Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1846-05-09
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heirs was reported some time ago 10 the
House of Representatives, from the Naval,
Committee, BY Mr.. Maclay, who hes REM
dered public service in his patient sxam-
nation Of their claims, and has reported
thereon. We trust that action upon them
may not be long delayed: +l HF =
TnE HEIRS OF Paul JorEs.-The claims
Of these persons TO the payment Of certain
sums Of money alleged to be owed to Paul
Jones, are now before Congress. They
have been often before il, and in various
ways have met with respectful notice, but
nothing more. The Committee on Naval
Affairs, in the House, has recently report
ed, it is understood, unanimously in favor
Of the acknolw edsment and payment Of
these claims. The report sets forth tho
nature of these claims, authenticates them
beyond cavil, and enforces them BY brief
sketch of the brilliant career Of the hero,
during our Revolution. To the evidence
Of their justice, nothing need be added, and
1t Is hoped that Congress, under the inspi.
ration of some good angel, may be moved
TO postpone the qualification Of one or other
OF their darling sins, just for the single ses-
sion, and so provide means for paying the
debts due TO great man, for the illustriotS
services in the cause Of our Independence.
The fate Of Paul Jones, living and dead,
has been a strange and hard one, and con-
tains as many items Of injustice as ever
fell to one mans lot, Among the foremost
and most devoted, he plunged intoihe sirug.
az .,.A q r.
common treasury, soul as heroic, a. adj
venturous, as exhaustless Of resources az
ever ived--endless labor-and money ID
the last dollar of his fortune. The only
naval officer in the service who Showed the
intuitive genius Of great Chief, he not only
was not placed where he belonged at the
head of the Navy, but was postponed in
rank to a long sitting Of men who had no
reputation ayd never acquired any. En-
gagged in thy most active and successful
service, foj seven years, he not only re-
ceived notA dollar # pay, and no ra.iens.
but he VS. almost the whole time IN adi
vance tqthe Congress for money paid eus
inrepajing lis ships and feeding his crews.
From line 70 time he occupied himself il
givinfto the navy department his views,
full sound sense and comprehensive sys,
temof the organization Of the navy. But
VIE time has confirmed his views and
let TO their adoption, it was not till the
yrid had forgotten who was their author:
But the most heinous wrong done ID
pa.il Jones, is found In the popular notion
p' his Character, which seems TO have been
borrowed from the coarse SANDERS Of the.
British press, what time he frightened The
=. - - .Arnnriely. and put Mistress
For ra,r ~ paroxysm ofterror and rage.
ular mind as little better rlia1 asths-1anz
rufIian-a big ferocious savage, with o..
abolical eye. whose voice in battle was
that of an enraged tiger, whose soul cxuN4
ed in killing men, sinking ships and burn-
ing towns. The friend, correspondent and
of Franklin, rufiian! The
idolized hero of the Court of Versailles, .
savage! Never was there q more rascally
caricature. Paul Jones was slender mari
delicaicly moulded and organized, hsnd-
some, courtley in manners. with great,
love Of refined society and with qualitieA
to adorn it, given 10 writing poetry, and a.
distinguished through life for his humanity.
as his heroi,ln. And if we consider that,
excepting the lion courage and intuitive,
genius that God gave him, he was in all
respects absolutely self-made man---ths,
of his manners, the cultivation
Of his mind, lis comprehensive and PROF.
found knowledge Of his profession and his
power of developing his ideas in logical or,
der and with rare clearness Of expression,
will seem scarcely less marvellous than the
successful daring Of his action. We can;
not find in all naval history here with
higher and more various claims 10 admira-
ton than John Paul Jones. \,
But 70 the people Of the United States
he is something more. He is their first
naval heru--he more than any other, der
served to be honored as the founder Of our.
navy and the fount of its aspiration-ihe
tutelar genious Of our wooden walls. h.
first showed that success was possible, and
50 unexpected and astounding was tise
proof, that all Europe rnng with ths, cap.
ture Of the Scraps, as il il had been The
dow mall Of an empire. II was IN fact the
birth Of rival to the proud Mistress IT.
the Ocean. Such is the man TO whose
memory the Congress Of the United States
are called on TO do simple justice,
A GuANo MumMY.-In the recent ex-.
cavation at lchaboo, a second mummy was
found, which was brought 10 England
The body is that Of a full grown man en-
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