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to pull his proboscis.
Our citizens heard yesterday, with every demonstration of delight, the indignity offered Gov. Johnson on his way from Washington to Greenville.
His presence in Virginia was regarded as exceedingly offensive to Virginians.
He was insulted at almost every depot.
At Lynchburg his nose was most handsomely pulled, while he was hooted and groaned at by the large crowd.
The traitor is meeting his reward.
We have heard since, from good authority, that at Liberty, in Bedford county, Va., Johnson was taken from the cars, and a rope placed around his neck preliminary to a proposed hanging.
Some old citizens of the county begged for him, saying that Tennessee would do for him what they proposed to do, and he was let off.--Memphis Avalanche, April 25.
Van Nostrand. New York, New York. 1862.
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