National Republican., 1882-12-07
OBITUARY.
sudden Death 90 Admiral Fnbius stHpiy-
skstsh OF uis Career.

Rsar.Adminl Fahius stanly, retired,
United States Navy died very suddenly at his
residence, corner Rhode Island avenue and
Seventeenth street. az o'clock Tuesday even
ing. lie was IN his usual good health on
Tuesday, but during the evening after din
ncr. cumplaincd u severe pain, and went to
his room attended by Mrs. Stauiy, when he
suddenly frll hack, after rcmarkiug that the
pain seemed going toward his heart, and in a
moment was dead
RcarAdminl stanly was born at Ncwbcrn.
y. G., December ", isis, aud entered the
service December 20. 1891, ~ n m dshipman.
He became lieutenant in i-tl; captain
July ~, l5i2, commodore in June, 1870, rcar-
admiral February ~. lS7i, and was retired
June -, is1t, at his own request, having
served over forty years continuously. His
service was as follows Frigate Constellation.
Mediterranean feet ISH-'33: reeeivinr-ship
Hudson, New York, i-t5 sloops Concord and
Warren, West India fleet, is35-'36 survey
bark tons0rt, is37 slOOp Falmouth and the
lipe-Of-hattle ship North Carolina, Pacific fleet.
i0J7 30; friEatc Delaware. Brazil squadron,
1908; steamer Union, ON special service,
1894; was on the steam sioop Princeton in
loii, when her heavy gun exploded while ro-
ing down the Potomac from Washington.
During the Mexican war i5iB-'4s he was ON
the Pucihc Coast, serving In the sloops Dale,
st. Mary's and Warren, and frigAtc Congress,
and remained on that coast until 1855 when
he went on the Paraguay expedition In com.
mand Of the transport ship supply. In 1850
hc was commanding the sloop Wyandottc,
in the Gulf Of Mexico, and after consulting
with General lthen Captainl VI G. Meigs, L.
$. A., he laid his vessel 10 as 10 protect Fort
Taylor, at Key West, from the threatened at-
tack aud seizure by rebel forces. For this
Secretary Toucey deprived him Of command
ON the pretenso that u tended to prcciptate
trouble. General Meigs was also sent home.
He was subsequently sent 10 the Pacific
1852, when he was placed in command Of the
steamer Nnrragansett, aud, until ls6i, did
much 10 lesson the damage done by the rebel
cruiser Shenandoah in the Pacific In 1864
he was attached for a time 30 the Mississippi
squadron, and afterward commanded the
State of Georgia ON the Atlantic blockade
until the end Of the war. While on this lat
ter duty he was ordered by Rear-Admiral
Dupont to command Fort johnson, and after
ward to join the land forces In an expedition
up the Santec River, and another against
Charleston, which was the immediate
cause of the fall of that city. During the
Mexican war, he took part in the cap
ture of California and the defense Of san
Francisco. Afterward, he was present at the
siege and capture of Guaymas, ON the Pacific
Coast of Mexico, and led the advance in storm
ing Fort Cachori. lie commanded the expe-
dition against Fort Bacoch Vampa and took
II by storm, heading the charge of the blue
jackets in person. He also commanded an cX.
pedition of thirty men which passed through
the Mexican force Of 1900 and attacked
captured, spiked, and disabled heavy
battery Of guns on its way 10 Quay
mas. After this he retrcated safely
twelve miles to his boat, bringing OF all the
ayounded and a number of prisoners. For this
he was specially commended by dispatches,
and twice during the war received letters of
thanks from the Navy Department from two
different Secretaries of the Navy. He par
ticipated in the capture Of Mazatlan, and was
engaged in number Of gallant affairs, in one
of which one man was killed and twenty
three badly wounded out Of a force Of twenty
five men. In one hand-tO-hand encounter he
received severe lance wound in the breast.
Since the rebellion h c commanded the steam
sloop Tuscarora in the Pacific, 1s65-'67 and
served at Baltimore and as lighthouse in
spector, 1s69-'73.
The mortality among naval officers OF high
rank during 1882 has been remarkable, as ten
| rear-admirals-three active and seven re-
tired-have died since March %, five Of them
in this city. These are; Rear-Admirals John
Rodgers, Robert II. Wyman, and James II.
SPOTS, active; and John G. Beaumont, Hugh
Y. Purviance, Charles III. Poor, Gustavus II.
Scott, David McDougal James H. Strong, and
the subject of this sketch, retired. Besides
these, Commodore Henry Eagle, retired, died
only two weeks ago.
The funeral, in accordance with his own
often expressed wish, will be without military
display of any kind, and will take place
this afternoon at 3 o'clock at his late
residence, Rev. DIR. William A. Leon.
ard, vicar of st. Johns Church, ofIiciat.
ing, and the interment will take place
at Oak Hill Cemetery. The pall-bearers will
be as follows: Vice-Admiral Stephen c. Rowan,
Rear-Admiral Roger N. Stembel, Rcar-Ad.
miral Alexander Murray, Rear-Admiral
Samuel p. Carter, Medical Director George
Maulsby and Medical Director William r.
Hood, U. S. N; Prof Joseph f. Hilgard
superintendent of the Coast Survey, and Judge
Arthur st. Clair Denver. The funeral ar.
rangements are in charge Of Joseph Gawler
the undertaken