Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-03-12

INCIDENT on THE CARs.-A gentleman who
was on Toledo train going west, on Friday
last, relates the following As the conductor
was taking up the tickets he came to young
lady, who, after diligent search for he- tick
ct, failed to find it, and declared that she had
lost it. She said she bought ticket in the
depot for Chicago, and put it in her pOrt-
monte, where were, also, the check for her
trunk, her keys, and ten or fifteen dollars
in money. She said she had dropped her
port-monie, OF else it had been stolen from
her She gave her name, and said she lived
few miles south of Cleveland. A passen-
ger near her attested that he saw her buy a
ticket for Chicago, and do with it as she
had related. Her appearance bore out the
conviction Of her truth and honesty, and the
conductor arranged it SO that she should get
through to Chicago. collection was taken
up for her in the car, and the passengers
made out purse of six dollars for her,
which produced decided improvement in
the feelings of the young lady.
How A CoPPERHEAD GOT "LICKED. "A
we'll known Sanduakian 1--WE don't like to be
personal, so We will simply say the first three
letters of his name are q Peter Elting," y was
in Syracuse not long ago, selling patent
brand duster in which he is interested. His
business called him to small tavern, in the
bar-roOm Of which he sat down to await the
arrival of an individual whom, he desired to
see. There were several men in the room,
and among them one who bOasted loud and
bIusteringly that he was a "COPPerhead, :"
and didn't care who knew it. He wore on
his vest what he called a COpperhead badge.
It was copper cent, filed in such manner
as to exhibit nothing but the head on one
side. He denounced Lincoln, the Govern
ment and the war, and uttered the most trail
tOrOus sentiments. Peter is an uncompro-
missing Union maR, and hates all traitors with
q holy haired. He never sees a copperhead
without wanting to punch it, an achievement
he is fully qualified to perform when he is
we'll, but on this occasion he wasn't welI-he
had but recently got up from q sick bed. The
Copperhead was too formidable an antago-
mist for a sick man to cope with, but the
brand -duster man determined to make him
" git up and dust in some way.
An Irishman came in and the Copperhead
took him by the hand, saying:
Here is Copperhead, know"
f' Phot do ye call 'Copperhead,' dun
nO?" tt#.
"A COpperhead is a Democrat"
" Bedad, I'm COppsrhead thin. for its &
Dimmicrat am to the back bone"
COpperhead furnished him with copper
and showed him how to make badge of it.
They took several drinks together; and
bOlder grew the Copperhesd in talking his
treason, and madder grew Peter in listening
to him. ' That man must be licked, groWl-
ed Peter through his teeth, and he set him
self to work to bring about such result. he
took the Irishman aside, when the following
conversation ensued;
Peter-"YOu are a Democrat are you
not?"
the thruth you re spakin.
Peter" Are you an Andrew jackson
Democrat?"
Irishman-'' Indade am, sur"
Pster-"Why then will you allow that
man to insult you by calling you Copper
head p The term means traitor to his
country, vile ssesssionist, and everything
that is infamous. No Jackson Democrat
should take such an insult from any one."
The Irishman grew indignant that he had
been called such a name, and his belligerent
spirit was excited at once. The brand-dus-
ter man gave him some money with which to
treat his fellow-Irishmen, who shortly got
into quarrel with Mr.. Copperbead, and the
result was, the traitor got what he deserved,
a sound thrashing, and Peter had the satis-
faction Of seeing him tumbled into the street
in a clicked " condition. cheerfully ex-
claiming, how are you, Coppsrhesd 2" Pc
ter dismissed for time the affairs of the
nation to ezpatiate to customer upon the
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