Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1865-03-06
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base fofenkre movements. Ler Mobile in the sfsem
Of operations in tie Nest stand for Sahnas hs anew
base and let the reader tat Ia note the Pstales
ui The tWe campaigns starting nom the eN@' n"'iI
3pl riYaupah and dncitcd on alt nterneu'ie lolht'
~ Steamboat men have il tl they meet sueces,Vsy lh
armies OF Grant "a the East and Thomas IN me s''.
such j. the grand hat smpe outline OF the WAT Tor th
non as ID will open Nut IN the spring or Is rther 81
ready begun aledst II prophets should save i snaHs
OF H. How Oiiea they do not .,Il Dos iiit t .'
r- THAT. ''LITTI.g sToRYi!fs pei 't
The Washington correspondent of the Springfield
AlIsS.) ilHbiicdn has the following III reference
10 how Mr.. Lincolns famous ''litlie story was
told Ia the Rebel Peace Commissioners: @
When Mr. Lincoln came back from hls interview
with the Rebel Peace Commissioners worthy cor
respondent ifOm Washington asserted IN one OF ms
letters that the President told Aleck stephens one
OF has little drol stories Hwas gene rally supposed
that this a pleasant fiction, hut chance 80 Know
that it was the actn4l truth Says stephens ''Sup-
pose Your constitutional amendment be adopted hy
threc-lourthS of the State legislatures" n'h
''Then slavery viii be abolished in every part Of
the country replies Mr.. Lincoln. ~
And what are We to do, asked stephens, ''if we
arc 10 consent TO reconstruction . know that ne
grOes will not work unless forced to IT, and tell you
that shall all starve together. This Is a mere
we to d0f"' .t.
lincoln grew merry eyed at once. at reminds
me Oi story" said he, and then hc told the old
story ending with the sentence ''Root, hog, an
die The moral was this The Southern people
can 20 To work like honest people, or starNe- AT
ter little while Aleck Stephens told story
"Many years 40, said he "a host al Congress
men were discussing the proper pronunciation OF
the name 0tSOnr Statc-lllmOiS. 1t was ia the
old Hall al Representatives, in the lobby where we
have both spent many pleasant hours, aud several
of the ltlmuIs delegation were Preseut. some al
the menIhers asserted that the. proper pr0nancia
ton VAS - IlHnoy;p others called ''IllinOse. -
j Ohn Quincy Adams was called IN Ia decide the
disputed point. ali one we've to Judge from the
character O the Represc natives in this Congress
IRON that State, said the old Inau, Mith malicious
smile, i should decide that the proper way TO pro
mouuce Ihe word would be All-nose,p The PreSL
.dcut acknowledged the eOru,' aud there was
heartT-laugh, even from the sedate Mr.. Hunter Z
ANoruER rgIvATEEG SHIN or rue ISLAND OF cVBA4
sur BOARDS A BRITISH Neutrality-suspicious. AID Ar
ANHENr ~ rHg fIRATE STEAMER. ...
The British steamer DeaTbuu, Captain Harri man,
arrived At tins port yesterday from Sayaua, re
ports that shs.~us boarded 10y prIVateer an Feb
IuaD :, oil St. Antoine (west end CGba.) The
PTivatcer mounts SIX guns, aud is about three hun
dred tons burden, and propeller; speed about ten
miles an hour; smoke stack painted lead color and
huil painted hlICk. The commander aud purSer
boarded the schooner, but the Captain could net
learn his name ~ the name of the privatcer. The
rendezvous of the pIvateer IS the island of Graml
Cayman. The steamer was some i've hours IN
Oyerhaulng the hOOner, when they fired two guns
and brought the schooner 10.