The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1865-07-27
SeVcnty-siX to Sixty-fiVe-F0u Of July
Spfech BY a Revolutionary Veteran =

& - oiiN l. Jul Va "a NY plOSSOSiCh Adti-
gor, Maine, were sixty six soldiers of 1912,
and a Revolutionary soldier of 1776, the
venerable William Hutchings of Penobscot
aged over a hundred years. The Bangor
Wig publishes the following speech made
by the old gentleman. while sitting in his
chair under portico where part of the ex-
ercises Of the day took place After thank
ing the audience for his reception, and
stating that he was present to crafty others
rather than himself-although being there
gave him the greatest pleasure--he said:
= TAT the age of fifteen [ enlisted for the
defense Of my country-and | have stood
by her in all her subsequent perils. have
always been in favor of my country.
was through the battle of Bagaduce Our
shipping on the Penobscot was all Destroy
ed and our soldiers were obliged to fly
through the woods to the Kennebec. Ny
father was obliged to flee with the rest
When he returned the Tories threatened
lis life. Mother was so distresssd that she
coaxed father to move away. lie got up
a party and went to Damar scotia where We
lived until the war was over. was there
all tie time except when was in the ser
vice of my country. When peace was de-
clared we returned to Bagaduce. Our
buildings were burned, fencesall gone,
father poor and mother sick. There were
ten children to be supported by fathers
labor and mine, for was then in my 18th
year. ut was a gloomy time, but God pros
pered US. faa5 3 ssua.aJ 10 egifga.9 aGf
don't know what will be done with the
men that made this cursed, wicked rebellion.
jeff Davis and the assassins of our noble
President ought to be treated as Gods law
says: ''Whoso sheddeth mans blood, by
man shall his blood be shed, 'usj III Dc ssf 4
%. Such awicked thing as JEFF. Davis at
tempted was never done before nor never
will be done again by man. The papers say
he don't like pea SOUP guess the poor,
dear boys that he starved to death would
have been glad to have got pea soup or bean
broth. He ought to go hungry. l have
no sympathy with copperheads who support
jeff. Davis. | call them chowderheads,
The true meaning of copperhead is a man
without principle of any kind. 1T @.lt qo p
| have been much troubled lately because
it seems as though they wasn't going to
allow all the loyalm men to vote, The black
man made free, and can comprehend
k how a free man can be deprived of the lib!
erty of the ballot box. Gods family is a
free family. Christ made all men free. and
no man can help it. The negroes must not
be deprived of their rights. The President
will not permit it-Congress viii not per-
NIT it--and if they viii, God will not per-
nit it--never - meuer +! NEVER ! Z!
NEVER! = lzosr9Le - saE
My heart is filed with joy that is rebel
lion is put down. And, dear soldiers, it does
my heart good to know that you have re-
turned home. | have always prayed for
you, and the blessed God has answered my
prayers. The country owes you debt that
they can never pay. You have put down
Iathis wicked, awful rebellion, aud the good
God will reward you. III have lost grand
sons in this war, but it is glorious priv.
Eilege to die for ones country. Thank God,
there are no Tories in my family. 'oa
+ thank you all for the great honor you
have done me it is almost to great for /. c
to bear. | do not deserve it. They told
me it might kill me, but could never die
any better than celebrating the Fourth Of
July. Good bye-God bless you all. bios
IL CARL SHURz's MIssIoN.-After speaking o.
the general unaninnity with which the Ger
man element Of the country favors univer-
sal suffrage, the Chicago Tribune says:
sit is gratifying, in view of these facts, tc
learn that the leading representative of the
Germans i'll America, Mai. Gen Carl Schurz
whose steadtast devotion to the broades
bprinciples OF Democracy, and especially up
on this suffrage question. has been appoint
Ped by President johnson to observe the
workings of the recons; ruction movement il
1.-THE South. The President is stated to have
accompanied the appointment with the full
assurance that his policy in regard to- tie
! Southern States was not fillality, and thai
he d, red to be reii 4bly and fully advised
as to practical workings of the experiment
1.-The selection of Carl Scturz for such {
mission is equally honorable and creditabl,
to the German people, to their great leader
and to the President Schooled to5vigilanc.
bin life long contest with despotism, boil
in the Old World and the New, it will b.
difficult for prejudice Or sophistry to bIinr
him to any of the new devices or inventions
OF tyranny.
/ rs DR. Franklin said "a good kick on
4 of doors is better than all the rich uncles i
I the world.
You cannot dream yourself into charat
ter; you must hammer and forge yourse
i one.
i, A man behind the times is apt to spea
d i'll of them Probably they don't look we
b from behind. saqasE ai o. 4a-sr &
8 A horse dealer describing used up hors
d said he looked as ''if he had been editing
IS daily newspa per." 9s-.l ,s-oolj w. * 8