The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-06-07
THE CHRONICLES OF ADELBERT,
SoH-in.H-nW of benjamin, Whose
Surname IL Batter.

I Peoples Defense.
1. And it came to pass after the DAYS o.
unleaven bread, when Adelbert had stepped
/ down and out, that the people rejoiced ex
ceedingly
| 2 And said, behold, Adelbert advanceth
backward, and hath departed out of our
coast, and we shall have rest from all our
| troubles
| 8. Moreover, he hath said ifye withdraweth
the charges wherewith We have accused me,
| will go my way and leave you in peace
and behold it hath been done
! 4. But after he had departed out of the
coast of the Province, he lieth low and
keepth dark for season.
D. How be 1t, all this time he nurseth his
ire and Indignation against the people of
the Province.
6. And by and by he cometh out from his
hiding place and goeth before the Commit
tee on Stencil, which, being interpreted
is the Bloody Shirt Committee; and
he testifeth against the people.
7. And saith they are a stif;necked peo-
pie, that always resisteth my power, and
loyeth not Philippians, in whom my soul
delighteth.
8. And when perfecteth a plan to send
five and thirty of them to heaven, for the
benefit of the Radical cause, behold the peo-
pie objecteth and thwarteth me in nv plans
although was "placid"
8. But when the people killeth an Ethio-
plan, he goeth straightway to perdition, and
a vote is lost to my party.
10. Moreover, he testitieth and saith that
he knoweth nothing of his own knowledge,
but divers and sundry persons telleth him
awful tales about it.
IL. And he saith he was informed by one
Brown, Coahomian, and certain man
named Crosby, who dwelleth in the City of
Hills, and many Others, who telleth him
pitiful tales.
II. He also beareth witness against one
Alcorn, the Coahomian, who is also called
" Windy Jim,' and a certain man named
Mckee, which, by Interpretation, is called
Slippery George"
10. And, moreover he testifeth against
one Musgrove, who is also called 4" Modest
Muss," and one Morris, whose surname is
Joshua the same is he who blowed down the
walls of Jericho.
IA. And he further beareth witness against
one Powers, who had once been ruler of the
Province, and who also parteth his hair
in the middle. And one Pease, who is also
called "Hell Roaring"
Is. But time would fail to tell of all that
Adelbert testifeth to, for he was a knowing
man, and he knew enough to ruin any poor
white man.
16. And about this time, it came to pass
city of the Nation, a certain man called
Kellogg, the same is he who claimeth to be
ruler over the Province of Louisiana
IL. And this man receiveth a telegram
from his Private Secretary, who dwelleth at
New Orleans, city which bordereth on the
Gulf Coast.
Is. And behold it stateth that part of
the Province was in an uproar, and killeth
six white men and three score Philippians
nd bo
this dispatch, he straightway hasteneth to
one MoXa, whose surname is Morton, the
same is he that waiveth the bloody shirt
20. And when Moxa pickett up the shirt,
he seeth something that looketh like fresh
blood, and when he smelleth it, he saith, it
is the blood of six white men, and three
score of Philippians.
81. And it came to pass that when Moxa
had made a wave offering of the shirt, he
proposeth resolve that the Committee on
Stencil investigate the matter by smelling it
out.
%. But behold, in a short time there
cometh other news that contradicteth the
telegram to kellogg, and also stateth that
only one white man and two Philippians
were killed.
23 And when this news came to the ears
of Adelbert, he was sorely troubled and
vexed in spirit, and in his heart cursed the
he said the blood of sixty Philippians would
greatly helpeth his party.
"a. But he consoleth himself that he would
conscientiously go before the Committee and
swear to the truth of the first report, as he
had heard it, and was not bound to pay any
attention to the contradiction, as he was
placid
25. Now, this is the third chapter of the
Chronicles of Adelbert, as it came to pass
in those days, and he, that addeth thereto,
or taketh therefrom, shall be in danger of
the testimony of Adelbert.