The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1867-03-14

| skill in narration. The jury always gos
from him fair statement of any case in
hand, and years later it was remarked
!; by the Chief Justice of Illinois that
when Lincoln spoke he argued both sides
Of the case so well that . speech in re-
sponse was always superauous- The
iLabit be bad of enforcing fact with an
/ anecdote so far survived his moccasin
! days that it seems to have been consti-
tutional in 3 sense. No man ever told
| SO many stories, and he Was seldom
known either to repeat one twice Or to
tell one that was hackneyed. His long,
variable, and attentive experience with
common, native people made him &C.
quainted with thousand oddities, and
he had familiar way of relating them
that was as piquant as his application of
them It'll also true that some of these
stories were more cogent than delicate.
yet in no single case was he ever remem-
bered to have told N exceptional anec-
dote for the sake of that in which it vas
exceptional. Mr.. Herndon remembers
person who SO far mistook Mr. Lincoln |
once as to tell q coarse story without
purpose. During its recital Mr. Lincoln's
face worked impatiently. When the man
had gone he said: 4s
1 had nearly put that fellow out of the
Office. He disgusts me- |
Did he ever drink ?
Only in Indiana, when he took whis-
~ as ague medicine. After his nomin-
stion for the Presidency, it was suggest
ID to him that the Visiting Committee
would require some hospitality. Very
vell,' he replied, amy food that is proper
authorize to be purchased.
But these gentlemen will expect some ,
liquors.
4 can't permit to strangers what do
OF do myself. No liquors, Billy! there's
le tavern
-
One sentence Mr.. Herndon recollects =
the President before his departure :.
'r Washington that is memorable as !.
lowing his purpose.
Billy ne said, L hope there will be T
, trouble; but will make the South !
ave yard rather than see Slavery gos- h
Il triumph, or successful secession lose =,
is Government to the cause Of the peo =,
e and representative institutions :;
To this Mr.. Herndon added NJ r
aong their corpses. He would have p,
rried on the war forever. or as long as NJ
c people intrusted him with its man
cement, rather than give it up al
8- s1 NJ
A REVOLUTIONARY RELIc-A PRESENT as
,oM GEN. WAsHINGroN.-The Mont
,mery (Ala Mail, states that Dr. W.
Spotswood, of Pensacola, Florida, cl
10 placed in the possession of the ladies d.
the Catholic Church at Pensacola. to is
: exhibited at q fair, q sword which D.
as presented by General Washington te
DR.. Spotswood's uncle, as . memento ir
+ their friendship. Gen. Alexander 9.
the recipient of this inestim- b
,le gift, was an officer Of the Virginia
tate Line in the Revolutionary war, b
,d served under General Washington. n
fter the close of the war, Spotswood, S
eine a kinsman and personal friend OF n
EN-. w ashington, the most intimate So
AL relations continued between them !,
Gen. Spotswood was living on the f
near Fredericksburg' .
nd it was usual for him to dine on
hris,mas day at Mount Vernon On
,e last festive occasion on which he =
yer partook of the hospitality OF the q
'ather Of his Country, just one year be-
,re the death of Washingtoo, he said
. him: "General, this may be the last
lme we shall ever meet On earth, ana :
1ish you to present me with some token
f your friendship" Washington i'm
aediately taking . sword in his hand, I,
it to him with this remark, that ;
was one of the swords that he had car
;ed. through the Revolution, and which
le had converted into . pruning knife,
which was literally true.
THE TrLKaRAPH AS OFFIcE BOY
Some of the larger business estaoiish-
N ents in this city have recently pas mp
telegraph lines within their buildings In
order to economisc time in conveying
to and fro. The invention by
which this is accomplished ia curious
but simple. The letters Of the alphabet
md the Arabic numerals are placed In
the centre of dial which 10 surrounded
BY upright keys, each of which operates
upon . particular letter or figure Wires