Litchfield enquirer., 1835-04-09

l tal batch on 'eGn--ano as soon as came m
 they all bnw'd of about as quick as folks us.
 ed to at hum. whenever land the Gneral met to have talk on most matters. 4 | The king he rig up. and put out his hand, and gin me good hearty shake; and says he, Major Downing, believe me; says he, that 1 next to tho President. there is no man from i your country am so glad to see-and at this 1 particular time, says he, don't know but I would rather see yeu than the President him. ! self, for, says he. it pains me to confess that ever since | have been king. have never been made to feel SO much like what was afOre was a king, as \ have on readin that
 message the President sent to Congress a spell ago. He told me however to take scat, and he sot down too, and with that he began asking all manner of questiohs, what Con- gress had done and what they was going to do.s and when l left hOme.s and how came, and what office came ins and seemed to be in quite wunderment. and wound up by ask 1 ing how the President was, and # he raly was in earnest. for says he Major, you have no idea how that Message has astonisked the 1 great and generous natiOn--sO soon as got chance, I ptucked up and we went at it talkin over tue hull malter-the particulars of all which Eve sent home to our folks, and iftbey choose to publish it | can't help it, tho
 
 the printed account ont gifts back here.
 I rell'd the king believed ihe hull matter
 was in nut shell. and if he'd keep his eye ont I'd crack it for him.
 fn the first place, says I, your folks owe our folks five millions of dollars jist as clear as though you and had been tradin together for long spell, and arter tryin for a settle- ment, Iagreed to take less than believed you owed me. and you gave me your note ofhand to close the business for the sum agreed on.- That's the plain English ont says |. Now your folks haggle and twist about it, aud won't vote the money agreed on. aud want to open the matter agin. and our folks never will a. gree to that in creation. They wont take a cent less than Rye millions of dollars--they'll have that now or lose ten times the sum in tryin to git it: they'li make spoon. or spiic horn, says I. Mr. Livingston found out, says l. Ahat sosssoF 'sf 'yoor sOPPvsitiOn Cvu~ eressmen would not vote in favor ont seein that yOu was in favor ont, and some on 'em wanted jist to bother you; aDd'we was so far of they didH't calkuiate the consequences but if the Gineral made 1t serious matter, these opposition folks of yours would vote tother way; here the king wanted to know how cn earth found this out, but ! went on. Well, says E, the Gineral saw this in . minit, and 50 he said jist what he did in the message -" but such dose Maior," says the king well, we'll. says l. the Gineral don't understand doctrin folks arter the French fashiOn-I sup 6rofh would s6sasf ItsI6 6sfss nut wEsi' t5ss gn in tantrum on our sidesof the water, nothln short of fale dose of elder bark tea does any good, particular if the complaint is of long standing. And now says I if aoy trouble comes ont don't know says which is most to blame the complaint or the fssik. The king he looked at me, and then he scratched his head. well, says he, Major they are both bad enuf; but says one will cure tother to rights I'm sartin.
 can't stop to tell you now one half of what said or what the King said. for as said a. fore, Capt. Jumper is waiting, and his last let ter to me from Havre says he can't possibly wait longer than Saturday next, as he wants to get home in time to make one run to Cuba, and back to Kennebunk afore plOuging time. Whilst ny hand is in, would like to tell you ! little about this place, bat 'tis impOssible-I keep thinking all the while, there is one etar- I nat Independence day here---folks are so full oi fun and such swods of Calls. The King has
 me with him every day, and makes Gen. Der 1 nard go about with mo wherever want to l go; and if hadn't been 90 long at Washing 1 ton, and seen SO much there of Congress and state matter from the President down. I'd | feel suppose. more like gOin threw my shirt collar, than do at the show of things here. Their Congress is in session here, and don't mean to quit till our business is finish'd-bnt how on earth they manage to understand one another in their House of Representatives, I can't tell, for sich chatterin and jargon you have no idee; but arter all they manage things pritty slick in one way, and see no other way they could do it-and don't know but iy is better than our way, When the Rep resentatives meet. the PFesident- nt--answerin to l our SpeakeP-hc gives out the business to speak about-and then comes scramble to get up into kinder pulpit, or what Gen. Ber- | nard says they call the trib6pe. and the first one who gifts there the President callhis name, aud he goes at it. readin his speech pritty much arter Isaac Hill's fashion some groaD, and some huzza according to party D6iiOns I --if they git so noisy that the President can't | hear the Speaker he rings bell, that q0iets
 'em a speli--but if it don't he rings again l; ] if that don't quiet lem, he gits up. and arter
 looking pritty hard, and giyin fsir waTnin, he | rings the third time, picks up his black cap, | class it on his head, and that's, the eend of that days work. The house is adjourned 1 jest as completely as though the vote was u- I nauimous. So, you see, laws and rules Of all countries are made jest to suit the natUr ot
 folks. Now there is no other way in creation | to put step to noise in French G0ngress
 but to adjourn it. and that can't be done no
 how but for the President tO put hisscap On and walk OE-pretty much Ike the 0sHerasa