Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1865-06-01

joke, an war il not that you've never
had a nuspaper in Sore distrikt, ali
hev lived in pitch darkness, an kant
be egspeked tn see the pint iu clasik
portry, Ide not egscuse you, depen
tuTon it. If the Yanks runs perlute
the sacrid sile. / hope the skuie
Masther who has BIN abroad so long
viii return 1srashalfy fur the benefit
ov yore district, Misther Wise, an
sense l cum tn think ov it ther ar
nun ov us but mite be slitely improv-
ed by hes frens. Wall its q pore
win that blose kho whar The fack
is blew free skules is good thing,
in ther phase an under the cerkum-
stancys wood be good fur our people.
Ignorens is the mother ov devoshun
if it be total, but if parshal its the
most onsartin thing in creashun, an
our people war jst in that intsrestin
fix, they war jist ignorant enuff tu be
easy gulled, but not quite enuff tu
stay guild. If the hull South had
abin like yore districkt, Mister Wise,
weed ha6 no trubble, an woodent
nov be a sneekin off frum our lawful
huns like gilty vaggabons. Fur the
life ov me fcan't help felln mean, an
jugg'n frum yore looks gentlemen
you all fele the same way.
Durin this most refind an interes-
tin conversashun the cumpny he'd
rech't the kars an His Egscellency
mountin the platform. an lookin fur
all the worl like the COST ov the Con-
fedracy persuade by the cusses ov
thousans ov ded men who hede mur-
derd, turned hisself an lookin to-
wards his adopted hills hond an af-
fectionate farwell, an sed-"Ye ever
lastin hills adu!'
Yore suns hev changed, m change they
will IS Yankys cum aiming um,
An kis the hero oy these who kill, an gre
viously do rong um.
But still you'll rename, an if it shud
ever fall tn my happy lot tn return
tn yore piesent shades an rice scenery.
lie egspect tn fine you thus, If Provi-
dens shud order it otherwise an
shud fine that last dich sumors else
still youle rename tn tell the story NV
departed Southron glory"
At the close of this thrillin speech
HIS Egscellency cullapsed into sad
re6ectshuns after the fallerin fashion.
Misther Jefferson Davis, yore in fur
it Eow fur sartin, an no mistake this
time, you'ue alters bin afeard suthin
oreful wood cum ov this Confedracy
bisnes, and now thar has, an as shy
sole Hyeth, if thou hast a sole, thar
amt but step betwene thee an deth.
Thou last but fu frens now and mus
be coshus as tu VINO thou dOst trust,
an mus be cunnIn as the fox in shun
in the trap Thar is reward NV
SlU0 COZ, offered fur thy he'd, which
under the cirkumstancys is aatterin-
but fu hev heds wuth so much This
implys that thy .presens in Washin-
ton is greatly desired or that Ole Abe
wants thee tn make sport fur the
Fillistins. That sum wood, no dout,
procur a highly respectable an at
tentiv eskert tu the Ian Nv Abraham,
but l think thar ar other places that
woud suite the as well an be more
conducive tu thy helth. One hun
dred thousand fur thy he'd! lie be
dadbobbed if that amt temtin, con-
siderin thou hest loss an eye an that
thy fis amt vary cumly tn behole, an
that thou mayst never hay sich an
other offer. Still my opinyon is,
Misther Jefferson Davis, tn sell just
now wood be duin alosing in bisnes.
Richmon has fallen, the price Nv
goole will cum doun an every thing
with it, an with yore stolen speshe
youle he able tn live respectable fur
sum time yit, an if want shud ever
cum upon thee a ten sent collekshun
amung thy Copperhed frens will
make thee all rite. thou art no wus
Valindiggum--an If thou will parden
the apparent hattery. / will say
thou st godele betther, an behole
what they did fur hip! If thy he'd
is so desirable it'll probably cum up
il the merket--at least thar will be
nuthin lost by delay. These highly
interestln refekshuns wor cut short
by the pomp an circumstances ov war
an the bumin ov ksnen which an
ounce the arrival Of His Egscelency at
Johnston's he'd qarters.
HIS EGsCELLENCY started up an
egcitedly askt ''whars Brekinrigf'
BREK.-Thy Servant is heer, and
the Rags ar all safe-Johnston haint
phit eny sense the last phite We've
had pow-wow, and fine that Sher-
man amt up tu snuff in diplomacy.
Hese the very ole skrach in q phite
but diplomacy amt his forte. bleve
in my soul he Good lik the hull Con-
fedracy iLdividuly an kolektually,
but we can lik him in diplomacy easy,
Wise already sekured terms that suite
US egsactly-Wise tu take our arms
too our own states-state rites ar
fully granted Our iegislaturs are tn
RENAME as they wus. everybody is tn
hev thar rites, an nobody tu be pur-
secuted fur righusnes sake or what is
the same thing with US, fur seseshun
sake. Wise alredy sent orders to
Stoneman an Wilson an them fellers
tn stop an clsr themselves. So you
see the way is clar tn luther side Nv
Jordan, if your Egcellency shall hey
occashun tn pass over tu the land Nv
Texas. Didn't l tell yer diplomacy