The Xenia sentinel. [volume] (Xenia [Ohio]) 1863-186?, 1863-12-29

Head Center. He thanked the President
Mr., Seward, NE Chase, Blr. Stanton, Gen
eral Halleek, Baron Stoeekl, the BaFoI
Gerolte, the c. llefcier, Colonels Town
send and Kelfon, Assistant Secretary o.
the Navy Fox, and therOsheTs who ser
present, for the interest in this interview
Of which accident had made them witness
es Had he had the slightest inklng how
4 bis Ezcelleney had been engaged, he should
most certainly have posipmed the visit
q wish for which had been conveyed to bin
through Secretary Stanton. he would
now briefly introduce to the Presidenr pri.
vate BIiles 0'Beilly, the bard Of Morris
Island, whose self and f4u5illy--snug farm
eEs and very decent people-he bad veil
known many years ago in the Green Isle
which was their common birthplace,
Mr. Lincoln then made reply, aud Of
course be had to tell story:
lie said he was happy to see private o.
Rely, butdid not care b make a tspeech.
In his position it was lot " Sc t. talk foola
isil aud he would, therefore, but rarely
talk at al. As to the 'swar for the sue
ees-ion, about which the Herald and Sir.
! Wendell Philips appeared crazy, lie would
say 81 me few words Menroftenest betray
aud def at Themselves by over anxiety tn
I secure their object, Just as thewid w Zol-
4 lie, feF's niegr did. aWay down IN Bour-
BIN county. who had bern eating her
cranbery jam. GLaughter.) The widow,
while making bef Jam, vas called away to
a neighbor who was about increasing the.
+ population. loud laughter.) Sam,
Z you rascal she said. 'sy0u' u be eatiig my
N when Pm aWay2 Sam protested he d
1ie first but the whites Of bis eyes roli led
hungrily ward the bubbGug crimson.
I " See here, Sam" said the wiaow, taking
up a piece Of chalk, ''Ill chalk your bps.
and then on fnysr, turn I d know if you've
eaten any" So saying, she passed her
fore finger heavily nveT tie thick lips Of
her darkey, holding the chalk in the palm
If her hand, and u, ( letting it touch HIM.
Well, when-she came back, Sans lips were
ebaiked quarter Of an inch thick, and
she needed ag inst him nif other evidence.
/ (Langhter.) Now, il is much the same
about the Presidency. (Repewed mirth. },
A good friend Of mine declares that he
1 wouldn't take It AZ any price but his iips
we're thickiy chalked when he came back
from Ohio. (Great merriment, in VIII ch
! Hr. Chn,e joiued heartily-) So were
| General Fremnnt's out in Miss uri. when.
| be Issued his "emaucipation ord r" and
4 General Buffers were not only chalked,
but had the jam on, and hadit ihiek.
Secretary Seward once ehaiksd very badly,
but had given it up as no use since hi,
quarrel with the machine proprietor Of his
/ own STATE. cloud laughter). Mingled
chalk and jam might be seen or the lips
of General Banks; while the same COM
pound formed quite q paste around the or
iice through which his good friend Gov
ernor Seymour supplied the wants of
nature. (Roars Of laughter.) He had
never seen. any chalk on the lips Of Secre-
-tary Stanton or General Henry W. Halleck;
but, with these exceptions. there was
scarcely a man connected with the army
who did not chalk bis lips (Continued
mirth. the foreign diplomatic corps joinii g
hear6iIy.) He believed many Of the gen
erals would oomproHiise far brigadier's S
commission in the regular army, but these
were matters too grave to be joked ab ut
HeWoud now introduce to ali present phi
yate Miles 0'ReillY, Of the, Tenth Array
Corps-an army corps which had done vel
under General Gillmore, having heen mag
Efficiently disciplined by General Hunter
Z perhaps the strietest field officer in the
service Dir Lincoln would now conclude
\ by bidding the bard Of Morris Island wei
caue to, the White House, at The same. tine
cxten ing his hand for friendly shake.
HOW PRIVATE o'RElLLY SHAKES HANDS.
All this time, private Miles O,RdIly,
18th Regiment New York Volunteers, bad
been standing in the first position OF sol
dier-heels 10, toes cut, body rig d and
perpendicular as rumrod, aud the littl.
fingers Of his open hauds resting behind
the side seams of his sky-bIue iuexpressi
bes. He had a twenty FIVE cent boqu9t III
the breast of his blue coat, and in l. eyes
hat stoii4 expression or total want Of ez-
pr ssion whreh is impaired by the ofdtr,
tGeyes front. No soqneF, hoBever,- did
the President extend his hand than the
si0ews relaxed. aodhis counienanee bright
eued up us if s'me crazy mjllicRaire had
suldenly cf,red to give him its fee in
gold fora.tweaty dollar gre nba,k In
stantly the sound IF splitting int
the paIm % '1is right hand, then raised the
arm to is fuil hight, and brought down
his open palm against the Presido ntial palm
with a Tep1r, tbat-Faug through the cOun-
Gil chamber a. if one of the /" torpedo dew
lis " IF Chief Engineer Sinners hal been
Eexpioded by the scoHeu. sidn.5 He had no
iiOqbt Intended fosay somethipgextremsly
eloquent but; lahoring, ike Charles Lamb,
under a bad stammtr, his words caue
slowly aud wiirp pam. though Of their earu-
testhess the very difficulty wlth which they
were Uttered gave pra0f. saasairgp
E7 Ma. LUKE CLARK AsaA DoCToRga
M. luke Clark suggested that st was
timor us the boy was; tbat1bis healt was
700 full, and the words bulblrd upso quick
to his tongue that they coked and kIllei
each other-like an audience ere wiling out
through the narrow doors of theater in
(which the cry Of q fire nsiias beer raised.
If his ReveReuce's Exeelleney the Presi-
\ dent would only order up jug of water,
wth no more whisky in it tliau President
Pierce took at the opening * the Crystal
K Pal ice-'ij Just enough to klF4he ANIMAL
lss'i--Nirg Clark was Of ouiuicn that