Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1834-03-06

that the President spontaneously selected me-
refer to his own letter 10 me of the 18th July last
In which he avows the fact, and gives, amongs
other re asons, Tor the selection, his desire 10 e
leyate name, which, although in an humble
sphere, had earned reputation in the eyes of tn
people.
Yet in utter disregard Of all these facts, he Ia,
the hardihood TO assert, in his official paper o
the goth December last, that ''palmed myself
or was palmed upon him." VIM j. DUANE.
February 20, 1884.
MAJOR DowNlNG's CORRESPONDENCE
To my old friend Mr.. Dwight of the New Yorl
| Daily Advertiser.
WAsHrSGToN, IA Feb. 1884.
Ever since have been in the Government,
never have had so much on my hands as l have
since wrote you my last letter. Folks are pour.
in in here from all quarters, bringing petitions
and memorials-some on en- Jest as much as a
man can lift, and when they come 10 stretch them
out, they kiyer all Congress. Most all the Com
mittees that come on here call TO see me and the
Gineral, and the work Of presenting to the Cine
raj has kept me busy enuf tell you. The first
and biggest Committee that came here was from
the New York Merchants and Traders. tell'd
the Gineral, says ], now Gineral is our time TO
brush up all we know about trade and money
business; for, says ], them New Workers every
one EN- has got his eye teeth cut, and they
haint come down here at this season threw the
mud for nothin, says ]; and as they comm to
see us to morrow, we better spring to il now,
says !, Gineral, and get cvry thing cut and dried
for en- and so | and the Gineral went TO work
maxim a kinder sham fight ont. l see pretty
quick il wouldn't do. for the Gineral would fly
right off the handle, and talk about Glory, and
Neir Orleans, and Reform, and about his rights,
and his Government, and the GREAT EXPERT
MENT, and wind up by BLOWN Squire Biddle all
to splinters. Now, says ], Gineral, that wont
do at all, says l; them amt the kind of folks TO
talk to so: they haint come here TO talk about
glory they have got enuf OF that, says j, in
New York already; and reform too, says i.
Why, says l, Gineral my friend Zekel Bigelow
tells me there is SO much Of that in New York !,
that folks are brakn all to bits there, and il has
crowded cyry dollar out of trade. Now, says /,
! guess the best way for us is TO hear what these
New Workers have got to say, and then bow
them off as quick possible; and don't ask en-
any questions, and they wont ask you any-for
if they git us on that tack, says ], Wen go bump
ashore now i tell you; and so the Gincra began
TO think that was the best way, and if he was TO
say any thing in reply, il would be the old story
and the GIneral has tell'd that over so often,
l think he could say every word ont in his
sleep.
Well, the next mornin sure enuf / see en-
comm, and calld the Gineral, and he took his
stand right in the middle of the room, and stood
lcctle ahead on him, twixt him and the door
and in they come Jest for all the world as folks
come to meeting; and turn'd TO and introduced
en- to the Gineral, and we shook hands all round.
The Gineral is plagy cunnin IN such tmes-he
was ihaa .iui W saaP ms .lcAoly iisna IA wv
PA 80 ~. y. Pu. on ~. rs! -; h"a5s o's1
on em-a rale spunky lookin crittur, jest about
SIGH another lookin chap as Squire Biddle, and
| talk'd about glib about money matters-he
step'd out, and spoke for the rest on EN-, and he
wen, on nov Jcs' a. eoo, ae ''oas ne on ios, =,
uoiiar SIM We su'' T n n:, a. "a.
too as guy SCI, ne 'eii '"e uine'a pro.y
'pueu how u'iuss vas oiNi' Gnu NJ" my wss
goin 10 WORK; ana wnen nc came 70 SPEAK u .he
Unerai grs,u eApcli'nen', ne nv Nh i nin prI.'y
pam IL wouidh wo,k rfSh' Ing uiherai was
Jes1 goih 10 ict NM nav hi' nI'ion., ou.
pun MN twitch " 'he coa', anu ne s,oPP u
Dut as soon as ne got Threw ana DO" Us inc uihe-
raj began and teifd him the hrst go on ne ,cds
mistahen-tha' .here warn u man III t,e nun
| state oil tennessee Rhowo nan 50 ihuch ABOUT
banks and banking ana traoe, as ne ui1-ahu SO
| long as ne was rresideh' nc ic, loiks KNOW
Wnat was 'he faie ineanh u oos .e ne,.
| .biddic was monster anu 30 Was ehc nahk
| calhoun was rascai ana SO was Lay ana " cd
| ster, and ncDufhe ana the nun r"t ol inc oppo.
siton: and what puzzled MIN most, was, 10 ma
out which was inc oiggesl rascal ln me BANK OF
airy one OF ,nclh other iei'o"s, a,iu nc PI. en-
/ all down before ne was done WIN en- Haint
saved the country, ssys the ginerai, more tban
/ 90 times-If 1t hadn't been Tor me, says ne, the
lngins would now be IN wall street; skaipin all
| on you, and the British would be all over Ken
tucAy, anu lShhcesSS anu SiHt' |thN ~
the Gincral went on, and couldn't stop him till
he got right into Glory and so thought twas
best to bow the folks of: and by the time the
Gineral got threw, he and l had IT all to our
selves, and we sat down, the Gineral he was 2
good deal struck up and beat OUT Out he is as tuti
as all naur, and can 60 threw Jest sich tug every
day; only give nm a niue 'ifne 10 take wiha'
and so he took on his specks, ana went 10 ruo-
bin en-, and we begun to talk about II. says he
| Mayor, reckon give EN- 'skirey iacnons una.
time, didn't u You see, says me Ginerai,
asked EN- no questions, and that kept things snug
| DO you know MAJOR, says me Glneral, i didn
like the looks ofthat fellow bit who did all the
talkin for has companions-did you understand
| all that he telFd about! says the Gineral. FRET
ty consideral says l. And SO teilsd II all over
TO the Gineral in my own way. We'll, says the
Gineral, am glad didn't understand him, ioi
now as you tell IT, IT stumps me considerable
Inc uiherai ne sa' sum nioii1 .', anu pesun
count on his fingers; and to right says he Malo
who was that! Why says Ginerai he is tn
son of man Pye heard you talk on THOUSAND
times. And as soon as spoke the name, IN
Gineral he started up and says he MAJOR, ts INA
possible-what, the son OF WI
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