The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-10-29

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! decks for action. The Huzzar hove tc
and then Capt Ingraham went aboar
and said to the Austrian commander
who received him with great courte
sy:
"What is the meaning of this NOV
on your part?n
I'VE propose to sail for home" re
piled the Austrian. 1.-THE Consul ha
ordered US to take our prisoner to Aus
tria."
You will pardon me-" said Capt
1ngraham very camly. "But I hop,
you will not leave this harbor with tn,
American gentleman you have kid
mapped. If your do shall be com
PEELED to resort to extreme measures
The Austrian look around the harbo.
at the line of friendly war ships ant
then looked at the st. Louis with hel
decks cleared, and then smiled pleas
antly at Capt. Ingraham and said thai
the Huzzar would do as she pleased.
Capt. Ingraham bowed and betook
himself to the st. Louis. He had nc
sooner got aboard than he said:
"Clear the guns for actionw
And the Archduke had the pleasute
of seeing the batteries of the st. Louis
turned upon him. He realized that
having the wrong side of the matte. be
had put himself in very bad position.
Huzzar was put about and sailed back
to her old anchorage. The Archduke
sent word to Capt. Ingrahau that he
would await the arrival OF the note
from Mr.. Brown.
On the afternoon Of July l Capt. In
graham got bis reply. The Consul at
Constantinople commended his course,
and told him to do whatever he thought
best to prevent an outrage to an Ameri-
can. Late that evening Capt. Ingra-
ham sent an officer aboard the Huzzar
with a note. The note formally de-
manded the release of Mr.. Koszta, and
said that unless the prisoner was de-
livered aboard the st. Louis by
o'clock the next afternoon Capt. In
graham would take him from the Aus
TRANS by force. The Archduke sent
back formal refusal. At 8o'clock on
the next morning, July 2, Capt. Ingra-
nam once more cleared his decks for
action and trained his batteries so that
the Huzzar would get their full force
at the first discharge. The seven Aus
trian war vessels cleared their decks
aid put their men at the guns.
All this while great excitement had
prevailed in Smyrna, and, when the
citizens saw these last hostile demon
strations, they crowded the shores,
easer to see this one-sided battle which
all knew would not end so long as the
American flag foated above water.
At 10 o'clock the Austrian sent an
officer to Capt. Ingraham. This Off
Ger tried to temporize, but Capt. Ingra-
ham refused to listen to him. Hesaid:
ITO avoid the worst, T will agree to let
the man be delivered to the French
Conssl.l in Smyrna until your Govern
ment has chance@rassl--sssee.. out ne
must be delivered there or I VIII Take
him. I cannot fail. Ny cause is just.
[ have stated the time"
Again the Austrian sent a man to
Capt. Ingraham. but this time Capt.
refused to receive him.
Then the Austrian Consul-General
came out from Smyrna and tried his
Capt. Ingraham simply
repeated that that the French Consul
must have Koszta by o'clock or there
would be trouble.
At II o'clock a boat left the side of
the Huzzar with Koszta on it, and one
hour awterward the French Consul
sent word that Koszta was in his keep
sng. Later in the day several OF the
Austrian war vessels sailed out of the
harbor. Then came long negotiations
between Secretary of State William L.
Marcy and the Austrian Charge DAT
fairs at Washington, NJ. Hulsemann,
at the end of which Austria admitted
that the United States was right, apollo
yized, and released all claim upon Mr..
kosZta.
Capt. Ingraham got gold medal
md vote of thanks from Congress, a
gold medal from the citizens of New
York, medals and other testimonials
rom several American citizens, and
present of fine chronometer and an
letter from the workingmen
If England, raised by "a penny subscrip-
ion.
AS sort of addition to this incident
the story of how ]. Clancy Jones
lsed Commander lngraham's name in
similar episode in 1859. Mr.. Jones
vas then minister to Austria. The |
Austrian Government was most anx-
Gus that no plans Of the Notifications
f Vienna be made. A young Ameri-
an, studying medicine in Vienna, was
aaking some sketches of these fortifi-
ations, one day in an idle spirit and in |
tier ignorance of the law against it. |
lie was arrested and locked up. Mr..
ones inquired into it and found out |
he truth, an6 lplained it fully to the
austrian Muster, at the same time
the release Of the young
american. The Prime Minister re-
used to listen, and said that Inc young
IAN should and would be punished.
When Mr.: Jones saw that the Aus
rian was set he said:
HThpn T reprat verv rn,1oh tbot