Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1867-09-05

ME-. NAsBY d0RS TO NEW ORLEANS TO
AoeuAIsT THE PRESIDENTS FRIENDS
WITH rHH CONTEMPLATED oHAsoR.
Posr oFFIs, CoSFKDRIr Y RoADs,l
witch is In the Stait Nv KentuckyOf
August 20, 1867.
Iwuz settin all so pleasant in the
Pot Oflls last mite, q musln onto the
mut'hility nv human affairs, when l re-
ceiytd the follerin despatch, per boy on
mule, rom the stashen:
wAsHISGroS, Aug. 20, 1867.
To P. J., Nasty &C.;
Hev determined TO be President or
nothin. Shell remove Stanton, and i'm
mejitly thereafter Sheridan, and ulti-
mately the ballence Nv EN-. Go on to
Moo Orleans and make this known to
our trends. Draw on the general fund
for expense. A.
Wat thrill run thro me ez red this.
/ never felt so good but wunst before in
my life. i wuz in an interior town in
Massachusetts four days, wher the
stimulatin bevrage wuz root beer. The
occasion when felt better than did on
the reject NV that despatch, wuz the
identikle mint struck Moo York and
stood afore bar. Oh wat peasin,
soothin, magnetic thrill run thro my
veins ez the golden liquid gurgled
down my esoifagus Jest so | thrilled
at reedin that despatch. My thotcon.
tracted brow smoothed agin, the wrinkles
of care left my face, and | wuz boy
agin
left immejtly, and after a pleasant
journey reached Moo Orleans.
had no trouble in finding them to
whom | wuz accredited. If there's divi-
nifty witch doth hedge king, ther must
be suthin also in the face Nv a troo Dime
KRAFT witch betrays him. wuz follered
to my hotel by crowd nv the first men
nv the city, and when they saw my
name onto the register the scene wuz ter
rife. They knowd me they knowd my
comm wuznt for nothin and afore he'd
time to say nay, wuz hurried to the
"Lost Coz" Club rooms and made an
onorary member for life, incloodin the
freedom Nv the bar, witch privilege 1
priced.
Wat nooze from Washington 2"
shouted they with one akord.
"Calm yourselves !" sed Iimpressively,
sand restrain yoor emoshens. Four
days ago received this" and read EN-
this dispatch Never shell witnis an
uther SIGH sceen. Old men danced like
yooth, while young men wept like VIM
men.
Excuse us sir" sed one, "this weepin
is onmanly, but ah, did 700 know wat
hev suffered Sence last Joon, year,
hewitt killed niger nor preecher, and
hev only knocked two NV 'em down and
for them two / wuz imprisoned three
months each. But, thank God, I'm free
agin-I'm free !" and he fell onto my
neck and askt me to take drink with
him, witch, fearin the etfex Nv irritashen
on him, in his present eggsitable state
nv mind, did.
wuz askt eff | had ever bin in Moo
0rleens and on sayin that | hed'nt, my
friend accompanied me to the many OBJ
jeks Nv interest in the city,
"Here," sed he, sis the buildins in
wich Beast Butler received the surrender
NV the city, and where he signed the
order for the hangiu Nv Mumford. Sub.
sekently, in this same room, the tother
beast, Sheridan, took his orders from
Mayor Monroe and Abel. Ha! ha
'twuz retribushen," and he smiled grim
iy several minits." "He-e is the hall
where Dostle and his Ablishu hordes
gathered over q year ago, and from witch
Dostie wuz carried corpse. At that
angle in the bildin I, with this good rite
hand, slew thr niggers and a Burow
preecher. Right here where we are
standin, a cart containin the killed came
along. | WIZ eggsited and Infatuated at
their obsrinacy in holdin the Convenshen.
In my revolver wuz one load-in the
cart under the corpses wuz q niger,
groanin. mounted the cart, and turned
over the corpses--the wounded niger
had on bloc cote-infiamed with rage
at the site pulled the trigger and he
groaned no more"
GLORIOUS sperit!" sed |, in eggstacy
wringin his hand.
Gust in front nv wher we stand thir
ty odd niggers wuz killed, and one or
two Nv them Burow teachers 1t don't
become me TO say how many | killed but
/ want idle. In three weeks thereafter
| received my pardon from the President,
and am now, thank God, a citizen"
By this time we reached the Club
again, and for hours / listened TO tales
of oppression on the part of the military
satraps wich made my blood run cold. A
citizen he'd shot a nigger-and forthwith
he wuz torn from the buzzum Nv his
family and inkarserated in the common
prizen Another's wife he'd throwd q
buckt Nv bilin water over wench in
the street, Nv witch the perverse preacher
died, and she, too, wuz arrested. Police
men he'd bin discharged for refoosin to
arrest men whose spirits coodent brook
niger ekality, and who he'd banged EN-
about somew what, and Others had bin dis
misst for hurrahin for JEFF Davis and
pullin down Federal flags. Their he'd
bin no liberty nv speech nor ackshen.
This Club room he'd bin invaded, and
pistols and shot guns he'd bin taken out
by these despots, witch wuz grindin the
citizens into the dust. But the most OPP
pressive case wuz that nv one Nv our
first citizens, who had girl in his fami-