Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1874-03-12

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,ltuiu (nys Mr.. ForsAsrl b no viola.
ton Of the rule Of avoiding private detail
IL she very interesting clo.s Of this iesser
foss vristSs, BY Dickens ti.,sA Wsshns-
sou) 10 given. Its ancoioss Of Prcsidens
Lipeolp vas repeatedly told By Dickens
after his return, and l am undcr ." ne.
ecs.ity to withhold fros is the authority
Of Mr. Ss~ner's uaue: 81 a1 esisg
.so-norrow 70 eco tho Prcsideat. who. lsss
can't to mo twice. l dined With Charles
Sumner last Sunday. against my t1Ie;
and. a. h.d stipulated fof uorsrty. Mf
Secretary Stanton ~ss the ooly csAssses~
beside lie .svn sassetary. Stanton 10 >
man With very remarkable memory aNd
extraordinarily t.miliar with my books.
lie and Snmper having been The hrss t~o
psb,ic men Ut tie dyisg Presidents bcd-
side. end haviog senaiacd With him ~
ell he brcathcd bis last. we fell into very
Interesting conversation afsr dinner.
When, each of them giving bic o~s csEss-
tive separately. The sssal disssepasesss
sbous details of time we're observable.
Then Mr. Stanton told NE curious
little story, which will form the remainder
Of this short letter. On the ahcrncoa q
the day on which che Prcsidcat was shoe
there was Cabinet council. at which hs
presided. Mr.. Stanton. being at the timo
comm an der in chief Of the Northern troops
that were concentrated about here. arris-
cd rather late. Indeed. they we're wait
ing for him, aud. on entering the room.
the President broke of in something he
was saying. aud remarked: Let rs Pro-
cced to business. gentlemen Mr.. STAN
ton then noticed. with great surprise. thas
the President sat with m air Of dignity in
his chair. instead Of lolling about in the
most unsain!y attitudes. as his invariablo
custom was, aud that Instead Of telling ir-
relevant or questionable stories he was
grave and calm. and quite different man.
Mr.. Stanton. on leaving the council With
the Attorney General. said to him: =
That is the most satisfactory Cabinet
meeting have asteuded Coz many iong
day. What an extraordinary change In
Mr.. Lincoln + The Attorney Generai re-
piled: we all saw that before you came
in. While We were waiting for you he
said. with his chin down on his breast
"Gentlemen. something very extraordina.
~ is going to happen. and that very soon: :
To which the Attorney General had OBJ
served Something good. sir, l hope"
when the President answered very grave
": II don't know. l don't know; but il
will happen. aud shortly. too."' As they
were all Impressed BY his manner. tho
Attorney General took him up again
Have you received any Information. STR.
not 70. disclosed to usl' No. answered
the Prsside.t. but I have had . dream.
and have now had :he same dream three
times. Once on the night preceding tho
ba,tle Of Bull run. once on the night pre-
eediog such another (uan,ing . battle
also no, favorable to the North } HIS
chin susk on his breast again. and be at
rejecting. Might one ask the nature Of
this dream. sir r asked tho Attorney Cen
cral. We'll. replied the President. wi'h-
ou. lifting his bead or changing his atti-
,ude, i am on great. broad. rolling
river. and on, iu boat, and I drifs and
I drift-but this 10 not business. sudden
" raising his face. and looking round tho
table as Mr.. Stanton entered. Let M
proceed to business. gentlemen Mr..
S,anton and tho Attorney General said.
as they walked on together. it would be
curious to notice whether anything ensued
on this. and they agreed to notice. Hs
vas shot that night"