The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-10-19

less thAn thlI'F shots as low as the Iliih
sheel OF copper oelow lhe bends rms
showed cue suhhefy ne nae 70 epps
WIN ana the precision ana GOODNESS OF
lls puNSlsulS; ~ Alht,i Il MsIs
sIeauy tia'eu " inns ehnopllns Victory
INV puoIIe rHsluslasm was eNul'Su "
my 'lIshesi pi.ch' nun WelSu'he noi ny,
va va, an upllsihs Oh tle PeoPie, ~ ~
sN'll was i''Iue lhe 'neine vi ui,'au ai,u
s'V'S' Vhe iaNuIea ul''y ueA'''ueS No"
Proud Daeres came on board
To deliver up his sword,
Tho loath was he TO part with 1t, twas
so handy, o!
20 keep your sword" says Hull,
FOR II on'V makes you uulL
Cheer up and let US have little bran
dy, or
BaInbridge succeeded Hull In COM
mand on the 2Oth OF December, while
off the coast OF Brazil, fought and cap
tured the British frigate Java, Captain
Lambert commanding. The Constitu-
ton went through without the loss OF a
spar. but the Java had her three masts
shot away, lost her bowsprlt near the
can, and had her hull badly injured.
AS Brazil was an unfrlendly power,
Bainbridge transferred the living to
the Constitution and blew up the java
at the scene of action.
CAPTAIN Charles Stewart relieved
Captain cambridge, and, after many
vexatlous DELAYS nut to sea In the win
ter of 1914. In the West Indies he cap
tured the Picton, fourteen guns, and
prlyateer she was conveying, and later
chased La Plane which held her lead
until piahtfall and then took u lively
chance through the Mona massage and
escaped After being chased into Mar
blehead bE the Juno and La Nymphe
no escaped to Boston. refltted and went
10 sea or Lisbon he narrowly escaped
capture. ran for the open, and on Feb
ruary 20, 1915, fought and captured In
night battle the cyane and the LeyanT.
This was memoraple action, aha pEt
our .ha t nav ~ 'i4' "-'u ''N "
'sThe manner In which Captain Stew
art handled the ship on this occasion"
writes Cooper, excited Inutn aum,',u ~
' 49, Ibi,r sar n stngfe vessel 10 en-
na~NT ,uo enon,ies ana esca'ne being
80 e. Gov sror, tbis occurrIng m
. I'm G,,st,,ution sha ac,usIIv raked
s ~ 80 i,ar onnn,ants and me manner
~. ,S n, sho hool,ad and 6llsd In Tho
~ ~ 800 go,nin, har nnrnnents down IN
s s,'a "a IT. ,hay were endeovor-
sne iee"a 90, VIZ" Nv. s a" az foraSoot Ia
ne W. ,s ,o' r,oet brIiiIart nanoe,,vering
a. .'i,,t - ormaIs -
'' e ,"n" onrr,oa ,,is ,r,,eu into Porto
IT, 80 va islands hnt
Ia nas a., ." Iotor he Sow the i,eonder. the
Sy.D uaSI nnd tSo Acoste EngIIsh fri
N Nv sterdin, Tor the barhor The
s S,pes,oo o cna +bolr cables and stood
ont bot,v nursmed. but the Levant
o ,'n, t nU 20 I'm bocis and was can.
vas 49, ~ dossrna 90 law nv the Eng
III, .uieu si IT, VI ''"'
1851 sHIps, ,
THE WAYS of fEASE'
The Constitution did much useiul ana
valorous service after this, but in more
naaceful ways, A temptest in a teapot
49,, hno,,oa In 1904 hy tho cut,,ng off NJ
was '''"'a :" -''' 80 49,
Jacksons hesu from lhe inquire ~ '"e
bow. Indeed, this silly act excited
violent political disturbance, but In the
end II was found to have been the fool
ish act OF sailor VINO oplecteu 10 y
land-lubber as me hsureheau ol oui
nobiest ship. subsequently the on"
lronsides' as she was anectlonatels ~ 81.