Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1867-09-12

PosT OTFis, CoNFEDERlT Y ROADS, [Wich
is in the Stait NV Kentucky] August 10th,
lS6I.I wuz Il settin all SO pleasant in the
Post Oils last mite, a lnusin onto the muta-
bility NV human affairs, when received the
follcrin despatch, per boy on mule, from
the stashen -
WAsmiNGroN, August 90 lsG7-To P. V.
Nasby, &c.--IIev determined to be Presi-
dent or nothin Shel remove Stanton, and
Immediately thereafter Sheridan, and ulti-
mately the ballence NV EN-. Go on to Moo
Orleans and make this known to our friends.
Draw ON the general fund for expenses.
Wat thrill run thro me eZ | red this |
never felt so good but wnnst before in my
life. ! wuz in an interior town in Massa
chusctts four days, wher the most stimulatin
beverage wuz root beer.
The occasion when felt better than did
on the reject NY that despatch, wuz the iden-
tikle mint | struck Moo York anu stood
afore bar oh wat a plcasin, ,soothin, mag
netic thrill run thro my veins ez the golen
likquid gurgled down my esoilragus just
SO | thrilled at recdin that despatch. My
thot-contracted brow smoothed agin, the
wrinkles of care left my face, and | wuz
boy agin.
| left immejitly, and after pleasant jour
ney reached Moo Orleans.
he'd no trouble in finding them to whom
| wuz accredited If there's divinity which
doth hedge king, tlier must be suthin also
in the face NV Il troo Dimekrat which be-
trays him. / wus follored to my hotel by
crowd Nv the first men NY the city, land when
they saw my name onto the register, the
scene was terrific. They knowed me they
knowd my cumin wuzn't for nothin, and
afore he'd time to say nay, wuz hurried
to the Lost Coz Club rooms and made an
onorary member for life, incloodin the free
J., f1,n hos. oh fxrtt MI
Wat nooze from Washington ~ shout'd
they all with one akkord.
| Calm yourselves" !" sed l impressiyely,
"and restrane your emoshens. Four days
ago received this" and I red 'em the dis
patch. Never shel | witnis anuther sich
seen. Old men danced like yooth, while
young men wept like wimmen.
Excoose us, sir, sed one, 81 this weepin
is onmanly, but ah, did you know what |
hev suffered. Since last Joon, year, |
haven't killed Niger nor preach
er, and hev only knocked two NV 'em down,
and for them two wuz imprisoned three
months each. But, thank God, I'm free
| agin-I'm free !" and he fell onto my neck
and askt me to take drink with him, wch
| fearin the eilex NV irritashon on him, in his
present eggsitable state of mind, did.
wuz askt ef he'd been in Moo Orleans,
and on sayin that / hedn't, my friend ac
companied me to the many objecks NV in
terest in the CITY,
"Hcre," sed lie, sis the buildin in wicl
Beast Butler received the surrender nv the
city, and there he signed the order for the
hangin of Mumford. Subsekently, in this
same room, the tother beast, Sheridan, took
his orders from Mayor Monro and Abel.
Ia! ha! 'twuz retribushen," and he smiled
| grimly several minits. =" Here is the hall
where Dostie and his Ablishn hordes gather
lal s.,1, 10
| wuz carried a corpse. At that angle in the
bildin, /, with this good rite hand, slew
three niggers and Burow preacher. Right
here where we are standin, a cart containin
the killed came along. | wuz eggsited and
infuriated at their obstincy in holdin the
Convenshcn. In my revolver there wuZ one
load-in the cart under the corpses wuz a
nigger goanin l mounted the cart, and
turned over the corpses- the wounded mig
ger had on q bloc cOte--inhamed with rage
AT the site pulled the trigger and he groan-
ed no more.
s'Gorious spirit" sed |, in cggstacy,
wIingn his hand.
siJust in front NV where stand thirty old
niggers wuz killed, and one or two NV them
Burow teachers. 1t don't become me to say
how many | killed, but want idle. In
, three weeks thereafter received my pardon
from the President. and am now, thank
I3Sy; Ills lime we reached the Club again,
and for hours listened to tales of oppres-
sion on the part the military satraps with
made nly blood run cold. A citizen he'd
shot niggcr-and forthwith he WIZ torn
from the buzzum NV his family and inkarce-
rated in the common prizen. Anothers wife
he'd throwd buckit NV bilin water over a
wench in the street, NV wich the perverse
! creacher died, and she, too, was arrested.
Policemen he'd lin discharged for rcioosin
to arrest men whose spirits coodent brook
! nigger ckality, and who had banged en-
about somewhat, and others he'd bin dismisst
; for llurran for Jeff. Davis and pullin dawn
Federal flags. There had bin no liberty nv
speech nor acisllen. This Club room he'd
bin invaded, and pistols and shot guns he'd
bin taken cut by these despots, witch wuz a
grindn the citizens into the dust. But the
most oppressive case wuz that nv one nv
our first citizens, who had girl in his fami-
w who wood persist in attendin skools after
| lie he'd positively forbid her doin so. He
tied her M, and in the most patriarchal man
t ner gave her one hundred and fourteen
lashcs She wuz obstinit and died. He gave
, her a Chrischen berral, but nevertheless he
9 wuz pulled up, and fined and imprizened
| Fined and imprzered for wallopn n mig
, ger.
Then biZns commenced Lists were beil
made out the pnrport Of which | compcr-
hended. ''Enterup, sed one, ,oilin revolver,
s'tlie nest uf niggers on the alley jist around
# the corner from my house. They hay thel
n chapel, in which they hev preechin Sun
. days, and skools doorin the week. Aside
2 from the annoyance it is to my family, it's
y children attend it, beside the adult niggc
/ classes.
V ''Enter up" sed another, cleanin out slio
: gun, 'the grocer on the same street. He il
!. from Iowa, and teechcs Sunday skool clas
II in the same chapel Sich ncendiaries ",
n kin never tolerate ''There's niggc
n church two squares from me which must b'
d abated," sed another, land, by the way, !
,r agent nv the Niger missionary society an,
il two teechers from Connecticut boards mex
o door. Put EN- down" sin my part nv tn
K city, sed another, there's four nigger dray
l. men who hev been impudcnt enuil TO scrap
If Together enuif to buy ground and build en-
y houses. Don't forgit to put EN- down-dont
N They are nigeers and hey houses. J." Ii
il added, bi,cry,sl am white man and hav
i none. Put en- down. When Sherida
in gOeS. ha . ha.
rs And 50 On. The scl;retary entered til
~ names ~ fast az they wuz !urnisht him, Oh
ie Ill the name ny every man suspected 9
4 Yankee pruciiyities WIZ registered. III
q niggers wuz not put down, ceptin them u
q. sich prominence eZ they desired to max
@. shoor nv; il is considered entirely safe I
n, kill nigger anywhere. Some NV EN- d.
= sired 10 make cXccpshuns in favor nv certi
To niggers who Good be depended upon ez trot
lie Ono ny EN- KEEP a keno, and t'other far
he bank. But they wuz rooled out. The nj!
IN gers, it wuz decided, wuzn't to be trustee
Their impudence, in persumin to keep fal
banks, was fritelul.
The next day, brite and early, l wuz
N the Club, when received another despatc
nd The members ilockt around me. "1s
rty done?' shreckt they, sis Stanton out r.
ire g He is, sed l, slowly, he is, but
rs. ;" But wat? Oh relieve our suspense !"
IA. s'But Grant is in, returned l, droppin Il
ca message, and sinkin on sofa in brow
study. But they wuz delited.
,rn Its better than we hoped, sed the
)n ssGrant hez come over at last. Bless t
ers Lord. His name will give the Administl
ton strength" They chered like loonati'
of Finally, one mornin, got despatch Il
on Sheridan wood be relieved that day, u
,lu- the enthoosiasm billed up again-this tim
rict shared in it, for | felt that wuz truly suth