The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-07-08
MONDAY MORNING, JULY s.
Nasty.
MIR. Nasty, in View of the Certainty of the
Payment of Rebel War Claims etc., is
oderaiely Cheerful.

The Corners, though cast down by the totle
faleyoor Nv the Potter investigashen, is not
entirely discouraged. There is yit balm in
Gilead. Troo, we did expect to hev Hayes out
and Tilden and Reform in by this time, and
Bascom expected to hev me and D3ekin Po-
gram and Isaker Gavitt all DRAWN saleres ez
fedrel offises, and Nv course there is disappoint
ment.
But we are not gon about ez men without
hope. We hev the House now, and will hev
the SENT beyond doubt. Then we shell fall
back Oh our Southern war claims and the PEN
shun Nv Confedrit soljery, and hope to be able
to infuse some life into the Corners by them
means. The Northern Dmocrsy are pledged
to us, which is unnecessary, as they never did
dare, and don't now, to refooza US nv the South
anything we want. They can't git along with
out us, and therefore We ara certin Nv whatever
we may ask for.
We hev taken careful inventory NV wat we
kin depend upon, when this is fixed There
are sixty citizens Nv the Corners witch served
in the Conf irit army, tor longer or shorter
periods. Eff they is pensioned at say 500
yeer that gives Bascom revenoo nv $4,000 a
yeer. Wat the whole Nv EN- will waste in per-
vishns and cloze will be made up by the Cap
tins and Kunnels witch git higher penshun.
1t is safe estimit to put down Bascom's re-
ceets from this source alone at $6000 / sup
pose must go in ez privit soljsr ez 1 never
got higher than that, though L may squeeze up
to Leftenants penshun Oh the strength NV
the Kunners promise that 1 shood be Leften-
tenant eff ever got SO stood fire without run
min.
But this is a mere drop in the bucket. Our
bills for property destroyed by the Fedral
army will make US all rich. Deekin Pogram
he'd IL bosses stolen by John Morgan's COM
mand, witch kin be charged up to the Fedra |
Government with great propriety. regiment
nv Fedral cavalry wuz chasin Morgan, and
they retreated thro the Corners. Eff it hadn't
been for the Fedral regiment Morgan never
wood hev come this way and the Deekin wood
yet hev he'd his bosses. I believe the Deekin
only claimed one, when the ravishin happened,
and that wuz mule, but now that he is likely
to be paid for EN- it hez growed to twelve and
all nv EN- elegant FLOODED bosses with at least
$500 apiece. Then Morgan's comm and camped
into field nv the Deekin's, WITCH wood hev
destroyed the wheel eff he he'd any sowed onto
1t, for witch he must be paid. He hez lively
bill for fences and barns destroyed by Morg II 8
men, en1f ct he gifts it, to take keer Nv hisself
Kunnel M'Pelter hez claim for bildins and
fences destroyed and bosses aud chickens and
things taken when he wuz with his regiment
with Forests command, which Nv corse he
shood be paid for. They wuz took, at the same
time. BY Mcrgan's men, in conscience nv the
invashen Nv the State by Fedrel soljers
All the citizens bev claims, all made out to
be presented the minnt the Democrisy git con =
troll Nv both houses We estimate that our loss
IN nlggers alone wuz over 100000, all Nv witch
we must hev with intrest, and damages also for
loss Nv their services to date.
In support nv our claim we kin show that
never sence their emansipathun hez Their bin
Their laber ther hezn't bin thing done in an
agricultural way on any Nv our farms, and tibet
widespread room hez ben the result Eff a
congreshnel committy don't believe it let EN-
drop into Bascom's any hour Nv the day or mite
and listen to the murmurs our people sigh be-
tween drinks.
NOT heyln any property and never hevn had
any, snei, Nv course, git nothing but my beg
carly penshen. Bot wat do keer? The rest
will hev it, and in plenty. My conversashen in
this region is worth my board. the hundred
dollars per annum will git me SIGH simple close
ez can't borrer off nv close lines nites with
out preliminary conversashun, and the people
wood be ongrateful indeed to let me 90 thirsty.
shel be pervidid for decently.
Wat the Democrisy want to do this fall is to
make sure nv a Dimocratic Congress. The
SENT is fixed, but we want our majority in
the lower House increased. We want to
many more ez possible. We want enuff Nv q
majority to be able to carry it, even eff some
thln-sklnned, nervous men nv the North
shood vote agn this richeous proposishen.
We want to be placed onto the sound summit
nv fnanshel secoority We want to be concili-
ated in SIGH way that we'll stay concilated.
Eff the North is wise it'll do this, and do it at
wunst. 1t amt likely at all that meu PEN
shund by the Government, and holdin in their
possesshun Yoontid States bonds wood ever
rebel agin Paternal Government witch hez the
bonds to pay! Never. And in SIGH a case ez
this it wood not only be PaterEal but Ma.
ternal Government. 1t would be father and
mother and uncle and aunt to u.s.
This is the shoorest guaranty know Nv agin
trouble In the fncher. Bind the South to the
Government by bonds, not Nv steel, but
Nashnel bonds. Give us all livin interest in
the perpetooity Nv the Government Consili-
ate us, in short. Rool US by love, not feer
Hevin full faith that we shell elect another
Dimocratic Congris, and KNOWN that eff we do
this matter Nv penshuns and payment fer
property destroyed is ded shure thing, am
content not to insist upon Tilden and Reform.
PETROLEUM V. Massey, Cheerful.