The Burlington weekly hawk-eye., 1865-06-17
Artemus Ward In Riehmona.
RICHMOND, Va. Nav Is.s G.

Artemus Ward In Richmond.
RICHMOND, Va, May Is& 65.
oLoNzo WARD.
A5ore comments this letter from 4l.a
rebll capitol ! desire 10 cin,plq say ,bat
have seen q low and skurrilus nSat in
me paper from certain person who signs
nlmseif Olonzo Ward, s. seq he is NV
.,sI uelIa.nel' olc once have berruther O.
Ihat name. but do not recognize i'm noH.
70 me he is wus than dead! took him
from cclllge sum Is years ago and gave
him good situation as the Bearded Wo.
man IN my Show. How did he repay mo
ior this Kindness? He basely undertook
lone day while In Backynalian mood on
rum right in sight of the aujience in the
na seus - stand upon his head, whereby he
oetray q his sex on account of his boots 3
MS Beard fallin off his face. thus rooinin,
my prosPecks In that town, & likewise in.
currln' the seris displeasure of the prose
which sed boldly was trifiin' the feelin's :
OF intelligent public. know no such a
man as O!onzo Ward. / do not ever wish
M. ms name oresthed in my presence. 1 do
NOT recognize him. perfectly disgust
RICHMOND.
The old man finds himself onca mora
10 = sunny climb. cum here 8 few davs
arter the city catterpillertulated.
MY nauburs seemed surprised & aston.
lsht ut this DARN bravery onto the mart Of q
man ct my time Of life, but our family was
never know'd to quale in dangers stormy
hour.
My father was sutler in the Ravo,oo.
tion War. Ny father once had intervno
with Gin'ral La Fayette.
ne asked La Fayette to lend him five
dollars, pr0misin' 10 pay him in the fall !:
but LAZY said he could not see il in those
lamps. LAZY was French, and his knowl-
edge of our langwidge was little shaky.
lmmejutly on my rival here l preceded
70 Ine Spottswood House, and, callin' to
my slstAns young woman from our
town VINO writes good runnin' hand. I
put my ortograph on the register. aud
handin' my umbrella to bald 6eded man
behind the counter, who s'posed was
NJ. Spotswood, I said Spo;sy, how does
He called cullud person, and said:
snow the genlman to the COW yard,
and give him cart number IL
Isn't Grant here Z" / said. ''Perhaps
Ulyssis wouldn't mind my turnin' in with
him.
"Do you know the Gin'ral?" inquired
Mr.. SpOttswocd.
"Wall, no, not '1ackly but he'll remem-
! Der me. His brother-in-la laws aunt bought
her rye meal Of my uncle Levi all one
| winter. My uncle Lewis rye meal was
"Pooh! pooh! said spotsy, don't both
or me, !" and he shuv'd my UMBRELLA onto
the floor. Obsarvin to him not 20 be SO
keerless with that wepin' I accompanied
the African to my lodgins.
my brother said I, ..are you aware
that you've bin 'mencipssidf Do you re-
my dear brother, does 1t not seem IKE
some dreams, or do you realize the great
fact In all its livin' and holy magnitood ?''
He sed he would take some gin.
was allowed to the cow-yard and laid
down under Q 0ne.mule cart. The hotel
was orfal crowded. and / was sorry
hadn't gone TO the Libby Prison: Tho /
should hav' slept conf BILE enuf il the bed
clothes hadn't bin pulled off me durin' the
night by scoundrel who cum and hitched
mule to the cart aud druv it off. thus
lost my cuverin', and my throat feels q
little husky this morning.
Gin'ral Halleck Offers me the hospitality
OF the city, givin' me my choice Of hos
pitals.
He also very kindly placed at my dis.
posal smallpox ambulance.
UNION sENT1MxNTs.
There - rally . great deal Of Union
sentiment in this city. see it on every
hand.
I met man to-day-I am not 1t liberty
to tell his name, but he 10 old and tnfloo-
entooial citizen Of Richmond. and sez he !:
"Why we've bin dghtin' again the nag
Lcr bless me how sing'la1!" He then bor-
rer'd 6ve dollars OF nce and bust into u
Hood Of tears.
6ed another q man of standin' and
formerly bitter rebel), :'let us 1T ones
etop this efo0shun Of Blud! The Old
Flag 10 good enu6 for me. 6ir'' he added,
''you air from the North! Have you
doughnut or piece Of custard pie about
youf
told him no, Lut I knew . man from
Vermont. who had just organized sort Of
restaurant, where he could go and make a
very comfortable breakfast on New Eng
land rum and cheese. He borrowed fifty
cents Of me, and askin me to send him
VIM. Lloyd Garria0n's ainbrotype rs soon
AZ got home, he walkedod.
Said another, "There's bin u tremendous
Union feeiin' here from the fust. But we
was kept down by Il rain of terror. Have
You dAsuerre.yue OF Wendeli Philips
four dollars for few days Ill We air once
more nappy AID uhisei people
JEFF DAVIS.
Je6 Davis Is not pop' lar her. she is re.
garded IS Southern symyathi.er. j. yit
pm told she WAS kind 10 her Parents. She
ran away from 'eln many years ago. and
has never bin back, This was showin' EN-
Q good deal OF confederation when we re-
deck what his conduct has been. Her cap
tur In female apparel cunfouses me in re-
gard to her sex, 4 you see speak OF him
as her ~ frekent ~ athsrWise. f. guess
he feels 90 hisself.
Robert Lee Il regarded - D noble fel-
ler.
He was opposed to the war ct the fust, !
md draw'd his sword very reluctant. In |
fact, he wouldn't have drawn hissword at |
Ill, only he had large stock Of military |
clothes on hand, which he dad not want 70 |
WaSte. He ses tho oolofeds man 10 right, !
and he win at o1ce 30 % New York and |
1pen Z sabbath school for negro min |
Ufrol0. ssa.as sas s8fs Al Ae |
TIE CoNvHDHRArH ARMY.
The surrender Of r Lee, J. Johnston
Ind others leaves the Conlsdltt. army IN .
ruthsr shattered state. That army now
,onaists Of Kirby Smith, fonfs mules and !
] bass drum, and is moving rapidly lords !
Cexis.
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