The Tipton advertiser., 1876-05-18
JOHN PAUL JONES.
An Outline Of His lirc.--ksis Va
val Career.

The Baltimore Sum prints letter
from a correspondent residing in
Buckingham county, Va, containing
some interesting statements connect
ed with the career CT the naval hero
of the Revolution, Joha Paul Jones.
and especially explaining the addition
OF the name of Jones TO as original
name, John Paul. The accuracy of
the letter, the ,su, says, is vouched
for by Hon. +. w. HUBBARD, Of Vir.
ginia, formerly member of the House
of Representatives from that State,
and who, in lsit, made an elaborate
report in favor Of paying the balance
of the outstanding Virginia Revolu-
tionary land bounty claims. In the
preparation of this report the claim
Of Commodore John Paul Jones came
under review and was passed upon
formally. The investigation of this
claim necessarily required knowl-
edge Of the history of John Paul
Jones and all the facts pertaining to
it. Mr.. HUBBARD has also had infor-
nation OF the private history OF Jones
from his South Carolina relations.
The main portion of the communica-
tion. which lie indorses, is reproduced
below:
ssThe outline of his life is briefly
told. John Paul, the son of gar
dener, was born July 6. 1747, at
Arbingland, Scotland. AT the age of
II years he went to sea. In 1873
the death of bis brother, in Virginia,
whose heir he was, induced him to
settle in America. 1t was then he
added to his name, and was thence
forth known as Paul Jones. This
was done in compliment to one of the
most noted statesmen Of that day,
and in the love and gratitude il
shadows forth is scathing reproach
and a touching example to people
who could neglect in life ard forget
in death. 1t appears that before
settling in Virginia, moved By the
restlessness Of his old sea -faring life,
he wandered about the country,
finally s,raying into North Carolina.
There he became acquainted with
two brothers, Willie and Allan Jones.
They were both leaders in their day,
and wise and honored in their genera
tion. Allan Jones was an orator and
silver-tongued; Willie Jones the
foremost man of his State and one Of
the most remarkable Of his time. A
short sketch of his public services
will not be out of place. Educated
abrosd,a profound and elegant scholar
he was thinker rather than a speak
cr. Like Franklin and jefferson, he
perhaps owed his uncomprolnising
republieanism to the abuses OF royal
ty he had seen in the old world. He
served as Governor in 11.6, refusing
COMPENSATION, was in the Continental
Congress 1880 81, and in fact filled
every Office in the gift of the State.
He is especially memorable now for
his refusal to act as delegate to the
convention which framed the Consti-
tuition, and for having caused the re-
lection of that Constitution by North
Carolina in 1888.
His house, The Grove, near Hall
fax, was not only the resort Of the
cultivated and refined, but the home
of the homeless, Mrs. Jones having
sometimes twenty orphan girls under
her charge, and it was here the young
adventurer, John Paul, was first
touched by those gentler and purer
influences which changed net only
his name but himself from the rough
and reckless mariner into the polished
man Of society, who was the COM
psnion Of kings and the lion and poet
Of Partisan saloons. The almost wor-
Shipping love and reverence awakened
in bis hitherto wild and untamed ps-
ture by the generous kindness of the
brothers found expression in his
adoption Of their name. The truth
OF this account is not only attested
by the descendants of Willie Jones
but by the nephew and representative
Of Paul Jones, Mr.. London, ol
Charleston, S. c. This gentleman in
t846 was in Washington awaiting
the passage of bill by Congress
awarding him the land claim Of his