The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-09-24
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p WHITE House, WASHINGTON. D. G., ~
s. ., -4at IL, September II, 1855. = -
" / refined the Presidenshef party at
louisville, and glad | am that L did
it at that pint. His imperial Sereni-
z ty he'd bin pleased ever sence he left
Chicago, or rather sence. he got near
st, Loois, for two-thirds NV illinois
wuz pizen and indianapolis wqz pi-
zoher. From ST. Loois the recepshuns
.wuz trooly corjel and even, enthoosir,
astic. We got out NV the region Nv
aristocrats and he'd come down to the
hard listed yomanry, v / seed holes
be called the. flag Nv Democrisy, wavin
from behind EN-, ez they genrally
either had no coats at, all, or if any,
they were roundabouts, wuz alluz in
view. [ saw wilnen who disdained
stockings andodipped snuff, and felt
to home. II Yuz among Democracy.
I The cheerin for Grant and Farragut
closed ez we got into them regions,
and NV the vociferoUs crowds half NV
EN-, the younger ones, cheered An
drew johnson, while the old veterans,
them whose noses wuz blossomin for
the tomb, cheered for Andrew jack
son, His Serenity smilinly acknoWl-
! edged both, by maxim a speech to EN-
and wayin hisihatl .ae1a'o J 4'
With these preliminary remarks /
resoom my diary: 81 aiy.1d tas5
LOUisvILLE.-There wuz a magni-
llfcent demonstration R6~A Ills I'm
perial Majesty who was in egs ilent
| condition to make crowds tlsrge
! enough, remarked to me, as we yTuz
ridin through the streets:~-ss@sSple n
/ 'splay! More n ten uRerd nsousand
peoH le-more'n n ten million people4
more'n ten unerd million people
| more n ten unerd sousand million
people and alluvum5 8 porters my
/ policy. 'Rah fol: me '.'T-.,,Iss.,.., "a j.
/ =, His Majesty undoubtedly eggsager-
ated towards the last; butit is safe to
/ but the throng down at a good many.
4 That estimate isIentiEely safeanThere
wuz the. finest display NV banners and
SIGH | heYs seen since We started. The
red, white, and. red swnz displayed
| from almost half 1.-THE houses; ladies
i waved their, handkerchiefs ez we
| passed, and men ,cheered. Al pleasin'
incident occurred 9here9 4 noticed one
I gushin' maiden ay thirty-seven, Wavin
/ her handkerchief ezathuughl she wnz
| igettIn SO much per wave, and bed rent
to pay that mite. recognized her to
4 wuhst. When / wuz a citizen NV
Ohio and w1z q drafted into the
J service NV the United States, afid
I clothed in, a bob tailed. blue coat,
4 and hi ed a Oystran muskit put into my
I unwillin hands and forced to fte agin
| my brethren, our regiment passed thro
LooisYille and stayed there some days.
p | wuz lwalking one afternoon, when
4 met this identical aHgel-She saw my
| bloc ,kotei andI outraged, spit in my
4 face with ,sich energy that she threw
| out Nv her mouth a full 'sett nv false
7 teeth. I returned EN- calamity, wiped
my face with my Handkerchief and
. vowed that handkerchief ,shOod hence
forth be Kept. sacred. 1t Wuz, and
when I, seed her waVin hern at our
, party | wept like aIPhiladelphia Con-
venshen. | stopped the carriage, met
4 the patriotic. female, called her atten-
i ton to the incident and handed her
! my handkerchief which he'd, four
wears before, wiped her spittfe. The
4 incident gave new VIgor to her arms,
and from that time She waved two
handkerchers,, and mine wuz one hv
1 EN-. narrated the insident to- the
President and he wept. -sgN IeGl ,
.t8 There wuz large perceshen and a
Il great variety of banners. Among the
most. noticeable, wuz, company Nv
4 soldiers Nv. the late war, each with a
leg off, dressed in the gray uniforms
II into widh they he'd bin mustered out
1 with the motto are willing to GO
i the other leg for A, johnson. p" Anothr
er company NV solgers who he'd each
lost an arm, carried this inscripshen
). swat we didn't get BY bullets,iwe she
get ,by,ballots,s II INA. nn3.aH 9.ll
The President cut down his speech
p Jest one half herein swinging arounC
I the c,iirkle he omitted to menshen thai
:. he found traitors on the Southern side
NV it. But he left the, constOOthun il
their hands cheerfullyn mo !. a3..3noi
CINCINNATL-A very Ienthooziastit
cheers for Grant, witch the President
acknowledged, h. An unsephisticateC
Postmaster who jined US heres wanted
} to know why the people eheered fol-
: Grant instid NV the President, to
which His Righness- answered thai
they wuz consldrit-they knew, his
; medestA and wanted to spare hiE
Bushes; Another man, who Wuz also
: unsophisticated, asked him eonfden
shelly, if he did mt, think there wuz ;
:. samenis in his speeches, and if he
didn't think. he'd do better to give &
variety. His, Eggsellenoy asked hin
how there Good be more variety "a
Cincinnati" = sed heo # observed the
following order sea.. !,qeaf
ga l. / swung around the cirkle.
8 I'll asked who wuz the Savior eff
wuz Joodis Iskariot2 Bic Liz >.
3. [ left the lConstitooshns the B