The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1865-07-01
,Artemus Ward in Richmond.
RIcHMoND, a., May-l8 y 8
-a OLoNZo WARD.


yraiiii.k annirg oLoNzo WARD. g;aziss.L.5df 10
sAfore I comments this letter from the
late rebel capitol J. desire to cimply say
that Ilhav seen low and scurrilous noat
in the papers from a certain purson who
signes hisself Olonzo Ward, & seq he is my
berruther. did once have a berruther of
that name, but L do not recognize him now.
To me he is wuss than dedl III took him
from collige sum 16 years ago and gave him
a good situation as the Bearded Woman in
nv Show. How. did he repay me for this
Kindness He basely undertook lone day
while in Backynalian mood on rum and
right in sight of the aujience in the tent)
to- stand upon his head, whaEby he betray'd
his sex on account of his boots & his Beard
fallin off his face, thus rooinin' my pros
pecks in that town, &ikewise incurrin' the
seris displeasure, of the Presso which sed
boldly was tri6in' with the feelins of a
intelligent public. do not ever wish his
name breathed in my presents do not re-
cognize him. Iperfectly disgust him. ~.
ii7Do4 '5a'l RICHMOND. | --u
The old man finds hisself once more in a
Sunny climb. come here a few days after
the city catterpillertulated. ~ '+ ~
Ny naburs seemed surprised & astonisht
at this bravery onto the part of aiman
at my time of alife,u but our family was never
know'd to quale in dangers stormy hour.
MY father was q sutler, in the Revoloo-
tion War. Ny father once had a intervoo
with Gin'ral La Fayette. "
He asked La Fayette to lend him five
dollars, promisin' to pay him in the Fall !;
but LAZY said she couldn't see it in those
lamps. =, LAZY was French and his knowl-
edge of our langwidge was a little shaky.
Immeiutly on my rival here preceded
| to the Spotswood House, and calm to my
assistants young man from our town who
writes a good runnin' hand put my orto-
graphy on the Register, and handin my
umbrella to baldheaded man behind the
counter, who s'posed was Mr.. Spottswood, 1,
/ said, =: Spotty, how does she run :" sd a
He called cullud purson, and said
1"Show the gen'lman to the cowyard, and
give him cart number L" '''"
e,i"Isn't Grant here?''i said l. {" p erhaps
Ulyssis wouldn't mind turnin,in with me-"
b IS Do you know the Gin'ral :" inquired
Mrs. SpottsWood. 1li2e1q g ID r981s.sG sdy 81
'"rWall, no not 'zackly; but he'll remem-
ber me. His brother In laws Aunt bought
her rye meal Of my uncle Levi all one win
| ter. NY uncle Lewis rye meal was ---- 4"
d "Pooh! poobvr said Spotsy, don't
| bother me-" and he shuv'd my umbrella on
to, the floor. Obsarvin' to him not to be
so keerless with that wepini accompanid
| the African to my lodgings. .o,,r,ays3.a +
"My brothel," sed, are you aware
you've been 'nlancipated? Do you realise
! how glorus it, is to be free /? Tell me, my
dear Gbrother, does it not seem like some
dreams or do you realize the great fact IN
| all its livin' and holy magnitood r. iig 8,
He said he would take some gln.r
10 / was show'd to the coward and laid
down under mule cart. The hotel was
orful crowded, and I was sorry hadn't
gone to the Libby Prison. Tho should
Hay slept comf'h BILE enuffif the bed clothes
hadn't bin pulled off me durin the night, by
a scoundrul who cum and hitched mule
to the cart and drove it off. thus lost my
cuverir', and my throat feels little husky
this mornin. no''A''-'o
io0Gin'ral Halleck offers me the hospitality
of the city, givin me my choice of hospitals.
He has also very kindly placed at my dis
posal small pox amboolanceeu tsl bnk
ssq svsd ouUNIoNssNTIMENT.g ggu1is 997ea
q There is. rally a great deal of Union SEN
timent in this city. / see it on ev'ry side.
met man to day--I am not at liberty
to tell his name, but he is q old and inhoo-
entooial citizen of Richmond, and sez he,
"why we've bin fighting agin the Old Falg !
Lor' bless me, how snglarl" He then bor-
rord five dollars of me and bustt into
food oftears. osa aqf gui9o a 1o1
a Sed another Ia man, of standin' and for
merly q bitter arebuel,) .let US at once stop
this effooshun of Blud The Old Flag is
| good enuff for me. Sir" he added, ".you
are from the North Have you doughnut
ora piece of custard pie about you p
told him no, but I knew q man from
Vermont who had just organized sort of
restaurant where he could go and make q
very comfortable breakfast on New Eng
land rum and cheese He borrowed fifty
cents of me, and askin me to send him
VIM. Lloyd Garrison'so amhrotype as
soon as got home, he walked of. 10 ss9g
Said another, There's bin tremendu-
| ous Union feelin' here from the fust But