Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1837-11-30
MAJOR DOWNING, No. 6-THE 1.-TWO
POLLIES" AFLOAT.
On board The T,co Poliies,

POLLIES" AFLOAT.
On board The Tico PolHes, }
RocKAwAY, l.. l. Nov. II, 1887. !
To *is Editors Of The " Y. Express:
Gentlemen-I thank you for sendin
me the papers regularly-but haint had
time to write to you now for some time.
l believe my last letter tell'd you
about the condition Of Uncle Sam and
his buttons, but am not sartin.
have now the satisfaction to tell you
and you may tell it to all creation
that The "Two Poiiies" Is ofoat, and this
is nigh upon the way it come about.
Some weeks ago got a letter from Un
Gle Joshua, telin me to keep a sharp
look out on the tides along about the
beginnin of November-that they had
had plagy high one down there in
Maine-and shortly before that there
was a considerable rise in Rhode Is
lanC, and it would sartainly be the same
all along shore---and accordin to his
kalk laton, there would be real rouser
along by York state somewhere from the
first to the middle Of this month-aDd
that if ever expected to git the "Two
Pollies" of, this was the time to keep
sharp look out, for Congress had done
nothn to help at the last session, and
might not at the next. And sure enuf,
on the 9Th, just at sunrise, it began to
rise, and every iollowin tide kept goin
leetle beyond the last one; and by sun
down Of the 3,h-"Ihe glorious 8th No
res.ber"-the Two Pollies begun to lift
out of the sand, and roll-and to rights
up she come on an even keel and swung
off TO her anker, which had run out into
deep water.
The next molnin the folks begun to
gather along shore, and every livin crit
tur who could git off, all come on board
spell, l kalklate hsint been seen for ma
ny day on board vessel, sound as ev.
er in her hull, but wantin spars, sails and
ri2gin. My old friend, Zekel Bigeiow,
was among the visitors, and nothin would
do but he must deliver an address to the
ioIks-snd he is you know, a complete
hand at tha;-and so up he got on the
windlass, and did pore II OIL there for
about half an hour, most awful. He
stood like a tea pot, one arm akimbo and
tother spouting-and sich a stream! |!
there was no gitten by it. He thanked
Everybody and euerything, that had any
hand in gittin the Two Pollies off shore
he said the same causes would lift
more folks out Of the mud than we had
any notion on-lor that the Two Pollies
was not the only object that had been
run on shore by the wickedness, and the
ig norance and sel6shness of some folks,
and when he come to speak of them
joiks, and tell hop and rhy all this trou-
BILE had been brought on the country en-
tirely by their pickedness, their igno-
rance, and their wiBnlness, he just took
up his swill tub and emptied the hull
scrnpe ont right over 'em. never in
my born days hearn the like.
AFTER this address was over, we all
gave three times three good hearty cheers,
and the Two Pollies, she rolled from side
TO side, like good naturcd Taughcr first
one scupper in and then tother, just as
though SHE was takin part in the fun;
and which she had a right to do.
The Two Pollies, as ! said afore, is
sound in her hull, and all her ground
tackle is as good as ever: but she wants
refittin, and as yet, nm leetle puzzled
to know which port to carry her to for
an outfit. Some think she ought to be
rugged on ne,c plan, and that "con-
vention Of riggers" is to meet in New
York on the 9th Of this month, to fix
upon n plan for riggin vessels generally
This being the case, ! don't know but il
is best to take the Two Pollies to New
York and let them all take n look at her
and then decide. | must say, I haint
got much confidence in any "new rig"
especially If it has anything like an err
pertinent" about it-all know about j,
is, the Two Polies was clipper in hcr
day, and with the rig she had, and un.
less am sarting that a change will, be
best, ] wont give my consent AS the
Two Pollies was never abandoned TO the
underwriters by the owners, who are all
of the "dont gire up The ship" order
there wont be any trouble on that core
! but more OF this i'm INV next.