Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1880-08-17
Nasty.

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CONFEDERATE X ROADS (Which ID Ii
the State Nv Kentucky,) July 90
l8s0.-The Corners ia in a blazs az
eggscitement. In the Louisville papers
which was received here last week
there cum an account nv Coafedrit
soljer, wich e. soon ez he heerd of the
nominashun of Hancock and fully be.
leeven in his eleokshun, immejitly
fled lis petishon for a pension.
The CODfsdrit stated boldly in his
appiicashun that he had never bin in
the servis nv the Yoonited States, but
that he he'd ssrved four years in the
Confedrit army, and blssved that he
wux entitled to a penshun the same as
tho he he'd worn the bloc insted Of the
gray.
In less than mint there wuz the
widest eggscitement ths Corners hez
seen sense the surrender'uV Lee. The
citizens gathered about Bascom's 0y
the hundred, and there wuz but one
opinyun about 1t.
"Et the oroosl war is RELY over"
sed Capt. McPslter, "and the era OF
good feslin is RELY goin to be inoggera-
ted by the eleckshun ofHanesck, why
continyoo these worn out distinkshunsi
III we understand the posishen NV the
Dimocrisy, the onpleasantnis wuz mere
ly diffsrens OF opinyun between the
two seekshuns, which led to armies and
SIGH. But eI neither side wuS conker-
ed, and ez the war meant nothing al
all, all traces Of 1t should be immsjitiy
obliterated. Ez men from the North
took up arms, the country pays them
penshuns. Now what want to know
is why men from the South wich took
up arms shood not bs paid penshuns
likewise ? We both fit for our noshuns,
and both wuz ekally meritorious. 1t
is the dooty nv q reunited country TO
cement ffaternal feelin and how kin II
bs done ez well ez by payin both sides
penshuns ?"
The speech wuz reserved with more
applause than any speech hsv heard
for yeers, and immejitly it WIZ resolv-
ed that every man in the Corners WITCH
he'd served in the Confedrit armies
shood towunst file his clame so .ez to get
In early.
There wuz rush like that nv cir
Gus wagon. Every citiz IN nv the Cor
vers he'd, immejitly, q strong recolieck-
shun Nv hevin bin in the Confedrit
servis, incloodin suthin like fifty witch
he'd sekoored penshuns already for ser
vises in the Federal army.
Deekin Pogram fled petishuu set
tin forth that while he wuz never reg
lerly enlisted in the Confedrit servis,
he he'd contracted a severe roomstism
bushwhackin Fedrel pikkits, doorin
Garfeld's invsshen nv the sacred soil,
and wuz entitled to a penshun on that
skore.
Issaksr Gavitt set forth that while he
he'd rot sholdered his muskit in the
field, he spent si& months in Ipjeany
assisting the Knights Nv the Golden
Circle in resisting drafts and SIGH, and
in votin the Demmocratik tikkit, wich
wuz Nv more servis to the ConfederGcy
tn an ez tho he he'd reglsrly enlisted.
put in my claim for three months
service with the louisiana Pelikins,
which INDUCED in more fOot.races than
any regiment in the Coniederacy, and
also for organizin draft riots in Ohio.
Bascom claimed a penshun on the
score uv keepin his bar opsn late al
mite for the refreshment nv Deekir
Pogram and others on their return
from bushwhackin.
Mahlon Pettus he'd actilly served
with Forrest and participated in the
massacre at Fort Piller. To prove it he
he'd the thigh-bone ola niger scIjsr,
wich his sister (Which is artist) he'd
carved with appropriate inscripshuns'
All the citizens Nv the Corners, with
the eggscspshun NV Pollock and Joe
Bigler rushed in, and they came sc
fast that It was impossible to take their
names.
To simplify the matter, Bsscom sejes-
ted that a committy be appinted to
file the claims and that this sommitty
shood copy tax list and forred all the
names onto It, ez entitled to penshuns.
There was = immejit dissent from
this, for there wuz only ten or a dozen
names on the tax list, and they wuz
mostly radikels.
Here my genius shone out.
"We will not yoose the tax list, "
sed |, shut rather the pollsheet Nv the
last elekshun. All that we permitted
to vote in this precinct may Justly
claim TO be confederits and we shall
gi. ell wich is really Untitled to consid'
erashun."
This sejestion WIZ adopted, and l am
bizzy at work maxim out their applica
shens.
Two onpleasaptniais okkurred. Sam
Pettibone cum up to be enrolled for his
penshun, and showed that he had ser
we'd in the 10th Alabama. | wuz a
putin him down when Issaker Gavit
interfered. :.
"ssm you can't play that onto me, "
said Issaker. "You did enlist in the
10Th Alabama, but you deserted. Ia
much ez l want to bring capitls to the
Corners, the yoonited States stn't a
goin to pay penshuns to man which
DESERTED the Confsderacy in her hour oil
need"
Sans name wuz immejitly stricken
I, # the role. There is a great deel nv
Spartan virchoo in the Corners.
Another trouble okkurred with Smith
Peyton. He cdm to be put down ez
being entitled to a penshun.
"But 700 served in the Federal
army" ebjeotid Issaker.
"Troo," sed Smith, "but l desertid,
and hev voted the Dimekrat tikkit
without scratch ever senoe."
His case wuz taken into consldera-
shun, and it wuz finely desided that
his name shood be entered. With
tbasa trihip excepshuns everything wuz