Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1839-11-14

A SHORT AND TRUE sroGY.-DeIicatol (wlh-
out pcrmission) to the exclusive hard currency
folks, by one who tells it Us he saw il,
Sam Stanton was true blue ocoloco of the
I'hard currency schooI-Catch him taking any
U;Ier money but hard money. Nothing would
he handle but what would, as he said, Jingle
on tomb stone Sam had been pretty for
lunate in business; and whcnthe period arrived
to leave the southern country, and return north
for the summer. he sold out and turned all his
remaining stock in trade into hard dollars. and
took his passage. The first few days out from
Mobile our voyage was prosperous; and many
a long argument wore away the time, on the
relative security Of hard money and paper
money Ezra IapEcr, one OF our passengers
on board the Susan and Eliza was Sam Sian.
TOMS main competitor. Ezra had invested his
earnings in good bank drafts on the north, AMI
Sam would jeer Ezra pretty often about his
paper PROMISES This is the stuff says Sam,
that will redeem its own promises any where.
No protests for nonpayment here, says Sam,
holding up one his bags ofdolars, weighing
So pounds at least, and tumbling it over on the
floor; that's the musc-huzza Tor Tom Ben
ton and the subtreasury, and down with the
bank? Well, on he went, and a few days
brought us round the point o!tho FIordas, and
! by latitude and Iongilucd we found ourselves a
little south Of St. Augustine, heading north
ward and homcward- The weather up to this
time had been mild and amiable, and now ii
become sour and squally; and Captain CrowoI
looked anxious, and some Of the 'old salts on
board began strapping ropcyarns down their
hats and around their pea jackets; and things
assured coming trouble All that night the
| wind increased, and the Susan and Eliza rolled
about like little boy with a stomach ache III
green apple time. The next morning, she had
not canvass enough on her to cover tent pole,
and the wind whsted through the rigging, and
the salt water 81 dashed up over US as if they
didn't care fig for Sam Stanton, Ezra upper
the Susan and Eliza, nor anything else, not
even the bags of dollars, or the bank drafts
/ Presently there came real smashing sea
| fumbling along, and by the time Captain Crow
el called out 'hoId on smash it came on board
of US; and swept Oft the cook house, and the
poor cook in it, aud the hen coops ~ broke the
rudder from its hanging, and left US rather IN a
pickle, uor all Of US were soaked with sail
water.y A moment after, we were told SAD
leak had occurred; and the cry was raised o.
clear away the long boat and then came
scramble Every body who had any thing to
save, hurried with it on deck, and up came
! Ezra Topper, sckinga small wallet in hl'
t breaches pocket. The boat was by this time
t alongside; and the Captain got compass from
G the pinacle, a big bag Of bread from the store
room. and the mate rolled along Il cask OF wa
.Iter. and others tSlnkets and pea jackets, ant
n the boat was soon pretty well loaded. Nov
Iump in nv boys says the Captain, and
!. .strusling TO Providence let US hope for salt
eIdeiycrance. But when we all got IN, 1t wa
4 Gund that the boat was over loaded, and tn
dIneyt thing was to Tighten her, and now cam
The rub. Sam Stanton was sitting on tire
~ considerable sized bags in the bottom OF tn
e boat. and the captain thought they contane
If broad or beef. or some other necessary OF lite
o bn, on discovering that they contained hedr'e
,rI b,lyayJ. he decided at once to Tighten the shi
,oIbv throwing them overheard. The parlln
u scene was a sore struggle for Sam Stanton; bD
IF 0rer they went, and dozen they went SAT
J. looked at Ezra Topper, and Ezra felt sorry to
sam; and by way OF cheering him, said TO III
Is Icon,ain ssnow, captain," says he, "sInce m
,cI friend Sam has made a sacrifice for the publ
N rood. I'll do as mach; and il you say the wor
ri IN throw this wallet overheard too--t contain
RS us, as large an amount, in bank dfal's'.
ID Sans baos of dollars amount to--and a Ju
IL ne leave dot as not, for sent duplicates on b
40 mail before left, aud ordered the triplicat'