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and I have no doubt every thing would have gone off well but for one thing.
Mr. Morgan didn't call; and now, while the dashing horse-thief is making remarkable time out of the State, the wreath is all withered and sere.
An Illinois copperhead, present during the siege, indulged largely in fierce rebel talk, and deserves to be ventilated.
His name is B. B. Pepper, and he hails from Springfield.
It is hoped the people of Sangamon county will put Mr. Pepper in a box when he returns to them, and keep him at home.
The loyal people of Kentucky do not want him, and the rebels despise him.
Doubts have repeatedly been expressed in regard to Governor Bramlette's soundness on the national goose.
No one present during the siege of Frankfort can for a moment doubt that the Governor is thoroughly, heartily, and enthusiastically loyal.
The rebels and copperheads bear testimony to his loyalty by abusing him heartily.
Several young men who were impressed into the service of the city, and afterward skulked until the danger was over, have been arrested, and are held in durance vile at the Military Board.
The young gentlemen are in considerable distress, as. they firmly believe they are to be shot.
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