Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1865-05-12
Miscellaneous.

>7oRIr, or Tus l,rz PREuE,r-.Mr
Lincoln has q tuu- n: nJm1r which though
not ALWAYS dlmiroI. L. harmless Dc is ever
ant and ready and doubtless among all ft9
wearing sorrow, 90 nI- public .,e has a.-
e.-I,d him relief va,- ne would otherwise
i..e.. broken down under his t,ayy load.
sr.s 1.,ea-eues- J. sometimes GRIN anu -ir-
castle. II J. always llay.ll. ttt D., never
abusive. and seldom wounds. Dllon DO j,
nicely ada utcd 10 the place ana occasions.
and !; used with fleet. IL Is one form OF
that btlmor that Is no- unc0HmHn iE New
ENGLAND. especially IN rural districts. and
which. IN 81 higher and more cultivated
d,yelotiugu-. a3uns tle pages u. Holmes.
lowell. am others o.. oar literary men.
About Two y,are ago wren tire Prime at
Vale. VIZ ...... 90 marry ;bc Princes A.cr-
7rirs. pu,7.r Victoria sent lct-e- - ,sch
% the soverc.us, informing ,lum Yi her
sons he-r0thal. and Among tie rest % Pres
dent lincoln L,rd LE1uF. h-r an~a--l
.5or nj Washington. and Hl0, tv the way.
l. uurla r~iei requested am audience of Nr
s-ip.-riu. chat ne might present Tins imp .r--
ant document iu person. At ue time
srl8irtcd h. was received pr n. W NHitt
Hou-c. IT. company with Mr.. Seward
"May D. ul-a-e y"ur EEcei!ngF- -1lc
lord Lyons. I hold ~ my hand $3.50 auto
grarh e-ter from my royal mistrr-s- Queen
Victoria. vHirt have been commanded 10
rre-sut ta soar ENcoAenc-. lr DC she In-
s.srn,s vrur Fxcellencv that her son. Li,
Rovai Hirhress, the Prince oi Vale. L.
sbsut &, contract "a matrimonial alliance
with her Roysl Highntss the Princess Alex
anira Of Denmark
After continuing in this strain for
few minute, Lord Lyons rendered the letter
10 the President ana awaited hIs reply. lt
was short. simple and expressive. and con-
sisted simply OF the words
".Lai LYONS. 70 thou and CD likewise.
We doubt if any English ambassador wee
ever addressed IN thi- manner before, and
would re-. glad TO learn what success he met
with Ia pIttin. the reply IN diplomatic
language when he reported It 20 hsr Maze
ty.
..It II ss,id that sometime =iuce, when d
deputau5u Of ciergyrnen presented an od-
dress 10 the President, m which he was
stvled a pillar Of the church, he quantity,
and perhaps truthfully, remarked that
thew would have done much better TO call
him a steeple.
4 gentleman vino not long since visited
Mr.. Lincoln. writes 10 the New York
Er,ninq Post that during the interview Mr..
Lincoln said
There are some quaint, queer verses
written. | think. by Oliver Wendell Hol-
mes. called The Last Leaf. one OF which
Is to me inexpresslbly touching" He
then repeated from memory the poem.
The verse he referred TO occurs in about the
middle Of the poem, and Is this
The mossy marbles rest
On the lips which he had pressed
In their bloom,
And the names he loved 10 hear
Have been carved for many year
On the tomb
A. he finished this verse. he sand IN his
emphatic way For pure pathOs, M my
Judgment. there is nothing finer than those
Elk line, in the English language.
Attle last cabinet meeting which Mr..
Lincoln attended, on Friday, at which
Lieutenant General Grant was presen, he
turned to the General and asked him If
be- had beard from General Sherman zen
eral Grant replied that he had not, hut
was hourly IN expectation oi receiving des
patcAs- from him, annouuciu. the surren-
'lei ri Johnston.
We'll. nd the Pr,sIdcns. You will
hear v,ry Ion and the news vii be I'M
por'ant-
Why DO you think 20 o. -aid the Cen
ersl
..Because. said Mr. Lincoln. j had a
dream last night. and ever zInce the WAT
began I have invariably had the same
dream before any very important military
event hs- cccurred - tie thcu instanced
Boil Ran, Antietam, Gettys5urg DE, and
said th.- oufOre edcn Of those event- hr
had had tie same dream, and, turning 10
: cretary Weles, said -
'.I5 l. in your line, to-, Mr.. We.lts.
Iue dreaai Is that | saw a snip saiiin.
very rapidly, aud am sure IL Fortouds
-uc important national event
on Friday evening, the assassination ct
President recalled the incident f1rcihly
g.. .c recollection of those present
reIiable private letter savs that among
'h. Lincoln's papers has aon found
iackaco OF letters, marked n bis u,en
ln,i-wr riting, ASSASSINATION J.tter- -
While mauv Of them threatened HE Lille.
4rrz warned him q! piou> Co take it.
II seems 10 have become - used to things
of thl- sort that neither kind made any
Impression upon him
In his nir-sa-c Of peocluocr. lN62- Fr,-i-
a,n, Line ,ln ssid Sc Our -tgIic pertains tp
ourselves. 10 the pacing zen, ,ratiHust t. mcn.
and d. faf vi;narf f..rvftl-ilf ,r. l.f-nt-i for