Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1864-12-23
Anecdotes Of Commodore Hull.
BIT CAROLINE Fl. DALI.

IN tnOse fNT~oU uhyb WHICH ooh Aiu
lived at Newton, surrounded by as man
children and dependents as the good oil
woman in her shoe, certain brother {
his, who had seven boys, and thought tn
general we'll 10 do, wrote to know II b
would take one of them off bis hands,
Nov like the good old lady just allude
to, our general no sooner brushed swarr
from his upper feathers, than he foun
them chnging incontinently TO latchett
and roseties The had seven girls ant
one boy of bis own, and he did not quit
know what to do with this other boy VIII,
might come from the land Of wooden nut
megs so he answered bis brothers let
ter by the reticent phrase, III thinl
about it,
Standing one night just at sunset be
fore his own door, the stage-coach drove
up, and tiny fellow dropped from hi
perch on the box.
How do you do uncle ? said he. 'Whc
are you 2 said the general. I'm Isaac
HULL said the new conner, and I've CONE
to live with YOU 'Whew ! whistled thu
general but Madam Hull came out
ard casting a motberly look on the small
creature who stood there with bis bundle,
took him in to snug corner of that capa-
cious family nest. They sent him to
school, but be would not learn. In vain
Master Pelham did bis best his whole
heart was set on going to sea.
One day Gen. Hull had a merchant
captain to dine with him, and be told him
of Isaac's desire. TO please you, said
Capt Scott, I'D do almost anything; let
US see the little fellow Isaac was sent
for and came into the room, pale, peaked,
puny, and under the ordinary size of a
boy of twelve. 'Whew = said the captain
If take him, shall have TO carry a
nuss " NO you won't spoke up the fu
ture commodore Il can go 10 your cabin,
and take care of you and your things );
see il don't!'
Well, Capt Scott look Isaac, and il
CHANGED that on the very first voyage
they we're cas-; away, when lsaac's dex-
,erity and care saved the life of his cap,
tain, aud nothing more was ever said
about missing !
II was in somewhat troublous times
that Isaac made acquaintance with the
English, and no one could say he liked
hem very well. He took out one Of our
to Liverpool in the Cons;i-
ution, and our government ordered him
o wait there six weeks for another, who
vas on his return from the continent
Many were the annoyances the little man
lad to suffer, from the saucy English of.
icers who boarded with him at the Abel
,Li. One day he had left tue hotel, and
vas going down towards his ship, when
hree of them followed him, staggering
md jeering as they came. Who's that
title fellow ? said one, in loud voice.
Don't you know ? retorted another, that
psalm singing Isaac, from the state OF
Connecticut. The Yankees have given
him the biggest ship they've got
Gentlemen said Isaac, turning round
fercely, i perceive there is soon TO be
trouble between your country and mine {;
and when il comes, by the Lord that made
me, Ill make you sing Psalm you will
remember = They thought of that when
he took the Guerrero. They had made
him a midshipman, and he went right up,
one, two, three, four
When Gen Hull was governor Of De
,roit, Isaac resigned his commission be
cause some foolish popinjay was promot-
I'd over his head. But his uncle did not
mean the country should lose good
officer by boyish freak. He stopped
the resignation on its way, and when the
war came Isaac was promoted.
How mad his men were when the
Guerrero attacked them. Isaac saw
that they were only cutting away his top
sails, and wouldn't let his men return tue
fire. AT last il seemed as If the ammu>
INV 81 e,h And Bee 9gmSad ID giving Sin out
ed Isaac, remembering bis own and his
country's wrongs and I b y tore The
Guerrero TO ribbons. The American
fired low, and every shot told.
When Gen Hull heard this story, bis
cheek flushed with pride, and when Isaac
came home, he went out TO Newton to a
grand festival. Through all Gen uulrs
reverses. the commodore stood bravely
by BIN, and when, after bis defense was
published, the town of Fairfield. in Con- g
necticut, where he was born, gave him '
public dinner, no face beamed brighter ,
than his nephew.
Isaac knew very well that the heari
which had welcomed the wandering boy. !
and the hand which had led him in the :
path Of duty, was neither the heart to j
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