Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1823-11-29

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famed a lieuteDau, and placed IN the
command al the irigale George Wash
lagton,I thai carried out the tributary
stores TO the Dey Of AIeiers. In This
ship, he renamed in the Mediterranean
Tor twelve-month, conveying the Anne
riesn trade. He returned with her, in
1902, TO Philadelphia, whtre she was
sole. The new regulations putting him
on half pay, he asked, and obtained,
| furlough, and made voyage 10 the Isle
OF France end Canton. Daring his alb
seuce, term Of eighteen months, he was
promoted IN ,he 81 My, 1904 TO the
rank Of nastor cotnmsndant.
The war Chen wase6 aeains, Tripoii,
was actively prosecuted by that intrepid
and alert eflicel, Commodore Preble;
but bis dispatches aDhoaneod that he
as IN great want oil gun-Doas. his
Information induced Captain Shaw 10
address a leter,o the Navy Depar ment,
u which he rendered his services 20 con-
! auct an expedition oil eun-boais TO the
! Mediterranean, and suggested ting man
oer IN which it should be equipped and
despatched. The arrival o! Commodore
PrebAe in the Unied States, aud his per-
sansl representations TO government, de-
',rmintd he adoption oil Captain Stss's
fIer and p'sn. Accordingly, eight sill
ot Kua-boats were got ready in different
por.s, and despatched for the Me'rerra-
nean, fron, the portef Nv Y III. Three
sail proceeded (May 1905 Qndsr she
command OF Captain Snsa, WAC had
then the command Of he irie ate jim
Adams, win hree hundred seamen on
ooaftl, in adiiIon to her crew, for the
Mediterranean squadron Bn,, in COM
sequence Ut tie peace with the Barbary
Powers, the irigae reformed, Is Dectnh-
ber to Washington, where hsr crew were
discharged, ard she placed in dock. In
he same month, Captain Saaw wa, or
dered to n w-O leafs, to equip diri-
Sion of gun-boats, then building on the
western waters.
On the arrival Of General Wilkinson,
rom n eogdoches, in The winter of
1867, Captain Shaw was first appris-
I'd Of the traliorous designs 81 Colonel
| Burr, at t1tue when his Free in the
liver was very Inadequate to meet an
| invading foe. Two bomb ketches arr
rived about this period, added, however,
( much 10 his strength and BY great eX-
rians, be ensbled e. equip feet
ri devon sal Of qua boats @ns As'sza1
naunt,as 81 guns, sne manned with AS
seanl1T. .na sfo0ps OF the Iine doing duty
mariners. The whole Of this squa-
DIR arrived a, Naichez, early in Februa-
~, 1907, and were naoored IN close or
der TO oppose any force thai should de-
scend the river with hostile views on
New Orleans. Colonel Burr having
fed, aud his adherenis being dispersed,
Captain Shaw returned to Newt Orleans,
where he received orders TO repair to
! Washington. Thilher he went, and on
| lis arrival was summoned TO Redmond,
IS witness on the trial OF Colonel Burr.
II Decent Der, 1907, he was ordered TO
Norfolk, as q member of the court mar
raj, in the case OF Commodore Bsrron.
Ii the same year he was promoted 10
he rank Of Post Captain.
! AGer the dissolution of the court mar
til, he was invested with the command
OF he navy-yald at that place, and held
Il until August, 1910, when he received
orders 10 repair to New Orleans. He
-rriyed at Nathez, III November, and
| found there Governor Claiborne, pre-
pared TO wrest from the Spanish parrots
The posi- u Balon Rouge. An immedi-
ate movement Of body of troops in its
vicinity, in conjunction with division
cf gnn-boats, which had been lying at
anchor off Na,chez Tor many months,
and which covered the landing Of the
| troops, secured the capture OF the fort
and garrison.
Ialsll, Captain Shaw, anticipating
ihe rupture with Engiand, made parti-
c;llar examination OF The eastern passes
leading to The city of Nsw-Orleans. In
1 July, 1912, the declaration Of warfeach-
ed him, and melted him to renewed ex-
ertions for the increase and better or
eanization OF the small force under his
command. In 1878, his attention was
directed 10 the construction OF large
Jack ship, laid down by order of the
! government, on q secluded stream lead
| iAg into lake Ponchartraii, aud distant
| from New-Orieans about Is leagues.
The main deck ofthe ship was calculated
to monnt &c long 80 Founders, and her
Graft of water, with all her armament
stores on board, would not have exceed
ed eight feet.
IL the year last mentioned, Captain
Shaw co-opera,ed with General Wilkir-
son in taking posse ssion OF Fort Char
! lone. Mobile, and all the country west