The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1867-05-30
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Courtroom for his comfort. A crack
in the winter easin let in draft nv cold
air; he shuddered and shudder run
thro the entire assemble. The shudder
ov the Conservative merchant from Moo
York wuz truly artistic. Cotton wuz
called for, when the Conservative mer
chants wife tore off one NV her buz-
Gums and stuff the apertoor. Wuz
Their ever more techin sacriis The
President wept ez he beheld it. On as
certainin the temperatoor witch best
sootid his sistem, thermometer wuz
brot, and the room wuz kept at that
precise degree.
There wuz sum trifin legal formal.
ties gone through with, and the Presi-
dents counsel made a motion that he
be admitted to bail. There wuz stir
in the court. "Make it million !"
sed one, $50 that the craven North shell
see how we kin take keer Nv them we
love!" but Judge Underwood fixed it
| at 100000, and brisk ez bees, Schell,
a Moo York Democrat, several Rich
mond Democrats, and Horris Greedy,
slept forred and signed it.
Never shell l forgit the shout that as
sendid ez Horris wuz signin his
name.
"Three cheers for jeff son Greelv
and Horris Davis-one and inseprable,
now and forever!" shouted one enthu-
sistic Confedrit.
Immortality is yours!" sed another,
seezin him by the hand corjelly. jeff
son Davis is the big dog ov the age,
and 700, my dear sir, are now the tin
kittle tied to his tale. Wat joy! Wat
happinis! When posterity speaks NV
him they'll speak ov you'll"
coodent restrain myself no more.
Dustin into teers l fell onto Greely's
buzzum and we embraced. Ez he
hedn't his specifics on he sposed it was
Davis hisself, and he busted into teers
also, and there wuz wun ov the most
striking tabloos ever exhibited. [ got
away afore he diskivered his mistake.
Here wuz the endin ov our troubles
the consummashen ov our hopes.
Davis wuz free The pent-up emoshens
ov the people found vent. Ez he slept
into the street the people crowded to
the carriage witch contained US and rent
the air with cheers. We reacht the
hotel, and after embracin his wife sea-
son of religious exercise Wuz held. The
clergyman who he'd exeloosive charge
of Davis piety dooring the war wuz
present, and he offered prayer. He
prayed fervently that the Lord wood
forgive the people of the North for the
wrong they he'd done our sainted head,
that he wood forgiv, ef possible, the
! late head ov the Federal Government
who had opposed him and the glorious
coz, and of Divine mercy could stretch
so far that he wood forgive the colonel
ov Michigan cavalry witch he'd hunted
down the saint who wuz now in our
midst, and made nv him captive. He
prayed for forgiveness for the reckless
men of the North who invaded Virgil
ny; for the noosepaper conductors who
he'd aboozed him who is now with us,
and particklery Horris Greedy, who he'd
this day in some measure atoned for
his previous wiekedness. He prayed
that the blessins of Heaven might rest,
first, upon the city NV Richmond, then
upon IiC Od4llSI ah Al SiH slli'I tllCCl
ward upon the rest NV the Southern
States, and he wound up with fervent
appeal that the Philippians, witch coodent
change their skins, might see the error
ov their ways and return to their nor
NAL condishen.
After this the President received his
friends.
am not permitted to give more NV
the Presidents plans than this: He
will remain in secloosion, and will take
no part whatever in politics until after
his final aequital ilEl November. He
don't feel at liberty to take hold Nv the
Government SO long ez Their is even a
technikle charge agin HIM. Our friends
III the Northern States, who expected
him to take the stump in their behalf
this fall, will be disciplined. I return
tomorrow to kentucky.
PETROLEUM V. Massey, P. NJ,
| (Wich is Postmaster,) and Professor in
the Ham and Japhet Free Academy
for the development NV the intellek
Nv all races, irrespective Nv color.