Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1858-09-08

Ia fls f75i,5r Of the {. .srslDad Leader
REsrlcrED FrIrSD in looking over youF
paaer, I see tha, grand celebration Of Com
molore o. Il Pery's victory over Commodore
Blrclay, and Of the capture of the whole Brit
ISL fleet on Lake Ere, on the 10Th Of SeP'em-
Der. 1913. Is to be held at Putin Bay Island on
Friday, Of the ensuing week. Nothing can be
m5re appropriate than TO set before our coun-
t-vnen the gallant acts Of the heroes Of tha'
hard contested action, the result OF which gave
Z, ,be inhabitants OF Northern Oh o instant and
Ion, desired relief from the domination OF our
enemies; and 70 the United States the ultimate
control Of their portion Of our noble inland
sess We're / well enough 20 do co. shou'd
m, st certaialy be present az the celebration,
but nv bodily iudrmIties viii not allow Of IT,
When Gen. Harrison went east to Buffalo
with his troops not required for garrison duty
a. Detroit. >audusky, Maiden, etc, he placed
M in command Of the party at Put-in-Bay, dI
|re,ring me to send forward 10 Detroit all those
lien sick on the Island at the time the army
lc,osscd to Canada, retaining some fifty men
under my command, which | was ordered 10
lo1artsr for the winter on board Of the Prize
S5ins Detroit and Queen Charlotte; dividing
them equally between the two ships. At thai
time there might have been three hundred men
on the Island, all of whom l sent to Detroit
in vessels and boats passing TO that post, except
fftv-two (52) which were stationed on board
the ships as directed.
At this time, midshipman J Montgomery,
"a grandson OF Gen. Montgomery, who fell at
Quebec in the war of our RevolutiOn,) had
charge of the Queen Charlotte, with one sailor
, by the name Of - Brown, and another mid
{ shiuman by the name of -- Adams, from
Rhode Island, had charge Of the Detroit, assist
ed bv Thomas, a eolored gunner from the same
State-Lnown throughout the fleet by the name
: OF Long Tom" The two midssipmen were
, young men, Montgomery was l6 or II, and
= Adams s1re ;Fo or three years older. These
y5unl w rslus u.ficers, with the two sailors
have mentioned, were the only individuals in
/ any way connected with the Navy at the time
| tu5k my command on board.
On Christmas day, 1913, Lieut. - Parket
z landed on the southeast shore Of the Island,
I having under his command Sailing Master
Z Stephen S Champlin, cousin Of Commodore
Perry s, and Master Mate Robert S Tatsm, As
! sistaut Surgeon Eastman, and eighteen sailors.
, But no, TO make nv "reminiscences too long for
f your Dliiy, will state that the men under my
+ command cleared off the Island now known Is
E Gibraltar, on which We built block house 10
feet square on the lower story and % in the up
per story. hoored with hewn timber for the sup
, poft Of some SIX feet Of wall made of hewn tim
-, bI, furnished with IOOp-holes Tor nuskctTy and
four porthocs, lone on each sjde) for small four
. anJ SIX Founders taken from tLe prize ships,
mounted on ships carriages, with truck-wheels
l say raia that nothing but indrmitiss Of
holy would keep me from mingling with &" the
patriotic sons Of most noble sires,' that viii
make the G.braltec OF the likes ring with SO
II ,r5us shouts, songs. speeches, musical instri-
ments, and the deafeuing boom Of cannon well
served. I should like TO b there 20 condOle
with Dr.. Eastman for the scuryy trick the
sailors played him by sinking nameiess shirt
less ual, picked Up on the south shore Of Mid
g die Bass killed in the action Of the 10Th.
Whether Br.ton OF al American NO one cOull
tell except by a 36th, stand Of grape made fast
TO one end of a rope, while the other cssped
the neck Of the seemingly petrified man, whose
, body had No where yielded to corruption. The
+ humane Doctor took him across from Middle
? Bass to the shadow Of Gibralter, meaning 10
either boil or cut of the flesh, and make !
skeleton Of the bones. Who can blame him for
20 doing! should like 10 talk with Post Cap
taius ChamPlin and Montgomery, aud with any
c and all others who took part II the Naval ae-
e ,ian Of the 10th Of September, 1913, however
\ humble their names may now stand on the roll
OF Fame. fair day and large gathering on
the forty 9Th anniversary Of ''Perry's Nictory,
s Is the wish Of an old nan now in his 77th year
SIEusI by
N z ATKINS