New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-13
"THE FIGUREIIEAD MAN.
TIE PRAvED PRESIDENT JACKsoN'S
ANGER DY SAVING HIS EFFlGY
From THE BOW OF THE
CONSTITUTION.
r., n The Philadelphia Times.

~, y,". ;S3 set The United States in flame ny Il
Il" III which while il throws curious a'li nv rs
,rg side LINT upon the history OF the tiAeS' Has
nryor app,l red IL full ia print be lore. ,, o &C.
che man is Captain Samuel L. Dewey III" 20 go,
, az and The deed which made him famous
in tn. days Of Jacksons Administrative vi" W. 1ock
20" niac"d IS nguTohead ON the famous o'' snip
Constitution. 49,. how, cot tho Vhics
~ ~n itb drli.hr. and made tho federaliss VINO
.ust at that time were bc6inn!hs 10 ~ fersnn Demo
TO- Two now ard popular title OF Jefferson D,inO
r2atsDafteward shortened TO Democrats Sl,'p pyrn
equally will with anger NothiiS az f inckson.
tbrGw better light on the popularity " -" fhs
snd for his reason the affair not known TO tn ms
generation. and matter OF n.',I 80 lis Being the
tory OF a difficult and dangerous i'd''c' "'' "'"0
By a brave man, a peculiar interest
SAVED EY DR.. HOLMES
To understand the story completely, IL - rhen
cary TO g" o, in The Boston Advertiser" that
ihe Naval authorities had decided 10 ueS tbr Old
& 80 No war Of 81 Their planl;s had become
rotten. ard the .hlI" VET aufh6rl,ies' however.
a.,nrcc;aio the continental glamour when n ~,
around the Constitution: ahI %Srndn IIolmrs then
twentyonc years old flung the poem Of Tu ines be-
sIeS - Nv tear her tattcred ensign down
Struck the popular chord fun ana 5tI1E9' nn could
as it aftcrwlrd appeared WIS ''t t thoss lines
help thrilling with Indignation al 'hoSe '"'"
IN. Harmless Of the shore shall piaek
~. ca.lr u TIE sca!
md the Navy Department ac'''eS'eu ~ 1'
rAcKsoS.s HEAD CAUSED AN uPROAR.
=, r,s come time after this that 1t was found
that in order to keep aioat tne ,,,it Sc,or,l-
al tho shin would have 10 be repuit. q g.,
;n She was do, ked at Charl' ST w IN thr ' hr
dryicck erected in the country, ana lc'" ,bn nld
own lines ony I'm me cdh TI of the navy yar
wa, then Commodore Elliot, an ai'I1 nv rohniidin,
mi Great admircr Of Jackson IL me reDu.i,,,
M - me former figjIrehcad Of the conTtltu,,
zion one of allcgoric.il character; -, /, sou
by one modelled in likeness to fresdeh, -n1 by
L
onmoiorc Hull who had charge 81 ' dnnrnvnJ If
hs' rrr hy Mahlon Dickinson. thrn Sefrrthry
Of the Navy and good, II not Deter r'u'' ''''
A. soon however as the public Nnew H
claage which was as soon as IN" ~" a. Loud A
WIS launched. in ls2f, there wa" an', r ~ the in
rrotcst as that in 1890 upon me Irp"' ,,,n~ ran
tended destruction Of me oid snip was ncrea sed
~ forco nv the contemptuous action q IL
Elliot in anchorirg the cons Inn facing west
Town Uarbor with the nose "l the 'P rlss,n,yn
ard not twtniy-llyc feet from Wy, ,,;rrr Elliot
brdgc However gallant and III h,erv have never
W., si"c,sSfui,y Cuestioned-he was no dpi'rit
EVefy oir ~ r.I Inns in Charlcstown liarhor was
~ tntj,, n6r.hcast on account OF the nor 80
Wits vaTrhps anchored in the harbor in ne Gus
t0mary way. bore NUT ,'s irir IAN The feelings
Of thn Nuddcscx County men against tHe IA" I,.,.r
suIt 10 their political faith II Wa tou -. oman
o. rrxyaI WAS still at high tide, and Ideals "c''
tho handspring OF action
HE SAWED THE HEAD OFF
u v,oe under these circumstances that Dap it,
Dewey. then hardy young shi ,p f,nried insult
'onsIng but one ohcr who took no raTt II, MN, me
When The rain beat in torrents and me Rmi iih
and thunder continuous to st,n. 90 ~ .Rv
1Vhttc Who lien kept a number Of skis anu S'iii,
boats near the CharlestOWl uo,.oj nuintlv OUT
oars with pieces Of old shirts. he r0wed Gun 30
into the shadow thrown 10y the black nun Vi ''
Colsltutloii =. "a, si,o Of the vessel he stopped
rc,r he war ropes aIndships. ana. securing ms
boat ninby climbed up on the SNIP , pr him TO
shelter and Captain Dewey safely re9ach99u t tic
shelter boards which had been place" u''o'' '''
@ SpnEf s ii so sfsc% ana nat 2f 'Sa
The Indepcndence were thrown on IN" hsurSne,au
ms a prccaution against any such attempt Ly,ns
So"ris Captain Dewey could still by reaching out
and up with one hand reach the neck OF the hguie
thrac hours on the sticky Southern pine. and finally
got tho head off not me ent5g Wa 'E M on the
BACK Of the Jackson head and the portion s'; M
on wa" bo V enough for the Intended purpose.
Then after surmounting the di'hci ticS Oh tnc r.
and the tide 50 Ow that h. had To wade quite u
way through mud 10 the shore ue auVc"t"iou"
sailor reached land III safely
A PRESENT FOR THE PRESIDENT
One can now but family imagine the tremendous
Fry which went up Oh discovery of The disisure-
mcnt Wings hCwlcd with delight MiddleseN WIS
washington cane a storm OF win iictye protest.
TRY as the authorities could however. no trace was
f had not 1' vet e ubsdc when captain Dewey decided
for some reason that 1t would De a goo1 tnlns 70
ingy. he set of for Washington with IT, In Phii1-
dspha he mt WGy M H by h res 5oI to m
vesfigaie the affairs Of the United States Bank. He
knew them both and the story was too good to
keep SO he tod them. Continuing then to Wash
ington. he arrived there in February. and for two
Jackson was at that time seriously III with a