The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1867-05-31
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The next day the President wuz taken
to the court. Ez he entered the room
aad glanced proudly over the aWisnce. e
world heV been very difficult to heV da-
Cidsd whether be Wuz going to try the
court or the court him Bat rsprsssin
hisself be took his seat. -Techin solissi-
TODD WIZ displayed IN the court room for
ms comfort. "A crack ia the Rinder cas-
IN lei 10 DRAFT Nv cold airi he shudders
eu' and shudder run thru The entire as
semblage. Tbs shuddsr ny the conserv.
atlVe merchant from Moo York wing troolv
artistic. Cotton wuz called fnr vbsn i.
conservative merchants wife tore 81 o,1s
uv Der buzzoms and stuff tbs are[,oo-s
| Wuz Their ever more teehin sacri6sP ms
President wept ez he beheld it. Ga asssr-
Ialnin the tempertoor witch best soo,ed
his sistem, a thermometer WIZ brot, and
the room Wus kept At the precise degree.
There Wuz sum triflh legal formalities
| gone thToo with, and the PTesident's
counsel made motion that he be admit
ted to bail. There Wuz a stur in the court,
MAKE it afnillioni" sed one, $50 that
| the craven North shell see low we kin
take keer nv them we luV!"-but JUDGE
Underwood fixed it at 100000, and
brisk ez bees. Schell, Moo York Dino
Graf, several Richmond Democrats and
Horris Greeley slept forred aud signed It.
Never shell fOrgit the shout that as
sspded ez HoFris Wuz q signin his name.
"ThFee cheers for Jef5on Greeley ADD
Horris DaVis-one and insepeFable, now
aud forever!'' SHOUTED one enthusiastic
Confedrit. -
r ''lmmortality is yoors!'' sed another.
ssezln him by the hand corjelly. Jeff
son Davis is the big dog Nv the age, and
700, my deer sir, are now the tin kittls
ted to his tale. Wat Joy! Wat hsppinfsl
When posterity speeks Nv HIM they'll
speek Nv Yoo'' ess9s Ee err .-...-.
l coodent restrane myself no more.
Dustin into teere l feel onto Greeley's
buzzum and we embraced. Ez he hedn't
his spekticles on be sposed it wuz Davis
hisself, and he bustid into tesrs also, and
there wuz one of the most stEkin tabloos
ever exhibited. l got away afore be dis
kivered his mistake.
Here Wuz the endin nv our troubles
the consummashen Nv our hopes. DAVIS
wUz FREEl The pent up emosheRs NV
the people found vent. Els be slept into
the street the people crowded toithe car
rage wich contained US and rent the air
with cheers. We reacht the hotel, and
after embraein his wife, a season of re-
ligious exercises Wuz held. The clergy
man who he'd excloosive charge of DAVIS
piety doorin the war Wuz present, and he
offered paryer. He prayed fervently that
the Lord wood forgive the people of the
North for thu uUPOnfr thav bad done a,,p
sainted head, that he wood forgive, eff
possible, the late head nv the Fedral
Government who he'd opposed him and
the glorious coz, and eff Divine mercy
could stretch 80 far that he wood forgive
the Colonel Nv Michigan cavalry Wich
had hunted down the SAINT who wuz now
in our midst, and made Nv him captive.
He prayed for forgiveness for the reck-
less men of the North who invaded Vir-
| giuy, for the nCosepaper condukters who
had aboozed him who is now with US, and
pertieklerly Horris Greeley, who he'd this
day in some measure atoned for bis pre-
vious wickidness. He prayed that the
! blessins Nv HeVen might rest, first upon
! the city Nv Richmond, then upon balance
Nv Virgiuy, and afterwards pom the rest
Nv the SOthern States. and he wound up
with fervent appeal that the Ethiopians,
who coodent change their skins, might
see the error of their ways and return to
their normal condishen.
After this the President received his
| friends.
am not permitted to give more Nv the
PrsideDt's plans than this: He will re-
main in secloosion, and will take no part
wateVer III politics until after his final
acquittal in November. He don't feel ct
liberty to take hold Nv the Government
so long ez there is even a technical
charge sgin him. Our friends in the
Northern States, who expected him to
take the stump in their behalf this fall
will be disappointed. return tomorrow
to Kantucky.
PETROLEUM V. NAsBY, P. NJ.
(Which is Postmaster, and Professor of
| the Ham and Japheth Free Academy
for the development Nv the intellect Nv
all races irrespective of color.
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