The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1869-02-19
Nasty.
Mr.. Nasty npis new business which prouises ample
profits lie devvs himself 70 with all the samestpess
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Mr.. Nasty nnis new business which PROXIES smpIe
profits lie devos himself 70 d With ali The samestpess
Ofhis enthusiasts niue. -
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(Which Is in the state Nv Kentucky,)i
Jan. 20, 1869. }
Ihey II ut last I zee lite A grats lite
A brite lite! shall not 90 to Moo York, nor
shel I be forced TO leave the corners, ut least
permonently. % I hsv at last struck lie shsl
live like gentleman,-I shel pay for my likkcr,
and be on ekal footin with other men. Bascom,
whose smile is happiness, but whose frown Is
death, will smile on me wunst more i.I
To Miss soosan Murphy owe my present
happiness. The minnit that notise that she
had put In claim agin the government for
property yoosed doorin the war by fedral sol
Jerry, to-wunst saw where inanshel salrashen
wus. Immejitly histei my single G. claim
agent witch wus to prosekoot claims agin the
government for property destroyed or yooeed
doorin the late onpleasantniss by foiral troops.
That single hed'nt bin out an hour before Joe
Bgler he'd red Il to half the citizens Nv the cor
ners, and in two hours he'd birnis on my hands
and money in my pockets. Ez . matter nv
course I insisted upon retainin fec nv ten dol
lars in each case.
Issaker Gayitt and his two younger brothers
wuI the first clients he'd. Their case Is one Nv
pekoolyer hardship, and feel ashoord that
congris will to wonst afford EN- the relief they
ask. The property destroyed wuI q barn and
its contents, which wus destroyed by Buel in
the second yer NV the war: that is, the con-
tents wood hey bin destroyed only they wuInt
in the barn, ez they he'd bin sold jist previously
to the eonfedracy. But c1 the elder, peece to
hic ashes, took confedrit mummy for the scd con-
tents, wich mummy he, in moment nv cnthoo-
siasm, invested in confederit bonds, wich finally
got to be worth nothing, we put in claim for
the valyoo NV the contents ca well CT Nv the
barn. Bein seventy years nv age when the
war broke out. he did not volunteer in the con-
feirit servis, and consequently never frcsi shot
At the old flag. His two youngest sons did, It
is troo, but the elder can't be held responsible
for them boys. Tho estate is entitled to dam
age jist the same ez though the elder wuz
alive. .u
Elder Pennbacker her also claims to con-
siderable amount, which IL for fences, crops.
harms and SIGH, DESTROYED by the federal armies.
The elder is not quite certain but that the fences
wul DESTROYED BY order Of q confelerit general,
wich was retreetin, and 1t is possible that the
crops, barn and SIGH wuz yoosed up ut the same
time. 1t wuz during the war, at any rate, and
e1 the federal government was, in his opnyun,
10 blame for the wal, witch wood not hev bin carrI
ell on had II yielded as II ought to hey done,why
the federal government ought to pay all these
losses. Nv course shan't put oil the elders
talk into the petshen.
Miss Jane McGrath's case, wich Is tho one I
shell push hardest, is one witch, ef congress does
not consider fayorably Il will show that congris
hez no bowels. Miss McGarth is woman. Wv
course doorin the war she was loyal, ez she un-
dcrstood loyalty. She believed in her state.
She he'd two brothers witch went into the confed-
rit scrvis, and she give EN- both horses. But
wood eny sister let an affectionate brother 90
afoot 7 Them horses must be set down TO the
credit Of her sisterly aHeckshun. II will be
showed, l make no doubt, that when her Oldest
brothers regiment Che wuz coloneD LETT for
the sect nv war, that Miss Nicer, 18th presented to
Il a SCOT Nv colors wich she made with her own
hands, wich SCOT including . black flag with
skull and cross-bones onto II. Sposin she did!
II wuz LOYALTY TO what she considered her state.
And the fact that doorin the war she walked
twelve miles to inform confedrit officer that
four federal soldiers witch had escaped from An
jacksonville was hid in her barn shood not oper-
ate agin her. Onto her piano there wuz choice
colleckshen of southern songs, and there Is q ru-
NOR that in Looisvill wunst she did spit in the
face ola federal officer, but what Nv thatl Is
great government going to inquire closely into
SIGH trihesl Miss McGarth gave me the names
NV three federal generals who campt on her
Mace dooring the last year Nv the war, witch
wood certify to her loyalty, witch II they didn't
wood show that there wuznt any gratitood In
humanity.
Dekin Pogram her NV course claim. The
dekin's horses wuz all taken by federal offser,
wich was the more agrcyatin ez the dekin he'd
in addition to his own, jist about twenty-five,
witch he wuz to hcy delivered TO Gen. Morgan OF
the confeleraey, the next day, M wuz to hey
maid for en- in gold. They werel oil gobbled.
For these horses the dekin claim<ayment. lie
wuz during the war strikly noOtral. Kentucky
did not secele, neither did the dekin. His boys
went into the confelrit servis, and on several
occasions he mite possibly hey cleaned his trus-
Nv rife and gone out ut night to git crack Mt
federal pickets. Habit is strong, and CT there
WIZ no schoolmasters 10 shoot, The dekin must
shoot suthin. lie considered tho war Ia great
misforchoon, and many time Scz the old pat
riark, with tears strccmin down his checks, cx-
claimed, "Why won't Linkin withdraw his troops
and let us alOne!'
He hc1 bin since the close Nv the struggle a
hankcrer arter pcece. "Let us hev pcecc! ~ Is
his cry. "Give me back my niggers-let me
hev things ca they wunst wuz and shell be
soothed into auietood." He voted for Nickel
Ian in 1864, and for Seymour in 1868, 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 kukluI, Nv
witch associashen he hez bin chief for this seck-
shun. He's sorry, now, that he shot any mig
gers since the close Of the war. He Is an inoi-
fensive old man whose pathway to the tomb
needs soothn. The horses he lost he counts
worth $40, 900, and he Nv course wants remun-
Grafton TO the amount NV $4,000 more for the
anguish he suffered secin NV EN- 60.
Almost every white citizen Nv tho corners
hez n elaine NV wich shell bev the prosecutin-
that is them wich kin raise the retainin fec.
Some hundred or more who never had nothn
before or doorin the war, and who are in the
same condishen now, hev put in claims for sums
rangin frum $4,000 to 500 900, otlerin me
the half git. Imay take 'em. Tia kin swear
TO each others loyalty, witch will rcdoose the
cost NV evidence TO mere nominal sum.
| shell HE me to Washington and get Mrs.
Cobb TO take hold with me, giving her share.
Ef she succeeds with congris CT well CT she did
with the president, the result will DO all that
kin desire.
PETROLEUM v. Nasty, p. NJ
(Which is Postmaster.)