The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-01-04

: ing the name of that courageous and
! DARING sea rover-Paul Jones. There
! Is already in existence upward of l.,
: 900 publications, composed of books,
! documents, poems and songs, bearing
! on the checkered career and stirring
! deeds of this great Scottish-American
naval adventurer.
B,ut further intensely interesting
and reliable data has been secured,
| after painstaktng labor, by Don c.
Se4tz of the New York World, whose
book on Paul Jones, His Exploits in
English Seas during 1778-17S0" pub
lished by E. P. Dutton & Co, New
York; contains hitherto unpublished
statements by writers in contempor-
I aneous British newspapers.
They concern the sea battles of
Jones, together with a very extensive
photography. This previously unex-
plored literary field has made it pos
sfble for Mr.. Seitz to add to history
numerous incidents Of unqnestoned
value, for, as will be admitted by all
searchers for truth, the chronicle of
passing events in the daily press fire.
qaently contain many true facts that
are not found elsewhere.
The English newspaper accounts of
the first appearance of Jones as
American commander of the Ranger
prfvateer off the town of Whitehayen
are thrilling in the extreme. One story
! of the visit is told by the Cumberland
Chronicle Extraordinary the
town was alarmed by visiting sailors
from the Ranger, who proceeded to
| public house and drank much liquor
then set fire to and greatly damaged
a collier, but the fire was extinguish-
eds who afterwards made off for the
isScots shore"
The evident intention of firing all
the shipping, as well as the town, so
excited the inhabitants that they
alarmed other parts of the country
~ The Qualifications and batteries which
the town thought it possessed did not
amount to much IS a defense The
2 women of WhitehaEen were not back
ward in expressing their feelings, the
Gazetteer and New Daily Advertiser
saying:
'~rhe people of whitehaven, it is
thought, can never recover from their
fright; two-thirds of the people are
bordering on insanity; the remainder
oh idiotism; the defense Of the har.
y, Dor is left to the care of the old Wo-
10G1Il, WHO oeC4AIG0 l1l5I udu LQ6J DSS1
called into power earlier they would
have preserved the town with theil
mop-sticks and cut off the retreat Of
fthe' rebels"
The Drake sloop of war, which sail
ed to avenge tho Whitehaven affair
was herself captured by the Ranger
The newspaper account of this battlt
says:
The Drake soon found the priva-
teer was too much for her, and Capt
Burden was intreated to strike; he
answered he never would. He wa:
killed by a muslet ball Lieut.. Dobb:
took upon himself the command, and
soon after received a wound which
rendered him incapable of remaining
ION deck. The ship master beins
wounded and the running rigging sho
away, the Drake was unmanageable
SO that the prfHateer raked her a.
she pleased, and therefore the Drak
struck, having a number Of mel
wounded, mostly by small arms
The captain of the prixateer be
lhaVed exceedingly civil, and offere'
TO set the lieutenant on shore, pro
lvided the surgeon thought he couIi
be removed with safety; he had Is
men on board (four of them French
1nen) and in the occasion which last
ed an hour, two killed and fou
wounded The Drake lost 40 men an
had many wounded The vessel wa
taken to BreSt by Capt Jones'
The author next deals with La Bon
thona1ne squadron in the British sea
and it is noticeable that the BIRTHS
reporters invariably refer to the CON
n1anders ship as the Bon Homm
Richard
II the American Ranger disturbe
the inhabitants of the British Isle.
they were more excited over the deed
tof the Bon Ho1nnae, which, war han
Ding broken oS1t in July, IT'S, betwee
France and England, had been ftte
to do as mach damage as she couI
: Ito the British
She had 40 guns and SEQ men an
= was accompanied, according to tn
taffidavits Of seven seamen who hs
deserted FROM her, by the A1lfanc
American frigate, IS guns; Palla
French frigate, 80 guns; the Reveng
brig. 2 guns; the LANCER Vile,
gums. and a Large cutter, Is gun
They had 1000 sea and land fore
with combustfbles, prepared for Sc
ting fire to ships or towns, but cou
mot tell their destination"
The first vessel taken by Jon,
lseeFns to havs been the Mayf1owe
from limerick to London. At tn
time q tstteT from Cork says: ~T
appaazamcs ofCaDt. Paul Jones on II
coast has SO increased the fears
the jbeopla Of this city that they col
ssaer an invasion inevitable, and
new association has been entered IN
to raise 100 men, to be divided in
two companies. to consist Of reputab
tradesmen."
A flying squadron OF 10 SHY
aHlong which were the Berwick,
gums. Bisnaisant, "a, and Jupiter, 5
put to sea under seaIsd orders, b
presumably, Says the London Eve
ing Post, 'te look into HRvre and
aaloes, or to go north about Ireial
in order to drive PaH1 Jones from tn
coast, and thsR convoy the eight 81
of Indiazaea home from tbs mouth
the SlRHaon;"
eFhs second in eommsnd Of t
JsHes squadron is a native of Ceri
says another report,
But it remained for this Scraps a
the Countess of Scarborough ships
attempt to Conquer the Ben HemI
yet they failed after fierce fishtis
Capt, Pearson of fhe Scraps says
rallied fer beaEaeFs, but the meme
they reached the Bon HsmHs 9Th