Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-03-16


were several regiments of negro troops
raised in and around Nashville, and
scarce were the able-bodied blacks who
did not prefer camp-life and labor to
that Of any other kind in those days
Sam Carter kept the st. Cloud Hotel, the
best public house in the city, and among
the walters were an old darkey, named
Sandy, and his son Sam. 1t seems that
Sam was crazy to join the Union forces
and claimed that, as the war was for the
good of the colored race and for the free
dom of the slave, it was not only his
right but his duty to join the Lincoln
army. Andy johnson, John F. Miller,
Alvin C. Gillem, Lowell H. Rousseau,
and crowd of lesser men, were sitting
in front of the St. Cloud one evening,
and along came the two darkies, wrang-
ling: eze-. -.I-4
Else done jined de Linkum troops, an
said Sam, triumphantly.
"You has?" interrogated Sandy, de-
risively.
"Yes, hasw
."I say, honey, sposen a big cannon
ball come Dustin through de air, an take
de top O. dat simple head o yeurn right
clean off. wat would ye say?-totGr
would ye ber" --.. ~.
81 takes my chances. 1 understands
all about dis fuss, does. De Yankees
are fitting for de freedom of de niggers,
an our boys are fighting to keep US
slaves. heard Yankee officer say dis
mornin' dat de niger was de bone of de
contention, sab, an" u
"Dat's it, honey, now you's got it all
right. sure. De niger is de bone an de
two armies is 6ghtin' ober it, and it's de
dizziness of de bone to lay low and let
em fight. See here, money, hadn't yur
many time seen two dogs fghtin' ober
an old bone?"
"Yes, sah."
"You has ?"
"Yes, sab"
"Well, now, honey, did you eber see
the bone fight P"-IB. c. Truman in the
N. o. Democrat.
ATTEMPTS against the Queen are pun
ishable by transportation for seven
years, or by Imprisonment for a term
net exceeding three years, "the culprit
to be publicly or privately whipped as
often and in such manner as the court
shall direct, not exceeding thrice" The
law making the attempted assassination
of the sovereign high treason was thus
changed in 1912, at the suggestion of the
Queen, and upon the theory, says Justin
Mccarthy, shat "the seeming dignity of
martyrdom had something fascinating
in it to morbid vanity or crazy fanati-
cism, while, on the other hand, it was
almost certain that the martyrs penal
by would not in the end be inflicted" 1t
was believed that Punishment at once
sharp and degrading and certain to be
inflicted would be more appropriate and
greater restraint upon miscreants who
might take it into their heads to assail
the Queen. Since the change in the law
no serious attempt hds been made to
assassinate the Queen, with the possible
exception of MacLean's attack which
may have been premeditated and muir
derous, though the egeneral belief is that
he is decidedly weak sin the upper sto-
ry" and hardly knew what he was doing.
Hamilton, the bricklayer, who fired at
| Her Majesty in May, 1S49, had charged
the pistol only with powder; Robert
Pate struck her on the face with stick
May, 1850, and the lad Arthur OCon-
nor, presented an unloaded pistol at the
Queen February, 1871 All three were
undoubtedly cranks, bnt they were all
punished, as MacLean will be. Some.
thing like the English law should be en-
acted by Congress and by the various
State Legislatures for the punishment Of
attempts upon the President.