Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1863-10-08
From the Dayton JOurn.l.
JOHN MORGAN's CHIEF oF srATF
AND HIS MISFORTrNE

From the Dayton Journal.
JOHN MORGAN's CHIEF OF srAFF
AND HIS MISFORTUNE.
Dol. Allston. John Morgsn's chief Of
staff. has been parolled. and is vending
his way South. The Columbus Jour.
nal published a story about him. which
went 10 show that be was a repentant
rebel. "He spoke In responding terms
Of the rebel cause" said our cotempo-
rsry. but that "the rebels regard the
success Of The peace men of the VAL
lsndighsm school as their only hope
Of being victorious. He looked upon
Vsllandigham as q true friend Of The
rebels. and would hail bis election as q
promising indication Of speedy tsrmi-
nation Of the war. by the withdrawal
Of our armies from the rebel States"
This rebel Col. Allston, decorated in
secesh uniform, cut large swath at
Columbus. before he left on Wednes-
day. and nobody rebuked him, but
on his way to GAINESVILLE. viaths Gen.
tral Ohio railroad. he fell into the
hands Of one Of the faithful. The
inc ident was described to US by an eye
witness. .a
Col Allston sat with brawny Cop
perhead on one side Of a ear, vomiting
out treason. which his fellow traitor
meekly accepted. Colonel Granville
Moody, with his daughter. sat opposite
him reading q newspaper. Colonel
Moody was restiYe, but restrained him
self for some time. At last the rebel
Colonel.-in full rebel uniform-who
talked loudly and deisnty. evidently
desirous 10 attract attention-said that
it was "the duty Of peace Democrats
to elect Vallandighsm. 1t was neces-
ssry to save them from Lincoln's
cursed tyranny. 1t was the most dam
hsble tyranny on the face Of the earth.
Three months hence you people Of the
North. will appeal to US (rebels) sup
plisnlly to come up and rescue you
from Lincoln's despotism."
Hardly was the sentence concluded
when Colonel Moody. flaming with in
dignation, dashed his paper to the floor,
sprang across the car, seized the iuso-
lent rebel by the throat. and thrusting
his knuckles into his face. Kissed
through bis teeth: "You Infamous
scouudrell How dare you insult my
Government with your treason? How
dare you pollute this atmosphere with
your insults to my country? Shut your
mouth or I'll crush every bone in your
internal body" Then The colonel seized
the rebel by the breecbes. with force
enough. almost. to raise him from his
seat The rebel hastily, and with con-
siderable trepidstion, stammered, I'll,
I'll stop. sirl'
Quoth the Colonel Eyes. you wiu
stop, you internal REBEL Stop now. or
I'll throw you out Of the window
the train was going a: twenty miles an
hour-'H know your rights as pa
rolled prisoner, you are under the pro-
lection OF the Government That does
not authorize you to abuse and insult il.
You have abused your privilege. No
man in rebel uuiiorm shall abuse my
Government in my hearing without pay
ing the penalty Of his insolence." BY
this time Allston's big Copperhead
friend attempted to say something
"Not a word from you! (said Col. N.
you miserable COpperhead; you sat
here and listened to this rebels treason
without resenting it; il you had grain
Of manhood, you would have saved
me the necessity Of interfering. Not
word from you, or I'll take you in
hand. You are mesner than this reb-
el." That settled the fellow, and he
subsidized. A third attempted to inter-
pose and was summsrily dried up in a
similar manner. The rebel colonel
sunk back into The corner Of his seat
and tried to look composed, but his
mind was evidently .'all tore up" He
did not even whisper again while the
gallant Moody was on the cars. Col.
Moody was right. He had shed his
blood for his country; knew that pa
rolled rebel had no right to insult the
government which protected him, and
Justly felt it bis duty to teach the vii
lain lesson he would not forget. A
few instructions Of this character will
put a stop TO the insolence Of the
scouDdrels who insult Us with their
treason.