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On the 27th of October, the Colonel commanded the brigade in the battle of Charles City Road, or the second Fair Oaks. a gen- eral engagement of the Army of the James, from the New Market Road to the Chickahominy, in which the brigade fully shared the losses and honors of the day. He then covered the rear in the retreat, remaining in contact with the enemy until noon of the 28th. On the 29th, the enemy having captured the fortifi- cations on the Johnson Plantation, held by our cavalry, Col. Plaisted was ordered to regain them. When, mustering his forces, he recaptured the works by a brilliant bayonet charge across an open plain of three hundred yards. This proved the last engagement of the enemy north of the James. Between May 7th and October 29th, Col. Plaisted's command was engaged with . the enemy almost daily, having men killed and wounded on fifty- nine different days, and losing in the aggregate one thousand three hundred and eighty-five men out of two thousand six hun- dred and ninety-three. In this campaign, three hundred and sixty- three of the Eleventh Maine, sealed their devotion to their country's cause with their blood.
On the 2d of November, Col. Plaisted left the front, with the men of the Eleventh Regiment, whose term of three years service had expired, for Augusta, Maine, to be mustered out, when twelve commissioned officers, and one hundred and thir- ty-one enlisted men were finally discharged. Returning to the front the latter part of the same month, he was assigned, on the re-organization of the Army of the James, to the command of his old brigade, which, with the addition of another full regi- ment and squads of recruits, brought up its number to three thousand five hundred men, in the command of whom he re- mained during the winter.
On the 21st of February following, Col. Plaisted received from
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the President, the well earned promotion of Brevet Brigadier General of Volunteers. During the months of February and March, he was confined to his tent the greater portion of the time by sickness, and finally mustered out March 25th, after having faithfully served exactly three years and six months.
Gen. Plaisted has resided in Maine since the war, and when the Greenback wave swept over the State, became the standard-bearer of the party and was elected Governor. He now resides in Au- gusta, being the principal owner of, and interested in the manage- ment of the " New Age " newspaper.
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COL. JASPER HUTCHINGS,
Was born in the town of Penobscot, Hancock county, in 1835. When thirteen years of age, his family removed to Brewer, where, save during the time spent in the army, he has resided. Here his early education was gained, he finishing at Williams College, Mass. He then read law with the Hon. Abraham Sanborn, one of the best lawyers of his day, and on being admitted to the bar, hung out his modest shingle in Aroostook county, where it re- mained until the spring of 1802.
He now forsook the paths of law, and assisted in recruiting Company C, Twenty-Second Regiment, and in the fall of '62 was commissioned First Lieutenant of said company, of which George A. Boulton was Captain. With this regiment, Lieut. Hutchings remained during all its active service, and took part with it in the siege and capture of Port Hudson. The Twenty-Second, being a "nine months" regiment, and its term of service about to expire, Lieut. Hutchings resigned from this grade of the service, and im- mediately proceeded to organize the Eleventh Regiment, Corps D'Afrique (afterwards known as the Eighty-Third U. S. Colored
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Infantry). Here he held the rank of Major, although he com- manded. For Lieut. Col. this regiment had a medical man, Dr. J. V. C. Smith, who was attached to Bank's Staff. Strange to say, this gentleman of influence never saw his regiment, and was given the position only that he might gain the rank.
In the fall of 1864. while in Louisiana, Maj. Hutchings was com- missioned Lieut. Col. of the Seventy-Eighth U. S. Colored Infan- try, with which the Ninety-Eighth was afterwards consolidated. He continued with this rank and regiment until January 1866, when his regiment was mustered out of the service.
While in the service, Col. Hutchings was many times honored with positions of trust. and requiring clear judgment. He served . several times in various capacities, on Courts Martial, on Military Commissions, and also as a member of the board to examine offi- . cers.
Relieved of his military duties, Col. Hutchings again resumed the practice of law, in Bangor, in 1866, where he has since re- mained, and where he has gained a position among the leading lights of the bar. He is one of the best known criminal lawyers of the State, and will be remembered as having been attorney for Calvin Graves, the murderer of the game wardens in Washing- ton county.
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LIEUT. W. H. II. RICE,
Enlisted at Ellsworth, and was made Second Lieutenant of Com- pany G, Eleventh Regiment. He participated in all the actions of that body up to the time of his wound, at the battle of Fair Oaks.
At the time of that battle, Lieutenant Rice was sick and in hospital, where there were a number of the men of the Eleventh.
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After the fight grew warm, he exclaimed: "Boys, all who can hold up their heads, follow me," He then shouldered a musket, and they all joined the regiment and fought gallantly.
Rice, after firing seventeen rounds with deadly effect, for he was a crack shot; fell severely wounded, and was carried from the field. While he was in the hospital. he was promoted to First Lieutenant, "for his gallant conduct in the late battle." He died July 1st, 1862, the immediate cause of his death being consump- tion, brought on by his wounds, and. by exposure. His body was embalmed by order of Chaplain Henries, and sent home to Ellsworth, for burial. He was a brave soldier, and a noble young man, and would undoubtedly have made his mark, high in. military circles, had he lived.
CAPT. F. A. CUMMINGS,
Was born in Bangor, in 1838. His early life, after receiving his education, was spent on the ocean and in following-his trade as carpenter. The year before the war found him in the South, in the State of Louisiana, where he was employed on a railroad. At the beginning of the war, his father organized Company I, Ninth Maine, and was made Captain, and afterwards promoted to be Commissary of Subsistence, and attached to the staff of Jameson. F. A., the subject of this sketch, at this time went to the front, acting as clerk for his father. The latter being taken ill, F. A. was given the power of attorney, acting in his place. After the battle of Williamsburg, Capt. Cummings, still a civilian, came home and, in conjunction with W. S. Clark, raised Com- pany E. Eighteenth Maine, and was made a Lieutenant of it. When this regiment was transferred to the artillery, and two com- panies added, Cummings was made Captain. Previous to his de-
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parture, it may here be stated he organized Company L. While in the service, Capt. Cummings passed an examination, and was offered a position in the Colored Service, which he declined. He fought with his regiment until November 17th, 1864, when he was discharged for disability. In one battle a bullet struck his watch in his vest pocket, breaking that instrument and also two of the Captain's ribs. His time of service was thirty-one months.
After the war, Capt. Cummings returned again to his labors, being for twelve successive years a sealer and surveyor for Messis. Cue & Boynton. In 1885, he was elected Mayor of Banger, being the working-men's candidate. In 1887, he was appointed Post Master of the city of Bangor; his fine war record contributing largely to his success. This office he now holds.
JAMES W. CLARK,
Was born in Sangerville, February 11th, 1839, and in early life . moved to Great Falls, N. H., where, April 28d, 1861, he enlist- ed as a private in a three months' regiment. He afterwards en- listed for three years, and became a member of Company H, Second New Hampshire Volunteers, commanded by Col. (after- wards Brig. Gen.) Gilman Marston. The regiment left New Hampshire for Washington about the middle of June, previous to which time, Private Clark received his first promotion by be- ing appointed Corporal.
With his regiment he marched into Virginia, in July, and participated in the disastrous battle of Bull Run, seeing what was then accounted severe fighting. For his gallantry in this engagement, he was shortly afterwards promoted to the rank of Sergeant. His regiment saw no more active service until the Peninsula campaign. Meanwhile it was assigned to duty with
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the original brigade of Gen. Hooker, and afterwards formed a part of his division in Heintzleman's Corps. Under this distin- guished officer, Sergeant Clark labored and fought at Yorktown, participating in a brilliant and successful attack, upon an annoy- ing outwork of the enemy. When at length the rebels were unearthed, he fought at the bloody battle of Williamsburg, when his regiment suffered severely, the brunt of the action being borne by Hooker's division. Marching up the Peninsula, he participated in all the operations of the army, in the vicinity of Richmond, fighting at Fair Oaks, battle of the Swamp, Peach Orchard, Savage's Station, White Oak Swamp. Glendale and Mal- vern Hill. During all this campaign he never left his com- pany for a day, although worn down and weakened by the mal- arious diseases of the Peninsula, his indomitable courage kept him at his post of duty.
A single instance of his heroism deserves narration. At the bat- tle of the Swamp, June 25th. Col. Marston, after a spirited and suc- cessful charge, found his regiment flanked, and virtually cut off from the co-operating forces. Determined to hold the hard won position, be called for a volunteer to carry a dispatch to Gen. Cuvier Grover, the brigade commander. The peril of the under- taking was sufficient to appal the stoutest heart. There was a momentary hesitation in the ranks, until Sergeant Clark stepped forward and received the dispatch. Gliding stealthily from tree to tree, he ran the fierce guantlet of the rebel fire, reached Gen. Grover in safety, and executed his mission. Fresh troops were ordered up, and the position was held. His act of gallantry was not forgotten by the Colonel, and on more than one occasion there- after, when the Second New Hampshire was hotly engaged with the enemy. he called for Sergeant Clark, and kept him by his side, or employed him in carrying orders and dispatches.
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Just before the Peninsula was evacuated, Sergeant Clark receiv- ed, from the Governor of Maine, a commission as First Lieutenant of Company E. Eighteenth Maine Volunteers, afterwards the First Maine Heavy Artillery. Application was at once made for his discharge, but it was not issued until his regiment had arrived at Alexandria, and was on the point of pushing out to the support of Pope's forces. He was not the man to part from his old comrades at such a time, but again shouldering his musket, he marched with them towards the enemy, and participated in Gen. Hooker's fiurer fight for the railroad in the vicinity of Manassas, on the 20th of August, and in the second battle of Bull Run, a day or two later. In both of these engagements. he fought by the side of Col. Mars- ton.
Lieut. Clark joined the Eighteenth Regiment at Washington, and entered upon his duties as First Lieutenant of Company E. His regiment remained in that vicinity until Grant's campaign . from the Rapidan to Petersburg was inaugurated. Meanwhile, his intelligence and marked efficiency as an officer had attracted the notice of his superiors, and in April, 1864, he was promoted to be Adjutant of his regiment, now the First Heavy Artillery. In May, he marebed with his regiment to join Grant's forces, and par- ticipated in the most terrific campaign of the war. He fought with his comrades in their bloody encounter with the enemy near Spottsylvania Court House, May 19th; at Tolopotomoy, at North Anna, at Cold Harbor, June 1st and 3d; and in the subsequent operations at the latter place up to June 12th. On all these occas- ions he displayed the same coolness, dash and bravery, which had given him so enviable a name among his old comrades of the Sec- ond New Hampshire Regiment ; and these qualities did not fail to win for him the confidence and admiration of the officers and men with whom he associated.
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When the army was withdrawn from Cold Harbor, he marched with his regiment in the movement upon Petersburg, and fought with them in their hot engagements at that place on the 16th and 17th of June. Foremost among his comrades in their most heroic but terribly unfortunate charge upon the enemy's works, on the 18th of June. he was severely wounded in his right arm, when he was conveyed to the army hospital. David's Island, New York harbor. After languishing in the hospital three weeks, during which time he suffered intensely. he submitted to the amputation of his limb, and died on the 31st of July. His remains were conveyed by his bereaved wife to his home, and there buried in an honored grave.
ADJUT. GEN. JOHN L. HODSDON.
It is universally conceded among military men, that Maine had, in the person of John L. Hodsdon, the most efficient Adjutant General to be found in the North.
At the age of sixteen, he enlisted in the Bangor Light Infantry, and subsequently became a member of the Major General's Staff of the Third Division of the Maine Militia, with the rank of Major, and in January, 1839 was officially with the troops, called into service for the protection of Maine's northeastern frontier, in the immediate vicinity of Fort Fairfield, Aroostook county. After occupying that point for some time, a treaty was effected between the two governments and the troops were withdrawn. During the period between 1839 and 1861. Gen. Hodsdon was filling the various military offices, from Major to Major General, passing up the numerous intervening grades, and was twice made Brigadier General.
January 9th. 1-61. he was elected by the legislature, Adjutant
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General, a most fortunate choice, retiring after seven annual and almost unanimous elections at the hands of the several legis- latures, it being upon the completion of his six volume of "Official Reports" of some eight thousand pages. affording all participants in the war recognition by name, annually, while remaining in the service of our State's military organizations. for the entire period of the war.
His official services closed upon his resignation, March 81st, 1867, with the completion of his sixth volume of "Official Re- ports." embodying a most exhaustive history, in detail of Maine's part in the war. This is a volume of nearly fourteen hundred pages, and contains the name and rank of every individual mus- tered into the United States service in Maine, with its every organization, from April 1861, to March 31st, 1867. Gen. Hods- don's reports were eagerly sought by all the United States Gov- ernment officials of the military departments, the moment they came from the book-binder, so greatly did they facilitate the settlement of accounts with officers and soldiers, and the pro- curement of pensions.
Gen. Hodsdon still resides in Bangor, and is still authority on military matters. In addition to the position of Adjutant General, he held, during the war, the important trusts of Act- ing Quartermaster and Paymaster General.
BREVET BRIG. GEN. JOS. SEWELL SMITH,
Was born in Wiseasset. November 27, 1836, but removed to Bath when quite a young man. After passing through the common schools of that city, he attendedand graduated from the Academy at Gorham. Soon after he went to Stillwater, Me .. where he en- gaged with Wm. Jameson as book-keeper and clerk. In 1:57, he
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went west, being engaged in lumbering at Stillwater, Minn., and Lyons, Iowa. Upon the breaking out of the war in 1861, he re- turned to Maine, for the purpose of enlisting and going to the front in a regiment from his native State. June 4th, he enlisted as a private in Company D, Third Maine Regiment, Col. O. O. Howard commanding, and it was not long before he was promoted to Corporal, Sergeant, Lieutenant, Captain and Lieutenant Colonel. October 27th, 1864, while serving on the staff of Gen. Hancock, he was breveted Colonel. "for gallantry in action at Ream's Sta- tion, August 25th. 1864, and at the battle of Boydton Plank Road, October 27th, 1864." On the 9th of April, he was breveted Brig. Gen. U. S. Volunteers. "for faithful and meritorious services. etc.," upon recommendation of Maj. Gen. A. A. Humphrey. com- manding Second A. C.
Gen. Smith served continuously with the Second Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, from its organization to its dissolution, par- ticipating in the first battle of Bull Run, and nearly every other battle in which it was engaged, and was finally honorably mustered out of the service. July 11th, 1865.
In writing of Gen. Smith, Gen. Hancock said: "He was brev- eted for bravery in action. His conduct in the field was always marked for spirit and gallantry."
Gen. Humphrey said of him : "My estimate of him. as a faith- ful, skillful and efficient officer, whose long experience in the field, and sound judgment makes him a most valuable officer. The spirited manner in which he served as aide, in the action, shows him to be as soldierly as he is capable in administration."
In a letter to a brother officer, Gen. O. O. Howard said: "Col. Smith came into the service, as a private soldier, in the Third Maine, at that time commanded by me. He served on my staff at the first battle of Bull Run. While under my command, his
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services were of a very meritorious character, and his subsequent record is equally good. I have always considered him a capable, energetic and efficient officer."
HON. HANNIBAL HAMLIN.
Hannibal Hamlin, third son of Cyrus and Anna (Livermore) Hamlin, was born in Paris, Maine, August 27th, 1809. His grandfather, Eleazer Hamlin, of Massachusetts, was a Major in the Revolutionary war. He attended Hebron Academy, and was · fitted for college, but the death of his father required him to take charge of the home farm, where he acquired that love of agriculture which he has since retained. In 1829, he and Horatio King bought the " Jeffersonian," a Paris newspaper, in the office of which he worked for several months, and then sold out. He then entered the office of Judge Cole, of Paris, as a student of law, for two years, and later in the office of Fessenden, De- blois and Fessenden, of Portland, and was admitted to the bar at Paris, January 1833. On the same day that he was admitted he tried a case and won it. The counsel on the other side was the Honorable Stephen Emery, whose daughter Mr. Hamlin after- wards married. He first thought of settling in Bridgton, but decided to come to Lincoln, where he found Samuel F. Hersey and William R. Hersey, natives of his county, who gave him a cordial welcome. His father was one of the original proprie- tors of the town, and it was settled largely by families from Paris, Buckfield and Woodstock. After staying there a few weeks he concluded to settle in that place, and went to Paris for his library. On his way he met John Appleton, afterwards Chief Justice of the S. J. Court, who informed him that Charles Stetson was about to move from Hampden to Bangor, and advised him
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to go to Hampden, and settle there, which he did, commencing practice April 1st, 1833. He continued to live in Hampden until the spring of 1862, when he removed to Bangor, where he has since resided.
He was a Representative to the Legislature in 1836, '37, '3S. '39, '40 and 1847; Speaker of the House, in 1837, '39 and 1840; Aid-de-Camp to Governor John Fairfield in 1839; Representative to the Twenty-Eighth and Twenty-Ninth Congresses in 1843 to 1847; U. S. Senator 1848 to 1856; Governor in 1857; U. S. Senator in 1857 and 1861; Vice-President of the United States in 1861 to 1865; Collector of the port of Boston in 1865 and 1866; United States Senator in 1869-1881; Minister to Spain in 1881, resigned in 1883, and returned to Bangor. The degree of LL. D. was conferred on him by Colby University in 1869. He also served as a private in Company A. State Coast Guards, Capt. L. J. Morse.
Since his return home from Spain, Mr. Hamlin has resided in Bangor, where, it is almost needless to say, he has the uni- versal esteem and regard of all the people. In two things, outside of his domestic affairs, he seems to take a deep interest-the tilling. of the soil about his pleasant home, and the affairs of the Grand Army of the Republic. He is always ready to assist this organi- zation in any way, and, when on Decoration Day, he marchet to the cemetery and addresses his comrades, as he did last year, is is easy to see, from his fervid tones and solemn mien, that he fully appreciates the sacrifices made by those, who so well and faithfully represented, in the late Civil war, Eastern Maine in the Rebellion.
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THE LOSS OF THE "EMMA JANE." .
Some time ago, Capt. Elijah Low, of Bangor, had for a guest his brother-in-law, Capt. F. C. Jordan, and it was the good fortune of the author to meet him, and also to hear from his lips his experience with Capt. Semmes, late of the Confederate Navy. The story of the loss of the ship, as told by Capt. Jor- dan, is, in substance as follows:
During the war, Capt. Jordan, then commanding the ship - Em- ma Jane," touched at Singapore, where a portion of her cargo of coal was discharged, and, a few days later she sailed for . Bombay, which port was made in due time, where the balance of the freight was taken out. As the ship was ready to return for another cargo, Capt. Jordan learned that the " Alabama " had followed him into Singapore, where some of the coal that. he had left there had been taken on board, and that in all probability she was then hovering off the Malabar coast, in the track of merchantmen. In order to avoid her on his return trip, Capt. Jordan determined to keep away from the land. out- side the usual track, and thus escape the enemy, but, as the sequel will show, Capt. Semmes, being a shrewd fellow, anticipat- ed just such action. and he too "kept off." One morning Capt. Jordan discovered a stranger directly ahead, and, as the rising sun lit up the horizon, it was seen to be a steamer under sail. No un- easiness was felt, however, on board the " Emma Jane," as many English and other foreign steamers traded in those waters.
Gradually the two vessels approached each other, being pro- pelled over the gently rolling sea by the light breeze of the morning, and, when half a mile apart, the steamer ran up the American flag, to which Capt. Jordan responded by sending aloft
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the stars and stripes also. Just as the Americans were congratu- lating themselves upon the fact that the stranger was a friend, boom! went the port gun to windward. This was a signal to "heave to," and with doubtful hearts the Yankee crew backed the main topsails, and soon a boat was seen to "lower away " from the steamer. With a glass Capt. Jordan made a hasty examin- ation of the boat, and then, walking to the cabin door, said to his wife :
"Pack up your valuables and prepare to leave. Yonder stea- mer is the Alabama."
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The experienced eye of the sailor had detected the fact that the lap-streak boat, which was now approaching rapidly, was of English build, and he knew that the steamer rolling to windward had no right to hoist the beautiful emblem of the Republic, and that he had fallen into the claws of the "Leaping Tarantula," as Semmes loved to call his handsome craft. With measured and strong strokes, the powerful crew sent the light craft along, now mounting the green glassy wave, and now going down between the swelling seas, until she came alongside, and her commander quickly mounted to the deck of the doomed ship. No time was lost by this man of business, who said :
"I represent Capt. Semmes and the Alabama, and I desire you to take your papers and go on board at once.".
When Capt. Jordan arrived on board the Confederate steamer, he was met by Semmes, who was much disappointed on learning that the ship was in ballast only, and without any deliberation he said :
"I shall burn your ship, Capt. Jordan. You can have twenty minutes in which to bring off your wife and crew. I will allow you one trunk of clothing and the sailors one bag each."
At the same time, a portion of the crew of the steamer, -about
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one hundred and fifty in all-began to plunder the ship, searching in vain for money. They would not believe Capt. Jordan when he told them that all his cash-some 822,000-had been sent home from Bombay, and actually overhauled the ballast in search of it. The crew were under but little restraint, some drinking freely. others gathering about the organ in the cabin, singing ribald songs, others arraying themselves in the clothing of Mrs. Jordan, while . the balance, as though possessed by a desire to destroy and mu- tilate, went about cutting and hacking the cabin furniture, break- ing up the. crockery, etc. All day long the work of removing the stores went on, and was not finished until night had thrown her mantle over the scene of destruction. The wind had gone down, the gently heaving ocean was like a sea of glass, save where it was broken by the splash of an oar, or by the fin of some monster of the deep as he rolled lazily along. leaving behind him a phospho- rescent track that sparkled and glittered in strange contrast with the reflection of the black southern sky above. Before the last of the crew left the vessel, the broken furniture was gathered in a heap in the cabin and fired, and at the same time the torch was applied forward and the craft left to the destroying elements.
The "Alabama" lay by that night. as there was no wind, but it seemed as though she could not depart until the work of destruct- ion had been completed, and all through the dark hours Capt. Jor- dan and his wife and crew sat silent spectators.
At first volumes of smoke only aruse slowly, covering the whole scene as with a black pall. Later, forks of flame shot up through this as lightning darts through clouds, disappearing, however, the next instant. Then solid flame broke through the cabin wood- work, and, after seemingly resting for a moment, prepared for a swift flight. A fork of flames darts out and catches the standing rigging. The hot sun of the tropics had been beating down upon
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this all day, the tar that covered it was soft and warm, and the flame, catching this, went skyward with the swiftness of a rocket. It catches the sails, it divides itself at every intersection of rigging, shooting upward, outward and downward at the same time; weav- ing itself into zigzag trails as the gentle breeze-a thing of its own creation-wafted the small strands and ropes to and fro. Now and then it darted away from the rigging and the sails, carrying some portion of each along with it, and poising a moment in mid-air, . whirled rapidly, and then dropped into the sea below. It roared too, and sent out weird sounds, as though it were a thing of life, giving expressions of glee as it hurried along on its errand of des- truction. It bit through the to'gallant masts, the rigging which supported them, and they came tumbling from aloft, leaving a trail of sparks hanging in the Heavens. It bit through the topmast, darted over the bow-sprit, along the rail and quarter deck and down over the stern, shooting its thousand insinuating tongues into every crack and crevice, until the top hamper having all come down, the once beautiful craft lay a blackened wreck upon the ocean, while the symmetrical Alabama lay off, looking like some beautiful marine monster contemplating its prey.
The end was near at hand.
The flame ate its way through the stout timbers, that had so long and well resisted therestless ocean, weakening them and drawing the bolts until at last, the ship coming lazily and heavily down from the crest of the swell, they gave way, admitting the other element that was to complete the work. With the fury of a tiger this rushes in, filling the ship to its level, holding its own as she rose on the wave, and as the doomed craft came back creaking and groaning in every timber, gains a higher hold upon her. until at length the ship, as though she were a thing of life appealing to Heaven for mercy, threw
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her head high into the air, hung for an instant, and was then drawn into the dark unfathomed caves of old ocean's bed, while those who loved her so well shed tears as she departed.
The next day Semmes ran in towards the coast to land his captives. The place selected was a wild and uninhabited country, save by a few natives who lived along the shore. As the "Ala- bama " approached, the long line of breakers, through which the salt sea churned itself until it was white with foam, the dreary, barren land behind them, the black hills forming the back-ground, all looked anything but inviting, and Capt. Jor- dan appealed to the rebel commander to transport him to a civiliz- ed section of the country, but no ; here they must land and at once.
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"We want to get rid of you as soon as possible," was the answer. " Prepare to go ashore."
Words were useless, and soon they were being hurled through the breakers, thrown upon the shore by the violence of the sea, while the crew that had brought them in, forced the now light boats back with the ebb of the tide, and later the " Ala- bama," urged forward by both wind and steam, disappeared down the western horizon. Capt. Jordan watched her as she got un- der way, and as she grew smaller and smaller to the eye as the distance grew greater, he knelt under the cocoanut tree and prayed that the " Scourge of the Seas" might sink that night.
Here Capt. Jordan and his companions in misery were obliged to remain until the natives had grown to understand their signs, when they were taken in a flotilla of canoes, and carried to, a point one hundred and fifty miles away, where connection was made for Bombay, at which place they arrived in due season. Here money was secured and the journey was then continued overland to Europe, and thence to America. The hardships were many, but Mrs. Jordan, with rare fortitude, bore up un-
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