The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-05-30

With an annual grant OF 5000 and permits
sion TO inherit the dukedom Of Bronts. The
reverend scoundrel who had robbed the
mother of her birthright By suppressing his
illustriOus brothers dying wishes, would
even g. her children appealing TO the peo-
pie for b. cad.
The following letter from Nelson is fol led
sfter the manner Of the others described, and
addressed, Captain Foley, His Msjestys
Ship Elephant In the left-hand bottom
corner is the signature "Nelson and Bronte,"
which probably frsnked it. The large wax
seal is so broken that che crest Of the seal i.
was stamped with cannot be deciphered.
NELSON'S LAST.
BY the way Nelson says at shall certainly
not be employ'd till 1906" and he was not,
fer October n, 1906, ne met mis- death on the
deck of the Victory, in Trafalgar Bay. The
letters read:
VICTORY, OFF TOULOE, October 10, 1903
My Dear Foley: L was truly sorry on re-
ceiving your letter of August rs 10 find you
had sustained such loss Gracious Godl
low little do we know who is to go first.
am sure, in appearance, he was more likely
70 see US pass away than we him. My
dear Foley, / only desire that you will al
ways charge yourself in reminding me of
your nephew in whatever station / may be.
1 should be most ungrsteful il L could for q
moment forget your public support Of me in
the day of battle, or your private friend
ship, which l esteem most highly.
Therefore, ss far IS relates TO your nephew, 1
my self lei this letter stand against me. I
shall certainly not be employed till 1906, not
probably till 1904; but the war viii not last,
hope, till either Of those periods. George
Campbell has gene 10 get water somewhere
in Sardinia, and l am q little anxious for his
joining, as expect the French feet TO put
to sea every hour, and we have been these
four days blown of our station. Campbell
says the weather is worse than il used TO be.
/ always thought ii very bad in the Gulf OF
Lyons. We are ali in good humor, well.
manned, and in high health. What can q
eommander-in.chief want more only to ges
alongside the French Heet2 l beg my re-
spectful compliments TO Lady Lucy with
many thanks for her good wishes. l will
not touch on the topic Of her nephew; he
had been strongly recommended to me
Keats dined here yesterday; he is a nonps-
reil; he has been very unwell, but is better.
Murray, Hardy, ETC., all well. Gore is out
side the -; he has been very Fortunate;
not gallon, but got $4,000 or $4,000. IF
you are employed I think the Meditterran-
can will suit you better than the Black
IL
shall be truly happy to have you near me
and to have frequent opportunities of
personally assuring you how much am, my
dear Foley, your faithful and afectionate
friend. NELSON AND BRONTE.
was glad TO see that Fremontle had got
his old ship sgain.
THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR.
This closes the letters of Nelson, but one
- Is,l,
Hewson, evidently naval officer, to Captain
Foley, describing the battle of Trafalgar,
and the death of Nelson:
OFF THE COAST or GIBRALTAR, Nov.
1S05.-Desr Sir: have no doubt but you
will be pleased TO hear that the feet
in which L serve has obtained
over the enemies of our country victory
which was never equsled in the brightest
periods of history, an account of which /
shall give you in the best manner can.
Lord Nelson, on resuming the command
of the heet, in contradiction to the system
of close blockade generally prscticed, took
his station of Cape St. Mary, distance of
sixteen leagues from Cadiz, where we had
the advantage of being REINFORCED by ships
from England without the enemy's knowl.
edge, who was by this means kept ignorant
of our force; be calculated that we had only
twenty one ships OF the line, whereas we had
twenty-six. Emboldened by supposing us
so weak, as also by the feeble attack that
was made on him OFF Cape Timsterre by Sir
Robert Calder, he ventured to sea on the
10Th ultimo for the sole purpose of engaging
us. We did not come in sight of him till the
Dist, when at daylight in the morning we
discovered his feet, consisting of thirty
three ships of the line drawn up on the star
board tack in order of battle The human
mind can not form grander or more awful
sight. The morning was remarkably fine,
the sea perfectly smooth, and the ightness
OF the wind allowed every sail TO be spread.
Our feet resolutely awaited the approach;
the other moved msiesticslly slow to the rem
counter. The wind was 70 the southwark
and we had the weather gage. We went
down on the enemy in line of battle ahead
in two divisions. By this disposition the
skill OF our great commander was displayed.
And We formed in the usual way in line of
battle abreast, our ships must have suffered
considerably before they could have closed
with the enemy, who seemed rather discon-
cerned at our mode of attack, and not to
penetrate our designs, we're on the lsbered
tack to rear Cadiz in case of defeat.
Lord Nelson had 50 we'll forseen the likely
position of the enemy that he planned the
manner in which every ship was to be
brought into action, and sent written drec-
items TO that effect TO the different captains
of the feet, so that there was no occasion for
signals, and the only ones that he made were
TO ''prepsre TO anchor after close of day."
''and thst England expects every man will
do his duty" On the purport of the last be D..
ing explained to the ships company it was
received with bursts OF applause, and every
individual seemed animated with determine
ton to conquer. The Royal Sovereign be-
gan the action at 1915, and the whole of the
fleet were engaged by 1:30. The firing con-
tinued till o'clock, when we perceived
twenty of the enemy's vessels had hauled
| down their colors, and the remainder had
made all sail for Cadiz. Our ships were in
general so disabled that they could not fol-
\ low. It was now rumoIed that Lord Nell
/ son had fallen; he had dressed himself with
! all his stars on going into action, and he was
/ so conspicuous that French soldier shot
| him through the body. A young midship-
man of II years old perceived the man who
did it, leveled musket at and killed him
! Lord Nelson lived to hear that the victory
was gained. He said he died happy, recon-
mended the feet to be anchored, embraced
Captain Hardy whom he loved as his SON