Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1868-10-10

Sept. 1858.
Yesterday afternoon at precisely 3
p. NJ, stranger Nv propossen appearance
ho,e in sight NV the Post Offs. WatI
M Il by 'prepoSsin appearance" is he
he on a paper collar wieh he'd only ben
tur Ied wul S. ........
Is Mr.. Nasty III p" .sed he. But why
do l ask so stoopid question? Ieven't
l a suffishent knowledge NV human
nacher to read humanity ez its set forth
in the human face divine, and don't l
know that there amt but cns Nasty ?
Kin mistake it j.? Doth eny other man
carry that Websterian front Hath any
other man that eagle nose? That eagls
lips? Hath"
"That'll do" remarkt 1 in alarm, for
he. wuzla a persimmon above Inc. E"Draw
it mild, my gushin' FREUD, for cant lend
you 4 dollar fit WIZ TO save Yoo."
"Yoor mistakin, "he did reply, 81 don't
want to borrer. | amt on that lay at
present. | want informashen cum to
yoo, sir, ez the Perfesser of Biblikle
Litcratoor in the Southern Military and
Ciassikle Institoot--ez one who seeks in
classic groves, that ipeeSenot to be found
in the busslin world outside-informa-
shen cz to the condishun wv the South,
her wants and expectashens, wicE / per-
pose to spred before my feIlow-citizens
nv injeany. l come, sir, Nv my own ac-
cord n mishen is a priyit one and
undertaken solely for the public coed.
| wuz a commissary in the Fedral seryis,
and | hev a brother who wuz not alto-
gether unconnected with the sutlerin de-
partment. That brother is runnin for
Sheriff on the Democratic ticket; the
Ablishn candidate for the same offs bein
Kernel Nv his regiment, who prokoored
our dismissal for triflin irregularities in
accounts and also wat he -wuz pleased to
term swihdlin the soJers. Wat want
is sich statement NV the feelins NY the
people NV the South ez will set at rest
the ISLANDERS the Ablishnists is circulatin
reg:lrdin 700, wich | will publish on my
return. L am actooated, ez yoo see, by
personal motives. Speek.''
"My deer sir" returned ], 81 approve
NV yoor mishn, and permit me to say,
700 hev cum to the rite shop. But /
will put my anser in ritin and hev it
signed by the leadin citizens here, that
its authenticity may not be doubted"
| therefore sot down and rote, and
wen l he'd finished, [ sent out and got
signatures for the 1ollerin docement:
= CAPTIN We perpose in this, TO give
700 candid statement NV wat we be-
lieve to be the pervadin sentiments nv
the Southern people on various snbjlx.
Whatever opinion may hev prevailed in
the past, on the matter NV African slave
ry or the rite Nv State to secede from
the Yoonyun, we believe we express the
| Judgment NV the Corners when we de-
clare that we count EN- settled by the
war, and we intend to abide by that de-
cision. When we he'd been licked out
Nv our boots, and our arms twisted out
NV our hands, and wen 700 laid EN- down
we cheertully give over our efforts at
secession and sought to resume our tor
mer posishn in the government. In the
spirit Nv magnanimity we permitted the
abolishon of slavery by Legislature In
the election of wich we he'd no part, ez
well ezsevcral other games NV that sort,
not worth while to enumerate. He'd our
ackshuns ben in spirit Nv coriality
all wood hav bin lovely. The people NV
the South entertain no feelins nv hostili-
ty toward the Government, but they
complain that their rites under the Con
stooshen, wieh they alluz loved exceptin
doorin the time they wuz tryin to bust
it, hev bin withheld from them.