The Life of Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry volume 2
The Life of Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry volume 2
Alexander Slidell Mackenzie
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R. Handy, who stood in the bow of the boat, directing her course so soon as he caught sight of the drowning man, had the satisfaction literally to catch him by the hair of his head as he was sinking below the surface for the third time. He was brought on board appa- rently lifeless, but the skilful applications of the surgeon quickly restored him ; and, soon after, the captain had the satisfaction of explaining by tele- graph to the commodore the object and result of a manoeuvre which had been ...contemplated with mingled anxiety and admiration by the whole squadron. At Gibraltar Commodore Chauncey found in- sti'uctions from the government, appointing him, with Mr. Shaler, commissioners to negotiate a new treaty with Algiers. Through the friendship of Perry, and his ow^n superior qualifications for the post, Mr. C. O. Handy, acting chaplain of the Java, was appointed secretary to the commission. The commodore sailed for Algiers in fulfilment of this errand, and the commissioners w^ere successful in negotiating a new treaty, upon the basis of that of Commodore Decatur, and solemnly establishing all OLIVER HAZARD P £ R R i% 139 the important principles secured to us by that treaty.
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