The sun., 1890-05-13
PARNELL,s GRANDPA TIER.
The GaIIaat American Admiral who Saw
Seventy.nne Yenrs of .Aetlve servIee.

From the Congregational Record NJ hdD 10.
Mr.. Cummings-This pension bill is for the
benefit OF the daughter Of Admiral Charles
Stewart, and the fact that she is the mother
OF CHARLES Stewart Parnel has nothing TO do
Born in philadclphia. he entered the navy us
Lieutenant on March ., l7US. He served In II
ITigato In tho West Indies, operating against
French pr!vateels. ON July 10, while In COM
mand ol tho Experience. ho captured the
French schooner DeuX Amts. He WaS alter
ward chased by two French vessels. iIy skill
fully avoiding item he aferward caught thom
separately and captured tho schooner llhua
helore her sister vessel could assist hGr. on
Bridger, In December he rescued sixty wO-
men and children, whr had been wrerket while
flying from the revolution in San Domingo.
c In 1872 Sle%art served a. executive OF tho
Constellation, bIOckading Tripol. In l'n3 no
vas, placed IN, conmamd OF tho brig Siren in
Ircbles uadron of Tripoli;, There he CON
Noyed Decatur in tho Intrepid to destroy tho
ihladelGnla ,llo participate III nll the at
gf thanks IN In Congress on Garch s., 1905, to
PreDlos officers. He took command OF tho rs
sex and went with tho fleet to I,unis, where he
convinced his cOmmander-ln- -chlei That 1t was
illegal TO make war except 10y declaration OF
Congress.
In ISO he commanded the Constellation and
was promoted 10 cuptnin April y. laut. llo
surerlhtGndod the rgnstlnGt0n =, gnnb"n,s at
MTT S[k in lS WIZ VIZ EanGIEG La at h ihS
Cablne' from The proposed policy OF not sena-
i inS nc naNy TO sea aGa,nst the Brtlsl| re
in that war. in going to Norfolk he met u
british fleet, which he siiliuily avoided. ile
atcrward participated in the defence OF that
In the summer Of 1913 ho took command of
the Constitution. 1e DESTROYED the lrctou an
nix. lie chased several British ships Of war
and tho irlEate ]. a Piuue and narrowly Cs-
new sails he lcfI boston in Derornber, 1914. lis
captured tho brig Lord Nelson OF Bcrmu, H.
Dec; p. 1874 and the ship Susan oil Iishon
On Feb. 49, lSlj no took two British ships of
war tho Cyane and l.cvant a,toI a spirited on
Hasemento OF MY minutes While at ancnoi at
APPROACHED. lie ran out o.! the harbor AMI
ndroitly escancd with the Constitution and
Gtyano. Tho l.ovnnt was rccap,ured by tho
Feet in the neutral harD or.
For this exploit Commodore Stewart received
@ irym Congress a vote oi thanks. a. sword. and i
the FREQ ON OF the city OF New logk.
Like Tho famous irigate constitution. stew;
art received the appclutiOn OF OhI IiOnsidcs -
lie commanded the Moditcrranoan, squadron
in ihf Lr4nkin IN lIi%2.n nt nmd the naeis
caused n paper blockade to BE- annulled. and
yindicated the rights OF American COMMERCE.
wns e InS Ha XSIH IN Yapl
LBS Al, and In 1871 was mentioned as a can
d ate for President. but was not Nominated.
'43, commanded the lhiladolphia Navy Yard
again in 1916. and from 1884 till 1851. llo was
officer in 1850. and, on July l6 1SG2. was com
mis~iCned Rear Admiral, alter which he was
on waiting orders until his death. he WIS In
the service seventy-one years, and WAS sonior
oilicer in the American navy for seventeen
years.
Such, Mr.. Speaker. is the record Of this adj
officer. The retired list OF the navy
to day costs the Government 81, l,6j0,0On yearly.
Since this list WAS established the total aEgrc-
gate cost has been tlG.33l. .0l0. The records.
MIR. Speaker. OF all of the naval officers Oh tho
retired list to-daY-and DO not say II IN the
way Of disparagement- will not compare with
tho record of this one American Admiral. Tney
were educated at the EXPENSE OF the Govern
ment. and were retired on three-Gnnrters pay
when 81 years Old. He was actively on duty
over II years Many of them RECEIVED prize
money: he got not n cent for the l.evant.
cut out of IL neutral rort; His ,pntri-
otism was SO great that he never claimed prize
money. .
If the country had returned him his due his
daughter to-day would not be suffering for the
of life. She is "a years old. sick,
lnlirm: and destitute. Not two weeks ago you
nassed u pension bill hero granting to the
widow of Admiral Nicholson 800 a month. 1t
was money well bestowed How. in view Of
your acton then. you can cut the proposed
pension of the daughter OF odd lronsides"
down to $50 Il month surpasscs my cumpre-
lension. l appeal to your manhood and pa
triotism to restore this tension to what was
proposed in the original bill.