HAULING OUT THE TWO PoLLIEs

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The following letter gives graphic sketch of the trial of shiU display'd on the 4th inst, in hauling out tho Two Pollies" and testing ebb, GoD and cross tides. There were nume- rous amusing and characteristic occurrences in which the Major figured conspicuously, and in which he was the obseru'd of all obser- sers--but his unpresuming native modesty has induced him to pass them over.

 At the dinner which followed (and in himself to admiration, and the tact he dis playd ss quieting the troubled aOaters and pre-. serving harmony and good fellowship was beyond all praise.

 full account of this dinner on board the Two Pollies, he has, we perceive, prornis'd to give us in his next letter." toasts" and speeches and all. But as the weather is hot and he very busy with other matters we may not have the pleasure of hearing from him as soon as we hoped-but us he never made promise yet that was not re- deemed, our readers may depend on "the Primer" in good time. We have spent a never one when we were made to feel so tru- ly independent ". Y. Er.

 QN BoARD or THE 1.-Two PoLLlEs,"l

 ., Nigh tho Dry Dock,

 NeD York, 5h July, 1888. 10 the Editors ef Lae EEpress-the same paper my

 old friend MT. Dwight had spell ago:

 I-haye hearn tell of rale sport in boating, but never did see the beat of that we had yesterdayl never did believe afore that any thing could come up to a husking Jtiolic- but never see hHskiag ffolic-nor raising --nor a plOughing mGtch-nor, 6a one quilting, that came any way nigh the boating frohc we had yesterday in hauling the Two PoIlies of into the stream; and I don't know that can come within gun shot of telling all about it--but I'll try-one thing is sarting, that what ! do tell is all as true as that there is a Two Pollies--and what don't tell, would be enuf to make this letter too long to be good for nothing.

 True to the day and to the hour, about ten o'clock in the morning an etarnal swad of , boats of all sizes, from Wall street, skifs, z yascls and clinkers, all come pulling along up our way and landed nigh the . Two Pollies'' --I was on board. and had few friends l had invited with me; and so all the folks of the boats came on board the Two Pollies'' ito take look round and see what my no. ton was. and how wanted the trial made. Each boat had its own steersman, who did pret- ty much all the taking for his own oarsmen --one saids R [ ony wanted the Two Pollies hauled out of the slip into the river he could do it alone, provided I'd fix on tho top of the flood and jist before tho tide turn'd-and with that pretty much all the other steers. mon spoke up, and said that Asir boats could