Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-07-13

80 al =. navy Department. The perfect
ro, 81, uce which Gen. Jackson rfposes IN Tue
new Secrets abilities has been iately iudic
rons,y exhibited, by HE going IN pnopia per
rpnn with all his dignity, into The Naval once.
and Threatening 70 dismiss the clerks u ihe;
did not work more exrsditiousi,.
The Roanoke Orator Is well understood 10
be. as usual, no friend 10 matters aud 'hings
a they are. But have no recollection, that
de TACT of old MIR. Macon's dissaiisiae''on has
fonnd lis way into abe papers. ! believe IN.
however may be depended on. lie says noin.
ing, of course, concerning the eieshiuii OF MS
colleague 10 the Navy, having NOTHING per
haps TO say on that subject which might MOI Dc
better left unsa,j bur with respect 10 some
others of the Cabinet, or rather without sny res
nee, 10 them. he Inns come out IN pretty uns-
auiyocai terms. MIR. Macon, you know, has
been a Congressman ever since The year one
when a nieeons wore goilocbes; and no man
than he was more zeaous for the Hero, u IN
deed WE ought not 10 say rather more Jealous
10 put by. or 10 put out, or 10 put down the ias'
Administration. By the way, shre~d ofiee.
opisf, as you may set yourself up 10 oe, and
familiar as the word Macon hns been TO YOU
oil your days. ] doubt II You can imigine its
genuine pronuuciaiion; nay TURNER dono'
II all my coniectnrng brethren nj the Yankee
nation could make IL out by dini OF guessing
In n fortnic h. Be II known 10 yor then, ib1'
Il is not Mdkon, as tag rag and bootai have
heretofore called OF miscailed il nor II Is Ma
con as the sansculoitrs would Flenchny u III
John Adsms's time, 10 the great Modification
OF the honorable gentlemen himself but Il u
what do you think IL is ] will tell YOU Al
once. Iis-you may be ssssred oil the iac'
for there 10 no manner OF doubt of It'll is
r -. I..f es,f.Fi IL
veraeity, tina, have spen, several days with the
venerable patriot, WIN will on no account be
called any otherwise II 10, without any circum.
lscutiop. MEEKrss So that. II either your
self or any other New Highlander shall travel
towards" these regions, with the least desire
10 curry favor with DIR. Nathaniel Macon LEI
each he sure 10 call him, as his father aud
grandfather we're called, aud as he pcriina-
ciously insists upon being called, Mr. Nee
kins.
You will, hope, conceive yourself extreme
ly honored by having a correspondent in this,
nov for the first time, highly favored State
sState which gave birth 10 the present Secre-
taries OF War and the Navy. and the Postmaster
General; and which even lays claim TO the
immortal glory Of having produced the Hero
himself; though the latter point 10 somewhat
disputed by her ne., neighbor a, the South.
Your readers. also. will no doubt feel deep
interest in my communications ifnot. as is
most likely, on account of their abstract merit,
~ least by reason thai North Carolina is be-
coming famous for her abundant gold mines
When come in the order Of arrangement, or
Management which have proposed 10 my
self. to the subject cf this precious metal,
this object ofunivsrsa pursuit and speculation,
how will you all wish me to dwell long on the
description. and I" be particular and no, re-
semble yoar Boston Merchant" who in ship.
ping from place to place, with bare touch
and 60 seem rather TO fly than move At any
known rate upon terra frms. conclude by
remarkipg, that IL your composiiors make
blundcis IN my manuscript, they cannot. rs in
bis case. lay the blame upon poihooks and
trammels for, as one Of my plain neishbors
once observed 10 me" ! writes me plain
band, which horse may read-almost as wei.
as any body" X.
Raleigh, N c. June l2ih, 1929.
The University ofNorth Carolina, ofwhioh he wa
Trustee, conferred upon him, at the las, commence.
mont, the degree Of L. l.. ID.