Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1880-09-02

IeGh, l77s TIe often p0intnd OF 10 rot 20
him when Re was lad. II Is near wlzal + now
Long Wharf, foot u State Street, SD i siiil
r. "a sailors r,I,ysiane j. sill rsiass BE IN
teIleef char. nnd hs bids seky fsr 70 Ire beyond
the allotted fesr4eoEe sad ten. lie As1s g pc
present position he ~anis ioE pof1inS aad = -
Independent IS If be Wefe worth miision
PfphAlSlr tie oldest TnnlAie q tbs hpuse Il
Henry Thompa0n, known ~ the AsyInm I'D ~
she Navy geueralIys "a sPanI jones' re
ein1sns 10 hare fought Under fhat commander On
board lie tsf.on fEomme Richard Tbs much
his record Is vel anthellieafcd. hewas >
saii0r ca board pEivatser doing ssrvIce - he
war If 1914 His vessel ulas captured ard ~
ken 70 Engiand, and he sIas throws IN Dart
monr Prison, where be Was during The nsassscre
q the Americas prisoners there April Oh, 1915.
He afterwards went 70 AlxIefs On kte s1pit6re, =
a shin belonging 10 the squadron eonnnended By
Commodore Decatur, i'm tlhe war declared agmimsl
that couatry I'm 1878. He was subsequently,
Transferred 10 tbs ..6ueFriere csptasn. asieE-
wards C0mns0dore MeDononshs q Lake Cham-
PLATA faur: AID later ID he "EiaFi15rSss cap
tain, Afterwards Admiral, FGFagu1 He was
born q New YORK, bus dots not rsms.nbsr bis
age. he Is vssy desTepid and bis uEnd Is nsarly
blank.
Al IT, HoapitaI Is anoshsr q the survivors q
iGla, Andrew Saith, who entered the Navy rs
q marine On beard the Little Adams" Capt.
Myers, Ia 1911. The same year he was On che
"Congres, cruising on fhe eoass q iFssand
when she came near being captured 81 ~ kug-
Iish fsirate. which gave her t:iiasc. TIE English
were then boarding Afnsrican vessels under pre-
tense Of impressing British searnen- He was In
many eneagemenss during the war that follow
Cd. but fensembsrs little u them. lie Is alm1si
an imbecile. ana u e not diiieult ioeee lhaf ct
lhe age q e the ssn q bic liis are peaF'E ran
Another Hosbitai wnra II s.Jumany'' ITaly,
Who saws lie cred the gun that disabled the ssAl-
ahaman Secretary Of the Navy Thompson in
bis "lsoll Of Honor makes the following LEM
tion Of hra flames Haiy, Captain Of the Fore
castle on board the T. s. Steamer Kearsage,
when she DESTROYED the Alabama OF CheTbonrg,
France, June 10th, 1864. Exhibited marked
coolness and good conduct, and Is highly eom-
mended by his divisional officer" lie received
o medal FOR bis conduct on the occasion. lie is
now a helpless paralytic.
John Williams. an inmate Of tie AsyIrm,
ciniuis the honor Of having in his possession the
first medal issued for gallautrY during the late
war. lie was captain OF the Main-Top on board the
'sPawnee" and received the medal for services
rendered il the attack on Matthias Point, June
9eth, 1861. Mr. Thompson, in the work quoted
ABOVE, says Of bis conduct on the occasion (:
ssHis gallantry cannot be spoken of in too high
terms. Though wounded BY o musket ball in
the thigh, he retained charge Of bis boat and
when the staff was shot away held the stump In
his hand with the flag until we got along side
the Freeb0rn' Williams says the boat in
which he was sent ashore daring the fight was
pierced by seventeen balls
The mortuary lists Of the institution bear the
names Of many who figured in actions conspic-
uous In the history Of the country. Among
them Is the following: 'John Smith, died
cfutcu.Ker nh taAa - Amended IL This note:
"PulIed the stroke oar In tie boat which Trans
ferred Perry from the Lawrence 70 the Niaga-
"a during the battle on Lake Erie"