South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1834-07-05

all manner Of doubles and twisiins, and
briars, and marshes, sometimes over rive
ers and creeks, and then agin crossn
swamps and stubble, and parcel Of dogs
belongin to other folks yeIpin and barkin
on wrong tracks, just to mislead the true
noses, then ] tell you it is plagy hard
work. But we have got some rae good
leaders now, and they have got their noses
on the right track, and tho they may be
puzzled spell, they'll go on till the old
fox is drivlrite into his last hole !; and if
there is brush left to him they'll have It.
Isee the folks are good deal struck
up about the Post Office business, it warnt
nothin new to me, and | suppose to you
mother /; for in my letter to you of 10th
January last, you'll see them accounts Of
the Post Office made me split up more
than three anda half cords Of hickory one
night, just tryin to straiten 'em for the Gin-
eral. The worst ONT is, the Senate can't
find out the hull matter; they can ony
find what "The Government" can't hide,
but there is 60 cd deal yet to be scra,ch'd
up. ] don't like to guess about it, for
that amt my natur but as far as can
calklate, you'll see afore long that this
Post Office business amt nothing worth
thinkin on, when you come to see whas
pIagy hole "glory and reform" has made
in some other offices.
1teli'd you two or three times afore, i'm
some of my letters, the notion l got in my
head why the Gineral was so keen, in
gittin hold Of the deposites out of Squire
Biddle's Bank and sif,in 'em round among
good many Banks. You see "the Cow
ernment' has been don good deal in
the way of Glory and reform, and good
many folks found that was the easiest
road TO travel on but the worst ont was,
Congress couldn't make no appropriations
to pay for Glory, and Squire Biddle kept
his accounts so snug 1.-THE Government''
couldn't git a dollar out Of his Bank withs
out the peoples KNOWN omit; and so the
ony way to git at the chink, was to set
folks to work FIRST yelpin like all natur a.
gin "the monster" and when they thought
the people would agree to it, slap dash
"lAe Government" went right at the Bank,
and took the money oHt ont, and put it
first in the pet Banks, and then begun to
hustle and shuttle it about from one eend
of the country to the other and ! calk-
late by this time pritty considerable
share ont hes gone to "Glory," and the
rest Ont has gone along with some of the
other lost rights of the States, that Mr..
Van Buren, used to tell about spell ago.
] hear good deal said here, but 1
don't know sartin yet, myself, that there
is raIe trouble among some folks about
"The Government - and "The Govern
ment'' itself, amt over and above quiet.
There is ony one way to git the Gineral
and his folks out of the scrape they have
got in, and that is, for Congress to pass
10 w riuht off. eayin. "That no man shall
be allowed to figure up, or examine into
any account made out by "The Governs
ment," but take it all for law and gospel,
so long as the Gineral puts his name on
one eend ONT, and Amos Kindle puts
his'n on tother !; and if any man in or
out, of Congress should dare to snook in
TO such accounts, the Gineral should be
allow'd to try him under the I'd section.
If the Senate had ben like tother house
this session do rally believe some SIGH
law would ben past, and ev'ry thing now
about "The Government would ben
as strait as bean pole, instead of bein
all turn'd upside down, and as crooked as
rams horn.
In yoar last letter to me yeu want to
know how things are workin in the Cabi-
net, and how things are goin to work.
Well that's pretty hard tellin--& don't
believe any mortal can tell yet; it will
begin to work one way or tother pretty
soon now but which way, or what way
is hard to say, tho have my notion about
it. 1t was pretty much SO once when L
was a boy. ! went out huckeberryin, &c
not being very particular, l suppose eat
a little too many on 'em and afore got
home was amazin sick. l could lust
reach home, and that was all.
My poor old mother was desperately
frightened, and she went right out and
scrap'd some Elder bark to make tea ont,
and / took good drink as hot as could
swallow it; but this only made things
worse. rol'd over one way, and she
tumbled me back t'other way, and to
rights she sent for Doctor Parsons, and in
he comes, and says he, Miss Downing,
what on earth's the matter, says he . and
so she tell'd him all she know'd about the
and the Elder bark tea