Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-05-28
LINCOLN AS HE IS.
From the Chicago Press ami Tribune.

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From the Chicago Press ami Tribune.
Ten thousand enquiries will be made rs
to the looks, the habits, tastes, and other
characteristics of Honest Old Abe. We
anticipate few of them.
Mr. Lincoln stands six feet four inches
high in his stockings. His frame is not
muscular, but gannt and wiry; his arms
are long, but not unrcnsonabIy so for n
person of his height; his lower limbs are
not disprOportioncd to his body. In
walking, his gait, though firm, is never
brisk. He steps slowly and deliberately.
almost always with his head inclined for
ward and his hands clasped behind his
hack. In matters of dress he is by no
means precise. Always clean, he is never
fashionable; he is careless, but not Slovcn-
| ly. In manner he is remarkably cordial,
and, at the same time, simple. His polite
ness is always sincere, but never elaborate
and oppressive. y warm shake of the
hand and warmer smile of recognition
are his methods of greeting his friends
At rest, his features, though those of Il
man of mark, arc not such as belong to Il
handsome man; but when his fine dark
gray eyes are lighted up by any emotion,
and his features begin their play, hewonld
be chosen from among crowd as one
who had to him not only the kindly senti-
mcnts which women love, but the heavier
metal of which full grown men and Presi-
dents are made. Ills hair is black, and,
though thin, is wiry. His head sits well
on his shoulders, but beyond that it llclirS
description. 1t nearer resembles that oil
Clay than that of Webster; but it is unlike
either. 1t is very large and, phrenologi-
callv, we'll proportional, bctokeningpowcr
in all its Developments. y slightly
: IL do
! complexion, with the appearance Of having
been weather beaten, completes the de-
scription.
In his personal habits, Mr.. Lincoln is
as simple as child He loves a good
dinner, and eats with the appetite which
goes with a great brain; but his food is
plain and nutritious. He never drinks
Intoxicating liquors of any sOrt-not even
glass of wine. lie never was accused of
liccntious act in all his life. He never
uses profane language. a friend says that
once when in towering rage, in conSe-
uucnce of tho efforts of certain parties to
pcrpetratc Il frnnd upon the State, he was
heard to say, "They shan't do it, d--n
| 'cm! but beyond an expression of that
kind, his bittcrest feelings never carry
him. He never gamblcs; we doubt if he
ever INDUCES in any games of chance
| He is particularly cautious about incurring
pccuniary obligations for any purpose
whatever, and in debt he is never content
until the score is discharged. We presume
he owes no man dollar. Hencvcr spvcu-
latcs. The rage for the sudden acquisi-
ton of wealth never took hold of him.
His gains from his profession have been
moderate, but sufficient for his purposes.
While others have dreamed Of gold, he has
been in pursuit OF knowledge. In all his
dealings he has the reputation of being
generous but exact, and above all, reli-
| giously honest.
! lie would be bold man who would asy
that Abraham Lincon ever wronged any
! one out of a cent, or ever spent Il dollar
that lie had not honestly earned. His
/ struggles in early life have made him cnrc-
full of money; bnt his generosity with his
own is proverbial. He is regular at
/ tcndant upon religious worship, and
though not communicate, is - pew
holder and liberal supporter of the Pres
byterian church in Springfield, to which
| Mrs. Lincoln belongs. lie is sGruPu-
| lOus teller of the truth-tOO exact in his
notions to suit the atmosphere OF Wash
| ington as it now is. His enemies may say
that he tells Black Republican lies; but no
man ever charged that, in professional
! capacity, or as n citizen dealing with his
neighbors, he would depart from the
Scriptural command. At home he lives
like IL gentleman of modest means and
simple tastes. \ good. sized house OF
wood. simply but tustcfully furnished,
surrounded by trees and flowers, is his
own, and there lie lives, at peace with
himself, the idol of his family, and for his
honesty, ability and patriotism, the udmi-
ration Of his COuntrymcn.
If Mr.. Lincoln is elected President, he
will carry but little that is ornamental TO
the White House. The country must ac-
cept his sincerity, his ability, aud his hon
cstv, in the mould in which they are cast.
He will not bp able to make MS polite Il
bow MS Frank Pierce, but he will not com
mcnce anew the agitation of the Slavery
question by recommending to Congress
any. Kansas-Nebraska bills. lie may not
! preside at the Presidential dinners with
the ease and grace which distinguished
the venerable public functionary, Alr.
Buchanan; but he will not create the ne
cessity for COvodc Committee and the
disgrnccfnl revelations of Cornelius Wen
deli. lie will take to the Presidential
Chair lust the qualities which the country
now demands 10 save it from impending
dcstructiou-ability that no man can qnes-
tion. firmncss that nothing can ovcrhear,
honesty that never has been fmpeachcd
and patriotism that never dcspalrs.
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a singular divorce case has just been
decided in England, the question at Issue
being whether parties who are FRENCH
subjects, and incapable of fcoutraeting
marriage in that country, can contract q
legal marriage in England. The conrt
decided in the affirmative.