The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1853-04-01
From the N. Y. Tribune.
PAUL JONES'
BY JOHN SAVAGE.

nH VIC Lne anU career OI raul Jones.
There was a large number of ladies ant
gentlemen present, and the speaker wa.
frequently enthusiastically applauded,-
He said Paul Jones until very lately
suffered much at the hands OF biograph
ers, bv English writer's especially, who
were quite energetic in their attempts ic
take bis life. In the school books ir
common use in The British islands, he is
represented. or rather misrepresenled, al
a daring, reckless freebooter, bolt
adven,utet, whose only motives were
seltaggrandizement, and natural love
for danger. The printed epls'les and
dispatches Of Paul Jones, fully sustain
The, character for decision he won on the
ocean. lie was born to he hero, and
had he no, been naval hero, he had ir
him qualities which wosld have made
him-had he followed out his quondan
idea of study and reiirement-a leading
man in literature.
Paul Jones was borr in AbigIand.
Parish of Kilkbean, and Stewariry oi
Kirkcudbright, Scotland, July, l747, and
was the son of gardener; and the rudi
ments Of his education, such as It was,
were received at the Parochal School.
At the age Of IL he crossed The FIRTH 10
Whitehaven, and was appronticed 10 a
Mr.. Younger, a merchant in the Amer
can trade. In l773 he adopted this
country as his future home, and on the
22d Of Dec, TITS, was appointed first
Lieutenant of the "Alrred," and on bonrd
thai vessel, before Philadelphia, .hoisIed
The Aag of independent America with his
own hands, The first time it was ever dis
played. On tie l7,h of February, l776,
the feet, consisting Of the Alfred, Colum.
bus, Andrew Doria, and Cabot, pn, to
sea, under the command Of Ezekiel
Hopkins. On the 9Th Of April, they fell
in with the Glasgow manof:war, an
engagement with which proved disastrous
TO the litlle squadron. This was mainly
owing to The van, of discipline. The
Navy ef America had Just been ushered
into life, and consequently was in a very
state. Tha, discipline, obe-
jience an6 machine.n,.nd SO necessary
10 the psSfic working Of such an engine,
was not only imperfect, but scarcely
existed; the lines of disinc, action be.
Iweon officers and seamen uol complete
~ set,ledor understood. Jones made many
valuable suggestions relative TO improve
pents in the Navy, through HE friends,
Ia Congress; all his hints and requests were
brough, up in Congress in the shape of
resolutions. His suggestions al this time,
touching as they did all questions of in>
lerest TO the Navy, are the foundation of
,nr sea service. He is the father Of the
American Navy. Jones, Lieutenant in
of the sloop-of-war Providence,
is on the sea on The 4th of September,
l776, and in one month and three days
sixteen red flags of 81. George fluuered
heir last for the veal Of "Merrir" Elg>
and. On the 10th of December he
,rrived at Boston, after destroying a
at Isle Royal, and burning the
whale and cod6shng buildings there.
He brought with him five prizes including
4 privateer Of sixteen guns, vessel laden
With furs, and he armed ship Mpllish,
having on board ten thousand suits Of
uniform, and a company of British
soldie,s. This very timely prize tended
10 reanimate the spirits of Washington's
army. Jones was now fast winning the
and good opinion of Congress.
In l777, he was appointed to the Ranger,
witL unlimited authority. Capt. Paul
Jones was the frs, to carry 10 Europe
The National Stars and Stripes. The
speaker then referred to Jones's expedi
lion to Europe, and described the various
engagements in which he took part, unit!
he was invested with the chief command
tf the American squadron in Europe
Il would far outstrip my allotted time 10
follow the career Of Commodore Jones
n the American, French, and Russian
navies. My chief object has not been
so much to chronicle his bravery, as TO
show that he bore the commission oi
Congress in all his en,erprzes. More;
that he enjrycd its confidence, and
meriled the same. Jones
to the United States in 1850,
bearing letters o, appreciation of his past
actions, from franklin, who sirenuously
,u ppo,led him while in Europe. His
after days we're spen, in Holland anu
France, and on the 18th of September,
l792, he died a. Paris. His funeral was
Iltended by deputa'ion Of the National
Assembly, and an eloquen, oraiion was
over his tomb by M. Marion
Paul Jones's passion was glory; his
levo,ion 10 America was undoubied,
10 was chivelrous, generous, and re
!arded his honor as most sacred; he had
fund Of humor, much sarcasm, and
,oelic ability Of not mean order. He
vas courteous TO fault, al the same
ime that he was the terror OF the
Western coast Of Britain, (Which thought
lm a. monastery he was most humane.
Born 10 be a leader, circumstances made