The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-08-15

Confined from As FsM Poge.
Dey again. The journey was made on a special
train, and by easy stages. On arriving at New York
he took up his residence in the commodlous and
comfortable dwelling presented TO him by public
subscription some years before as a eight recogni-
ton OF his great services to the country For some
time after his return he confined 60 his house,
but in January last he able TO journey to Port
land Maine, to superintend the naval portion OF the
funeral services Of the late George Peabody, ESQ.
This was his last appearance before the public in
an Official capacity He subsequently proceeded TO
Washington, where he remained for some time,
being again Frustrated by i'll health, and brought
almost to deaths doors. few weeks ago he left
the capital and went to Portsmouth, New Hamp-
shire, as the guest OF Commodore Alexander NJ.
Pennock, the commandant of the Navy Yard there.
Again Frustrated by complication of bodily in1r-
mites, the country for days past has been in
memeDtayy expectation of the announcement Of his
death.
HIS Services and Character.
Entering the navy originally on December n, 1910,
Admiral Farragut devoted nearly sixty years TO the
service OF his country. During this unusually long
period he saw total service Of twenty-five
years, was on shore or other duty eighteen years
and ten months, and unemployed less than sixteen
years-a record which has seldom been equaed in
the navy Of any country in the world.
BY his death the nation loses a naval hero who will
rank with the greatest of the great men OF history
deeds upon the mighty deep. As a naval commander
he was undoubtedly the 1rst Of the age, and he was
not only familiar with the technicalities OF his pro-
fesslon, but was endowed with an original genius
and faculty Of doing the right thing in the right
way that made his career as commander of the West
Gulf Squadron a succession OF victories. Admiral
Farragut was q sailor of the Old school; ne in
spred 10y all the traditional gories Of the navy and
by that esprit de corps that makes the old officers OF
the service esteem the privilege Of being connected
with the United States navy the EXTREMIST felicity
that can be enjoyed by degenerate humanity but he
was very far indeed from being anything OF an old
fogy, and he alive TO the Importance OF using
all the latest Improvements in naval warfare as the
Youngest officer under his command. Fertile in re-
sources himself, he was eCger to seize upon any
means that presented for carrying out his designs
in the most expeditions manner, and he never made
any such blunder that committed by another Of
our naval commanders, OF allowing distrust of
such new tangled affairs the monitors to induce
him to hesitate about demonstrating their efficiency
in the most thorough manner possible. His history
record OF the most brilliant achievements OF the
navy during the war for the suppression of the Re-
bellion, and his selection commander of the West
Gulf Squadron and the leader in the attacks upon
New Orleans and Mobile was as crcditabe to the
Navy Department as II was fortunate for the cOun-
Try,
Admiral Farragut, however, was something more
than great naval commander. He was modest,
warm-hearted and whOle-souled gentleman. lie
was one OF these men who never appear to grow
old, and although sixty years of age when he as
sumed command OF the fleet in the Gulf, his eye
bright and his step active as the youngest
mdshpman in his fleet. strict disciplinarian, las
ne was in duty bound to be, Admiral Farragut never
found it necessary to support his dignity by a
naughty or imperous demeanOr, and his genial and
adable towards every one, from the highest
officer to the lowest sailor in his fleet, made their
sentiments towards him p8rtake OF personal afieC-
tioD, and there was not an oflcer of the navy
who was more beloved by those under his
command than this fine old hero. AS modest
as he was brave and sklful, Admiral Farragut
never trumpeted his own praises, never used his
great in: nee to push himself or his friends into
notice, n, attempted to manipulate the navy to
suit his o. private ends, but was content 10 wear
with quiet dignity the laurels he had won, aud TO
strictly mind his own business, thereby setting IN
example that some Of his contemporaries in the
naval service might initiate with advantage. A man
OF men, Admiral Farrsgut will be mourned more
sincerely than almost any other public man OF the
day. and by his death the navy loses its brightest
ornament and the country q hero without fear and
without rCprOach.