Litchfield enquirer., 1860-12-20

 y der to establish the Union. When you pu U your name to declaration of dissolution why, you may as well have the bones c Isaac Hayne before you. He was Sout r Carolinian, and so are you. But there wa no blotch upon his right hand" 2 With these words the intruder left tn, ? room. l started back from the contact witl l the dead mans bones, and-awoke. Over ! ! worn with labor, I had fallen asleep an, been dreaming. Was it not singula 9 drcam?'
 ARTEAUS WARD ON A VISIT TIC ABE LINC0LK. From Vaaiy Fair.
 l hiv no politics Nary one. Pm no
 in the bisness. If was I, spoze I should holler verSifously in the stseets at mite anc go home to Betsey Jane sneilin of coal ils
 and gin, in>the mornin. should go to the
 Poles arly. 1 should see to it that my ma
 bors was there. l should git carriages te take the krpples, the inirm and the indig nant thar. I should be on guard agiu frauds and sich. l should be on the look. out for the infamous lise of the inemy, got up jest b4 elecshen for periitical effeck When all was over and my candydate was elected. should move heven and arth-so to speak-until 1 got orifce which if I didn't git a orifce I should turn round and abooze the Administration with all my mite and maine. But I'm not in the bisness. I'm in far more respectable bis ness nor what pelertics is. 1 wouldn't give two cents to be Congresser The wnss insult ever received was when ser tin citizens of Baldinsville axed me to run fur the legislator. Sez I, My friends, dotest think I'd stoop to that thar? ?" Tha turned as white as sheet-I spoke in my orfulest tones, & they knowd / wasn't to be trifed with. They slunked out of site to ouct.
 There4, having 10 politics, I made bold to visit Old Abe at his humstid in Spring field. I found the old feller in his parler, surrounded by perfeck swarm of oriice seekers. Knowin he had been captain of a fiat boat on the roarin Mississippy thought I'd adGlcss him in sailer lingo, so sez l, "Old Abe, ahoy Let out yer main-snls, reef hum the forccastle 6 throw your jib- poop overheard Shiver my timbers, my hearty ]" N. B. This is ginune mariner langwidg. 1 know, bccawz Pve seen sailor 1 plays acted out by them New York theatcr feIleIs." Old abe lookt up quite cross & sez, Send in yer petition Ly and by. l cant possibly look at it now. Indeed l can't. It's onpossibc, Sir p
 Mr. Linkiu, who do you spect I air ?" scd I.
 "A orice-seeker to be sprc,'' sed he. Wall, sir" said l, "you's never more mistaken in your life You haias gut or fss I'd take under no circumstances. Pm A. Ward Wax figures is my profeshun Pm tue father of Twins, and they look like me-boM of Mem. cum to pay friendly visit to the President eleck of the United States. If so be you wants to see me, say so-f uot, say so, & I'm orf like Q jug handle"
 "Mr. Ward, sit down. I am glad to SC you, sir"
 "Repose in Abrabam's Buzzum P scd one of the orfce seekers, his idee bein to get orf a goak at my expence.
 "Wall," says l, "ef all you fellers re- pose in that there Buzzum, there'll be mity poor nussin for sum of you P whereupon Old Abe buttoned his weskit clear up aud bust like maiding of sweet l6. Jest at this pint of the conversation another swarm of orfce seekers arrove & chm pilin inter the parler Some wanted post prices sum wanted collectorships, sum wanted turin missions, and all wanted sumthin. thought Old Abe would go crazy. He hadn't more than hadstime to shake hands with lem, be- fore another tremenjs crowd cum porein un- to his premises His house and dooryard wus now perfeckly overfowed with orifce seekers, all clameruss for immejit intrview with Old Abe. One man from Ohio, who had about seven inches of corn whiskey in. drest me as ''The Pra-hayrie Flower of the West P Thinks you want a offs putty bad Another man with goldheaded cane and red nose told Old Abe he was "a seckind Washington & the pride of the Boundless West p
 Sez I, Square, you wouldn't take a small postofiis if you could git it, would you?
 sez he, Ia patrit is abuv them things sir l"
 "There's putty big crop of patrits this season, aiut there Square 2" sez l. when an- uther crowd of offs seekers bored in. The house, door-yard, barn & woodshed was now all full, and when amutAer cum told em not to go away for want of room, as the hog-pen was still empty. One patrit from small town in Mishygan went up on top the house. got into the chimney and slid down into the parlor, where Old Abe was endeavorin to keep the hungry pack of offs seekers from ehawin him up alive without benefit of clergy. The mint he reached the fireplace he jumpt up, brusht the soot out of his eyes, & yelled Don't make any ointment at the Spunkville postofis til you've read my papers. All the respectful men in our town is signers to that there dockymunt P
 "Good God P cride Old Abe, "they cum upon me from the skize-down chim- neys, and from the bowels of the yearth p He hadn't more'n got the words out of his delikit mouth b4 two fat office seekers from Wisconsin, in endeverin to crawl between his legs for the purpose of applying for the tollgateship at Milwauky, upsot the Presi- dent eleck & he would hev gone sprawlin
 into the fire if hadn't caught him in these arms. But I had't more'n stood him up strate before another man cum crashin down the chimney, his he'd striking me violently agin the inards and prostratin my voluptoo , us form onto the floor. MT. Liukin,' shoutid the iDfatooated bein, my papers