The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1867-09-12

tit'oV0uT0roW einooCtieu dgrI1; cf1e wf4s5lsA
les Nv care left my face, and wuz aboy
aginl
lett immejitly, and after a pleasant
journey reeched Moo Orleans.
| he'd no trouble in fndin them to
whom | wuz accredited. If there's a
divinity wich doth hedge king, there
must be suthin also in the face NV a troo
Dimekrat wich betrays him. l wuz fol-
Tered to my hotel by a crowd NV the first
men NV the city, and when they saw nv
name onto the register the scene, wuz
terrific. They knowd me- they knowd
my comm wuzent for nothin, and afore
| he'd time to say nay, wuz hurriedsto
the "Lost Coz" Club rooms and made
an onorary member for life, iuclooding
the freedom uvthe bar, which privileged l
priced. .s 4r
Wat nooze from Washington? 9"
shouted they all with one akkord.
"Calm yourselves" sed l impressivly,
sand restrain your emoshens. -Four
days ago | received this" and read
'em the despatch. Never shell | witnis
anuther sich scene. Old men danced
like yooth, while young men wept like
Wimmen.
'Excoose us, sir" sed one, "this
weepin is onmanly, but ah, did yoo
know wat hey suffered? Sence last
Joon, year, | heyn't killed a nigger
nor preacher, and hev only knocked
two Nv 'em down, and for them two I
wuz imprisoned three months each..
But, thank God, I'm free agin-Fm
free! !" and he fell onto my neck and
askt me to take drink with him, wich,
fearing the effex NV irritashen on him,
in his present eggsitable state NV mind,
l did.
/ wuz askt eff l he'd been in Moo Or
leans, and sayin that | hedn't my friend
accompanied me to the many objecks
of interest in the city. ''f..
"IIere," sed he, sis the buildn in
which beast Butler received the surren-
der NV the city, and where he signed
the order for the hangin NV Mumford.
Subsekently, in this same room, the
tother beast, Sheridan, took his orders
from Mayor Monro and Abel. la! ha!
'twuz retribushen,p and he smiled
grmly several minits. "Here is the
hall where Dostie and his Ablishen
hoardes gathered over year ago,
and from wich Dostie wuz carried
corpse At that angle in the bildin |, |
with this good rite hand, slew three
niggers and Burow preecher. Right |
here where we are standin, a cart con-
Lainin the killed came along. WIZ
eggsited and infuriated at the obstinacy
in holdin the Convenshun. In, my re-
Volver there wuz one load-iu the cart
under the corpses wuz a nigger groanin.
mounted the cart, and turned over the
,orpses-the wounded nigger he'd on
1loo cote-infamed with rage at the site
pulled the trigger and he groaned no
nore." .....- ..-,.
"Glorious spirit" sed I, in eggstacy
yringin bis hand.
"Just in front nv wher we stand,
hirty odd niggers wuz killed, and one
II two NV them Burow teachers, 1t
lon't become me to say how many
Tiled, but | want idle. In three weeks
hereafter received my pardon from
he President, and I am now, thank
Tod, citizen" a i 1
BY this time we reached the Club
gain, and for hours I listened to tales
f oppression on the part of the militia
y satraps wich made my blood run
old. A citizen he'd shot niger
nd forthwith he wuz torn from the
uzzum NV his family and inkarserated
d the common prizen! Another's wife
ed throwd bukit uy bilin water over
wench in the street, Nv wich the per-
ese creacher died, and she, too, was
rrested. Policemen had bin dischare-
d for refoosin to arrest man whose
pirits coodent brook nigger ekality,
nd who he'd banged EN- about some i
hat, and Others he'd bin dismist for /
urrahin for jeff Davis and pullin down
'ederal flags Their he'd bin no liberty /
v speech nor ackshen. This Club
pom he'd bin invaded, !, and pistols and t
lot guns he'd bin taken out by these c
espots, Wich wuz orindin the citizens h