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Show .fam Jones and the Privateer. l'he French embassador, tho Duo da Vauguyon, committed tho astounding faux pas of suggesting to Paul Jones that he take command of a Froncii privateer pri-vateer and thus escape from his dangerous danger-ous situation in theTexel. Paul Jones' reply to this was an iustant and haughty demand for an apology, which was promptly forthcoming. No man hated privateering and its "infernal practices," prac-tices," as he calls them, more cordially than Paul Jones. He wrote of privateers as "licensed robbers," and was naturally natural-ly indignant at the affront offered him Some years afterward in a French port ho had an amusing controversy on the subject with Captain Truxton, afterward after-ward the celebiated commodore. Truxton Trux-ton was then In the humble capacity of captain of a private ship bent on plunder. plun-der. He had tho assurance to raise a pennant in the presence of Paul Jonej without asking his permission and in defiance of the act of congress forbid ding a privateer to hoist a pennant under un-der such circumstances without tho per mission of a naval ship's commander. They had a tart correspondence, ami Commodore Truxton was ovidentiy mightier with the sword than with tbp pen, as Paul Jones writes of him that there are in his letter "sevoral words do not understand and cannot find in the dictionary. " Paul Jones sent bin? "a polito message" to haul down th pennant. This being disregarded, an other polito message and Lieutenant Richard Deal with tno armed boat vyere sent, and tho rannant came down- |