TELEGRAM TO GENERAL W. S. ROSECRANS. WASHINGTON, June 8, 1864.
MAJOR-GENERAL ROSECRANS, St. Louis, Missouri:
Yours of to-day received. I am unable to conceive how a message can be less safe by the express than by a staff-officer. If you send a verbal message, the messenger is one additional person let into the secret.
A. LINCOLN [ [!-- H2 anchor --] ]