Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-02

and exercised wide influence. She wrote
| books and poetry and songs. and was
the author of that Old-fashiOned ballad
that was very popular in your grand
mothers time, II M Sitting on the Stie
Mary.
! On the north side Of the Bay of Bel
| fast. about six miles below the city, is
the ancient town Of Carrickfergus, which
| is OF peculiar interest to Americans be-
cause the father of Andrew Jackson was
born there and from there emigrated in
! 1865 and found farm in the wilderness
of North Carolina.
Where John Paul Jones Fought.
1t was there. ALSO that John Paul
! Jones, with the Ranger. fought the Drake,
a British soop-of-war. April -, IT'S.
The Drake was in the harbor near the
Castle Of Carrickfergus. when the Ranger
came in sight, and coaXed her out for
enga cement which occurred promptly in
mi,i-channel, and for while there was
very lively action on both sides. The Drake
carried twenty four-p pound guns and ] t.
| seamen. The Ranger carried eighteen
siX-pound guns and lob scamen. several
of whom We're Irishmcn from Belfast. and
one from Carrickfereus The Drake was
! the larger vessel but was not handled
as easily as the Ranger. The fight lasted
an hour and fifteen minutes. when the
! Drake struck her colors. Her captain,
| Burder by name, was killed. Lieut..
Dobbs. the next in command. was mortal
! ly wounded and her deck was covered
! with the dead land the dying. The Ranger
had only three killed and five wounded
| Capt Jones remained in the bay for
several days making repairs. and sent all
! the wounded ashore to Carrickfergus.
| Lieut.. DObbs died the morning after the
| battle and is buried in the church yard
| of the little village Of I.isburn near by.
where he lies beside the great and good
Jeremy Taylor, Bishop of Armagh, who
! died i'm 1861
| 1t was on the day before the battle that
| Capt. Jones made his raid upon the castle
of Lord Selkirk at Kirkcudbright Scot
| land, across the Irish channel. and car
| ried away with him the family plate,
which was surrendered by Lady Selkirk to
| avoid a mutiny among the crew. But
| Capt. Jones. after FIVE years of persist
ent work. recovered the entire collection
and restored it safely to its original own
ers. even paying for its carriage to Scot
! land. Last year Capt. Stockton, the
American military attache at London,
sent TO the Navy Department at Wash
| ington copies OF several characteristic let
| tiers written by John Paul Jones to Lady
Selkirk and to Lord Selkirk concerning
| the matter.
Where William of Orange Landed.
Carrickfergus was the place where Will
liam OF Orange landed for the conquest
of Ireland June 49, 1880 and from there
he marched southwark to his crowning
victory at the battle of the Boyne The
| old castle. which Is believed to have been
| built by John de Courcy in the twelfth
| century, and where King John made his
| headquarters in 1910. is still standing and
| In very good condition.
l There are many charming villas and
| suburbs on both shores of the Tough of
Belfast. which are owned and occupied
| by the business men of the city. At
! Bangor are the ruins of an old abbey
| founded by ST. Columbia, who sailed from
| there upon his mission to convert Scot
| land to Christianity.
! The railway companies here have a
| practice which might be adopted with
| profit in the United States. They give
| one annual pass for a term of five years
/ to every person who will erect a house
costing a reasonable amount of money
at any of the suburban towns along their
! line. This pass is given to the head OF