Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1866-06-15
Id FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE is, 1865. {

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will manage some way or other to steal
the other half. My advice to you is tc
quit this foolishness and begin to trave
the only road to peace. A
| Old Blow couldn't keep up with hii
garbled extracts.
:" What makes the President 81
popular at the South n
g Contrast, sir contrast. The moro
he Amt like your party, the more popula,
he is. He would treat us about right,
reckon, If you would let him alone, bu
+ you bedevil so that sometimes he dom
understand himself. | don'tthink he knew
for while whether his peace proclama-
ton restored the writ Of hobeas corpu.
or not. But do you go on and impeach
him, and that will bring matters to a
focus. I'll bot you'd be in Fort Della.
ware in week. and the Southern mem
bers be hore in their seats, and they II
look round at the political wreck and
ruin and plumber and stcalage that's been
going on. and they might cxclaim, in
the language Of the poet,
" ~ . pm ucIc SinSc ] 81 pm bOHc
I" Mr.. Arp, suppose we should have a
WARMTH England or France, what would
the rebels Go 2"
/" They'd follow General Leo and
General Johnston, and Longstreet. and
Bragg, and old Bory. My opinion is,
that General Leo would head tho Union
army, and General Grant would be his
chief of staff, and General Buell. would
rank mighty high, and"
What would you do with General
Sherman Z"
Sorry you mentioned him. We'd
have to hire him, reckon, as camp
fiddler, and make him sing 'Ha1 Colu0a-
6ia,' BY fire light, as warning to the
boys how mean it is to burn cities and
towns and make war upon defeneoless
women and children. No. sir, our boys
wouldn't fight undor no such'
At this point tho man with tho memo
randum put down some garbled extracts
"Do you think, Mr.. Arp, that if the
South should ever hold the balance Of
power, they would demand pay for their
negroes ?"
!" I can't say, sir. But don't think
the South has lost anything that way
We got their labor before the war for
their yittels and clothes and doctors
bills, and we get it now for about the
same. It's all sottled down that way,
and your Bureau conld't help it. Tho
only difference is in the distribution.
Some of us don't own as many as we
used to, but everybody has got niger
or two now, and they'll all vote 'cm or
turn 'em off. A niger that wouldn't
vote as told him, shouldn't black my
boots"
AT this time the committee looked at
one another, seemin' to be bothered and
astonished. Garbled extracts we're put
down with vim.
Mr.. Boutwell, says he, "Mr. Chair
man, ! think, sir, We are about through
with the witness; think, sir, his testi-
mony settles the question what VIC ought
te do with Southern traitors"
Tho Chairman gave me Republican
nod and remarked:
l. Go, eli, buluN VIC bu. Uc
scoundrels burnt my iron works"
Whercupon | retired, having given
general satisfaction.
Yours, truly, BILL ARP.
AN IIIsTon1cAL INCIDENT. The New
York correspondent of the Philadelphia
Ledger writes:
Preston King. 1t is not generally
known TO the public that this man was
for time an incubus at the White House
and he was made Collector at New York
Harbor to get him out of the way. But
few understand why no committed sui.
eide but there are those who have ar
idea why he committed the act. 1t was
no doubt, his conscience. TWAS Preston
King who kept Miss Surratt from seeing
the President, ON the morning Of the ex
ecution of her mother. The Presiden
knew nothing of her being at his door
steps, in agonizing tears, to ask the stay
of the law for one short day. Old King
kept the President from knowing wha
was going on. and, after the execution
it becoming SO apparent that the con
demncd was innocent Of completely will
the real murderers, that it narrowed uI
his soul. In fact. he had no peace aftel
her death, and becoming desperate, un.
der the lash Of conscience, he committed
suicide. Have the others who bounded
this poor woman on to the gallows got
conscienccs2 We believe they have,
and know they must suffer bitter stings.
Eft The simplest method of sharpen
ing razor, is to put it for half an hour
in water, to which has been added one
twentieth of its weight Of muriatic or
sulphuric acid, then lightly wipe it of,
and, after few hours, set it on a hone.
The acid bore supplies the place Of a
milestone, by corrodiDg the whole sur
face uniformly, SO that nothing further
than a good polish isynecessary. The
process never Injuries good blades, while
badly hardened ones arc frequently I'M
proved by it, although the cause OF
such Improvement romans unexplained.
The mode of sharpening here indicated
would be found especially advantageous
for every description o. edged tools.