Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1834-02-20
MAI. DoWNING'S CORRESPONDENCE
To nv old friend, Mr.. Deight, ofthe Ne,c York
Dnity Advertiser.
WAsHINGToN, 25th Jan.

WAsHINGToN, 25th Jan. 1884. D.
Ever since | and the Ginera settled the Pest
Office accounts, as l tcl'd you in my last, by
charging the amount that Major Barry is a-starn
to Glory' and Reform the Gineral has been
more easy about il than ] am afeard other folks
be- especially some of the opposition folks IN con-
press: they keep smellin round-and unless we
caa git up another notification there VIII be trou-
bic, not only about the Post Office business, but
some other branches of the Departments.
Congress keeps hammering away yet about the
dcposites, and the Gineral was jist agoin to give
up when we got the news from Albany Of the
vote of the Legislature there in favor OF the Gin
eral in taking away the Deposites from the U.
S. Bank, and the vote of the New Jersey Lee
gslatur and strong news too that some other Le-
gislaturs w'd do the same. The Gineral was
amazingly tckled, and says he, major, reckon
your notion that the people warnt with US ON that
pint is mistake, and now says the Gineral, IN
hang on and keep the Deposites, and Biddle may
whistle for en- well, says i, 'Giheral, Well
see, and as said afore, if the people don't tell
their Legislature another story, and congress 700
afore we are q month older, then, says l, 4
know nothing on en- Very well major, says
the Gineral, we'll see--and jest then, In come
Amos and the Globe man, and some more oil our
folks, and lookin pretty streaked too, and got
snotion right off there was somethin stlrrin-and
so they began TO tell the Gineral that Biddie was
to work bribin all the people he could TO sign pc
ttons to congress, asking 10 put back in the Bank
all the deposits agin, and to re-charter the Bank
-'Why,' saws the Gineral, 'aint that too bad
maior-we must give the Bank says he that
Latin pill there is nothin will stop EN- but ina,
skry factus,' Cor some SIGH name the Clherai
calls it, Now, says /, Gineral stop bit says
i-there is one thing puzzles me cohsioeraoio
about this bribin business should like to know
who they be who are takin bribes-it amt in the
natur Of things, says /, for Squire Biddle to BRIDE
the friends Of the Bank, for that would be useless
then, saws I, it must be that he is bribin the
enemies of the Bank, and that's our party VOW
says ], will you set by and hear folks say .nat
party is SIGH scabby set OF fellows as TO TAKE
brbes--ifyou do. saws l. wont, and with that l
riz up, but afore could git round the corner OF
The table and the Gineral was alone again,
sat down and said nothin,- gritted my teeth
spell, but that didn't do much good TOOK m
knife and Whitfield the table, but that warnt much
better, and the ony way to nights 'na' pu. me
10 good temper agin, was 10 Whisue i,oi ~ '"a =.
~ varses of Yankee Doodle, for didn't IKE 'o
say a word to the Gineral whilst was IN a Pash-
IN, The Ginefal was all the whl!c waiklh "
and down the room so as soon as 1 got th'o"sn
whistlin, says /, Gineral, l guess we pes. Say
nothing more about bribin, says ]; well, says ne
major, reckon you are right, Tor the notloh w
er struck me aforc that that kinder talk hits nj
upon the heads of our friends, for they arc IN.
ony ones that need bribin. Now, says l, Cine
raj jest lets you and sit down and talk over TINS
business, aud I'll tell you like true friend, how
the cat is goin to jump, and If IT don't turn OUT a.
| tell you, I'll give you my AK and throw IN my
regimentals in the bargain; and so the Ginerai nj
sot down, and went at II.
IN the first place says !, if l git in pashin
yeu must keep cool-and if you git in pashii
IN keep cool, but if we both git in pashin, theI
there is no telin-well says the Gineral that is
good notion Major, tor that's jest the way tn
fngns do, aud they larn wisdom from nature
L., at.A
toretber-when one gifts drunk tother keeps SO
Der, and so they take turn and turn about We
saysI never heard that afore, but supPos
tho they git along better when they are Dot
sober o yes says the Gineral, in war time tha
is best, but not in treaty time. Well says that
no matter, that amt axactly what ] am alter, bt
Eve rot a notion ont ont which I'll begin witt
Some years ago the Yankees got drunk and g
up kinder notification; there warnt much IN
alter all, according TO my old friend Dwight
book-but folks South thought there was, an
80 they kept sober; and last year the South g
drunk, and then all North kept sober, and TIL
trollicts ended. Now, says I, North and Sou'
aad Ess. and West are all sober, and all shak'