Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1872-10-26
The Dummy"
We find the following in Richmond {

We find the following in Richmond (Va)
paper
In Governor W,lls's grrat speech made in
PctrrShnrg, after commenting upon Mayor
kcly's indOrscnH,ni ut the Ku-KluS organic
zntiOn, he read the following extract from the
Mayors speech, made ut Petersburg, ON We'd
utsday night:
"Whal shall say of .hc dummy driving his
horse along the jersey beach AMI calling
himself president Z"
know, said the Governor Mayor Kelly rs
an accomplished scholar Il gentleman not Il
Tor bis rcnnrnA'nt and cultlr,; ordinarily
courteous and polite. | nm surprised that he ,
oi all nrn, the Cnlel Magistrate OF the qucenly
city III Richmond, VINO knows so well what
decent resp CT requires. should have been be-
traycd into the use Oi such grossly improper
lunsuagc, but us he asked tie question, an
swcr:
Mho was The matchless hero Of Donclson
ShiIoh and NicksbursY
The dummy who drives his horse along tie
Jcrsvy beach ~
Mno was il that led 100, 900 hcEors TO Wet.
nry over LIE and MS Dcors uno InVicrcd army
rom the ltnpidnn to the Wiiurru, ss--lo the
Jaln,s, Ia P,ershurs, To Richmond nud the
old lpplc-lrce at AppumalloXH'
III was the dummy driving his horse along
the j rsvy beach ~
VINO Was il that planned. hat 1lnked, that
! ,ouShi, that shcllrd, thai char5ud al Stcadman,
at FOrl Hell and Fort DamnLtiun
Ii was "ihc dummy driving his horse along
The Jersey II, aCh |"
NLo was llLuI stiZt d The tiger of secession
hy the lhrout, and, hO. ding him there, said To
lhuse who cuviled, To those who hep d and
LIusc who lcared, III fight ii out oA this line,
l. IL Llk,s all summe -
1t Was the dummy driving his horse al ny
thc J,rscy beach =
Vino Was il, altr the victory was won, and
the Union safe, said to l. q ana the C .nqucrrd
army, whose courage, honor and manhood he
respected, Return To your homes and yOu
shall not be disturbed by the ulilrd States au.
thuri l. : 50 lodS aS yOu observe your parole
and obslrNc The laws OF tnc place wnerc you
T. side ="
II VAS the dummy driving his horse Oh the
jersey beach y
VINO was IL that snid to Lee, AZ the soldiers
oi your army who own The horses in their
Cn"rsc t"kr .Icm home with lh,m, Tor they
VIA need lhem Tor their sprlhg powins and
1t WAS the dummy driving his horse alcats
the jersey htaca
Mhu Was it wncn Ice, Wise and other Con-
iehrrate GcnurLls we're indicted 10y Il Virginia
Grand Jury, said, "'rhe officers ana men parol-
I'd at ApponidlioN cannot be tried Tor treason /;
good iuIih us well us true policy dictates that
We should observe the conditions OF that con
ycnliOn Y
1t was "lhc dummy driving his horse along
the jersey beach y
Who VAS it that said, "Six years having
elapsed since The last gun Was lrrd, Is il not
Time that the disabilities imposed by the
Fnteenth Amendment shuuld bc removed 7"
II was the dummy driving his horse along
the Jersey beach T.
Who was II that restored Virginia and re-
clad her IN the full, bright, shining gurb of n
sovereign State, and now calm and serene I'm.
nngercd patient and faithful, darcs, unmindful
oi tie threats, the abuse and the living sluudrrs
hcnped upon him, 10 do his duty alike 20 friend
aud loe, Ia God, his country ami hinlsclfS
1t Is the dummy driving his horse along
the Jersey beach T.
Wh0 was II that will live in the hearts of his
counlrymen-reverrd AT home aud abroad, the
gleat soldier, the modest citizen, and the faith
lul public servant. unusienuunus, unnssuming
brave without ambition .loGbracng, rrsOluLe in
doing what he deems right, but nevcr often.
slNe IN asserting himself MS solhir, general or
chlel-lor thousand years aIlcr his. poor de-
tractors have gone down 10 aiOIsOtlen grave 7
Hs'lh dummy driving his horse along the
Jersey beach r.
| No words can give any ad Quaic description
OF uH uramalic tHvct and tremendous power
OF the reply. The voice OF the speaker was
clear US se1, and was heard by every man
oi lhrte thousand present. and might have
been heard 10y twenty thousand AS often as
he commenced The refrain, 1t is the dummy, y
the audience arosr, shouted. checrcd, laughed
and wept alternately, Sach ,m effect has rare
ly ey,r been produced on n mass of people
IL seemed an inspiration. Tue ciI OF OF that
meeting will never be forgotten,
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| LACK or VESSELS ron LUMBEh.-h com
menting on the great demand Tor Yvssels, III,
Slginaw Enterprise says
Since the late disaster to shipping, the wan
Of transportation Tor lumb"r has been severely
felt here, Several mills having exhauspd d thei
dock room, llsIvo been OBLIGED 10 shut down
and Others must S0on follow. Every foot o
lumber cut Is wanted IN the markets for whicl
II Is destined. hui Il eahROl be got there. A
an instance OF the div, rslOn ,f shipping frOn
the lumber trade, il may be mentioned that
bargcs which have betn ranalin4s H. The trade
are now carrying oil from Cleveland to Buffa