Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1834-01-25

,u;,lfs e,pen-Ony once IN While ne q Cdikidle on
his fingers a spell. And now says l, mere IS the
snm Judge M'Lean left in the post office when
he went out on't--and there, says, Is the sum
that is nolo aodating in the post ONCE, TO make
things square there to say nothln OF the sum
Major Barry says the post Office mas overuIaMH
from the banks--and as he don't know what the
amount is don't nother--and don't Care
about guessin at lt--tor us Dao emu Wd'n ret
guessin. The Gineral put his eye on the last
line of flyers fit was hard upon million OF aoi
lars Gin the oficel and look'd, and blink'd, ana
began to close his mouth up slowly, jest Tor al
the world like shuttin up safety valve; ana nc
began to swell, and breathe plagy haTo see
the steam was gittin up. The Glnefal he looA A4tl
AT me. and look'd at him; and then we Dotn
look,d at the slate agin. Bime-by the Glnerai
he onened the valve, and let OFT the steam ana
sich 3 whizzin YOU never heard in your born
days. He took my slate and was jest goln 10
smash it into thousand atoms, but got 1t a1ore
il struck the floor. He then got his hickory ana
thrash'd round spell with that. But that dld'nt
do no GOOD. So SAYS he to rights" Major,
what is to be done about it," Why says l, vi
neral. don't see nothin else says l, but to take
INV ak. and do as did last night--there IS a
good deal of hickory wants splltun IN the wood
house vet And with that handed the Gineral
nv ak, and he Slated about the chamber with
it for spell; and if any of our folks had come
in then, | guess they'd found more to lear imam
when frightened 'em so few days ago.
7 never know'd the Gineral blew off steam so
long as he did this time; and was pesklly a1eafa
the boiler would burst arter all. And so | went
to work putting out the fire; and the only way
was to get the specs, and screw em PACK 10
/. Glory.N agin; and as soon as | did that, we got
our pipes, and sot down ana talked over Tue
matter.
Now saws |. Gineral, though this is bad bu-
siness. it amt so bad as it first looks. In the
first place, says l, if Major Barry had borrowed
the money of Squire Biddle, Congress would,
have known it two years ago, and the Post VI
fee reports wouldn't been slick as they have
been; and we'd had more trouble to git so
many of our folks in last election. And then,
again. by borrowin the money OF other Banks,
on interest, it made them Banks the keener to
get hold of the deposites; for If Congress
wouldn't pass a law to pay the money borrowed
by our folks, to make their accounts look square,
why the deposit banks could pay themselves;
and now, by gettin our money away from Squire
Biddle. who was bound by law to make regu-
lar report to Congress of every thing, and put
tin it on other Banks, our folks can square OIL
good many accounts and Congress won't know
nothing ONT; for it will take pretty spry slferer
to figure out all the accounts with so many new
deposit banks;--for we've got lem now pretty
well mix'd up with what the Treasury calls
{. contingent drafts and "transfer checks"
and 6 Treasury warrantS;' and Zekel BlgeloW
says he could, in three days. with the power the
Government has got now, rdrraated, and trans
fer, and contingent away, between so many
pockets, nigh upon the hull of the deposits and
no body could never find nothin about it.
And then, again, says |, here is another thing
the people wanted g Glory" and they wanted
| Z" Reform and they have had both now over
five years: and if they expected 1t warnt goln
to cost nothin, they was mistaken And that
amt all--there was that plagy surplus money"
business-every body said, spell ago. If some
thin warnt done aboutit, the country would all
go to smash. Well, now, says |, we are gettin
out of that scrape as slick whistle.
The Gineral he began to brighten up-why,
says he, Major, we've been in pashin then
about nothin | remember now telld the folks
in nv message spell ago, that the safest place
for the surplus money was in the pocket OF the
people; and | believe that sayln alone brought
over more than one State to our side; and il our
people git the money, it's all right, amt it. Ma
| ior2 Yes, says |; ony some folks suppose,
| will setup a squeelin, jest like the pigs when
| they come in a leetle too late for their corn;
and say, altho' they don't belong to our party,
| THEY'VE got jest as good ght to share as we
| have Well, says the Gineral, there they are
mistaken; for Governor Massey said (and that
made him Governor too) that the corn all be-
lenged to the pigs that got into the pen aore the
| gate was shut. But Major, says the Gineral, |
am little puzzled yet to know what account to
charge that Post Office debt TO. five can ony
! git that right and save Barry, l shall sleep
sound to night
Well, says l, Gineral, there is ony one account
that will stand that charge, and good many
more too, for go along, and Congress gifts
| to siftin things suppose they'll find out some
thin more In the first place, says |, that
fire in the Treasury last Spring did good deal
towards settling off a good many land accounts,
| and other accounts. five don't have no more
fires, or other accounts and Congress presses
US, we'll give them lead through the new De
post Banks, SPELL as have just bin ten; and
if they follows us up through that track, for
| some of these fellows have got good noses then
We'll fetch up on the ony account know of,
and that account AS said afore, will stand a
good many charges yet. Well, what is that &C
count Major, says the Gineral2 and he got up
and looked at.me-last week, says l. Gneral,
was the 9Th January. Now, says |, Amt that
day worth little more than the 4th July? The
Gineral gin nod. Well then, says l. there is
Z" Glory" amt that worth something? The Gin
eral gin another nod-and there is Reform, %
amt that worth somethin? The Gineral NODDED
agin. Well now, says |, put all that together,
and if that don't make a sum of debt due you,
says |, that will balance good many accounts,
Pm mistaken. Nep Orleans, Glory and Re
/ form," says l. debtor to the Gneral-That's
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