The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-02-21

from Mississippi, gives an amusing account of
his examination by q vigilance committee, Of
whom the chairman was Parson Locke, a Metho.
dist brother. The parson began the examiua-
ton OF bis brother parson az to his soundness
''on the goose" as folows:a se7asbs a4m . q 81
"Parson Aughey, you have been reported to
US a. holding abolition sentimental, aud % being
disloyai to the Confederate States" 't''# "a
who reported me, and where are your wit.
nesses :" 2s1'i2h s'a7A Il 70 si5ia' 6'l'asv
"Auy one has right to report, and it is on
tional whether he confronts the accused Or not
The proceedings of vigilance committees are
somewhat informal" sa0'f ss l2'1'g.d tG8e -sa .9
Proceed, then, with your trial in your own
way" 's''.s!a'9 ea' 10 'aE42' II zo''l5 So
I'VE propose to ask you few questions, and
in your answers you may defend yourself or id.
nit your guilt. In the frst place, did YOU ever
say that you did not believe that God ordained
the institution of s'avery?"- si5>'. % bsIh5a'1
II believe that God did not ordain the insti-
tuition Of Slavery ~ afH'gaFi @A@J .FE
''You are known to be an adept 10 Phonogrs-
ply, and you are reported to be a correspondent
of an abolition Photographic Journal" ~
81 understand the science Of, Photography,
and am correspondent of Photographic Jour.
nal, but the journal eschews politics. w. 80.
Another member of the COMMITTEES then inter
rupted me. Lhi 3' i - "@1y1 ssse1
"Parson Aughey, whati is punnyography ?"
photography, sill, is system of writing
by means of . philosophic slphabet, composed
of the simplest geometrical signs, in which
one mark Is used to represent one aud invari-
ably the same sound."5aJs al 70 dpilgobs sig
''Kin You talk punnyography. and where
does them folks live what talks it?n 1si 10 vrg
Eyes, sir, converse huently in phonegra-
ply, and those who speak the language live in
Columbia. g. " da2sif89TTga 7tR.gHi g
tin the District?" lf Zsq - iaambHaH' r'
ono, sir, in the poetical Columbia. - -a
I was next INTERCEPTED by another member
of the committee "a'
"Parson Augher, is photography an aboi-
''No, sir; photography, abstrac,ly consider.
ed, has no political compilations; it may be
used TO promote either side Of any question,
sacred or profane, mental, moral, physical, or
POLITICAL" - ''''- "'H
"'Well, you ought to write and talk plain Eng
lish, what common folks can understand or
vel have to say of you, what Agrippa said of
Paul, Much learning hath made thee mad"
Suppose you was to preach in photography,
who'd understand it?-who'd know what was
piped or harped? I'll bet high some Yankee
invented it to spread his abolition notions un-
derhandedly. |, for one, would be in favor of
maxim the parson promise to write and talk
no more in photography. I'll bet phonogra.
ply is, agin slavery, though Ineyer hearn tell
Of it before I'm agin oil secret societies, I'm
agin the odd fellsrs, free masons, sons of tenn
peranee, egoaditemplars and photography. l.
want to know what's writ aud what's talked.
You can't throw dust in my eyes. Phonogra.
ply, from what I've found out aboutit to-day,r
is'agin, the Confederate States,. and We ought
to be sginsit."d1 hsa sH57saoJ Eli isuolIsI4E