, 1861-11-26
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hHs SER0~LE'5 1ASR LETTER.
Ar. Gpro,c1e Goes 0vtr II. Ri,er-Rs resozycs to
! gins Up Contract Htf,at!ng-His Reasons Wnu
his Meditatiena in front Of the WhNe
Ron~-.He sees IL. LincoEa-7he President
ard the Static - oiep Of AT. Linco!n's
FasKo4s-4r: Hptotr1's Opinions ners,pon
-His Experiences oser the Rirer-Sses Gen.
Mcclellan on Reconnoteancs- Military
| Mea 1nc1oTs Iione.S as and d oTsN 1os't I;.E 70
Ms Man at The Waee1"-1 -1Aro.eing Ouer tho
Black Bauass '-Afr. Sprp.Rs takes Fare
eneA Of hts Fa2ou .Boarders-Hls R4rskay
HoTds sctu q Female Rebel, de-.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20, 1861.
lArppoee Gks enough you wonder why you
haven't heard from ms for some time past
but the fact IL, I and my..fiend with the pen
wiper hatr hare seea Over the river. We've
I've had good time OF it, snd I'm comm
homo
can't report much progress on that split:
pea business; In fact, I reckon shall have
10 give it up. There's lots Of company for
me in doir 80. I belong to the biggest bri~
gsde that's been eHrsllea In Washington thi1
season, might @Perhsp1 call lem the SoreAead
Fftcst1e<rs, only the word Jea don't apply. I
nay Is well disuiss the subject Of split pesz
by aa3in that 1t struck ne as good iaes, and
I've spent considerable money on It; but
them here, whom look to, didn't see It, nor
take no interest, There's 10 many chaps to
60 to, you get referred to this one, and sent
back to that, and round to t'other, aud by the
| time ysu get round you'ra tired, and there
amt nothing left In the dough dlsh-you'es
all talked out, without having had chance to
have straight forred ait down with nobody
It's a game At which smart sassy chaps hAs the
advantage. They grease their kee1s and sail
round EErprizingly. They poster Mt. Lincoln
nigh On to death.
When men Of sense say to themselves :" tho
| old mans world enough without me-" these
other feller1 ray, "non's my opportunity for
| there's Biggins in ths entry, and Jones out on
the etsop, and the rest OF them fellers SAN
TO Wllard's Will be likely t. be up this after
| noon, and no1's just my time" 1t dent
make any difference if they can't catch any Of
| the Lincoln family but Tad" Tney chuck
him under the chin, sad ask after his ma, and
tell Of their own little boy to hsme. When
JOKES GENES in, and sees the fret chap get
ting along social, it makes him all the sharper
and they hare it nip and tuck arter Mr.. Lii
coin himself, neither on 'ero willin to he left
| behind.
With such ch2ps I can't work, or should
have gone ts the White House, and tsld the
| whole thing to MI. Lincon, but you lot man
Of fi1e feeling CONE to Washington, just
| about now, With his little axe to grind, even
I If he fh{nf-H Oh fyrf he3H ind
Old Abe's gEindstone, yon soc how he comes
out He'll back straight down, and say that
there nan that we made President Is care
worn and anxious enough IN sll conscience.
There he stands, just out Of country Ian
cfice, and History'A laid the short end Of he.
big lever onto him. The eyes Of all the
world arc 1ookin at him, from past and
future. He can't dodge nothin. 1t amt
the newspaper reporters squad that go
ecamperin' round On horseback with their
button holes stuck full Of pencils ready
sha1pened, it aint them altogether, but its thu
age that's takin' notes Of him, and in the eter.
bal index its got down to the letter IL" and
| whatever he does is sot down for all time.
lrun for Supervisor once, and served my
tvs te1H1s. I know something about this
holding Office, but multiply all the responsi-
biity Of all the civil offices in the country By
tive, and you KANT but just got the feunda-
tion for Mr. Ltncoa's place, as it is here. !
stood out on the sqxare in front Of tho White
House, the other day, and leaned onto the
fence, and while I Wa. PoLde1iu this very
tAipg, who should Come ont au: Old Abe him
ee1f. He had troabled, anxious way that
made me- pity him kinder fancied caught
him stealth glance ut the grand old man
stuck up IN green bronze in his front door
yard, with bronze Taper into lis hand p3iatin
to it. The bronze mau seemed to say, " That
are iB my record, and it amt to be rubbed out,
AID yours is to be lie same way, Mr. Llncon.
I'm sorry for you, for ysur time in the SHOW
il wsree than mine" Aud when OLD Abe
turned array, auo went over to the war Office,
IL locked SO sad you "ouldn'r hare thought
he could tell tunny story in six months.
Then called up Spro vile, that's mY4eif aud
and says |, Edad opro1le, amt you ashamed
Of }outkelf, moutlug round here to try to get
your own little figures on that slate where
7nch tall c,phsria j. going On for ali time.
Peace Of the country, the H&ppine1a OF un-
known geaeratloHs Is all oaded onto Mr..
Lincon, and what pretty figure you cut in
among 'en with theE, split peas ov yourn.'
I
bloWed il say q word to Mr.. Llacon asoui
this here matter. He's got enough on BIZ
hands, I'll 60 home"
Now this here argument don't weigh will
Eone, know fellows here, who seem Mr.
Lincon Gems cut, would have gone straiah
| up to hiIa snd fastened their own little AZ.
right onto him. And he di4t good at dolgi,
such chaps wish he Was, bat when his hear
we put up It wasn't case hardened, and whe,
: men Of feeling hate to worrJ him, 1t gives th'
gad-f1y end gallinipper chaps all tie bette
swing.
II ny split peas contract, goes threush, II
!! r1lte you, but hal1t any great hopes, an.
amt going to stay and fellow it up. At an:
rate, hnlDt said no,hin 1t the White Hsu:
abont it, and for reasons I've given you
nhant. OolJ I'd like to be usher 1t the Whit
HouEe about week. TIL read some Iyln,
! lectures TO teliers that CONG prowling asou
there thsl nd make Gu ashamed Of them
selves. There's law in some parts of tn
South sga1n shooti1 buzzards, but I'd troubL
koEe lt the f1ek th2tgo Wleelin and sWingi
round arter Old Aoe, il could.
Well, I've bten oyeT the river. Pefhap
Jon'lt want shsnld tell you about that; bo
it amt to be tela. My little friend With til
PEI wiper ha,r Eays that's ",sun.s The 1ror4L
Ose thing CAL It'll you; We've rigat t
. be trcld Of our arn,y over there. They Al
may cone. You inst tell the girls to sen
doNa mittens and hose to the buys, II
{ spEirg ~ill find 'sm al right and straigh
: "IstteTe goi,. 70 1e at9ht?" is what you Wai
9 to know. Well, might let on that, havln
aeen the army, could cbslk it alt tight do +
!. to you what they're goln to do Tnere 81
= them thar dots tha., dad go shakin their heat
= round Washington, and travel to iii parts
- the country, as though they had it all at toe
tongues end, but had swore solemn oa:
Eot to olvu ge.
I. Dort lit any o. them chaps fool srybo5
You can bu. ginger hreAd Of any OF ii !: sutl
s chaps ever the river al q swngeisg sum t
the card but, as scripture e.Js, wisdom {
tsis point aint to be rad tor money nor ruby
Tell you what | sav. Assy cut On lha ou
posta Naa SC t.1' On rail fence, trying
clsP ny eyes oE q tecesh, or two, and fcelir
as tnlaN myself in the great camp, and VII
I'd sceR, Is i'll wasn't - two year old, al
little tt ny age at that. 1dhopes to sec son
Of the rebt1s, and sure enough, a1ay over {
hill there they were, a few cbaps in col
field. heard the tramplln' Of HOSES, and I
they came at full canter, and ut the head
EN- rode General McClel1an
n Id seen him before in Washington, but On
r had short glimpse Of him. Just on the brd
l. | Of the bill before me he btODoed and the st