outset the loss was speed
ily remedied and the vessel handled with
l!\
Vlby
h"rt tiuif
n',mT
i_ aore was wounded a musket ball in the
hip. He refused to leave the deck and
soon received a second wound, which was
very painful. Still he stayed above, di
recting every movement, his line figure
he was over six feet tall-commanding the
admiration of his men, his dark eyes now
flashing with the brilliancy of excitement,
and again calm in
the
moment of Intense
anxiety. Wherever such a man treads in
tho scene of battle he is a host, and Ins
presence makes lii.s men followers indeed,
and emulators of his bravery.
During the lirst half of the fight the ves
sels remained at a distance frotu each
other, and Bainbridge finally determined
to close in and stand the Java's raking,
so that lie could put in some of the de
structive hull shots for which American
captains were famous.-' The Java soon
had her bowsprit shot down, and Bain
bridge turned the Constitution sharply
on her held and dashed away from the
raking lire of the other.
Tho Java was now quite tinmauage
able with her litadsails gone, and the
Constitution fell n.t ern of her and raked
her deck. Again the Constitution turned
on her lieel to avoid a return fire. The
Java was soon alongside, however, her
captain determined to board the Anieri
can. The gunners of the Constitution
frustrated this attempt by their admirable
1
firing. The Java in closing ran lier jib
boom into the mizzen rigging #f her op
ponent, but she soon lost, bat her jib and
tho head of her bowsprit, and received a
severe raking trom the stern. The fore
mast went down under this lire, carrying
in the forecastle and main (leek. I
Bainbridge hauled off he Constitution
rapidly, avoiding a raking lire by doing so,
ttnil shortly came up under the Java's
quarter without receiving a shot. The
vessels were now broadside to broadside. 1
At the next lire of the Constitution the
Java lost her mi/.zenmast, and ail that
remained was her mainniaot with its yards
gone. Tlie Kngiish captain now ceased
firing, but it was noticed did not strike
i his colors. Thinking that this might i
be owing to excitement over he severe
i damages suffered by the Java Bainbridge
i lay to and after .in intervalv seeing the
Java's ensign still living, prepared to
open his guns again. Tho English flag
came down. Meanwhile the Java's mailt*
mast had fallen, having been perforated
nsii i c«\i:iri:s t-: i
with shot. Her tuhv.eriiuasr, which fell
during the fight, was
cIom-
to the deck
and her foremast alxmt twenty-live feet up.
The hull shots from the Constitution had
torn her sides open and she was leaking
badly. The Kngiish commander had fallen
during the fight mortally wounded. The
second in command, Ii tiding bis vessel a
hopeless wreck, surrendered. Among the
prisoners was Gen. Hisiop, governor of
Bombay, and a number of ofiieers of that
colony. After the removal of prisoners and
valuables Bainbridge ordered thy capture
to be blown up.
The casualties on the Constitution were
thirty-four killed and wounded. Of those
on the Java three sets of tiguresare rcconi
ed. The English ollicial report gi\
killed and 101 wounded. Bainbridge re
ported to his ivcrnrneiit that the Java
ha/1 00 killed and ltd wounded, but an
officer of the Bombay serving wrote ou the
iv of the bnttle from on board the Java
ti. the hisses were C5 killed and 170
W'liinded. All of these differences may
I. reiMiiciled by taking into account that
i .lava had on board men of two arms of
vice -military and naval. The n i itary
i isted ill the light and thirteen of thtm
re killed. DouJitless the English naval
icpoiis gave only the list of seamen, and
ligures s!i|iplied to Bain bridge were in
'Mipletc, while those given by the military
.• '.c(ir included both classes of lighting
i .• 11 and w ere correct.
I'lie victory of the ('onstitution over the
I ii.i closed the brilliant achievements of
i in* vear UiU for the little navy which
I mbndge had promised should give a
i_ id account, of itself. The campaign at
had opened in August with the loss to
lintish of the (iuerrlere iu battle with
i he oust it nt ion, then of the Frolic with the
W.'-p, .iiul of the Macedonian with the
1'mted States, mid at he close of December
tin sei ondvicton uf the Constitution. With
ills evploit he cruise of the squadron lin
li i B.unbridge I used so far as he was emi-
The Horn* cruised off the South Angl
ican coast until February, and on tin ii-tl.li
•of' that moiit.ii encountered the Kngiish
I brig-of-war Peacock, the lirst lire bjimc
broadsides exchanged at half pistol range.
I
Lawrence soon p!a eil the Hornet on
Ins
enemy's quarter and gave her a destruct e
low v hat cot her into pieces, killing
her cr in and disabling forty of her
crew 1 ue Kngiish colors were struck,
and befoie the wounded could be removed
she went down, carrying several of her
crew and three of the Hornet's men who
trieil to rescue iheir unfortunate foemen.
After his Lawrence followed Bainbridge
to home waters.
Commodore Bainbridge reached Boston
early in lsl and was greeted with an
ovation. Signal guns announced the ar
rival mid the streets were lined with p-o
ple. When he walked along, supported
on eil her side by h.' naval
heroes
(t igers
ami IItill—it was Hull who, with the Con
stitution, defeated the (bierncre—the en
thusiasm of the crowd ran high.
The Massachusetts legislature, then iu
session, gave a vote of thanks to Bain
bridge and the ollicers and crew of the
Constitution for their victory over tho
Java. From that time the Constitution
was popularly called "Old Ironsides."
Bainbridge commanded in Boston harbor
during the remainder of the war amide
fended it, zealously against British en
croachments. From that time forward,
throughout a long otlicial areer, nothing
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