Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1841-10-23
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-. we numOly conceive mat the following
tier from MiS true friend Of his country
will be read by all good citizens with patri-
otto pride FJr ourselves we confess our
readiness to put an extnguisher upon all IN
digna,ion,' (feigued or really feeling per-
fectly SIRE that it will all come right-and
that any countcnanco given to diSorgdni-
zers will only risk what we have and throw
all into the grasp Of the Pirates and Wrack-
ers.--Er. Paper. '@
To the Editors of the New York Express,
the same paper my old faiend Mr.. Dwight
printed spell ago, ". 'a
-s..s, WAsuINGToN, Goth Sept lS4l.
M. Ei,toyS:--As see by the ncwspa-
pers that soma folks don't think the owners
and underwriters Of the Two Pollies' did
not do the right thing in rewarding Capt
Jumper and Mr. Nye and me as they did
according to the story told Cap. Tyler in
my las, letter to you'll think | had best give
you a copy of the proceedings of the meet
ing which the owners and underwriters held
when they decided the matter and you can
then decide about it yourselves. You must
know that the folks who left the THO Pol
lies got home before the Two Pollies got
safe into portland the first go off after
they tclI'd their story-things went rather
agin Capt. Jumper, and some folks said if
the Two Pollios was lost Capt, Jumper
would have to bear all the blame and it
would have been better for him to give a
barrel Of rum to the crew rather than to
compel them to quit--and there was a con-
siderable number Of what was called IN
Oignation meetings got up and things was
looking pretty considerable squallv fol-
Capt. Jumper--when on opening the news
papers one morning there was the safe ar.
riva! of the Two Pollies as plain as day
light standing at the top of the marine Est
aud the Inligaatjon folks looked conside-
rabie strcaked--but the owners and under
writer's was as cberp as grasshoppers in g
hay fie!d-and then it was they had theil
mceiing--and this was the natur ont
Capt. Jumper was invited to come to the
office Of the United States Mutual Pro!ec
ton and Universal Insurance COmDanr anc
bring his Log Book along with him--anc
he obay'd--and as it would not do to leave
the Two pollics alone, NJ Me stav'd OF
board and went along with Capt. Jumpe
and when We got there we found consile
rablc crowd and among them al orr folk
who left Us or Nantucket Shocs and lhei
friends some on en- looking as spiteful al
bats. After loctlc shaking of hands be
-twixt the officers of the Insurance Compa
ny and Capt. Jumper, the meeting procec
ded to business right off. The Chairma,
ask'd Capt. Jumper how it was that he 90
in a quarrel with his crew so as to compe
them to leave him and swim ashore an,
Capt. Jumper answered and said that il wa
because they wanted an allowance of gros
stark naked-and to drink it or mix it afte
their own notion--and he took notion t.
mix it after his own fashion--that he be
'!eved was the butt eend of the quarrel
and that he got along with every thing els
but this, and he could not see how it wa
that so good crew of men as ever wa
should quarrel with him about this matter.
Here Tom Salt spoke up and said thai
Capt. Jumper had promised him grog--
Yes says Capt. Jumper, but you know
Tom, teI'd you unless it was MKT in a
particular way it would never do, and that
had ScrupteS about it--and you said that
:; drGm was more than Scruplc and then
tafd you that Firginny Scraplc would
outweigh dozen diums and then saws
look at them articles. and then says YOU
the articles don't say nothing about it--bu
the usage On board the Tmo PoH.es h {
been SO and so, and that no vessel could
make safe voyage without a lcetIe oroe
AMI that the Two Poies had once afore
gone ashore on the same principlc-and
then, Tom, you did say you'd be id il
You did not know better Captain than
was, and that was mntiny and you knowd
it and you jumped overheard and swum on
shore and pretty much all followed Won bu,
Nh. Nye. our chief mate and believe he
would have gone too and left me and Ma.
jor Downing alone-but Mr.. Nye said he
WAS for grog mixed properly according to-
COCA Ola usage, but grog OF no grog he
would stick by me and the Tic0 P0ilies fol-
the sake Of the owners and underwriters
for If all left. there was much TO fear-lst
either the vessel would 90 on shcrc, or 2d
tail into the ha..ds of the long. low. black
schooner,iP;rates or wTackcrs, and one was
about as bad rs t'other. and so he stuck bv,
and BY his help and Maior Downng's here
we are-and this says Capt Jumper. i.
ahont the upshot Of the hull natter
Here some one spoke up. and asked
Captain Jumper if he thought it safe to "a
on long voyage without any grog on
board. Captain jumper scratch'd his head
and said he had never tried it. but he tho,
IL was safe in case Of sickness or hard wea.
ther to have a leCtic on board.
Then followed a general chat amono n
the folks, and one said that d,wafcanes
was a very bad thing, and another that fe
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