. Twelve naval captains, being a record of certain Americans who made themselves immortal . two met with de-light. Admiral Dacres showed Commodore Hullthe greatest attention, and at a splendid dinnergiven in his honor on the British flagship theadmiral told Mrs. Hull, who was present, the storyof the saving of his wifes Bible. Later, both ofthem having been detached from their squadrons,they were in Rome for a winter together, and wereinseparable. Admiral Dacres was a remarkablytall, thin man, while Commodore Hull was some-what the size and shape of a hogshead; andthe wags had infinite amuseme
. Twelve naval captains, being a record of certain Americans who made themselves immortal . two met with de-light. Admiral Dacres showed Commodore Hullthe greatest attention, and at a splendid dinnergiven in his honor on the British flagship theadmiral told Mrs. Hull, who was present, the storyof the saving of his wifes Bible. Later, both ofthem having been detached from their squadrons,they were in Rome for a winter together, and wereinseparable. Admiral Dacres was a remarkablytall, thin man, while Commodore Hull was some-what the size and shape of a hogshead; andthe wags had infinite amusement o^er the queerfigures of these two heroic men. On Commodore Hulls retirement he made hishome in Philadelphia. He always wore his uni-form, and as he walked the streets every hat wasdoffed to him, and the salute was courteously re-turned. The end came in February, 1843. Hislast words were, I strike my flag, — words thathe had never before had occasion to utter. Hewas a devout Christian, and during his whole lifehe honestly lived up to the requirements of ajust and pious manhood. IM. (llAIiLKS S-1 K\\ ai:t CHAELES STEWART. In the splendid galaxy of naval officers of theearly part of the century each one seems to havegained some special distinction, equally brilliant,but differing entirely from any other. Thus, asHull made the most remarkable escape on record,and Decatur succeeded in the most daring enter-prise, so Stewart may be credited with the mostsuperb seamanship in the one great fight that fellto his lot, for with one ship, the glorious Con-stitution, he fought two vessels at the same time,raking them repeatedly, without once being rakedhimself, and in the end forcing the surrender ofboth his antagonists. Charles Stewart was born in Philadelphia in1778, and entered the merchant service at thir-teen years of age. At twenty he had risen to thecommand of a fine vessel in the India trade, buton the reorganization of the navy in 1798 he wasgiven a naval commission. His rise
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