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about foreign matters, that he had failed
to see what afterward was very plain He
recounted the exc tement on change over
the affair. and expressed the conviction
that all Eng and would have demanded
speedy redress. had | taken the Trent.
He had seen the reports in print in our
newspapers and had read my orders to
take possession and wondered that l had
not.
Although Capt. Wilkes and / viewed the
seizure of the comm ssioners from differ
ent points Of view, | cannot close this
narrative without saying that Wilkes
was one of our very best officers, a man
of strong will power, brave and intelli-
gent. and l always entertained the high
est respect for his abilities and worth.
Copyright 1911, by the Century Company
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even many Of the luXuries required. one
might suppose, to cause a woman to be
forgetful of the fact that she has tear
duct anywhere about her. 1t may, in
fact, be found in such surroundings
even oftener than in the humber dOmi-
Giles of our broad and beautiful land.
wherein the ordinary events of any day
might be expected to remind almost any
woman that this is a sad, sad world.
This type of weather, however. is not so
trying as those msty or threatening sea-
SONS when it is impossible to consider
ones self safe from the imminent ava
lanche which obstinateiy refuses to get
on the job.
On the rr.r!cnle prohah'V that long
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number of women and children and mails
and specie bound to various ports, the
capture would seriously inconvenience in
nocent persons and merchants, so that
! had determined, before taking her. to
lay these matters before him for more
serious consideration. / gave my real
reasons some weeks afterward to Sec.e-
tary Chase. whom ! met by chance at
the Treasury Department. he having
asked me to explain why ! had not lit
orally obeyed Capt Wilkes instructions.
| told him that ii was because ! was
impressed with England's sympathies for
the south, and felt that she would be
glad to have good a ground to declare
war against the United States. Mr..
Chase seemed surprised, and exclaimed
You have certainly relieved the govern
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threatening comes home to roost and
that a shower in the bush is worse than
two in the handkerchief, it is this wealth
er which renders most vexed, peeved OF
otherwise displeased the man about
whom it circles.
This brings us to the important state
ment that the weather with which we
so often find ourselves unexpected Y sur
rounded never reaches its highest de-
velopment unless 1t has within its orbit
q man.
1t may be a husband, it may be q
father. 1t may be a finance, or an employ
er, on only a little brother, or the off1ce-
boy. But IL there are only women in the
environment it is to be noted that even
as 1t were. fiat Perhaps 1t is because
these women have some weather of their
own to dispose of or to place, or per-
haps because, being fellow-employes In
the weather factory. they are up to all
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ment from great embarrassment. to say
the least"
l returned Immediately to the Trent
and Informed Capt Moir that Capt.
Wilkes would not longer detain him.
and he might proceed on his voyage.
The steamers soon separated. and thus
ended one of the most critical events
Of our civil war.
We went up the coast from st. Au-
gustine to the blOckading feet off
Charleston. thence TO Fort Monroe
from VIII ch point we were ordered
first to New York and afterward to
Boston. with the prisoners When we
reached the outer roads of Boston |
escorted the four gentlemen to Fort
Warren. and parted from them with
expressions of the most pleasant char
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acter: for everything had been done
by Capt. Wilkes and his officers to
make them feel at home while on
board the vessel.
Mr.. Eustis and myself had several
conversations to the prOba bic re-
ception of the news in England and
on the continent. He maintained from
the first that England would imme-
diately demand their release, and that
our government would be obliged to
accede to tn demand When Mr.. Sill
dell was leaving the side of the Trent
he said to his wife. Goodbye. my dear
we shall meet in Paris in sixty days"
If l remember Alright. he was but
twenty days longer in rejoining her.
with Capt. Moir. in the presence of an
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the trade secrets and it is impossible to
impose upon them.
But you take d man, set him in full
sight. and the temperamental display is
on. continuing until further notice, and
ending only when the Wet M shows the
high sign of starting rival display or of
folding about him his raincoat, slipping
on his chest protector and vanishing
amidst the storm. to enter if possible
a zone wherein the rays % TIE aurora
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Wilkes that 1 had not taken the Trent
as a prize, as he had instructed me to
do. giving certain reasons which salts
fed him; for he replied: 'Inasmuch as
you have not taken her, you will let her
go" or proceed on her voyage" To
make clear one OF these reasons / should
before have mentioned that Capt Wilkes
while at Havana had learned more def
initely OF the character of Du Points
fleet, from which he inferred its destina-
ton. for Of the southern ports the larger
vessels could enter only Port Royal He
directed me ito refit our battery and get
the San Jacinto ready in all respects for
battle" adding that he would ''join Du
Pont In time to cooperate with him -
(As II was. Port Royal fell the day be-
fore we boarded the Trent. as we learned
on our arrival off Charleston
The reasons ! assigned to Capt. Wilkes
for my action were: First, that the cap
ttire OF the Trent would make it neces-
sary to put a large prize crew (officers
and mem on board, and thus materially
weaken our battery for use at Port Royal
secondly, that as there were large
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A Type.

~APT. HARDNESS LLOYD of the Brit
~ ish polo team. described. al a lunch
con at Tuxedo, the typical young British
officer.
"A typical British officer" he said. was
one who, quartered for two years in
Cairo never got out to see the Pyramids.
You see.' he explained. what with
polo and parties and cricket and bridge.
myself.
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JAMES VI. MASON. CONFEDERATE
COMMISSIONER TO GREAT BRIT
AIN.
by powerful navies: and when we reached
Key West | suggested that he consult
with Judge Marvin. one of the abest
maritime lawyers. | soon saw. however,
that he had made up his mind to inter-
cept and capture the Trent, as well as to
take possession of the commissioners, and
] therefore ceased TO discuss the affair.
AS the next in rank 70 Capt. Wilkes, |
claimed the right TO board the mail packet
Capt. wilkes fully expected that | would
tender my services for this delicate
duty and rather left 10 me the plan Of
carrying out his instructions. Follow
ing is the text of Capt. Wilkes instruc-
tons:
~. s. Steamer San Jacinto. At sea.
November ;, 1861 Sir: You will have the
second and third cutters of this ship
fully manned and armed. and be in all
respects prepared to board the steamer
Trent. now hove to under our guns.
ION boarding her you will demand the
papers or he steamer, her clearance
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an amount of varegated
weather not to be eXcelled by the out
put of the east coast in the gladstone
Mayt.me, the gulf states syndicate
during the period Immediately sur
rounding Christmas and the great and
thoroughly weathered plains of the
far southwest at any season from June
to December and from December back
to June.
There is, for instance the weather
which Is carried around by the pet Of
the household
This is what may be termed variable
and some what gusty in character. rip
ped up by occasional wild breezes, be-
spr.nkled by frequent shower SO,
and as liable to ripen a good crop OF
the affections as the wind flaws of an
early Marcn in Labrador are to bring
the peaches of the state of Delaware
to blush pink color tone or to start
the summer roses on their pinky path
in the gardens Of the southland.
There Is the chill or frigid weather
carried about with her by the disap-
proving mother, the sister with the
tI-grouch OH. or the dear teacher
who has detected Johnnie in the heinous
crime of writing love sonnets in school
to his sweetnearts eyebrows and
uring -ng her large red apples with
ueuicatory verse, running
lf you Iuv me as 1 iuV you
knO nfe can kut our luv In to-"
This is g. sort of weather greatly
affected also by the vexed, upset,
angered or otherwise peeved fiancee
who has tip from mother that the
way to keep a man is to keep him In
not water. And this weather. 1 am
almost sure, will bring Its own re-
ward Though what that reward may
be depends upon the nature of the
young man in the case.
Then there is the weather that Is
partly hot and partly cold.
This variety includes a summer tenn
perature in which any self-respecting as
phalt pavement would sag down into
fluid state. and the spray of the foun-
tain sizze as it strikes the kindred cool
ness in the basin. 1t Is often made COM
plete by heat lightning streaking the
heroism of an evening when a person
would think things would have chance
to cool off, and 1t is coupled with
low roll of thunder on the air, showing
beyond a doubt that there will be heavy
storms followed by a hot wave later on.
This is offset by a winter temperature
which has the experience of our various
pole seekers dashed to the mast and
warmed up like the last seasons output
of the ice cream trust.
Weather of this sort may be relied upon
to chill in his veins the life blood Of the
offending even slightly 1nd1screet hus-
hand stiffen the smile upon his home
coming visage. and cause the entire at
mosphere of the happy home to freeze
right up, with him squirmingly inserted
in the exact center of the block of ice.
There is the rainy weather popular
among many of our happy home makers,
wherein the melting tear comes dripping
down in steady showers upon any provo
cation, no provocation or simply because
This weather sops up the rugs in our
most aristocratic family homes where
there may be found all the comforts and
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y October, 1861. the
United States screw
sloop San Jacinto,
of " h i C n Capt.
Charles Wilkes was
commander and the
wri er was eXecu-
tive officer. on her
return from the
west coast of At
RIGA touched at
the Island of st.
Thomas to coal
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THE Story of One of the
i Most Critical Acts of
the Civil War-One Which
Nearly Plunged the Union
and Great Britain Into War
Told Graphically by the
Officer Who Personally Took
the Confederate Commission
ers to England and France
Off the British Mail Steamer
Trent on the High Seas.
~ Rear Admiral D. Mac Neil
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By Charlotte C. Howett.

E%R 1E women move about sur
rounded by large areas of
NM our own atmosphere.
wv In this area is to be found
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IL 81

from Havana, with the list Of passengers
and crew.
Eustis and Mr. Mcfarland be on board.
you will make them prisoners and SEND
them on board this ship Immediately, and
take possession of her as a prize.
Il do not deem 1t Will be necessary TO
use force, that the prisoners Will have the
good sense to avoid any necessity Tor
using IT. but II they should they must be
made to understand that II Is their own
fault.
They must be brought on board.
''All trunks. cases, packages and bags
belonging TO them you will take posses
sion Of and send on board THIS snip: an!
dispatches found on the persons of the
prisoners, or In possession OF those on
board the steamer. will be taken posses
sion Of examined and retained II neces-
sary. 80
II have understood that the families
Of these gentlemen may be with them;
IL so. | beg YOU will offer some of them
in my name passage in this ship TO the
United States. and that all the attention
and comforts We can command are ten
dered them and will be placed al their
service.
I'm the event Of their acceptance,
should there be anything which the cap
tain Of the steamer can spare to In
crease the comforts I'm the way of neceS-
sares or stores, of which war vessel Is
deficient. you Will please to procure them;
the amount will be paid for by the pay
master.
Lieut.. James A. Greer will take charge
of the third cutter which accompanies
you and assist You in these duties. [
trust that all those under your command
in executing this important and delicate
duty will conduct themselves with all the
delicacy and kindness which become the
character of our naval service.
Il am, very respectfully, your obedient
servant. CHARLES WILKES, Captain.
ITO Lieut.. D. NJ Fairfax, L. S. n,
executive officer, San JacintO''
/ was impressed with the gravity OF
my position. and I made up my mind
not to do anything unnecessary in the
arrest of these gentlemen. or anything
that would irritate the captain of the
Trent. or any of his passengers. par
ticularly the commissiOners-lest 1t might
occur to them 20 throw the steamer on
my hands. which would necesstate my
taking her as q prize.
SS al s,l,a INIS al
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This weather sops up the rugs in our
most aristocratic family homes whore
there may be found all the comforts and
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Fairfax.

By Rear Admiral D. Mac Neill
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-01-27

could not be obtained to fortify an ap-
pllcatlon. With the men who went out
near the close of the war their officers
and surgeons were alive and their aff1-
davlts quickly obtained. And their, it
should be remembered, that thousands Of
special pensions have been granted by
action of Congress, allowing pension all
but of proportion to those granted by the
general pension law. And then, it must
not be forgotten, that there have been
granted nanS fraudulent pensions. Had
we had service pension iaw,- millions
OF dollars would have been saved and no
INJURY done tn any Old soldier, for the
short term men would nUL have been
preIuded from obtaining pensions for
wounds and disabilities at The same rate
as the long service men. The trouble
has been, as the Old Soldier intlmates
That the pension agents at " ashingtOn,
ID. Z. have had too much Influence III
shaping the pension Iaws,ln Uruer 10 fun
ther their business, for service pension
law, would have mad5 1t easy for the Old
veteran to secure pension without their
aid and save the $25 paid them by each
penslOner for their services. No veteran
begrudges pension TO any old cOmrade
whatever his services may have been, but
many think it unfair and unjust to place
them on the same footing with those who
received large bUuntles and saw but lit
Tie or no active service. Our pension
laws have been influenced too much by
political considerations and the pension
appropriations augmented for political
effect, especially, The special pensions.
But 1t Is now too late 10 complain, for
only about ten percent uf the "OId Boys"
are left and they will soon be gone, pen
slOns or no pensions, but the civil pen
SlOns budget wis continue and people
will wonder ii the u veterans are never
going 10 die but live forever
Tie government has been extremely
generous toward the veterans OF all wars
Ill Which IL has oeeu engased,p irticular-
~ Tie CIVIL War,auu every veteran appre-
cIdLte the generosity vi the people, III
giving thCm llbei al pensions and prOvid-
ing homes in whicn Ihey can spend their
declining years Ill comfort. yet, we have
thought II the pensions had been little
larger, the homes could be dispensed
with and the OLD sol Iers spend their re-
naming days with reIatives and friends,
ana The millions OF dollars now spent
annually 10 main ain the homes saved
and thus reduceu The pension appropria-
lions.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-01-27
Sdf ty on Railroads

According TO the report Of the Inter
state Conn., cree Commission 1877 rail
road emplOye- we Kill ed and 1924,
were more or less severly injured, "n the
rair ads Of the United states, during the
year ended June 30. l9l through care
lessness or failure to OBJ erve the rules
laid down for their guidance while en-
gagged in their regular railroad work.
That these avoidable accidents entail
ed tremen Gus economic loss both L"
the men injured and to their employers,
goes without saying; that they have set
The employees Of the railroads to serious
thinking is evidenced by the significant
anu distinctly practical action taken re-
Gently by the empiO3eS of the Chicago
and Nurtn " estern Railway Company.
Safety, not only for employe es but for
the pubic, always has been characterls-
Tic Of North eStern operation; yet a.
yUIdable accidents have happened to EN-
pioyes. anu through these both the men
and the company have suffered loss.
To reduce This class of accidents TO the
minimum, and thus to increase effici-
ency; to make still greater the safety
both of travel and operation along the
$1,000 miles Of North Western Lines, the
serious thinking of the employees has
crystalliZed into definite organization,
covering every detail of operation.
Beginning with a Central Safety Com
mittee-composed Of operating and other
generaI officials-the organization has
expanded till now there are safety COM
mittees on every division, carrying out
every day the main purpose of the organ
iZatiOn-the securing Of greater safety
through more rigid inspection and strict
er adherance TO the cOmpany's rules.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-01-27
Jefferson Fair Dates

The following officers Of the Jefferson
County fair were elected at the annual
meeting:
W. ii. Carlin, Palmyra, president; A. R
Hoard, Fort Atkinson, vice president; FL.
Il. Fisher, Jefferson, secretary; Fred IL.
Henry, Jefferson, treasurer. Trustees:
William Higgins, Waterloo, ", d. Becker
Oakland, William E. Schneider, Summer,
NJ. D. Piper, Cold Spring, E. Hyer. Alta
Ian.
1t was voted to construct, this summer
a new cettle barn and woman's rest
room.
Circuit Judge Grimm introduced a re-
solution endorsing the candidacy of O. +.
Roessler, the outgoing secretary who
served the society seventeen years, for
secretary of the state fair, and the resOlu-
tior was unanimously adopted.
The date of the holding of the 1911 fair
was set for the first week in September
being the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth
days thereof,
HonOrs are coming Oscars way pretty
rapidly, but there he deserves them. In
fact every country editor should occasion
ally be remembered in the distribution
of good things-along with the evil
things which comes his way to make
him humble and forget delinquent SUBJ
scribers.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-01-27
Ddirymen Are Mad

The dairymen Of Waukesha county are
up in arms and purpose to fight the tub
erculin test, claiming that it is unrelia-
BILE and confscatory. If necessary they
will take the matter to the supreme
court on the ground that under provis-
sions Of the federal constitution untested
cattle cannot be CONDEMNED and slaughter
ed. It is another of the laws tobe re-
peaed before all the cows in the state
have been condemned and slaughtered
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-01-27
XII More Than Wild Beasts

The number Of people killed yearly by
wild beasts don't approach the vast mum
ber killed by disease germs. No life is
safe from their attacks. They're in air
water, dust, even food. But grand pro
lection is afforded by Electric Bitters
which destroy and expel these deadly dis
sease germs from the system. That's
why chills, fever and ague, all malarial
and many blood diseases yield promptly
to this wonderful blood purifier. Try
them, and enjoy the glorious health and
new strength they'll give you. Money
back, if not satisfied. Only soc at Chas
E. Gamm's.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-01-27
WEATHER PREDICTIONS FOR MONTH OF F BY

A reactiOna storm period is central
on the End and 3rd extending to the 10h.
Falling barometer, rising temperature
and return of rain, sleet and snow may
be expected OH AMI touching the 3rd,
Zard. Ii IS a-l, a :.e2nic period and =
cold Wave viii visit NEST parts of the
country from he 4ti Ia the 7tb.
regular stor period covers 9th to
10th and storms will prevails to Il creator
or less extent during this period chang
ing to fair but very cold weather.
A reactionary storm period recurs
from the 18th to the 10th bri gin j.
storms of tropical nature after several
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-01-27

days OF threatening weather, all ending
in violent change to colder weather.
a regular storm period is indicated
from the 18th t. the 21sl. Behind gen
erai rain and SHOW storms which viii;
probably pass eastwa,d over the cuun-
try curing that period, look for II rapid
rise OF the barometer, attended hy a
wicked cold wave.
A reacti"nery storm period IS centrai
On the oath, 25th and 26th and may bring
dangerous tropical storms frnm toe south
in which c0un ter bOreal storms from the
northwest will prevail. Look for seis-
mic disturbances during this period.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-01-27
Marriage Licenses

Herman DemOnSkl, Maria Neitker,
Beaver DAM
Christopher BrUckmeyer, Milwaukee.
Lucelie NJ. Mack, L0mira.
A. f. Fermin, Tacoma, Wash, Wilhel-
mine BOehm, Beaver Dam.
Arthur Longfed, WinnebagO, Bertha
+. FOisum, Burnett.
Edward Kaspar, Cly man, Mary Heiling
WatertOWn.
Peter j. Yelling, Frances Kasmirski,
Beaver Dam.
William +. BonshOn, Mary Paulson,
Beaver Dam.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-01-27
The TWO Injured Men

Herman krakow. one Of the men iniur-
ed week ago Tuesday evening at rail
road crossing near HubbeltOn, by being
struck by locomotive ahead Of freight
train and brought to ST. Mary's hos
pital in this city was discharged Sunday
he having recovered sufficiently to admit
of his returning to his home. Abel Zem-
rich. who was more seriously injured at
the time of the accident is still in the
hospital and in addition to a compound
fracture of one of his legs he has the
pneumonia and his condition is critical
Zembrich passed away Saturday night
and the funeral was held Tuesday al
Waterloo. The deceased was forty two
years of age and is survived by his wild
0w and four children.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-01-27
advertised letters

Following is list of letters re
naming uncalled for at the Water
town postofice for the week ending
January "a:
Albrecht, Irma
Behling, Mrs. F.
Berkenfield, M. E.
Ebert, Miss Genevieve
Goodman, Edgar (2)
Hoard, Miss NJ.
Hien, Miss Lillian
Jones, Mrs. David
Kremkan, w. w.
Lamboff, Christie
Popp, John
Radtke, Miss Josie
Rogic, Luka
Ryan, Mrs. Annie
Slauson, G. r.
Walters, Aug.
Whitcher, Miss Susie
H. T. Eberle, P. M.
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-01-27
FEW WORDS IN REGARD 70 PENSIONS OF VETS

ing them the advantage over the men
who served from the beginning to end of
the civil war. To illustrate: The Off
GERS and surgeons Of the long term regi-
ments, as general thing, had passed
hence when old age and decripitude
made it necessary for the veteran to seek
a pension, and of course, their testimony
Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-01-27

room is we'll worth a visit, if nothing
more than to see the great variety OF
splendid birds and note the different
kinds on exhibition. 1t is truly aston
ishing to what perfection has been
reached in breeding chickens as to size
and value. Our people will certainly
miss an exhibition worth seeing if they
fail to visit the show.