Litchfield enquirer., 1834-02-27

eqHrst of some of rendeFs in NosIolk who zen do wb hele attending Court last week, -. to-day riv Mai1r Downing aecsnhi of ihs recep,on bs sls Pr. sidenr hot only Of the commines of merchas,s. ku also of iIs msehanies at later period It Gollows:
 MAJOR DoWNfNG's cORREsPoNDENce. 10 uay oEd J;iena Ar. Dscigf, effke NsO Ycrk Dois WHsInsoron, IA Feb. 1884.
 Ever rioes have lSeeh ia the Govsrninenr never you my elsr. Fo!ks are pouri, h here frsm alI quarters, and S1ingia pel;si0ns and mempfals-soine on em jest as mueb as man can is and when they com to srech them they River dli Congess. Mosi all Ise Committees that come on hefe EaM to see me and the GineFal, and the work Of preek1p them the Gineral has kept me busy enuf tell y0a. 1'k6
 rst aud biggest CoAmiltee that came here Mas from the NeW-YDfk Mefclsaais aad Traders. II teilybihe Ginera, says F nO. insral is our lime 10 Lf6sh up all we know apHt trade aud mOny businesag 0r Eaya them New Workers every on em has got lis kye- tech cut, and they hsnt come down here at sis se son threw the mud for notiin, says and they are cSn io see as OinOrrow. We betee spring ta it no, says l. GmerMl and get every ihiag and dried fur em snRd so anA the Ginerai went iO work GakiA a do. tor the Giaesal would ay right of the ha.Ps ad ialk ahanl Glory, and Eesp Orleans, and Retorw. msl ahout his and his Gopernmelf. and lhe eRRST to spIiaters Nov, saysi, Gasysl, that won. o says |; them aint the kind of toks talk they hsint here saik about :' ilory ~ lhNy have U, 03feauys orp too, says |. Why, says ineral my friend Ze- kel BEelow tells me there so much f that a Mews York that folks bFakn all hits there aud ihas crowded every dollar oet of trade. Nows says l. T guess the best way for is 10 hear what these New Yolkers have got to say mud then bow ei of quick us possible; aud dOni ask en any qUcsons, and they wont ask aDytpr ifthey git as that tack. says | eral began io think that the best way, aud t he was say thing in reply, Il would be lhe 0id sf0ry
 aia te Ginrra has iell'd that often, think he could say every word out n iris sleep. 2 Well, thenexf morning spte enpf see em coming, and cald the Gineral, and he tODk his stand sighi in the middle of tie room. and stood lecie Hhead on him. iwixt him and the dcarand ia they com jest Toe all the world fnlks t0 ineetins and iGrgd iO aud introduced em 70 the Gneral, and we shook hands a round. The Gnefai is plagy eannin tn such times he .sas mad ennf to snap his Hickory right in two pieces. hUi he put iaey good nalur'd look, and as soaa got threw ssakin hands, one ep em
 rale spunky l00kin criuur, just about sieh another iookn chap Squire Riddle. and tak'd aboat gii| about money natiershe siepd out, and spoe for ile resl es, aud he went now jest as cool dough he hadn't lost dollar since begun ihe war. He civ too as you ever see he telid the Ginerai ss soa o rT a"d wssa he se ,s eah GRerals grand experiment, he elrd him pretty plain it woaidn'. wurk right. The Gineral was jest going lo let him have his notions. bus pull'd tim twci by the coat, and he stoppsd; but as soon as he gni threw and how'd, the GineraI began and teIfd him the first g oH Ae scas there wasa't VI mas in ste hull Staie of 1eRnessee kaow'd half %
  and long as he was President he'd let folks know what was the rae meania of Goyernmeat.ss Biidie was monster aud so was the Bank. Calhoun was u fas. ai and so was Clay, and Wshater, and McDaise aud the hull ra of the opposition; and what puzzled him most, was to find oa which Nas the biggest ras- caly the Bank ary of them other lsllsws, and hed put eEn all down afore he was done with ean- Hanl saved the country, says the Gnefa,, orH taD fifty mes-if u hadn't heen Cor me, says he, the Ip gins would be in Walt street. skalpn all yeu, aud the British would he all over Kentucky, and Tsn nessee and Virginny. And so the Gineral went on, aud ceSadnI stop him till he go, rgltinio Giory.' and 90 thought twas best to begin 10 bow lhe folks of. and by the time the Gneral got threw. he asd he was gnod deal struck up and beat out, but he is as Isf as all natar. and can go threw jest sch tug every day, ouy give him iue. time 70 take wind ]; and he iook off is specks, and went 70 rabha ssn, and we begun Co thik about il. Says he. Major reck give em sskirey taciious' that time didn't l.- You see, says the Ginega, asked em no questions, and that ksP, things snug. Do you kaow M.jor. says the Gneral, didut like te looks of that fellow bit who did all Ie iakin for his anions-did you ut,- dersiand Major all he telld ahoutf says the Ginerai Pretty considerable saysI. Aad e ted | all over rai, I'm glad Iidu. undersiand him, for now as you tell il, i siamps considerable. The Ginera hs eat still moment and begun 10 count oa his 6ngeFs; aad ,e rgh,s says as Msier Mho My si, saS.
 ihousand times. Aud as som as spoke the name,
 the Giaeraf he started e and says he Major, t: an. possbie--whai, the son of ss'.s Rufus kins.l J
 
 irieadr, and jest the kind of man liked; he was firm grani., and know'd more about banks and al pnblc ninters than any man ever niet-he was rale patriot and aa honesi Welt says Gineral, that you sad and have aoliOn too he was n favor National Bank, asd jest such one as we got now That s snaf, says tLe Ginerai but that was when iboue jesi too; folks shoOld change their orn ions Majos, always when The Gopsrsmsnf changer iiera. Well sa,s |. ldidnst think Of ihai. wisl says the c ineral I'd known who that chap was, I'd
 made him sl.ake ia his shoes for darn tc iine tseil rascaiy Merchants and Traders agin my experiment.. eness says Ginsrai that wouldn't . been m easy fjob kept py e con that csitter the whole lime and kept ihnkia all the while of what I've hears you say abou, his fasher and snks 'ihats raie chir tie old bock. But says Gncral, we've got asure work nsorrow agn, there atother coinmes iInii New York, bringing another iaia of names. all Me- chanics |, rale hard fsted feiows What, sayl \ ihe Gneral, Mechanics Major! And he sprtlag ui and sassed round iike hoy. Them are ,he ftilowl Major, says he, strsefrom TsmGleay Hali, says ih. I Ginerai, nov yoa'il have another sisEy hajsr.i
 Nome Oe yoar Traders and Merchants tpr me ibers aips spark 0f Pariiisn is the hull on esDs bot n.
 Aiechanics--gise me the Mechasics; and now hIalo
 turn io and get table well spread aad dinneE oa Il
 and let s put op old coats and dont shave so-mor
 rom-the Gsiaesn is plagy 6uanin in seh naatiers r
 So nekt day snre enaf to they c1nles and we tnrsed slakin haads Aha. my friends, says the Giaeral Il these are the hands like % shake 70 glove worl
 here; yon aye sie men to tell COngress what to do
 and. Giaerai any mc.' = Snse ron aps rse
 sidenl l0a award anghi to mind what you tell em.'-
 And she Giaesai he walk spand among sm and slsoo
 iaads asip and slap d em the shoulders; aad soa aud af lUiiacce from one Oa ems sad e'n another chaw ouI oi his own box; and was as happy as yO I ever see, and sprS cricket toO.
 NpW my lssnds, says te Ginefals lets taik oves pan
 iic snallefs; aud piih hat oae on sm sepd ost aa