Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-09-22

F,om The .N'rte York Express
MAJOR No q MING


As the MAJORS pl'rio,>m can't wei be doubted
and late events have pass-d under his eye, We
are bound lp believe Ac gives 4 true version ut the
thlrS Jui comes 10 correct cone. u>nus. lie seems
"a t,e severe, u NOT savage, on ia occasion per-
haPs hIs vivid recollection OF events "uit N.ntuck-
tt' may account irr o..
To the editors o, the NaS York ETarcss-the same
ago
WASHINGTON, Sept. Il, lsiI.
NJ. Editors-We have had pretty busy times
here tel you, and thought Tor q spell thh, and
Gaping Tyler" would be left alone. | was sit
ting oug with him. lie ins him a story about
quaTe had once had on BOARD the Tigo PcLiss,
wnen the crew and officers got IN sulr. with Cap.
Ting Jumper, on account OF ms not allowing them
an extra .Cwnnce OF Grog. Tie Gaping mad i'm
ei the temperance So-iCLy-Cud he t.l'u his crew
and oti rers that he had willingly give en- the extra
coffee and sugar, ana tea, butos tor gros he had
some Constitutions. sciup,es about IT, aud they
knew u.
But ketching the Gaping &" # .N-aniueks, Shoals"
one DAY, Eney put n their ann tor extra Erog, and
tel MN 1t he did not give II they would quit. He
tcl'd them u they would only give him time, he
would IA tie grog for them, hut they would not
wait. "Wel, Inan,n says he, "you get none a; C..
th's iUF.n And so they uI. IGmp'd overheard aud
swum ashore, pl Mg. Nye, the first mate. lie
said IT true euu;, he wanted b grog, uuI cou
not see good reason Tor quitting the snip because
he could &c; T., seeing how he had signed tile
articles to 30 the wage, and the owners auG under
/ writers expected him 10 DO has duty, and so lie
stack 10y Capt. Jumper, anu them two and myse 4,
the on plssC: gers, had TO turn to and work Ike
good ioi!sfs to keep the Two FoLLIEs IN deep water;
and we succeeded, and got her safe into port. We
found on arrival some Of The folks who Ielt US had
been telling n kinds Uf stores; but the shippers
and underwriters looked more 70 the s.ic,y VI tie
Two POLES, and they voted Captain Jumper q
new cnrOnOmeicr and 4 set & BiInps Charts and 70
Mr. Nyc, the h's. mate, they gave him new pea
JACKIE; and pair OF m.iteus and rs was only pas
seugcr they voted tina, should always have free
passage on board any vessel they had an interest
providing wonid If occasion required, lend hand
at pumpIUg, and give EUOi advice.
jest as | was about finishing this tory 20 Capins
Tyler, and he was saying tha. lac thought e tpung
Jumper and Mr. Nye desorycd u.i they got and he
was about saying SarvcI more, when in come a
hull raft Isnauons Othis Cabinet he looked for
| a spell putty siTeIked, and kept my eve on him
20 u he had any hing OF the Capt. Jumper .fi,
in him. "Says he MlJor, here IS trouble. but we
vii, sec the eeuI On-n On .1uk NJ over the Tcsy.
I nations we id u. see Mr. Weos.eT's. "Wcl. =" say.
|, "CapHng Ty'sr, # you and I and Mr. weus,cs
CAN'T carry on the Government al. we get another
Cabinet u WI. bs hard natter "iOr" says !, 81
have seen ruler times than this when and Ggrsr-
"a. Jackson made smooth water Of I.--auJ with that
he took guId OF the rJie "hautU deus md slys He
"Mujo, If you and Mr. Webster slick by me al. The
ret Of creation may 20 90 OGro, and Kentucky and
North ClEOInt and New York. % they 80 ec,If. IL
! and .Nass1chuss'iS, and oh GUgiEHy and dgisa
fIN will hang together as M cd ines aud teach he
world tina, the eOuutry SAFE" ard with that he and
shook hands, ami iC.pd him here was nothing
! 10 fear though much 70 be sorry !or-Uut tha, /
would srrk b. hm oil. every Office seckcrlai work
cd out his reckoning, aud by citing them tell their
own story, the I'"pe wOg.- understand exactly
how lhe cat JumPt.
"Wny," says be "Mai1r, there vas no moro me-.
cessI'y iog the. c folks 90 quit the Gpvcrumcn, be-
cluse ] could un, agree with them about the Bank
bull than u was for Oh. crow 10 SWIM on lore from
the NO PO.uys, according 10 that story you was
telling JIstnow-uud Acn,' says he ",Omc on 'om
say IHar because hey cunt stay with honor n bn. y
else can-il this is 'rus Then no n1u of honor N
take their p. 'ces and the Government Is without a
cabinet according 20 lh1t notion.
"Wei,," says I, Capt. lyle, ono mans notions
Of honor Is one ,tiug, UuI Ung'ler mat's 10 ION 3,
another ihnZ-i5r nay part, says ], there IS hgn0r
tHy j1T me 'p lend ca hand Iu ECD;Iug tho good old
ship OF the breakers, and o. the owners and under
writers don't see 10, lt amt my iIu'i,anJ us 10 t 1t
extra allowance of grUg they complain about no,
getting, they may tell their own story, and 81 folks
make Up thclGm.nIs about ll-lrI as 10 the spyay Vi
says "wc must try aud tx p.1u that wiIafIoyy
rs being used iNl way that iD.ks won't rst dunk
on it-i1r Iiii.g greg r.i weather Is8 GOOD tIur
providing lae use ln.f o. not uDusfdm-tu4t rg ry-
a1iy my uouOu sIya ue-1ud as tn this banking I5.
,insss % 10 D." $50 yIu'I ibal o. can Ya tgs Gl aud ru
aDNsirf goo Too l'i bot unless 90 "a su r1u'u au
Tor ieoinLzIHgi ana jus, then Boo came Nr WcJg,cr
ana We had n Kind ui Cabinet meeting. and MIN
net conversation Is, aC0Oidug Co. my notion. rrf,e.,
coIhicuu1., and intended tU 1s Ike % man ,bf,kr'
TO himself, aad Up more 90 Boo tI.ErI 5Iuf fi.,, d..
ask man outside what be- IS thinkin. aUo.., ,r.r
so you must wait aud zee what ls louf 1rd ti.I
Judge out All can soy fa, tba, rf things ere ma
d"n, rght % is u"' for want Of raj, patriotism ar
gooI co. eniori gnI wH,u see any gOOI r,ss % O.
doubt 'h1', u. shoulder my Hxr. 1rI g..E ont ,5.
ihii WI. BE- time cuut ar good folks a.l abl4, cre1
non Zoo change ihe old song, and irstgtd OF "Ty
tO1" ,ing 'It',r roHt de;' and SAYING ttgs r,lri
hope they wi. remember tbat don't scrIt pom,
ton, urJ nsk no better office than the one I has
s't ny h'rd Knocks, and uY ply, except whltl %
ny E"ol laws and good gUvgrnm,u' and We has
more OF these n'u any other people BOO cten'ion bod
thc ony Trouble We have ls from office seeker. on
disappointed iYks, who Hre csCfasrng.y pusbI0
matters INTO trouble, In hopes OF gouing "a c,attf
bacon wrsnh tto iIoDrol fitting or smoking it-ar
aglust nIi sch folks declared war n the besInuir
Oh 'inswI Jlchson time, and will never nah
peic, iiIl the last SmIupc D. div out, no na'u
what puiy Zoe le.oucs 10, 800 sieh folks pre as bl
a' tn' Sm.no.-s and . lccto worse, aud hope a
200 ...Hans will kccp1n eye ON 'cm and head thel
. 'I5 OF my will get ahead and DO mischief
! our friend and ie Iow-ci'Izrr,
J. DOWNING, M5ior
a, &c &c, &c.
:. We know nothing Of the movements 9th, C,,b
nc, nj Washington Of which ,hc M NV ,,,.oI
but We di,tinc y tcmembc, tho r,,l.,,o,,,,..
which be nludes os oecurrr,. an ta,,I ,i.. ~ y
!, I"hes. Nj Jumper WIS rot c0plain when the 4,
" Fohi.s sii.ed on that voyage. he was ,r,g.,y,,I
maze, because u was thought he would b,,,g ,
hoard ON excellent old chtonometsr; but he did ~,
On tho death Of tie Ctpl0in oi cIgr., h, .i,,G,
~ his hcr.h TO the st'rbolrd side. The quarrel e