The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1864-06-08

It---cK, q wise cxpoundef Of The law,
Rs an cx-county official and constant locker
and cxpeoant for something to turn up
Tho Triumyiralo In solemn conclave. Subject
ways aud inears OF said played out paper. Deep
silence, With Nix eyes directed To the ilocr,
Finally, he Of hang.dog countcnance
speaks
"Well friends, have you thought Of any
way of raising the wind ? Since that
plagued unanimous Convention at T, a
few days ago IN which boilers were set
adnit without mercy, our friends ltave
come down IN thc mouth bit that is the
only way they will como down. There is
no chance for W..---te or any OF our KIND
10 come in, no they have withdrawn ma
terial aid They found they had sunk al-
ready enough to no purpose, only to make
Jim A stronger, if possible. Old
s---tre, as the boys call him, is Thoroughly
discouraged. The wire-odge is worn off
his blade completely, Jim A. and his
supporters only laugh at what he says. In
fact, We hasn't much TO say. lie has to bc
more decent than I, and cannot therefore,
branch out. And fear it may come to
the pass that ho won't print my outside
unless he gets the cash down."
H----oK- We'll, friend IT----ns, it is
rather serious strait you are in. But
query-lIow much longer can you run on
credit? TAT this question the hang'dog
countenanco assumed guiltier look. That
oucetion--though well-meant was home
thrust Seeing tho query was painful
ono his friend lick contnuedl;
al have no means with which to help
you, was once moro interested in these
matters than now; but K----r has failed
so often to get what hc was after, that we
have both given up. could help you
out once in o while with little sound
abuse of my neighbors, a. have got, will
practice, to know all their businesses
pretty well, but that is about all | can DC
for you"
[This not being the kind Of help hc o.
tho hang.Iog countenance wanted, as his
powers of low abuse are full and dirty
enough--he turned to his other, and thus
far silent friend who thus nutoly appealed
to answered.:
R-s.-u----ns,I l fool sorry tina
things arc as they are. For five year.
have worked shoulder TO shoulder witt
you to divide the Republican and Uniol
parties that wo might be the gamers, per
sonally. But we have failed You SO
where you are. And have not got a.
office yet, with but slim chances of any il
future, Judging from present appearances
Therefore would it not be well for us bot
to quit!
| file of hong-dog countenance thought
Etm Brmei but rallied and said, rathe
desperatelyl;
u--Ns-But don't want to give it u
yet, even if people do say fudge at m
harping on corruption and tho like and il
innate to mo that one who is indifferent
his own personal obligations is the vor
person to talk about corruption, and jee
at my threadbare changes and throwd II
to me that sneaked out of the Nation'
Guards have vowed to stay here unit
/ would drive certain men from office, an
| don't like to say quit even if it is har
shedding. And then have u little plan {
my own. You noticed the manner in whic
treated the Fremont movement last wee
Now, who knows but that by patting tn
movement on the hoad, just little, ma
while deceiying Union mon, induce tn
. Copperhcads, who want to divide tho u
/ ion party to como: to my help. It is tru
| may not be able to get anything MOI
from Jim P, as FIVE hundred dollars
about all ho can stand but then Other
may be made to bleed, In fact they nu
be bled in one way or another. The unio
men could not be coaxed into giving mo
/ | Fl for the campaign under pretence of m
selling out to them, and can't get anythin
more from my particular friends, see
~ ia very soro over that three hundre
dollars got out of him last year, and
, think that was one reason that made hi
feel so used up over his defeat at the Unic
/, Convention at B--G--, last fall Capt, c.
is away, and he would propahly not ASST
me If he were here, as he refused me b
fore he went away when | asked him
sign a paper with me. So suppose
must depend altogether now on my Coppe
head friends.
[Receiving no encouraging reply fro
l.
his two friends, he of the hang-dog count
nance ceased talking, and another cmba
! rassing silence ensusd, with six eyes {
tho floor as before, soon followed by
! quiet breaking up of tho conclavo, he
: tho hOpg-dog oountenNpee going hack
his dirty work, musing to himself as
/. went, Republics arc not tho only thin
that are ungratenL'l
TIE CLEVELAND POW-VOW.