Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1834-06-05

And whentha Committee ask'd him
if he wore wig or his own natural
hair, he tell'd 'em il warn't none oil
their business; chat if they wanted to
examine the Bank, and all the money,
and books, and papers int, there il
was for 'em, and good room in the
Bank Scr em'to do all the work in they
wanted; and that he or soma other
officer of the Bank would all the while
be present to explain every thing, and
keep an eye on every thing, and
wouldn't let a single book or paper 60
out Of the Bank so long as he was
President ont; that oncc when Con.
gress sent Committee there afore
Reuben Whitaey swore pint blank tc
some things that took place on a Ger.
tain day, twixi him and the Squire At
the Bank; he. was sure ont, for he
mark'd it right down on paper; and IL
il hadn't ben c. a little piece of paper
that the squire found by accident, he
never could have shown that on that
very day he was AT Washington and
not in the Bank, and so, AZ it's impor-
tant to keep all the papers ofthe Bank
in order, he went let nobody handle
'em without keepin some one at hand
to have an eye out, and put EN- all
strait again, ard so forth. The Cine
raj got hoppin mad at hearin this, and
especially when they tell'd him il was
impossible to and any mistake or error
in the Bank Nl>3ess the Committee had
the sifsin and iaixin allthe papers, nnt
unless they bad all the Squire's rrivat.
letters, and those Of his wife and chill
dren; and also knew what il cost ths
Squire to go market every day, q whe
Their he roasted his potatoes or moi; and
more especially, nothin could be done
unless they knew whether the Squire
wore a wig - his own natural hair.
Well says the Gineral, I'm glad of
this, and it's Tst what expected; now
says he, I'll order the committee back
to Washington, and all on you must
turn 10 and lend the Committee hand
in writin report to Congress that will
blow Biddle and the Bank all to splin-
tiers, Il will help to keep folks from look
ing into other matters, wont it Barryi
saws the Gineral. The Major give the
Gineral look as knowing as old SHE
did, al old Miss Cranes Tavern. Now
says the Gineral, let us take up Major
Downing's letter again, and jist then
another one Of the Cabinet he spoke up
and says Ia. Giaeral, YOU haint hearn
vet about the Frenchmen rcfusin to
pay up Rives' Treaty. hadn't we best
take up that business7 and so he telled
the Gineral all the news jist received
from France, about that matter: The
Gineral some how didn't seem to think
much about that---he said he always
had kinder notion that Rives had
quit France a leetle too soon, and he
had boosted too much about it, and
there was plagy deal of difference
tatwixt maxim bargain and clinchin
ont, howsoever, says the Gineral, if
we don't git the money, we have got
the Treaty, and that's more than Mr..
Adams got of the Frencbmen, and we
have had our full share Of glory out
ont any way, rekon.
wish though, says the Gincral, in
stead of Mr. Livingston, had sent Ma
jor Downing right out there in the two
Pollies, along with Capt Jumper, and
says he, talkin about Downing, let's
take up that letter of his'n agin and
the Gineral begun to bupt for IT among
n hull pile Of papers and not findin il,
he got sem all a huntin for it, and he
begun feelin for it as he did for his
spectacles spell ago, andwas jist git
tin into the same trouble and was tellin
what difficulty he met with in keepin
things 10 order ever since left him,
when another member Of his Cabinet
secin the General wouldn't gre up or
forgit that sheep story, asked him
what he thought ofthatnew plan ofma-
kin Whiskey, thatit was one ofthe most
important things that ever was, for seein
now that Masonry and ANTI Masonry
was pritty much all one, and goin to
vote the entire Wing Ticket, all over
the country and all the foreigners too;
and ifsomethin warnt done to git up q
mother party they were all gonc--and
seem that the Temperance Society was
now the biggest and strongest in the
country, it was all ipportant&so git iton
the Gineral's side. But that's impos-
sible, says the Gincral, for some Of
our strongest leaders would jist as soon
20 bare foot, as to give up Whiskey.
What, saysthe Gineral, would become
Of, and he was jist goin to give .
good list of whiskey folks, when the o.
Their one went on tellin how it could be
done, that new invention was discov-
cred to make Whiskcy that any man
could drink, and git drunk too, with.
out shown ont no more than il he
drank water all the while, and the trick
ont was, in alterin the worm, and in
stead OF havin that crooked, to make
il straight, for the crook Of the worm
was the hull cause offolks realm round
when they drank Whiskey. So now