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Show THE C'APTLKE OF AUARUlO. JIIDIIII'MAN IICNTLT.'S JICIHOD OF ArniwiiUixiNo intR' UUHELi. Charles 0. 1 luuter, or "Al varado" iluuttr, ns lie was callej In the iiavi, was ouu of tlio lossej mld-s'lll.men mld-s'lll.men during Ihe Jlexlcan war, and had Uxu liriicn years in the ser ico Uforc he liad au opportunil) tobhott theatuir of svhkh he Wus made. The operation of the naval sjuadron lu tho Gulf of Mexico, under un-der thu Gomtnand of Comrcodonr MatUieu U. Perry, known as "Hull-dps" "Hull-dps" l'trry, extended from Tam-picoon Tam-picoon the uoilh nloug the whole line of Mexican coat njutii. tiiock-aJIng, tiiock-aJIng, boinbarding and caituritig the several tt-ajort tonus. After the surrender of Vera Crur it was n (urted to the gruir oU com modore that uiuultiuus of wir were running the blockade up the river to Alvarido, t ery Important fortl-tlexl fortl-tlexl town held by the Jlexleans. The commodore gae jiasswl Mld-ihiimau Mld-ihiimau Hunter command of an anui Iraiisjiort about as larse as a couimmi e-oal Large-, which a mned with twolirafs howitzers and manned li llfleen seamen. IU as given striet orders to go down the coast and blockade the tou n ol Abaredo and iu harbor by night and da(a!id to continue to do to until the comruo.li re arrived ultli nit lleet to shell the jdacc Into submission. sub-mission. Awjy went llunler, tho firs,t In-dejiendent In-dejiendent coniaund he had ever had. When he was oft" the harbor he began to i-hell IbeliaJi, llien graduallj aj proachlngthe townaud tindiug no re-Ltauce eommeiiecd to shell the iibueibelf. To bis grei delight and still greater surprise, after four or live hi,iir' tlielliu the Mexican (lag was lowered, and a llag of truce aiiuouiicei.JU.u auneu derdf the town lluiiler Imiuedl ateb lauJed all of his force of llf te-cn men, leaving tho tteamer In charge of tlieengineeraud firemen, and lumull took -s.Iou of tht ll auu lunille-allulia lua few dais Commodore IVrrj irriveil with Ins icmnd fleet, pre iared for a long siege, and In mind mil lit d vtim Hie niea llui the cuj ure of the i lace wuui 1 iidii gren his laurels. Soon, to his liifinii Iiut ami Hiriirj-e lie iaw Hi. small fetvatne r that was in his van signal to (lie llagslilp on wIiom. quirter detk he Mood iu "uireuii command, ttiat "thu Amurlcati lia was now Ujlug over tho fortiflca tiousofAI irido" Swelling with indignation the cnmmodoie sent a boat Willi orders for Hunter to ri-air ri-air immediately mi hoard thu llag sliip and report to him. iiuiiitruji,, .,. rder at ouct-end ouct-end ail tho fclllcern of the te xiiuuing Hunter well and auxioti b leirn how the t pisO.li w oulil nd crowdeil r.roun I the excited romino-dere. romino-dere. When lluntersteprl ou the -lup l'err. lureoore the uual eoui-lej eoui-lej of receiving lum iri lii- cabin, aud ordered him to thu quarter-deek. quarter-deek. As soon as he reached the srt where the commodore frtood tlie latter, in an indignant tone, idked Hunter, "What la the mean ing of all this, ir"' It means Hut I have caitureu Mvtrado." replied Hunter, be-cau-c we are at war with Mexico " His anwer so cxati'vruted the conimcduro that all formalities ended end-ed and he roared ' (.o below' Consider jourtelf in arrivt; I'll hive you court mirtlaled, 1011 hive di'oliejed order ho ordered jou take Mvtrido" I told iou to block-Hie it only ' Hunter rcmalued i,i his room a week, awl, seeing no court in view, wrote a letter to the cummodore de-niandiug de-niandiug his immediate release from rn-t or t trinl. The eo umodore did neither, but M.nt him to the Unitnl states under charge- The uewmisrrs got liokl of Ihe fie sand puiiliVhnl afull account of thu ntrtlr. nud Hunter went to Wchinigtou and demaiidenl iu investigation in-vestigation 1'ublic indignation was aroii'ed at Commodore lVrryV unwarranted course, nud Congress, taking up tlie matter, iAcd a vote of thnnks to Hunter tor his gallant action He was at once given com mand of a schooner called the Siari aud tent up the Mediterranean, where he remained tlre-e jeare There he was known to the Inhabit anth of I'ort Mahon as "Caj t. Alvi-rado Alvi-rado Hunter, of thu IWg I'ii ' Iluulerdieil In the naval hospital iu Ner. 'lork iu I Si I Anr (Mu Star |
