The Arkansas advocate., 1834-05-16

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 suppose you'll be all pretty considera- ble struck when you come to see where now be, and so Fl jest tell you in as short order as possible, hc@ 1t come about.
 Ever since I grote you that fast letter about the Raxoon Story the Gincrai telPd liaa, and ;g.e eid Hen Story teli'd him, the folks aboutihe Gineral haitit giv me no time to eat or sleep, and have had nigh upon the hull Government so beat off; but so long Us had the Gineral on my side, I didn't care nothin about t. But tother day the Ginefal he began to shake in the wind a feetle, and this was about the cause ou't.-- He and me was sittin taiEln over matters alone, and frein red hot shot at the opposi- ton folks, and especially at Squire Riddle, when telFd the Glneral, says l Gineral. it's well cnnf for us to talk so among folks who come to see us; for 1t Is the natur of people to give one credit for honesty at least, though he IS wrong, if he ony seems warm and determined, jest as you was when you cut down that old mans Bee tree; but says my slate don't tell me that the pre- sent trouble ali about the country is owin to the Bank crampin folks. And with that reached down my slate and 1 showed the Ginerai. Now says l, here we see that the Bank actually has been lendin out more money since we took the Deposites away from ii, than t had lent before that time.- The Gineral he looked over the Tigers, ard sure enuf there if was: why says he, Ma ior. how is this what on earth then, says he, are the people grumblin at? All our tfssiillss tfssiillss tell me, says the Gnera, that Riddle IS crampin the people all over creation, and here fow yoH show, as clear as daylight that the Bank haint screwed at all. And with that the Gineral he began to count on his fingers, and though he can fger out a pretty considerable tulf sum that way, this puzzled him amazinly. So to rights, says he, Major, what then IS the cause of all this trouble Well, says I, Gincral, suppose we shall know pretty soon. There is cog out somewhere, says I; and as the Senate is oyerhawlin the mill, perhaps they'll find it, and let us know. And the words warn't more than out of my mouth, when in come Kindle and Blair loolSin as though they had jest ben snaked through gimblit hole, and they telled the Gineral that the Senate had jest passed Cay's resolutions. It won't do no good to tell what followed, but the Gine- fal was hoppin mad, and 1t was more than an hour alore he got through slattin things about. And as 1t was about the time the folks would be comm to visit the Gineral, jest stept out to tell em they must call agin, for the General was hard at work in "Cabi- net kounsel"
 Whom got back I found the Gineral with prtty nigh all the steam nIowed OH, and them other two critters writin somethin to come out in the Globe next day. tel led the Gineral right oh-now says Cine ral, we better keep an eye on what we say ;f print, for we have trouble enuf with what we say here to folks, but says I, if We go to abusin the Senate and put it in print too, the people may take stand agin US and pug gel us herearter most plagily. And with that the Gineral got his steam up in min- it; and he telled me if that was my notion, 1 better pack up and quit, for the time had come now for every man to take his own side, and if thought the Senate had more wisdom than he had, l must clear out Well Tell, says !, Gineral, hadn't We best call the hull Cabinet together on this business Cabinet says the Gineral, what more do want ! and with that he turned and pinted to kindle and Blair. and giv me look as black as thunder. We'll, says |, that's emu --and as had kept my bundle ready for . moge for some days past, all had to dc was to put my slate in it. and poke my axe handle threw the upper knot, and slune the whole consarn over my shoulder and was back agiin III tfle Cabinet afore yov could say Jack Robson,
 Now says Gineral, and you are going 10 quit--but afore go 1 should like to tel you story and the best ont is, it aint long one. saysI. And tell'd the Ginera that snake story you've heam me tell afore How was once walking in a field dowr there to Downingvlle, and hearin chatter and seein no one, bu to rights findin ii al come from a big black snake more than hall rod long, the tail quarilin with the head about talSin the lead, and sayingsthe head had led long enuf, and the tail ought to try its turn a spell-aud so the head give uI and let inc tai nave his way, and i ifoiiowet on to see how things would work that way and so arter goin agin the scales spell and faakin things grit considerable, the tai tried to go threw a stone fence, and gittil iammed, riggied and twisted and screwed and couldn't go on; and the head of tht snake wanted to know what was the matte and why 1t didn't go threw, and that he hae gone threw the same place twenty tines the tail got little rathy, and little asham't alld did ii Itt Ii,t ike like t, ;t;lII.
 When I got so fur in my story, the Cine ral, who had been all the while sittin ant lookin right at the fire, turned around an' U Il I1..l l. Il c41,.