, 1864-02-23

r. 3vn nv ~ present 10 you my friend, the Rev
y to see you and have SONG conversation witt
! Producing him: fhc President shook hands M II
= With Mr. f., and desiring him to be scated,
1 took seat himself. Then-his countenance
adhg ad sn expression Of patient
: what you hare to say" 30, bless you, Sit, u
= said Mr. r, =" have nothing especially to
T soy. merely called to par my resnccts to
: 5ou, and. as one Of tho million, TO assure you
! Of my hearty ssympathy and support" my
] iy-his face showing instant relief, and with
. y both bands grasping that Of his visitor, II
i am very glad to sec yon, indeed 7 thoYg1t
. .lou had ccmeso preaea IL u.c:"
D CONCERNING GoSGnEsssEN.
. It is stated that he was much disgustcd at
used to .loiter about tho Washington hotels,
and is reported to have remarked to d
, member Of Congress: Il Thcse fellows and
: INC congressman do Vex me sorely."
another membcr Of, Congress was con-
ve1sing witlrthc President, and was some
70 divert attention from, the serious subject
he bad on bis mind, By ludicrous allusions.
, "Mr. Lincoln" said he, ~ think. Won
w1nla ,a d, hays a, your joke If you were within
"Yes," eaid the President, "that is about
the distances to the Capitol.'
When informed that Gen. 6toughton had
Geen captured By the rebels at Fairfax, the
fresidt Mt Is reported to hare sa1d that be did
not mind the loss Of the Brigadicr Us mucl.
us he did the loss of the horscs. sF6r,''
said be, II cal make q much better BrIsa-
cier IN five minutes, but the horses cost $125
apiece. -,
1SQU1s1T1yENEss SoSpLUssEp,
Mr. Lincoln has very effective way some-
times Of dealing with men who trouble him
with questions. Somebody asked him how
naq5;ys5 many men the rebels had il the field He
thousand, according to the best authority"
The interrogator blanched in the face. and
calculated. my Godg' "Yes; sir, twelve
hundred thousand-no doubt OF 1t. You see,
aai q t1 our Gerera1, when they get whipped,
or hTe to one, and must believe them. We
Lave tonr hundred thousand men in the
field, and three times four: make twelve,
Don't you sec it 81 The inquisitiye man
Looked 4s,i Tor III Ills hat soon after Seeing
tured Port Royal was fitting ont, there was
great curiosity to learn where it had gone,
4 person visiting tile Chief Magistrate at the
White House importuned him to disclose the
tIi1 ste2et 3s daRea h c yGa keep It en-
PRESIDENT, "1n teli you" Assuming su IN air air
Of great mystery, and drawing tho man close
] 10 lin, he kept him q moment awaiting the
revelation with an open mouth and great
which was heard all over the room, 1.-THE *
| pedttion has gone to-seal''
When General Banks WIS fitting out his ex-
pedition to New Orleans, it will be renem-
oered that he used to answer all questions as
to its destination with great frankness by
saying that it was going South
4 Rz,DuKE TO PEOPLE ASKING TRIVIAL rAyoRs.
a Virginia farmer, not over patriotic, prob
nbly, fmpo1tuned the President to use bis In
ftucnce to have q claim for damage done to
rs !! 81 farm by SOLDIERS considered imm mediately:
,',snaYs ,Mays ny dear ST." replied ,A1r; LINCOLN
# I considered individual cases, should |
find work enough for twenty Presidcnts!''
"But,' said the pcrscvering sufferer s'cou1d |
rot yon lust give me line to Coloucl -
about aoua ltf f}, jIss % cne ii.sM aua, b. ta, r.
Jack Chase, out in Illinois," At this the |
croa:d hnddled forward to listen: "You sec
Jack-l knew him likea brother-used to be /
4 lu1EberHan on. tho Illinois, md he Was
stcady and sober, and the best rattsman on
years ago to take the logs over the rupids, but
be was ekfllfn1 with faft and always kept
her straight in the channel Finally steam
boat was put on, md Jacke-he's dead now,
always used to take the wheel going through
plunging ind wallowing along the. boiling
current, and Jacks utmost vigilance was be-
ing exercised to keep her III the harrow chan
lei, hoy pulled Lis GOAT tail and hailed him
with, Say! Mister Captain! wish you'd
Just stop your boat minute 'te {osf,nu ol.
pie oterboa, ,dr"
STORY FOR MIR. BATES.
Ono day when Mr. Batcs Was rcn1onstrat-
ing with N1r. Lincoln agnInst the appoint-
mcnt Of some Indifferent lawyer to i place
OF Judicial Importance, the President inter
l!a1f SO bud as you: think. Besides that, 1
must te1l You, be did me good turn long
ago. When i took to the INV, was gong
to court one morning, with come ten or
twelve miles Of bad road before: me, and /
his wagon. Hello, Lincoln, ore you not 90
ing to the courthouse? Come in, ind I'll gIye
.youa seat We'll, Igot in, and the Judge went
on reading his papers. Presently the wagon
struck stump on one side Of the road then
| saw the driver was Jerking from side to
side in lis seat, SO, says ], ssJudge think
!e ,onr coaelman has been *aki9g little drop
Lincoln" said be, ~ should not much won.
der If yon are right, for he has nearly upset
me half dozen timcs since starting" So,
putting bis head out Of: the window, he
Shouted, HWhy, you fnferna1 scoundreLy you
are drunk !'.--Upon which; ,gnllin. NJ his
~ 1he coechmnn sofJ SaAu !. n1tn a. SaeaI gtarl
the first rightfr1 decision you have given for
the last t!Selvemonth ~
." i FEW MORE LITTLE STORIES,
Il. gentleman was telling at the White
House Low friend of his had been driven
away from New Orleans as q Unionist, and
now, on Ills expulsion, when he asked to
deputation which called on him told him that
the Government had made up their minds to
DO nothing Illegal, aud so they had issued no
Illegal Writs, and simply meant to makeIhim
go of bis own free viii. "We1l," said NJ.
Lincoln, "that reminds me Of q hotel.kceper |
down It st. Louis, who hoasted that be never
had d death in bis hotel for whenever
guest was dying in his house he carried him
out 10 die In the street."
A nun from New York tells of an inter
yon,, said he. 81 saw yonrca1d but did not 2
see you. I was glad, however, that yon ard
ed me, and I was reminded of IN anecdote of {
Mr. Whitflesey: When Dir. Cox, then
young man, first came here, Mr. Whittlesey
said to hlm:' Sir, hare yon caraed the sena-
favor first, and then comb them.n at Is no
IoEing matter. sir" said Mr. Whittlesey;; Sc
ritus1y. {" It is your duty to card the sena.
tors, sir; and It is customary, believe, to I
card the cabinet also, and you ought to do 1t,
r. Butt he added, after a moments B
]
may card you." Ia - d
One Of the new 1evies Of troops required =
he appointment Of large additional num-
ler Of brigadier and major generals. The ap-
'1ications and lecomme mendatlons accordingly
poured In In immense numbers. They were
:arEied to the President tor examination, by i.
be bushel.basketfuL' Mr. Lincoln came; e;up- e
N one wherein the claims Of q certain Wor-
BY (not in the service at ALL 8 for general 4
hip" were glowinly set forth. But the ap- Il
'lieant did not specify whether he wanted to
&c bTigndier OF major general The Pres E.
dent Observed this difficulty, anil solved it
y lucid endorsement The clerk, on re-
Giving the paper again, found written across n
ts back, I" Malor.General. I reckon. A Lin q
I In. = .. =: 4 l.,
CONCERNING THE. PRESIDENT PERSONALLY, Of
ESome one wns smoking In the presence OF II.
he President, and comphmented him! on Il
ayfog no vices, neither drinking nor smok- 4!
pg. That ia doubtful compliment" an 81
Wered the President 1T recoliact once be- -
og outside stnge In Illinois, and q mansit-
ing BIZ me offered me cigar, told him 1 Il
ad no vices. He said nothing, smoked for
ONE time, md then grunted out TITS my -
xpericncc that folks who hive no vices have
hgued few virtues" ~-.. ::
The President il rather win of his height, e
ut one day young man called on him who: =
1as. certainly ,threg inches taller than the
primer; he was lAe the mathematical det1ni- r.
lon Of the stEaghf; lne--length without s,as
fcadtb :t Really said Mr. Lincoln, tssI a.
cep place Jou ought to be able to wade out" NJ
hat reminds u Of the ,Rtory told of Mr. f-;bei
lincoln. somewhere when crowd called ,Bqp
i'm i oqt; :;Hs & caP9e outon the balcony with "a