Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-11-04
Nasty.
AN AFFECTING INCIDENT AT yIcKsBURG
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 1893
AND IS6J-UNTIMELY DEATH or
COL. LEONIDAs sLAsHER-
VIXBURG wich is in the state I
Nv Mississippi. Oct. II, 1869.

VIXBURG .wich is in the state
Nv Mississippi. Oct. II, 1869.
One uv the most affectin incidents witch
ever come under my motifs, tran-pired at
the Southern Cross Hotel, in this city,
yesterday. / have wept oshens NV tears
in my day, and hev seen all sorts Nv hor-
rible deaths. bat never one wich teched
my heart the untimely deeease of Col
Leonidas Sla,her Nv the interior, witch
took place yesterday.
/ regretted the Kernels death for many
reasons. / he'd only made his acquaint-
ance FIVE days, lhe had bin in town that
time and he'd con~ekently only succeed
ed Ia borrerin Sl3 nv him. - At one
time aud 50 at two other times. He he'd
money and was flush with it aud he'd
confidently counted ON sub.isten on him
for at least four weeks. Troo hi- death
settles wat / borrered NV him, but that
no consulashun. Ez soon ez be bed got
we'll acquainted with me, he'd a never
thought Nv. arkin me for II anyhow. Ia
sddI-hun To this greet wich l. purely per-
sonal tn myself, the Colonel was chIv-
alrod- Southerner NV the old SkotL He
want Ia the C"nfeierIt servis hi-self,
but sich WIZ his devoshen 10 the coz that
he forced into the field ali the poor whites
in his vicinity, and hunted -iah ez wood
ent 20, out OF the country with dorg-.
He wuz troo gentleman. He wore
ruffisd shirts, took the National Iutelli-
gencer and drank his braudy-aud- ater
without water.
The kernel knowd that the war wuz
over, that the South bad been subjug4 4ted
and constructed, but he'd MT any idee ov
the changis wich he'd taken place. He
he'd lived on has plantashen out ov the
reech NV the world all this time. He
sposed that reconstruction ment simply
that if he shood be eiictid to Congris, he
wood hev to ~ to Washington 10 set in-
sted NV Richmond, which he expected TO
do next year.
The Kernel and wuz in the orfs NV
the hotel, when his beamin eye happenin
10 rest onto the register, il lighted onto
this name wendell Phillips,-Boston,
Mass"
The Kernel staggered ez tho he he'd bin
struck in the face. wendell Phillips in
Vicksburgh. Good Heyens where is
he 1"
Capt. McVay, which wuz settin by,
pinted toa tall, gsunt man, IN a stove pipe
hat, wich wuz settin by the stove reedin
the Moo York Herald, and remarks that
must be him"
The Kernel gritted his teeth, and an
expression NV intense pleasure rested onto
his countenance. ''Capten, git rope.
major, see ef that lamp post is high enuff
to string this Yankee up 10, and, Gineral,
git some Nv the boys together immejitly.
I'll help hang one more Yankee afore
die, anyhow"
Aud the impetuous Kernel made for
the spozed Phillips. He slapt him IN the
f,ce, at which the Yankee riz and fOored
the Kernel, aud at it they went, tooth
and toe -nail-the wust small fife ] ever
saw. They WIZ finally dragged apart by
the Clerk Of the Hot.l and the bystand"r-
the two wuz arrested by a policeman
handy by, and dragged off 20 a magis-
trates ofii-, when upon heerin NV the
case the Kernel was fined f20 aud costs.
"Wst IL this Z" be asked, ''Fine ms for
lickin Yankee which We wuz 10 hang
Why, Squire, do you know who ] srn, and
who he i- I"
"Sh sh !. said the Kernels friend,
which he'd juA ru.ht In. "Pay yer hne
1t woodsnt do for us 10 hev 700 lot of
for licking n Ablisbnist. The niggers
woodent like II, and II would loose their
vote. Pay and cay nothin."
"Wat r replied tbs Kernel, tarnin pale.
They said nothin, but paid the fine Tor
him, and hurried him away.
The Kernel went to his room in most
fearful state Of mind, muttering .ez he
walked, Cant lick an Ablishnist In
vixburgl Fine me for lickin AblisbDists
10 please . sst Nv id niggersi Can't
lick an Ablisbnist--wst-
Whsn he got 70 his room he sat down
and drswd long Sigh. Buryin bis lace
into his hsads, hs wept bali an hour,
and then fell fsintin from his chair. i
pioksd tie old nsn mp and put him 70
bed, sftsr which chsfed his limbs with
whiaky md put . bOstis nv II 70 his lips
asd nias. He showed soms signs Of life.
and In perhaps n hour, GOOD uttse words
in fsfns aad Sssbls wsy.
T-ean't-hsng-e Ab-lishnist any
Anpol Or