The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-08-13
SOME ANECDOTES OF LINCOLN.

heart as kind and tender as q woman.
Steiner men thought il a weakness. It
saddened him TO see others suffer, and
he shrunk from inHicting pain. Let
me illustrate his kindness and tender
ness by one or two incidents One
summers day, walking along the
shaded path leading from the Execu-
tive Mansion to the War Office, | saw
the tall, awkward form of the Presi-
dent sealed on the grass, under tree.
A wounded soldier, seeking back pay
and pension, had met the President,
and, having recognized him, asked his
counsel. Lincoln sat down, examined
the papers Of the soldier, and told him
what TO do. sent him to the proper bu-
reau with note, which secured prompt
attention.
After the terribly destructive battles
between Grant and Lee. in the Wilder
ness OF Virginia, after days of dread
slaughter, the lines of ambulances.
corFeying the wounded from the
steamers on the Potomac to the great
field hospitals on the heights around
Washington. would be continuous
one unbroken line from the wharf TO
the hospital. AT such a time | have
seen the President, in his carriage,
driving slowly along the line, and be
looked like one who had lost the dear
est members of his own family. On
one such occasion. meeting me, he
stopped and said, 81 cannot bear this;
this suffering, this loss of life-is dread.
ful." | recalled to him line from
letter he had years before written TO a
friend, whose great sorrow he had
sought to console. Reminding him of
the incident, | asked him, do you re-
member writing TO your suffering friend
these words; And this, too, shall pass
away; never fear Victory will come"
An atlantic port in one of the Brit
ish provinces, was, during the war, a
great resort and refuge for blockade
runners, and large contraband trade
was said TO have been carried on from
that port with the Confederates Late
in the summer Of 1864 while the cleo
ton of President was pending, Lincoln
being a candidate, the Governor Gen
eral OF that province, with some of the
principal officers visited Washington,
and called to pay their respects to the
Executive. Mr.. Lincoln had been very
much annoyed by the failure of these
officials to enforce, very strictly, the
rules of neutrality. but he treated his
guests with great courtesy After a
pleasant interview, the Governor, al
luding TO the approaching Presidential
election, said, jokingly, but with
grain of sarcasm, II understand, Mr..
President, every body votes in this coun-
try. II we remain until November, can
we voter
You remind me-" replied the Pres
ident, ''of countryman of yours.
green emigrant from Ireland. Pat
arrived in New York on election day.
and was, perhaps, as eager as your
Excellency TO vote, and TO vote early
and late and often So, upon his land
ing at Castle Garden, he fastened TO
the nearest voting place, and, as he ap.
preached, the Judge who received the
ballots inquired, Whom do you want
TO vote forP on which side are you?'
Poor Pat was embarrassed. he did not
know who were the candidates. He
stopped, scratched his head, then, with
the readiness of his countrymen, he
said:
"I am torment the Government, any,
how. Tell me, il your Honor phases,
which is the rebellion side and III tell
you how want TO vote. In Guild Ire
land ] was always on the rebellion side.
and. py Saint Patrick I'll stick 10 that
same in America.
Your Excellency," said Mr.. Lin
coin. would, | should think. not be at
q loss on which side to vote"
The two books he read most were the
Bible and Shakespeare. With them he
was FAMILIAR, reading and quoting from
them constantly. Next to Shakespeare.
among tue poets, was Burns, with
whom he had hearty sympathy. and
upon whose poetry he wrote Lecture
lie was extremely fond OF ballads and
OF simple, sad and plaintive music ~
called one day at the White Uo,s,
TO Introduce two officers Of the Union
army, both Swedes. Immediately bo
began and repeated from memorv. to
the delight Of his visitors, q long bal
lad, descriptive Of Norwegian scenery.
Morse legend, snd the adventures Of
IA old Viking among the iords of the
North.
He said no had read the poem In a
newspaper, and The visit OF these Swedes
recalled II to his memory.
On the last Sunday OF his life, as he
was sailing up the Potomac, returning
to Washington from his visit to Rich
mond. he read aloud many extracts
from Macbeth, and, among others, tho
following, and with tono and accent
so impressive that, after his death, IL
was vividlv recalled by those who !