Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1866-11-22

I out West who waz sedoosed into ta-
kin a Post oils. begged to hev it Ia
kin of his hands. that he might save
biz circulashen before it wuz ever.
lastinly toe late; and finally we come
I to wun the seal nv uich wuz coat
w arms, bulldog rampant, bswie.
knife eouehant, supported BY trottin-
horses, on = field ny green cloth. It
whz from Hon John Morrissey, who
he'd jest ben elected to Congress in
Hoo York. fe-i r--.1
Mr.. Morrissey remarked that, ez
one wv the pillars NV the Democracy,
he felt he he'd rite to speek- He
wished il TO be. understood that he
washed his hands nv eny ccnnekshun
With johnson or his party He he'd
seed a lite In States where the
Democracy, NV wich he wuz q pillar.
he'd tied themselves to Johnson, they
bed gone down to a premaioor grave
Respeck fer the high oils restrained
him from sayin that the Democracy
cocdent carry sech cussid load, but
he wood say that the result nv the
election in Moo York, where they
dependid solely on muscle and mig
frer. rich Is the reel Democratic cap
itsl, and succeeded, while where the
Democracy wnz loaded down with
j Johnsonism they failed, satisfied him
that the President wuz a inkubus.
He sed this with all doc respek fer
the offs. Mr.. Morrissey further re-
msrkcd that he he'd also personel
reasons. for maxim this request, He
commenced in humble position and
he'd filed the public eye long ennff
to satisfy his modist smbishen-he
he'd walloped Sullivan aud Heensa-l
he he'd ewned tire fastest horses- and
won more money at faro than any
raan in Amirika. His ambishun was
satisfied SO far rs be wnz concerned,
but he hoped to leave behind him for
bis infant son, (wieh wuz only twelve
years nv sge, and wich he'd q deyel. ,
opment nv intelleck and muscle re. /;
nisrkable for one so tender. (heyin
already walloped every hey in tlie
slsooi to wich he wuz a goiu, he de-
sired to leave that son a henorsble
name. 1t bed bin given out that he
WIZ supporter nv the indiyidoeal /.
who okkepied the PresidensheI offs,
aud it wuz injoorin him He wished
that stigma removed--a regsrd for I
bis reputashen forced him 70 insist !
pponit "a IL
And this epistle wuz dooly signed,
his
- JOHN< MORRISSEY, N. C. I
mark. H'f stie
There wnz silence in the Cabinet (
This last stroke intensified the gloom {
wich he'd settled onto the Govern-
ment, ard ezI turned my tear-be- <
dered eyes 1 saw the great drops
coursin down thn checks Nv eyery.
one present In Sers<a zs1iza
wttnout saying any thing about nine
ty days. and one by oae they all de-
parted. irs'
1t wuz solemn time There vuz
other letters yet to be read. but no
one ned the heart to open EN-, I
made a move in that direckshun. but I
Androo prevented me. "I'm sick"
murmured he in q husky voice, which !
showed that his hart wnz peerced--
"Help me to bed" saw the great
man bury his intellectosal head be
meath the snovv kiyriu nv hia oneasv
couch, all but the nose, wich in him
is the Thermometer nv the sole, snd
which sccordinly gloweil, not with
the yoosooal brilliant hue, but with a
duh, dead, and CHASTITY bloc. Ne
ticin the couvulsive heavin nv the
kivers wich betrayed the xgitashen
nv the breast beneath, i whispered
in his ear. ez l handed him his mite |
drink NV rye whiskey favored with /
bourbon, that he he'd one hold, ez
Delaware he'd sustained him. A 1
flush NV satisfaction passed. over his
nose, but it subsidized in an instant. /
"Troo," gasped he, ''its ourn now,
but before the Dext election couple
NV them Massachusetts, sblisbnists 1
will buy the cusid state, and re-pee-
pie it to SCOT EN-" and he gave q
convulsIve gasp and sank into q
troubled slumber.
1t wuz tetehin occasion.
PETROLEUM V. NAsBr, P. M.,
fwich is Postmaster.