New-York tribune., 1867-03-23

when Mendon gas very 1e1OrS % s
State In behalf of beTty-LincOn once said TO hiin
cannot what makes your convictions 20 deGadG, , n
regards the future Of Slavery what tells you the 'Ns
81 feel 1t IN my bones" was Herndou's emphatic an an
This continent il not broad enough 70 ""
It was almost in these yeTy words that Mr. Lincoln az
erwnrd opened the great contest between Douglas ana
lie questions to what be called the ess u p rlose and
prOtracted. By and by there came tle @ wn a ofnce
aud Judge Logan were candidates loT In9 snon the,1
and it seemed fit that the partnership pe'"'0N ~
IN spite Of their close fendsnp % Gne % dov darted up the
office stairs and said, HerndoD should yoa hAo W Oo
bont laugh at me, Mt Lncoln" wasthc POOR fellows
hearing. but at last Mr. Herndon said: "Mr Lincoln
von know am too young and have standing and no
world that would make me so happy" -. 4.
Nothing was said I'LL the papers were brought 10
have said that these men very different Hern-
don was Roec eg sPSSSg sSd o and he was per
sstently putting these books into Inc0lns hands DuV
lincoln did not like Them Herndon has also the deep,
sad eyes the pioneer and is in his nature sensitive and
perceptive like n There was nothing perceptve
In Mr. lincoln He knew very little OF individual men,
took them at their own estimate not warned till he
cheated As they older he depended more ana
more his partner in matters He did not like to
study so he would tell Herndon beforehand tnuthor
and illustrations he should want for his speeches. ana
HerndOn would do the reading up.
"When began business" said Mr.. HcTndOn "I saw no
why should not gain true point on fase plea
but Lincoln never would have rhe put end TO It at
once. never knew him to do mean thing or dirty
trick During all intercourse, we never had WORD
counts against each other We held each others money
constantly; but |, at least, was never WrOnged OUT Vi
my mother When he did attach himself, he was in
tenscy wrapt in his friend Nothing but demonstration
OF dishonesty would wean him. ordinary vice would not
Neither directly indirectly did he ever ye one cent
to influence an election have heard him refuse over
And yet in q republican land. he rose TO the highest
office What rebuke 10 politics and Iolucans wen
WestP
An incident which occurred while was in Mr.. Lin
coins office win throw little Hight Western habits
and character Itook mn carclcssly stood thinking,
n handsome octave volume on the business ,aoei ~
opened SO perssently at place, as played win H.
that looked TO see what it was, and found that some
body had thoroughly thumbed the pages OF Don juan
Now confess TO the conviction that the world would be
no worse for the entire loss of this poem. knew MT
HerndOD not man TO dwell ON II, ana IT daIted
haps Il had been a fayorite with Mr. Lincoln:
Ibid Mr.. Lincoln ever read TINS OooKt' L lSaiu hui'
THAT boOki" said Hemdon, looking up from his
writing with the utmost innocence and taxing u our oi
my hand. go, yes! he read it Often 1t is the ogee
COPY" 49,. a..
copy OF Byrons poemI Or is it only that am ignorant
Of them and their waysF ,,
terrupted HendOn TO asa for heard stories m lulnos
that made think il was possible that even ne nad
been immaculate-sOme rrnor OF an eX,GoNeflor SWuS
of enormous frauds upon the revenue, whose Ieef ho
had accepted.
81 cannot say he nerer did," replied Hemdon, "for
remember one or instances. One morning gen
teman and asked him topsc ms legal influence
in certain quarter, where Lincoln again aud agan ~,
sured him he had no power heard hlln IeIlse ne SD
offered over and over again went ont ana eit mem IN
finally took the money; put he never Offered any oI IL 10
and it noticeable that whenever he took money
in that way, he seemed 20 consider II his own or
mine In this case he gave The money TO the Germans III
the town. who wanted 10 buy themselves press ieW
days after he sad TO al me- N rne coolest , t N.Y. d ann
glad you did, Mr. Lincoln answered or course could
The partnership, while it developed in Herndon
tense love for Abraham Lincoln must have had It's pains
no man could comfort him. ms friend well knew how TO
shelter; but there must also have been times
when, him, il necessary 10 remember that
he was unhappy Mr.. Lincoln was not a TO make
confd9nt Of set purpose; hut IN the long lonely Semt
Herndon had married early an excellent woman, and
n; ny 1SS psan W was i silent W reeepSe persd Ms
simplicity and persSnS IDty M yed aIa
powerful effort made the ground Of ndis-
cretons growing ont of political excitement to separate
"By what can hear" said the pioneer who told me
this story" by what can hear Mr. Lincoln ten fcct
tall when they spoke TO him, and, turning sharply, an
swered: Gentlemen. the you talk OF is worth you
a saha P"S together he has gone INTO danger i0F my
The men to whom he spoke went straight from his
! young man loved him any less for this outburst.
The number contains poetical contributions from
Thomas Buchanan Read James Russell Lowell, and IL.
Rich.
| The Catholic WOrd, in a review of Mrs. Goddards
translation of the eloquent work Of DonosO Cortes
Catholicism Liberalism, and Socialism," discusses the
problem of Church and State" maintaining that the
American solution, according to which the state does
tolerate the church the church either cnsaye toll
crate the State because the state recognizes freedom Of
conscience and its independence Of all secular c0ntro Is
the best certainly at least, under republican form
| government paper on " Rituasm" gives lfe-like
description 81 the Roman Catholic features IN the cee
/ Of at of
copal Churches Of which the service
city affords remarkable example, Any who
should enter st. Albans not knowing to what denomina-
belonged and should look toward the sanctuary
would be very apt to fancy for moment that he mad
got into Catholic Church. Let US imagine ourselves
among the crowd of curious spectators who fill the edifc
Of Sunday morning. In place Of the readingd con
spcuOus in most Protestant meetinghOuSes, there Is
very prOperlooking altar set back against the chance
wall and ornamented with cOOred and embroidered
antependium. Behind il, instead of painting there
an illuminated screen-wOrk with inscriptions in old En-
glish ecclesiastical text not much easier to be read than
il they were In Latin Where the tabernacle ought to be
stands large gilt each side Of It and
/ ornaments. On q shelf which runs along the wall bacl
OF the altar there candlestcs tnee tall at eacl
side and two others Just the altar itself We
altarcards such used at mass burse for holding
the corporal and chaice covered with vail, the colOi
OF which with the of the ecclesiastical year
To-day being festival the hue green. At end
of the altar is big book on movable stand. At the
epise side is credence table with silver patten. on
which the waferbread for communion. and with
sells Of wine and water that might be called cuet if they
were only little smaller The pulpit stands just outside
the railing the lef There is little raised desk il
for the preachers book manuscript, and this dcs l.
covered with green vail. Opposite the pulpit the
right hand side Is eeern with Bible IT, The leetcT
likewise has green hon&ngS. On one side OF the sane
tuary is Of stalls precisely like those In
Of cathedras and seminary chapes. On the ether
are benches for the chOrisers The organ