The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1891-10-27
HIS SHIP AGAINST SEVEN.
CAPT. lNGRAHAM DEMANDED JUSTICE
FOR AN AMERICAN.

- FOR AN AMERICAN.
His batteries Twice III aimed on the Arch
duke's Ship-A Story of the Early Days
of our Navy Recalled by Capt Ingra-
hams Death.
NEW YORK, Oct. I'm these DAYS
OF the rehabilitation of the United States
navy we may recall with pride unailoyed
with regret the good old days of yore
when all the world knew and respected
the prowess Of American war vessels.
Aud the death of Duncan Nathaniel In-
graham in Charleston, S. c., on Friday
gives proper opportunity to recall
those days. For, as was suggested in
tho obituary notice published in the Sun
OF Saturday morning, this Duncan Nath.
aniel Ingraham was the hero of one oil
those remarkable episodes which made
other nations understand that the tail oI
the American bird could not be pulled,
pluciled, twisted, trod upon, or other
wise disrespectiully used under the guns
OF an American war vessel.
There had been Capt Paul Jones and
Commodore Perry and old Admiral
Porter, who had fought English aCd
French and Portuguese and the Barbary
States, and all manner of craft living
flags legitimate or illegitimatc, and all
OF them had come of conquerors.
Those were the days of wooden ships
aud sailing craft, when the element of
romance was enhanced by the big sails
and the swarming over the sides with
cutlasscs and halbcrds and all that sort
OF thing. a goNd part of the officers
then were of Southern famllies-sclons
OF houses that unheld themselves in
something like feudal state. These
young men came of cXcellant ancestry,
OF which they were exceedingly proud.
OF these Duncan Nathaniel Ingraham
was one of the best examples.
Ills father had been a naval officer. a
friend of Paul Jones and one of his COM
panions in that famous fight between
the Scraps and the Bon IIommc Rich.
ard. 1t was quite natural that the son
should enter the navy. He was born
in 1902, and when 10 years old was al
ready midshpmite. Promotion in
those days was as slow as nov, perhaps
little slower. SO although this vcunu
man fought through tic war of 1912, he
was still Il midshipman In 1918 or
thereabouts, when the original David
Porter went down to the Southern wat
crs OF the United States to attend to the
pirates who infested the small islands
and the mysterious inlets of the Gulf
and the Caribbean Sea, young Ingralam
was aboard his vessel, and saw pirates
hanged at the yard arm, and learned TO
be vigilant, quick, reso!ute and unllinch-
ing in the best school ever naval officer
had.
lnGraham, risen to commander,
served in the Mexican war, and few
years after its close WAS sent to iOiu the
squadron OF the Mediterranean. lie yas
III command of the st. Louis, which IS
said to have been the pride of the Auer-
lean navy and which was certainly a
formidable ship for those days. Ii vas
aslcop OF war armed with two 5O-pound-
ers. On Juno %, 1858, he sailed into
inc harbor OF Smyrna, in Asat;c I'ur-
key. He found that he was iusi in the
nick o. time to take advantage OF one of
those chances for fame which cone 10
every man, so IL is said
In the revolution Of Hungary AGAINST
Austria in 1913 40, which Louis kossuth
led, Martin KOszta was a cons nicuOus
figure. When the revolution was put
down, kossuth, Koszta and several 9TH
crs fled to Turkey aud stopped IN Su,yr-
ma. After long negotiations the Turk
ish Government refused to give them ND.
Then Kossuth and Koszta went TO the
United States. where Koszta decided TO
settle. He engaged in business in New
in I,,1.
oatn his intention OF becoming citizen
OF The United States. The next year,
having business in Smyrna, Koszta ent
there and remained for some time undhs-
turbed, as indeed he might have expect
cd, since Smyrna was not on Aus trian
soil. But Koszta bad so inliamcd the
Austrian Government against HIM that
plot was hatched to capture him. On
June 2l, 1853, band OF Greek mercen-
aries IN Smyrna, hired by the Austrian
consul, overpowered Koszta, hustled
him into boat and took him aboard an
Austrian ship OF war, the IIuzzar, which
was lying IN the harbor. 1t is said that
this ship was i'll command of no less a
person than the Archduke John, brother
OF the Emperor and admiral of the Aus.
tran navy.
AT any rate, Martin K0szia was put
III IRONS and otherwise treated as n Grim
nal and dangerous person. The next
day, when all Smyrna was talking about
THIS, sioop of war, the st. Louis, Com.
nander lngranam, sailed into the har-
bor. Capt. Ingraham heard the story
OF the kidnapping, and the TACT that the
kidnapped man was an American rIti-
zen, from Koszta's friends. Capt Iu-
graham, who had been III q war in which
the United States had taught Great
Britain few lessons Of respect for
American citizens, was up in arms at
once. He went abroad the IIuznar and
very courtcously asked permission 10 sec
koszta. The Austrian commander, aC-
ter some hesitation, granted the request
Commander InGraham assured himself
that Keszta was entitled to Tie prolCc-
tion OF the American flag. lie demand.
ed his release Of the Austrian comman-
der, and, when il was refused, sent q
note TO the nearest United States OIL
cal, Consul I5rown, at Constantinoplc.
While he was awaiting an answer six
Austrian war ships sailed into the har-
Dor and took up positions near the IIuz-
zar. On June 20, before any answer
had come from Consul Brown, the st.
Louis noticed unusual signs of activity
ON board the Huzzar, and pretty soon
she began to get under way.
Capt. 1ngraham straightway put the