Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1865-08-31

there was no esiucWo ~ ouow W my hiinu
that he ever thcugntpf himself. And yet ne
was very sensluse " .he opln'9ns sl VI, nlS
I'D % ,orol as ne MA n ! certain ;nnctnre
onnon;yad himself for some reasons agor;eved
bv [ tha President HAVING occasion fo Send
- tho nar,es ~ tuo officers for nromotion he
a;a ~ sne names h;s VA y Id,m M .ho. % he
hone,d, , whatever faol|nc he might have AGAINST
hilS ners5nnllV 4 not .prevent his doing
1iustice "a fhc 6ilicers n question. MI. Lin
coin had been utterly unconscious of having
piyen offence either by lack of appreciation
Or otherwise, and he, seemed greatly touched
by the aspersion. He said that if he had not
been asked to saw which of all the loyal gov
ernors had been the most active and efficient
in raising and eouipping troops, if he had
made any distinction. where all had done so
we'll it would have been in favor of the gov
ernor in question. At another time, when
several conflicting delegations were pressing
the claims of different candidates for posi-
ton of importance, he said that he had been
SO troubled about the matter that he had that
| day refused to see one OF the candidates, an
old and dear personal 'riend, iest ms Jadss-
ment should DC warped. III were Tess 'tnih
skinned about such things, ne saia 10 me-
Il should get along much pe''er'
q roa THE WADE AND DAVIS MANIFESTO.
When he had thought profoundly, however,
Iunop certa;n measures and felt sure of his
Wound cy;t;c;om a;thar nubl;c or priyate. did
Cot d;strrb him last wear. upon the appear.
auoa o ~ ,ybot yos known "a The uWade and
mo1;s M an;caston on ;nt;mote fr;ond and
snnno,tnr ] wbo was verv ;ndionant flat such
apcnment sbomld have been mt forth lust
n,a1;o,,. tn.tbe PRESIDENTIAL election. took oc.
ppas;o,, 20 on;mo,lyort vory' severelv mon tle
on~rsa course that nremnted 4 "It Is not worth
Ga,t;nr ahouf sa;d tbn President. ut re-.
minds me Of an old acouaintance who, having
son Of n scientific turn. bought him micro.
scon,e The bov went around experimentinp
w;tb @ b;s aioss mon everything that came in
~ non One dav ~ fhe d;nnrr.tahle his
fatber @ w. iook IN = niece Of cheese sDon't eat
.hat fatbor ! sa;d The bov Il Is fnll Of wrio.
u1a., Ia I'M. nv % con renl;ed tbe old gentleman
s;1. .sal;a =. 10 some t;me a buoe b;te dot them
,ra;an7. 7 n,n stonJ Il ;f tbay cant
"'''''et''FN - -, -
THE TREASURY shohhiAHishiF' ;aN,
| Inever saw MIR. Lincoln manifest SO much
excitement as on the day following the reslS-
nation OF Mr.. 'Chase as secretary OF the treas
ury. This step, 1t VIII be remembered, TOOK
the country entirely by surprise IL was
known that the finances were IN precanous
condition, and much Anxiety y. was ieit, esPe'
cially IN washington US " ,he suecess'Isi'lP
Mt h'hc9ln M'.hoaI an,, at VI ~ aus'o Sa
so lar as cou,e esel aen sTnt T1 ne nh; SI oen
ate the name Oh ek-uovefv M GU o' oau oh
a sne aiIerhooh Vi 'ne uay m,, oase teSsmeu u.
lnis n nomihation was hot poPaar, anu g1ens
rehel was eAperlehGeu tne neA. mTtns wnln ~
was announced tnat governor ;, oa aa haa a' II"
cllhed the posltlon. MI hlncoih passcu an
anxious mght ne receNeu the teieg.ah
from governor 10a, oechhhe tae honilna"oh'
IN the evening hetlrlne, ne ialu awahe soihe e
hours, canvaSslnS IN DIS fn,ha .he herns rue, .,
various Pnbic men, men, AZ iehgsn nc seuleu
upon the ne, feon' wm. + n. ressenaen, anu sopn
afterward fell asleep. Inc next morning M he
went to his otilce ana wrote the nomihatoh' st
John Hay, the Assistant ,sa trivate secretary,
had taken 1t ron the u freslden1' o., ms way
70 the senate, when ne encG9hterea senator +
tessenden upon the threshold OF the aoor oi
the room, AS chairman Oh inc FINANCE
| Committee, ne also had passed an anxious ',0,
night, and called thus early to consult with
the President, and offer some Suggestions !
After lew moments conversation MI LIN
coin turned to ,. him with smile, ana sad
an oorgea 70 YOU, re.ss"uem ~ .hO ny Sau :au
Y cpt nass w. son. sVut ~ T.aas,., Hay hnd
Eiust received the nomination from my hand
as YOU entered." Mr.. Fessenden was taken
completely by surprise, and, very much agi.
ftated, protested his inability to accept the po-
sition. The State Of his health, he said, if no
other consideration, made it impossible Mr..
Lincoln would not accept the refusal as final
He yery Justly felt that, with Mr.. Fessenden's
experience and known ability at the head Of
the finance committee, his acceptance would
90 far towards reestablishng a feeling of Sc
curty. He said to him very earnestly, "Fes-
senden the Lord has not deserted me thus
far, and he is not going to now-yop must
acceptr'4 They separated, the Senator in
Great anxiety of mind Throughout the day
Mr.. Lincoln urged almost all who called, to
90 and see Mr Fessenden, and press upon
him the duty of accepting. Among these was
n delegation Of New York bankers whom
had tie honor ofintroducing to the President
In the name of the banking community, they
expressed their satisfaction at the nomination
This was especially gratifying to him, and, in
the strongest manner, he entreated them to
"see Mr.; Fessenden and assure him OF their thelr
support 'tsg ,,,t Nr. 45rpa as ID. ,4at
b. MIR. LINCOLN AND SECRETARY STANTON. ,,a
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