The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-07-07

u. He was weeping bitterly over the
,.a.r. ing through his tears in q manner thx
lualefog, ueder lese soislkn Sifo siloe
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likely enough thai bis bullets went any.
.a nc rebels, but doubtless George thinks
lst dozen OF them and Why should
him feel all the happier
lorn ran alongside the Pawnee, Off Aqua
Lowry OF The latter vessel, csme On
.rI. ft. porary cha -ge, when mastering all the
of t ncl he addressed the latter, as near az can
M a unfortunate death of your late com.
ctQ4er ua ed a vacancy In tho command OF this
vessel zen appointed to oil 1t pro lem. Az tho
Oldest Lieutenant this station entitled TO the posi-
M0n In taxing charge you WIN md me klua an ~
vessel ID concerned, stern and Incorporating COM
mander l shall exact from every man on board the
most rigid Obedience and the aricest performance OF
me Guty he owea 10 hs flag II has been Determined TO
take The body Of The late Commander ard 10 Washing
ton on the Pswnee have been told that you say you
WIN not permit 1t TO be removed Nov, let tell you,
inat mutiny which viii be put promptly and er
eG5uaiy put down-for-
,aia-Excnse me, Lieutenant Lowry; you mistaken.
TIE men did not they not allow the body TO DO
renewed They only said they would not remove il
M Lowry resumed-oh, that is somewhat different.
However, The body must he removed. can understand
your feelings ana appreciate Them war "a stern
thing Very often In battle have 10 march over the
eead bodies OF the friends they love the most Il u NO
who are gone csnso. Be ahought Of q such moment
Duty IN paramount To all such considesselon6 u u natu-
raj that you should wish the Freedom 70 e. up 70 Wash
ingson Win your late ccmnandefs bofy but the ext
gencies OF the service will permit IT, She will remain
here In the room Of tbs Pawnee enforce the blockade
at Aqua creek but In two or three days time The
Pswnee's returning, she win 60 up a delegation or
twelve Of the crew and officer will accampsny tho
body, Yoa viii yourselves select the men, Now 90
forward and settle IT among yourselves.
The then went forward and chose the delegation
headed by Boats wains Mate barry Churchill the brave
young fellow who caught his falling commsnoer with one
and discharges Wit thah hand nf nth
thus aveDgibg the Captains death for the shot went
reht into the midst Of the enemy On the part OF the
ton any way, he was selected. As the doctor has
accompanied Mr.. Frederick Ward to New York,
however, the men have requested me to take Tho
DOCTORS places and although my connection with tho
Freedom ceased with the death Of my brave captain
for time at least shall perform the duty sseigned
ms, peimttea 70 40 co. OF seeing the remains taken
have been asked Il saw the enemy. certainly did
not see men or II old Iconld not distpgush shelr dark
gray uniforms among the dark gray OF the trees but
did zee sight more terrible than mere men, It was the
gleam OF at leas. eight hupdred-it might have been
nnder cover Of the trees from the extremity OF Matthias
Point to Jotank creek. glance at good chart will
show tbe extent Of land from which the deadly voiey
In conclusion the character Of Captain ward, as sea-
man and commander, is soon summed, up. Ae would
him more angry than the sshtesi hess.on in Carrying
out an order given BY him. II With HIM The first OF
the deadly nsussa stns fer shssd o[sysn druYte.ns
instant was, in his estimation 10 deliseeye whether t
order was TO be obey ed or not There vAs no m,ddH
ground-no shadow Of excuse. Catch his ida a.
once, and carry u out, and you ksuii Nssse
him more than II you had lsft him q rich
legacy. But II WAS when working bis gun0
especially when his IRE was returned, DO WAS MT
pleased, strange az II may appear. BE lad pA6Sajsr
SMILE which he never omitted such 6ccSAous ASS Re,
was actually smiling when he received BIS death T3uf
=. AZ TIE body when y was being nsspsred TX N@6tN
social life Captain Ward was pleAssNs oomplp Il M
OF anecdose and quaint conesits s9slt neiey Mte
roAIs OF laughter he elected the fiat 6tg4y "a e1e6t
on the Potomac, wish Senators Wade, QbstH Ia fSt.
rill on board, and dare ray those gentlemen WIN nt
AZ an instance Of his love Of basasse, may rnsseu.
that when told Ill We had killed At AQUA creek NAS On
Old blind horse and chicken cock BIZ said, WITH TODD
hnmored laugh, "Well, fh6fs the good sense al tb4
rebels Tho blind horse could not eee, Or hp 1oup haS3
got out Of the way and The chicken was TOO At6pd g.
and eacaped being shot"
But IT 10 time for to go the Navy Yard, 10 per-
orm the last Sad duty to our captan therefore must
cl0ee for the present