A Biographical Notice of Com Jesse D Elliot Containing a Review of the Contro
A Biographical Notice of Com Jesse D Elliot Containing a Review of the Contro
Russell Jarvis
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The next is the statement of Mr. Page, t who was on board of the Tigress under Lieutenant Conklin. He fully confirms the statements already introduced, and furthermore says that the favorable impression of Captain Elliott's conduct in tlie battle was uni- versal, till the return of the fleet to Erie in October. He was then informed by Lieutenant Yarnall, that a diiference had arisen between Commodore Perry and Captain Elliott ; to which Mr. Yarnall added that he had alwa. Ys awarded to them an ...equal share in the victory. Here he explicitly contradicts Lieutenant *Appen(lix F. 3. T Appendix F. 4. 154 LIFE OF COM. ELLIOTT. Yarnall ; but as his statement is positive, while Lieu- tenant Yarnall, before the Court of Inquiry, merely said that he did not recollect such conversation, the weight of evidence is on the side of Mr. Page. He says that he never heard of the story about the chain shot- Had such story been current, and a general theme of mirth among the officers, it is difficult to imagine how it could escape the ears of Mr.
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