Show find log book 0 0 k of constitution missing document just recovered dates back to building of ad old ironsides TELLS TALES OF ADVENTURE BOOK disappeared when vessel went out of commission and officials of navy department have since hunted high and low bonjon the logbook of the frigate constitution missing for fifteen years las l as beau found foutin at the boston navy yard high slid and low the officials of the deportment department part ment have bought the toluene tol luine utne ever since the famous old ship went out ot of commission tor for the last time in 1007 says the boston herald the tha disappearance of the logbook was a complete coio mystery and vae de had come to the concus conclusion lOa that some person had purloined the book and that it would probably never again como come to light covered with grime and now quite accidentally it has turned up covered with grime and cobwebs to in the corner of building 82 at the boston yard where DIPO daly it had lain a lot of other rubbish since her captain hauled down his flag tor for the last time the logbook which bich la Is in manuscript of course Is very well pra jarg served and its entries are remarkably clear and legible they bear 1 the signatures wr written itten in the flowing script of a past generation of capt isaac hull commodore william bainbridge bradge capt charles stewart capt jacob jones capt otto C bad badger ger ant and other commanders of old ironsides many interesting episodes and events are narrated la in the volume told in crisp fashion without adjectives or embellishments some of these occurrences have been forgotten and their telling retelling re nt at this time makes a strange tale of the years which have elapsed since the old ship has been lo in the service of uncle sam the logbook labook tells in brief of the funding building of the constitution in boston in 1794 and modestly recounts her many engagements and adventures during the war var of with great britain moet of which are fa camillar millar history describes world voyage it describes in detail the famous boyage around the world which began in 1841 slid and ended in 1840 during which blell the constitution visited the azores madeira brazil cape town madagascar china the philippines and many maily other places in the course of her cincu circumnavigation of tile the globe in crossing tile the china sea it Is noted that hat the lie ship balled through a mass of pumice stone which had keen been cast up by a sti spouting outing volcano vOlcar 0 in japan at canton china the crew mere jere called on to help extinguish a huge fire which threatened to destroy the fly the ali constitution lo in 1821 made a tour of european Kurop can waters where on of her exploits and victories the war she was the object of great attention and curiosity after r a of 40 days under the command she reached 11 commodore bainbridge e billi altar short of ct provisions A detail of men was sent as ashore bore to pro ure nire food and after a lengthy talk with natives according to the luf lr they succeeded in aring ing aboard lemons arid and legeta orai or ares es apricots bler one rather wonders how such fare appealed to a crew of husky after a 40 46 days nl n o cruise arriving in genoa harbor on july 4 1821 a bick bickness iless broke out aboard use the nhip which lasted for two daysi days i mabe it was caused by the oranges lemons etc being served out as rations the log says that those who ulio were not sick spent the day in harmony and festivity after the rev addison searl the ships chaplain had bad made tin nn independence day address tle mall vae received la in the evening from the sloop washington 36 days out of boston and papers from various puns boarts of the country were nere in it IL at port mahon in the balearic islands three men of the crew deserted oo on a stormy night oct ocl 5 1821 A detail of 10 men and officers was mas sent out which succeeded in recapturing two of the deserters after a three days search the third man managed to bide bilde successfully but gave himself up two years later at the same port A stormy christmas on christmas night while the constitution ution was anchored in harbor a great storm occurred rain kain fell in torrents and the deck of the frigate was swept clean the united states schooner bonsack Non sack standing close by sent boats and men to the vessel in case of need after three days the tempest subsided after calls causing much damage and the loss of many lives on oil sunday after chine service during which the child of a native was christened constitution jones nelson it was learned that thomas worthington a seaman had been killed hilled in a pistol duel with a foreigner over a pretty dancer in a cafe A party brought the body back to the ship and it was waa burled buried subsequently at sea many distinguished persons including members of the nobility and gentry visited the ship during the months she spent in european ports and the acers were fairly deluged with invitations to parties and other entertainments tain ments the greatest friendliness was displayed toward we the americans e ery cry where here the log recites that three men were dro drowned wiled in the waters of the bay of naples while on the morning of june 15 1822 the undertow took them to the bottom and the bodies acre ere not recovered sen ices were ivere beld for them over at the side of the ship on the morning of june 20 1822 a brig under the command of capt poola coola Da binowich informed commander bainbridge that on the previous night two greek ships had attacked the austrian fleet and had succeeded in destroying the admirals hip aila having on board 2000 men next morning the constitution reached the scene of the battle and found hundreds of dead bodies floating around the isle of tuno where it occurred in foreign seas sea many months were consumed in cruising along the coast of turkey many ports being visited at smyrna the american counsil counis ul paid an official visit to the ship and was given a rousing reception on the return voynne through the mediterranean john richards seaman fell from tile the into the sea and before a boat could be lowered au an undertow took him to the bottom when the constitution sailed into the harbor of gibraltar april 23 1823 she fired a salute of 21 guns from the broadside in honor bonor of the coronation of king george IV of great britain which took place at noun un on that day another severe storm blew up that night and the next mor ninja a british frigate was mils seen hard and fast on the rocks fifty men were mere sent to help pull her he off 01 carpenters were sent to the old of un an american sloop which was flying her ensign union down arid ard leaking z another ship lost her bw sprit la in the gale after four years rears in european duty the constitution was as relieved from duty by the frigate cyane the logbook records in a downpour ot rain after an uneventful trip of 41 lays days she arrived off sand hook th Tl alaia au aia as before the lays days of clipper ships and fast steamers it took longer to sall sail across the atlantic than to go 90 to new zealand today during the chil war th constitution was used as a ship at annapolis she was again pressed sito service in july 1877 when congress authorized the Il resident to supply transportation por tation tatton for goods sent by american citizens to the universal imposition exposition at paris after a successful trip under the command of capt C Q cadger to france made in 50 iuar si she e was waa ordered back in burn havre rith a cargo she went aground off the french coast and it ic took five tugs to pull her into deep water again she comes to boston at the hundredth anniversary of her launching the secretary of at th the 1 navy ordered her taken to boston sh she was mas brought back to the city and to the harbor where here she first kissed salt water amidst cheers of mou triou sands she was tied up ut ni the Charles charleston toNn n navy yard where a great demonstration was held at the old south meeting house in lionor honor of the occasion after the war of with no rec ord of the disappearance of the original figurehead that ornamented the tha bow of the constitution an in idea was wag conceived by an admirer of andrew jackson then Il president resident of the united states that it would be a graceful compliment to the chief executive to have his statue placed on the bow of the frigate the new figurehead portrayed jackson holding a scroll on which was inscribed the union it must be preserved no sooner bad the sculptor L D beecher begun his work than the enemies of president jackson began to fight the plan the whigs of boston scatter scattered ei handbills hand bills over the city bearing in large letters the lie headline freemen awake they prayed the people to take action against this wooden god this image of a tyrant and for gods sake to saie sae the ship from the foul disgrace the sculptor was nas offered largo sums of money to allow the figurehead to be stolen but he would not con consent gent the matter caused such excitement cit elt ement in boston that it was as necessary to berth tile the constitution between the columbus and the independence pen dence and to station guards on each ship to protect the obnoxious statue however a daring young marine marina captain from cape cod named samuel dewey on a wager of stole into the navy yard one stormy night climbed up the anchor olain chain unobserved sawed off the head of the tha jackson statue placed it in a gunny sack and made his escape the next morning when the decapitation was as discovered there was a tremendous uproar deuey dewe later went to washington where here lie he exhibited the head to many of tile the leading whigs finally it was carried to tile the navy department part ment and offered to mahlon dickerson tile the secretary of the navy to whom dewey told his story the secretary was barlous far lous slid and threatened arrest lie he went to the white house with ith dewey taking the head wrapped in a bandanna handkerchief andrew jackson when hen lie he heard tile the mory saw the hend head and burst into uncontrollable laughter why this la is tile the most infernal arar graven linage image I 1 ever saw raw the fellow did per perfectly feely right tell him to saw it off if it eer appears again declared the Il president resident after the washington fact incident dent dewey was made a postmaster in vir ganja as a reward for his exploit thi th statue was found just 27 y years ears after its mysterious disappearance on th grounds of jonathan bowers at wl WI lo Ion dale wdale near dear loell |