Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1834-01-16
MAJoR powNING,s OFFICIAL PAPER.

diiors, and Under. Secretaries, and
the rest of the Government, on he
26sh day of December, A. ID. 1855
and printed for The use Of al the CT.
ti.ens, from Do,rningriHe 10 Nee
Orleans, along The sea.coast, and up
the Mississippi and Missouri, and so
dorn the Lakes, and across BY the f.
RE Canal 10 Albany, aud along IN ihe
middle route orer Nesc Jersey, Penn
syloany, aud Maryland, TO Washing
ton-and diCay agin to all parts efI
creation, and TO crery body.
GNERAL-and Gentlemen Of the Cabinet. and
the rest on you here composin the Government:
] speak TO you as a man standin right bstween
you and the people What am goin TO say aint
calculated 20 make any on YOU change your opin-
ion, so much as 10 make you know mine. Yea
have pretty much all en- You had your turn, and
now comes my turn. II any thing say has sharp
corners and scrapes the skin little, il is because
] hani had time 10 file the edges smooth. III
give you my notions pretty much as YOU get bread
from The Bakers, and leave you 10 slice or chunk
i as best suits you; and every man can butter
his cwn slice Jest TO please has iancy-that amt
nv business SO much as Il IS his'n.
We are net here not only 10 fix on some plan
got into trouble; ant. am goin to say li,ile on
both pints. Whom a ch1biy smokes at the rong
ecnd, with the wind al northeast, some ioiks
may content themselves with cpcnin WINDOWS
aud doors, TO let the smoke out; bni my NOTION IS
that the safest plan is 10 into IN cause on =,
aud correct it's that the ehmbly will OF. ys'noAe
at the right ecnd lei the wind blow any wa,
Now there is few things we must look into
little, and then will know more about 'cm
Aud am goin TO examin
What kind Of a crittur the Bank Of the United
States rally is;
,,."'s-t.cr its na,ur is to good 0, evil to the
country; ana q. :" wind up with
Matters and tn,..Ss in g.. ,,.
Twenty years ago the country wa =" 'O. ~
and fill d up with all kinds Of bans paper
upon as bad as old G ontinenial- and goous Zeal
was little worse. II any body aint old enat to
remember that time, and wants TO sre what kind
Of money mean, 1t him 60 10 the Treasury, and
MIR. fancy can show him nigh million and hall
Of dollars worth the cost of the paper and ink
used every year in maxim report uni--bui this
is ony drop compar'd 10 what would be now
there of the same kind Of stuff il il hadn't been
for the Bank Of the unitrd ) tatcs. All our wise
folks OF that day said we must have Bank OF the
United States, and good big one-one strong
emf to do the work we'll and TO clear out all this
trash. And so this Bank was made; and the first
thing was, as there was very little rae money
in the country, the Bank went and BIO good
jag ont in Europe, and went 10 york here clearin
away, jest as we do our fields in the spring.
II was pretty dirty job to do, so ] tell you,
and the Bank didn't get through with II without
scratchin aud smuttin its fingers pretty considera-
Bile; and that warn't the worst ont for the Bank.
The Government made the Bank agree 10 pay
fifteen hundred thousand dollars for the prvilt &c
OF doing this work, and made II agree 10 take care
OF the peoples money in all parts Of the country
and to pay il here and there wherever the Co
yerumt nj told em TO, and topay all the pensions,
and 10 do every thing in the money way, without
chargin any thing for il 10 the Government. This
was pretty tut bargain for the Bank; for all II
got in return was 10 have the keepin Of the mo.
ney, and when the Government didn't want IL
the Bank might lend il out, II took agood many
T. years afore the Bank got things TO work smooth
IL was like whappin big wagon that wanted
good many horses TO drag il; and as il had va
luabe freight in il, wanted none but the best kind
Of horses real Cone stogas- and il warn't every
one who knew how TO drive such a team. The
owners Of this wagon found that out; for some Of
the first that they got came plagy nigh oversct
ting it. So TO rights they got Squire Biddlc.
suppose they thought that, seein that the folks in
Pennsy lvany have the best and strongest hors.
and thu biggest wagons, they ought TO know best
how to guide 'em WIN, they made a pretty
good guess that time; for ever since they told The
Squire TO take the lines, they han lost Inch
pin or broke n strap; and there warn't no com
plants made agin bin by the folks on the road.
% the country. a.. lac o,acr wagone:- liked the
Squire amazingly; he was always rrau, 10 give
'em lift when he found them in the mud; and
whenever they got short of provender the'S quirc
never refused 10 turn cut some Of bis TO keep
their horses from suffering. Every thing was gon
on b. tier ard better, and every body said al home
and abroad, there warn't such team in all crea-
ton. well. about four years ago, we began {,
pick quarrel with the Squire, and its been sci
on every yearpretiy much after this fashion. Tn.
first go OIL, some of our folks Il d the Squir,
to change some ofhis leadin horses--fhey said IN.
breed warn't right he ought 10 Put on the feae
some Albany trotters--that they were the best
horses on the / ad he could have. The Squire
didn't like TO change; he said the horses he had
knew the road as well as he did, and they
wouldn't bolt nor kick up; and when they came
10 up hill work he could depend upon EN-.
! Then agin ourfoks wanted the Squire 10 change
the harne they said they had new patent collars,
and horse could pull as much agip Nth 'em as
with the old fashion'd collars. w ii, he Squire
didn't like that notion mother. So 10 rights they
told the Squire he must give up the lines: well
that he wouldn't do he said, without orders from
; the owners Of the team; they had appointed him,
and, so long they kept him there, he would
go along and 10 his duty, Jest he had done; and
! Il warnt right to keep sioppin him every day on
! the road, and tryin 10 make him try new plans.
/ And with that, all our folks made regular
battle On the Squire: some took away out OF his
wagon part of the bags and boxes and div idcd
I IL rOund among the " otncI Was,ohss VIM
was mixin in the scuffle too, and away they
crack'd off with it. Some undertook TO cut the
squirrels traces, they thought they ony leather
and rope Traces but the squire was too deep for
'cm, for his traces was all chains kiyered with
leather, and so they split their jack hives Some
went on head and rolled stones IN the road and
dug deep holes, and tried all they could to make
the squire upset, and threw Stones and mud at
him and his horses; but the squire kept on, his
horses didn't finch, and as they had drag'd the
big wagon over worse roads in their day, they
went aolng without accident. Well now il turns
out that all the wagons that driv off so with part
Of the squire's load in trouble; for the first
piece Of muddy road, they all stuck fast, and there
they are now. One wants the other 10 give him
pull and lift; but they say they all want lift.
ing. The squire has jest come up with en-, and
now they want him 10 hitch on 20 en- and drag EN-
all out together; but he says that's impossibiej
the most he can do is to take back the load they
took from his wagon, and then perhaps they can
ri, ont Of the mud; but il is more than his team