Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-01-02

catur finally surrendered to the Males
tic Race, Captain Hayes, having had
twenty-four men killed and fifty-tive
wounded. Both the Endymion and the
President were soon after dismaSted by
a gale, and the complete demolition OF
the captive followed in q few years.
The first active service OF the Presi-
dent was in the Mediterranean, where,
In 1901 and 1902, she was the flagship OF
Commodore Richard Gale. From 1904
TO 1909 she was the flagship Of Commo-
dore s. Barron, in the same waters, and
from 1909 to the outbreak of the hostil-
titles with Great Britain she carried the
flag Of Commodore John Rodgers along
her native coasts.
1t was while the President carried
Commodore Barron's flag in the Medi-
terrean that she fell in with miserable
little Tripolitan, mounting two guns,
and the humiliation of the impudent
African was accomplished in less time
than it takes to write IL, September 10,
1904. When she returned TO Tripolitan
waters the following year the President
carried COnsul-General William Eaton,
and relieved Commodore Preble, in COM
mand of the squadron.
POUR REMARKABLE CRUISES.
In the war with Great Britain the
President made four remarkable cruises.
June 81, 1912, she sailed out OF this har-
Dor with colors flying. August 81 she
put into Boston, having captured one
ship, three brigs and two schooners,
mounting six guns and carrying seven
ty-five men. This little experience APP
pears to have served only to whet the
appetite of the frigate, for on October
s, having consumed only FIVE weeks in
preparation, she again cleared outward
from Boston. When she returned to
that port December 81, after cruise
along the coast, she brought with her
captive packet, the Swallow, mounting
twelve guns and thirty men.
The Presidents next cruise, the third
of this war, began April 80, 1918, and
lasted until September II. 1t was the
largest and most successful cruise OF her
history, and it was full of some OF the
most glorious achievements OF the war.
Early in June the ship appeared oil
North Cape, and for sixty days her
name and fame spread CONSERVATION
throughout the Irish Channel. Five
briggs, one packet, one bark and two
schooners, mounting in all fifty
nine guns and carrying 300
men, were the results Of her
depredatioDS. Some OF these prizes
were sent to France, some were burned
and others were ransoued. A very re-
markabIe incident Of the cruise was the
capture by the President Of the British
schooner Hightlyer, September %.
Commodore John Rogers was in COM
mand of the frigate. The President, in
the course of the day, hoisted a signal
for private purposes, and this signal, by
a remarkable coincidence, was the En-
glish private signal for the day. The
Highfiyer saw it and promptly came up,
whereupon, without any hesitation,
Rodgers bounced upon her. The
whole procedure is said to bave
mystifed the Americans, who
could not understand why
an insignificant schooner belonging to
the enemy should have the hardihood TO
engage with the forty-four-gnn frigate.
1t was explained by the singular coin
cidence of the signals. The High1yer
was brought in this port and sold at
auction for S1l, 900.
The Presidents fourth and last sue
cessful cruise ef the war begun Decem-
Der 5, 1913, and lasted until January 10,
1914. her operations being largely con-
fined TO the neighborhood Of the Bar
BADGES. In the course Of the cruise she
captured two schoOners and two ships,
mounting thirteen guns and carrying
forty men. All these prizes were sunk.