The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1837-08-25

MAJOR DOWNING TO HIS FELL
Low CITIZENS.

fallmadge, and others. having been dis
charged. IL is nov Of high importance 10
know what the illuslrious Major has 10
say.
The Major promises in his next 10 take
up The subjeei IL the currency. and 10 go
20 work in earnest 10 do his best toward
putting things in order again. In one Of
his conversations the other day. il Is re
ported that he said there was but one ho-
nest political party in This or any other
country, and that be wOnld in good time
demonstrate this. Nous UerrOns. the
Major now can parieyrOus French We
dare saw. having returned from his ira
wells in foreign parts.
Marine Pavilion. Rockaway, LII
August 18th, 1887 N sight II tie wreck
Hf The Two Palliss
To the People Of The United States of
North America IN general, and 10 the
great Democratic Family IN particular.
Fsllosr Citizens: You have all by this
time heard tell Of nv return 10 nv native
land, after an absence now nf over tN0
wears this grass, and how nigh ! came
resting my bnnes along with Inc Two
PoIIies" on his beach. aud all mainly
OWN 20 a notion that Captain Jumper
took thai ne was more Known Than 9TH
er folks about his latitude and longitude
and suundlns. and 70 Wind up all, was wal
ling. right or wrong. ito take the resPon-
slbIli,y." Well. the long and short Of
The matter is, the 1.-Two Pollles" went
ashore, and there she lies now. right nff
and on the house am now IN, and A. !
am IN pretty good keepin here, mean to
sick by and wall COR the high tides Of
September next. and see If there IS any
hopes Of getting this vessel of. 4 don't
mean To- quit so long as Two sticks Of linz
Der If this vessel hangs together. |
know she is worth ssvin. aud II We cant
save all We can save part, jest enufI to
presrre the model, for tlIrre ain'I SIGH an.
other craft sfnaI or on shore IT. all this
| created aIrih.
In the natural course Of things, | sup
pose that seeing II Is now more shan Two
years since / wrote my last letter iram
France To my old friend Mr. Dwight,
thai ought 10 ielI where | have been,
aud what | have been about: but this
would be long sl0ry---Ioo long To be
good for nothing. and have no time now
IN finish II il ! once begun it'll leave
that Till ! get through more important
matters. did not intend writing any
thing ull the " Two Pollips" was off and
safe afna, SgIn; but seeing that all The
great folks are at work writing private
letters for publications. | thought II was
high time To begin, and Ia doing so. as
the Globe says Of my old friend the Gl-
nersrs letter, "dash it off in the broad
bold hand Of the venerable chief. without
the slightest care Of puncs"auug or cor
recliug, &c"
When | lelI home the last time, on nv
way TO Fr nee, 10 aid IN kefpng thing.
right there, sal down q the starn ot the
Two Pollies, and keP; my eye an my ma
tive nils nll the top ol tie highest one
was lost in fgg-cloni IT, ii ''nng ",er IT,
! then began To feel cunsrietshIc Wanble.
crop'd. and could not help thinking d
the time when | was a boy. aud wher
the great platter Of lngin dumplins stool
smoking on the table. aud the family TAX
ing chairs all around ii; aud Jest theI
my good oId'mother calling out, " You
Jonny, ms son. then plagy cattle are IL
the corn-iield sgln.-- run, my boy. an,
turn I'm ouI,---snd away I'd ycud, an,
whilst running | would keep thinking o
them dumpIlns. wha, changes might TAX
place among EN- alore got back agin
and, in fact. whether there would be an,
left a, all by the time ! got back. AIT
jest so il was this time: there we're IN,
native hills, all smoking in the distance
Jest like row Of hot dumpllns, and 20
ing of 10 keep an eye On them French
men; what changes. thinks |, will taxi
place among them hills alore gil bael
10 them.
:, | don't want 10 underraie dumplins
for lived on 'em nigh half my life. bu
/ must say, IL any man wants to know
how much dearer To bin is his native hull
. than aoy thing else in all creation, lie
! him stand on the slarn Of vessel goip
away from 'em at the rate Of ten miles Al
hour. aud see EN- GO down out Of sigh
in fog-bank, and # he don't then fec
considerable s,reaked, dependon'lhe hahn
got country worth returning Ia. Il
such time nan knows how t. feel FL
his country. his hull country, and no
thing bul his country.
Talk 10 him then about party politics
and see how small, and mean, aud con
iempiible all The liule nasty dirty differ
ences Of parry sqnabbles appear Wing
Troy, Bank. Anti Bank. Hard Currency
Paper Currency. Leo Foco. Arsrorra
cy, Democracy, Jackson. Benton, Val
Buren Kindle, Niger, Anti-NIgger. Mo
nop"ly, Autobiography, Tammany All,
Anti rammanv, and Uncle Joshua---aI