The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-03

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the end the colony decayed and their ex-
pertinent IN government was abandoned
! IL ~ with an account Of this partner
ship in crime aud stateCraft and brief
mention of JOSEPH BRADIsH. Captain
VAST. WILLIAM News, THOMAS JOKES
> and other rakish characters of the Young
Colonial period who did not die in the
odor Of sanCtity that Mr.. CHARLFs
OSCAR pAULI.rN begins an article en-
titled Early Voyages Of American
Naval N,s,srls To the Orient" in our
staid contemporary UHiisi StGtss Ndrdi
iRSifuie P.occsfiH0s for June. seldom
are lt~ pages lighted up by 81 a pictur-
,-S1ur a contribution. The New England
buccaneers had been shot ar hanged
1 ar had settled down To n humdriIm life
bv l7in and the Americans had ~ touch
again with the Orient until about i7s3,
the wear Of the treaty % Paris The
Empress or China was then fitted out by
merchants 81 New York AID Philadel-
phia To- trade with China. taking out as
sru"rcargn Major SAMUEL SHAW. late
of the Continental Artillery, She sail"d
! on the anniversary Of WASHINGrOS's
birthday m i7N+. and after putting in at
Dutch settlements IN Java and Portu-
gtI"-c Macao she arrived at Canton on
August ~. the first American vessel to
be- s.N'n in u Chinese port. The follow
inG yel- the Grand Turk. Captain EBENE-
zsK WFSr sd,,-i from Salem, and was
the first ship of the republic To fiy ihe
stars ard Stripes in East Indian ports
Eight american vessels tried their luck
I in the China trad" IN i7s8, and Major
. SkMUEL SHAW became the first Ameri-
/ can Consul AZ Canton and in the Orient.
II was not many years before those
fine old families the Derbys. Cabots,
/ Thorndlkes, Sturgis~es. Higginsons.
Lees. Preb!es, Peabodys, Masons and
GrtvS were embarked in the China
traffic and the wharves 81 Boston. Salem,
Newport New Bedford and New Haven
were periodically heapod up with bales
and boxes consigned 10 and brought
! from the Far East II was ON the occa-
sion II the arrival Of the Chesapeake Of
! Baltimore at BENGAL in i7ss that Lord
CoRNwALl.IS. who had surrendered at
Yorktown and was then Governor Gen
eral Of India. ordered the American
flag To ne saluted In the early '9Os
STEPHEN GIRARD Of Philadelphia cent
out the Monte<quieu. HelveiiuS. Vol
tar" and Rousseau ships ~ beautiful
model. Ia Calcutta, the Dutch East
Indies and China Earlier than this the
Continental Congress had gwen Captain
1HoMNS TErXTpS Of the good shin Can
ton u Sea letter commenting him To the
most serene. serene. most puiSsant
PulSsant. high. illustrinI-. noble. hon
orabiP venerable wi~c and prudent
emp"rurS, kings, republics princes.
duke- earlS. baron-. LORDS. burgnmas-
ter. cuunS".!or~. ~ also judge, ufficrrs.
Iu-tiriaries, regents. &c
Tn" American navy was not seen IN
IN" Fast Intia and China -.,a. until
the war vith Frame. when President
ADAMS eariv in 1851 DESPATCHED the.
'hIrtv-two gun fricate E.~sax. Captain
ErwAHD PKEBLE. Ia the Ear East To
convoy home merchant feet. The
E>scy had been huiit nv patriotic cltl-
zen, of salem PRERIF. horn m Port
lani. wa. later To- distinguish himself in
Wv WI Nhll lNtlH'its pilN NN'L IleT-
chantmrn. az II them carving guns /.
AMI fire. Ehtci chiefly with cof". sugar
an v-.rD"r. PRERIr brought horn. from
IN" "a ia the new century With
French rrivat""-> b" had -evr-al 1rISh.-,
Earlv m January. 1915. Commander
~rErHEE DFCNTtR was ort"F'si ~ hoist
h., Tag ~ cumman i"- of ia" President
Peacock. H"rn"t an Tom Bovine. a !,
feet 'ctai'l 20 NIatIc Water Ia BRO
tot im"~Ican c"nmerc" from the
To- r" ia'Ipns ~ the British. who were
It'll NJ wa- with m" republic The
President With DECATIK on board fell
IngloriorI-iv into IN" han1s Of the enemy
oH New York harbor on January T..
hut the other ships. under Captarn
LrwTS WNFRiNGTON. got away safely
on January % The Pcacock wa, the
only vessel that reached the Straits Of
Snnda. ami ther" she made several CAP
lures " East lndiamen and after the
# peace had a brisk fight
with IN" East India Company cruiser
Nautilus which she captured +,
Tn" war with Great Britain concluded
~ IN" spring # 1915. there was a great
rcv,Val Of trade with Asia Salem had
ffty-".ght Vessels in the Orient by 1871.
Ginseng opium. quicksilver, lead. iron.
copper. steel. skins. cotton goods cam
lot and broadcloth were exchanged for
teas. silks, ca-sla. camphor. rhubarb.
sugar and vermIlon. To protest our
merchant fleet the Government sent out
IN" Congress. thlrty--ix guns and $50
officers and men. Captain JOHN DAN
bridge HENLEY Of Virginia, IN 1919.
Tn" Congress was the frst American
inan-of-war 20 visit Manila. entering tho
bay IN January %. IS2o. seventy eight
years befOr" DEwEY's victory HENLEY
was Hospitality received by IN" Cover
nor. MARIANA FERNASDFZ ~ Fol-
CUERAs. From y"urvy and cholera the