The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-04-10

One Hezekiah Tompkins, j. p, an
cold Democrat, has been writing se-
ries of letters to the Fairmont Vedette
in some of which, although chiefly To-
cal in their interest, we find some keen
hits, which we cannot fail to appreciate
even out here. One of the best of these
letters we find in the last number, and
give it to our readers, prefacing it with
the explanation that the Copperheads
of Marion had appointed the 25th of
March Sunday for a "grand rally"
which owing to their unfamiliarity with
the almanac and the, non-attendance
of "distinguished speakers, and other
little difficulties didn't come of. s.
BooTHsVILLE, VA,
March 27th, 1866.
MISTER EDDITER: wood hev writ bed
now, but / hev bin very onwel fur n
weak past. He tel yu how it wus. Last
Satturda weak ago we he'd grand
mas meetin at Worthingtun, and NV
coarse us Boothsvillians went over in
mas. Our delligashunwuS bout mild
long. We he'd nifty jolly time, l tell
yu, EVERY man heda phlask of appel
branda. This reminded me NV ole
times-the good old times when
5No IA IAO W.
Them times wood cum agin, eff it
wasn't fur the tarnel Temperance pleges,
skoOl houses and churches. ThemS
whats rooined the party and kompeled
it chang its name for pollysys sake 2
conservativ. D. - - = -
Well, ez I was about Q tell yu, we
arove at Worthington and had waite a
long time for the speeker. We was all
very ankshus to see the crater of the
daY, We had heerd he was a yankey,
and he'd fit despurt hard agin us doorin
theyWar, but that he had repented Nv all
his misdooing in murdern our inner
sent boys, and wanted to be consilintid
with us, and was willing turgit the
past and jine us in tryin git the post
ortises and sich like from the radicals,
who hev bin havin them for well nj
onto 5 years. So, being ankshns ak
omplish this hily patriotick objec, we
wus willin 2 jine hands with emmy who
would help us. U.s.,
After we had waited a long time, and
was about Civ him up, we took a, look (
down the. river, when, 10 and beholdl5 u
solitary q hossnian was - sehe, IA
cummfn up the pike, ez tho he wus
poin after docktur fur n sick woman.
1t wasn't MORN asecins from the
time he splashed thro hellen's run,
until he arove in town. His boss wus
powerful tird. and was! white with
1Ollle. w neu IOut AOOASN -
flip shuridan,c or gineral grant, with
his uniform on. At 1st he skeered sum
on our boys who he'd bin in dixie.
They. .thot mebby helwusa soldier and
he'd cum fur them, he looked so fearce;
but it wusnt long till it wus whispered
round that there wus pollysy in his
Wearin a bloc coat with bras buttens.
1t wus good while afore the meetin
wus organised on account of trubble 2
git 2 be president. We node it woodnt
be good pollysy elect IA suthren man
as it might make sum ov the yankeys
mad. So he tried to git kernel bill ran
dial to act as cheerman, becaws he'd bin
strong Union man and we "thot it
wood be good apollysy2 2 githim kom-
mitted to our party; but the kernel de-
klined sayin we he'd starved l ov. his
suns deth at andersontille and he'd
see us inlhallifax afore he'd stuch our
buddy hans. Failin 2 git him we he'd
2 take man named bogus, who hez
sumtimes bin called n union man. For
secreterry we chused young feller
who he'd biznus out west about the time
the draft wus prewailin sich an al
urmin extent. = ~ ~ y -.
The speaker, after emtyin a cuppel
of phlasks NV appel jack, got steem up
and commenst sayin his pease. He
commenst by bragin on tho stars and
strypes and tellin5 us what nifty hne
burd the american eaguly was:; This
kind NV took rid us good cal, but we
stood and indorsed il noin it was good
pollysy! lHowsumever, lords the last,
he let out on the radiculs, ez he called
them, and Civ them perticulur phits.
He sed the war wuS over and the ShiV-
elry nv the south that he'd fot so gall
luntly ought 2 be aloud to 8yoat and
hevi post orfises the same ez they allus
he'd. This pleezed us nifty we'll and we
all cheered tremendous, just like we he'd
bin. maxim a charge on the yankey SOL
Divers. Ithot how nice it wood be fur
me2 ihevl 1.-THE post ortis at boothevll.e
and be squire 2. The ide struck me ez
a good J.; sol hollered at the top. NV
my voise, and in doom so strained+ my
insides awful bad, and made my
throte offnl soar. THIS is how cum 2
be onwel and onabul rite, sooner. i
hpap you vii excuse me. ElG
am bound 2 proove faithful the
conservatiy party, and hev maid up my
mind 2 attend all the meetins fur and
neer until I git the post ortis. Acord-
inly I tried 2Ngit UP a delligashun
attend the meetin on the 25th in fare
mont. but most NV the boys wus afeerd
2 go that aboliShenI town. least they
wood git hurt; butts ez wus an ole man
/ node they woodn't hurt me. SO
started erliy and got 2 town about 9
o'clock. On arivin l wus surpriZed
see the streats empty. After standin on
the pavement "A while n wunderin
where the meetin iwus nt, seed sum
chfldern go into a big house, ] conclud-
ed that WuS The plase. So L went IN
and sot down. Drecklyoa mangot up
and sed we wood sing the follern him:
itAnd canst Thou, wilt Thou yet forgive,
And bid my crimes remove?
And shall a pardoned rebel live
TO speak Thy wond'rous love :?
The ide struck me then that that
wasn't a conservativ meetin, but reg
lar radicul abolishen, concern. So
axed feller what sot beside me what
wus eoin, on, and he tole me It Wus a
sunday skoolI Mister edditer.. you
.ourht Q a seed me git out NV there! !!
Al sunday skooll the very thing that
he'd rooif the dimokrat party And
this was Sunday Good it be possible
/ he'd maid a mistake? No, this wus
tine 25thIof march, the day1I he'd been
notvffed 2 cum. Sumthin wus rong.
Passin along ally, tryin 2 git out NV
town without bein seen, meo con- con-
servativ and he explained me that, the
nu' conservative leeders he'd maid a mis-
take in the day split the. hole thing.
So / slipped ont NV town ana went
home sadder and madder, and wiser
man.
Next, saturda we are goin 2 hey q
powerful big meetin in Boothsv1Ile z
indors preside ent ohnsuu and denopnse
the radiculs. The meetin,will be abully
adrest by abul statesmen frum fare
mount and pruntytown. We've DIN
indorsin u Johnsun so mutch haiti VI
thIniSi its time he ID givesus-t the post or
ices Ell don't git the othsvhle post
orfis purity soon, I'll quit indorsin him,
so 1 will. I,ll3sende eyu full perticlars
NV our meetin next saturda.
'fII.F55f@ sssfit Gly Yours deth,
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