The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-08-22
SKITcn or TIE L1rE AND SERVICES

Scrc1VaI OraytOn, u. S. N, an officer
universally respected aud esteemed.
lie entered the naval service as 1n;L-
shlpman, ~on the 1st -of December,
1851, and was ordered to tie f1igate
Hudson. In 1881, he was sent to the
Naval School ut New York, and after
q tyear Of study he was to join the
Mediterranean Squadron. In 1888,
he was promoted to be icate-ant,
and ordered to command the schooner
Enterprise. lii 1049, he joined the
sloop-of-war Yorktown, ana went out
10 the Pacific. Returning the follow.
ing year, he was ordered to the naval
rendezvous 1T Charleston. In 1876,
he was ordered to the Columbus "A,
OF the East India Squadron. In 1850,
he was ordered to the steamer Missis-
sippi, Of the Mediterranean Squadron.
Two years after, he was transferred to
the independence. and returned to the
United States i'll her, and was detach-
ed for ordnance duty at the Brooklyn
Yard. On the 14th of September, he
was promoted to be a commander. In
1853, he Was assigned to duty with the
Paraguay expedition, as aid to Flag
ordnance duty ut Philadelphia.
He commanded the Pocahontas in
tho attack upon the forts ut Port
Royal, $. c., and distinguished him.
self for his intrepidity and bearing in
nn engagement where his own blood
relatives were his opponents.
On the 18th oi July, 1862, he WAS
promoted to 81 capt.,incy, and ordered
TO command the P;lwnec.
In October, 1862, hc WAS ordered to-
the Command Of the monitor Pass:lic,
and in her attacked Eort MeAlli.tcr,
and participated III the attack upon
Fort Sumter, on the 7th Of April,
1863. Hc returned with the P:,$.aic
to New York i'll May, 1858, and was
detached from her.
In 1864, Captain Drayton was APP
pointed Fleet Captain to Admiral Far
ragut. and Iarticipat ted in the glorious
victory at Mobile Bay After his re-
turn from TIE West Gulf Squadron in
the Hartford, in December, 1864, he
WAS ordered To Washington to duty as
Chief of the Bureau of Detail, and
when Captain Wise was granted leave
ofaloscnce, he took charge of the Ord
nance Bureau.
Captain Drayton was one o. the
finest officers in the service, 1:ativc
of South Carolina, and one of the
most devoted patriots, who never for
moment questioned his duty when
the rebellion lirst began to make itself
known. He was beloved 10y Ill who
knew him. He was of II tall, com
manding figure, his features express
ing much determination and mental
strength. Possessed of many social
virtues, he was :, general favorite. Tc
was brave, kind and attentive to those
under him, and his loss will be deeply
felt by the Navy Department and all
who Knew him.
THorBLE IN PRUss1A.-It appears
that trouble is looming up in Prussia,
owing to tA" suppression by the Go
vcrnmcnt of certain public meetings
near Cologne, i'll favor of reform. In
more than one c:ls,, the military have
appeared on the ground and dis persed
the people at the point of the bavo-
net. SYmpathiziny with the latter,
the Liberals of the free city of Drc-
men had appointed u committee for
the purpose of inviting the Liberal
Prussian deputies to a banquet in that
city. All the arrangements for that
festival had been made, and we look
forward with some Interest to the re-
suit: ''SuppressinS banqnets" arc
perilous experiments for crowned
heads to make. Louis Philippe tried
1t once, and it cost him his throne. Is
the King of Prussia Bourbon, too,
that he should thus learn nothing?
Mem York Express.
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