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Show M V"TT A HGIITEIL H Mt CA n 30DnlQUET IN THE BBfl OiVILWAH. jH lu ir i nr.al Ootid lt He l.l a H 1 . I! r..r.i !i talnshla Oalnlaaa H . r .t. ir oar i;- BBH A i ri ii. li.r- H ---V I'A It Admiral Jam- I I iY '" J1 Jouett retlr- ' , ) ' who wro " fH W ' riquet of "Fight Bflfll ii Jim Jmi.tr BBBJ '. 1, i .r ig the war 61 Bflfll A , ' u p rebellion, la BBaH wIJLs' lered t of PtVJ vfZK? "f ' rime uMlborl- aBafl yWp1- Hi. a the rl of B -eC II nut m warfare and in nplemenla fsoat efllcarloiie In Ii i pro ar pro ecu- Ion. I la Urea In nl - ten at No B Mil B street northw- I anrl while now B io It temporarily Ird d and ton B fined to bla re ideme I' a rigor- BBBB ooa and lusty a a youth m' n idly, ami will auon be In ihr im - .li 'on phy- I akaltr. I la toirlca bla i..n.uiy year better than moat mn carry fifty, and JpBJ erery aulomn flBdi him In the saddle J riding madly after the hounda aa tbay itnd a red fox skurrylng through the J hllli of Maryland. Joustl's record In J the nary fllla many a glorlon pel J He la a ICntuekln. born there In Fb- B ruary. '11. ami frond of bla dsaeent BBBJ from a brave nnd fearleea anreetry that J made Itaelf felt In the wan ot the old BBj world and came to tin new to blaze BBJ the way wtatward In the front ranks BBBJ of the pioneers, lie entered the na- B vy aa a tnldthlprnan In September, 1841. B and pawed through, aucclve grade B ot the service to the outbreak ot the H civil war, when on the night of Nn- B renmber 17, lkf.l, he began hla brll- H llant career. II wna a lieutenant nn H board the United State frigate Sante. H and that momentous night he conduct- fc a H uKAU ADMIIlAt JAM1J8 K. JOUIHT. B ed r hatardoua boat expedition against B , tha confederate ressel of war Itoyal I B i Yacht, off flalvcston, Tri. He captttr- H ed and destroyed the vessel, and In the B hand to hand encounter on her dreka. B when he and hla gallant men boarded B her, he received a severe plko wound B In the arm and aide The country rang B with Jourtt'e praleea. Ilia Immediate B commanding olllrer. rapt.lleary Kngle. B rceomniNidetl him for a command eult- H able to hla rank. Flag omccr William HT V. Me Kean, commaudlng the aqund- B ron, Mmpllmenteil him In general or- B dere, and he waa ordered by the eecro- H tary of the nary, whu olUdally ex- ; preeaed the depnrtment'a appreciation m of hla "daring and aurceeeful eiplolt," H proceed tu Waahlngton ao that H he might "lie given n roni- H' mand worthy of bla gallantry." Hi Ueutenanl Jouctt waa glren com- HK mand of the Montgomery, and Hl became the torror ot the blockade BB( ruunent, capturing acurca nt valuable ( TisMcla and performing many frata of BBf' valor In canuretloii with them. lie B waa t-qually active nuO aucceeoful when ' commanding the It. It. Cuyler. engaged BBC In tho him blockade duty. Br llelng made a lieutenant commander, Hi be waa given command ot aide wheel HJ woodeo atennier MeUeomet, which B PAttleJpateil In the right In Mobil Iwy B and waa Uehed to the aide of Hear B Admiral Kamgut'a ttagaalp, the Hart- B ford, and pooaed the forta with her B It waa In loll light. Annuel S, 1KCI, that fl Jouett again dlaplayed an eminent anil B ronapleuuua coumge. In hla retort ot the octmrrenrw on that awful day Knr- B ragut aald "llmllni myaelf raked by the rebel 1 gunhoata I ordered the Metarnmet to raet off, and gotn purault uf them, one R ' of which, the Helnia ahe aucceeded In Bi ruplurlag Capl. Jouett waa after her H In a metsest. and In an hour'a time he had her a hla prlae Umi-M Umi-M ' tNiant-Oommander Jouett'a conduct L iurlnn the whole etlalr lommonda my d warmtat commendation. The Moramn and the (teUea auoceeded In eeooplng onder protection of the guaa of fort Morgan, which would hare been pre-rented pre-rented had other gunboat been aa prompt la their Motewenu aa the Me-UeonteL" Me-UeonteL" Again In hla report Karra-tot Karra-tot oommeoda Jouett. "Our little ooa- i aort, the Metacomet," he aaya, "wna under my Immediate eye during the thole action up to the moment I ; ordered her to coat on In purault ot Iha atolma. The coolmaa and prompt-raiea prompt-raiea sf Ueutcnnt-('Dmander Jouett throughout tarrlt high pralae.hle whole toaduet waa worthy of bla reputation " lu Cemmodore KoiUalla A I'arker'a tnUreetlng narrative, "Rattle of Mobile gay, he telle about Jouett'a courage lad devotion to duty mi that momor-Ible momor-Ible oocoalon. "A Utile paat g. bow-irar," bow-irar," aaya I'arker "thv udmlral ob tarring that bla vaeaehi were clear of the forta. Wd eUoal ,'Ouoboata, ikM eaeemra gantwaat' The aliaal in hardly above the Hirtford'a dtek, a ben Jouett, eutllmt tLe faeU which resnd htm to that vteae), atarted In ibedleoce to It.followr-d nt tome dli-H dli-H lace by the Iteaea. Kenntbee, and Tort lloyaT III- verfl waa Try faat but owing to the fact that ahe rtrei much mora water tbaa the coafeder ate guaboata he found hlmaelf bttoti long dragging the bottom. The eaeca tire oMcer. IJentenat Weeper thai whom no cooler man lived report to him that the MeUeomet had a too lam water under her bottom than hn draught I Thla waa aUrtllng. for ahouli the veaeel ground bard, the puntuet might turn up the purauer and chang' the game aomewbaL "Call the kMdamen In from thi ehalno. Mr meeper.' ordered JouetL Mr. meeper looked amaeed. '"I tell you. aald Jouett, who ld llted rarragnt and waa a atrtct con j atructionlat 'the admiral baa dlrecte me to follow tboae gunboato and I an going to do It. Call tha men In fron tha chalni at once, air, they are de morallilng me!" "At thla the craw who knew tbel commander well eH up a told laogh and the Metacomet continued In pur till with the result we know." |