Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-02-05

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unr4sfF ro'fr wIrH ALL rHE EAPNEsT-
MSS 81 ma ENTHUSIASTIC NATURE.
Posr Orrfs, CouTEDKrT X RoADs, /
CW5chisia "a ihcsta'e " kenteesaly, ea
rutt fiat hst i see a liteil A CRATE
lltel abrite lite / shel not go to Moo
YORK. her sael i be forced TO leave the
Cornef, a, least permanently. hev at
last stuck lie shel live Ike gentle.
man, "A shel pay for my likker, and be on
an ekaI footln with other men. BascoTn,
whose smile is happiness, utwhose frown
is death Will slnile onto mo wunst more
To Mis- Soosan Murphy, I owe my
present happincss The minnit 1 notist
that she he'd put In claim agin the Gov
ernment FOR property yoosed doorin the
war by Fedral sollery, l to.wunst saw
where my finanshel salvashen wuz I'm.
mejitIy I histed my hhin9le ez q claim
agent wich wuz TO prosekoot claims agin
the Government for property destroyed or
yOosed doorin the late onpleasantniss by
Fedral troops. That shingle hodn't bin
out an hour, before Joe Biglor he'd red Il
to half the citizens NV the Corners, and in
two hours he'd ,biznis on my hands, and
money in my pockets, Ez a matter nv
course ineisted upon retainin fee NV
ten dollars In each case.
Issaker Gavitt and his two younger
brothers wuz the fret clients he'd Their
case is one Nv pekoolyer hardship and /
feel ashoored that Congris will 70 wunst
afford EN- the releef they ask. The prop.
erty destroyed wuz a barn and its con.
tents, wich wuz destroyed by Buel in the
second year NV the war; that Is the con.
tents wood hev bin destroyed only they
wuznt in the barn, ez they he'd bin sold
iist previously to the Confedracy. But
ez the Elder, peece TO his ashes, took Con.
fedrit mummy for the sed contents, wich
mummy he, in moment nv enthoosiasm,
invested in Condledrit bonds, wich finally
got 10 be worth nothin, we put in claim
for the valyoo NV the contents cz well ez
NV the barn. Bein 90 years Nv age when
the war broke out he did not volunteer in
the Confederit servis, and consequently
never fired shot at the Old Flag. His
two youngest sons did, Il Is troo, but the
klder cant be held responsible for them
boys The estate Is entitled TO damage
iist the same as though the Elder wuz
alive.
Elder Pcnnibacker hez alse claims to
considerable amount, wich Is for fences,
crops, barns and sich, DESTROYED by the
Federal armies. The Elder Is not quite
certain but that the fences wuz destroyed
by order NV Confcdrit General, witch
wus retreetin, and 1t is possible that the
crops, barns and sich, wiz yoosed UP at
the same time II wuz doorin the war, at
any rate, and ez the Fedral Government
wuz, in his opinylin, to blame for the war,
wich never wood hev bin carried on he'd II
welded cz it ought TO hev done, why the
Fedral Government ought TO pay all
these losses. Wv course shan't put all
the Elders talk into the petishen.
Miss Jane McGIath's case, which Is tho
one | shell push the hardest is one witch, ef
Congris does not consider favorably, IL
will show that Congris hez no bowels
Miss MoGrSth Is woman. Nv course
doorin the war she wuz loyal, ez she un.
dcrstood loyalty She believed in her
State. She he'd two brothers wich went
into the Confedrit eervis, and she give EN-
both horses. But wood eny sister let her
brother so afootl Them horses must be
set down TO the credit NV her sisterly sf.
ieckshen. 1t will be showed, l make no
doubt that when her oldest brothers re.
gimcnt Che wuz Colonel) left for the
sect NV war, that Miss Mcqrath presented
to II SCOT NV colors wich she made with
her own hands, which SCOT included a
black flag with skull and cross. bones onto
II. Sposin she didS II wuz loyalty to
what she considered her State. And the
fact that doorin the war she rode twelve
miles to inform a Confedrit officer that
four Fedral soljers wich had escaped
from Andersonville wuz hid in her barn
shood not operate agin her Onto her
piano there wuz choice oolleckshen NV
Southern songs and there Is rumor that
in Louisville wunst she did spit in the face
nv Fedral of1ser, but wat NV thatY Is
great Government goin TO inquire close
ly into sich triflesS Miss McGrath give
me the names nv three Fedral Generals
who campt ON her place doorin the last
year NV the war, wich wood certify to her
loyalty: Wich Of they didn't wood show
that there wuzut any gratitood in hu.
manity.
Deekin Pogram hez NV course claim.
The Deekins horses wuz all taken hy a
Fcdral ottlser, wich wuz the more agra
vatin, ca the Deekin he'd, In addishen 10
his own, jist bought twenty five, which he
wuz to hcv delivered to General Morgan
NV the Confedracy, the next day, who wuz
to hey paid for EN- In gold They were all
gobbled. For these horses the Deekin
claims payment He wuz doorin the war
srikly nootral. Kentucky did not secede,
neither did the Deekin. His boys went
into the Confedrit servis, and on several
occasions he mite possibly hev cleaned his
trusty rilic and gono out at mite
to Sit crack at Fedral pickits. Habit is
strong, and ez ther were no skoolmasters
TO shoot, tho Deekin must shoot suthin.
He considered the war great misfor.
choon, and many a time hez the old patri.
ark with teers streemin down his checks,
exclaimed why wont Linkin withdraw
his troops and let us alonel" He hez bin
since the close Nv the struggle hankerer
arter Peece Let us hev Peecel" is his
cry. "Giye me back my niggers-let me
hev things ez they wunst wuz and shel
be soothed into qule;ood." He voted
for Mcclellan in 1864, and for Sey.
mour in 1865, but that NV course wont
count agin him in the matter nv the claim.
The mint he decided to put In the claim
he withdrew from the Ku-Klux Nv wieh
associashen he hez bin chief for this seek
shun. He's sorry, now, that he shot any
niggers since the close of the war He Is
an inoAensiVe old man whose pathway to
the tomb needs soothin. The horses he
lost he counts worth $4,000, and he NV
course wants remuneration 10 the amount
NV $4,000 more for the anguish he suffered
seein NV EN- go.
Almost every white citizen NV the Cor.
ners kez claim NV wich i shel hey the
prosekootin-that is them wlch kin raise
the retainin fee Some hundred or more
who never he'd nothin before or doorln
the war, and who are in the same con.
dishen now, hev put in claims for sums
rangin from$10,000 to 10000, offerin me
the half git. may take EN-. They kin
swear to each others loyalty wich will
redoose the cost NV evidence 10 a mere
nominal sum.
shell HE me TO Washington and get
airs Cobb to take hold with me, giyin her
share. IF she succeeds with Congris ez
well ez she did with the President, the
result will be all that kin desire.
PETROLEUM v. NAsBY, Z. NJ,
fWich ls Postmaster)
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Lincoln.