Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-03-19

at mans estate win apply 10 the Legesls.
chers NV their respective States 70 heV
their names changed 10 suthin else. I'm
Young and can't die IN a few yecrs cz
Welles kin, and must therefore drag out a
longer egFistence, but don't blame yoo
went into II takin the chances, and l
stand the hazard NV the die. l shel serve
the ambitious youth Nv this country ez an
Awful Eggsample."
But little remained TO be done Randall
and johnson arranged to hev Welles ab
sent from Washington for the week fol-
lowin the heinaueurashen, knowint that otner'
wise he'd hev to be carried out NV the De,
partment by main fierce. They applnteo
a committee Nv Connecticut men 70 keep
him busy till after his successor wuz In
stalled, and shakin hands all around, each
sheddin a manly tear, the last Cabinet
meetin Nv A. Johnson's administration
passed into histry.
Nv the inaugurashen NV Grant the next
day, hev not the heart 10 write. Suffice
u TO say that the niggers participated In
itl Niggers wuz on the sidewalks, not ez
In the olden time, humble and meek, but
in chairs, waitin to see the pcrccshun pass,
amoosin theirselves the while and readin
noosepapers.
Deekin Pogram, who wuz with me,
called my attenshen to this, askin Ell II
wuz possible for a Kentuckian whose eyes
beheid sich site to hcv any further faith
IN Republican instooshensp The old saint
shuddered visibly ez Niger In a dress
coat, plug hat and shiny boots passed us,
nearly knockin us into the gutter In their
haste, his wife onto his arm, dressed In the
heigh'h NV fashion, with papyer. He
smiled feebly and in bewildered way, but
sed nothin. The site Nv Niger regi.
ment marchin In the perceshun finished
the Deekin. He grew so faint that 1 he'd
to take him to his lOdgins. He LEFT the
same evenin for the Corners.
The members of the late Administra'
shen hey not decided wat TO do Brown
ing will probably 60 into claim agency
In Moo York Kendall remarkt that ef
Sammy Cox and Jack Rogers Good sue.
oeed In Moo York, he thot he Good. Mrs.
Cobb will go TO Moo York and probably
the pardon brokers, lobbyists, and stch
will do likewise. A dozen or two Faro
banks packed up to.pite and others will
speedily follow EN-. In conscience NV this
breakin up NV the Administration and
It's supporters the poleece force nv
Washington hez bin already lessened.
shell accompany the late President to
Tennessee and take my leave nv him then.
He will want some faithful friends to
console him on that dreary passage, and
who so ct for the offs ez the underlined
I shel see him entombed In Greenville, and
then sadly turn my stems to Kentucky and
await the ishoo NV evence / shel nv
course be turned out Nv offs, and wat will
follow know rot A. j. may conclood
to stump Tennessee for the governship, ez
Brownlow hez the paralysis If so, | shel
30 TO his rescue. can't now go to Moo
York, for that city will be overrun. With
Browning, Randall, and the thousand who
90 out NV oflls with em, In that city, wat
chance would there be for meY
PETRoLEUM v Nasty, p, M,
(Wich means Postmaster.)
=. s. Tho press which is now subsi'
died is animadvertin upon ex-President
johnson for not appearln at the inaugura.
shen. His Eggslency preferred to avoid
the display. "Let Grant start fair he
nobly sed, ,"I will not mortify him by givin
the throng wich hes 1ocked here to pay
triboots NV respeck to me an oppnrtoonity
to hurrah for me ez the procession passes
hev SWING around the entire circle NV
ofllshel honor and kin afford TO be mag.
unanimous. Let him hev the entire credit
NV wat enthoosiasm is manifested" Good
anything be more noblep p. V. N