Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1834-02-27
MAJOR DOWNING.
To ma old friend Mr.. Dwight Of the Ne'0 York
DAILY Advertiser.
WASHINGTON, 2Ist Feb. 1854.

York-one of the Merchants and Traders, and
tother of the Mechanics and how the Glneral
thought the last come right from Tammany HAL,
and got into pagy mistake about IL: but
teled you that the rale Tammany folks did come,
and now Pm going to tell you what high Tune
we had here.
| cot the list of names Of the Committee, and
I and the Gineral went to work readln on EN-
over and over, SO as to git EN- gllb-so When the
hour come, we got the room to rights, ana the
Gneral took his stand right in the middle ont
and stood little ahead on him, and Dennis
M'Looney, who telpd you about in my last, he
said he best git by the door with the list OF
names, and call EN- out for us, and so let EN-
come up to the Gineral one at time, and then
there would be no mistake-he said that was eX-
actly the way at all the great folks houses in Ire
land. But when they come, you never see SIGN
work as Dennis made out-he stopped the hrst
one and instead of lettin the man tell him what
his name was, Dennis wanted to know If he
was so and so-he took the first name on the
list and arter he tried EN- all round, he took the
next name and tried EN- a spell at that, and SO
on couldn't hear all that was said, for Dennis
ony opened the door jist wide enuf to put his
own head out, and kept talkin and scoldln like
all natur; so to rights the Gineral caPd out and
says he, let our friends come in-but Dennis
land the door right too, and turned and telPd
the Gineral, he didn't believe they were the per-
sons the Gineral expected, and so | had to go
and let EN- in myself, and to keep Dennis out of
trouble, | tell'd him to 60 in corner, and look
and learn somethin of American manners, afore
he come to play Irish here.
And so in they come-but there was ony three
on EN-, and that made things easy for me, and
the Gineral remembered many of the
names, he stepped up to EN-, and shook hands
with EN- and called EN- by the three first names
on the lst-to one he said, 90 am glad to well
come the man who was once Mayor of New
York and hope to see you, Mayor, agin says
the Gineral-and you my friend, thank you
once more for bringing me on here jist after my
first election that big bald headed Eagle was
so busy then had not time to do it, am sorry
to tell you that noble bird is dead but preserved
all | could of him, stuffed my arm chair cushion
with his feathers-my friend Mrs. e. made
fan of his tail, and keep his quilts to write my
Proclamations and Vetoes with; and so the Gin
eral shook hands agin, and to rights, says he
where is the rest on you: and he took up the
list and read all their names over, and then come
treble. They told the Gineral, nary one on EN-
ever had been Mayor, and none on 'em sent an
Eagle to the Gneral; but one said he had the
honor of maxim the furniter for the Gineral's
room, when he was on at York, on the Grand
toner; and then he handed the Gneral his card,
telln about his work. and another stepd up
and tell'd the Gineral he had the honor of selIin
it at Auction arter the Gineral was done usin
omit; and he gin the Gineral another card, tel
lin what his business was IN DIRK.
The Gineral looA'd at 'em spell, and then he
looked at tother one, but he had no card he
said he didn't do no business, because he had an
Office under the Government. The Gineral be-
gun to think there was another mistake, and he
LOOKED at me, and tip'd him wink, and jist
Whispered in his ear.-"try 'em on Glory spell,
Gneral says and there will be no mistake arter
that; and so tile Gineral went at it, and sure
enuf you never see criturs spruce up as they
did; and the further the Gineral got into Glory
| and Reform, the louder the criturs hurraW'd for
us; and Dennis got at it too and that made jist
six on us, and we settled up matters as clear as
a whistle. There warnt no distress no where;
one said, Mahogany was as cheep as pine boards
was spell ago, and so labor; and if the
Gineral would ony go and put down the Bank,
and would give him an order to make him some
tables, he would show the difference; another
said times never was better for his business, for
he expected this spring to have the selln Of nigh
upon all the house hold furniture in New York;
and the other said he was content so long as
the party hung together, for he got his honest
Twin out Of the public money, and that didn't
belong to no body but the Ginera, and then
we all turnd too agin and had another spell Of
Glory and hurraWin.
The Gineral was tcked most desperately, and
he telld 'em all to stay and take dinner with us;
and as soon as Congress was let out we had
good large party, and we all set down and talk'd
over matters; and as we had now jist the kind
of folks from New York to tell the Congress
folks and all our other friends what the rale
state ofthings was North, and that there war'nt
no distress there, and them other fellows tell'd
you about in my last letter, ony come here to
throw dust in our eyes. Every thing was now
as light as sun shine; and it will take good
many Committees and Petitions too to make
the Gineral bulge an inch now.
The Gineral tel'd these good folks from am.
many Hall, he'd like to have EN- stay here as
long as Congress remains here, and they may
come and put up in the White House, and they
shant spend cent Of their own money AS
soon as the Gineral said that, one on EN- got up
from the table and walked round to the Ginerai,
and whispered somethin in the Gineral's ear
For spell the Gineral looked plagy blank, and
all could hear him say was "What''-" Rent"
=" Can'tpa see," says the Gineral, chow
it is-that's Biddles work-Pll disappont him"
and with that he calld Amos, and Whispered
something to him, and he whispered something
to Tawney, and he WHISPERED agin to Major
Blair, and so it went round till one on 'em got
up and went over to the Treasury, and brought
in some money, and the Gineral settled up that
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