Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1838-07-24
From the New York Daily Express.
MAI. DOWNING AND THE 1.-TWO
POLLIES.

POLLIES. 2
After long silence, we are happy, to
announce to our reader, or convictions 5,
that a f.eh treat IS in store for them. Our
friend tho Major, though silent, has not
been idle. The 9Th If July g Independence
day''--is always great day in New York
as It should be any where-bus the trial of
skill in hauling out The Ttco POlies" on
that day, will, we doubt not, add much =
its interests. We have been assured ~
the Major that the hull of the Two Pol
hes is ''as snug as NUT" it could not be
otherwise, and foat after the trials she has
gone through-he tells US that all she re.
luires is "a proper rig" And as soon
after 1.-THE 4th" as practicable, we shall
know more.
To the Editor ofthe Erpress-thc same
paper my old friend Mr.. Dwight had spell
ago:
On BOARD THE 1.-TWO PoLLIRs,"
Nigh the Dry Dock, June %, 1888.
sent a sarcular few weeks ago to
Squire Biddle and all the other leading
Bank folks about the country, something
after this fashion:-"G entlemen-T The time
is now pretty nigh come when some on US
must be stirring our stumps to lend a hand
in rigging out the TicO PoilieS, and stick.
ing things up about her for a voyage
as she has been now long enough idle
and if something amt done about the mat
ter we may as we'll agree to break her up.
Citizen her off shore at Rockaway was my
part of the difficulty, and the next is torejt
and rig out," &c.
In reply to this carcular got letter from
the ''squire" saying as he had no hand in
getting the Two Pollies into difficulty, he
didn't see how in natur he should be CAL
led on to git her out on't-tho, he would
be very willing to lend hand providing
that folks wouldn't charge him with med
ling with matters that didn't belong to him,
&c.
| got also a hull hat full of letters from
the Wall Street folks, some proposln one
plan of sitting outs and some another
the most on UNI agreeing to furnish bal
st enuf, as they had much more of that
than they knew what to do within fact
they offered me so much ballast that there
would be no room left to stow carUo-and
tic 1.-TWO Pollies" nor any other Polly
ever made good vyge yet loaded with
ballast.
So arter thinking spell l concluded
that the best course would be to fix day
for calling a convention" and give then
a trial. And so sent another sarculal
requesting that Squire BiddIe and all the
other Bank folks would, on Independence
day, next coming, to be in readiness il
their boats, in the east river nigh the Dry
| Dock-where the ''Two Pollles'' is-anc
haul her out in the stream. / seem tc
have rOsion that in this way can tel
pretty well nigh how things are to work
! by the way they will manage their oars
| For five amt got wit enough to pull togc
/ ther in taking q vessel from the slip into tn,
| stream, don't think they ought to be re
lied on for managing matters in the rough
er weather.
| am happy to say that all hands hav,
agreed to make trial, according to m,
request, and so on Independence day.
look out and see how nigh my letter vii
describe the matter.
Squire Biddle says he'll be here wit
his four and twenty oar'd long boat, an,
plenty Of medium (Ur iuPv suppUse>
tho, he says, he don't like to NEEDLE in tn
matter till other folks have tried their hand
So the honor of taking the Two Polite
out in the stream will first be tried by tn
Wall street folks and have no doubt the
will finish the business if they can onl
agree to pull together, and in that case tn
Squire may take back his 81 GARD lon
boat to Philadelphy again and his medium
along with him, for one thing am deter
mined on, and that is, that the folks VIII
succeed best in hauling the Two Pollies il
the stream shall have the say in rigging o
her up for the vyge, which hope will be
long and prosperous one, and no more ge
ting on shore or in the breakers.
J. DOWNING, Major,
: Doa0ningUille Militia, Q Brigade