The Arkansas advocate., 1833-12-18
Was],iiag,on. l2ta Nor. 1883.
To my old friend MT. Dwight, of the N. Y I,ai.v Advertiser.

Y. Daily Advertiser.
 I have always been tellin the Gineral, as YOU know, that of all troubles there was none so tuif to get round as money troubles, and mhen such matters get in a siiafl 1t was worse than tryin to straiten militia line af- ter dinner. Twas always afraid that we was a:tten too many folks to handle tho money, i,I,.aa ty be bbe iiioss at the the aeeea;ittss Ever since l, was boy always had a notion that the fewer hands in couEtin the better, and the less you handle money the better, for for the more Soi handle it, somehow, iiie less it grows. And then again l told the Gineral over and over again, don't meddle with the Bank, says l, the money IS safe enuf there, and one pocket, says |, Gineral, Is better than twenty. But yo;; know when was in New York with Zekel Bigiow tryin te find out the cause of money bein scarce, and when Zekel broke his watch showin me how the U. s. Bank worked among other banks, the folks some how got round the Gineral, and the deposites were removed.
 have been looking out for trouble ever since, though I was bound to stick to the 1 Gineral, right or wrong, as l telled him l would.
 Tother day when we came to that part of the message where we have to speak of money matters, We sent for MT. Fancy, our new Secretary ef ttlhle the Treasury, to bring in his accounts; he warnt quite ready, for he aint as quick at siferin yet as he will be to rights, so we waited for him spell, and left d place here and there in the message, Jest big enuf to put in Tigers, and so last night the Gineral sent again, and said he must have the counts ''ready or not ready" and up they came sure enuf and not more ] than halF cooked but the Gineral wont wait for notiin when he's in hurry. Now, says he, Major, turn to and see how they stand with last year. And so at 1t I went. l comparln all the amounts of outlaws, the Gineral ali the while smokin and thinkin pretty hard, with his feet upon the mantle. l figured Up the sums pretty quick, consid- erlng there was a good many on em called l esflMGtes, and when l got to the end ont, now says l, Gineral, you know telled you that we could get up and put down nullii- eaton Tn no tine--we could turn out cabi- net and appoint other folks-we could send ministers abroad and let em come home as soon as they pleased, and send other folks Tn their places. and give ali full pay too-- we could nook the United States Bank and Squire Fiddle all into splinters-we could let our folks go on the Ingin lands in one place and drive em off in other places, and get up an Ingin War-and appoint new off, cers here and there-and have new audi tlrs to settle accounts-and let things % on ln the Post-offiee and Land-oiiice pretty much to suit the folks there-and instead of having one Bank for our money, scatter ] 1t about among the banks of our friends.
 All this we could do, and have done, and ] have taken the responsibility too, and the folks like Us the better for it; but, says |, when they come to see what 1t all costs there'll be trouble, now tell you, says I. l Why Ma5jer, a5e, says ttihe Ginerai, whats the matter, aint the Government economical, says he, do you expect to make reforms without costing someting! Can you clear up swarnps and cut ditches and remove old stumps without expensess Yes, says |, Ginerai, that's all true. But plague ont, says i, it's been goin on so now nigh upon l five years; and, says I, 1t keeps costin more and more, and we are nearer beino swamp'd and stump'd than ever--here says i,now Jlst look and see what ssthe Govern ment7 costs now, and what it cost when Mir. Adams was President; and that aint the worst ont, says 1, our money is here, there and every where and don't see how we shall find It when we want 1t.
 As. soon as Imentioned the amount of the sums had fgered tip, the Gineral jumps up, and he did stomp about d spell. tell you--he smash'd down his pipe, and it flew into more than forty pieces--says he Major. amt you mlstaken--no, says l, there is no mistake about me, Ginera--let me see them accounts, says he; and he begun to feell tor his spectacles, first in one pocket and then Tn another--for he had no less than seven pockets besides his watch fob and he couldn't find his spectacles-says he MaIor' have you seen my spectacles; no, says l. General hant-where do you keep em, says !--why, says he, used always to Keep em ln this side breast pocket, but | nave been so pester'd lately, must have chang'd pockcts-that's bad, says |, Cine rai, especially, says I, when one wants any thug ma hurry. Now, says I, I only keep one pocket, and got that notion, says I, from Squire Riddle, for he keeps eny most every thing in one pocket, and he can tell in in, mint, pretty much ali about any thing.
 The Glneral kept all the while teeIin and turnln hls pockets inside Out, but no spec tacles--by the eternal, says he, Major, I