The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1869-07-15
A TEMPORARY OF NELSON AND Ma
POlEON
From Applcon's journal.


On the ninth day Of March, 1863, the ong
hundred and fourth birthday of Il gallant sol
dier was celebrated by Il breaktast-palty IN
New York City, at which Admiral Farraou,
and a number of regulars and eX-voluntecr~
of the army were present. Only two Years
before the old hero's birth, the lot on which
st. Pauls Church now stand, on the block
below the Astor House, was ploWed aud
sowed with wheat, and New York had 4 pop
ulation Of only fourteen thousand soul. yci
Our venerable friend is still comparatively
hale and healthy man, able
''' to shoulder his crutcl,.
Ahd show how fields were lost and ,yuu
is still able to make occasional bu~int,, visits
to W all street, is always in his seat at church
on Sundays, and still finds pleasure in society
and social amusements.
" Captain Frederick l. was born in
Lambeth Parish, London, March g. 1906. and
for the last quarter Of a century has been
resident Of thi, city. His step is firm and his
figure erect with lnlimpaircd mind and Il
CHEEKY manner. As 4 commissioned officer
in the British army eighty years ago, and as
a traveller and explorer in Asia, Africa, and
Australia, he has probably had more varied
and marvellous experiences of life than any
man now living. Although born before M
! poleon, or the great adversary Wellington.
our old friend is still strong in body and mind
as Labruyere says Of one of his characters
years with him have not twelve months. no,
add to his age He was educated al the mil
itary academy at Croydon entered the Eng
liSh army with an ensignS commission in o.
tober, 1889; fought with the oixtieh British
Rifle: in Holland under the Duke of York, in
| lb95; served in Denmark with the troops CO.
operating with the navy under Lord Nelson,
at the capture Of Copenhagen; accompanied
LORD Caotlereagh as military member of hi,
staff TO the famous Vienna Congress: Wit
messed the celebrated interview between M
! poleon and Alexander on the river Nicmen
in 1907 fought under Wellington in the An.
glo-llispanio army in the Pcninsular cam.
| paign, where he volunteered to lead torlurn
| hope in an attack upon a French redoubt
which was carried, with Il loss Of liltv-nine
killed and wounded out Of command Of less
! than one hundred men. 1t was in this dc,-
rerate assault, and in the moment of victory.
that he was struck down by a blow on the
head from ,aber, and was for some time IN
sensible and supposed to be dead. For thin
| daring deed he was promoted by Wellington
and decorated with medal, which he wear~
on certain occasion, when en- gr0iid tcHue
Captain L captured an American vc,-
sci off the coast of Africa, during the second
war with Great Britain, he being at the time
IN command OF IN army transport; and IN
10 ~ llt assisted lOI tIftt nlOnlnS III TudrCln1
Napoleon at ST. Helena, and held FREQUENT
conversation with the Great Captain, whom
he considers was most shameiuly treated by
the brutal Sir Hudson Lowe He sold hi,
commission in the British army i'll ISIS, and,
alter varied experiences in almost every quar-
tex Of the globe, took up his residence III
New York. LII, widowed daughter and
grandson, who accompanied him to the Uni-
ted States, have since died, leaving him child
less and alone in TIL world, but not without
troops of friends Left for deadon the battle
| field OF Buoaco, there j. no token of what be.
suffered but deep scar, showing where he
was struc, by d French Sajrtu,, and valued
medal taken up for a drowned man on the
shores Of Algoa Bay, near'the Cape OF Good
Hope, after suffering shipwrcck, the onlv
permanent consequence he ha. experienced
has been the loss of his fortune which weul
/ down with his wife in the vessel When the
Prince Of Wales visited the United State. ten
Years ago, he invited the captain to return t.
| England, promising to place him on the re-
! tired army list on half pay, but The old here
wa, too deeply attached to his adopted home
to leave it. During the riots OF 1868 hc con-
irontcd a mob and saved 4 Lille III The imm
nCnt peril of his own. On the occasion ul the
reception given by Admiral Farranut on hi,
noble flagship. the Franklin before his de-
/ parture for Europe, in June 1867, Captain l..
/ then more than 4 century DID, WAS present,
and after being on his feet for several hours.
appeared to be less iati9ued than some 9th
er5 who were two-scorc year, his juniors
Z" His hahito of life are entirely different
from those Of hi, fellow-mcn He rises at g.
breakfast, before daylight, dimes 1T noon
take, His tea about five, and beui, fashion,
able Gothamitcs sit down to dinner, tho eip.
tain is comfortably ensconced in his bed. H.
/ does not retire with the birds, but before
them, his hour being six O'Clock He remark
cd to the writer, with whom he rode home
. from the reception referred to above, at half
! past seven, that he had not sat up 50 late in
tWentVvpars.'