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CARRIER'S ADDRESS.
Declared he only "fotch his gun,"In case he mought go Hunt-ing.These Warren County colored men,With all their lively Capers,Have got their history written upIn many leading papers.
The Cros(s)-by which we have been triedHas been a long and sad one;The Hill of justice we would climbExperience proves a bad one.Our Governor is sore perplexed,With no friend to advise him;And while he runs a loyal Leage,A Furlong sorely tries him.
We do not think that he should beSo bitterly berated,Because the "so-called" AdelbertIs simply addle-pated.No man of mind would work as heHas done to harvest trouble;Or choose, from all the better grain,A Ded-rick of the stubble.