The age-herald., 1900-05-03
 THE LOVELLS
 OF MISSISSIPPI

From the New Orleans Times-Democrat.
 Lieutenant John Quitman Lowell, who a few years ago was well known in New Orleans and whose family history is one of which any young man, however am- bilious, might well be proud, is in the city, at the Denechaud. Lieutenant Lowell has been paymaster of the artillery train ing ship Amphtrte, a double-turreted monitor, since the spring of 1888, and has now been relieved, with orders to hold himself in readiness to join the battleship Kentucky when she goes into commission, which will be May 1. Lieutenant Lowell is not at all fond of talking about himself, and he told the Times-Democrat reporter last night that he felt almost constrained not to talk for publication at all, owing to one or two rather absurd blunders that had been made about his service One of the principal mistakes, he said, was in connecting him with the Greedy relief ex- petition.
 As assistant paymaster he had helped fit out the Thetis for that expedition, but had not accompanied her. He had how ever, after her return taken a long cruise in her around the Horn, up to Eitka and
 
 of Alaska, remaining with this ship SS months, or until the spring of 1898, when he was attached to the Amphitrite and went with her to Porto Rican waters her service in which is well remembered. Since the war the Amphtrte has been used as training ship in gunnery for seamen, and two classes of gunners are turned out each year. They are taught all the theory and practice of the operation of heavy naval artillery, and Lieutenaft Lowell states that some of the best gunnery seen in the operations around Cuba, and espe- cially at Santiago, was the work of grad uates from this training ship. The Am phitrite has been stationed in summer off New Bedford Mass, and in winter off Port Royal, S. c.
 Lieutenant Lovells father, Colonel w. s. Lowell, was appointed to the navy in 1S47 and graduated in 1850. He went to the Arctic ocean, under Lieutenant De- Haven, in search of Sir John Franklin, and Dr. Kane, who afterward acquired greater fame an Arctic adventurer, was sur geon on board that vessel They returned safely and then Lieutenant Lowell receiv- ed one medal from Queen Victoria and an- other from the English residents of New York city for his part in that rescue. Af- terward MT. Lowell rendered similar ser vice in the rescue of Dr. Kane who fol- lowed Sir John Franklin to the frozen zone. MT. Lowell resigned from the navy in 1858 and later rendered distinguished service to the cause of the confederacy one exploit being the closing of the month of Pensacola bay by sinking several ves- sels across it's entrance and shutting in the federal feet feat which resembIed in conditions and equaled in daring the feat of Lieutenant Hobson in Santiago harbor.
 Afterward MT. Lowell, as navigator in the Confederate service, successfully ran the blockade from Wilmington under cir cumstances so unfavorabIe that the feat mas not yet ceased to be discussed with wonder by naval historians.
 Lieutenant Lovells uncle, Gen. Mansfield Lowell, was in command in New Orleans when the city fell, and he evacuated just Tn time to avoid General Butler His ma ternal grandfather, Gen. John Ouitman was gallant officer in the Mexican war and was the man who forced the city of Chapultepec and marched his victorious army into the City of Mexico, afterwarfl becoming governor of the conquered state. Lieutenant Lovells paternal grandfather Joseph Lowell, was the distinguished sur geon general of the United States army from 1918 to 1S96 and was the first to hold that office.
 Lieutenant Lowell will spend several days visiting friends in this city, of whom he has many He has not lived here for about eighteen years, but has paid a num- Der of visits in that time. His family is at present in Baltimore
 Lieutenant Loyels father died in Janu- ary in this city, beloved and respected by | all the older residents. Owing to a con | troversy arising over the character of his | service in blockading days and its compar- | ison with Hobsons, Colonel Eovell con- | tributed the following to the Vicksburg l Herald in December, 1898:
 | To the Herald:
 In 1861 I obstructed the channel of Pen | sacola harbor, between Fort Pickens, on | Santa Rosa Island, Fla, and Fort McRea | by sinking four vessels chained together. 1 The distance between the forts was about l three-quarters of mile. lowed the ves- l sels out with two steamers on a dark night and passed nearly 100 guns on the | battery along the beach on Santa Rosa | Island. It was close we distinctly heard 1 the sentinels sing out, 1.-TWO o'clock, and |