The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-09-19

Posi- OFF1s, CoNFEDRIT x ROADS, J
(Which is in the Stait Nv Kyy)
August 20, 1867.
wuz a settin all so pleasant in tn,
Post Orfs last mite, musin onto thi
mutability Nv human affairs, when
received the follerin dispatch, per boy
on a mule, from the stashon:
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20, 1867.
To p. z. NasJy, &c.
Hev determined to be President o.
nothin. Shel remove Stanton, anC
immeiitoly thereafter Sheridan, anC
ultimately the balance NV EN-. Go OF
to New Orlcens and make this known
to our friends. Draw on the genera
fund for expenses. A. J.
Wat thrill run thro me oz IreC
this Inover felt so good but wuns
before in my life. l wuz in an intcc
rior town in Massachusetts, four days
where the most stimulatin bevragC
wuz root beer. The occasion when
felt better than 1 did on the reject Uy
that dispatch, wuz the identi1le mini
[ struck Moo York and stood afore {
bar. Oh wat a pleasin, soothin, mag
netic thrill run throo my veins cz tho
golden liquid gurgled down my. esso
fagus Jest SO l thrilled at rcedir
that dispatch. My thot contracted
brow smOothcd agin, the wrinkles uy
care left my face, and l wuz boy
agin!
1 left Immediately, and after o. pleas
ant journey reGched Moo Orleans.
l he'd no trouble in fndin them tx
whom 1 wuz accredited. If there's {
divinity wich doth hedge a king, there
must be suthin also in the face NV {
hoo Dimekrat wich botrays him.
wuz folIcred to my hotel by a crowC
Nv the first men NV the city, and wheT
they saw my name onto the register
the scene was terrific. They knowC
me they knowd my comm wuzen'
for nothin, and afore l he'd time t
say nay, ! wuz hurried to the CLOS
Coz" Club rooms and made an onora
Try member for life, including the free
dom NV the bar, which privilege
Iprizcd.
"Wat nooze from Washington p
shouted they all with one akIlord.
"CaIm yourselves sod | imprcs
sivoly, 'and restrain your emoshcns
-Four days ago l received this" and
read EN- the dispatch. Never shoI
witnis anuthcr sich a scene. Old mcI
danced like yooth, while young mcl
wcpt like wimmin.
''EXcoose us, sir" scd one, "this wCO
pin is onmanly, but all, did yoo know
wat hcv suffered SencC last JOOn
year, l hevn't killed a niggcr nor
preacher and 'hcv only knocked tw,
NV 'cm down, and for them two ! wu
imprisoned three months each. But
thank God, Pm free agin-I'm free
and he fell onto my neck and askt nj
to take a drink with him, witch fear
ing the effeX NV irritashcn on him, il
his present cggsitable state Nv mind,
did.
l Iwuz asllt eff 1 he'd been in No,
Orleans, and sayin that l hedn't, my
friend accompanied me to the man,
obiecks of interest in the city.
"Hcre," scd he, ''is the buildin il
which beast Butler received the sur
render nv the city, and where h
signed the order for the hangin u
Mumford. Subsekently in this sam
room, the tother beast, Sheridan, tool
his orders from Mayor Monro an,
Abel. Ha ha ! 'twuz retribushen,
and he smiled grimly several minits
! ''Here is the hall where Dostie and hi
Ablishcn hoardes gathered over {
year ago, and from wich DOStie WI
carried q corpse. At that angle il
the bildin l, with this good rite hand
slew three niggers and a BurO7
preecher. Right here where VIC ar
standin, q cart cOntainin the kille
came along. I wuz eggsited and infu
rated at the obstinacy in holdin tn
| Convenshun. In my revolver thorD
wuz one Ioad-in the cart under tn
corpses wuz a nigger groanin.
mounted the cart, and turned owe
the corpses-the wounded nigger he
on bloc cote-infamed with rage a
the site 1 pulled the trigger and h
grOaned no more"
"Glorious spirit ~ sed I, in eggstac
wringiH his hand.
"Just in front of where we stand
thirty odd niggers wuz killed, and on
or two NV them Burow teachers. !
IdOn't become me to say how many
| killed, but l want idle In thre
weeks thereafter l received my pan
don from the President, and L an
now, thank God, a citizen"
By this time we reached the Clu
again and for hours l listened to tale
Of oppression on the part of the mil
, tary satraps wich made my blood ru
cold. A citizen he'd shot a niggcr-
and forthwith he wuz torn from til
buzzum Nv his family and inkarserat
ed in the common prizen Another
wife he'd thrOwed a bulIit Nv bilin W.
ter over a wench in the street, Nv vic
the perverse crcacher died, and sh
too, was arrested. Policemen he'd bi
discharged for refOosin to arrest me
whose spirits coodn't brook niggC
ekaIity, and who he'd banged EN- abOl
somewhat, and others he'd bin dismi'
for hurrahin for Jeff. Davis and pu
ling down Federal flags. Their he
bin no liberty Nv speech nor ackshel
This Club room he'd bin invaded, an
+ shot guns he'd bin taken out by thcs
, despots, wich wuz q grindin IL
citizens into the dust. But the mo-
oppressive case wuz that NV one u
4 our first citizens, who he'd q girl i
his family who wood persist in after
ding skooIs after he he'd positivol
forbid her doing 50. lie tied her u
and in the most patriarchal mannC
gave her one hundred and foWtcC
IIashcs. She was Obstinit and die
He gave her a Chrischen borrial, bl
nevertheless he wuz pulled up an
fined and imprizcned for waIlopin
nigger
Then bisnis commenced. Lis
were made out, the purport Nv whic
l comprehendid. "Enter up" ST
lone, oilin a revolver, "the nest nv nj
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