The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1917-05-17

gan added: "Mr. Marshal. take the
prisoner to Orleans in an armed boat
and deliver him to the naval COM
mandcr there"
The marshal gave his orders. and
the prisoner was taken out Of court.
MIR. Marshal" continued old Nor
gan. 'sce that no one mentions the
United States to the prisoner. Mr..
Marshal. make my respects to Lieu
tenant Mitchell ut Orleans and request
him to order that no one shall men
ton the United States to the prisoner
while he Is on board ship. You will
receive your written orders from the
officer OH duty here this evening. The
court is adjourned without day"
| have always supposed that Colonel
Morgan himself took the proceedings
of III" court TO Washington city and
explained them TO Mr.. Jefferson. Ger
tain it is that the president approved
them certain, that is. if may be
lcvc til" men who say they have seen
his Signature. Before the Nautilus got
round from New Orleans to the north
orn Atlantic coast with the prisoner on
board the sentence had been approved.
and lie was Il man without country.
When was second officer Of the
Intrepid some thirty years after | saw
the original paper OF Instructions:
Washington (with the date which must
have been late i'll lSpo.
Sir-Y"V will receive from LIT. Ncal2 the
person Of Philip Nolan. late Il lieutenant
IN ;hc United States army.
rii$ IcrSon on his trial 10y court mar
lIal expressed with an oath the wish that
l." migut never hear of the United States
again.
Tt" court sentenced him to have his
| -ish fulfilled
| For the present the execution OF the or
| Ter is iptrustcd by the president to this
| apartment.
YOU VIII take the prisoner on board your
| ship aud keep him there with such pre-
| cautions AS shall prevent his escape.
| You VIII provide him with sucn quarters
| rat and clothing as would be proper
for an officer "f his late rank il he were
| I passenger on your vessel on the bust
ness OF his government
| The gentlemen On board Will make any
| arrangcmcntS agreeable to themselves re.
| gnrdinE his society. He il to be exposed
| - no indirnity Of any kind. nor is he ever
| ..n, C,. .SarIly to be reminded that he is Il
E"!SpHcr.
| But under no circumstances is he ever
| 20 hral of his country or to see any in
formation regarding 1t. and you Will cs-
| r"cu!lN caution all the officers under your
| rn,a..ntI - take car" that, in the various
| -lugcUCrS which may he granted, this
r"!c. In which his punishment is involved
! -.uN not Lc broken.
II .s the intention OF the government
l.It ID" stall never again see the country
"hi"h b" has di.owm"d. Before the end
| 'i 'our "rulS" !oV viii receive orders
| .'' this Intention,
:, ri'y yours, ". SOCwIIAHD
For the Secretary uf the Navy.
| | suppose the commander of the Le-
vent has ii today rs his authority for
| coping this man in his mild custody.
The rul" adopted Oh board the ships
nn which | have met "rhe Man With,
uUt II Country" was, | think, transmit.
rci from the hr%inning. No mess liked
! have linn permanently, because his
urr. "ucc cut OFF al talk of home or of
he prospect Uf return, Of politics or
| .,ttrrS. OF peace or OF wnr--cut OF
mere than half the talk men like to
| hHv" at sea. Hut il was always thought
| t'u hard that he should never meet the
| rest Of us, except to touch hats, and
| "" finally sank into one system. IIc
| "'IS not permitted to talk with the
| iucn unless an officer was by. With
| Ulcers he had unrcstraincd inter
JurS". rs far aS they and lie chose
| Iiut he grew shy, though lie had favor
.'"S. 1 was one. Then the captain al
| ways asked him To dinner on Monday
| Every mess in succession took up the
| Invitation in its turn. According to TIL,
size Of the ship. YOU had him at youl
| m"S& more or less often at dinner His
| IrUak fast lie ate i'm his own statcroOm
| he always had statcroom-w
| was where IL sentinel or somebody OF
| The watch could see the door. An(
| whatever else he ate OF drank he ate
or drank alone. Sometimes. when tn,
| iusiOn TO it. He had almost all the
foreign papers that came into the ship
sooner or later. only somebody must
! 20 over them first and cut out any ad-
! vcrtiS"mcnt or stray paragraph that
, alluded TO America. Phillips told me a
S,"ry OF something which happened ut
| tn" cape Of Good Hope on NOlun'S first
= voyage. and it is the only thing ! ever
knew Or that voyage. Phillips had
borrowed Il lot OF English books from
Hn officer. which in those days, as in
decd in these. was quite n windfall
Among them, as the devil would order,
was the Lay OF the Last Minstrel, ="
which they had all Of them heard OF.
but which most Of them had never
seen. | think il could not have been
published long. Well, nobody thought
there could be any risk of anything m.
| ti"nnl in that, so Nolan was permit
! ted to join the circle one afternoon
/ when lot Of them sat on deck smok
! Ing and reading aloud. NOlam took the
| book and read to the others. and he
read very well, as know. Nobody in
| the circle knew line Of the poem,
only it was all magic and border chiv-
airy and was 10000 years ago. Poor
Nolan read steadily through the fifth
canto, stopped minute and drank
something and then began. without a
thought OF what was coming:
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