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KO CI.
rilEOpEE S PRESS, AND WIIaMlNGTMN ADVERTISER.
Si NO. 9.
: tioti of the wise and good is everywhere
directed, whhHn ceasing, interest to this
great object. hese'ury emitting "exer
tions are rapidly conciliating the favor
t and quickening the zeal of the public in
' its bh:ilf,--whiIe the political changes.
which have occurred or are m progress,'
in many pru ts of the. world, afford to the-philanthropist,-the
assured and pleasing
hope of its ultimate ".accomplishment.-' Our
own country presents the fairest field for
the successful trial! of this creat experi
ment. ' The political institutions "of mast
other .countries .onnlrtse' an obstacle to its
ucress, which is not encountered here.
Under nxVsi of thi political systems of an
cient institution," there is supposed to ex--,-arx.--auYersury
interest, between the
leu-, who- execisyi; power and the many
" ; v ho: a re-itsul ject . Kno wledge is povv
1 er am.! the timidity or jealousy of the ru
I !or, has suggested: the seliisU policy of
keeping the subject in ignorance ; every
avenue to knowledge is CHrefuHy closed
asainst III in.
au dn rt into
afrd
science ca
his mind onlv an
Occasionsvl
.,rA 'lt.-n-!
tbcam, throfugh same, forgotten
guarded' ape'rtn re. ? Under such
un-.
me I us, - uie muMMi?; insi -Knowieuc ist
.... r,,- -tl.o. nnnr ! r, rfl-nv I h 1
. . i -
i i
.-vol for - tlie poor. lien, to deny to the 4
citizen the ri-Ut tu bt iiHtruetWl. to re-1 AVUIit tor wisllZ mak-ln :ajkiderl8h;m fiht ,
fj5u 10 hhli'jhe-ht: of knowlvd. X t VV Vf ;T(I,ul)d"t
vould be ik'emed Un art of scarce lessfor the Gineral wouidhy right yoii liie ;
vickediicsa .and folly than, to shuUriiii "uie.a-niuuoyu, ytuj,;? ' :i
nit fmin th olmf.vi- H.rhi nf Kf rnn - d Ilejon. ana aiuu 2f j riw, ; la the hull on em : but the Mecham
irc,' tio s-f'ue policy, no supposed aov-j '' Oovcramcni, and jtht- gr;iLyt ek-; gVe.me the Mechanics ; afid now M
rmmental necessity oppo themselves to PERiMNT,saud indup by bjowifi Squire , tura tcl and get a table wdl' spread
the education of the neoole. Oii-the con- lilc cHo ali t0 'si,l,nie- 1 ;a!v- K ! dinner on it at 12 o'clock, that's the
trnrv- nnr n ;.(rivrrmwnt of ix.nMinr in-' I Mineral, tnat wwit do at all .says It them j wo rklns-maris dinner hoed and
stiluiiohof wliich the- pconle are not on- ailIt tho kind rC ililks to ialk to so they ! put on our 0j coats amf dont shav
iv
the authors, but -as to m:iny -.-lmiwrtant
function, the agents, "it is essential that
yd blic opiniii.ii . sjiould . be enlightened'. . j
Accordiufilv'l we linu tuc views cfvthf
. .-.tatesthan, in accordiuce vjth the wihes 1
.f the philanthropist. - The policy of the i
cue recommends what the bene'vaiciice of
the ojther has suggested. The pne per
ceives, in thu:' general: ..diffusion of the"
blessings of education, the best security
for the happiness of the citizen, the other,
the . surest guarantee .for 'the stability of
the government. ,:
This subject is also full of interest to
the.lover of srience; it fills, his mind with
the most shining ! hopes he beholds, in
the; promised (leyelopemeiit and the con
sequent concentration of the intellectual
pokier of mankind-, the mighty" instru
ment, by which Philosophy is to achiew
new wonders. When we reflect on all
that mind has'; accomplished, on the se
crets it has revealed, on the truths it has
discovered ; when, we think of all it has
, achieved in science, in philosophy rt the
. arts, in every department of luman know
ledge, -and when . we remember, that the
; energies of the power which hasaccqm;
plished so much, are unimpaired, that a
. t comparatively small amount of that pmv-
. er has been exettvd in the production of
v theseTeswlts. we find much to embolden
. hope and animate exertion. : When too,
ve reflect that we must still be far from
, .-the limit of -huiLiif knowledge, ihat there
, are niauy.thinrs in heaven and'earth not
dreamt of in our philosophy, that nature
has secrets not yet 1 revealed, precious
truths as yAAindiscovercd, that she J:ns
haunts to "which she. has never been pur
sued, unexplored recesses where treasures
of knowledge are hid ; -when we call to
.mind, that of the books of the Sybil, we
Lavo seen but three ; and' that of the vast
. volume which Nature opens before us,
i : many leaves remain to be read ; the mind
. is filled with bold thoughts and ardent
hopes I .lCso much has been accomplfsh
ed by a divided power, what might, not.
. -have been achieved, by the universal
. minH, everted under. nK) re favorable cir
cumstances. But a more practical inqui-j
iy suggests itself. Over:. the past Ave can
. exercise no control, but .'upon-the, future
c iiiay exert an influence. Wien so
. ' much remains to be dJne, what may not
ye and our rsteritvaccomrlish. if aet-
' ing upon the admitted truth, , that the
raaijnitude of the result is in proportion
to the power employed, we a ie careful to
develope all the resources of the human
- i mind, and ar ray all the intellectual strength
r of mankind? Is it presumptuous. to pre-'
i diet that : we j may greatly enlarge the
boundaries off human-' knowledge? Our
' 'predecessors are our pioneers in science,
we easilj advance to the position, to
. which they have opened the way ; we be
gin our search after truth, at the-point
where their discoveries terminate, with
-the principles .theyestablished as
our
auxiliaries, anu mo n
rhts they kindled
as our guides. Who.can doubt that Phi
losophy is destined tr achieve new tri-
umphsTtiiat she is to discover new and
mighty truths? Of the nature of these
truths, we must be ignorant but of their
existence we- cannot doubt. We k no w
that there is'immense space bevond thei
;orizon which bounds our siirKtV and we
know too that as we approach this appa-
rent limit of "human vision, it retires, ne
ver fndeed enlarging its circle.- bnt adnpt
;ing at eaeh remove, a new centre aiid
circumscribing a new portion of space.
' .As we proceed, new prospects open bp
.ifore-us, and new objects aite presented for
nur- observation. So aa we advance in
knowledge, truths always existent, but hi
therto Unseen, will nnnr hir lrrrht trt
tht
ie mind, as from limp tn t?tV tKift rirl.
nnce of some new star reaches us, after a
tlight of ages, and lookhig up, we behold
a new glory kindled in the heavens.
Post UJicc, Cincinnati, Jan. 19, 1S34.
On Friday the 1 7th January, 1834. the
mail" stage left ; Cincinnati j for Daytonr
and in attempting to cross Mill Creek a
bout 10 mile5 nortli of thejeity the stage
upset, and one of the-passengers drowned
His body, is not .'yet found. The mail j
bag was found yesterday, auilhe letters I
all saved : most of the baggase recovered
JProm letters of rcccommendatinn found
in the trunk of the person drowned, his
name was Arthur Fletcher, of the
-.House of ?ilcssrs Brown and Danton,
Xoaijon, England., ,- WJBuRKt,"P. M.
M ajor.Dovv' ning's Go Rk es pond encg.
To . mpltlfrleai Mr. Dwight, ef the New
I u -York Daily Ad ce rl ise r.
W a shinqton, 1 4th Feb. 1834. .
Ever since I hav been in the Gov
ernment. I never have had horiuch on
my hands, as I have jfince I wrote you i
mv; last letter. Folks are
pourin in here;their
from all quarters, and!
mgmg petitions
andinemorialssomeoneirijet
as a man can iin, anu-wjien iney pme uj
stretch them out they kiver all Cwngress.
Most all tfie Committees! that come on
here, call to see me and the Gineral, and
the work of presentin theni to the Gineral
has kent me bus v enuf I ke!l-vod. The
first .and biggesV Compittee tliat came j
here was from the New" YoVk Mechants ;
and Traders. Itelfd the GiiK-ral, says I, ,
now Mineral is our time to orusu upuu .
we '.know, about, trade , and money busi
ness iott- says I,:t'hem; pew l;orkrs,:
ev ry one on eni nas goi
his eye teem i
aiid they, haioti. cimf down Jxere at j
"us season inrew me ro.uu iut uuiujd, ;
I-r-nnd as fhev- are caratn to set us to-
morrow, we better spr fngjto it now, says
. i .mnn nnn rr i pvtw.-i nir. 11 aim
, '.r. : ' i " ii l r'
dned far oin : and, so I ; and the i Gmerai f
aint come here to talk? aoout ' Mtorv
t - N
they have got enuf of that, says I, in New
York already and reform, too, Says I.
i Why, says ' I, Ginenh my friend Zekel
BiLieiow tells me there is so much of tuat
in. New York wlreadythiit folks Srire bra-
kin all to bits ihertv and it has ; crowded J
ev'ry dollar outof trade. f Nowjjsays I,
I guess, tbc best-way ffbr us is to hear
what these New orkers have got to .say,
and then bow em off as quick as possible - j
mm iiilii uuw un aauiutt. as j.ivsiuic-, j
and dont ask era any questions, and. they
wont ask us anv lor
u tney cu
us: ou
ashore
that tack, says I, we'll
- ' i
go pump
now I tell you; and so the Gineral began
to think that was the best way, and it he
was to say any thing in reply, it would
be the el l story and the. Gineral has
ten u mat over so oiien.
n i t s
I'think ho could
sav ev'ry word out in his
Well, the next, morriin
sleep. . :
sure enuf I sec
em comin. and I call'd th
Gineral, and
ho took his stand right in the middX of
the room, and I stood a leetle. ahead -on
him, fwixt him; and the: dpor-ind in
they came jest.for all thel world Ids folks
?ome tomeeting; and I turn'd to and in-
troduced em to the'Girieral, and we shook
nanasan rouna.- me uinerai is piagy
ciiunin. in such times he was mad enuf
to snap his hickory right in two; pieces,
but he put on - a plagy: good-natur'd lookf
arid as soon as we got threw shakin hands,
one on em a rale ?puhkyi loblcingcritter,
jest about sich another iookin .criap'as
Squire Biddle, talkM as glibf about
mony matters he stepM out,, and spoke
for the rest.on em, and he went on how
jest as cool as though he hadTnt lost a dol
lar since we begun the tvar.'k'IIelwas as
cm! too
Gineral
as , you ever! see; he tell'd the
pretty much how
thhms was
workm, anu how theyi was gomto work;
and wnen tney came tf speau; ol tne oin
eral's grand experiment,' he tell'd him
pritty plain it would'nt work right. The
Gmerai was jest a geni to let him have
his notions, but I pull'd him a twitch by
t he coat, and he stopp'd; but s; saon assies, Ihe'd choke right up, and his lip
he got threw and bow'd, the Gineral be- would quiver so, I was jist agoin to step
gan and ielKd him the first go off he. was right up and tell the Gineral what this
mistaken that tnere warn t a man m tne
hnlt vt!t rvf TunnpcttejaW ilfKitv,ld half sn
mnrh abnnr-hhnks .ind banking and trade:
as-he did-and so long as he-was Presi-
dent hpjd let folks know what; Was: the
rale meahin of Government."! h4 Bid-
die was a monster and ;so was the; Bank.1
Calhoun was a rascal,; and so was Clay;
and Webster' and McDuffie, and the hull
raft of the' opposition ; jand what puzzled
him mosV was to find but 'which! was the
b i freest . rascal, the. bank or anyf one of j
them other fellows, and he d putiern all
down afore he was-done with erat I Haint
I saved the country, -says
the Gineral;
more than up times i-if it hadn't
! been for
me, says he, the Ingins woAild now be in
Wall street, skaljin. all on you,, and the
British would be all over Kentucky, and
Tennessee and Virginny." t !
And ' so . the Gineral went on, and I
couldn't stop htm till the got right into
" Glory,: and so I thought twas best to
l30' tile -folks. off, audj by the ftime the
itinera! gotthrew, helihd I had it a! Ho
ourselves, and we sat down ; the Gineral
I bewas a' good deal struck up land beat
out but he is as tur assail naturj and can
! Jest such a tug every day, only
j 8u"e tira a littJe "m; o take wind ; and
pepi.
no questions, iind that kept thinas snu
Do yon know, Major, jsays the Gineral. I
didn't . like the looks ot teat fellow a bit
who did all the talk in for his companions
did you understand,
j Major, all that he
telled about ? says th
Uinerai. i'rttty
And so I telled it
consiaeraoie says j.i
allicver to thfi-Gineira
m rrfy own wav.
VV ell, savs the Gineral,. I am. ; fjlad I
didn't understand hirri, for now as teu
tell it, it stumps " me consitlerable. The
Gineral he sat still a minite arid begun
io .fount on Kis fingiisl; andtp rights
says be Major who was that? iAViiy says
I. Gineral he is: the son I of- a man ' ve
heartiyou tell on a thousand times. And
as soon as I spoke the name, ihe Gineral
he started up and savs! he Major, tis un-
f possible what, the son of 1
Why says he Major i be was always one
of my best frieuds,' "ahitl was jest the kind
oiiman i UKeu, ne w.as
and knowed mors about
firin
as.jrranit,
&njl all
fcu ue oot on uis spefK. ana jwent to strangers clear out and go home and as Pari OI an 01 lIe oig eities in, tne nation,
rubbin em, and we bejgun to talk about soon as the .Gineral put on hia hat, they lam not so sure that; 1 shouldn't get the
it. Says heMajnrV ijrekcljivei'emfput on theirn,-and walkTd out jbut it did Host customof any of the creW.' There
a . skirey factious' tlfat: timeJdidnt I. f make me feel plagy sad and heavy to see 14uSi therefore be something in me, or a
You see, says the CHneraCt asked em Yolks come, so Tur threw tlv- ;t wr: bout me. that attracts attention. which is
nublic matters than any man I ever met
he was. a rale - patriot and an" honest
man. Well says I Gineral, that you
said and I have a notion too he was in
favor of a National Bank, and jest sich
a one as we got now. This is true ennff,
sivs the Gineral. but that was when I
thought jest so too ; folks should change
pinions Major,aIways when " The
Gocc
of that f I -wish
savs the Gtneral I'd a known who that
chap was, I'd a made him shake in his
shoes for da rifi to join them rascally
Merchants & Traders against my experi
ment.f' I guess says I, Cjineral, that
my eye3 on that critur the hull time, and j
cept thiakin all the while of what I've j
woutuo i a ueen-an -cujy juu, lor i n.epi tv
. I .'-'. I 1!.
hearn you say about his father, and thinks !
i that s a rale chin ot the old block.
liut says I, Gineral, we've got more
work! to-morrow airain ; there's another
committee from New York, bringing in
anothcr" mile of names, all Mechraiics
savs 4 rale narti nsted leiiows. vvnat
And he sprung up and danced round like
k..
' V,,
sa vs , -strait' from Tammany Hall,
says the Gineral, now you'll haveadother
st.ory.Major,
one ofAur Traders and Merchants
for me; there aint a spark of Patriotism
cs
ajor
and
rale
let us
e to-
morrow (the Gineral is plagy cunnin
m sich matters.) So next d4y sure enuf
in they come, and we turned fto shakin
hands. " Aha, my friends, says the Gin
eral, j these are the hands I like to shake ;
no fflo've
T
work here; you are the men to
fell (ton oress what to do : and:' savs the
Ginexah anv man in office from the Pre
sident downward auht to
nifnd what
you tell em." And the Gineral he walk'd
roun amongr em and shook hands affin
rouufl amoU?
!anf1 i-nnM pm nn thp shnnlde.rs andrnk
j a qUfd of tobacco from one on em, and
i ofn nnhthfr n rhnw nnt nf his nu'ii bnv
j and was as happy as you ever see, and
spry as a cricket too:
Now my friends, says the Gineral,
lets talk over public; matters, and with
that one on em stepped out aitd spoke for
the restv and Ljve'ver in my born days
heard a critur of his looks and trade talk
I so about Banks and money matters : and
: he berran back more than 30 vears. when
j he was printis, and come up all along,
and he did shave down and saw up party
measures and partyfblks, and dovetail'd
j matters, so the Gineral was stumpt'd ;
ithe Gineral walked up to him and made
i Dlary u? v laces at him : but the critur
went
ral ;
on and talk'd right up to the Gine-
ahd there want a lump of suijar or
a drop of ile in the hull ont. : As soon as
he stbD'd, " the Gineral crive him a'l hard
look,
and says he Stranger, whats your
trade
? " A master Carpenter, Sir said
he
I was you r friend, Gineral, and every
man I employed was also, and we stuck
to' you. till 'the measures of your adminis
tration have driven us nut of employ, and
here is a blacksmith, -and here is a jope-
i maker.' And so he went on pretty much
tnrey an traaes. " it gives us pain.
Gineral; to tell you that our families
i ii v u . 1 1 j
hut fw innl(!i t h.i mm il tnn I.- H tn
thd yinIovf and come beck and fried it
1
ajrairi ; and as soon a$ he'd.come to speak
; 0f uneraoloved workmen and their fami-
man wanted to say : but ne ot to risrms
1. a.i
u-J.it ? ry lt: l:7 c.
AJ ,ha t,ha T
aiiuseu, anu wuunu up Liy uringiu nis nsi
0ula so rite through, and the Ginerai's
down on the table. I had a notion it
aton the table bounced up, i I tell vou ;
and savs'lie, "there must be a change,
GinJrMl1' th, n;nlt lfc,
i.ij j . ii, r.L- u ir
e umerai aian i iiKe tne
Q Qnd f'lllr r t liiei .-.. 1 1 irl ."IC. IT
a l,U it i ' j i u
as the Merchants and Traders man the
day afore. He tried him a SDeil with
- irJr,. Aa . k
good and that got Jhe GineraUs dancRr
rn , i &
i,t 1... , . u --.u i. . r
tlMt timp. von rnmptn t with tnp ' ( ,nv.
ernment,' Vou must get your representa- hereby to enable the reader to select such
tives to come with you ;"" Vut 'they tell'd 5?nf - l he ma Tvhh . mofV in'
the Mineral they had none,: and hadn't , dffh"e is any thing m it which may
had any fbr a l6ng while; but they would . suu ,hls Palate-. ! ,
arter ucxi election. N have also been operated oh by ano-
The Gineral took the hint in a minit ; tner consideration. It is this ; I know,
and says he, (for he was plagy struck up tIiat Phscure as I am, my name is making
by it) if you dare chanae any of our re- considerable deal of fuss in the vvorld. 1
presentatives at the next election (except can't ieU whyJU is, nor in what it is to end.
one) I'll put your city, the hull scrape Oo where I will, everybody yepmis aiix
on't, over on my friend Swartwout's mea- 1(Uii 10 Set a peep at me, and it ivould be
dows m Jarsy. I'll let,you
know
that
I am trvin a.i experiment and will trv-if
come wiiat will I've said I would' and
right or f ong i'H do it, if I di ten thou-
Uand Spamsh Inquisitions. And now
wmter. and iro honie ernnfv bnnrl.
f' - a - 1 - - " ' c - . W . J
TheGineral was in , a pesky bad temper ; derstand it, , and I therefore put all the
all day, and so was I ; but Mr. Van J3u- ' l5ts down, leaving the reader free to take
ren and some of the Congressmen from j his choice of them, J
York . State come, in and made clear i On the subject of. my style, it is bad" e
weather, again,, by tell in uathey .expectfinougb, in all conscience to please critics,
ed erery minit another Comnimee from ; if that is what they are after They are
New York, of the ral& stuff and no mis- a sort of vermin, thongh, that I sha'n't e
take about 'em. and right straight "from ven so much asf stop to brush cot If they
Tammany Hall too, and they read over ! want to work on my book, just let ihem
the names. ,l;There, that one. savs Mr. I iro ahead ; and after they are' done, they
Van Buren, is an ofd friend of mine;
was Mayor once, 'and is now a Banker -
he knows every thing, and can tell in a
minit the difference between a crooked
account and a fair business transaction.
And here is another, he sent us a big
ball'd headed Eagleonce Gineral. dont
ybii remember ? and by the by jf Major" i
says ne, ne is oue oi your countrymen :
and the rest says Mr. Vn Buren an ? all
to be depended on, the first people of the
city, m lactt the patty, .couldn't hang to-
jrether without Vm ! Well savss the Gin-
eralj this"-is -somethin like and : now
says he, the best way would be, when j
they come, to Ict-Congressvout, and let
all our folks have a hallow-day. vv el 1
sure enuf they' haye come, and WeVe had '
some on 'era here, but I hant!gU time to
tell you about it in this letter, but will i
will in I
my next. And I've got sometmn to tell
you too about a new man jest; come here
all the way from Ireland, hi is: name is
Dennis McLoony, he is a good natured
crrtur, and the Gineral likes, him uih
about as much as he does j me I dont
know what he is arter, and the Gineral
ido'nt nothef : but he savs he can do nrit-
plary funny stories f
n0 office for him vit
muen any iiiinfr ana tie tells some
- -,., ! .
tor us, we paint got
t, but there! will be
some holes to fill up here, and by his tell
he can fifplagy nigh any place -
i .ours, &c. - j
J. DOWNING, Major,
Downmgville Vlilitia, 2diBrigade.
Prefaee;' of HonJ
DAVID CROCKETT'S BIO OR API! Y.
Fashion is a thing- I care Irrjighty lit
tle about ex,cept when it happens to run
just exaptly according to my o;wn notion ;
arid I was mighty' nigh sending! out my
book without any; preface at' all, until a,
notion struck mej that perhaps it wa ne
cessary to'explain a little tbe reason why
and Avherefore I had written it.
Most of authors seek 'for fa'me, but I
seek for justice, a holier Tni pulse than
eyerentered into the ambitious istru?gles
of the votaries of that JffclCi
iroddess. ' I
fining
A publication has been-made to the
worloyx.vhich has done memucn injustice;
and-the catchpenny errors which it con
tains, have been already too long sanc
tioned by my. silence. I don't 'jenow the
author of the book and indeecf I don't
want toktihw him ; for after be has5 taken
such a liberty -wit If my name, !abd. made,
such an effort to I hold me up to public
ridicule, he cannot calculate onyany thing
but my displeasure. - If he had been con
tent to have written his opinions about
me,; however contemptuous tlidy might
have been, I should have had less reason
to complain. But when he professes to
give my narrative (as he often jdoe) jn
my own language, and then puts into my
mouth such language as would disgrace
even an outlandish African, he must jiira--self
be sensible of the injustice he has
done me, and the trick he has played off
on the public. I, have met Hyith hun
dreds, if not -with thousands .of people,
who have formed their opinions of my ap
pearance, habits, language, knd every
thing else from that deceptive Work.
They have almost in every j instance
expressed the most profound astonishment
at finding me in human shape, land with
the countenance, appearance, and common
fedinzs of a human being. It is to cor
rect all these false notions, and to do ius-
Itice to myself, that I have written.
i It is certain that the writer of Ithe book
alluded to, has gathered up many imper
fect scraps of information concerning me,
as in parts of hi work there is some lit
tie semblance of truth. But I ask him, if
tin's" notice should ever reach his eye, how
he would have liked it, if I had treated
him so?- if I had put together such a
bundle of ridiculous stuff, and headed it
world without ever even condescending
... . i . . : i 6
tn dr hi nor
to asit lis permission i 10 tnese ques
tions, all upright :men must givej the same
answer. It was wrong; and the desire
i i i i - - r rm . i
to make moneys by it, is no apology for
ror sucn injustice to a iellow man
But I let him pass: as my
wisn is
f, than to
f lTtlLl V C LU klllUIL lII 1111
! . . . i- . r J
' eonuemn mm
I n the tollowmg pages, i ,na
re endea-
! fd t0 "1VC the reer a P,aln; ,nest:
i nome:yun ountormy state m lite and
. V" , i T T TV
dmealotl? lts journey, down to
this time. ... I am perfect ly aware, that
I
iiiiYe jciuieu luuuy diuaii, u u, a i ear.
: A J ' ,1
umnterestinsr
eircumstances ; but if so.
: my, apology is,
that it was rendered ne-
rcessa7 by a def .!ol,.nk thej different
periods ot my life together, as they have
i passed, from my childhooa onward, and
r.i ' . J i. . . 1 !
W-td tell which would have the.advan-
13 - ad the "Government, ' and
aawK, ana a great eternal ojit
ravan
4Qwfcd
ol wiia varments were all to De
at the same time in four different
even mysterious to mvseir-
LelHad better blot but all their Criticisms,
than to know what opinion I" would ex
press of them, and by what sort of a curi
ous, name I would call them, il I was
standing near them, -and Iookin over,
their shoulders, LThey will, at most, have'
only their trouble for their j3ayL But I
rather expect I shall have "j them on my
sde- ' i'r. . -'..--'
But I don't know of any thing in my
book to bexriticised 6b -by wonorableraen.
is .it
on
i can i u li
spelling ? ,thatTs
'DOt tXQV
" - J---'"!' ;--J - " i . J
trade. Is it on my grammar f I hadnt
time to learn it, and make no. pretensions
to it" Is it on: the order and arrangement
of my book l I never wrote one before,
and never read very many ; and, of course,
j, know mighty little about that Will it
ibe on the authorship'of the bdokf? this I
claim, and I'll hang on to ii, like a ic
ip.n. t.
piaster, l'he wnole book is my own,
and every sentiment and sentence in t
I would not be such a fool, or knave ei
ther, as to deny" that I have had it hastily
run over by a friend or so, and that some
little alterations have been made in the
spelling and grammar; and I ami not so
sure that it is not the worseof even that, for
1 despise this way of spelling contrary to
nature. And as for grammar, it'spretty
much a thing of nothing at last, after all
the fuss that's ma.e about it In some
places, wouldn't suffer either the spel
ling, or grammar, or any thing else to be
touch'd ;"-arid therefore it will be found in
my own way.
But if any, body complains that I have
had it looked over. I can only say to him,
her, them as the case may be that
while critics were learning grammar, and
learning to spell, I and ''Doctor Jackson
L. L. Z." ivere fighting in theKvars; and
if our book's, and messages, and procla
mationsand cabinet writings, and so forth,
and so on; should need a little looking o
ver, and a little correcting of the spelling
and the grammar to make them fit' foT
use, its just nobody's business. Big men
have more important matters"to attend to
than crossing their f's- , and dotting their
irs , and such like small things. But
mm- ! y T.
the "Government's" name is to -the proc
lamation, and my name's to the book ; and
if I did' nt write the book, the "Govern-
.men," didn t write, the proIamation,
which no man lares to deny. -
But jnst read for yourself, and ray ears
for a heel tap, if before you get- through
you don t sajV with many a good-natured
smile, and hearty laugh, "This is truly
the very thing itself-the exact image of
its Author. . ' -
DAVID CROCKETT."
Washington City, v
February 1st, 1834.
MY FIRST AND LAST COURTSHIP. ;
BY OSADI All BASHFUL. t
Well, I spbse if Tmust tell you all a
bout my courtship, must. You must
know our old man made a great fuss about
my stickin to home, round the fire, of cold
winter nights, and said to me one nightj
says he, "Well, now Obed," (you see he
always called me Obed, but Tnyriame is
Obadiah,) lWell, nOw Obed, you might
as well -be out courtin Deb Jones, as to be
squattin down here on your hunkers, and
you know Obed, if you die unmarried, the
name of Bashful will be extinct." 44 Oh,
well now, father," said I, 44 I don't know
nothin about instinct, but I can't go to
court Deb, for you know' she dresses her
hair so nice, and she's such a rottin nice
gal, that'every feller bout these parts isl
half crazy arter her: there s Joe Turner,
and Bill Davis, and a hull squad or chaps'
as wears all the new fashions, and now
father, said I, what would I look like with
my buckskin suit that I have wore sij
years, long! side o' their blue coats, anc
pants,.and shawsees, and them are things'
but father would'nt hear nothing gains1:
his own opinion, and so I had to go jes:
to please the old man , -
Deb nsd tn oto the old white church.
i i i-i i i i
V Oil know, Up uncie .piiraim S lane, near
tne Diacicsmitn snop, rignt ny tneorcnara.
welf, it wa'nt there no I guess it wa'nt
I wish' it had been. Well, I went off
dressed tarnation slick, I thought I ffuess
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I rnhbed two tallow candles, thereor there -
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curl, but I swan to man it was a mistake
tliere Wa nt; no CUrl about It, arter all. It
stuck out for all sense like pork and pinei
quills, as Jim S:evenS Says.' Well,- Some
1 - iL f - . if - . . i 1 ii
how or other I cot myself into tolerable
slick order, had on the new hat and coat
I ot at the raflle night, before, and off I
bolted to tlie church, .with'-my hands iii
my rjocketsL whistlin Hail Columbv I
x u . t ' r- ' w.1..J
felt jest as big as Bony Part at Waterloo,
-I seed Deb step off her horse like a
c .i r r -i l. '
feather, and I runs up to speak to heri
When up comes that'eternal Joe frurner;
r . . ... . . .
dressed almighty nice, as It he had beeq
tmi nn m : hinr .hiT to L'ppn nnn wa iir
her off rijrht before me, before I could gei
out, " How de dew, Debby ' if I
look nation! sheepish, I recken taint . no
matter :" I blushed some i too never
mind thinks I, meeting will, have to break
some time or other, and Deb will have
to fro home ; so I went up to their house
to wait for her.: . -
' She did come at last and oh, my golly!
she lid look screamin nice! I felt so
' fl utter ified, I did'nt know what to say no
how at last I got out. Deb- that is I
mean Dtbbory or Debby, don't I look aj
if mv face was all over goose pimples
and dam my buttons if "Deb, andthat eter
nal Joe did'nt laugh' till 1 wished to die
tiearly: Bnt we all'went in and Deb han
ded me a chair, butt felt so flustered I ne-
frer looked where I was1 shlin, and down
I came cerwallop Tight en Deb's bonnet
and berfixttps, and overset the chair and
sprawled right over on the floor, and
split my new coat right down the back ali
open ! Herejwas a nice pickle, bnt Drb
pinned i up, and that gave me a kind o
fection ftr her, "and sol staid to tea, -bnt
.was so flustered I spilt my tea over Joes
new panta,! and he called me a caroed
awkwaTd hog ! -
I never said one word while I staid.
Deb had to-talk all and I answered yes
or no. She asked rnev "Mr. Obed; ditl
youver hear a .sarahnade said I po.
"Misg Debbory I never .heard .of Sarah
Kade,' but I Lbw Sail ' Edwards," and
Joerthe fcol, he; laughed at'MafV But
Deb said Ax. did'nt mean Sarah Nade, it
was what the town chaps call their mu
sic when they go out totplay at n ighls.
then she looked, a kind pi slantindicular
at j think jiq kissed
" 'But I soon saw that Deb
mt. W
always thouffhf I was a better indrr..
furniture than to spark with sich dundu j-
"Lhit-u ir.e iik-e oia snakes, and i nj.
up to make a bow for it, but some how
or other, I caught my fvet togfthex,' andj
sprawled right against he'rI OTcfset htf
iu Joe's lap ! . ,f
She got up darned mad, I till you ; v,V
says, "Mr. Obed that is too bad, I ivc
der what. you will do.nejl but .1 J'
to laugh ; -I never knowed afore that fi.C
wore. false hair, and when she fei!
her'rreart-catchers, as she -used to cvi
them, fell off, and she looked -''jist?ii!;e a
shriek owl. " Why, said I, peb, the n-
thing will be something else:" 'I.recktri
that made Joe laugh on my side, and i
began to pluck courage. Says I, l
we are going to shear or old black ra
nexP Fust day week, ana TU-send vbu c
nough woolto make you n wig" that rls
Deb's ebenez r she got , up and ir.a;!
one poke at me with jhe shovel, but 4
guess it was a mistake. . L yas on tlu
rbad home. V "'
I told all. to , father, and ho laughed,
(for he always laughed wheii any thin
tickled him. "Now, fither. -said I. if
you want to court Deb, you can do it,
there's no danger now 'from the heart
catchers;" and he laughed 'again says
he, "Obed, sayno more about that," and
I kinder took the hint, and I never said a
darned word, about it, from that day ?'.?
this. ' ' ' - 1 i .- ;
Ms-DasF.. This gfHitlomah h"us"comif.ciic-i
a. series of Lccmros in dcl'eriCC ofhis conduct, hi:..
repelling thej charges made against' him'of h ir ; .
corruptly indiicnc'ed the Bank. The fis.st'pxrti
fofNo. 1,'is taken up widi a justificative mtroJu:- i
lion to the general subject. If Mr, Duants inti ft
tion be to aciiit hjmsclfof blamej sridiout becom
ing a scurrilous partizan, he is jScrfccdy corrf !.'
We are wi!liny to hcliv fh.if Mr I) li ic 1
O ". - '-"-l"'--..
bribery, even in those times of general corrtiptia:
but abuse of Gen. Jackson is no evidence -of Li j -or
any other man's purity. We regret to see Mr.
D. adopt the uncandid and purely partizaa oli -y .
of pretending to consider the language of 'di . uo
cia.l paper" as the sentiments of The Pr sid- J t,
and of holding hini rc-sponstUc- tlr.rf'f.)!-. .Thy,.
liotioii belongs not to the iriteliigciiCc cf the
but is the slajng of the raJjble of ti..; ianv.
Ti'.i-
following extract from Mr. Duai.e's ils-it li-ti r,-
contains all iha is csseutialto the cf.ject ox. thi.:
communication. -t,"" : : ;
In the eominnnity of which I am a mnnljcr, tYr'-rc n '
ra;ny devx d friends of The iP resident, Wi! .'t.u-
with me ; but I think, tuere. is not ant,. ,wli b lit-v
insinuations of tl.fe c-lilcial p;!per to hav any f.mrj
o lar, UtLrelore, as i:iv iunniiat let!w c'iti':i.-
concerned,' I might with propriety treat thf. So d-:.'"'4
imputation.- with silent conu-mpt. Bit, hevod t : : t -;ii
iijuriiiy 1 am not gener.iL'y kuQwn, and hen-e it mzv
exiiected bv mv leliow citizens at lare;. tint I s'i'Mi! i n .
tl th m ani1 l teiess dincLint.on m .iom..
since dihUnguiahed senators nc coudefceiiden ,n i.n .r
. places, to r.-pti similar imputation. Accordin'ry. i pr-,
! u..nn.- each and "every aioriion or insinu&tion of t,:"
okial pnp; r, imputing corrupt er improper motiV. t.
m. lor 11 s.itJH2- a removal "ol the deT l'. to be fals ,
t ! ..t .... 1 .1: . w. f tV., tnAiii s r ,
even a cplcrBbtepretf.itor apology for. any oj th miju:
!??sc
of receiving any lor.n, le, gift, biiefct, fvor, t.ns! :, r
i ation. or ot:fr advantage What30vc, irom tne 11-iiin.e.
i the united Mat.s, u.-.r from any of its omen, i i. i-
uever been prefivt!y nor couunzentiy reepon&ibi- 1 1 c,
nor to any ol Us olficer. I Jiave fad no direct or uidu
correspon dr.ce or comtnunicetion with the. Bank, r
with any oi ;er thei t-of, will the e.tc-ptior, o! K-tit-r e
tileiutiie Treiwi-y Iprtnient, an-1 wit'i thr fx ! r.cT
of a siiifto 1. tier r. ceiv-i from tl.- President oilbf li ni
I tncUmmz tue, us lite friOfid .ot - the late Mr. t.irard, ..
oratibn.on the orcsma f lajiw tnfcomtrton-crj
'j c.,uge, tn the hk of July iat v -yuica ue.ii
i nerc!y av such arrniy.'j courtesy c? Vri -for 'n---
occasjong. Fr fromdhug to fdvr i.hA iunk. l ;
1 yrvyt iu. avowed and nainiained . 'Jf.f;.
tion t u. And. if auv word rAnrwrrM vut !ull
. mphTicMHy, my freedom fra a!l deign,to 1 : vaT - y
r - . - - t ' .....
l.i-vi-it it thf Ibnl wriiB -uJtll4o the deD-iait-3. sc '-ru
ing tv soleuiu cyiitruct ; I believed that it hud a r.g r t t
tteiny onles the Secretary of the Treasury wlu ?.v'.
satisfactory Tysons to t'oiress for removing tlieui- -.A
secretary of the Trei.su ry, 1 could noi cive reasons faits
(actory to unyalf ; I beliered Uir art of removing t!.'
'piMti.es would be unirusary, unviwj t indirtiV,
tmry, nd unjust ; and although jped to the C ."a-
would nt b au rnstruneut to flct aiiy uch whuw
that wbich was proposed. . Therefore, toyi'ig a.d', au
was bound to k, my p)ronii prepoMjHsstnns as a miiiv
I acted solely from cotiSi Jemtioal', M'hich IcUrX J not dJ.
regard, a uu otiia-r. L "
Pirtt. The odious efiecu of pjirty aniinosit
are seldom seen in so protuinenLcolotirs,' as tlj .y
kavebaca exhibit iii refers ncs to the pr-s.sQr.':
of the times. The papers friendly to Ute I.mk,
io their icuf to reivler lhs 'goTcramnt. unpopular,
have been chiefly-inatrumehtal in producing tie.
crisis Lick all roust deplora ' Fale Account ot
ikiluresandoflhc credit of Baulcs, ltave prpluced
more mischief than fifty removals of Ac Depositi
could have done. " To these causes, the Messrs
Allen's are indebted fottlicir suspension of Pay
ment; and the Bank of New-Brunswick,
has suspcnde4j)ayiaent in consequence of
rioii3 reports," and the pressure of the nmes. -
-The iiew York Gazette of Feb. 22;
TemperaDCfeleetins at Warden, if.
was grossly interrupted by .drunken va,
bond; who got potion of the roorn,
huzza for libertyr-iawbtch caxue som abso.u
ly fell on that memorable occasion their Lara-
bein' a ; of Rum, by which Oiey were eaab'.
to take large draughts f Heir liberty. VTc U
no
doubt but ths lav w 01 proper ly.puaa
outrAge upon the rights of citizens.
, ViaGiNU CONf EBEXCE-ThsVirginia Goni
pnee hckl tts anuzd'seisicnin the City -W '
lfciok ciiuunenciiigon thciShh ult. 'Blir
fca tw; presided. w There were present, I ?
and H iDiuisters: Xtn Sunday'; tbclJ
pfo:inatwiwer?pprmd, DywfecKlflJ
ters were cdosad to oficiollJcacon, -
uian me, ana l got ready to backvOuW
Deb said'Ipose you are going to
see that Moll Mickle." 'Why, said
Debbory, I reckon I.got a fittle more
taste for the fine arts, than to gtf 'arti r
such a Iookin critter as she is," then -she
looked right smart at me, and said she
dfier i 1
bred Joiaorcr c;uctTji!icd: r-z .. vj- r
fcj . .;v i.t.L-.-crc
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