Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1906-05-16
WITH PAUL JONES.
.vc OF HIS CREW BURIED AT
MANsET.
-,.S ngowS FOUGHT wTTH JONES
INTERESTING STORIES or THE
FAMOUS OLD FIGHTER.

ra a matter OF considerable import to
-, ,.ople Of Eastern Maine that in the
~ ,,s.r in which the dust OF Admiral
,onss was brought to America, the
r. r., .,,ot Of one of his brave seamen,
,han Brown, has been located at
w,n.st Mt. Desert. Manset Is part
~ township OF Southwest Hsrbor,
Jonathan Brown spent the last
~ his life. He was known as
.1.h,,, Brown both in his family and
...rg the towuspeopie, and as such he Is
asa,.r,bered. His granddaughter, Mrs.
r,oxl,s says she does not recall hearing
A. .posen Of by any other name, In spite
:, ,he fac, that he appears In the town
..u,r,s as Jonathan Brown.
The Maine Daughters OF the Revolution
-. tor some time known that one OF
=. hrsvs followers OF Paul Jones Is buried
:. NJ, Desert island and OF late have been
s.,,ching for the grave in order that IL
nav be properly marked.
la, wear, while the list OF soldiers
.-,vns 4, be decorated on Memorial Day
=. t.a,ng reviewed, William Herrick, one
=, the Oldest residents OF the place, called
.,,sution to the fact that in some portion
:, the Nansot ehurchyard Was buried a
r,.n whose name, though long since for
so,,eu, should yet be revered. Mr.. Herrick
-.,otlested when only u small lad hearing
. remark made by an old man whose
u.me was Ward, to William Brown, son OF
aiohnn Brown, somewhat as follows;
aguliam, you ought to have
s,oos plsf7sa on your fathers grave. for he
t,evbt vlth John Paul Jones ON the Bon
honrne Richard. Only brave men went
With Jones, and they saw hard fighting.
Twas ony word or two, but 1t chung
IA, 10 this childish memory and proved to
b the keynote which, when sounded
vsars after. opened the book of local his
tory at long forgotten page.
Ii CHANGED, too, that Mrs. A. II. C.
Knowles, Of East Concord, n. H., grand
daughter o. John" Brown, while visit
Ing in Manset three years ago after an
sbsence Of nearly hfty years, had pointed
oat tbs grave Of her grandfather to her
son, who lives In Manset. Thus II was
through Mrs. Knowles that the grave was
finally located at the rear OF the Msnsst
church, tine oldest church on Mt.
Desert island.
THR FAMOUS SEA FIGHT.
The famous sea fight in which Brown
took part, occurred of Marlborough
Head, In the North Sea, In the bright
glare Of full moon, on the evening OF
September 3, 1T7g. With his ships wheel
shot away, the tillet shattered, the lower
gun deck swept clear and forever silenced,
and exposed to the hostile fire OF one OF
The vessels Of his own fleet manned by
The disloyal iAndais, Paul Jones, on the
Bonhomms Richard, faced Capt. Richard
PEARSON and the Scraps teariessly.
By putting into action spare steeragc
sesr-provided by his own forethought
before leaving portland blanketing the
wind from the Scraps, 80 that she vas
unable to make any Roadway, Jones sue
eseded in hooking the catboard tiuke OF
the enemy's starboard anchor in his
mizRsn chains, where 1t was quickly
lEshed. Thus the advantage OF the foe
vas for the most part cut OF, for any
a'iempt at great gun firing was impos-
sihle. Thcn the battle was confined to
masketry fire on the upper decks. Man
altar man Of the Scraps tried to cut the
eords which joined the antagonists, but
The approach to the crucial point where
the two ships were dashed together, was
commanded by the fire OF the Richard,
and the instant a man approached this
point to cut the lashings, the rapid lire OF
Jones mpsket picked him of, for the
commander himself was guarding this
important quarter.
From the lower gun deck of the Scraps
there Was continually pouring forth
charge Of ammunition, which, penetrat-
ing the deserted gun deck OF the Richard,
hhally set ii on tire. The few men left on
TINS abandoned deck, working with a will,
used the water which was moment by
moment washing into the hold OF the
vessel and fast sinking her TO quenoh the
names which were sweeping over her
oecks. In the midst OF all this wreckage
and carnage, at the point when excite
nent ran highest, Jones summoned a
boarding party, headed by John Msyrant,
which, armed with pistols and cutlssses,
Raped the rails of the Scraps to fight the
maj stage of the struggle man to man.
In this party were only men who had
suffered in English dungeons, and with
the cry on their lips, "Remember the
rortsea Jail" they charged on the weak
ened crew OF the Scraps. They met little
resistance. But one man, member OF
Inc Scraps crew, was killed. Capt. Pear
son, now that he saw the Americans-the
pirates, as the English choose to call them
IN control OF his ships, seized the ensign
Aalyards and struck his flag himself.
Inc lighting ceased, but the conauering
snip, now that her work was done was
aowiy sinking-her task was ended, her
'etory won, and with her victorious dead
gathered to her racked and battle Scared
SIDE, she sank.
after the battle was over the crew OF
sne Richard, together with the prisoners,