Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1839-12-03
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"A short and True story.

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"naED cuRHnScV" FOLKS, nv THIS IT
AZ s saw IT.
Sam Stanton was a true blue Locofoco of the
hard currency school--ca;ch him taking any other
money Nothing would be handle, bu, what would
ne he said, jingle n tombstone. Sam had been
pretty fortunate IN business and when the period
arrived for him 10 leave the southern country, and
return north for the summer, ho sold out and turned
all his remaining stock Ia trade into hard dollars
and took his passage The FIRST few days out from
Mobile our voyage prosperous and macy long
argument wore away tie time the relative secu-
my Of hard money and paper money Ezra Top
Ter, one oi our passengers board the Susan and
tsllza was Sam Sianton's main competitor. Ezra
had invested his earnings good bank drafts on the
north, and Sam would lcer Ezra pretty often about
has paper promises This Is tho siuff that Will re-
deem IFS promises any where. No protest for non
payment here, SAYS Sam holding up one ofhis bags
o dollars weighing So pounds At least and tunbl,nu
" over on the noor--'ihais the musir-huzza for
Tom Benton and the Sub-Troasurv, and down with
The Bank Well on lac went aud a few DAYS brought
us around the point Of the Floridas and by lat and
long. we found ourselves a little south OF ST An.
justine, bending northward and homewarl The
weather up TO this time had been mild and aniable
and now itbegan 10 look and squally, and Capt
Crowel looked anxious, and some Of the old salts
began Swapping rope yarns down their hats and
around their pea jackets, all things assumed coming
trouble. All the night the wind increased and the
Susan and Eliza rolled abou, like a little boy with
the stomach ache in green apple time. Next NOR
ming she had not canvass enough 10 cover a tent
and the wind whisted through tho rigging, and the
salt wa,cn24 FLASHED up US as If they did not
care a N pc tSam Stanton and Ezra Topper, the
Susan Il Eliza nor any thing else, not even the
bags OF dollars or the bank drafts
Presently there came a real smashing sea tin-
bling along, and by the time Capt Crowel called
out hold on. swash il came on board of u.s. and
swep, OIL the cook house and the poor cook in IT,
and the hen coops and all the chickens in them and
set the pigs adri, split and broke the rudder from
lis hangngs, and left us in pretty picke-(for we
were all soaked in salt water) And moment az
ter we were told sad leak had occurred and the
cry was raised to clear away the slonp boat and
then came a Scramble. Every BODY who had any,
thing to save hurried with il on deck and up came
Sam Stanton with his bags of dollars, and up came
Ezra upper sticking small wallet in his breech-
es pocket The boat was by this time alongside ;
ansthe Captain got compass from the binnacle
and big bag OF bread from the store ROOM and the
mare rolled along cask of water and others blan-
kets and Pea-jackets and the boat was soon pretty
well loaded.
Now jump in my boys saws the CAPTAIN, and
trusting TO providence, let hope for safe deliver
ance But when we all got in. it was found that
the boat was overloaded and the next thing was to
Tighten her-and now came the rub. Sam Stanton
was sitting on three considerable sized bags in the
bottom oil the boat, and the Captain thought they
contained bread or beef, or some other necessares
OF life but on discovering that they contained hear
Ter ballast, he decided at once to tighten the boat by
throwing them overheard
The parting scene sore struggle for Sam
Stanton, but over they went and down they went
Sam looked at Ezra Upper and Ezra looked sorry
for Sam, and by way of cheering him, said to the
Captain, NOW Captain, since my friend Sam has
made sacrifice for the public good Ill do much;
and YOU say the word III throw this wallet over
board ioo--it contains Just as large an amour, in
bank drafts, as Sans bags Of dollars amounted to
and I'd just as live do IT, as not for sent dupli-
Gates on by mail before left and ordered the trpli-
Gates to follow by the mail after, 10 guard against
just such sacrifice as this
|, was no time for joke but remembering the
spirited arguments we had had on the passage regar-
ding the relative security OF transmitting money by
the credit system, and the hard money system
almost disposed TO laugh outright: bu, poor Sam
looked so sireaked.-IIis hard dollars had gone 10
the bottom dead loss--no matter who owned them
and hc hadn't word TO say. 1t concluded
tina, Ezra Topper should not throw his bank drafts
overheard. as the weight of them not material
and !, was well he did not, for they served our
landing 10 procure us means Of comfort. We had
tight pull al for day and night after leav-
ing the wreck, and go, into ST. Augustine. Ezra
Upper found trader, who wanted good draft on
the north, and paid him good premium for one
and he generously supplied our wants out Of it, and
upon the whole had a merry time oft on by rail
roads and steamboats,. The subject Of the currency
was occasionally niroduced-bui il was evident that
Sam Stanton had got a wrinkle hy the late voy
age, and he heard TO say that hard currency
a good thing to talk about in congress, and a
political meeines--bui dev'lish poor reliance on sal
water. in long boat and IL any man attempt
ed 10 humbue him again with that matter, he'd jus
tell him the story Of the voyage he made on boa6
the brig Susan and Eliza Captain Crowel-and !
that didn't convince him, he might try his luck at ii