The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-01-23

In fne I BIIItGegdtt
TROOPS of other States. In the winter
| succeeding the Battle of C~hbckaniauGa
I sent 10 General Longstreets corps II
600 suits Of clothing complete. AZ the
surrender of General Johnston the State
he'd on hand ready made aIri III cioti
Or, 600 suits OF uniforms. with great
stores Of blankets. leather. etc.
Cant. Crossan lived in North Caro-
| lima after the war. but did not survive
il many months. and died III warren
| county. He WAS an open-hearted. gen
erous gentleman. devofedIy attacned ["
| his adopted State. which he served so
faithfully in time of need. yet loving al
WAYS his friends and kindred III the
North az we'll as in the South.
When the ADVANCE was finally cap
tured. it was under the command OF u
Scctchman. Captain Wiley.
JOHN JULIUS GUTHRIE was
| another gentleman who for 4 short
| wbilet commanded the Advance. and
WAS also in the naval service of the Con
federacy at New Orleans and else
here. For thirty years prior to the
| war between the States he had been an
| officer in the United States Navy. had
| served with distinction III the War with
! Mexico. and III the 10Th of November.
| 1886. aided in reducing the barrier
forts i'll the Canton River. when the
| United States ships san Jacinto.'
.Portsmouth' and .'Levant," together
| with the English fleet under Rear Ad-
| miral Seymour. taught the Chinese n
lesson in international courtesy. On
| the occasion last named. Lieutenant
| Guthrie hauled down a Chinese flag from
| one of the forts. and. a few years later
| presented it to his native State. For
| this gift he received Il vote Of thanks
| from the General Assembly of North
| Carolina in 1859. In his last years
| (after the close of the War between the
| States, he was made Superintendent of
| the Life-saving Stations between Cape
Henry and Cape Hatteras. While serv-
ing in this capacity he was drowned Off
| the coast Of North Carolina near Nays
Head, i'll November, 1877. while endeay-
| oring to rescue the passengers and crew
| from the wreck of the steamship ''Hu-
ron.
When the War with Spain came on,
the Old North State had no reason to
believe that her race Of sailors had be-
come extinct or had lost the breed OF
noble blood At the outbreak of hos
~tilities, the Senior Rear Admiral Of the
Navy land officer highest in rank was
WILLIAM ALEXANDER KIRK
LAND. who was born III Orange county.
North Carolina. Admiral Kirkland was
in command Of the Naval Station near
San Francisco. Cal, during the War
with Spain. not being assigned to sea
duty. He died on the day after the
date set by law for his retirement on
account of age, but was not placed on
the retired list. as the war was then
under Acting Rear .Admiral Thatcher
i'll progress.
During the War betWee the States
he had sided with the Union. and served
in the attack on Mobile, Alabama, but
served in foreign stations during the
greater part of the war.
WORTH RAGLEY, of Raleigh,
North Carolina, was the only naval Off
GER on the American side who was killed
in the curse of the War with Spain.
His death occurred May II, 1898, i'll
Il fight off Cardenas, Cuba, while an
Ensign attached to the torpedo boat
'Winslow." Like many Of the others,
heretofore named, Ensign Bagley be
longed to Il family which had dome the
State some service" His father had
served as Major in the Confederate
Army. and his mother is Il daughter of
| the late Governor Worth.
Since the death of Ensign Bagley
a torpedo BOAT in the Navy has been
named in his honor, and the citizens Of
his State. and he country at large.
are preparing to erect a monument to
his memory a memorial tablet in the
chapel at the United States Naval Acad-
envy also commentaries his life and
| death.
While the people mourned for Ragley.
the exploit OF RICHMOND PEARSON
HOBSO\. III sinking the 'Merrimac,"
| WAS hgl.l1U1at 70 thp world ThoJOh
yielding TO the just clai1n of Alabama
as the "native land: of this officer,
North Carolina remembers with pride
that she gave birth to both of his pa
rents. and that her Supreme Court was
for many years presided over by his
grandfather. Chief Justice Pearson, for
whom he is named.
Nor should We forget the achieve
ment of VICTOR BLUE. by means or
whose p~erilous tour into the harbor Of
Santiago-an exploit second to none in
the wa1-the fleet of Admiral Cevera
was located. Though reared in South
Carolina, Lieutenant Blue is a native OF
Richmond county, North Carolina, and
Il grandson of Captain John Blue. who
led out a company. of United States
volunteers from Richmond county dur
ing the War of 1872.
Such is Il brief list of the brave and
distinguished naval officers furnished
by North Carolina in the course of our
foreign wars and i'll the War between
the States. That many worthy names
have been omitted is fully recoglized.
but the few here mentioned shows that
solls of the Old North State have never
held back i'll the hour of danger.
May each North Carolinian who en-
ters the service hereafter emulate their
| III avery, and endeayOr To hecnua q,
true type of the American naval officer
mostly ornamental in days of peace.
but a very present help i'll time of
trouble.
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