Litchfield enquirer., 1833-11-14

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become equal 20 the Netherlands its
fertility would warrant-and It's surface win
j sustain population Of two hundred millions.
WAsHINerON, cd Nov. 1883.
To my old friend, Mr.. Delight. Of tie NelO-
York Daily Advertiser.
| The Congressman are jest beginniB tn ar
rive here, and suppose IL a SHIRT time we
shall have them here as thick as huckieber-
.ries; and the, Gineral is rbrushin round now.
| and says the Message must be finished and
paiBfrd of hand. and we are all Ms busy as
! bres in gittin II dnse tailed together; and az
ter next week, thr Gineral says, there can't
be any more aiterations. 1t Is the first mes
sage ever had any hand in; aud tho sa y
| IL, guess yOn will say It is about as complete
a thing as ever was sent express any where.
| ! have been 10 work an il ever since we
was at the Rip Raps and tho it has been
sometimes all pIed TO bits. To git in some
notions we didn't think on, yet it will lock
pritty slick. tell yon, when it's dome and
we viii lay ON paint enufte kiyer up all the
cracks and seams.
We shall give priity good lick at the
Bank, and Won't leave as much ont standing
us would make il good sized nven. 1t iscuri-
| us now 10 seq how easy it Is to hnild up, or
mock all To bits. any thing on paper. Now
jest see about the Bank. Tfer. it stands 10
Chesnut street. with its hundred cord az sps.
Gle, and its cart load of hooks and its branch
| es hers and there, aud all busy. and full 0f
clarks, and directors, and folks in Europe,
and all alotf creation dealin whit; and the
brokers 10 Wal! strert all bpsy aboutit; and
Biddie's bills goin about, and most folks think
10 they are better than hard dollars: and all
! the old men and women hoidin the stock.
supposin twill go up agin AS high as they
| paid for it; and !. and the Ginerai, and Amos
Kinde, and Mr.. Van Bnren, taikin over IL;
and one line in the Message nocks il all into
kindln weed. For you see when :. The fl0v-
ernmtht's says athing must be jest so there
il no hrlp for il. Wescan't stand 10 chat a.
huut iri1cs. The Gineral has smashed three
pipes the last time we talked abonf Il. bid
die and the Bank must he smashed says he,
=. Major;" and so smash they go, Congress
or no Congress.
The next thing was Ihe Ingins. Here the
Gineral is at home and dun't pretend to
saw nothin, for never did like an lngiu. and
never can. The Cherokecs give us good
deal Of trouble in Georgia last year; hut the
Gineral took sides with Georgia. because he
had q good nany friends there, and Dir. Yan
Buren, mad too: for that state was the Ouy
one that panoinated him Vice President
spell ago and ifzhe had got int there. and Mr..
| Crawford President, who was ain all over
with some pIagy npplepiery-I and the Gin
eral would never have been hearR on AFTER
wards. But NO matter--the Gineral says he
didn't make that treaty with the CherOkees;
and it was made 20 long ago. he has eayniost
forgot IL /; and treaties 0ughtent TO last darev.
er. But this treaty with the Greeks in Ala
/ bama he did make, and he knows all about
4 il and be means to stand by it. aud turn all
\ al. <sK lorA IN nha0 Saef
/ they wanted him ia. do ia Georgia but he
wouldn't. aT here Is trouble enuf about it,
ltell yoa aad you don't knowsnothing about
/ Tin York. But the GiDeral is tckled ia. death
1 h Bout il I; aud as soon as he saw the Pracla-
nation ofthe Governor Of Alabama, - new
er see critur so sprnced up as the Gineral
was. Major, says he, by the eternal we shall
have another Modification this Congress. arter
all. You needn't cay much about it. says he.
10 the Message, keep that for proc
lamation. Well. says | Gneral, yon AREA
master hand at gittin into trouble. But, says
he Major, aint a master one Ia gittin out Of
one, says he3
Wc'se got an old trunk up Chamber. full
oftrcahle--old Laws, and Treaties. and CAa-
tracts. and Stats Chains. and whichever ,.e,
open that, and snook among old papers. and
get up row in no time. The Gineral likes
| this !eetie better than do; FOR the most Of
4 the labor falls on me and the Ony way can
git rid OF it, is to make our folks down stairs
do it, il I see il gives any OF EN- haast with
i his parly--fur don't care nOthin ahont any
thing here but the Gincrals and if can git
him threw this Congress. its pretty much alI
/ 1 care about, and he too; for aFier that. I'm
goin with him to the Hermitage, for Iexpect
by that lime there wont be much more left
OF us than our boards and shoe strings.
i Your Friend. j. DOWNING. Major,
j Downingville Militia, cd Brigade.
4 EHe Piftsburg 1eamsiers.---Few eastern
people have any conception ofthe vast amount
|6f transportation east and wesf from the ci:
ties Of Philadelphia and Baltimore. t" the ci-
ties Of Pittsburgh and Wheeling on the OhiO,
a distance Of 500 miles BY land. The @agr
4 ons which ara cB6siHuIty employed IL TINS
trade. have the capacity 0fa one story build
ing. Their loads vary from go 10 so cwt..
4 and they aRavel from 3 Ia go miles u day,
making i n from Philadelphia TO Pittsburgh
and back, ia about so or S5 days. Several
i thousand wagons are constantly employed 10
4 this business. They go in squadssAf hall a
dozen 70 thirty iu3a string. and keep compa-
ny the whole distance.
J The drivers carry mattrass and a blanket.
J And after they have fed themselves and their
horses. and drank their usual p,lation III xhis-
! key they spread their mattrass ppUn the Hnor
fthe bar.rOom and lie down to rest. and do