Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1834-07-10
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From fhS N. p. Daily Advertiser.
Senate Chamber, Washington, l4,h June. 1894.
To ny old friend Mr.. Dwighi Of the Nsw-York Daily
Advertiser. 10y
Ever since ! got back here from N. York where i
went 20 dces tecum some Other Pet banks as teld
you in my iast letter, have got more than so letters
comm o0i with my g gsp@s% But you see il aint INV
way to blab right all creation all tho iuforma.
ton git, especially when is plagy tough work to giu
il1-you know | telpd you when / was in N Yurk
that you musn', be sharp hearin any thing from,
ab0nt the examination Ofthe pet banks un,i had
ell'd the Senate all kno~d, and lei them take il Up
here found the huh Senate busy with the pos, Office
accounts. And there hant been no room vet for me
10 wedge in my .ReporT'and don't see That there
will be room yet for good spell-tor us soon as the
iUrnd rite 10 and are goO 10 look up the LaDd Or
fee and The 1ngh afairs, and The COntracisaMd the
Custom HOusc business
There is ugly work yet 10 get threw, and ifhe peo-
pie any knoW'd as much ~ do, what plagy tuf
time some ofhe Senators have in tracking on, this blu.
siNess, they'd THU il waot an anazip easy Office TO be
-its bad ennf 10 track fox 0vsfSs clear open field
when the dogs are all well train ,I-lul 10 follow him
threw all 0fdoulses and lws,us, aud briers,
and marshes, sometimes rivers and creeks, md
then agin swau,ps md s,uhble, and parcel Of
dogs belongin other feiks yeipin and barkin on
wrong tracks, Just ppear the noses, then tell
you il is pagy hard work. But we have got some
rale good leaders now, and they have got their
on the right track. and tho ahey may be puzzled
epe, they go< on I'll, the old fox il driv rite his
last hole aud IL there is azbsush lefl him they'll
have il.
see the folks are good deal struck up abou, the
Post Office business; il wan, nnihin 10 me, and
suppose to You mother; for in my letter you Of the
10th Jaanary last you'll see them accounts ofihe Post
Office made me split up more than three and half
cords OF hickory one night jest yn 10 straiten EN- for
the GineraI. The worst ont ls The Senate cant find
out the hun matter, they eau ony find wha, The
Government cant hide; bp, there is good deal yet
to be scrachd up. don't like 10 guess about il, Tor
that aini my Datur but as far as calkale. you'll
see afore long That this Post Office business aim roth
IN worm thinkin on, when you to what pla-
Offices.
yon two or three times afore, IN some nc my
letters, the notion got in my bead why the Ginerat
Keen. in giltin hold ofthe deposits Vt Squire
Biddle's Bank and shiIiin round among good
many Banks. You SEQ 1.-THE GOVERNMENT has been
doin good deal in the way Of Glory and reform, aud
good many folks found that the easiest road 10
travel on; bui the worst ont was, Congress couldn't
make no appropriation 10 pay for Glory, and Squire
Biddle Kept his accounis sosnug /" The Government
couldnt R dollar out Of his Bank without the ,leo-
pies KNOWN omi--and 90 the ony way 10 ri, a, the
chink. was 10 sci tolksto work frs yelpn like all
tur agi" "fhe monster" and when they thought the
'aens" wen, RICH, n the Bank. and took the money
ONT and put frat in the pet Banks, and then be-
gun hustle and shuttle about from one eend Of the
country 20 the oii,er; and calculate by ibis time,
pretty considerable share ont has gone to-" Glory"
and the rest ons has gone ang 18th some Of the 9th,
lost rights Of the States. thai Mr.. Van Buren, uss
TO TELL about spell ago.
hear good deal said here. but don't know sar-
lin YET. myself that there i rale trouble among
folks about !" The Government - and .The Govern
msnt ITSELF aini over and above quiet. There any
way 10 gil the Gineral aud all his folks out OF the
scrape they have got in, and lhal IL, for Congress
Pars law ighi of, sayiH, That man shall he al
iawad 10 fgar up, or exaDine INTO any account made
out by The Government" hut 10 take il oil for law
and gospel, lung the GinerNl puts HE name
one eend ont and Amos kDiie puts HEN on totber;
and any IN, out, VI Congress shonLt dare 20
tnfe
ell 10 Try him under the 2d eeCii0n.
Hthe Senate had ben like tother house this session
e e IVY sss,s sss aa Sc. ~ ~ s.s,a % a
ben strait ~ bean pole, instead ofbein all
ed upside down and as crooked ms a rams horn.
In yonr last letter you want know how
things are workin in the Cabinet and how Ihings are
goin 20 work. Well that's pretty hard ,ellin--and
dJ0t believe any R,orsai tell yet: will begin
work way or toiher pretty soon now but which
way, what way. bard say, tho have my notion
about H.. IL was pretty much once when was u
boy. went out huckieberry,n, and noa bein vesy
and afore 20, home was aiaaain sick could jus,
reach home. and thai wNs alb My poor old m",her
was desperately rghtcnd, nAd she wen, RICH, ou, and
scrapd some elder bark - make yea on't and took
good drink no, a. could swallow il; BIZ, this ony
made tiings | r0lfd over one way, and she
iumbled back to.her way. and 10 rights she sen
ior Doctor Parsons, and ~ he comes, and says he,
Miss Downing, what On eagth's the matter n says he,
and she eli'd him al she know'd about the buck
ieberrys, and ai,OMtih eliea bark tea.
Well, says he, Miss Dawnng. there 10 nnihi0 in all
creation, good dsr bark tea. says he hu, STOP
says he. Miss Dowaing. how did you scrape f,at are
bank Goryon know Gays he. IL you scsape il from the
root upwards then the tea makes good vomt
was: bus IL You scrap'd ia,her way, then says he,
iis vii wis worsaj and with thar my poor good old
mother dr0pd the pot right Other hand. Well,
Gays she. Doctor. then sst how il, aud why uy
dear py u suerin shockin, for, says she, scfap
thar ARE bark toih ways.
Well. ihen. Mise Downing. Gays the Doctor, all
can Say about i s. ihere ,ein right Of wha, viii
be che eepd ont;" and thats pretty much All tlat can
be said about the Cabinet troubles nc present.
t@ From your friend,s
j. DOWNING.
Major Downngyis Militia, 81 Brigade.
Conoyaaa asin,,rnnd nm Maadav and ti,osa nes H.