Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1833-12-19

WAsnrxeTos, 9Th Dec. 1888
To my old friend Mr. Dwight, Of the New Yori
Daily Advertiser.
MY last letter tell'd you about that
discovery ! made in the natur of the
Gineral's specks-and that the Mes.
sage | had been to work on for some
time was jest finished-but the very
next day we had to take il all to bits,
and spring to write anymost the hull
of new one, for we found we had
gone too much into particulars, especi.
ally about the counts; and letters from
Mr.. Van Buren, advised us to say as
little about such matters as possible,
for Congress would ony make US tell
pretty much the hull ont over agin-
and the best way was to say little at
first, and trust to luck and chance af.
forwards. AS soon as the Gineral
come to know of this, says he, "Major,
you must look out and keep in that
latin about the Bank any how" So
we kept that in, but il was plagy trou-
blesome to make it work we'll with the
rest ont, for when you come to make
English ont, ii reads that the Gineral
would have taken the Bank by the
throat right off, if he thought he could
make that latin pill operate alore the
charters expire-and then again he
says the Bank does wrong in bringing
its business to close so rapidly as it
is now doing. There is one thing how.
ever that's true enuf, for seein that
Judge Martial is a stubborn know
nothin kind Of critur, and would have
a finger in givin the Bank that pill the
Gineral speaks of in latin, | don't be-
lieve it would have operated before the
charter expired if it had 40 years
more to run--so there is more wit and
cunnin in what the Gineral says than
folks think for.
There was another thing puzzled us
to trife about the Bank. Last year
when we thought it had no rail chink
in it, the Gineral thought best to take
the deposites away from it; but since
| telI'd the Gineral in my Bank Report
there was more than 100 cords of the
rale grit we had to say in the Message
they had too much.
The post office account was the
next bother; and that puzzled all on us
peskily. But we got round that by
very lucky discovery; and you see by
the Message there has been an error
in keepin the counts in the post office
ever since Gineral Washington's time,
and every post master Gineral, up to
Major Barry's time, never found it out;
and it was so curious that he took nigh
upon 5 years to git at it. But its all
clear now, for he is an amazin sharp
fellow at siferin. We struck out all
about the grand toner, for Clay has
been over the same ground, and Mr..
Van Buren, thought it was best to say
nothin about it. And it was thought
best too to say nothin about the Null.
lifers, for some of Mr.. Van Buren's
friends in Georgia headed by Craw-
ford are getting up notification there,
worse :han Calhoun's last winter; and |
it makes all the difference in the world |
when you come to see that ones own |
friends are doin what our enemies did |
afore.
AS soon as we sent the Message TO
Congress, we set abont gittin up sup
per for all our folks who had been to !
work ont, and we had a grand time,
all our Majors was there. The Gineral
was so beat out, he dind't stay long;
but some on 'em kept it up till nigh
day light.
We had some real good songs tn;
and one of our Majors is plagy sharp
singer. got copy of one on 'em;
but liant got time now to send you
the hull ont, SO III jest give you 8 var.
ses only.
Come comrades one and all
Here assembled in the hall
Let us sing Of times past, present, and 10 come;
We have every thing at stake,
And our fortunes yet to make,
And the public good is now a-days"a hum"
Times past have all gone by
And old laws are call my eye'
The present and the future we are sure in
When the GineraP. time is up,
Well fill again the cup
And drink to Amos Rindle and to Van Buren,
We have no one now to thank
For discount at the Bank,
Since we've got the public money from Nick
Biddle.
And as we alone have ernt il,
Well use il as we want il
Security is now all fiddle diddle.
| wish you would tell folks to stop
calling me Jack Downing-twas well
ntilf xphen i wa rnt nnito &c .,a,,1.k LII, II,