Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1867-09-13
Nasny upon the Situation.

the cTec: in New Orleans Of the anuounc.
ell removal Of Sheridan:
rosr OFFICE. CoSrEpRrr RoAps.
i"ich is IN TIC strsit Nv Ksnsaciy,
August 20, ISL.
wuz settin all so pleasant in the Post
OFFS last mite. musin onto the mutibility
nv human aff,ire. when received the fol-
lcrin despatch, per boy on mule, from the
stashcn:
wAsurNGIoS, Aug. 20, 1867.
To p. =. Nasty, s-i.
liev determined to he President or nothin. Shel
10 move stanton and irnieiitely thercac or Sh. RI.
DIN, aud ultimately the baieace NV cm. Go to
400 Orleens, and IN AXE this known 10 friends.
Dtaw on tbs general fund for expenses. Al
Wat thrill run thro me ca red this =
never felt so good but once before in my
lite. waz in an interior town in Massa
chusctts four days, whcr the most stimu-
latin bevrage wuz root beer. The occa
zion whe, ! felt better than did on the
reset ov that dispatch. wuz the i,leurklc
mn3it struck Moo York, an d stood afore
bar.
left inmejitly. and after pleasant
journey REACHED Moo Orleans.
hel M trouble in finlins them to
whoml wuz accredited. II there's il d.
,inity wich doth he lge king thcr must
he suYthin also in the face NV Il troo Dim.
okrat wici betrays him. | WIZ FILTERED to
my hotel by crowd NV the first men liv
the city, and when they saw NV name on
the register the scene WIZ terrific. They
knowd me. they kuowd my comm wuzn't
Tor no,hin. aud afore he'd time to say
nay, lwuz hurried tn the Lost Cog Club
Rooms, aud made an onorary member Tor
lite. iucloodin the frccdo N w the bar. wich
privilege lprizrd.
Wat uonze from Washnton , shouted
they all, with ne akkord.
Calm yoorselves.' scd imprcssivelv
aud 'rcstrane voor cmosaens. Four DAYS
ago received this'-and read 'em the
dispatch Never shall | witness another
sich sceen. Old men danced Ike youth.
while young men wept like wmmn.
'Excoose us. sir, sed one this wecpin
is onniaulv; but all, did yno know wat
Lcv suffered. Seuce last Joon. a year.
hern't killed bigger nora preccher, and
hev only knocked two NV EN- down. and
Tor them two wuz imprisoned three
months each But, thank God, I'm free
agin--f'm free !! and he fell onto nv neck
and asked me to take drink with him.
witch. fearin the cifeX NV irritashen on him.
in his present esgstablc state uv mind. |
did.
Iwaz askt ef he'd ever bin in Moo Or.
leens. and on sayin that hcdn't. my
friend accompanied mc to the many oh
jeks nv interest iu the city.
Here. said he, III the bu;ldins in witch
Beast Butler received the surrcndur Nv
the city. and where he eigned the order
for the hansin, of Mumfnrd. SuI,sekcnt-
". in this same room. the tothcr beast,
Sheridan, toak his orders from Mayer
Munro aid Abel. Ha. ha!' 'lwuz rctri
bushcn, aud he smiled grimlr sevral min
hits. Here is the hall where Dostie and
his Ablishen hoides gathered over a year
ago, aud from which Dostie WAS carried Il
carpse. At tina. angle in the bilden /,
with this good rite hand. slew three nig
gers and Burow preacher. Rite here.
where we are standin, cart containin the
killed came along wuz egssted and in
furiated at their obstin4cy in holtiin the
tonvensheu. In my revolver there wuz
oas load-in the cart under the corpsee
WI: niger groann. | mounted the
cart. and turned over the corpses-,ht
wounded niger he'd on a bloc cotc-in,
famed with rage at the site, pulled til,
trigger and he groaned no nose.
Glorious sprrit = sed l. i'll cggstacy
wriuging his hand.
Just in front NV wher we stand thirty odd
nSgers wnz killed, and one or two Nv then
Burow teechers. 1t don't become me to
say how many killed, bat | want idle
In three weeks thereafter, received my par
don from the President, and am now. thank
Gol. a citizen
Bv this time we rceched the Club again.
sud for hoars listened to tales OF oppres-
sion on the part NV the military satrans
witch made my blaod run csid A citizen
he'd shot a niger. and forthwith he WIZ
Torn from the buzzum w his family ami
inkarserated ina common przen Anoih
or mau's wife he'd throwd a huekit Nv bilir
water over wench in the street, Nv wcl
the pcrycrsc crrechcr died. and she, too
wuz arrested. Policemen he'd bin dis
charged for refoosin to arrest men whose
spirits coodent brook niger ekali,y. and
who he'd banged en- ahuut somewhat, and
others he'd bin disnisst for hurrahin for
Jeff Davis and pulin down Fcdral flags
Their he'd bin no liberty Nv speech nor ack
shen. The Club room he'd bin invaded,
and pistols and shot guns he'd bin taken
out by these desp0ts. witch WIZ grindin
the citizens into the dust. But tho mos,
oppressive case wuz that NV one Nv ouI
first citizens, who he'd u girl in his family
who wood perrist in attcndin skools after
he he'd positively forbid her doin so: he
tied her up, and in the most patriarchal
manner. gave her one hundred and fourteen
lashcs. She WEI obstint and died. He
gave her a Chrischen bcrriel, but neverthe
less, he wuz pulled up. and fined and i'm
prisened Fined aud imprisoned for wollo-
pin niggcr
Then biznis commenced. Lists were
bein mace out, the purport nv wich Icon.
prchendid. Enter up sed one oilin a re-
tolver. the nest Nv niggers on the alley just
around the corner from my honse. They
hey thcr chapel. in wich they hev prcech
in Sundays, and skools doorin the week.
Aside froHi the annoyance it is to my fumi-
]y. it's RELY dangerous. Two hundred
nigger children attend it, besides the adult
l. ger classes
Enter up sed anuther, cleanin out a
shot gun. the grocer on the same street.
lie is from Iowa, and tcrc!cs u SUNDAY
rkool class in that same chapel. Sich in
ccndiaries as this We kin never tolerate
There's Il niger charch two squares
from me wich must he ahated. sed anuth
or; .and by the way, agent nv The niger
missionary sosicty and Two tecchcrs from
Connecticut boards next door Put .m