Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1840-02-10

A SHORT AND TRUE STORY.

From The N Y. American
SHORT AND TRUE STORY.
DEDICATED WITHOUT PERMIssIoN) TO THE Ex-
elusive "HARD CURRENCY" FOLKS, BY ONE WHO
TELLS IT As He SAW IT.
Sam Stanton was IL true blue Locofnco of the |
'hard currency school catch him talking any
other money! Nothing would he handle, but
what would as he said, Jingle OIL tombstone
Sam had been pretty fortunate in business aud
when the period arrived for him TO leave thed
southern country, aud return north for the sum
mer, lie cold out and turned all his remaining
stock in trade into hard dollars and took his puss-
age. The first few days out from Mobile our
voyage was prosperous, aud many lorg nrgu-
ment wore away the lime on The relative security
of hard money and 'paper money Ezra .Tup-.
per, one Of our passengers on bourl the Susan
and Eliza was Sa Stan,on's main competitor
Ezra had Invested HE earnings in good bank
drafts on The north, and Sam would jeer Ezra
pretty often about his paper promises This is
the stuff that will redeem its promises any where.
No protest for nOnpaynent here, snys Sam, ho-
ding mp of his bags of dollars, weighing Sc lbs
ut least, and umbing it over Oh the floor-'hnts
The music--huzza for Tom Benton aud the Sub
Treasury, and down with the Banks !! w ell, on he
went and few days brought us around the point
of the FlOritas and by lat. and long. we found our
selves n little south OF st Augustine, bending
norlhwards and homeNard. The weather up to
this time had been mild and amahle and now it
looked anxious, and some OF The old salts hogan
strupping rope yarn down over their hnts aud II
round their pea jackets all things assumed COM
u trouble. All the night the wind increased, a.
de Susan and Eliza rolled about like little boy
u ii the stomach aclie in green apple time. Next
a. ming she had not canvas enough To cover
tent and the wind whised through the rigging
the salt waters splasled up over us hS 1t they
did not care II f. for Sam Stanton and Ezra 'rnp-
per, the Susan and EIrzr nor any thing else, not
even the bags fdOars or the bank drafts.
Presently there came n real snnsll'ng sea tum =
bling along and 10y the time Cnpt. Crowel called
out hold on swas il came Oh board OF us, AMI
swept offthc cooN house and the poor cook IN it,
and tie hen coops aud all the chickens in them,
aud set ilie pigs adriii, split and broke the rldder
from its langings, aud "li us III II pretty pickle
for We were all soaked in salt water. And Il
moment after were ibid II sad lrnk had occur
red, and the cry raised To clear AWAY the long
i,un and then came scramble. Every body win
had anything TO save hurried wli IL on derk, and
up cunie Sam Stanton with his Bugs of doll
AIRS, and up came Ezra Tupper sticking IL small
wallet in his hracches pocket. The boat was hy
this time alongside and the Caplnin got com.
| pass from the biunace, and u big hay OF bread
from the slore-roow, and the mate rolled along
cask Of waler, and other blankets aud pea lack-
cts, aud The at was soon pretty well loaded.
Nov Jump in my boys says the Cnp,nifT, 'and
trusting to Providence, let us hope for II safe de
tha The boat was overloaded, a. the next thng wa,
to tighten her and now came the rub. Sam Stan
ton was sitting Oh three considerable bags IN the
bottom ofthe boat, and The Captain thought the,
contained bread orr beet some other iiecessarle:
of life but or discovering that they contanrt
htapier ballast, he decided mt once to tighten The
boat by throwing them overheard
The parting scene n sore struggle Tor San
Stanton, but over they went and down they went
Sam looked at Ezra upper, and Ezra looked sor
| nv for Sam, & 10y way Of cheering him, said To tn
| Cupain snow Captain, since my friend San
has made u sacrfcc for the public good, III do II
much and you say the word III throw this wale
overheard too lit contains Just us large an amour
in bank dialIs, rs sans bags Of dollars amour
ted 10 and pd Just IL lives do it, as not for sen
duplicates on by mail before | left und ordere
the riplicaicS follow hy the mai after, guar
against Just such II sacrifice as this.
il was no time Tor Il Joke; hut rememberin
The spirited arguments we had had on the passag
regarding the relative security OF trnnsmitlm
money by the credit SYSTEM AMI the hard mon
cy system, was almost disposed 10 laugh ou
right; hut poor ssnnl looked SO strenkcd. - Iii
'!iurd dollars had gone to the bottom, dead los
no matter who owned them aud @ lindnt
word 10 shy. X WINS concluded that Ezra Tuppe
should not throw his bank drafts overhourd i
1, the weight Of them was not mneral aud it wa
well he did not, tor they served ON our landing
procure us means OF comfort. We had lIgl
wreck aud got into ST Augustine Ezra Tupp'
. found trader, who wanted good draft ON I'll
north, and pad him good premium for one
+, he generously supplied our wants ont of II, All
upon the whole we had merry Time OF Il on l.
railroads aud steamboats,. The sub ert OF the Gu
rency was occasionally Introduced hut il was e'
-, jdenl that Sam Stanton had got new wrinkle u
the late voyage, and he WINS heard To say H.
'lnrd currency wns good thing 10 talk about
!, Congress, md nj political meetings hni deV7is
poor reliance on sail water IN long boat n"
ri ifnny man ever allempedto hnmblg nun "e"
- with that mnlter he'd lnsi tell him tie story
The voyage he made on board The brig susan an
Eliza,' Captain Crowel aud If that did nj con
vince him, he might Try his luck nj II.
!. At the conclusion "fa niefiing for choice
q town officers, n Mr.. ShOtt wins chosen hog COZ
IS stable which produced tho subsequent i'npronI
(. III:
y The wisdom Of The town now stands contest,
Sbtie il chosen Ia qOyefn all the rest.