The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1865-06-07


bceror of America and democracy in the
| Old World.
| SEQ somo books on tho table; perhaps
they have lain thorc mdisturbcd since the
readers dimming eyes grow nerveless, A
parliamentary manual, thcSarrus, and two
books Of humop Orphcus {. Kerr and
| "Aricmus Ward" These last were road
! by Mr. Lincoln in tho pauscs of his hard
| days labor. Their tenure here bears out
! the popular verdict of his partiolty for q
good Joke; aud through tho window, from
this scat OF Mr.. l.iuco,m | SEQ across tho
grassy grounds of the Capitol, the broken
shaft of the Washington Monument tho
Long Bridge and the forttipped flights
Of Arliug ton, reaching down TO the shining
river eide. These scenes hc looked at often
| TO catch Sumo freshness of leaf and water,
and often raised the sash 10 ict thr wotl
rush in where only the nation ahidcd, and
hence on that awful night, lie departed
early, 20 forget this room and its close ap.
! plications in the abandon ur the thcatcr. |
wonder if that were the least oi Booths
crimcs-tC slay this public servant in tho
stolen hours oireorcation he cnioSed hut
seldom, We worked his life ont here, and
killed him when he asked holiday.
Outside of this room thoro is an office
where his secretaries sat--a room more
narrow hut as long-and opposite this adj.
lmct Office a second door, directly behind
Mr. lincolns chair, leads by private
passage to his family quarters. This pas.
Sngc is his only monument in the building;
he added or subtractcd nothing else; it tells
n long story of duns and loitercrS, contract.
| hunters aud seekers for commissions. uur,
rulous parents on paltry orrando, tuadicS
| NN4tt thp al. Al.
science. They pressed upun through II
great door opposite his window, and hat
| in hand, Camo CourtcSymg To his chair
with nn obscluious "Mr Prcsidcrt!N II
he dayed, though the chief magistrate and
commander of the army and navy to go
out hy the great duor, these Vampires
leapcd uIon him with Their Bahyloniau
pleas, and barred his hcarthsidc. He coul
not insult them, since il wasnot his nature,
and perhaps many of them had really urgent
| crraudS. SO hc called up tho carpenter
aud ordered strategic route ont from his
office TO his hearth, and perhaps told OF il
after with much mcrrimout
Here shOrll be wtittcn the biography OF
| his official lilc--in the room where have
concentrated all the wiros of action. and
whence have proceeded the resolves which
vitaiHed in historic deeds. But only great
measures. however carried out, were con.
cciv Il in this Office. The ltle ones pro.
ccedcd from other places.
But as t, his biography, it il to ho writ
ten by Colonel NioolHy and Major Hay
They are to go to Paris together, one as at.
taChe Of legation, the other as consul and
while there will undertake the labor. They
are the only mon who know his life we'll
enough to cShaust il, having followed his
official tasks AS closely as they shared his
social hours. Major Hay is a gentleman of
| literary Force, Colonel Nieohy has a fine
! judgment OF character and public meas
ures Together they should satisfy both
curiosity and history.
As hear from my arduaintances here
! these episodes of the Presidents life, | re.
call many "reminiscences of hiR ride from
Springfield to Harrisburg. over much of
which pAscd. Then he left home and
became AN Inhabiiant of history. Ills face
was solid and healthy, his step Young, his
speech aud maunor bold and kindly. saw
him at Trenton stand in lie Legislature.
and say, in his conversational intOnaliOn.
Owe may have 10 put tho foot down firm"
| How should we have hung upon his accents
| then had we anticipated his Wit lcs and his
fate. -Four years of perplcXiy and dcvo.
tion had wrinkled his face, and stopped his
shoulders, and the falling eyes that glarcd
upon the play closed as his mission was
completed and tho worl hal boon educa.
ted enough to comprehend him
The White House has been more of n
rel ub'ican mals on under his control th II
| for many administrations. Udcouth guests
came to it often, typical OF The simple west
Cru civilization of which he was graduate,
AMI while no coarse alt.rC ttioH has q ver
enSued, the portal has Swrng wide for four
years. A friend, connected with a Wash.
ington newspaper told me that he had Oc
caSion to see Mr. Lincoln one evening, and
found that the latter had gone TO bed. But
ho was told to sit down in the Office, and
directly the President entered. lie wore
only night shirt and his long, Iank hirsuto
limbs, as he sat down, inclined the guest to
laughter. Mr.. Lincoln disposed of his re-
quest at once, and manifested a desire to
talk. So he reached for the cane which my
friend carried and conVerscd in this man.
ner:
always used cano whom ! was boy.
1t was freak OF mine, My fayoriIe one
was knotted beech stick, and carved the
head myself, There's mighty amount of
character in sticks. Don't you think so?
into a cane2 Wei, that was an oil idea Of
mine. DoSwood clubs were favorite ones
with the boys s'pose they use 'cm yet.
Hickory is too heavy, Unless you get il from
a young saplng. Have you ever noticed
hHw stick III oho's haud will change his
appearance? Ola women and witches
wouldn't look so without sticks. Meg
Merrllies understands that
In this way my friend, who is clerk in
a newspaper Office, heard the President talk
for an hour. The undross of the man and
the trtcness Of his sdhjcot would be sta
pies for merrimcut il we did not reflect that
his greatness was of no conventional cast.
that the playlulncss OF his nature and the
simllicity OF his illustration Iightened pub.
lie business hut never arrested il.
Another gentleman, whom | know, vi sit.
ed the President in high dudgeon one night.
lilo was newspaper proprietor and one OF
his edItOrs had been arrested.
"Nr. Lincoln" ho said, 81 have been of
eleciiunoering for your reelection, and In
my absence yOn have had my editor ar
rested. ] won't stand il, sir. have fought
better administrations than yours
Why, JOIN" said the President, 81 don't
know much aboptit. suppose your boys
have been too entcrpfsng. The fact is, |
don't interfere with the press much; but
suppose ] am respOnsible"
81 want you to order the mans reloaso
tonight" said the applicant ~ shan't
leave here till getit. In fact, I am the man
who should be arrested. Why don't you
send me 10 Capitol IIill?
This idea pleased the President exceed
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