The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-08-02
PAUL JONES.

PAUL JONES.
The Virginia Ladec is publishing series ofinter-
esting sketches, by Mr. Thomas Chase, Of Chester
field, of ''The Life, Character, and Times of Paul
Jones'" They throw much light on the charac
ter of Paul Jones, and give, we doubt not,
most faithful account of the famous battle of his
ship, the Bon Homme Richard" with the ''Sera-
apis" After stating that the ships were locked to-
geher, which was effected by Jones, because he saw
that to keep off at fair gun-shot, with new and
strong frigate like the Scraps, would never do for
such crazy old hulk as the Bon Homme Richard,
Mr.. Chase proceeds:
''Tbe working of the big guns had been suspended
during the time of flashing the ships together but
was now resumed. OF course neither ship could
use but her guns on one SIDE and these were nearly
muZZle to muZZe-so near that those who handled
the ram-rods sometimes hit each other. Fair play
you damned Yankee! an Englishman would ex-
claim. Mind your eye, ohm Bull, or PHI &C.
"The firing was not rapid, particularly on Jones'
part for it could do the ships no hurt except to
knock the guns about little, and knock off the
gunwales, and occasionally raise cloud fspin tiers
ft2u each others decks. Jones and his men KEPT
very sharp lookout that Pearson and his men did
not cut the ashings and sever the ships Neither of
these ships damaged between wind and wa
ter nor could they now be by any of the big
guns Both had men in the rigging doing all the
mischief they could In this kind of play, Jones
had the best of it; for his men more terrible,
and his spars and yards were longer, still Pearson
would not surrender, insisting that Jones ought to-
Captain Landais, with the Alliance, came I'D to
it hurt Jones much it did Pearson. Jones i'm
mediately cried out, Captain Landais let us alone
| can handle him. Both ships were often on fire.
and as often was the fire extinguished. Had it not
been for the men in the rigging, this of the
safest sea-hghts so far those on deck were con-
cerned, that almost ever happened-I mean after
the ships were lashed together. The flash of the
guns would go clear across each deck, and the men,
| by keeping q good lookout could avoid being hurt
only by stepping little aside.
clad the Bon Homme Richard been a new
strong ship, the Serapis both might have
lain there and burned powder and thrown shot until
they rotted, to sinking either with the guns of
the other. But the Bon Homme Richard was old
and rotten, and was leaking badly before Jones
made her fast to the Scraps and thus fast the
strain upon her against the other ship, and from
the explosion of the guns made her leak worse and
| it was evident that she must ere long go down.
''Some of Jones' men, and one of his officers told
him she must soon go down, and suggested a sur
render. y GU never mind that; you shall have
| better ship to go home in, said Jones, pleasantly
Jones and all his men, and Pearson and his crew
| very well knew that if the Bon Homme Richard
was about to sink, she would capsize the Scraps,
and both must go down together. TWAS, therefore,
! likely to be test between Jones and Pearson :;
which, for the sake of saving himself and men from
| watery grave, would strike first
"But Jones had recourse to stratagem, which
was completely successful. He secretly sent his
men below, one by one, with the strictest possible
orders to be fully prepared for boarding, and at
| given signal to rush on deck, and he would lead
them on to the deck of the Seraps and clear it. So
Jones' men seemed to diminish, though not very
fast, until only about thirty left on his deck
Pearson, supposing they were killed, or badly
wounded, and that Jones must soon strike was
thrown completely of his guard. This was Jones
time. Giving his signal, his men were ready in an
Instant, and with Jones ahead, with his deadly
sword rushed like 'hell-hounds upon the deck of
the Scraps, killing everything they could reach,
and in very short time would have killed every
thing on board but Captain Pearson, seeing his
| pria wit -oic
| Jones, | surrender'-at the same moment taking
his sword by the blade, and presenting the handle
to Jones, and with the next breath ordered his col
| ors to be taken down.
"This was in the night. The next day evening
the Bon Homme Richard went down head foremost.
Thus terminated the strangest naval fight on record
Paul Jones took the Scraps, but Capt. Pearson
sunk the Bon Homme Richard.'
| THE NEGRO IN KANsAs.-No human creature out
of Kansas appears to take any special interest
| in the Constitution now framing at Leavenworth,
and under which the new State is to come peacea-
bly, into the Union. The Republicans are in a de-
cisive majority, and the organic laws of the future
State, the telegraph informs US, is radically An
t-Savery in character, but nevertheless, not very
favorable to colored brethren, who are exclu-
ded from the right of suffrage. Freedom, in the
feest of all possible free Soils still has her own little
distinctions, and seldom loses sight of the "great
fact that the negro is black 1t might have been
supposed, after the constant clamor and severe
shrieking of Kansas for free speech, free soil free
men, and free State, that few dozens of wretch
! ed black people, found scattered here and there
| through the towns and prairies of the new Com
monwealth, would be admit ed at least to the bal
lotbox. But it is only in some of the New England
States that distinction in respect to voters is
| kept up between black and white citizens. Here
| in New York every effort to place them all the
same footing in that respect has failed, matter
what party might be in power. And the youngest
born of liberty, the war-breathing, virtue-assum-
| ing, yalorous Kansas turns her back with scorn
alike upon the slave negro and the free, and asserts
in her laws the very principles against which in her
laWlessness she ready to fling herself in head
long battle.-N. y. Times.
The Tallahassee Foridian and journal, OF the
23rd inst, requests its exchanges to publish the fol
lowing:
INFORMATION WANrED-Some eight weeks ago
Mr.. Clement Seller left Tallahassee for New York
intending to pass through and spend day in Sa
vannah. He was seen in Albany by former either
of this place, but nothing has been heard from hin
since. His family here are anxious for information
and will be greatly obliged to any who may
be able to give intelligence of his whereabouts
He is man in middle life; about feet 10 or II
inches high; blue eyes; wears whiskers; a French
man by birth, with considerable foreign accent anC
BY trade printer. He is unfortunately addicted
to "spreeng." He started ia visit brother il
New York, who has since died; Should this notice
reach his eye, he is requested to communicate a
once with his family. By the death of his brother
he succeeds to snug little estate unless sharper
in New York swindle him out of it by setting "
and establishing pretended will supposed to have
been gotten up for the occasion.
A NATURAL CURIosIrY-DouJle Spring, de-
Editors Augusta Dispatch:-l have designed fol
some time to give description of natural curios
ity within two miles of this place. | mean a de
scription of a spring. or rather springs, upon thu
farm of Mr. Ed. Collier. These springs are located
within twenty inches of each other, and run from
from one is pure, cool, free stone. while tina
from the other is mineral, composed of severa
ingredients them is sulphur and iron, will
probably lime and magnesia-the iron predomina
tinr and gives q good chalYbeate water.