Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1830-02-04
iron. the Ne.o- Tork Commercial advertiser
AMOS KENDALL


Now give the hsut bsys bresth--he comes! he
comes
Truly we may say, that IS chroniclers ofthe
times, 'eur sufferings is intolerable.' We cal
sulated, of course, TO publish the message OF
She Executive, with the reports OF the eecre-
taries They take up a great deal OF room,
but the public good requires thai they should
have circulatiss. Bur there Is r message 70
Congress, from one Amos Kendall, mot
dreamt Of IN our philosophy net nominated
in the bond, which mast either be published
or noticed, and we prefer the latter course, as.
taking up less room. Tns IS perfectly gratu
itous On our Part, as ii wassn the part OF
Amos t. string together four columns OF his
wisdom Whether Congress pays hm or
not, we lookto him to compensate We forre.
viewing his message.
Ifany body sioull enquire who Amos Ken
Dali is, that is thus eniightening The natisn,
we would inform ths enquirer that heis Fourth
Auditor OF the Treasury, aud one OF Mr. Ing
hams deputies. BIZ. as hc hsslelsure enough
upon bis hsnds to edits new5psperin Frank
fort, aud do great many odd jobs besides,
the Secretary Of the Navy applied to him t.
make riisr to bis report--that Functiohsry
not having had sufficient time to tLipL over
and consider all tho matters and things before
him
Such is the best account we can give OF
Amos's oEieiA appearance before the public.
We had tsis honor, several months ago, OF A.
bridging his autobiography. 9Hrreaders VIII
recallect dat he found himself ia Kentucky,
with sew suit Of clothes, and Seventeen dol
lars in change; that he fell SICK; and that he
was takcu iutq a lady's carriage a thing he
had never before seen the like of; he had, in
deed, seen an ox-team, with q Narraganset
Qaare ahead
On he top of the rDne vas a boy,
On the top sf the boy Yves his bat
and this was his beau ideal OF vshicular cen
venences. He must needs go, they cay, whom
the devil drives, and Amos has gone at
ID ola rate undoubtedly, since we find
him here lcctaring the nation in grand a
style as the President could do it himself
To speak tenderly TO him. he Is about as ID,
pudent young gentleman, as ever, IN the
sublimlty Of ignorance and concert, under
took TO make revelations, uncalled for and
unpaid for, to twelve millions OF people. Well
might he say that he was tlivinoly inspired,
and that when he went back TO the place
where his raising was commenced
The rocks rroclaiosed the approaching Defy,
.HaIloa! Amos' said the rocks and stones of
New Hampshire, 'how dye dew? so as to
be stirring, thapkee,' said Amos Bat there's
a power Of fog this morning. and I'D like
Gum ticker Why, what the dyeuse is
that. Amos?' 'onlg a little water with
smart chance of whskey and btters into it.
My pocket pistol is out; and the gallon i
brought along with my plumber didn last not
half way But, Amos, do tell, what's all
that runspus yau've been kicking up, down
there i'm Kentuck? We think along shore
here, that you've made plaguy fool ofyour
self, aud kind of not acted honest, showing
off bit of ngraitude towards your best
friends in the time of need us the spelling
book SAYS 20, you lot me alone for roar
er. May be you think Clay is a real shorter,
but I've fixed his iiiats, and they ant horn
ones neither. I'm hungry as well as dry
Can't you give nae bit Of corn bread and
chance of possum fat? What makes the
folks stare at me sop Rocks and stones
why, our Amos is getting crazy. He's been
"a studying Mike Fink's Latin. Why, Amos,
it's enough to blow us up, without gun pow
der, to see how darn'd funny you look with
your whislsers and sugar loaf hat, and that
' there carving knife in your under jacket
May be you didn't want to cut nobodys
throats, as nobody knows on, did your
.~4,aos Get out, you shabby creatures! Darn
your eyes The Ginral knows I'm real rip
roarer and heaven born. He's going to
clear Toby out like a streak of lightning, and
I'm going to be an auditor What is that,
Amos? i don't know, but I'll find out, and
: simplify it. SINCE me for a wild cat, if | don't
write such amessage, as viii make an owl
weep to look at it, and you too
The Fourth AUDITOR has fulfilled the pledge
thus given to his hard hearted friends, in New
Hampshire. The disnitied manner in which
he commences his reply TO the demand OF the
: Secretary Of the Navy for Light is worthy
e Of consideration.
ssSs.-Your letter of the 18th inst. pre-
pounding 10 me certain inquiries relative to
the accounts of the Navy Department, has
been considered with the attention due to the
importance of the subject Wsth the apph-
cation | have bestowed upon the duties of this
office, | cannot yet speak tcish that entire
confidence of its condition which would usti-
fy important changes, without further lights.
This is almost good as MIR. Eaton's Eng
iish.l The results of my observation and the
opinions 1 have formed, will, however, be
communicated to you with the utmost frank
ness"
1t will be observed from the first sentence
which we have quoted, that Amos manilesuy
thinks himself writing to an inferior and the
Secretary efthe Navy must feel highly flax
tered w the compliment. The second SEN
tence is fair sample of Amoss prose style
An idea, however, may he gathered from it,
which is, that fhe had minded the business of
the government, which he is paid four thou
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