The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-11-12

There wuz or three more. General
Carey. NV Ohio, requested the President
TO remove him from his Collectorship,
ez the holdin of it wuz i1joori,a his repft-
tGsheai editor out West, who wuz Sc
dooeed into takin Post offs, begged to
heV 1t taken off his hands, that he might
save his circulashen before it wus ever
lastingly too late; and finally we come
to wun the seal nv wich wuz a coat ny
arms, bull dog rampant, bowie-knife
couchant, supported by trottin horses,
on field nv green cloth. It wuZ from
Hon. John Morrissey, who he'd jest bin
elected to Congress in Moo York.
Mr. Morrissey remarked, that ez one
nv the pillars nv the Democracy, he
telt he he'd a rite to speek. He wished
It to be understood that he washed his
hands Nv any connection with johnson
or his party. He he'd seed a life. In
states where the Democracy, NV wich he
wuz a pillar, he'd tied themselves to
Johnson, they he'd gone down to a pre-
matoor grave. Respect for the high
offs restrained him from sayin that the
Democracy coodent carry such load,
but he wood say that the result NV the
election in Moo York, where they de-
pendld solely on muscle and the Mig
ger, wtch Is reel Democratic capital.
and succeeded, while where the Democ.
rASy wnZ loaded down with Johnsoian-
ism they failed, satisfied, him that the
President was a inkubus. He sed this
with all. doc respeck for the offs. Mr..
Morrtsey further remarked that he he'd
also personal reasons tor maxim this
request. He commenced in a humble
position, and he'd filled the public eve
long enouf to satisfy his modest ann
olshen-he he'd wOllpped Sullivan and
Heenan-he he'd owned the fastest
horses and won more money at faro
than any man in Amerika. His am
bishun wuz satisfied so fur ez he wuz
concerned, but he hoped to leave be-
hind him for his infant son, (wich Wuz
only twelve years NV ago and wich he'd
development of intelleck and muscle
remarkable for one so tender, hevin
already Wolloped every boy in skool to
wtch he was goin, he desired to leave
that son honorable name. It he'd
bin given out that he wuz a supporter
Nv the individool who okkerpied the
PreSidenshal offs, and it wuz inioorin
him. He wished that stigma removed
"a regard for his TepIEtGSEen forced him
to insist upon it.
And this epistle wuZ dooly signed.
his
JOHN II MoRR1ssEx, NJ. @.
mark.
There wuz silence in the Cabinet,
This last stroke Intensified the gloom
wtch he'd settled onto the Government,
and ez turned my tear believed eyes /
saw the great drops coursin down the
cheeks NV every one present. Mr.. Se-
ward retired without saying anything
about ninety days, and one by ono
they all departed.
1t wuz solemn time. There wuz
other letters yet to read, but no one he'd
the heart TO open 'em. 1 made n move
in that direckshun, but Androo pre-
vented me. "I'm sick" murmured he
in husky voice, wich showed his hart
wuz peerced-"Help meto bed" 1 saw
the great man bury his intellectual
head beneath the snowy kivrin NV his
oneasy couch, all but the nose, wich
in him Is the thermometer NV the sole,
and wich accordingly glowed, not with
the yoOsooal brilliant hue but with a
dull; dead and CHASTITY bloc. Noticing
the cOnvulsin heavins NV the kiyers
wich betrayed the agitashen NV the
breast beneath, whispered in his ear
ez handed him his mite drink NV rye
whisky favored with bourbon, that he
he'd one hold, ez Delaware he'd sustained
him. A flush Nv satisfaction passed
over his nose, but it subsidized in an in
stant. "Troo," gasped he, ''its ourn
now, but before the next election a cou-
pie Nv them Massachusetts, will buv
the cussid State and re-people it too SCOT
'em," and he gave ConVulsive gasp
and sank into troubled slumber.
It wuz techin occasion.
PETROLEUM v. Nasty, P, NJ,
(wich is Postmaster.O