Bedford inquirer and chronicle. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1854-1857, 1856-02-15
EETTEa FROM MAJOR DOWNING.
TO UNCLE JosHrA DOWNING, Posi- .faster
at Doeaingssilte, dot0a East, in the
State Of .l4Gisae
- lle selaoasr 60 go.

.aioarI tie Schooner Trio Poiie,.
~ ankT INSIDE q Sandy book. ,Jaeaarg 81, 1856.
DEAR UScEe JosHuA / have jest got
back fron, Washington, where | have been
for the last fortnight watehia the old ship
Of State layin tu in a sort of taree-corueged
gale Of Wind This gale strxek her the
23l Of December, aud threw fer all abaek
and the gale holds on yet ttight as ever, and
there she has been layin aow seven weeks,
head 10 the wind, rolling and piteAia, aud
hasn't gained ahead rod. I've seen rough
times IN tie Two Pollies, and long gales Of
wina, husrykanes and, ghirIpools. and all
sorts of weather. but this IS the first time
I've seen craft layin to again three
cornesed gale fot two months upon stretch,
u cbappin sea verse than tie Gulf Stream
in thunderstorm. But dent yoa BE
frightened, Unele JOSHUA; she WON'T 60
down, bat viii life through Il, ans 60 on
her voyage by-an-by sll right. Our old
ship Of State Is stabsh craft; she Is built
Of tie very best stuff ana PIT together il
the strongest nrauner, and there iaa'l spar
nor plank nor tiln5er-haad in der Tat
what is as sound asa nut. Sizes the best
slip in the world, aud the Two Pollies is
next. So you needa't b afeard that any
sea viii ever swamp her; and if ever she
should be in danger ofruunias ashore or or
the breakers By the s1uab5ies and foolin Of
her officers, she's Got crs,0 that will take
care Of her.
You know, Uncle, I've been saIlin round
Cuba and up the Gulf good while, trying
10 carry outthe plans Of our Congress al
0steud and Ax-le-Sharpel, 10 take Cuba
becaase our country couldn't get along
without it. and olf-preseryation, you know,
is the fifst law Of mater. We should get
through that job long ago il our Cabinat
hadn't backed out abont i. never exact-
Is understood the home diaiealty; but I'm
sure there v4s some hagd shufiling some.
Asl,ere. .sa.,a ali si,sstabs.aas; lsrsi she
backin and alID 10 Tie Han,c Department
was shat botbcre4 Us, and pretty lizely las
upset the business. F.lst, the Heue De-
parunent told Us to g ahead and FIX up our
Ustend matter lbe best way We could. Bu'
as soon as I aad Mr.. Buchanan aud Mr.
Soolcy, and the rest cf os iu the Foreign
Government, had got things well under
way, and was about ready 70 take Cuoa, the
Home Department. turned lght rcuE3 and
fit again us, tooth and nail. IS sail
sfore, couIda't aecoans for thls home
difficulty aud the sndden tura-about Of tho
Home Department, unless they was afeard
we should get the most Of the credit of takia
Cuba; and may be !, or aIr. Buchanan, or
Mr., Sooley, or Mr.. Mason, or Mr.. Sickles,
or Mr. Sanders might get to be President
by it. But such thought never entered
myhead, ana ! can pledge myself the same
for all the rest We vas to work eati,elg
for the eonntry'a good, and nctLn else
And fer tie Hoao Department to get
jealous q Us and turn aga,n u in that way
was cruel aud onkind. It grieyes me every
time ! link Of il; for ] tiilk lie tie good
De. Watts; who're Be says,
iiow plaasaih 'gis to se9
Breatiwtn and friends agree.
sent despatches to Ginaral Pierce aboRt
i. mere than three months 70, but never
gotany answer. Ard finally I got tired
holdin on out there alone. pnd hearin all .tiae.
time that tie HON, Department kept
stopping sll the reinforcements FROM coming
opt 10 help soe; 30 Iup helm and beaded
the Two Poilies for Dogniney;l. When
we 60. along il the latitude Of New York
that terrible 5tA OF january torn overlook
US, and we jest made out to weather The
gale and get inside Of Siady Hook and
eome 10 ankar. The pilots come sb92gd
aui ;eatcd Us very kind.
Them New Y yorb, pilots. are clever fellows,
Taey brought ns iotso newspapers, rem
which learnt what had been goin on for
two nlonta, past. Wien tbey see. the
Downiogville ulehtia was aboard, and
hurgsnt Joel at tae head Of 'em drcssea Up
IN LIS uniform, one Of the pilots took ID ] to
one side and whispered 10 me that be would
adSise ME rs a ftload not to go up to New
York, for if we did the Two PolIics was
gone goose. =
"How so1' says |, ''wh4t do you niean!!''q
.sw u
u inean," says he, "that Mr. McKeon,
The District Attorney, will nab her in less
than 10 time, and condemn her for Gill
buster vessel, and 5ou'll all be pu, in pgison
and tried for yioiaiin the neutrality laws
"Lst Hi9i 90 it, says |, sif he dafes.
~ are AZ w9ss; fog tbe government. Oar
e5u'se hss 81 becaianles tho dirOetioa and
advice es Cpngress.'.
81 / re@iealbeF right, says he, oCungress
Vasa,S III sassioa when the Two P9lHes
@4isid':'F lie West Iadia station. Hov