The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1876-10-07
Abraham Lincoln.

ham Lincoln 10 Mss May Speed, Of
Loai-villc Ky. ha. jast b,rn made
public
BLooufxoToy. III. SEPT =, 1911
W.. Wv SJ2,i, L..ai,ete. ~ M
FmEsp. Having resolved TO write 10
some II yoaF m.tltrF'- family, AID MOI
haYin. tltr vxpTr~s l.er'uis>t'fa 81 sEy
one # h..ut 81 IL ~. | ave had some
little dis,cnlty Is ,i.tssmasing ou which
Ia infiic; ihe tax Il reading - ha, r.ow
feel mtl~t b.. = n,-.; doll and silly Letter.
bat ~h,-,. | remember that you and |
wsrs -ougstting of cront~s while ! was
at Pennington. aud that while th r. l
once was under the Necessity Of shutting
you up ia room to prevent You from
committing sn assault and battery uron
m-, instantly decided yJu should b.
the devoted one
from Joshua and myself since we left,
Secsuse think II doubtful whether he
has written
You remember ther. was some inca.
siness about Joshua health when we
left That little indi-position Of his
turned out to Ice nothing serious. and il
was pretty nearly forgotten when We
reached Springfield We got on board
the steamboat Lebanon. in the locks Of
the canal. about IL o'clock o; the day
We left, and reached ~ Louis the next
Monday al 5 /. NJ Nothing of interest
happened during the passage. except
the vexatious delays occasioued by the
sand bars, to be thonght interesting.
by the way, u fine example was pre-
sented on board the boat for contem-
plating the effect Of condition upon hu-
man happiness. A gentleman had pur-
chased twelve negroes in different parts
Of Kentucky. and was taking them to a
farm in the South They were chained
six aud six together. A small iron clev
is was around the left wrist Of each,
and this WAS fastened to the main cham
by a shorter one at convenient distance
from the others, so that the negroes
were strung together precisely like 80
many fish upon trout-line. In this
condition they were being separated
forever from the >ceLes of their child
hood, their friends, their fathers and
mothers. aud brothers and sisters. and
many Of them from their wives and
children. and going into perpetual sla
verv, where the lash oi the master Is
proverbtaily more ruthless and unrelent-
ing than any other where; and yet. amid
all these distressing circumstances rs we
would think them, they were the
most cheerful and apparently happy
creatures ON board. One. whose otfensc
for which, he had beeh sold was an over
fondncss for his wife, played the fiddle
almost continually. and the others sung.
danced. aud cracked jokes, and played
various games with cards from day To
day. How true il Is that God tempers
the wind 70 tho shorn lamb" or, in
other words, that He renders the worst
Of human conditions tolerable. while he
permits the best to be nothing better
than tolerable
To return to the narrative When We
reached Springfield. staid but One day.
when started on this tedious circuit,
where l now am
DO you remember my going to the
city, while WAS in Kentucky. to have
. too,h extracted. and making failure
OF il Well, that same old tooth got to
paining me so much that about Il week
since l had il torn out. bringing with
it bit of the jaw bone; the Consequence
ot which is, that my mouth Is now 50
sore that can neither talk nor eat.
am literally 'suhsisting on savofy re
embrances" that is, being unable Il
eat. am living upon the remembrances
of the delicious dishes of peaches and
cream We used 20 have at your house.
When we left. Miss Fanny Hennirg
was owing You visit "a | understood
Has she paid il yet If she has. are
you not convinced tina. she Is one of tie
sweetest girls in the world There i
but one thing about her. So far at en-
perceive. that would have otherwis,
than i, is, that is something OF ten
dency 10 melancholy. This, let IT bc
observed, il misfortune, not fault
Give her AN assurance Of my very high
est regard when you see her.
l. little Eliza Davis At your house
vet Ii she il. kiss her "o'er aud o'e'
again FOR me. Tell your mother that
have 10, got her present. with me
but that l intended to read it regulariy
when return home doubt not that
it is really A. she SAYS. the bes. cure foi
the blues" conld one but take IT ac
cording 10 the truth Give my respes'-
10 all yAir sisters (including "Aunt Em-
ma') and brothers. Tell Mrs Peav, OF
whose happy face shall long retain q
pleasant remem mbrAnee. that l have beer
trying TO think OF 4 name for her home
stead, hut as vet. cannot satisfy myself
With one. shall be very happy 10 re-
ceive . line from you. soon after you
receive this: and in case yoo choose Il
favor me with one. address II to Charles
ton. Coles Co, Ill. a. | shall be there
about the time "a receive II.
Your sincere friend. A. LINCOLN,