The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1869-02-24

EARSESTNEss OF IIIs ENTHUSIASTIC MA
TCRE.
PosT OrrIs. CoSrEDRIT X RoADs,)
(Wich is in the State Nv Kcntucky,)
january 20, 1867
hcv It Mt Inst see lite A CRATE
lite! u brito lite! | shcl not 20 TO Moo
York, nor shel Ge forced to leave the
Corners, at least permanently. l hey
1T last struck lie. shel live like IL
gcntlcman,-I shcl pay for my likkcr,
and be on al ekal footin with other
men. Dascom, whose smile IL happi-
ness, but whose. frown is death, will
anitfc- on me wiYNstl more
10 Miss Soosan Murphy ! owe my
present happiness. The mint notist
that she he'd put in n claim ngin the
Government for property yOoScd doo-
rim the war by Fcdrnl Soljery, | to-
wunst saw where my fnanslel saliva.
shcn wuz. Immcjitly histcd my
shinglc eZ claim agent wich WIZ to
prosckoot claims agin the Government
for property destroyed or yoosed
duurin the late onplcaSantniss by Fed
raj troops. That shiugle hcdmt bin
out m hour. before Joe Bigler he'd red
it to half the citizens Nv the Corners,
and in two hours he'd biznis OH my
hands. and money in my pockets. Ez
matter nv course ! insisted upon
rrtainin fee Nv ten dollars in each
case.
Issaker Gavitt and his two younger
brothers WIZ the first clients he'd.
Their case is one Nv pckoolycr hard
ship and feel ashoored that COnSris
will to wunst afford EN- the rclccf they
nsk. The property destroyed wuz Il
barn, aud lis contents. wich WIZ de-
s,rUycd by Bucl in the second ycnr nv
the war: that is. the cOnlcuts wood
hcv bin destroyed only they wuznt in
the barn, ez they he'd bin sold jlst pre-
viously 10 The Coniedracy. But ez the
Elder, pcccc to his ashes, took Conicd-
ri, mummy for the scd contents, wich
mummy he. in n moment nv cnthoosi-
asni. invested in Confcdrl bonds, wich
finally rot TO be worth nothin. We put
in claim for the valyoo nv the con-
tents ~ well cz nv the barn. Bcin ~
years Nv age when the war broke out
he did not volunteer in the Conlcdrit
scrviS, and consequently never fired Il
shot ut tho Old Flag. His two young
e,t sons did, it is troo. bat the Elder
can't he held responsible for them boys
The estate is entitled to damage jist
the same rs though the Elder wu2
alive.
Elder prnnibackcr hcz also claims to
u considerable amount. wlcli Is lor
fences. crops. barns and sich. destroyed
bv the Federal armies. The Elder is
no, quite certain but that tho fences
wuz destroyed by order nv Il Contrdrit
Grnrrnl. wich WIZ rrircctin. AMI ii II
possible that the crops, barns aud aiclI,
wuZ yoo>rd up ut the same time. II
wuz doorin the war, ut any rate, and
cz the Frtlrai Government wuE, in his
opiuvun. to blame for the war, wicll
never wood hcv bin carried on he'd il
ycrldrd W it. ought to hcv done, why
the Fctlral Government ouG lit 10 pay
all these losses. Wv course ] shan't
put all the Elders talk into the pcliSll-
eli.
Miss Jane McGrath'S ease, which is
the one Shrl push the hardest, is one
wich, cf Congris does not consider
lavurnbly, it will show that ConSris
hcz no bowels. Miss Mc(;rath is i
woman. w course doorin the wal
she WIZ loyal, ~ she understood 10y
atty. She believed in her State. She
he'd two brothers wich went into tho
Conlrdrit srrvis. and shc give en- both
horses. But wood cny sister let her
brother 20 aInot? Them horses must
be- SIT down to tho credit NV her Sis
trrly allcckshcn. 1t will be showed,
make no doubt, that when her oldest
.brotlcr's regiment (he wuz Colonel
left for. the sect Nv war. :hat Miss
MrGruth presented to it i soot Nv col.
ors wich She made with her own hands,
which SCOT included u black tlug with
skull and cross. bones onto it. Sposin
she did? II WIZ loyalty to what She
considered her State. And tho fact
that doorin the war sho rode twelve
miles to inform Comfcdrit officer that
four Fcdral soljers wich he'd escaped
from Andcrsonvislo WIZ hid in her
barn sho0d not operate aSin her. On
10 her piano there wuz choice col.
leckshcn NV Southern songs; aud there
is n rumor that in Louisville wunst she
did spit in the face Nv Il Fcdral offlScr,
but wat Nv that? Is great Govern.
mcnt goin to inquire closely into sich
trifcs! Miss McGrath gave mc the
names nv three Fcdral Generals who
campt on her place doorin tho laSt year
Nv tho war, wich wood certify to her
loyalty; wich CT they didn't wood
show that there wuzn't any gratltood d
in humanity.
Deckin Po.ram hcz nv course a
claim. The Dcekin's horses wuz NIL
tnkcn by Fodrnl ofiiser, wich wuz the
more aggravatin, CT tho Dcekin he'd,
in addisllen to his own, jist bought
twenty-five. which ho wuz to hev de-
Iivcred to General Morgan Nv the Con-
fcdracy, the next day, who wuz to hev
paid for EN- in gold. They were ull
gobbled. For these horses the DeeEin
Claims payment. lie wuz doorin tho
war strikly nootral. Kentucky did
not secedc, neither did the Dcckin.
His boys wont ints the Confcdrlt ser.
Wis, and on several occasions lie mite
possibly hcv cleaned his 'trusty rifle
and gomc ont at nitc.to git crack at
Fcdral pickitS. Habit Is, strong, and
ez thcr were no skoolmasterS to shoot,