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

decks for action. The Huzzar hove to
and then Capt Ingraham went ABOARD
and said to the Austrian commander
who received him with great courte
sy:
"What is tie meaning of this move
your part?"
I'VE propose to sail for home" re-
piled the Austrian. "The Consul ha:
ordered US to take our prisoner to Aus
tria."
"You will pardon me-" said Capt
Ingraham very camly. "But hope
you will not leave this harbor with the
American gentleman you have kid.
mapped. If your do I shall be com.
PEELED to resort to extreme measures u
The Austrian look around the harbol
at the line of friendly war ships and
then looked at the St. Louis with hel
decks cleared, and then smiled pleas.
antly at Capt. Ingraham and said that
the Huzzar would do as she pleased.
Capt. Ingraham bowed and betook
himself to the st. Louis. He had no
sooner got aboard than he said:
"Clear the guns for actionW
And the Archduke had the pleasure
of seeing the batteries Of the St. Louis
turned upon him. He realized that
having the wrong side of the matte, he
had put himself in a very bad position.
Huzzar was put about and sailed back
to her old anchorage. The Archduke
sent word to Capt, Ingraham that he
would await the arrival of the note
from --Ir. 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; 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-
liyered aboard the st. Louis by 4
o'clock the next afternoon Capt. In
graham would take him from the Aus
trians by force. The Archduke sent
back formal refusal. At So'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:
"To avoid the worst, I will agree to let
the man be delivered to the French
Consul in Smyrna until your Govern
ment has a chance to act. But he
must be delivered there or I will take
him. I cannot fail. Ny cause is just.
I have stated the time"
Again the Austrian sent man to
Capt. Ingraham. but this time Capt.
1ngraham refused to receive him.
Then the Austrian Consul-General
came out from Smyrna and tried his
diplomacy. Capt. Ingraham simply
repeated that that the French Consul
must have Koszta by 4 O'Clock or there
would be trouble.
At - o'clock 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 d'Af-
fairs at Washington, NJ. Hulsemann,
at the end of which Austria admitted
that the United States was right, apollo
gized, and released all claim upon Mr..
Koszta.
Capt. Ingraham got gold medal
and vote of thanks from Congress, a
gold medal from the citizens of New
York, medals and other testimonials
from several American citizens, and a
present of fine chronometer and an
engrossed letter from the workingmen
of England, raised by a penny subscrip-
tior.
AS sort of addition to this incident
is the story of how J. Clancy Jones
used Commander Ingraham's name in
similar episode in 1889. Mr.. Jones
was then minister to Austria. The
Austrian Government was most anx-
ious that no plans of the Notifications
of Vienna be made. A young Ameri-
can, studying medicine in Vienna, was
making some sketches of these fortif-
cations, one day in an idle spirit and in
utter ignorance of the law against it.
He was arrested and locked up. Mr..
Jones inquired into it and found out
the truth, and explained it fully to the
Austrian Minister, at the same time
requesting the release of the young
American. The Prime Minister re-
fused to listen, and said that the young
man should and would be punished.
When Mr.: Jones saw that the Aus
trian was set he said:
"Then I regret very much that I