The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1895-11-19
EARLY LIFE OF PAUL JONES'
He Came to America to Inherit an Estats
In Virgins.

He Came to America to Inherit an Estats
In Virgins.
There is no record of his having at.
tended any school except that of the
parish of Kirkbean, but he developed a
truly Scotch passion for reading and
writing. He went to sea when IL years
old and made two voyages during his
minority in SLAYER, but hating the
traffic he left it and the ship too At 20
| he was in command of fine brigantine
| About this time occurred what he calls,
in letter to Robert Morris, "a great
| misfortune, adding, 81 am under no
concern whatever that this or any other
circumstance of my past life will sink
| me in your opinion. The trouble was
threatened criminal prosecution for
having had carpenter fogged, which
was the usual mode of punishment in
those days. The matter was investigat-
ed, and Paul Jones was fully acquitted
1t is worthy of remark that the mag
istrate who inquired into that mattee
notes that Paul Jones expressed great
sorrow for having had the man fogged,
although the charge of cruelty was fully
disproved. He returned to Scotland once
after this, and although affeotionately
received by his own family his friends
and neighbors seem to have treated him
coldly. The smart from this injustice
turned the Indifference he felt for his
native land into hatred, and ever after
he considered himself quite free from
any responsibility for having been born
and having spent the first 10 years Of
his life in so inhospitable country.
In his twenty seventh year great
and fortunate change occurred to him.
His brother William, who had emigrat-
ed to Virginia and died there, left him
an estate There is no doubt that Paul
Jones was often afterward in want of
ready money, but it must be remem-
bered that everybody was in want OF
ready money in the eighteenth century.
Certain it is, from his papers preserved
at Washington, that he might be consid.
cred at the beginning of the war man
of independent fortune.
The two years of his life in Virgins
are obscure, as might be expected from
man living the life of provincial
country gentleman, which the records
concerning him prove. At the outbreak
of war with the mother country Paul
Jones fastened to Philadelphia, ana
through Mr. Joseph Hewes, a member
of congress from North Carolina, got
his commission as senior first lieutenant
in the infant navy of the colonies. 1t
was then he made the acquaintance Of
Robert Morris, to whom he felt pas
sionate gratitude and affection, and |
whom he named as sole executor in his
will, Mr.. Hewes being then dead
Hiss Molly Elliot Seawell in Century
johnny Smart--fs there any differ.
snoe between duel and fghtP
Old Smart Yes, indeed A duel is
two people. When your mother
and / have an argument, it's duel.
When your grandma sails into ths G.sss-
IFS a fight Philadelphia
Inquirer.
Notice to Taxpayers
For the collection OF 1895 taxes my
'tiee will close en- the evening of Sat-
IrdaY November %.
The names of persons owing taxes
unpaid after that date will be publish
d according to law entailing addi-
lonal expense.
LEVI OPENsHAW,
Collector for Utah County.