The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-05-18
A., sATUDAY MORNING, MAY Is 1867.

especially directed to wear list slippers
and to walk on their tip toes.
wuz invited to his room and wuz
favored with few minutes conversa-
shen with the first of Amerikens, and,
when he dies, the last. Glancin out NV
the winder his fine, soft grey eyes restid
on the roof NV Libby. Lilies! lies ~
sed he angrily.
"Wat speshl lies hev yoo reference
to?" askt l.
"Them wich was publisht in the sour
rilOus reports Nv the Committees Nv a
unconstooshnel Congris regardin the
treatment NV primers in Libby. They
asserted that the officers died hecoz they
he'd ten feet by two, for sleepin, wash
in, cookin and eatin. They he'd that
space, and wat more was necessary
Why give 'em room to cook when they
hedn't anything to cook? Wherefore
room to eat eff they hedu't anythin to
eat? No, its false. 1t wuzn't the
crOwdin that perdoost the mortality"
Only wunst wuz his buzzum wrung.
He wuZ standin al the winder, gain
out upon Richmond, his mind revertin
70 the time when it wuZ the Capital NV
his Confedracy, when a procession pass
ed with moOsic, and flags and banners.
With a shrek OF angish he buried his
head in the curtins, and wept aloud. l
rusht TO the winder. 1t wuz ez l fear
ed. Film slowly by wuZ a percession
Nv niggers who he'd past that way per
poselv. "Merciful Heavenw sed he,
"hez it come to this ?" and he wuz very
reserved and deprest the balance NV the
day.
The next day the President wuz ta-
ken to the Court. Ez he entered the
room and glanced proudly over the
n l. / -
to hev decided whether he wuZ a goin
to try the Court or the Court him. But
repressin hisself he took his seat. Tech
in solissitOod wuZ displayed in the
Court Room for his comfort. A crack
in the Winder casin let in a draft NV
cold air; he shuddered and n shudder
run through the entire eassemblage. The
shudder NV the conservative merchant
from Moo York wuZ trooly artistic.
Cotton wuz called for, when the Con-
Servative merchants wife tore OFF her
buZzums and stuff the apertoor. WuZ
there ever more techin sacritis2 The
President wept ez he beheld it. On u.s.
sertainin the temperatoor wich best
soOtid his system, u thermometer wuZ
brOt, and the room wuZ kept at that
percise degree.
There wuZ sum tritlin legal fOrmali-
ties gone through with, and the Presi-
dents counsel made motion that he
be admitted to bail. There wuz a stir
in the Court. snake it million % sed
one, $50 that the craven North shell see
how we kin take keer NV them we loveV'
but Underwood, with the meanness
characteristic Nv the man, fixed it at
$lO0, 900, and brisk eZ bees, Schell, a
Moo York Dimocrat, severel Richmond
Dimocrats and Horrls Greedy slept for
rerd and signed it. Ez Horris did it l
coodent restrane myself no more.
Dustin into teers fell onto Greeley's
buZzum and we embraced. Ez he
hedn't his spekticles on he sposed it
wuZ Davis hisself, and he bustid into
teers also, and there wuZ wun NV the
most striking tabloos ever exhibited.
got away aforehe diskivered his mis-
take.
Here WIZ the endin Nv our troubles,
the consummashen NV our hopes.
DAVIS IS FREE! The pent-up emoshens
NV the people found vent. 1cz he slept
into the street the people crowded to the
carriage wich contained us and rent the
air with cheers. We reacht the hotel,
and after embracin his wife, season
NV religious exercises wuZ held. The
clergyman who he'd charge NV Davis
piety dOOrin the war wuZ present, and
he offered prayer. He prayed fervent-
ly that the Lord wood forgive the peo-
pie NV the North for the wrong they
he'd done our sainted he'd, that he wood
forgiv, eff possible, the late head NV tho
Fedral Government who he'd opposed
him and the glorious coz, and eff Divine
mercy Good stretch So far that he wood
forgive the Colonel NV Michigan cav
airy wich he'd hunted down the Saint
who wuz now in our midst, and made
NV him captive. He prayed for for
giveness for the reckless men NV the
North who :invadid Virginy; for the
noosepaper cOndukters who he'd op-
posed him who is now with US, partick-
lerly HorPis Greely who he'd this day
in some measure atoned for his previ-
GUS Shortcomings. He prayed that the
blessins NV Heven might rest, first,
upon the city Nv Richmond, then upon
the balance nv Virginy and afterward
upon the rest NV the Southern States,
that the Ethiopians, wich coCdent
change their skins, might see the error
of their ways and return to their nor
NAL condishen.
After this the President received his
friends. -5 .,a ~
am not permitted to give more NV
the Presidents plans than this: He
will remain in secloosion, and will take
no part watever in politics until after
nlS uuel dcqulLLal IN november. he
don't feel at liberty TO take hold NV
the Government so long ez there is even
technikle charge agiu him. Our
friends in the Northern States, who
expected him to take the stump in their
behalf this fall, will be disappointed. !
return to-morrer to kentucky.
PETROLEUM V. NAsBY, p. NJ.
(Which is POstmaster), and Professor in
the Ham and Japheth Free Academy
for the development NV the intellek
NV all races irrespective of color.