The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1839-10-31

- lad ucruFTed-a,sjih she cEy a. raised
20 clear away tie g laRg baal. " aRd lies
cane scramble. Errry body = IN bad
ahy lhiug 10 save. hurried wilh il On derk.
anj aa came sam Stanton wila his bsgs
If dollars. anl MP came Ezra IuaPsE.
sticking a small :. wallet" in his hTrrehes
porkel. The bosl Was By this time
alOagsitlF: ana the captain gns > compass
from the binnsclc. and bag Of bread from
lhe slnrc-rOon, and The mate rolled alang
a cssk of HzIer. and others brought
rI,urks 81 pork and beef. and others
blankets and pea jarkeis. and The boat
vas soon pretty well lasted. Now
Jump IN, my bays, says The captain.
:. and nasIiRg Ia Providence. iei u hope
for safe hsliveraRce." Bal when We
al cot in. IL Was E,und that the hnsl was
overloaded, and the next thing xas 10
tighten her and nov came The rub.
Sam Stanton was sitting 90 three con-
siderable sized bags ~ iile batiam 81 The
boat. and the captain thought they con-
tanned bread, Or beef, or some other
necessary Of life; but on discovering thai
they eonIainej hcarier ballast. he decided
al onre n tighten ship By threw ing them
ursrbuard. The parting scene MAS 4
sore struggle fnr Sam Stanton: In, o'er
they went, and down they went. Sam
looked al Ezra 1'uPPsr, and Ezra at
sorry Tor san; an., by Way Of cheering
him. said 10 lhe Captain, /" Nav. Cap
rsIa." says he. '.sinee my friend Sam
aas made = sacrifice for The public gaoa.
I'll do as much: and If you say the word,
III throw this wallet overheard ioo--ii
contains just as large an amount in BANK
drafts. as Sans bags Of dollars amnun. 10
and ID just as leave do i, as not. far !
sent duplicates an by mail before lelt,
and ordered the duplicates TO follow by
the mail after, 10 guard sgains, such q
sacrifice rs this"
II vas no time Tor joke; bot renem-
bering the spirited arguments We had hse
on the passage. regarding the relative
security at transmitting money by lie
'' credit system" and The " hard money
system" was almost disposed 10 laugh
poor Sam Stanton looked 90
sIresked. His " hard dollars" had gone
To the bottom dead i0ss-no matter " no
owned Ihem-aad he hadn't a word Ia
say. Il was concluded thai Ezra Tuprer
should not throw his Bank drafts over
hoard. as The weight was not material:
and il was vel! he did n"t. for they served
m opr landing 10 procure Us means oil
;nminr. We had tight pull At the oars
'nr day aud a night aI.er leaving tie
wreck. and got inln ~. Augustine. Ezra
upper found trader who wanted goos!
lrail on the nor.l, aud paid hlm a gaud
premium for oHe-and he generously |
supplied our wants out OF l.; anl. ppnn |
he whole, we had a merry ulae 81 il oh
ly railroads and steamboats,. Tie sub |
ect Of currency was occasionally into. |
iurrd-buI il Was evident lha, Sum Sian
on had got a new wrinkle by the lac |
roysgr. and he was heard Ia say. thai |
= hard currency" vas good Thing 10 islS |
bout in Congress, and at political meet
Hgs-bul desIIish poor religucs on salt
water. in a lung boat; and Il any man
yer alIemp.e,! IN hurBbug him again With |
hat matlrr. he'd just tell him the story Of |
lac voyage he made on board the big |
Susan and Eliza, Captain Crowsii.--and
thai didn't convince him, he might Try
u luck a, il, y, !. .9msfieaa. /