Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-09-11
Nv. I'm. sn. 6 m. | ys.
The True Story Of the Revenge.

Tie True Story Of the Revenge.
Sir Richard Greenvile was vice admiral to
Lord Thomas Howard, and Icy off the Azores,
with tho British squadron, in 1891. he was
noted tyrant to his crew-a dark, bullying fel-
low apparently-and it is related of him that
he would chew and swallow vine glasssS BY
way of convivial levity, till the blood ran out Of
his mouth. When the Spanish feet OF fifty
sail came within sight of the Eogiiah. bis
ship-the Revenge-was tho last to weigh
anchor, and was SO far circumVented by the
| Spaniards that there wero but two courses
open-eithcr to turn her back upon the enemy,
or sail through ono of the squadrons.
The first alternative Greenville dismissed as
dishonorabe to himself, his oountry, and her
Maissty's ship. Accordingly be chose the lat
ter. and steered into the Spanish armament.
Several vessels ho forced 10 luff and fall under
his Ice, until about three O'Clock in the after
noon a great ship Of three docks Of ordnance
took the wind out of his sails, and Immediately
boarded. Thencetorward and all night loug,
the Revenge held her own. single handed,
against tho Spaniards. As ship was beaten
of, another took its place. She endured. &C
cordug to Raloigh's computation, "Egbt
hundred shot of great artillery, besides many
assaults and entries.
BY morning the powder was spent, the pixies
ali broken, not sick was standing, ''nothiug
left overhead either for flight or defenoa;" six
feet OF water in the hold; almost all the men
hurt, and Grocnville himself iu dying condl.
ton. 10 bring them to this pass Asot of
fifty sail bad been mauling them for fifteen
hours; the admiral Of tho Hulks and tho As
i l.l bokl o1n
side, and two other vessels had taken refuge
words they had taken a great deal OF drub-
bing." The captain and crew thought they
had dono about enough, but Greenvillo IVES
not of this opinion; he gave orders to the mts
ter gunner, whom he knew to be fellow after
his own stamp, to scuttle the Revenge whore
she 10y.
The others. who wore not mortally wounded
like tho admiral, interferod with some decision,
locke tho master gunner into his cabin, after
having deprived him Of bis sword. for be mani
| tested an intention to kill himself if be wera
| not to sink the ship; and sont to the Spsnlards
to demand terms. These were granted. Tho
second or third day after, GreenVlllc died Of
his wounds aboard tho Spanish fig ship. losv
ing his contempt upon tho TRAITORS and dogs"
who had not chosen TO do as ho did, and on
gage fifty vessels, we'll found and fully manned.
with six inferior craft ravaged by sioknlss and
short OF stores. He, at least, ho said, had dono
his duty as he was bound to do, and looked for
everlasting fame.
How MRS GAINES SQvELoHED CoRNEr
BAND.-Mrs. Myra Clark Gaines kuows how
to take care of heraelf. Down at Ash6eld,
| Mass, cornet band has fastened itself, fungus
like, uron the community. and goes practically
| around in tho still hours of the night serenad'
| Ing innocent folks, with view to gettiog
subscriptions out of them to help to pay for tho
still unpaid for comets.
OF COURSE most people subscribe. Walked
up in tho middle OF tho night by howlsomc
abomination calliog itself oornot band; threat.
oncd with continuation Of the noisy misery
until money is forthcoming. even man pos
scSking vcry fair allowance OF presence OF
| mind and not bit bothered with conscientious
scruples as to the use of a revolver would %
surprised, very likely, into submitting to the
musical blackmail. A woman, Of course,
stands very small chance Of getliag sway
from the footing ruffians
Poor Mrs. Jim Fisk was struck" as the
eoamps themselves would phrase it, tho other
night and as she has a Just appreciation OF
"thc walIy OF peace and quietness. . she came
down." again to use tho dialect OF scampdom,
with $40. and they moved on until they came
to the hsbitation of Mrs. Myra Clark Gaines.
and thcro they paused directly bcneath the
front windows and opened firs with Johnny
Morgan. "
Mis-. Gaines was equal to the emergency.
She appeared on the front stoop, with her 500
drawn up behind her within easy supporting
distance. Having thus disposed her folces,
she replied to the enemy with q moral essay,
the t.xt of which was to the effect that perss
verauco was the ono adjunct absolutely ndls
pensablc to success. And her comment was
pointed by talking right straight along untll
every individual momber of the Ashheld
Correct Band had vaDished away as softly and
as silently as though Mrs Myra Clark Games
[ had been a vcritable Boojum. lhIadclphsa
Tins.
, LET THE WOMEN DRESS WELL.--We arc
heartily sick of hearing men soy that because
. fines are hard women should not wear fashion
{ ably trimmed dresses. Now the tact Is that
thcso very men either throw away or spend iol
, n;clcss triA,s moro money every month than II
s takes to dress their wives and daughters. Aud
then. if women of means do not dress WELL
what is to become Of the poor women who sew
: for living, and support helpless, children :. ou
the few dollars which the much abused ruth e
and puffs and founces represent! Tbe proper
thing for people of means to do is to live 81
literally as their incomes will permit. 10
neither men nor women will have pockets il
their shrouds, and life OF best is short. l
this werc generally done. newspapers woul
have less frequently to record instances OF ava
y rice and hard. heartedness, and there woul
l. be less suffering among working people. Ia
lit be remembered that goods are now cheaI
n aud dress making correspondingly reasonable
" And let it not bo forgotten that this worl
- would be hideously ugly ii it wore not sfor th
we'll dressed women who inhabit it.-Rsoisneon
Wh;g.