The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-10-29

VIII uoI lcafo liilS uarpOC Win Cno AM
erican gentleman you have kidnapped.
If you do 1 shall be compelled to resort
to extreme measures"
The Austrian looked around the har.
Dor at the limo of friendly war ships and
then looked at the st. Louis, with her
or,,..;eH HleHrsd and then smiled pleasant
w ot Tomt irai" "mn 70 - 2"'l said that he
,Lonx,'t ~. T"pt , insrahan ahor Nv >-.remely
rash and that the Huzzar would do no
she pleased.
Capt Insraham bowed and betook him
sell to the st. Louis. He had no sooner
got aboard than he said:
CLEAR the guns for action!"
And the Archduke had the pleasure
OF seeing the batteries of st. Louis turned
upon him. He realized that having the
wrong side OF the matter, he had pu
himself IN n very bad position. The
lluzzar 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
Mr.. Brown.
On the afternoon of july | Can't m
graham got his reply. The consul at
Constantinoplo commended his course,
and told him to do whatever he thought
pcSt 10 prevent an outrage to an Ameri-
can. Late that evening Capt Ingraham
sent an officer aboard the Huzzar with
note, The note formally demanded the
release OF Mr.. Koszta, and said that un-
less tho prisoner was delivered aboard
the 81. Louis by 4 o'clock the next after
noon Capt Ingraham would take him
from TIC Austrians by force. The Arch
duke sent back formal refusal. At 8
O'Clock on the next morning, July 3,
Capt lngraham once moro cleared his
decks Tor action and trained his batteries
so that the lluzzar would get their full
iorce at the first dis charge. The seven
Austrian war vessels cleared their decks
and put their men at the guns.
All this while great excitement had
prevailed IN Smyrna, and when the Cit
HcnS saw these last hostile demonstra-
tons they crowded tho shores, eager to
sec this oneslde battle, which all knew
would not end so long as the American
tlagc iloatcl above water.
AZ 10 o'clock the Austrian sent an
officer to Capt Ingraham. This officer
lrcd TO tcmplrlze, but Capt Ingraharn
refused to listen to him. He sad: ITO
avoid the worst, l will agree to let the
man be delivered to the French consul
III SmJrn until your Government has q
chance to act. But he must be delivered
there or l. will take him. l cannot fail
My cause is Just. l have stated tho
time"
Again the Austrian sent n man &c
Capt ln9raham- But this time Cant
lnsraham refused oreccive him. Then
the Austrian consul general came out
from Synirna and tried his diplomacy.
Capt ln2raham simply repeated that the
French consul must have Koszta by 4
O'Clock or there would be trouble.
AZ II O'Clock a boat left the side OF
the lluzzar with Koszta on it, and one
hour aitcrward the French consul sent
word that Koszta was in his keeping.
! mtcr n 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'afiaires at
Washington, M. Hulsemann, at the end
OF which Austria admitted that the
United States was right, apologlzod,
and rclcascdall claim upon Mr.. KosZta.
Capt lnGraham got gold medal and
vote Of thanks from Congress, a gold
medal from the citizeas of New York.
medals and other testimonials from sew
cral American citizens, and present
OF line chronometer and an en3rossed
letter from the workingmen of England,
raised by penny subscription.
AS a sort of addition to this incident
ls the story of how j. Clapcy Jones used
Commander lngrahanl's name in SINH
lar episode in 1859. Mr.. Jones was
then minister to Austria. The Austrian
Government was most anxious that no
plans OF the Notifications Of Vienna be
made. a young American studying
medicine in Vienna, was making some
sketches of these Notifications one day
in an idle spirit and in utter ignorance
OF the law against 1t. IIo 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 AM
crIcan. The prime minister refused to
listen, and said that the young man
should and would be punished.
when MIR. Jones saw that the Austrian
was set he sald
hcll regret very much that shall
have to bid you farewell"
Are you going?" said the Austrian. .
81 am indeed sorry, and hope that your
country Will be as ably agrceably repre-
Scntcd by your successor"
II fear that there will not be sue.
ccssor to me very soon," SAID Mr..
Jones. ~ am compelled to demand
an audience with the Emperor. wish
to get my passports"
"Whalo said the Austrian, "your
passports? You do not intend to make
OF this episode so serious a matter?"
1T is a serious NATTER" said Mr..
Jones, "and reminds me OF the Koszta
case. Capt Ingraham is still cruising
in the Mediterranean, by the way, and [
shall be able to put him in immediate
knowledge Of this affair also. I have
the honor TO bid you farewell"
The Austrian minister did not know
what TO make Of this. But he felt that
Americans were not proper persons to
punish as examples, and, after DELAYING
a day or Two, released the young medi
cal student.