Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1865-04-29
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six more sailors with carbincs---twenty q
Us oil told--umid surgipg mass Of mes, :
women and children, black, whitelapd0 yel-b
low, running, shouting. dancing, swinging
| their caps bonuets and haudkerchiefs. . The
soldiers saw him and swelled the acrowd,s
4 cheering in wild enthusiasm. u All could
see him, he was so ta,l---soo conspicuous 30
4 One tolOred woman standing 10 . door
way as the President passed along the
! Sidewalk, shouted: Thank you, dear Je-I
! susl Another standing by her side was
chipping her hands and shouting !; Bless de-
Lordl 3tti egol sdj Giia .ag0sg 5slslo3
| A coloredi woman snsiched her bonnet
| from her head, whitfield Il In he air scream
! ing with oil her might, God bless Jon, mas
1 SO aLukum. .i.n gf3s OfR suOsIsI uJilni
A "A few white women looking oat from the
houses waved their haudkerchiefsnioO One
lady in large and elegant hnidiBg looked
nwhilc, aud then turned away her head, 90
ifit was a disgusting sight.q bna sa0iuag
President Lincoln walked in silence, 40.
knowledgng the salutes9 Of officers and
soldiers ard OF the citizens, black and
white! IL was the man of the people. II
was the great deliverer, meeting the deliver
ed. Yesterday morning tie mejority of the
thousands who crowded the streets and
hindered our advance were slaves Now
they we're free. and ,beboldiug him who had
/ given them their liberty. Z ird .8ga odi 1ai
The Philadelphia Press has correspond,
T, ent in the 6eld who. writes excellent letters
. Mr.. j Morris Chester He, is q tall,
LETT al n~ Il.
a black man. Entering the hall of Com
gress he sat down in The Speakers chair
and commenced writing .on the speakers
desk. A rebel officer who bad been ,parol-
ed entered the room. 3a ,l,a;an a5oi,
Come cut Of there You black cuss, shont,
ed the .qfieer, bis teeth set aud his FIST
clenGhed. e uai.,. ala d,ss d,is ,rd
Mr. Chester raised his eyes, calmly sur.
Geyed the cfieer and went on with his writ
ing. 1a 9Tad ola 1sg1i1 d3iU 1nfggnsqs7D
Get out of there. or I'll knock yonr
brains our, the officer beloved, pouring
cut a torrent of oalhs. : 1a,,ei ;, n, 6ioo9
Mr chester did not move The officer
rushed up the steps to seize him by the
collar, but found himself tumbliDg heels
over head over chairs benches, Knocked
down by one well planted blow between
his eyes, which Mr.. Chester had given. IN
Mr.. Ches ter said NOT word, bot sat
down end went TO writing as if ,no,hing had
happened The officer sprang to bis feet
and called upon Capt. ,Hulchins Of Gen,
Dsvens's staff for a sword. !, ,os ,.srs~,,,
III cut The fellows. heart out, said he,
20, no., guess not. I would, not Iet
. yop have. my sword for any such purpose.
{ | Eorh III
clear space, here and see thai. you have
2 fair play .ibut let me tell you that Jon win
' get az tremendous thrashing, said Capt.
u Hltchins. gej ,'a,b III saoao, if.- q .sG@
The .ofieer left The ball 10 disgust, Wills
, Mr., Chester continued his writing. 7
thought would exercise my right !. % Z
beIgerent, was bis remark as be told mo
the story, which is fully cofrmed BY Capt,
hnEchlhs. 4ons nao ysdf tBdj .sessaq suo
Il have taken especial paines to assertain
The truth s5ont negro troops in the rebel
service. A great meeting was held in tie
] African church some weeks sgo to ere the
African heart. The chnrch ,lw was crowded
with coored people. The newspapers aince
thea haze made frequent mention Of tho
, volunteering of colored mep, and the pub-
:. lie have been made 10 believe thai several
! regiments were being enlisted. have the
. testimony of dozen men, white and col.
oied, that the entire number did not exceed
City !; aud these were boys, who were ready
= to parade the streets, aud live on Cpnfed.
D. crate rstions bnt they had no idea Of fight.
!. ing Dey was mostly poor Souf Carolina
darkes poor heathsn felers, who didn't
I, kpow no better, said one negro, in response
| ~ u +. n IA
J tagsiast the Yankees !? ! asked Of d coiofsd
! man dressed in butternut colored clothes,
] who stood near by. No, SIR, Dey mfght
' have shot me through de body wild ninety
! thousand balls, before would have fred .
: gun at my friends. TheD you look upon
: us as your friends I? Yes, sir. I've prayed
:, for yoa 20 come to. get here for q long
S while, and do you think that would hsvs
!, prayed one way and ct de other? He ssid
: il with spi,it as if alittle hurt that IshouId
: question his sincerity. I'll .eff you, masss.
what | would have done. said another, ia
D king off bis hat and bswipgl, would have
, taken de gun, and when colched chance.
IA sbooled at The rebs and deu run for dc
Yankees, This brought general explo.
sion from the crowd, and arrested the atten.
ion OF some white men passing, 9gl q
I look back With pleasure to the scene.
1t was in the street directly west Of the
Capitol-'hel ldilapldated building with de.
+ ceying walls and broken windows I had
: but TO raise, my eyes 10 see the stars and
! atlipes waving IN the evening breeze A
, few, PAGES distant were the ruins Of the rob-
-el war department, from whence were issued
orders to starye our. prisoners at Belle Isls.
Salisbury and Andersonyille. Near by
were tie walls Of Or, Reeds church, whore
q specious gospel had been preached. "A
stopes throw in the other direction was
Dr. Hayes church, where JEFF. Dayis' heart
quailed on Sunday last. The street wss
! full of people. i was a astraDgsr TO them
all, but yentared to make Ibis inquiry
Did you ever see sn AbolitionistI Z No,
nassa, I reckon never did, was the reply.
What kind Of people do you think they srsf
Well, mbssa, specs dey is a good kind Of
people. Why do you think so2o Case
when l hear bad While folks swearing end
cnssing about 'em, ] Ireckun dar must be
something good about EN-. Well. NJ
lfliepds, am ap AbolItionist l believe
that one man is lust as good as ano(A6r