The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1846-06-27

lan' spirit devoted bis sleepess enerpies-. there
are many who associate the memory Of John
rau Jones win reckless caring, sometimes dis.
played 10 questionable erprise.--Pcayune.
The fate Of Paul Jones, living and dead. b..
been strange and hard one, and contain. :.
many items OF injustice as ever fell to one man.
lot. Among the foremost ar mos, devoted. ha
plunged into The struggle of our Revolution.snd
threw INTO the common treasury soul a. hero.
&c, as adventurous, as exhaustless of RESOURCES.
as ever lived, end@ess labor, and money 70 ,ha
last dollar OF ms fortune. The only naval ofi-
Ger IN the service WHO showed the iutu,,;ve ea.
MUS OF great chief, he not only was not Ma,
ced where he belonged,at the head of the navv
but was postponed in rank to a 10 M sirnr -
men who had no reputation and never acon,red
any Engaged in the most active and success.
iul service, for seven years he not only did M,
receive dollar Of pay, and no ratlons, bu, he
was almost the whole time IN advance 10 Con.
gress for money paid out in repairing his shina
and feeding his crews.
! From time to time he occuoied b;u.o,,;.
giving to the Navy DEPARTING mt his views hi, -
sound sense and comprehensive system ~
the organization of the Navy. But while Tina
has confirmed his views and led TO their aanr
ton, It was not till the world had forgotten WIN
was their owner. "'
But the st heinous VIZ ongs done 10 Pan,
Jones Is found in the popular notion of his cha
acter, which seems to have been borrowea
from the coarse Islander of the British press Ar
the time he heightened the Isles from thai,
Iproprie'y and put britannia ina paroxism Of
terror and rage.-For half century he owls.
TED IN the popular mind as little better than !.
successful rottan, a big, ferocious savage, Of
olsooiicai eye' whose voice in battle was lhas
OF enraged tiger, whose soul exulted in kiln,
men, SINKING ships and burning towns. TIE
frends, correspondent and companion of Frank
In rufian! The idolized hero of the Court
r Of Veraas saysge.-Never wac there mora
S rascally carcature.---Paul Jones was slende,
man. deIicately moulded and organized hand :.
. some, courtly IA manners, with great love of
regned society and with qualities TO adorn il.
gwen 10 writing poetry. and as distinguished
through HE Tor his Humanity as his herosrp; and
:, 1t we consider that, excepting the lion couraps
; and tntuitive genius that God gave him, DO
was 10 all respects absolutely a self made man,
The refinement Of his manners, The cultivation
OF his mind, his comprehensive knowledge of
his profession, Ill saem SCARCELY lass n.arral
ious than The sucCessfui daring Of his action -
We cannot find in all naval history a hero with
more high and various claims TO admiration than
John Paul Jones.
But to the people of The United States ;.
something more. lie IS their first naval hero.
he, more than any other, deserved 10 no 49,
cred as the founder of our navy and the faun,
OF It's 'nspirssion-the tutelar genius of on.
wooden walls. He first showed that succes.
was possible; aud so unexpected and astound
ing was the proof, that all Europe rang with
the capture OF .Serapts. as ifit had been ,bs
downfall OF n-empire. II was, in fact. the b,rfh
Of q rival to the proud Mistress ofthe Ocean
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VOLUNTEERS UIsBANDEp Orders have h..n
TENT 10 Gen. Taylor's army to have all tho vol
inteers who have been enlisted for six monks.
iisoanded and sent TO their homes Unless ,hev
e-enlist for one year. Il must be rempmha,.
% that all the troops who went under Gen
Iayiors calls, as well as those who went under
zen. Gaines, were enlisted for six months.
we shall not he surprised if this order cau.
co the dIsbanding OF very large proportion or
ne companies gone Many made arranyemen,s
D De gone for six months, who cannot remain
ON home twelve. Many went under the firm
that The war would not last even
lree mouths; and who would have gone I'm.
or no consideration, if they had supposed thar
tardy, inactive policy was to pro,ract the war
definitely, and keep them idle on the frontier
s.ead OF marching them at once into the heart
ID exico.
We think common fairness should have ,en,;-
ID that meihing definite as 10 the plan Of
ampaign should have been made known before
10 volunteers were bound by their enlistment.
! large proportion OF them took arms only be-.
ause they hoped for vigorous proceedings, and
you'd dlsband 10 momen, if they fnd that
ardness and delay are to be the order Of the
s.--Ssntinel
MANUFACTURERS AND TIRE WAR The most
nportant public meeting since the procama-
on OF war assembled 10 the great manufactu-
ng city OF Lowell. Mass, on the Cd inst. Long
'iore the hour arrived for calling the meeting
order. the City Hall was crowded. Col.
AscRorT, the Mayor Of the city, was appoin.
d President. Resolutions supporting the war.
favor Of raising $4,000 in Lowell for the use
the Massachusetts volunteers, of thanks TO
e army and navy for their services on the
oner, and complimentary to the adcinistra,
90 and both Houses OF Congress fcr their ma.
nifty, were adopted. The meeting a,,ionrnea
lth three cheers for Gen. Taylor, his otI;cer.
I'd soldiers, for their brilliant achievamen,s IN
e Rio Grande, three FIR the military Comma.
es ana me bands and three for the ladies.
Louis Republican.
i seems that Madam rumor has been rather
tHavagant with regard to the arms, smmun,.
on &c, on the way to Santa Fe. A peuile.
a q WHO came down on the Pride ofths Weet