Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1838-07-12
From the y '. Express.
HAULING OUT THE TWO POLllES
ION TIE Itli."

O.N fti'
The following letter gives graphic sketch
of the hi.i Of skM displayed on tho l,h inst
IN hanllng ou, the Two PollieS" and testing
,Jb aoo.i. and cross iiirs. 4'hcre were mum
rrpus amusing aud characteristic occurrcn-
res in which The Major figured conspicuous
w and IN which he was The obstrUed cI oil Oh
strpt,s but his unprcsuming native modcsiy
has induced him 10 pass them over.
Al the dinner which followed land in which
we par,ic,paicd) the Major acquitted himself
to adnrniion. and the tact he displayed Ia
lyai.iiny ihe troubled ,caiers and preserving
larmoay and good fellowship was beyond all
psaise.
A full account Of this dinner on board the
'rwo Pollies lac has, we perceive, promised
e., give in his next letter" toasts" aud
speech e," aud all. But the weather IL
very hot and lac very busy with other matters
we may not have the pleasure of hearing
from him ns soon as we hoped-but aS he
never made promise yet that was not re-
deemed our readers may depend on "Me
Dinner'' in good time. We have spent n
GREAT many inhpeLieuce days in our life, but
never one when we were made 10 feel So tru-
ly iahpenienL
~ he Ediior al Me Express bie same paper
Diy old friend Mr. DwigM had a spell ago
On Jonri be (" Ilco Poiies,"(
Nigh the D:y Dock, 5
New York, 9th July, 1898.
have hcarn tell of rale sport IN bodiing,
bat never did sec the beat OF that we had
Yesterday never did believe aforc that any
thing could come up 10 huskmg trolic--bui
never sec hnsking (roiic Il raising =
nor piougliing muteh-nor, b,d one, quitting
that came any way nigh tho booialg Iroiie we
had yesterday in hawling the Two Po'lIcs of
ist, the stream; and don't know th,t can
come within gun shot of telling al abont it
but III iry--one thing IS sarln that what
do tell is all as true as that there lsar Two Pol
lcs--and what ] don't tell, would be long
enuf to make tins letter too long TO be good
for nothing.
True to the day and to The hour, about ten
o'clock in morning an etarnal swad of boats
Of az! sizes. from Wall street sh!0s, yaris and
ciiuksrs. all came pulling along up our way
and landed nigh the "Two Pollics"-i was
on board, and had few friends had invited
with me and so al the folks OF the boats
came on board the " Two Polles"-to take a
look round and see what my notion was, and
how wanted the trial made. Each boat had
IFS own stecrsrnan who did pretty much all
the talking for his own onrsmen--onc said
if I only wanted the Two Pollcs hawlcd oul
Of the slip into the river he could do il alone
provided I'd 6x on the top Of the flood and
lst before the tide turn'd-. and with that prct.
" much all the, other stoersman spoke up
aud said that their boats could do that, and
they did not sec the right Of giving prefer
ence--and here came jangle right OIL. -
Now, says !, gentlemen, we mint in Congress
and cant have no long speeches at dollar
day and do nothing besides--so ] shonlt
like 10 see you all back in your boats AM
take a little exercise and IN the mean time
says 7, arter Won hive given little show o
your skill. III decide. thought I'D give 'en
n little "non .commiital"--jist To make ZEN
work sh,rp-and with that they all went q
il: aud this was one ci the most complete
sights ever did sec. When .4mos kindl
was on here n spell ago, and made some SIC
~ money among these very same folks,
wnsn't no tonch at all to the present.
Every boat, with fag. past the head o
ih. slip, turned abrut--prlrd back. and the
off, and then back agin-onc artcr another
mud the folks che. k,d aud huzzsd like al
possesl-and any one to look ai 'em woul,
say, they could alone any one on 'em, pul
the Two Pollics through an nngnr hole. Ar
ter THIS they oil came into the slip along sid'
the Two Poilcs. and ,rll'd 'cin: I" Now m!
boys" says I, +" Your skill IN pulling your owl
bonts Is complete as ever was, bot Won hav,
got jJb now To d. that will put the hul
scrspe on you w pri',y ,igh, poll" "The
J'wo Poi'iss." is going nut cf this slip at tho
top Of the tide, io be sure; hut when she Git.
IN The river, and when the tide turns, what i,
10 be donc then? "Oh, drop anchor" wa.
the answer. "No, no" says l. '"ihat ain
my plsn--you must keep hcr jisi so--at on,
rate, and II cay 60 ahesd ogin the tide, yo'
must do II. cant come TO anchor no how.
You know" snys l. I" that three ON you
spell sgo--(snd afn glad to SEQ you hero agin
--oncc undertook matter like this and yo