Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1834-05-29

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hand in understands this matter. As
soon as they got into the Cabinet room,
and found out what the Gineral was ar
ter, and all Of 'cm had read my letter
over; they began TO whisper round among
themselves, and to rights one on 'cm
telled the Gineral that there was one
subject almost as important AS the Ma
jor's sheep story, and that the Gineral
better take that up at once, and that was
that Biddle had refused to let the Com
mitce, sent by Congress to examine into
the Bank, have the books and papers Of
the Bank, to take over TO their lodgings
out of the Bank and 10 examine them
there. And that he wouldn't let the
Committee have his private letters, tn at
he had written s. received, nor his wiie's
nor his children's private letters. Nor
would he tell the Committee how much
it cost him every day to go to market,
nor whether he roasted his potatoes or
boiPd 'em.
And when the Committee asked him
if he wore wig or his own natural hair,
he telled 'em it warn't none of their bu-
siness; that if they wanted to examine
the Bank, and all the money and books,
and papers int, there il was for 'em, and
a good room in the Bank for 'cm to do
all the work in, they wanted; and that
he or some other officer of the Bank,
would all the while be present to cx-
plain every thing, and keep an eye on
every thing, and he wouldn't let sin
gle book or paper 60 out of the Bank so
long as he was President ont; that once
when Congress sent Committee there
afore, Ruben Whitney swore pint blank
to some things that took place on cer-
tain day, 'twixt him and The Squire at the
Bank; he was sure ont, for he mark'd
it right down on paper; and if it hadn't
been for 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, us it's important to keep
all the papers Of tho Bank in order, he
won't let 10 body handle 'em without
keepin some one at hand to have an eye
ont, and put 'em all strait again, and so
forth. The Gineral got hoppin mad at
hearing this, and especially when they
tell'd him it was impossible to find any
mistake or error in the Bank unless the
Committee had the siltin and mixin all
the papers, and unless they had all the
Squirrels private letters, and those Of his
wife and children; and also knew what
il cost the Squire to 60 TO market every
day, and whether he roasted his potatoes
or not; and more especially, nothia could
be done unless they knew whether the
Squire wore a wig or his own natural
hair.
Well says the Gineral, Pm glad of this,
and it's jist what expected, now says
ne, III order the Committee back to
Washington, and all on you must turn to
and lend the Committee hand in writ
ing report to Congress that will blow
Bdde and the Bank all to splinters; it
will help keep folks from Iookin into mat
ters, won't it Barry? says the Gineral.--I
The Major give the Gineral look as
knowing as old Sile did, at old Miss
Cranes Tavern. Now, says the Cine
raj, let us take up Major Downing's Let
ter agin, and jist then another one ofthe
Cabinet he spoke up, and says he, Gin
eral, you hain't hearn yet about the
Frenchmen refusin to pay up Rives'
Treaty? hadn't we best take up that bu-
sness? and so he tell'd the Gineral air
the news jist received from France,
about that matter. The Gincral some
how didn't seem to think much about
that--he said he always had kinder no
ton that Rives had quit France lettle
too soon, and that he had boasted to
much about it, and that there was pla-
gy deal Of difference 'twixt maxim bar
gin and clinchn ont; however, 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 Frenchmen,
and we have had our full share of Glory
out ONT any way, l reckon. l wish
though, says the Gineral, instead Of Mr..
Livingston, l had sent Major Downing
right out there in the two Polies, along
with Capt. jumper, and says he, talkin
about Major Downing, let's take up that
Letter Of his'n agin, and the Gineral be-
gun to hunt for it among a hull pile Of
papers on the table, and not findin it, he
got 'em all huntn for it, and he begun
fec in for it as he did for his spectacles a
spell ago, and was jist gittin into the
same trouble and was telin what difficult
ty he met with in keepin things in order,
ever since l left him, when another mem
ber of the Cabinet seein the Gineral
wouldn't give up or forgit that sheep sto-
ry, ask'd him what he thought Of that,
new plan of maxim Whiskey, that It was
one OF the most important things thst ev-
er was, for seein now that Masonry and
was pritty much all one,
and goin to vote the entire Whig Ticket,
all oyor tho country md NIL tho foreign-