The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1865-08-25


to the President. In the name Of the bank,
ing community, they expressed their salts
faction at the nomination. This was espec'
tally gratifying to him, and, in tho strongest
manner he entreated them to "see Mr.. Fes
senden and assure him Of their support"
MR.. LINCOLN AND SECRETARY STANTON.
Entering the Presidents room about eleven
o'clock one evening. found him alone, seat.
ed at the long Office table, with large pile
Of military commissions before him, which
he was signing one by ono. Sitting down
beside him. hc remarked, 81 do not, as you
sec. pretend to read over these documents.
Zee that Stanton has signed them, so ! con
clude they are all right" Pausing here. he
read portion Of one, beginning with the
name of the individual. g. is here
by appointed adjutans general, with the rank
Of captain. &c. E. NJ. Stanton. Secretary
of War" "There," said be, appending
his own signature in tho opposite corner {;
"that 6xes him out" Thus he went on
chatting and writing. until ho had finished
the lot; then, rising FROM his chair, ho
stretched himself and said: "Well, | have
got that job 'huskcd out, now | guess will
go over to tho War Department and SOC II
there is any news" A, his request I walked
over with him. and recollect thinking on tho
way how exposed he was to danger of assas.
sination by taking that walk alone so late at
night-and yet it was his common practice
often 50 late us one and two o'clock in the
morning.
During the battles Of the Z" Wilderness" {"
last summer, for three nights hc did not close
his eyes in sleep! Much Of the time he was
ut the War Department listening to the click
of the telegraph. His appearance at this
time wis enough to excite sympathy in the
hardest heart. At length the clouds lifted
and the sunshine came out. He greeted
friend with the words, at is MI right. Grant
is making his points,"
About this time wo were talking one day
Of the operations Of tho army, and | asked
him how General Grant impressed him, rs
compared with other commanders. Said he,
"The great thing about Grant is his persist
ence He will never give up 20 long as there
is chance in the world" How perfectly
the result Of the campaign vindicated this
judgment is now the most glorious page in
our history!
A correspondent Of the Methodist. who
has Just visited Mrs. Lincoln's home in ILL
nois, writes as follows:
LNcoLN's EARLY LIFE. ....
Mr.. lIerndun told mo that Mr.. Lincoln
approached more nearly the angelic nature
than any person he ever saw. women not ex
ceptcd. lie had, he said more Of the angel.
looking eye and face than he had ever seen.
Yet he was not without passions. These. in
Lincoln, were powerful, but they were laid
under control by a giant will. He was, said
Mr.. Hcrndon, great animal, but great
angel was sngmftcd upon it. lie had tow
cring ambition. but that ambition was
directed to tho attainment Of power with
which TO elevate man. lie seems to have OH.
tertained very vivid impressions or his
mothers virtues. and tender sense OF his
obligations to her. Familiarly he once said
to his partner, Billy, all that am | owe
to my blessed mother" .-.as
When no first came to Springfield he was
extremely poor; having not shilling in his
pocket, and with but u very scanty wardrobe.
lie would stop awhile with one, and then
with another, going from neighbor to neigh,
Dor, oil cslcemiug II a favor to have him in,
their houses. At that time he had road we'll
and thoroughly everything that he had
touched, including tho Bible and Shakespeare
which were his leading books at the time Of
his death. lie was, said Mr.. Herndon, a
good Biblical scholar. When he was twenty.
three years Of age he had read history and
biography considerably, and no mastered
Burns when he was twenty-five. F
M FIDELITY TO PRINCIPLE. 's' Z
His strict fidelity to principle was illus.
tratsd nv his mariner by the following Incl.