A distinguished family.
, one of the New England
ancestors of Captain Austin
, signed the Declaration of Independence
Another of his relatives, Stephen F. Austin
, is known as the ‘Father
His home was in the Lone Star State
At the breaking out of the war, he commanded one of the Harris
Line steamships plying between New Orleans and Galveston
He built and fought with the Manassas
. He has a brother who was an officer in the Confederate army, now a resident of Atlanta, Ga.
For four years his life was filled with daring exploit after exploit.
Three times he was in prison, twice escaping.
Now, but few of his adventures are to be remembered, but those few are enough to brand him as one of the greatest naval heroes of the age. After the Manassas
had been abandoned he took to blockade running, and from that time one feat of daring crowded rapidly upon another.