The Greene County Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 185?-1867, 1867-06-05

ln castln retrospective glance back
erd over the pathway Nv the past, | kin
see mlny mistakes WI ich hev made
| hevn't alIus made the most nv opor-
toonities--I hev doubtful when doubtin
wuz crime, and hev stood shivrin on
the brink and feared to launch away,
when on the tother side NV the Jordon
wuz pelf and profit Our toresite isn't
aluz ez our hind-site The great error
NV my life wuz in not plungin headlong
into the war ez Conte rit Major Gen.
eral, distinguishin myself for crooelty to
Federal prizhers, and bein at the close NV
the fratrisidIe struggle reserved and ems
brced ez a long-lost brother by the
Northern people, Qeltin EN- kill tattid
calves tor me. and Nv coorse, bein the
ohjerk NV sympathy ez a marter by the
Southern people, In this sitooashen a
man hez two strings to his bow. He
brings to his support the two extremes.
He tetches together Horris Greely from
the one side and General Boregard from
the tother-they embrace, and standin
onto both theirs holders he hez wat'may
be called a soft thing Nv it.
wuz led into these train Nv redec,
tions by the experience l hev he'd with
our sainled cheef, Jefferson Davis. l
wuz sent hither by the President to see
that everything wuz done Tor the COM
fort Nv the illuslrious man that Good be
done on the occasion of his contempla-
It'd trip to Richmond. Pertikelerly l
wuz charged to see that everything cal-
kelalld to jar onto his sensitive feelins be
removed-everythlng which Good wound
his sense NV hearn, seeln or smellin.
The great man had consentid to GO
He he'd bin, he felt, illegally deprived NV
lberty--unconstooshnely in tact-pd
et he shood consult his own feeling he
wood rename, but to forgive wuz divine
Vewin these perceedins in the lite OF an
apology he wood 60.
The day he'd arrived. The steamer
wuz at the Fortress carefully prepared to
receive its ilustrious burden 1t he'd
been thoroughly cleaned and fnmigated.
the cabins he'd been nooly turnisht, and
speshll allerashens made for the Presi-
dent ard party Their wuz,Yoonied
States officers and soJiers aboard, bu,
out of respeck for the teelins Nv their
ilustrioas 'przoer,' ca he is technlcally
called, they keep themselves carefully
out of his site, that the color NV T. cir
uniforms might not awaken unpleasant
reileckshens. So perteck, inded, wu2
the arrangements that the railin Nv the
boat which wuz originally bloc. wu2
kivered with gay cloth, and the eagle
tiggerhpad Nv the craft wuz sawed off -
This wuz <ejested by eminent Con.er
valive NV Moo York, who hez n large
Southern trade wich he didn't prejudls.
by his course DARN the war. The ladies'
cabin wuz originally assined to the party
but female passenger he'd no more
regard for the comfort Nv the marte
than TO die on the passage, an they wer,
deprived NY it. The Conservative mer
chant insisted thai the COZ pse be chuck
ed overheard, but Mr. Dayis, with
magnanmity which wuz alluz character
istic NV him, retoozed No. said he
let her rest there / kin endoor tn
Inconvenience, severe as 1t is. 1t is bu
one more attempt to break my sperlt.'
All the way up their wuz the mos
telchin Difference shown him. AT ever
landin the people were assembled t
greet him, wich he acknowledged with
D condesenshun | never saw of the stage
He conversed but little on tho stage
} lie conversed but little on the passag
up. Ez the boat was a sweepin MAZE,
0 tically past pints made historcle by tn
events nv the great struggle, his ey
brighten, efthey wuz sich pints ez
Contedent Good take pride in, and di
5 with teers eft they wuz pints at whie
o ther had bin reverses.
ie The most considrit preparashens ht
n bin made for his resephen. Their WI
y no irons onto h.m-the only guards
" site Wuz them wich wuz detailed
keep the crowd from annoyin him, al
ns ns a carriage wuz in readiness, into wi,
III we seated ourselves, and wuz driven {
at a digni6ed pace to that resort Nv Il
aristocracy Nv virglnry-the Spott
wood. Here more considerashun W
shown. Mr.. Davis being averse
walkin up stairs, suite nv rooms b
bin prepared tor him On the tust hot
and the presence NV General Burton,