Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1868-04-01

dejeckshun contrastin powerfully with the
hilarity NV a moment afore
Ringin bell, Randall sed to the clerk
who ansered it, ez follows
700 may inform the bands that il won I
be necessary for EN- to longer wait The
men attended, the artillery may retire to the
bosoms nv their families, and those waiku
to be formed into spontaneous professions
may be dismissed The President hez de-
sided not to be serenaded to-nite.
Jest then band wuz heard approachin.
Thunder Y sed Randall, dare they play
without orders"
But VIC discovered that il wuz not the Of
fishal band A percussion wus soon pas
sin afore the White House headed by a
transparency, onto WITCH wuz dead duck,
with face wonderfully like his eggsleney s
and the band behind wuz plaiyn ded
marches and SIGH, with muffled drums
Four times these hartlis cusses passed up
and down afore the White House.
Is it not hidyus" sed the President
Served VOC ritz" sed l. 700 wood
take matters in yoor own hands-yoo wood
attempt the work NV q Statesman with the
qualifoashens Nv police court lawyer
Wretched man" sed l transfxin him with
my piercenist gaze, Why wood 700 at
tempt to eat fire whose mouth is only capa-
bic NV Iimburg Cheese? With Grant at
the head NV the armies, why did 700 at
tempt revolooshen ? When 700 attempted
to drive Stanton out, hedn't 700 sense enuff
to know that it made direct ishoo atween
700 and the Ablishnists from which they
Good not escape, and that y0or death or
theirn wuz inevitable? Yoo made it ne
cessary for EN- to Stay 700, and, in trooth,
they've made lively commencement. Moo
Hampsheer is fatal stab, impeachment
will foller in sixty days, and then long
farewell to all our glory. Good mite, yoor
Eggsleney, pleasant dreems III to my
chamber
And left the poor man weepin great
tears and bitter ones.
l sent the follerin dispatch home to the
Gross Roads, by telegraph. Twuz ruther
expensive on the government, but Seward
told me that telegrafin wuz q legitimate
expenditoor, and TO yoose the wires ez
much ez l choose.
To Pegram, Deekin, Baseom, MoPelter
and Gavitt, Jr., Trustees
THESE GREETIN -DeerIy beloved, | sa-
loot you. Not ioyfully and with likeness
Nv heart, but on the contrary, quite the re :
verse. We've bustid Vent, Vedt Veei
wich, the way we translate it, means, g We
cum, we saw, and got squeezed It is my
painful dooty to inform 700 that Moo Hamp.
sheer, NV witch we expected better things,
hez gone lunatic agin, and heE eIectid o
hater Nv us uns and ourn, ez its Cheef mag
istrate. In this crisis I direct that next
Friday mornin between the hours Of 8 and
Ii A. M. be observed ez day Of fastin and
hoomiliation. Iwood hev 700 hold servises
ct the church, but [ found that j he'd brot
away in my vallse the only Bible in the
Corners and it is therefore impossible. Ez
no labor is ever done at the Corners it amt
necessary to direct 700 to abstain therefrom
but you will give over yoor yoosual oeeu-
pashena eE follows
l. No@seyen-up or poker playin doorin
that period.
2. No boss -racin, copper pitehin, fghtin,
or other amusement, will be admissible
3. And that the flesh may be mortified
to an extent commensurate with the calami-
ty that hez befallen us, no likker will be
allowed between those hours, ceptin to in
valids and persons NV extreme ago.
There viii be weepin and wailin at the
corners when this is received.
PETROLEUM " 4. NAsBY, z. NJ
(Which is postmaster \