The Evansville journal., 1868-05-15


greatness; mine has been spent 10 an
unsuccessful struggle with adversely
and misfortune, and both were, per-
haps, useful In their way. But when
/ / trace eur paths, from the time when
/ he, In manhood, and /, in boyhood,
trod the deck of the " Old ITOnsides"
together, he the great IT, s. Minister
aud tavorIte son of fortune,
and myself only a first -class boy and
step-son of the same tickle, goddess !;
| am forced to admit that / have en-
| jOyed all the real advantages, and have
to console me adyersifY' sweet milk
/ philosophy. "ie What he has since be-
come, and what / have since Become,
are, however, foreign 10 my present
undertaking. What l saw of him
and thought of him, when We were
denizens of the same vessel, is what l
intend to tell; and / do it out of
lingering affection comm n In the ex-
perience of those who have learned
to esteem. others In trying situations
and under peculiar circumstances. -l
1t has been observed by some wise
person, that he who would enjoy per-
feet solitude, entire obscurity, must
become a resident of a large city
but that he who seeks to be the theme
of popular report, must become the
deniZen Of some small village. The
latter part of the preceding truism,
Is extremely applicable to the micro
casm Of man 'o-war, and according
ly our celebrated passenger had not
long been a sojOurner among US, be-
fore his personal history, embellished
to suit the fertile imaginatiOns Of the
quiduuncs Of the crew. was quite ia
miliaF to US. The part that related
TO his connection with the
Graves and Cilly duel, appeared, from
the horrible circumstances with which
it was enveloped, to have a particular
fascination; and it was detailed in
variety of versions. That one which
obtained the widest credence was. as
nearly as [ can recollect, as follows
The difficulty, resulting In the kill
ing Of Cilly. Of Maine, by Graves, of
Kentucky, originated in some sharp
reHecions uttered by the former on
James Watson Webb. of New York.
Graves was employed by Webb to
carry a missive to Cilly, which the
latter, on learning the source
from which it had eminated,
peTemptorily refused to receive. /
This refusal Graves chose to con
strue into an insult, and a challenge
was the consequence Cilly, being
the challenged party, selected rifles as 4
the weapons, he being a good marks /
man with that species Of fire arm.
The meeting took place in accordance +
with precOncerfed arrangements; and /
the principals fred at each other once I
without effect. Chilly's friends wish I
ed the affair to proceed no further,
feeling sure that if it did, their friend /
would be sacrificed, as be was too 1
magnanlmous TO attempt the life I
Of Graves, who seemed to be actuated /
by sanguine and implacable malevo- /
lence. The Hon. Henry A. Wise, it /
would seem, actiag for Graves. de- I
cIded that the murderOus affair /
should proceed, and upon the second /
exchange of shots, Cilly was slaugh- 1
tered. The sanguinary affair filed |
the country with indignation and hor-
Tor. Graves was afterwards looked 1
upon as a cold blooded murderer. who
took the life of a human being under
sought to be justified
by an imperious custom, but really
under circumstances Of peculiarly
atrocity. He was
ANONYMOUSLY driven from pub
lie employment, secuted from
society, add carried with him through
life, till the grave covered him and
his crimes, the indellible mark Of
Cain, the first and principal curse. a
brothers murder. Hon Henry A.
Wise fell under the ban of public
opinion for the part he bad acted in
the murderOus transaction; aad it
was rumored that his appointment as
Minister to Brazil was obtained for
him that the prejudice which his
character had received in consequence
of the affair, might be Obiiterated by
absence from the country.
When we left New York haTbOr
our course was directed to the Island
of Fayal. one of the Azores. The
weather continued agreeable, and the
wind favorable, and we were approach
ing our destination with satisfactory
Of an evening the Cap
tain and his ministerial guest would
take a position on the
arm chest, near the transOm, aft the
mizzen mast, and amicably discourse
on a variety of topics for au hour at
4 time. On almost all such occasions
two or three of the youngsters, who
had a taste for such disduisiti0ns,
usually collected aft on the leaside
IF the quarter deck, or perehed on
the taffrail within respectful distance,
and formed an admiring and attentive
audience.
The subjects investigated embraced
nearly everything connected with the