Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-06-08
The Hnm5ups nj h4 HhJgS.

The Hambugs IF hA Hh,gS.
How the Wings expect us Gaicy. t. shcciaib I"
their victory when We have been SO t"uliy beaten
BY humbugs and By ppelnying, and by all such tricks
For the corruption which has been prlcllsed, see Tie
evidences exhibited Gientworth's tral-see the
vast sums which have been secretly employed by the
United States Bank, aud corruplly, that the very
agents were ashamed of their dirty work, and de-
stroyed the vouchers of their own expenditures.
OF the Wing humbugs, their log cabi", and hard
cider, and coon skins, furnish !us1raions J ne
stories OF Ose are another w have hitherto Tor
borne from touching the ashes oil the dend-to winch
The House of Representatives. paid the customary
honors on Wednesday last but quote from Wing
authority. II the country then would see sam.
ole of the hnmbugs and mpositions which were prac-
Used upon them at the last election let them read til
following letter from that reTabe organ, the Richmond
Wing, OF the lst instant!
. lya.iirrtoq Corr.escsdeaer etlsc r. Hai.l
"Gen,lemen- For the first t',,e my lie visited
the Presidents Mansion. Thinks | 10 myself, TINS
day, my eyes, spendnr viii dazzle yc, and the hidden
secrets of extravaganza will be made manifest. The
gorgeous castles of The Arabian tales passed across my
emory-but alas. alas. the ten thousand lies that have
been written about that same White House.
80. Ogle, where ART thou, my lusiy Of fiction: II
thy spirit IS as far away from the bright regions OF
TRUTH as thy words, when thou dlGst utter thF
hyperbolcal oratlon then do pity thee.
The plan unvarnished truth ths--the chairs arc
old, and onc ikaop is ragged, and that the only osE
from which lifted the PLAN linen winch covered
",
tlat same chair has many tattered compeers IN the
East Room. 1t was in that room saw the ragged
(yes, ragged char. Now $1,000 IS paltry 10
spend upon such house; II would take $500 TO
put II IN proper order We great and free natinn
and should endeavor 10 avoid luxury the hand
ana nlggardly conduct the other. Our President
should have such furniture, and such fixtures
port with the dignity of our nation not III such
things Tor party. | am free American, a plan Var
gina Planier-never desired and consequently never
asked nr any Office except such the people confer
by their Tree sutfrageshut felt ashamed for my
try when saw ragged fnery in the Nations Ilonse
BESIDES, the curtains in The green mscrabv
faded things; such private gentleman would
keep in his paTour, unless lie should bc poor get
new II is true that the Chandeliers The East
Room are very handsome, and 10 my country eyes
seemed suitable but that ragged chair there. Con
found ragged chair, delcst them every where-tgt
ragged char in the President House is positively
shocking. Out with the miserable lattered things,
aud let US have whole chairs and If the nation
poor or loo sngy TO get set 10 suit the room,
Just let Us have set OF hIte oak splbotonis. Any
thing rather than ragged fccry. committee ought
10 be sent there with orders 10 ransack the House. and
take out all that is worn cut and unfit for M3rc
over, nothing should be III that House that had
been fabricated in the L 5. and by the proper hands Of
native born citizen IlH, ! the tabonrettcs-
they nothing extra. In our vernacular, they ara
crossed legged crck-ts with silk cushion seals.
Your ohedlrHt
TOBACCO PLANT"
From this one confession Of the Wing organ let the
world Judge Of the siupendous frauds winch
pracscd upon the People, during the late campaign
ForsjgR-The Corn lac is exciting the deepest in
tercst throughout Great Britain. No question had yet
heen taken il in Parliament. y merchant in tins
City has received letter from England, which
presses the opinion that il would succeed that even
Sir r. Peel would vote for il, il the duty fixed
les the quarter, instead Of . Lord John Russell
proposes. Should Ministers fall they have either 10
resign dissolve Parliament aud take another appeal
10 the People Ii supposed they viii adopt the latter
alternative. The litlle Queen dIslIkes the Tories.
notwithstanding the difficulty winch II Human, The
Minister Of Finance, has thrown in the way Of the
Texas Loan in Paris the New York Herald says, that
Gen. Hamilton viii carry his negociaton and that
sthe loan viii be successful The terms Of the loan
as follows Capital 81 600 bonds, of lO00f IN:
81 h0n n00f issued at - per 150f FIR bond Of
l0o0f, leaving interest Of q per cent payable every
SIX months by Liiii,tc x Co in Paris The security
for the loan 5000 900 of acres Of the national do
main at a. 40 cents, per acre These lands TO be put
Immediately on sale at different agencies in Europe,
and with the proceeds the bonds 10 be paid OIL by
means Of lottery annual drawing of 1000 bonds
each. the bonds also receivable payment ui
custom house duties in Texas, and III purchase of tho
public lands generally at per for fifty per cent Of the
amount paid
ELEoTIoSs.-A!i the returns Of the Alabama election
are IN. The result ID glorious The whole Republ.
can ticket is elected by average majority of near
5000, (5,sy4) The Extra Of the Tuscaloosa Flag
tans the Proclamation If Governor Baghv snnouncinr