Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1865-09-13
New Anecdotes of Abraham Lincoln,

carpenter, the artist, continues hls IN
teresting personal "reminiscences of Pres
ident Lincoln, in the New York Inde
pendent From his fifth article we clil
/ the following
Entering the Presidents room abou
eleven o'clock one evening, [ found hin
alone, seated at the long Office table, Will
large pile of military commissions be-
fore him, which he was signing one By
/ enc. Sitting down beside him, he remark
ed, Il do not, as you see, preteiid to read
over these documents. | see that Stanton
has signed them, so | conclude they are
all right" Pausng here he read por-
ton of one, beginning with the name. Of
the individual, = is hereby appointed
djutant-general, with the rank of cap
tain, etc, E. NJ. Stanton, Secretary OF
War There, said he appending his
own signature in the opposite corner,
that ixes him out" Thus he went on
chatting and writing, until he had finished
the lot then, rising from his chair he
stretched himself and said, "Well, | have
got that job husked ont ; now | guess |
viii so over to the War Department, and
see II there is any news" at his request
| walked over with him, and ! recollect
thinking on the way how exposed he was
to the danger Of assassination by taking
that walk alone so late at highland yet
it was his common practice-often so
late as one and two o clock in the morn
ing
During the battle of the "Wider-
ness, last summer, for three nights he did
not close his eyes in Sleep Much of the
time he was at the War Department, list
ening TO click of the telegraph. His ap-
pearance at this time was enough to excite
sympathy in the hardest heart Atlongth
the cloud lifted, and the sunshine came
out He greeted friend with the words,
1T is all right Grant is making his
points r
About this time we were talking one
day of the operations of the army, and /
asked him how Gen. Grant impressed him,
as compared with other commanders,
Said he, THE great thing about Grant is
his persistence He will never give up so
long as there is chance in the world =
How perfectly the result of the campaign
vindicated this judgement is now the most
glorious page in our history
After referring to the entire absence
Of anything like personal ambition OF
vain glory in Mr. Lincoln's character Mr.
Carpenter says:
When he had thought profoundly, how
ever, upon certain measures, and felt sure
Of his ground, criticism, either public or
private did not disturb him. Last year
upon the appearance Of what was known
as the Wade and Davis Manifesto an
intimate friend and supporter, who was
very indignant that such document
should have been put forth just previous
TO the Presidential election, took occasion
to animadvert very severely upon the
course that prompted it 1T is not worth
frctting about, said the President: e il
reminds me Of an old acquaintance, who,
having a son of scientific turn, bought
him a microscope. The boy went around
experimenting with his glass upon every
thing that cane in his way. One day at
the dinner table, his father took mp piece
of cheese. Don't eat that, father" said
the boy, " it is full of ,crigglers, My
son" replied the old gentleman, taking
at the same time, q huge bite; lIet EN-
,o,igglc, | can stand it, if they can