Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 May 1885 — ADMIRAL JOUETT. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

ADMIRAL JOUETT.

Commanding the U. S. Forces at Panama-

Admiral James E. Jouett, commanding • the United States steamer Tennessee, whowas recently dispatched to Panama with instructions to protect American- interests there and keep the route across the Isthmus open to traffic, entered the navy as a midshipman in 1841, and served as such on the Decatur, under Commodore M. C. Perry. He afterward served on the John Adams, and during the Mexican war commanded a i company of riflemen for the relief and support of Gen. Taylor. In 1855 he was promoted to Master, and commissioned as Lieutenant the same year. He took part in the Paraguay expedition of 1858, and in 1859-GO was engaged in the suppression of the slave trade off the Cuban coast. He took an active part in the naval operations - during the war of the rebellion, and achieved a reputation for bravery’ and efficiency. At the fight in Mobile Bay he was selected by Admiral Farragut, with his vessel, as the consort to accompany the flagship Hartford through the engagement, the two vessels, according to the plan of the battle, being lashed together. He was highly commended by Farragut, in his official report, for brave and efficient conduct in that affair.