The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-06-22

being Pay;tas,s, l,new how to restore the
Union" "How was that ~ scs the Presi-
dent.
great recders of the Scriptures, and make
money even out Of this when thay can find
a chance and YOU know il says that 'whar
your treasure is thar your hart will be
| Also So when thay began the wor with
out teilln what thav was gon to do, thay
commenced from the start TO gether up all
the valuable things-wotcheS, spoons, Thin
hles, rings, chains, spccteckles, forks,
and everything of that sort, thay could
lay thar hands on, and sent them back into
the Union. These was the treasures of the
southern people, as thay thort. Now, Mr..
President, when Lee fell back to Appomat-
toN Courthouse, NIL the treasures of the
southern Stats had fbund thar way back
into the Union, except one lone bWt-cm
Silre' ,rOtCh bclougin to Captain Xix, who
livedthar. The old Captain loved hiSbWi-cyc.
It had been his companion nj home and
abroad for many long year. II was IN
old friend and he wished to save il: but
how could that he done That war tho.
question. O,tr army 'cGS comm. The time
was short. Immediate action was ncccS-
Sary. The old man waStruhbicd. He could
not sleep at mite. He arose from his bed
1T mid mite, and, windin mp his b1A-cvc,
he took the last iarwcll look AT it, and then
rappin il up in four thousand dollars of
Confederate money, he carries il oil in the
dark, barc-tootcd, way down the hill back
al Il, ,,l ~, II
scratched hole in a rock pile and covered
up his 'bull-cyc," thar to rest till the wor
was over, and then crept back to his couch
without awakin 4 sole, and fell into a sound
sleep. He dreamed of rcgimental muStcrs
in old times, Of cote days, of barhacucS, of
sircusses, and big gathcrns Of all sorts
| but he war ut case about his "hull-eyc."
| That he th0rt safe. Soon Lees stragglcrS
came porin by in n confused mass, pcll-
| neil, without arms and without FASHIONS,
| scckin only to gt nlong fast. Next came
| along the wor-worn veterans, witharmS and
| ilyiu cullcrS, faithful tn the last but thar
war only eight thousand OF them, worn ont
and starved. Thay stood around the old
hero, whose hart was brakin when he
| looked over their thinnCd ranks. Thay kept
thar places, and war ready to die for him.
| Then Gums the yin curriers' from the west,
the south, the cast, and the north, Savin
that Lee was surrendered. The old man
appraised himself OF the facts, and from
feelings of humanity accepted the call To
parlcy with Grant before Il needless loss of
| life. That armiSticc ended the wor. Lee
surrendered his army t. the overwhelming
force OF You, General Grant, and the Con-
! fcdcratc flag was folded up TO rest forever.
You, General Grant, with that urbauity
for which You was distinguished, ComplI-
mcntcd the war-wOrn hero ct Il hundred
victories, and did all in your power to
cheer him in his overthrow.
The army was parolcd, and left for
home in every possible dirccShon, and then
YOU. General Grant, feeling that the wor
was virtually over, sent oil your army too,
and AppomattoX Courthouse, which had
! been the thcatcr OF the greatest event OF
modern times, became rs still as Il dessert.
Captain Xix thort Of his "bpH-cy," he
crcpt of 10 bring it IN, every foot Of
ground was troddcu rs hard as a thrc>hing
| floor he arrived N the rock pile, and re-
moved the rocks carefully and looked ir,
! his hart fell. Nary" buii's eye " could hc
| found. II was gone. The last piece of
southern treas are was in the Union. Poor
old man imagine his tccIiu>.
"Maicr," says the President, " amt that
old man got his hull-cyc vet ~
Mr.. President" SAYS |, "uary time ne
aint got it,
Then" SEES the President, "it that
| bol-ege is in the Union, and all the other
treasures and the >pcci, OF the Richmond
/ banks is here, if the Puritau> i, rite, the
! harris Of these people must III in the Union,
/ too
| "To he sure they are scS |, "aud that
! is the way the Puritans restored the Union,
and il was Il very good way 10 do il ii
looks like Scripture, except whar the
! Scripture says, Thou shalt not steal"
"Thi> is clinchcr," says the President.
But they didn't think they was S'ea'ip--
| they are goiu 10 Give back all these things
/ some OF these timr>--a> loon rs everything
gi,> fixed right, which that will he the cy,c
as soon aa the Saprme Cole cunde>ceucls 10
promalgatc their opinions IN scrtin mat
ter>.'
"Mr. President" says |. ia looks
comical 10 Inc that the supreme Cote
should, hy withhoulin it> opinions ON grave
| questions aiIrctin the rites ana privileges
Of the people Of the whole country, lend
themselves TO u wicked party in power. 1t
looks like draggn The .iudi>hall foe ,kia in
the dirt Of party polliticl,s. believe this
| is the first instance since The Foundation OF
the govmcnt that such a staff OF things
ever existed"
Chat is So" SAYS the President, "hut
don't like 10 think about it, for fear |
shall say 'king screws again"
LishccS, YOU see, the President and arc
here yit. We are goin to stay rite here
through thick and Ni". The people is comm
to the rescue, these tcllcrs i'll Congress is
goin To he turned out merit fdH, and thar
places filled with new men who will aid rs
| in reStorin peace and prosperity to the
country. The President is Il patriot at
hart-hc loves the hole country. He loves
the old Constitution. He loves our lors
and inStitushonS. He is good man, Il
great man. He stands up for trooth and
! Justice, and nc calls on good men every
whar 10 rally to his suppote.
LisheeS, ,'0nt yon rip as? Judge for
yourself without sayin Il word to WuShJ0n.
You are 4 free man, and don't belong 10
WoShbon nor amy boldly else, and you
know We are right, because you haze toll
us so. Now, are yon goin to te',d yoeoraeJ
to the c!ick o. troters oPpostt the cery mcG-
S,Tes y01, haze dpproCed2
LiSheeS, walk up. Don't soil your honcrS
by now iinin the encmiS OF the country,
the fanatics who wish to overthrow the
govyrnt and erect military dcspotism