Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-10-25
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NASBY.

NASBA.
Mr. NaSbY Goes TO New Orleans 10 Ac-
quaint Inc Prcsident's Friends with
fAe Contemplated Chautsc.
PosT OFFIs, CoNFEDRT Y ROADS,
(Which Is in the Stait Nv Kentucky, Aug
ust 20, IS67,-I wuz settin all so pleasant
in the Post Offs last mite, musin onto the
the mutability of human affairs, when l re-
ceiged the follerin despatch, per boy on a
mule, from the stashen:
WASHINGTON. August 20, ls67--Io r.
T. Nas6U &c: Hev determined to be Pres
ident or nothin. Shel remove Stanton, and
inmejitly thereafter Sheridan, and ultimate
" the balance Nv EN-. Go on to Moo Or
leans and make this known to our friends.
Draw on the general fund for expenses.
Wat a thrill run thro me ez ] red thisl !
never felt so good but wunst before in my
life. I wuz in an interior town in Nassa-
chusctts four days, where the most stimula-
tin beverage wuz root beer
The occasion when I felt better than did
on the reeeet of that dispatch wuz the iden-
tikle mint [ struck Moo York and stood
afore bar. Oh wat a pIeasiu, soothin, mag
netie thrill run thro my veins ez the golden
hkquid gurgled down my esofagus F! Just
so / thrilled at reedin that despatch. Ny
thot-eontracted brow smoothed agin, the
wrinkles Of care left my face, and ! wuz a
boy agin!
L left immeiitly, and after pleasant jour
ney reached Moo Orleans.
he'd no trouble in finding them towhom
wuz accredited Ifthere' divinity which
doth hedge king, there must be suthin
also in the face of true Demikrat which
betrays him. was follered to my hotel by
crowd NV the first men Of the city, and
when they saw my name onto the register,
the scene was terrific They knowd me
they knowd my comm wuzn for nothing,
and afore | had time to say nay, wuz hur-
ricd to the Lost Coz" Club rooms and
made an onorary member for life, ineludin
the freedom Nv the bar, wich privilege l
priced
"Wat nooze from Washington shout'd
they all with one akkord.
Calm yourselves sed Iimpressiyely,
and restrane your emoshens, -Four days
ago | received this, and I read EN- the
despatch Never shell I witnis another sich
a seen. Old men danced like youth, while
young men wapt ike wimmen.
''Excoose US, sir! sed one, this woepiu
is onmanly, but ah, did you know what /
bev suffered Since last Joon year |
hevn't killed niger nor preacher, and
hev only knocked two Nv EN- down, and for
them two / was imprisoned three months
each. But thank God. I'm free agin-
I'm free and be fell onto my neck and
askt me to take a drink with him, wich,
fearing the effex NV irritashen on him, in bis
present eggsitable state of uind, did.
wuz askt ef | he'd ever bin in Noe Or
leans before, aud on saying that l hcdn I,
my friend accompanied me to the many OBJ
jecks Of interest in the city.
Here, sed he, is the buildiu in which
Beast Butler received the surrender uy the
city, and there he signed the order for the
hangin Nv Mumford Subsequently in this
same room, the tother beast, Sheridan, TOOK
his orders from Mayor Monroe aud Abel.
Hal ha twas retribushen, " and he smiled
grimly several minits. Here Is the hall
where Dostie and his Ablishen hordes gather
ed over a year ago. and from which Dostie
was carried a corpse. At that angle in the
building, |, with this good rite hand, slew
three niggers and a Burow preacher. Right
here where we are standing, cart contain
ing the killed came along | was eggsited
and inluriated at their obstinacy in holding
the Convention. In my revolver there wu2
one load-in the cart under the corpses wa;
! a niger groanin. l mounted the cart, and