Naval officer; born in Brooklyn, N. Y.
, May 13, 1795; became a midshipman in 1812, serving under Chauncey
on Lake Ontario
He was promoted commodore on the retired list in 1862, and rear-admiral in 1866.
He served on the Mexican coast
in 1847-48, and was at different times commander of the East India
, Mediterranean, and Brazilian squadrons.
He died in Baltimore, Md.
, Oct. 2, 1883.
, a city and port of entry in Erie county, O.
; on Lake Erie
, at the mouth of the Sandusky River
Near by is Johnson's Island
, on which 2,500 Confederate officers who had been taken prisoners were confined in 1863.
During the summer a plot was formed to liberate these prisoners and in connection with this act to burn or otherwise destroy Buffalo
and other lake cities.
An expedition for these objects was organized in Canada
The plans of the Confederate
sympathizers became known to the American
consulgeneral in Montreal
, who immediately notified the Canadian
By Nov. 11, the governor-general
had gained sufficient information to warrant his notifying Lord Lyons, the British
minister at Washington
, of the plot.
Lord Lyons promptly communicated with the United States government, and by midnight of the same day Secretary Stanton
had perfected plans which put an end to the movement.