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MCNGO MACKAY'S HOAX. „
amusing Yaukee reminiscences ot' a Boston prac
tical joker. Tire following is the best of them :
There is no part of the world where anew
preacher whether new-light or blue light, pro
duces a greater sensation than in Boston, though
after he is gone, the people may relapse into their
quiet Unitarian paths, still they have no objection
to wander out of them in search of any novelty
in religion; and portatiou, they at least pay him
t lie compliment ot hearing what he has gut to say.
There happened to be, during the period ot w Inch
1 am speaking, one of those wandering theologi
cal meteors blazing around Boston, and the peo
ple from every lane and by-way flocked to see it,
not with pieces of smoked glass in their fingers,
but with ten-cent-pieces and York shillings, to
drop iuto the green box. by way ot adding ltiel to
the flames. £>o great was the crowd, that the
rules about liicquiet possession of pews,
for which the owners liad paid, were entirety bro
ken down; overy body took that seat which suited
them best, and those who came late sat down in
• I*y *• mmio aurtv
One pleasant Sunday morning, Mackiu went *to
the Church by times, took his seat in a central
pew, just under the shadow of the pulpit, and sat
boh upright, with Ins arms extended with appar
ent degree of unatural rigidity down bv Ins sides,
lie was presently surrounded by hall a dozen
leinalcs, nearly all of whom were strangers to nis
person, aud m a little tune the whole Church was
lull to overflowing. The |realm was sung, the
prayer said, the s» rinou delivered in the preacher’s
best style. He dwelt particularly on the tequire
tueuts of the great precept of brotherly Jove,
upon the beauty of universal benevolence, on the
pleasure which arises, not only from clothing the
naked and feeding the hungry, but from attention
to the minute and gracetul courtesies and chari
ties of life, by which the thorny path is softened
and adorned, in the langti ige ot the critics in
such matters, ‘there was not a dry eye in the
place:’the appeal had found its way to every
heart. AllMackay’s immediate neighbors were
sensibly affected; he wept with them; the big
tears chased each other down his cheeks. But
while crery one else was busy with their hand
kerchiefs wiping away the water that the orator,
like a second Moses, had by the strokes of his
eloquence caused to gush iioui their flinty hearts,
Mackay held iris arms still .inst straight, while half
a glass of liquor suffused Ins l ire. The dried
eyes of the female friends were not slow to ob
servethis; tor in addition to the evident signs of
deep feeling which he exhibited, Ins face, was
rather a handsome face. Lie w riggled, fidgeted,
looked confused, and interesting, but raised no
hand, searched tor no kerchief, and seemed to be
in deep distress. At length a young widow lady,
who sat beside him, remarked that lie was ill at
ease, and—neavyu bless the female heart 1 it al
ways melts at any mysterious sorrow—aftet one or
two dow ucast looks and fluttering pauses, she said
in an undertone, “Bray’ sir, is there anything
the matter with you ? iou appear to be unwell.”
“Ah! madam,” breathedAlackav in a whisper,
“I am a poor paralytic, and have lost the use of
my arms. Though my tears have flowed in an
swer to the touching sentiments of the pastor, 1
have not the power to wipe them away.” in an
instant a fair hand was thrust into a reticule, and
a white handkerchief, scented with otto of rose
was applied to Maekay’s eyes ; the fair Samaritan,
. seeming to rejoice in tne first opportunity of
practicing what had Been so recently prcactied
appeared to polish them with right good will 1
When she hud done, M. looked unutterable obli
gations, hut whispered that she would increase
them a thousand told if she would, as it wanted
Very much, condescend to w ipe Ins nose. The
novelty of the request was thought nothing of;
the widow was proud of the promptitute she had
displayed in succoring the distressed; and to a
person who has done you one kind action, the
second seems always easy. Her white hand aud
whiter handkerchief were raised to Mackay’s
cutwater; but the moment it was completely en
veloped in the fold of the cambric, he gave such
a sneeze as made the whole church ring it was.
in fact, more like a neigh. The minister paused
in giving out the hymn; the deacons put on their
spectacles to see what could be the matter; and
in an instant every eye was turned upon Mackay
and the fair Samaritan, the latter of whom, being
so intent upon her object, or so confounded by
the general notoriety she had acquired, still con
clusively grasped the nose.
'1u.0.v...c.c- tiuiiure is of persons hi the church
who knew Mackay and his propensities well, and
a single glance was sufficient to convince them
that a successful hoax had been played oil i%r
their amusement. A general titter now ran round
the place: ‘nods, becks, and wreathed smiles’
were the order the day. Men held down their
heads, and laughed outright; and the ladies had
to stud the scented cambric into their mouths
which had been so recently applied to the sparkling
founts above. At length something like qi dei was
restored, the hymn sung, and the blessing given,
amidst stifled noises of various kinds, wtieii the.
congregation rose to depart. The widow, up to
this point, feeling strong in the consciousness of
having performed a virtuous action upon a good
looking face, heeded not the gaze of the curious
nor the smiles of the mirthful; hut what Was her
.Istonishinent w lieu Mackay rose trom his seat
lifted up one of his paralytic hands, and took his
hat from a peg above his head, aud with the other
began searching his coat pocket for his gloves!
But the nnkindcst cut of all was vet to come; for
Mackay having drawn them on, and opened the
pew door, turned, and bowing to his fair friend,
put this question in a tone themosfinsinuating, to
hut still loud enough for fifty people to hear : “Is
if not, madam, a much greater pleasure to oper
-ate upon a fine-looking Ivoman nose like mine,than
Upon such a queer little snub as you have ?”
T f IT. CONSCIENTIOUS B ARBEIt.
A barber who lived at Bath, passing a place
of worship one Sunday,’peeped in just as the
minister was giving out his text, ‘Remember the
* Sabbath day and keep it holy.” He listened
long enough to b ■ convinced that he was constant
ly in the habit of breaking the iaws of God and
man, by shaving and dressing his customers on
Sunday. He became uneasy, and went with a
heavy heart to his Sunday task. At length he
took courage, and opened* his mmd to tpe minis
ter who advised him to give up Sunday dressing,
and worship God. lie replied thatbsggarv would
be the consequence ; he had a flourishing trad •
but it would almost all be lost. At length after
many a sleepless night spent in weeping and
praying, he was determined to cast his cares up
ou God ; as the more he reflected, the more ins
duty became apparent, lie discontinued Sunday 1
dressing; went constantly and early to church;
U l i l it? oVttiVrewards of doing our duty, and m due
tone that “peace of God which, the world can nei
ther give nor take away.” 'l he consequences
he foresaw actually followed ; hi genteel cuslour
e»s left him, as he was nicknamed Buritan or
Methodist —He was obliged to give up his fash
ionable shop, and from various giaduations in life
he became so reduced as to take a cellar under
the old market house, and shave the farmers, —
Oue Saturday evening between light aud dark, a
stranger from one ol the coaches, asking for a bar
ber, was directed by the hostler to the cellar op
posite. Cuming m lustily lie requested to be
shaved while they changed horses, as lie did not
like to violate the tsabbath ! ’i llis was touching
the poor barber on a teuder cord : lie burst iuto
tears, asked the stranger to lend him a half pen
ny to buy a candle, as it was not light enough to
shave him with safety. lie did so. revolving m
his mind the extreme poverty, to which the poor
man was reduced, biyuic he could make such a
request. \V hen shaved, he said, -There must be
something very extraordmary m your history,
i»iii<-h I have u.,i iniw lime (n hear/ llera is half
a crown lor you; wlieu 1 return, 1 will investigate
your case: What is your name / ‘William Reed.’
• W dlam Reed!’ echoed tire stranger; ‘Wil
liam Reed ! By your dialect you arc from the
W est !, * Yes, sir, from Kingston, near Taunton.’
- W llliant Reed, trom Kingston, near Tauntou !
W liat was your father’s name !’ ‘Thomas.’—
•Had he any brothers !’ *1 es, sir, one after wham
1 was named ; but he went to the Indies, and, we
never beard from him, vve supposed bun to be
dead.” -Come along, follow me,’ said tne stranger;
*1 ain going to see a person who says his name
is W ilium Reed, of Aings'on, near Taunton.—
Lome and confront him, ti you prove to be in
deed lie w hom you say you arc, 1 have glorious
news for you ; your uncle is dead, aud lias left
you an immense lortune, which 1 will put you ill
possession ot, when ail legal doubts are removed.’
i hey went by tue coach, saw the pretended
W liliam heed, and proved him tojbe an imposter.
1 he stranger who was a pious'attorney, was soon
legally satisfied ol the barber s identity and told
him lie liad advertised him m vain. Rrovidence,
however, had thrown him m bis way in a most
extraordinary manner, and he had liitieii pleasure
in transleriug a great many thousand pounds to a
worthy man, tiiu rightlul heir of the property.
though all who make sacrifices lor conscience
sake are not to expect outward advantages such
as these, nor the intcrpositi iti ol so remarkable a
.Providence, yet we may boidiy ask, who, in the
general result, ever were the losers for Christ and
a good conscience ? Temporary difficulties may
ensue from giving up uuiawfnl callings, but lie
who opens rivers in dry places, has show n after
wards, that to such as ‘trust in the Eord and do
good, lie has tulhlled his promise, ‘verily thou
shalt be led.” .Should this meet the eye of any
one placed in similar difficulties to the poor bar
ber, let him rely on the billowing words ot Christ;
‘And every oue that have lorsakeu houses or bre
thren, or sisters, or lather, or mother, or wife, or
children, or lands, for my name’s sake, shall re
ceive an hundred fo'd, a ,and shall inherit everlas
ting life.’ Matt. xix. 20.—(Churchill’s Anec
dotes.)
SARAH, THE ORPHAN.
A Briej Leifjiotn ILcat Life.
The number ot young women who subsist on
a mere pittance, earned m the avocations of seam
stresses, milliners, and clerks in stores, is much
greater than one who lias not looked at the sta
tistics and information gathered on this subject
by the benevolent Carey, would suppose.
I lie perusal ol one ot Carey’sSpamphlets some
time since impressed us powerfully at the time,
but the whirl of business, and incessant labors of
our avocation, had well nigh erased our sympathy
when a little inci. eut, which we will narrate, has
called up all our feeling, aud induced us to tins
notice.
Entering an Alderman’s office some days ago,
vve found arrayed belore the magistrate a trio
constable, a merchant, and ‘young girl. The
charge was theft, by the girl from the store of the
accuser.
We moved to one side, in order to catch a
sight of the culprit’s lace, which was scarcely
visible, bc-ing hid with shame iu her bonnet ; in
sorrow we recognized her as the daughter* fa
widow who had seen better days, and who, after
struggling ior « renr ns a boarding-house keeper,
had lalleu a victim to disease and death.
As the story ol the detection of the theft procee
ded. sol) alter sob burst from the culprit, and
tears flowed copiously down her cheeks, while
the workings of the hand resting on the railing
mdieatod a degree of agitation paiulul to the be
holder.
When the charge was ended, the Alderman
turned to the girl.
“What have you to reply to the charge now
read, Sarah?”
The sobbing ceased and lifting her face up
wards, iSarah then replied to him with a clear and
unfaltering vo.ee,
“1 did take them sir, but lie compelled me to
do it.”
“1 made you steal, Sarah ! why you are mad !”
said the astonished accuser.
“Y’es, sir, he gave me lour dollars a month,and 1
had to pay board washing and dress myself out
of it, and he told me il l did'nt dress better, 1 must
go, as 1 was’ut tit to stand behind tiie couuter.
God knows I couldn't help it. Oh mother, moth
er, thank God, you art not here !
'1 hem a gush ol passion choked the poor girl’s
Utterance.
“Where is your mother ?”
Asked the Alderman, evidently ignorant of her
death.
The response rings in our ears yet, for it burst
from a charged heart, and with a tone as it one of
its strings liad broken.
“Iu heaven, 1 hope!”
That reply would have moistened marble, and
it induced a proposition from the magistrate to
the accuser, which induced us to become a party
to the crouipromise, which saved a young female
from ruin, and, as We hope sincerely, rendered a
service to society.
2Such is tt plain tale, briefly told, and now. rea
der, think of it. \\ r e are not ready to indicate
the mode of relief, but leave it to better hands.
iSuch things should not bu—services should be
bettet requited, ami the demands of a master
should not eompel a choice ol evils—theft, star
vation or worse. This is uoi a community in
whichsuch a state ofthiugs should exist, or wnere
crowds of helpless females should have cause to j
say with the poet:—
••Aiita tor the girnjood for ever departed, 1
THE GEORGIA MIRROR.
Alas for the maiden so fair and light-hearted,
for horn" m.I the happy one’s eye:
God help ns J we live but to toil and die ?”
Let us have a society for their melioration, or
iet the benevolent bestir theisselves iu some kind
manner.-—(Sat. Cour.)
SKETCH OF “BILL JOHNSON.”
To the Editor of the Evening Journal:
Sir: Whenever an indvidual, by Li is merits,
brings himself before the public so as to render
liis acts worthy of note by the public press either
of tljeir good or bad qualities.
It is natural for that public to wish to learn
something of the public and private history of
that person, and the means by which be has be
come notorious.
The writer of the following sketch of events
which have transpired during the past 28 years, or
since 1812, has been the subject of censure or
applause as the people have had knowledge, of
friend or toe : and to many the subjoined state
ment will not be uninterutiug.
T was boruat the Three Rivers, Lowbr Canada
in the year 1782. When I was about 16 years of
ace, 1 was put as an apprentice to learn the Black
trade, and followed the business until about
mv 22ifycar. 1 then removed :o Kingston, Up
per Canada, where l built a vessel, and navigated
Luke Ontario in the freighting business above
live years. 1 then sold my vessel, (which was
about the year 1811) and with money purchased
a quantity ot goods, with which I commenced the
mercantile business.
111 1810 1 married Ann Randolph, of Washing
ton County, m the State of New York; aud with
her came the attendant troubles, in a gieat meas
ure, of my subsequent life. Inconsequence of
my alliance with the Yankees, as the people of
hese States were called by the Canadians, 1 was
looked upon with a jealous eye by the more loyal
subjects ol his most gracious Majesty George
llf; aud my acts and conversations were closelv
watched by the slaves of the despot. In the fail
of 1812, Com. Ch unecy rundown with his fleet,
and lay oil Kingston, capturing a schooner, and
filing a few shots at the vessels in the harbor.
1 he next day 1 was arrested and cast into prison
dnv!mr P .T. 0 , , \ 0 i , hil , vius , vi f it( -4 ,hr - American fleet
luring the light, but being satisfied that Iliad
not been on board, l was liberated after twelve
hr urs detention.
Si great were their suspicions that a number of
times bltave been arrested and cast iuto prison
lor conversing with people whom they considered
wore not as loyal as themselves or those who had
imbided republican impressions. Two of my
brotlieis were imprisoned, one for six months the
other during the war, tor opinion’s sake.
About the first of June, 1813, Cartwright told
me that lie had been informed that 1 was in cor
respondence with the Americans and it was mu
proper, tor the welfare of lus Majesty or liis loyal
subjects iliat i should be permitted to go at l >i e
any longer; consequently 1 was taken into custo
dy and thrown 111 prison, to be confined, as tliev
told tne during the war. Up to this tune j
solemnly declare I bad no communication with
the Amo,ican navy or army, or any individual, to
my knowledge, by whom any information was
likeiy to be conveyed to the enemy to the injury
Ol his Majestj s subjects or those in Ins realm.
'I be only offence which was proved or could be
brought against me was the bailing of several in
dividuals, w ho, like myself, were suspected of be
ing predisposed in favor of .Ymerican institutions
or having opinions ol their cwn in relation to or
der, good government, Ac.
.loliu Murphy, an American citizen, who resi
ded m tiie city of Sclienectaiy, was on business
in Canada in 1512. He stared for home iu the
winter, aud was overtaken on the ice, when cros
sing t,e Lake from Kingston or Grav’ellv Poirit,
and was carried back to Kingston, and cast into
prison; Ins feet and legs were badly frozen, in
consequence ol not having the attention necessary
iu such a case, lie lost both feet just above the
ankle joints. Tue bailing of this man out of
prison was an unpardonable ofl’ence in the eves of
those bigoted slaves. Murphy after lie had re
covered, was smuggled across the lines by some
ot his friends aud returned home. 1 bailed sev
eral others who had reudertd themselves obnox
ious to the police by their ittercouse and conver
sation with the d—d Yankees*, as they were
termed. Those aco of humanity, as 1 conceived
them to be, were the only charges 'hat could be
brought against me at my last arrest, and for which
they exultmgly declared that f must lay in prison
during the w ar. The same night 1 was incarce
rated for the last time, I broke goal aud went back
iuto the country for 1 few days, and found live
Americans who wished to cross iuto the States.
1 obtained a birch birk canoe 18 miles above
Kingston, in w hich wreall, six in uutnber—stowed
ourselves, and launched into the open lake, and
on the second day, in the forenoon, we went aloiu
side of the Madison, one of Com. Chauncey's
fleet in the port of Sackett's Harbor, a distance
ot about 50 miles from where we embarked.
The amount of property left in Canada by me,
which was confiscated bjf ibe (government was as
follows, viz ; a store of goods for which 1 had
paid in cash, $12,000, a house and lot, and 400
actes ol land. The value of all the property was
about $30,000, tor which 1 hare never received
one farthing to this day.
1 have now given some of the principal rea
sons why 1 lelt Canada and took up my abode
iu the States.
It is true 1 Lave strove to avenge the loss of my
property and the persecution* 01 British tyranny,
which, have been lavished upon me without stmt
tot opinion s sake; and as yet, the servile knee
has not been brought to bow nor the lips to kiss
the lod that has scourged me for which 1 am now
denounced as a pirate Ivy those who first robbed
aud then imprisoned me without cause. If the
commerce of one natiof is interrupted and their
property plundered by another, government seeks
redress lor the grievances. But mine is a case
where an individual is warring against a nation
| Single handed, and only hr private wrongs.
; 1 took up arms imntdiatelv for the United
! ’ b,:it ? s 0,1 n *y arrival m Harbor, ard was 1
! c »>P*°jed recently by Liberal Bnwn. aud Com
-1 modoie Ch imney, and subsequently by the Pre
--.ueiits Jackson and Vauißuren, in the Revenue
department of the UnitedyStates, until February j
of the present year, when 1 resigned the employ
ment of government, aud joined the Patriot cause !
since which time I have been more familarly known
as Old Bill Johnson, the hero of the thousand
Islands, the Buccanier or Pipitt of the Lakes Ac. i
Ac. w ish how much reason, thd public is left to I
judge by their humble servant aid well wisher. .
WILLUi JOlUlciON. I
MAJOR DOWNING. "
To the editors oj the JV iw York Express —The
same paper my old friend Mr. Dwight printed a
spell ago.
Washington, 11th Dec. 1833.
Gentlemen—My last letter tell’d you that Uncle
seam wanted me to come here and give him a lift,
and so 1 come. 1 found the old gentlemau pret
ty cool and ready for business— tho’ when we come
to talk over matters and seeing how plagily these
rats have been working, lie gits as spiteful as a bat.
“\\ e must get rid ou era some way or other, Ma
jor,’ says he, “Party or no party,” and as the peo
ple are all now here in Congress—or ut any rate
one lor every forty thousand on ’em—Uncle Sain
look the notion of writing Congress a letter with
liis ow n hand, am! I send you a true copy ou *t.
fie thinks it best for me to fit out the “Two I*ol
lies” with steam kittles as well assails; and cruse
along the coast as long as possible, whilst he takes
care ot matters and things here, “for,” says lie
“Major there are not only Land Rats, but Water
Rats.”
Howsever, I think things will work out about
right. Uncle Sam’s Congress will git hold of the
right end of matters shortly, untwist the tangle ;
and it this dout, the next will. So tio more at
present from
Y our friend,
J. DOWNING, Major.
Downingville Militia, 2d Brigade.
To Congress. —The time is come, when if you
don t do something to mend matters, you best stay
at home alter this session, and turn to and hoe
Corn and dig potatoes, or any other uselul em
ployment, aud let other folks take your places,
and earn 8 dollars a day iu putting public mat
ters to right. The time is come, too, to speak
plainly, so that there may be no mistake.
There are two or three matters that w ill come
before you, that require sharp looking to—the first
'and most impoit.mt, for the present, is the best
(mode ot collecting tae public money and taking
suit* care on t auer it is coik*> led. ISow on these
matters, we have already h i 1 some half a dozen
Messages and V otes, as many dozeu Treasury
Reports aud Circulars, and we are now as far
from security and truth as we were when the Ex
periment lugm, and all to show that there
are only two ways in all matters, the right wag and
the wrong way, and w hen you start wrong, tilings
only get worse so long as you persist in doing
w rung, or try to make wrung right by anolh r
wrong. The right way seems to me so simple,
that any man who can’t see oe too great
a booby 10 .epresent forty thousand freemen, but
if it should turn out that w hat i describe as the
right way should prove to be wrong, then J am
wiling to be set down as Uie gi .Host Booby among
all my people. 1 don’t mean to b led hr misled
by Messages or Reports— sio h documents as far
as figures and facts go, tell their ow n story, ami
1 suppose are all correct, but so far as their opin
ions and reasoning go, every man, is at liberty tc
adopt them or drop them—if therefore, my-opin
ions or reasonings don’t exactly a-iee wdli the
opinions and reasonings of these Messages and
Reports, 01 it by chance, l should scrape of some
ot their sharp corners or straiten some of their
ciooks, 1 hope no oue w ill see cause to complain
about It —as a great number of honest folks gain
more by the correcting ol an error than olherfolks
lose by being put right.
A little over live years ago tilings were working
right in the money way, as well, it not better, by
a .system fixed on twenty years lie I ore, than the
good men who agreed on that system expected
ail worked well, and all brunches of industry pros
pered equally, and none went ahead of the other;
no extraordinary speculations no jumping into
fortunes. -But this system did not suit some
folks—“ a change must he made,"—“the liberty of
Ike count ny was ut danger, ’—and so a change was
made, ami a pritty change was made of it, and it
lias been changing ever since from bad to worse,
| aud now we arc told that the cause of all this evil
is “over trad me, at home and abroad," and that is
true enough—but what brought the country to
overtrading? I’ll tell you ; when tire Govern
ment put aside and destroyed the only system that
lor twenty years before had kept in check the
spiiitot overtrading, which naturally belongs to
all Itee countriesol industry and enterprise—what
did the Government do ? XliJ it tunrtsfa a sale,*
system I Did it say “h*re we have now a large
levcuuc yearly increasing in the Treasury, be
cause tire public debt is now paid oft’—let us di
vide it ofl among the states to he applied to useful
purposes, and set to work at once and take off
duties till we bring the revenue down to the a
mount needed tor the honest expenses of the
Government ? No, tins was not done, though it
was attempted after it was too late, and then made
things worse, for the first thing that was done
was to order all the banks where the public money
was deposited, to lend it out freely and ‘-not cramp
tiade ns the old system did,”—and then, of course,
began speculation aud overtrading, and over iin
ports. Merchandize came in by millions and
added millions ol revenue, which by order, was
lent out, and of course, brought in* more mer
chandize and revenue—the pfibiic lands next took
a start, and millions were pour'd into the Treasu
ry—till the amount alarmed every body-—specu
lators and Government and all-'-and then came
the remedies, more violent than the disease.—
“Specie Circulars,” at one point, aud a law to di
vide the public money among the States at the
other-—and where was the public money and
what was it—-was it in Gold and Silver in the
I'reasurv? No not a dollar of it, it was revenue
collected in paper, and by order lent out in paper
and invested in boundless speculations—all paper,
and all at once ordered by law to be paid up in
gold and silver—then came the doctrine of “Told
and silver and nothing but gold and and silver,
and down with all banks”—aud then came—
smash—and it would have been the same if rac
coon skins had just then been made the only
“Constitutional currency.” J
wo want gold and silver to pay the expenses
ot Government, let there be nothing but gold and i
Silver received by the Government, and then both i
ends udi will be sure to meet—but if you adopt
this course, the first thing to be done is to knock !
oil at least two thirds, if not three quarters, of all j
tue a ages ot public officers aud all other expen
ses ct Government, nr else calculate on adding
auout twenty millions of Treasury notes aunual
vto }•»»>; public debt—and then after a few years
you will find Treasury notes as cheap atrd plenty j
as they are in Spain—or tax the people openly I
aud fairly, and let them know what they are pay- 1
ing. • j
One thing is certain, the industry of the coun- \
try can’t prbsper without good money—and there
is uo getting on without credit—you destroy
nine tenths of the industry of the people
about nine tenths begin the world without monl
ey—and are put a head by credit. Good paper
money is good credit, and it is as ranch the duty of
Congress to adopt a system that shall furnish a '
good paper currency that will be equally current
every where in the United States, as it is to fix ,
standard lor gold and silver. This you must do
and you ought to know how to do it—and until you
do it, there will be no permanent prosperity-bin
plenty of fluctuations all the time wearing mum
and eating out honest industry. Now that is' ,11
for the present on that matter, and the next is af
ter having a good currency, (and such ' we
have had and ought to have again) lot us see if we
can t collect it correctly, tnd keep it honestly till
it is wanted to pay expenses of Government. 3
lhe Messages aud Treasury Reports of late
seem to be puzzels in this nutter,but it is only the
begimng of a greater puzzle. Govemmect says
they ought to collect the Government money and
keep it till expended,and surely 011 can find as* hon
est men to keep the money of the Govemmei t a
the Banks. There is t o doubt that they ca, huts
what proof is given that thev will. If the Gov
eminent will select just such kind of people is
stock linkers ot banks are apt to select to keen
them money or such kind of people who are se
lected by men in their Wills to be Executors of
their estates and guardians of theii li (t | e c |.,|.
dren—then, 1 say, they would be doing their duty
But 1!, ffti the contrary, the Government selects
men to keep the People’s money—whose stron
gest claim ts found i-i their being “ goo d party
men —men wi.oare so afraid that the lbeities of
the country will be destroy’d if their party dout
get uppermeet, til and they are willing to spend all
the money they can borrow or steal, to sustain
their patty—neglect their trade and family tc) at
tend ward meetings and nightly assemblages of
leaders, and caution “the People” against’ tins
ting any man with power, who by his honest in
dustry is well oft in the world, calling all such
“vile aristocrats,” Ac. Ac. Jf. i sav, such Yuen
are to be selected to collect and keep the people’s
money it will be kept, and the more there are to
watch each other, the more will be kept.
What is tile use of bars and bolts, and sureties
and bondsmen—some one must bar and bolt up
some one must be trusted—and one really honest
conscientious man, who has earned a reputation
ami good character is stronger and safer than a
thpusand bolts and bars—but such men are not
j ready to do duty work—their character is above
1 it—butts it just and right that such men should
be excluded. And are not tiie people entitled to.
just such—-to keep their money » Jf however, »
ddlereut class ol men are to be selected, then t
say, have as lew of them as possible. If we are
to have Sub- Treasuries, dout multiply the keepers
and watchers. If a cat licks cream, you worn
meml the matter by putting another cat iu the
cellar to w atch the first. There will be no savnu
ol eggs iu the barn if instead of one Skunk there
you put 11. just twenty Skims, all to watch ,hw
am I , ' l "‘’ . , UNCLE SAM.
Ivouatersind and sartifled as a true copy
J. DOWNING, Major.
Downingville Militia, 2d Biigade.
Correspondence of the Baltimore Paliiot
< ON(I RESSJON A L *<;ENEg.
Oncol the best things in the whole of Prentiss’
speech was his sarcastic commentary on the code
ot morality by which .Mr. Secretary U’oo ilmry
appears to have beer, regulated, in air his im J.
the pun * ‘ litSe dc,ault .ng pets and favorites of
He gave to Mr. Secretary a name which I ap
!o C Mr' Z stick to him. He compared him
to. Mis. Margery Tonkins (i„ p aui Clidiml) or
a he wastamil ar y eallei l , Peggy Lob; and lie
kt,lt 1 her.mid advices to the leg treasurers, to
the gentle admonitions with which that famous
ma rou. when inspired by the spirit of moralizing.
fi mTi’rn “ Jmle , I, , auL ” l>nn,i ' s »I«»ud
from Lulwer s novel, the advice of Mrs. Lobkm.s,
Zt' r r ,C o eVe, > ,KKI - v su apposite an illustra
tor! ofthe Secretary’s morality, that every sen
tmicc was received with the keenest enjoy,,, cut.
Mind thy fvittyclnsm. child, («,id the dame) and
l.voience old age. Never steal when
esMG i C [loud laughter.] He moil
n„ , au ’ IV, , !,tlck *o your situation in life
1,,e a,Hi ,alk lik « ” ’«». Peo
(rencive | J v' 0U | l "° rds moro l hau your actions,
on own ,U,Sll 'r r ;) l* you wants what is no
do fit \ d ° w ithout it, and if you cannot
/ rn? U 1 ’ it away by in sin teat ion not flus
as s " mdels does more and risks less
than they as robs,"
in 110 ' dea l h e delectable manner
• IR 1 toutiss recited this, nor of the iiupres
“, P roduc f; l on his auditors. Had it been
m ordu the galleries would have risen and liuz
fn come—Mother Lobkins put in
lat I s hand the sum of five half-pence, and ouc
a.tlimg “ I here, boy,” quoth she, (and she sba
r ' ler Toad fondly, as she spoke, much of the
as ion in wuich Mr. Secretary smoothed’ down
his subordinates,) “you does right not to play for
u/ig-, u s loss ol time! Hut remember, play
with those as be less than yourself;—and, there
)ou can go toi to beat ’em if they says you go
tor to cheat!” " • j o
,Jl r ' .V reuti "'brought up with great power the
apphcation ot the last passage. He reminded the
use, hat to “gofor to beat those who say you go
for lo chcat," was the very spirit of Jncksonism.
Ihe law introduced oy Jackson, was dub taw
• ‘ wa * an example. While pushing the
investigations mto the abuses of the Executive
-Departments two sessions ago, he was obliged to
fnnt b 0 Wlth “^* s harness °m” General Jack
son had but to whistle and the Roderick Dhu men
« cie ready to obey his behest.
“I hat whistle garrisoned the glen
At once with full five hundred men!”
i hey were driven to the wall and slain, who
( atei. to look into the abuses and corruptions of
he Government. The man who, animated with
ic ove ol Ins country, and hatred of oppression,
and scorn tor corruption, bodily expressed his
sentiments, carried his life in his hand ! He felt
he might at any moment be exposed to the blud
geon or pistol.
In the State of Mississippi, two gentlemen of
In highest character, public and private, were
shot, down lor their pains in examining and attemp
ting to expose the trauds, the corruptions, the ab
uses, in which the authorised petted and pam
pered officers of Government had indulged for
yeats. 11 was for this Mr. Senator l’uindoxter
«a» persecuted. It was because he dared to look
into “Hedged defalcations, that the whole influence
o the Administration, and tHe whole exertion,
ot those who were bound together by the cohesive
torccot the plunder of the public, weredirected