New-York tribune., 1885-01-18

tuspU0' ,'se" onr U hat blood TO conquer them and
now You will march back to your demoraizea cdp, APT
ta and lay ont ySSnr G,s in pspstuy
Shame on you! Shame on
Mr Lincoln could stand it no lon ger his coarse har
stood on end aad his nostrils dlated IKE those oI
an excited racehorse. He stretched out MS long
RIGHT arm and extended his lean fore-'nger untll IL
almost touched Duff Green's face lie n maze one ts
stem forward to paco himself as near as poSsbe 10
this vltuporator and III a cioar cutting voice ai
dressed him. He was really graceful while he was
spsaking-the grace OF one VINO Is expressI,g nj
tramn.p nYuup he exclaimed, "you. the alder aud
abettor OF those who have brought al thls rum
your country the conrage 10 ss:s r.,k s' to
esoonse. A fellow who stood by to gather up the
loayes and fishes, il any shoull fall to y3a. man
none South with him. A political hvona who
robbed the graves of the dead, and adopted their
language as his Own! You talk of the North M cat,
ting the throats of the Southern psoplo. You have
all cnt your own throats, and unfortunately have
cn many of those of the North. Miserable impost2r
vile intruder, go before | forget myself, and , tne
and 5,nSn Don't sit0" desecras this National vessel
another minuten And be made step toward him;
This was somothing winch Dnil .irssh nah Iinl noI
calculated upOn he had never seen ADranih ,1ih-
coin in anger. His courage failed him, ana IA
turned and fed out of the cabin and np tns capn
stairs as if tn, avengng angel was as a,.er x, and
there he stood looking a. the shore, seeming y
measuring the distance to SEQ II no couid swim "
/ was close behind him, and when got on deck.
said to th, officer IN caargs, :" Pat That man o.
shore and if he appears III sight OF TINS VeSscl "o
We are here. have hlin SEM way "''h Sc"'' 0''''
mony." . oa .
whipped dog aud hurried into the boat. Inc iasy ,
saw of hun he was stridins rapidly over tno heus
as if to reach the shelter of the WOODS Ine inhu
must have been d,rasged. When returned 10 me INC
cabin, about iiitsea minutes later tio nrosrun"t
was perfectly caIm-as if nothing had happsn, I'd
and did not return to the subject for some hours
"Ths pla g seems to give you annoyance, sir
said + "Would YOU prefer to got under wiv anl
60 to City Point, where we are moro amongst
friends than hore Z"
putting my foot into it here all tao time.
Bless nav soul, how seward wond have
preached. and read Pufisndorf, ,Va5tei and
iirotius to III. hll ho boen here wnen gave Camp;
boil p.rmssiOn to lot the legislature meet, "a
never have heard the last of It, Seward is Small
compendium Of international law rn mimsei, anf
on, aud yet, | put my foot into that thlng anout
Campbell with my eyes widc-open. IT vera you.
| don't thInk would repeat that JOKE yet awh'ie.
People g.t la aga at YOU for knowing so muGh.
and more { lau tins President! an afraid thitthe
most of my, learning lies in my heart more thau
in nv head"
We GOT II lder wav and stsan.I down the river.
While had boen up at Richmond. the gun6oat
people had completely removed an th9 t9fpeioes
from the bed of tho and lad then all ont 81
the banks where they looked like 80 many
queer lisl ba,kIng in the sun. they were OF all
Sizes and some were as large as sinaii ail8aths
which rather al incolnpIehelslble description OF
them.
The President had originally proposed to eon.uo
Oh horseback but told him that % there was not
particle of danger from torpedoes; that would
have them all taken up' Wh.n hs saw thcn all on
the bank, he turned 10 me and said " lon mast
have been awful afraid of getting on that sor-
geant's old horse again to risk all this we got
down safe, however There was not cnou2h dan
ger to make it interesting. Tne PrsSlient hal .on'
quaint remarks about every thing we saw pArticu-
larly about Dutch Gap, which he sall
Ought to have been commenced before the
he ss said, ':you might have had chance of getting
your gunboats up thai way. by tine ya'. your
friend, the General. wasn't a boss engineer lie
was better at IunnBg cotton mills. How many pcO-
pie did IL cost for that Iotty he cO1quorelI .
"Ons hundred aud forty killed there said,
"as far as | can learn"
Then he went into discussion of the generals OF
the war-what diili:atiei ne nat in making a?-
pointnents etc. lie illustrated each case with
story. In speaking OF one gsuera he said It re-
minded him of a friend Of hs-a bl,cksnith-he
knew out i'll the West when he was boatinan:
This old friend was celebrated for making gpod
work. especially axes, which were IN great demand
in that day. No boatm,n had complete
outfit unless he had a gooiaxe.
lone day" SAID the President, " h" said to me;
Lincoln, have the finest piece of steel yon ever
saw; | got 1t on purpose to make IN axe Tor YOU
and If you will sit down aud tell me n good story
you shall have the axe when 1t ~ hnished. Uo
ahead / said, and | sat down to tell the story
while he made the axe.
"My friend, tine blacksmith first put a huge
proper heat-the Goals glowing-then ne took up
the piece Of steel and looked at it aiectionate;yi
patted 1t all over, thea Lincoln he SAID, did
you ever see piece of steel equal TO that ltll
make yon companion yon will never waht to part
wth tan ana w9en 0 20" hsn a1e he using pat nIo @
the fire and began to work LIS bellows
while commenced my story. lie blew aud blew
until the steel was at deep red heat, when taking
il ont OF the fire and laying it on the anvil, he gave
il a clip with four pound hammer. Lord bless
you. now the sparks flew. aud big red scales also;
" lhe blacksmith hit it abont dozen blows and
bad one, too. This lump of steel amt worth he
powder that would blow 1t up. never was 50 de-
ceived in anything IN all my life. 1t wont make
an axe But III tell you what il will make. Ii
will make clevis. and he put II IN the fir again,
and went through the same performance a.
1t on the anvil, asd commenced to hammer
it. t,,. The sparks flew and so h,, sld tho
SssIs wss gone Th. blacksmith stopped aud scrachcd
hIs head, as men Oitcn do unaor difficulties.
Well he said, this certainly is an Onery piece
of steel, but it get better nearer the heart OF
it, can't make "A clevis OF II. but 1t will maze
clevis bolt 1t may have some good in it yet After
all good clevis bolt Is not a bad thing
tic put il into the lire again. and this time got u
10 a white heat. II think have 1t now, Lincoln
and he pounded away at 1t until l was almost
blinded with scales
"'This won't do he said, i certainly dOn'r
know my trade to allow a d-d thing like that to
fool me 80. Well. we'll, it won't make clsvls bolt
but have one resort yet; II will make tsn-penny
nail. You will have to wait for your axe, and he
put the metal into the fire again.
This time he didn't blow 1t, he let il get redhot
naturally, and when il was as he wanted IT, he put
ii on the anvil again.
This he said, is sure thing. / am down to
tie heart of the piece. There must be a ten penny
mai! IN this lut he was mistaken there was only
a small pee OF wire lett. He was actually dazed.
Durn the thing said he. i don't know what
to make of il. ] tried IT as an axe; it failed me.
Then il failed me as clevis. 1t faIea me a
clevis bolt, and tho cussed thing wouldn't even
make ten-penl ~ nail But Pll toll you, old fellow.
wnat it wiil make and he put it III the fire again
until it and the tongs where at white heat. Thea,
turning around, he rammed IL into a bucket
of water. There durn you, you'll mako big
fzzle, and that's all you will nakeP and it sput-
tered and iizzed until it went out, and thore was
nothing Of II left
.sNnM t.ai,s the cnsa with the person WAS sneak.