Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-03

would fall overheard If anything should carry
away or he should be struck. Farragut re-
manned in the shrouds until the feet entered
the bay. BY 1870 the Tecumseh was well
up with the fort and drawing slowly by
the rebel ram Tennessee, which was regarded
q terror Suddenly the Tecumseh reeled
to port and went down with almost every soul
on board. She had been destroyed by tor
pedo. If the Tecumseh had gone but breadth
of beam eastward she would have been safe.
THE line of torpedoeS across the channel
caused the Brooklyn to pause. She began to
back The vessels in the rear, pushing on,
caused confusion The batteries of the ships
were almost silent, while the whole of Mobile
Point was living flame. What's the trouble2'
shouted Farragut from the Hartford. Tor
pedoesr was the answer. Damn the torpedoeS,
said Farragut, Go aheadp The Hartford put
on full steam and passed the Brooklyn, taking
the lead. This broke the confusion and the
fleet Strengthened out gradually, with the Hart
ford nearly a mile ahead The vessels were
now able to pour in storm of SHE'LL shrapnet
and grape that entirely silenced the batteries
The aim of the gunnerS on shore was diScon~
certed by the dense smoke which enveloped the
ships. They were driven from their guns by
the rapid firing from the broadSideS AS soon
as the Hartford passed the torpedo guard the
ram Tennessee made for her. Failing to ram
the ironclad vessel, the two exchanged shots
only. The sturdy Hartford next took the ag-
gressive and, following in the wake of the
u
poured in broadside, but with no effect what
ever. In making this attack on the ram Farra-
gut had changed his position again. While the
fleet was entering the bay he was in the port
main rigging. When the ram made her at
tack after the Hartford had passed the bat
teries he returned to the poop deck. When
she was about to ram the Tennessee he took up
his position in the port mizZen rigging, where,
Is his flag lieutenant, j. G. Walton, says, I Sc
cured him by a flashing passed with my own
hands, having first begged him not to stay
in such an exposed place
"FarragutS great victory here, following upon
that of New orleans, served to bring reluctant
credit from the English sympathizers with the
ConfederateS, and the British Army and Navy
Gazette admitted that the featS of arms of the
doughty admiral place him at the head of his
profession and certainly constitute him the first
naval officer Of the day as far actual reputa-
ton, won by skilled courage and hard fighting,
goes"
A SKETCH of Winnie Ream Hoxie tells us the
artist was born in log house in Madison,
Wis. Her father, Robert L. Ream, held the
position Of territorial treasurer of Wisconsin
under Gov Dodge and subsequently he held
various other positions in the State. He came
to Washington during the last year Of Fill
more'S administration and took position as
draughtsman in the General Land Office.
Afterward he went to Kansas as chief clerk for
Surveyor Gen. Calhoun.
At the age Of II a number Of her poetical
articles had been allotted the post of honor in
the columns of several Of the Western papers.
Somewhat later her manifestations of musical
talent gave token that she was to achieve fame
in that direction, and on the return Of the
Reams to Washington she made use Of her
musical abilities for the benefit of our wounded
soldiers at Lincoln Hospital and elsewhere,
raising quite fund in cooperation with others
for their aid.
Her career as a sculptreSs began when, upon
one occasion, she visited the studio of Fisk
Mills, son of Clark Mills, and when so the story
goes, after inspecting the work he was then
engaged upon she declared with sudden energy
that she could do that herself and asked the
sculptor to give her something to copy. In the
spirit OF humoring child he lent her medal
lion, and she returned home in triumph declar-
ing to her parents that from that time forth she
was to be a sculptor They, too fell into the
idea OF humoring what they supposed to be the
fancy of day but to their surprise she reso-
lutely set about her work and succeeded in max
ing copy of the medallion which not only sur
pr1Sed her parents by its fidelity, but which the
sculptor received with openly expressed in
credulity as the work of her unframed hands
from its sharpness Of outline and other quail
ties usually the achievements only of skill and
experience. From that time her progress was
very rapid. At the period when she entered
upon her artistic studies she had 5000 place
in the Post Office and also was earning q salary
of $3.50 year as soprano at the E Street Bap-
list Church"
Her best work included, beside the Farragut
statue, the statue of Lincoln in the Capitol.
Gov. Kirkwood Miriam and the Young West
and at the time of her death she had conn.
pleted full-size model of the statute of Se4
quoyah. Her bust portraits included Senator
Sherman, Ezra Cornell Gen. Custer Abraham
Lincoln and E. B. Hay
Her permission to make sketches of President
Lincoln, which were afterward used in making
the marble statue was obtained tInrn,,nI, Al.