Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-01-22
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TIE OLD SAILORS Room Stephen Deca,
tur was most emphatically sailors man. :"
When, on shipboard we would say Of an officer
that the sailors respec. and love him, we say
he is sailors man. Decatur was every
inch sailor aud every inch hero. tie ln-
spircd his men with love that was devotion,
and came nearly being alteration.
In one Of Decatur's actions before Irpoh,
while engaged in hand to hand conflict with
powerful gun boat captain, he was attacked
from behind by one Of the Turks and would
have been assuredly cut down had not an old
sailor, named Reuben James, who had already
bccn severely wounded in the right arm, rushed
in aud received the blow Of theTurk 5 saber upon
his own head. Being so near to the striker
the blow did not penetrate the skull, and the
honest fellow survived.
When James had recovered from his
wounds, and was able to come on deck, DE.
catur called him aft, and having, in presence
of the crew, expressed the deepest gratitude
for his heroic devotion, babe him say what re-
ward he would have The old salt hitched up
his troswcrs, and knew not what to say His
mcssuates gathered around him, and whisper.
ID to him that now was his chance. The cid
,n,u would deny him nothing. One advised
him to ask for 4 boatswan's S rate; another, tor
double pay another, for double allowance
ni grog.' and so on.
But Reuben clbowed them aside, and said
he wautcd nonc of their counsel He would
not lose entirely the privilege Of being the com
modore' creditor to the amount OF his graft
tudc. Still, he would venture to request.
And he informed his commander, after much
lciibcration, that he would like to be excused
from holy -stoning aud scrubbing deck.
The whimsical request was cheertuly grant
cd, and from that tune forward, when all hands
were pipcd to scrub deck" Reuben james
pcrchcd himself clear of the sand and water,
and looked on in digniied ease and comfort:
lie sailed with Decatur, while they both lived
and upon the untimcly death of his patron
goody pension was granted him by the govern.
sncut, and he was allowed to retire upon his
laurcls C. IN Ncsv Korh Ledger.
ApvERrIsING.-W had call on Saturday
from Mr. Edward Malley the merchant prince
OF New Haven Connecticut, who was on his
way to Thomasvc, North Carolina, with three
other gentlemen and fine pack of dogs, for
two months hunt in the Old North State.
1t is his eighth OF tenth annual excursion South
for the same manly sport.
The history of this gentleman is somewhat
remarkable, and might be made suggestive
study by some Of our leading Richmond mcrch
ants About eighteen years ago, he appeared
in New Haven, and opened small seven by
nine dry goods store on the principal business
street of that city. At that time the heaviest
merchants on the street scarcely advertised
IN the local newspapers to the extent OF more
than two squares each and then in standing
advertisements for the season. Mr.. Malley,
with degree Of sagacity that no Que else had
ever dared cvincc, struck out boldly in the ad-
vcrtising line. engaging 4 column in each of the
local dailies with the privilege of changing the
same every week, and making his advertise
mcnts the most readable part OF the newspapers.
For this he paid each of the papers at the rate
of one thousand dollars year. The old togy
merchants stood aghast at his hardihood, and
everybody predicted that he would go up
in less than thirty days; and he did so up in
less than that tme-to the very height of the
mercantile ladder. His store IN few months
expanded from seven by nine room into
the occupancy of the whole building in which
it was situated, and in less than year he was
the city. He kept up his RECKLESS advertis-
iny," as it was called, and to-day he has a
store, built BY himself, 2G0 feet deep, 10 feet
wide, and two hoors-the largest and most sue
ccsSiul mercantile house in New England, out
side of Boston. He now pays the local Journals
not less than five thousand dollars a year for
advertising, and yet he frankly contesses that
he has made all his money out OF the newspa-
pcrS.
We wish we had half a dozen ED. Malcys'
III this city, Ten years would see them null
llonaircs on the same scale of thrift that has
made him more than millionaire. e.-Rtchmond
Stat, Journal.
\ LAWYER on FlRE-We take the follow
ns from the Chicago Journal \ well-known
lawyer OF this city, noted, among other pecu-
haritics, for the immense length of the capll
larry adornmeut of his Uranium, came near los
ns all his hair, his head aud his hat on yester
day, in West Randolph sample ROOM While
standing with his back near the counter, con.
ycrsng with some friends, the latter was seiz
ed with horror at what they at first supposed
was genuine case of spontaneous combustion,
i"r suddenly cone OF Kissing, cracking flames
enveoped the head and head-gear-a shiny
lug-of their friend, aud rose to a highth of
about two feet The odor accompanying the
phenomenon was of the most puugent charac
Ter, and was stongly suggestive of railroad car
nolocausetS. Put him out, put him out, was
the universal cry but all seemed afraid of an
explosion, and could do nothing but dauce
around the dancing figure of the red hot man
Ike a lot of made deryishes while the burning
i"dlyldual kept his arms flying around his
head like brace of fails One Of his friends
summoned up courage enough to smash his
hat over his eyes, as if determined to cork the
living volcano tightly, and prevent the imme
date bust.up This act had the effect of low
trns the column of fire to reasonable proper
lions when some one else threw two glasses
in Of, water on tho burning mass, aud followed
ii;ur by envelopiug the head of the devoted