Our first century: being a popular descriptive portraiture of the one hundred great and memorable events of perpetual interest in the history of our country, political, military, mechanical, social, scientific and commercial: embracing also delineations of all the great historic characters celebrated in the annals of the republic; men of heroism, statesmanship, genius, oratory, adventure and philanthropy . .He little knew the pluck of McDonough,—a striking illustration of whose charac-ter may here be related : In 1806, McDonough was lieutenant ofa United States vessel, the Siren, thencruising
Our first century: being a popular descriptive portraiture of the one hundred great and memorable events of perpetual interest in the history of our country, political, military, mechanical, social, scientific and commercial: embracing also delineations of all the great historic characters celebrated in the annals of the republic; men of heroism, statesmanship, genius, oratory, adventure and philanthropy . .He little knew the pluck of McDonough,—a striking illustration of whose charac-ter may here be related : In 1806, McDonough was lieutenant ofa United States vessel, the Siren, thencruising in the Mediterranean, underthe command of Captain Smith. Oneforenoon, during the absence of CaptainSmith on shore, a merchant brig, underthe colors of the United States, came intoport, and anchored ahead and close to theSiren. Soon after, a boat was sent froma British frigate then lying in the harbor,and the crew boarded this remaining alongside a little while,the boat returned, ivith one inore man than she went ivith! This circumstanceattracted the notice of McDonough, whosent Lieutenant Page on board the brig,to know the particulars of the affair. Pagereturned with information that the manhad been impressed by the boat that camefrom the British frigate, although he hada protection as an American blood was up ! In a twink-ling, he ordered the Sirens gig to be. COMMODORE MCDONOCQH. manned, and putting himseK in her, wentin pursuit of the boat, determined torescue his countryman. He overtook heralongside the British frigate, just as theman at the bow was raising his boat-hookto reach the ship, and took out the Amer-ican by force,—although the British boathad eight oars, and his only four,—andcarried him on board the Siren. Whenthe report of this affair was borne to thecaptain of the British frigate, he put off,in a rage, for the Siren, determined toknow how McDonough had dared to takea man from one of his majestys greetin
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