Morning journal and courier., 1891-04-28

| building the great ship guns that bore his | name and that fought the naval battles of the civil war. One day Dahlgren, the el- l der son, saw fit to take William severely to task for something, and that brought on storm of angry words on both sides that resulted in the younger man knock ing the older brother into a corner of the room. Dignity forbade personal alterca- tion and Dahlgren had an officer sent for.
 Taken to the old City Hall, William was sullen and unrepentant, and through fam ily and neutral friends tried to stop pro- ceedings. Dahlgren pressed the case, and the offended was fined one hundred dollars for the assault. Then Dahlgren told the magistrate that if William would make a public apology for having struck an officer of the navy while in uniform, he would be willing that the penalty le set aside.
 "Neverl Neveri" said William, 'I will never apologize nor even spsak word to you while God lets me live; and more, while you live will never again bear the name that you do."
 So they parted in the mayors room at the City Hall, and William assumed his mothers name of De Rohan, by which he was known thereafter at home and abroad to the day of his death. His mother was member of the princely family of De Rohan of France.
 aUIOdu ulb COuhcCliOub and ample means brought him into inti- macy with persons of the highest rank in life, among them being Admiral Hobart Pasha) of the Turkish navy, and with him he took service under the Sultan, with the rank of captain.
 Leaving the Turks he went to the Ar genuine Republication Buenos Ayres- with Garibaldi, and commanded the naval forces of that country in the successful revolution that brought independence. After that, when Garibaldi came to this country, De Rohan went to Chii and be- came admiral of the Chilian navy.
 Late in the fifties he joined Garibaldi, with whom he was in constant correspon- dence, in Europe, and entered heart and soul with him in his plans for the uniics ton and independence of Italy. While the great iberator directed and command ed the land forces, De Rohan was made admiral of the revolutionary navy, which was confirmed by Victor Emanuel.
 He was an admiral without fleet, for they did not have single vessel heavier than a coral fishing felucca; but he was energetic, and by very liberal outlay of funds from his private purse and contri- buttons by English and French friends he actually succeeded in purchasing and arm ing three good-sized merchant steamers, with wh1ch ne escaped 70 Sarulnla ana re- ported to Victor Emanuel.
 It was on these vessels that the then king of Sardinia and such troops as he had were transported to the mainland of Italy, and history tells of the result. Dur ing the siege of Rome Admiral De Rohan commanded the marine division under Garibaldi, and supervised the military fire.
 Other forms of government than repub lies are at times ungrateful, and it is so in this case, for, while Admiral De Rohan spent nearly two hundred and fifty thou sand dollars in providing the means that gave the throne of Italy to the house of Savoy, he never was repaid a penny, and died in Providence hospital here, cared for by charitable friends.
 During number of years he resided in England, where he became interested in the formation and workings of the British naval reserve, in which he was commis- stoned commander of the admiralty. During the civil war he was intensely loy- al to the north, but refused to take service in our navy lest he might at some time be brought under the command of his broth CT, Admiral John Dahlgren.
 Put off by various excuses and neglected by Victor Emanuel in his attempts to se- cure repayment of the immense sums ad- vanced to Italy, he came home about 1871
 
 The Secretary of State failed to under stand the case somehow, or at least did not take urgent steps, so that when MT. Evarts became Secretary of State the pa pers were quietly slumbering in the state department.
 MT. Evarts seemed also to be over his depth in the matter, and the Hayes admin istration went out of office with nothing accomplished, but when Mr. Blaine sue ceeded to the state department MT. De Ro- hans hopes were renewed. In the belief that something would at least be accom- plished, De Rohan went abroad again and for several years tried to work some mines he owned in Sardinia or Sicily, but he lacked capital for the work, and returned home about four years ago to find his case slumberlng as neglectedly as though nc one in the state department had ever heard of it.
 He was thoroughly disheartened, and, for the first time in his life, his high cour age failed before his misfortunes and his health gave way. He was then nearly seventy years af age, and when & stroke of paralysis followed he failed rapidly He resided with the widow of Admiral Dahleren for several years, here and at hei mountain summer home, but finally went to the hospital, where he died, aged seven tv-two