The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1855-04-28

aboard the Fi!'-u>er scEuoner Two Pollies.
off the Hole in "a. Wall" near the mid
die Of March, forget the day OF the month.
1855
DEAR GINEHAL We are Scudlin round
here and hOllin on to the slack. waitin for
more help TO come up. and You NAV depend
ont Cuba's got to take it. We don't never
give up the ship. \ fast little clipper ies,
come along, gong to Baltimore. and the skin
per sa"! he'd take my cc-patches to YOU in
three days. And vou can send to me bv the
SKIPPER YOU: notions nuout things for h. ;
only "oIn" to stop long enough to wood up.
and then he's comm strait back to iine us
lie made me promise to hold on and not take
Cuba till he come, for he was very earnest 70
bc N at the death
That Cuha> IA fine country. We've been
havln glimpse at i: once in awhile with our
>iv-gia>se>, through t.n hole in the wall
and round the corners. and its ra!v fin,
country ';woul! do your heart good to look
at Ii. And YOU shall have a chance b,tor,
long. tor its 90. to come down: it's cot tc
muckle. and no mistake. I've got NV com
mission to 90 ahead from NJ. Buchanan an.
MIR. Mason and Mr. Sou,rv. And the nul
OF the whole thing is, wy. cot 10 take Cul,,
II we have the power an! know WE have
as sally elias >aid to her sweetheart. Saws
sally SAYS She, YOU >hant kiss me unless vol
are stronger than am, and know YOU be-
Jr>t before we come out sec bv the pa-
rers ;ha' Lou, Napoleon was notion o. 90
III 'c '''' I ri'i'''a % SEC NcIa>topo! fall aud
so thought ma, be ,ou might ike to come.
"ut here ant see lis take Cuh, Now if vou
""' jest say Ii"' word and 'c.l me in vou: .,t-
ter what day Nou will lc down.on th. rjut ..
flora'ay, an, II. bear ". with the Two Poi.
lies and taxi yon OIL
You mustn't feel hurt hecau,, didn't conn.
I" Washington 10 >,"" ,ou before starting On
tins cruise; tut the fact was HADN'T finn.
Vnr coUIstrv was IN So much dancer. II would
hot q" :" walt. Our Congress in O,,cnd
went over the whole GROUND and examined
1t carefully, and come To- tit. rourlu,;,n ,b,,
/! was nccH OF notliin! with Us. We mus;
have Cuba or our whole country woulJ -, =,
rack and rulii, and Tie uln, ,an never en-
JOY rci'">" or possess rrhai.c security a, lorr
- t''. - .'t ci!:hl.tcvi wil!iu its bouud.,.
rIr>.
>'nt You despatch last fall aIon. the ,,n-
ms oi car Congress at O>tcn,i WHERE. W.. took
up 'ae affairs Of England and France and
SPAN; tHt finally concili, wc con.dn
make anything out OF tha; li.>i,,>, ,,t. and
should have 10 wait a lttlc longer. Well.
then them three S. >oulrv. Sl,klcs am,
Stl'.cr> sad there was one ;hinr W., ,,,o1J
q" We couid take hold o; that Cuba hu>i,r,,
''". hih>i i ZAP brown .lnl. Tor fear ,.a,
LOUIS Napoleon might have >p.r, lu;,i j.,
'!crt at t>'cld. We concluded IL was best tn
hitch Il'rIc farther Il. 50 We wen, over
over TO AN-lv- >harpic aud finished up ,h,
business
ihr "r>h"t was. We constituted we wnuld
ha'" Tuba ~ hook or .'v crook and ,Iai
Mr.. Soulcy should % riclt back TO O,d
Sr"'n an! tcl1 the Queen So. II >hc', a n,u,y
~ Ir,.fl !
It, he n'=ht promise 10 give Ter son.crhiur
pretty handsome in the way OF money: W..
di'ln t care h'th'n about that, as we've got
plenty o! money to home Ii she refused
aud told Mr. Soulry to mind his own bu>i-
ness aho We shouldn't hl, Cuba no how.
then we told lim he mustn't lee nralvmou,L-
cd nor nincc matter, bat pick a uu.rrc! the.
best way .le could and clear out.
WcIi, M >ouIcy went back to Madrid
wnl >il'' upper lip 4 br"un to dlckcr
Will the Queen: Spokesman for tarrsin.
>omctlIn IN this way:
So"'g-Ob. now think Of it. there,
that h,Ic Island OF Cula over there. near
our coast; vel like to have that little island
II IL all The same TO sou. >ro>c you've no
"bcc;lon> It isn't the !,;S. use in the word
TO ,D.I, and 1t might be so..l,. ittlr acccu,t .,
us 80 II you say so. we'll jest m,rk Cub.
dow" on the map he United States.
>pohe>H,an.-Not b, a iur tuU Mr. S,p,.v
Iuba Is the most valuable pa, of orou,o
We We cot. Can't spare i. no how.
'""ey.-Oh, nonsense: It's no income at
all to you, and nothin bat a bill of cxn.p.
Its so near to us we Nigh. look a,,,r and
may be make somethIn out OF it; but it's no
more use to YOU than the fifth wheel of a
coach guess we'll consider it ours
.>p"@e<" II guess YOU wont. | tell Won
We cant spare Cuba no how. Its the nr,,.
Of t." Spanish kingdom and the Gem Of tho
Queens crown.
>oulEy.-Wcil, but, my dear sir. we wou]a
not mind payIn. yoa qr'te handsome sum
'or II; hundred millions, if you say so. We
wont scrimp about the price.
Hpo1 "on.-There is no price to it. Car
ry your h, ldred millions to some other mar
K If YOU want to bay honor with it. It.u
yor the honor Of Old Spain has no price.
'>o'|,4.-Gut, my dear yr. YOU don't en-
seer what wonderful deal of he,,. a million
would be to You. You must remember Won
ire getting good deal hehindhand You've
no income hardly and you are !. good deal in
ieht O..ly look at it a hundred, m;lEonc
VIII enable YOU to pay off your debts. and
h"ke internal Improvements, and build rail-
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