Show OLD TIME DUELING IN THE TIlE NAVY The Sun in New York has been publishing articles ar- ar tides on du duelling in the old navy and a correspondent correspond correspond- lent c ent ut writes that the last d duel el recorded was was- fought i in n 1849 at Old Point Comfort by Mr James rames Hope a civilian and Midshipman J J. J Jones who used the t pistol with which his grandfather Commodore B Barren l killed Commodore Decatur Both Hope a Jones and ud 4 Jones were wounded but not seriously When Captain Ingraham in th the sloop St. St Louis onis i ii a the h harbor of Smyrna in 1853 insisted on th the surrender t tj him of the American An citizen Koszta while accomplished he-accomplished all that he lie started started out out to do h he e passed a very red hot ten or 01 fifteen days dars over tt t there here because the the- Austrians were very ery mad a and d t those hose on the Austrian men of war wanted to fight Only their government restrained them But what was going going on in the upper circles was as c communicated to the officers and a a great many c challenges passed from the Austrian officers to the y ya young oung officers under the command of Ingraham a and nd there were duels every morning The American American Ameri Amen c can an boys were lucky They killed a a good many thany of t the he Austrians and they grievously grievously- wounded a good many others f fAt At last the Austrian commander made a visit of s state tate to Captain Ingraham and wanted to to know if s something could not be d dOne ne to stop the duelling a among mong the young rou g men explaining that some sonic of his o officers had hilel been killed and grievously wounded To which vl eh ham Ingraham replied Oh boys boy will willbe be bo boys s The young men like the amusement We Ve had better let it go on Which left the im impression impression p that he lie was a kind of wild beast and and that l he ie commanded a lot ot of w wild l beasts because while t the he Austrians were familiar with duelling not not- many of them were familiar with getting killed But it is true that in the old days clays there were a great many duels in the navy and a great many s splendid men were killed Think of killing killing- such sucha i a m nn n s i in iri z I duel aft after l all ll h he had done clone when he was s so mu the thc tri It It Tt was like the killing of Alexander a Hamilton a I. I mighty l loss ss |