_Java_, British frigate, fight with the _Constitution_ off the coast of Brazil, 155–173; poor gunnery of, 157; a complete wreck in sixty-five minutes, 162; losses of, 169. _Jefferson_, American brig, iii. 113. _Jefferson Davis_, Confederate privateer, captures the _John Welsh_, _Enchantress_, _S. J. Waring_, iv. 91; _Mary Goodell_ and _Mary E. Thompson_, 92; runs aground at St. Augustine and is lost, 93. Jenkins, Captain Thornton A., iv. 386. _Jersey_, the notorious prison-ship, sketch of, i. 221–226. _John Adams_, Perry’s flagship on his cruise to South America, iii. 327. _John Welsh_, merchant-brig, captured by Confederate privateer _Jefferson Davis_, iv. 91. Johnson, Captain Henry, in charge of brig _Lexington_, sent to Europe, i. 117. Johnson, Captain J. D., succeeds Admiral Buchanan on the _Tennessee_, iv. 402; surrenders his ship to Captain Le Roy, of the Federal steamer _Ossipee_, 403. Jones, Captain Jacob, encounters the _Frolic_ in a gale, ii. 106; captures the _Frolic_, 107–117; surrenders the _Wasp_ and the _Frolic_ to the frigate _Poictiers_, 118, 119; rewarded with a gold medal from Congress, 119; given command of the frigate _Macedonian_, 119, 143. _Jones_, American brig, iii. 113. Jones, John Paul, first independent command of, i. 64; promoted to rank of captain, 73; fight with the _Solebay_, 73–76; outsails the British frigate _Milford_, 77; sails into Canso Harbor, _ib._; in Newport Harbor, 78; in command of flagship _Alfred_, 79; passes through British squadron off Block Island, _ib._; captures brig _Mellish_, _ib._; encounters and captures coal fleet in Canso Harbor, 80; captures a British privateer, _ib._; chased by the _Milford_, _ib._; arrives in Boston, 82; ordered back to the brig _Providence_, 83; bad treatment of, by Congress, _ib._; appointed to the gun-ship _Ranger_, 134; sails to Nantes, 135; reaches Quiberon Bay, 137; sails from Brest to England, 138; scuttles a merchant-brig, _ib._; seizes the _Lord Chatham_, _ib._; sails to Whitehaven, _ib._; attempts to capture the _Drake_, 140; descends on Whitehaven, 141; his crew takes an earl’s silver, 142; attacks the house of the Earl of Selkirk, 147; returns the silver taken by his crew, 151, 152; second and successful attempt to capture the _Drake_, 152; generosity of, 155; fought for honor, 158; inactivity of, in France, 228; fits out the _Bonhomme Richard_, 229; Congress arranges to give him a fleet, 232; the _Alliance_, _Pallas_, and _Vengeance_ put under his command, 232; trouble with Captain Landais of the _Alliance_, 234; his fleet sails from L’Orient augmented by the _Monsieur_ and _Granville_, _ib._; captures a brigantine, 235;