Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1833-11-28
WHOLE NO. 191.

NllLlTbA, IND DkICADE-\Ue tke 10 DC
pariicuLar) lay before our readers
a letter from our disting ushed friend,
who as usual seems 20 be engrossed with
important matters. We feel no compul-
sion To applaud, but we venture to say
that among the numerous happy illustra-
tions which are generally found in tho
M or's lctters-none are more inge-
NOUS, or more 10 the point, than the hunt
for the Generals spectacles. Nor canwe
conceive how he could more humorously
call us TO reflect on the possibility Of u
hunt after the public deposltes, in the e.
vent of any portion Of them getting in a
pocket with IA hole in it.
WAsNiSGTOS, i2th Nov 1888.
20 my old friend MIR. Dwight, Of the
n. Y. Daily Advertiser.
\ have always been tcllin the Gineraf,
as you know, that of all troubles there
was none so tuf to get round as money
troubles, and when such matters get in q
SNAIL it was worse than tryin to straiten
melitia line after dinner ! was always
afraid that We was gettin too many folks
TO handle the money, and to be fgerin at
the accounts. Ever since was a boy l
always had notion that the fewer hands
in countin the better. and the less you
handle money the better, for the more
you handle it, some how, the less it
grows. And then agin told the Ginerai
'over and over agin, don't NEEDLE with the
Bank, says the money is safe enuf
there, and one pocket, says /, Ginerai,
is better than twenty. But you know
when l was in New York with ZekeI
Bigelow tryin to find out the cause Of
money bein scarce, and when Zekef
broke his watch shown me how the Uni
ted States Bank worked among other
banks, the folks some how got round the
J Gincral, and the deposits was removed.
u have been looking out for trouble
ever since, though | was bound to stick
10 the GiHeral, right or rong, as l ,elled
him would
e To,her day, when we came to that
1t part of the message where we have to-
:, speak Of money matters, we sent for Mr..
I" Taney, our new Secretary Of the Treas
ury, to bring III his accounts, he warnt
quite ready, for he aint as quick al sifer-
ing yet as he will be TO rights, so We
waited for him spell, and left place
here and there in the message, jest big
enuf 10 put in flyers; and so last night
the Ginerai sent agin, and said he must
have the counts "ready or not ready"
y and up they came sure enuf, aad not
I'd more than half cooked; but Tie GGineraI
y, wont wait for nothing when he's in hur-
., ny. Now, says he, Major, turn TO and
see how they stand with last year. And
H. so at it went, comparin all the amounts
g. of outlays the Gineral all the while smo-
king and thinkin pretty hard, with his
Id feet up on the mantle. 6gered up the
eg sums pretty quick, considerin there was
good many OH EN- called estimates, and
h'' when got to the end ont, now, says |,
90 sS' Gineral, you know l telled you that we
,k- could git up and put down notification ii
no time-we could turn out cabinet anC
utf appoint other iolks-we could send min
me listers abroad and let em come home n
~ soon as they pleased, and send other folk.
- in their places, and give all full pay too
we could mock the United States Banl
and Squire Biddle all into splintcrs,-wt
could let our folks 60 on the lngn lands
A. in one place aud drive EN- off in othe
Nv places, and git up an lngin War--ant
a. appoint new officers here and there ant
he have new auditors to settle accounts
ty and let things 90 on in the Post Offfc,
ch and Land Office pretty much to suit th
no folks there; and instead Of having on
m Bank for our money, scatter It about {
nd mong the Banks of our friends. All thi
we could do, and have done, and hav
taken the responsibility too, and the folk
es, like us the better for it-but, says l, whe
nd they come to see what it all costs, ther
nts II be trouble, now / tell you, says
Why Ma jor, says the Gineral, whats tn
- matter, aint the Government seonoml
csl, says he, do you expect to make re
forms without costing something Ca
you clear up swamps and cut ditchesan
remove old stumps without expense
r Yes, saws /, Gineral, that's all true
But rlague ou't, says ], its ben goin o.
so now high upon FIVE years; and, say
AZ il keeps costn more and more, and W
, of are nearer bein swamp'd and stump
, a than ever-here, says l now Jist loo
,as and see what 'the Government" cost
ALI now, and what il cost when MIR. Adam
for was President; and that amt the wori
for ont, says |, our money is here, there an
per every where; and ! don't see how we hn
BIS il when we want it," As soon as mel
Tor toned the amount Of the sums had FL
md Grid up, the Gineral jumps up, and he dl
,ri- stomp about spell, II tell you-he smash
old down his pipe, and il flew into more tha
to forty pieces-says he Major, amt yo
:. mstaken-no, says l, there is no mls'ak
about me Gineral-let me see them a.
counts, says he, aud he began to seel L
~ - ...,,.,a,l.a first in oue pocket aI