Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1866-09-01
Brick pomercy on BrownIow.

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. plies to the President Of tie United States
the cplhet Of "Uead Dog" is that incor.
rigibie "cus~," Brick Pon erny, who
dIscourses ol ,he Governor er The lol-
lowing fashion:
bow Parson BrnwnIow-Preacher
! Brownie Minister wnlow-G Gov
! ernor Brownow of Tennessee alls
Presiden! Johnson dead dog. II so,
Brownlow is brave enough to attack him.
And if Johnson is dead dog, who would
Oor rather he in his place than 10 bear the
name Of BrownIow, the reekiDg, coward
fly, red. moulhed, radical, lecherous,
lreacher"us, raatng, praying, blasphe-
ming carved lava of hell, now sitting as
Governor of Tennessee In all The an
nails of sinners, whelps, hypocrites, luna
ties, black yards, snd blood, loving hye-
mas Of humanity, We know not one so
saturated with haze and brimslone as this
Isnerned. l"ed structure dIgnified in ssF,
casm with the name Of man. Who Is
Brownluw ? He is a reckless radical ad-
venlurer. lie is all ordained minister o!
Of The gospel. lie is an iIegiIlmste child
OF hell, let loose on speculation. He is a
bias phemous old tyraEl--a drunken poll
ticlan and dishonest Governor---a bigger
traitor at heart ihap ever was John Brown,
lhad. Stevens, or any other OF that corps
OF Union halers. lie s a minister with.
out religion. a preacher without con-
sen. A Governor without brains. he
has the tongue Of bedlamile Of heII-a
heart without mercy-he is an advenlu-
rer "ithout b;aveIy-a rascal without
idisrre;ioD-a Ilberune without taste and
dscency- sinner without she }eas, show
Tor heaysn-a man with the heart Of a
! fiend-a brute by insnnct-a ruf1ian by
nature-a blackguard by pTo!ession-a
| IhypocIile certain of hell-a foul, nasty,
reeklng sore on the political mass Of cor
Euplion 10 n shich he b, longs-a stigma
disgrace-a an nsull--a byword and a
Ifeproach 10 HE list OF Governors Of Amer
can States. When he prays il is to the
devil When he sings it is to the drunk
en- rawlings Of hend. Wien lie iudorses
il is to damn. When be loves il is 10
destroy. " hen he speaks il is 10 insult.
When he interleres II is 10 blacken.
When he smiles il is TO hide some Of The
deep and dabolcal villainies his hlasphe-
nous soul is ever planning. There is
not devil in Pluto's dominions hut is
more Of a true CArislian-there is not an
ourang outsng in the world bu, is more OF
states msn-lhere Is not pism're on the
prairie bul is more OF wsErior-,here is
not rohber in prison bat is more honest
there ia not beast in The forest but is
more lovable-ihere is moi murderer in
the land but Is more innocent-ihere Is
no, a fishwoman in al the BIllingsgate
district but is less Of bisckgusrd-lhere
is not name in the history Of traitors
but is more pa,Tioiic-lhere is not warty.
swealy, shiny toad in all the dungeons OF
the world bot is swee'er, Purer, and more
attractive than ParsOn Governor Black
guard Brownlow, the rsn.iDg, lunalic, rad
icsl wheIp Of lhe devil now aching as
Governor of Tennessee. Should Butler,
Stanton and Brownow reach hell the
same dav, We should have lbe devil on
eaIIh al once, for either Of the above
named excrescences are more tit 20 rob,
torture and destroy than all the satanic
nends of bell acting in concert.
New York. Aug. 20-A New Orleans
dispatch to the Tribune says:-"The
medical officer detailed 10 make report
of the killed and wounded al the late riot,
reports as follows: Members of the
convention. killed and 8 wounded, OF
one.thiId OF the members present; white
citizens attending the convention, 3 killed
and wounded-lolsl number of whites
killed and wounded 90. Colored citi.
zens attending ,he convention, killed "a
wounded ll9-lotal Of colored killed and
wounded SO. Of police, 10 were slight.
ly wounded, and white citizen with the
police was killed.
In addition TO the above, the doctor re-
ports 10 colored men killed and 20
wounded, whose names he could no. as
certain. This makes the total number
killed As, and l66 wounded.
CALL ACCEPTED Rev. A. G.. Hopkins,
called by the Presbyterian Congregation
of this town to fIl the vacancy occasloned
by the resignation Of Rev. DR.. W. b.
Dut,on. has accepted the call. and will
lake charge about The Isl of Ociober-Ihe
Presby terry of Hanover having sssenied
10 his transfer to the Winchester Presby-
tery.-Free Press.
A severe thunder storm visited the VI
entity of Wheeling, West Va, or Saiur'
day night week A family OF seven per-
sons perished in the food produced bv