Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-10-18
Andy johnson and the Armed Exiles
from East Tennessee.

Andy johnson and the Armed Exiles
from East Tennessee.
The Hon. Andrew johnson, of Ten
nessee, said, in his speech at Columbus,
last week, referring to visit to Camp
Dick Robinson:
The other day, when I stood in the
presence of two thousand Tennesseeans.
exiled like myself from their homes Of
comfort and the families of their love,
found that my manhood and sterruess of
mind were all nothing, and that was
only child. There they We're, my
friends and fellow citizens of my beloved
State, gathered upon the friendly soil of
Kentucky, from the tender STRIPPING Of
sixteen to the gray haired fathers of
sixty, all mourning the evil that has be-
fallen our land and our. homes, out. all
seeking for arms wherewith to go back
and drive the invader from our fields
and hearthstones. (Applause,) 1 es-
sayed to speak to them words of coun-
sci and encouragement, but speech was
denied me. I stood before them as one
who is dumb. If it be true that out of
the fullness Of the heart the mouth
speaketh, it is also true that the heart
may be too full for the utterance of
speech. And such were ours-two
thousand Of US exilcd Tennesseeans,
and all silent Silent as city of the
deadl But there was no torpor there.
There were the bounding heart and
throbbing brain, there were the burning
cheek and the blazing eye, all more elo-
quent than ever were the utterings of
human speech. (Cheers.) Each of
that throng Of exiles, who had wandered
among the mountains and hid in their
caverns, who had slept in the forest, and
squeezed themselves one by one, through
the pickets Of the invader, each was
now offering comfort and = ;edging fdel-
ity to the other. Youth aud age were
banding together in holy alliance that
will never yield till our country and our
flag, our Government and our institu-
tions are bathed in the sunlight OF
peace, and consecrated by the baptism
of patriotic blood Nociferous ap-
plause. a~sz. -,,e. - e.ss
There were their homes, and there
too is mine--right over there. And
yet we were homeless, exiled! And
why? Was it for crime? Had we vio-
latedany law? Had We offended the ma
!jesty of our Government, or done wrong
to any human being? Nay, none Of
these. Our fault, and our only fault,
was loving our country too well to per-
nit its betrayal And for this the re-
morseless agents of that "sum Of all
villainies,'' Secession, drove us from
our families and fresides, and made US
exiles and wanderers But the time
shall soon come when we wanderers
aeM go home' Cheers. Fer depend
upon it, my friends, this monstrous
iniquity cannot long subsist- Some
bolt of Heavens righteous vengeance
''red with uncommon wrath, will blast
the traitors in their high estate" But
whatever they may do-though they
may ravage our State and make desolate
our homes, though they convert the
caves of our mountains into sepulchers
and turn our valleys and plains into
grave yards, there is still one thing they
cannot do-they never can, while God
reigns, make East Tennessee {aad of
sloues! ,.t kss,ss
a Warm Bath waser--The Question OF
H., Enlurance Tested.
Smith was a man who never permit
ted himself to be outdune-he could do
whatever anybody else could. Smith
met Brown in bath room, and Brown
knowing the others peculiar conceit,
said that he (Brown.) could endure a
hotter bath than any living man
Thereat Smith fired up. and a bet was
made Two bathing tubs were prepared
with six inches of water in each. The
fellows stripped, and separated by a
cloth partition, each one got in and let
on the hot water at the word, the wager
being who should stay in the longest
with the hot water running. Smith
drew up his feet as far as possible from
the boiling steam, while Brown pulled
out the plug in the bottom of the tub.
After about half minute, quoth Smith:
"How is it, Brown, pretty warm?' -
"Y Yes,' said the other, sits getting al
mighty hot; but | guess l can hold out
a minute niger" Ed. .. ge.-.
30 can answered. omlth. ocls-s'
squash! liz htning! it's awful.
Fifteen seconds passed, equal to half
an hour by Smiths imaginary watch.
II say over there, how is it now?''
ooh, it's nearly up to the bilin pint!
Oh! Christopher answered the diabol-
ical villain, who was lying in the empty
tub, while the hot water passed out OF
the escape pipe.
By this time Smith was splurgin 2
about like boiled lobster, and called
out again: -.
81 say, over there. how is it now
''Hot as the devii!'' replied Brown
"But-Mhew! scis-s! guess l can hold
out another minute! ..z -~.
'The hell's fire you CAM shrieked
the now boiling Smith, who rolled out
aud boiling through the parlor, expect
ing to find the other cooked. $50
" ou internal rascal! Why didn't you
leave the plug imp f.e-
"Why, | didn't agree to- said the
! impurturbable joker. why in the
thunder didn't you leave yours out?'
Beautiful Things.
Beautiful things are suggestive Of a
purer and higher life, and fill us with q
: mingled love and fear. They have s
t graciousness that wins us, and an ,ex,