“Who has been guilty of these crimes,” said Lincoln, alluding to those committed by New York electioneering agents, “Donohue,” was the reply. “Then learn out as speedily as possible.”
A Southern Estimate.
When informed that General Stoughton had been captured by the rebels at Fairfax, the President is reported to have said that he did not mind the loss of the Brigadier as much as he did the loss of the horses. “For,” said he, “I can make a much better Brigadier in five minutes, but the horses cost a hundred and twenty-five dollars a-piece.”
Strong Habits.
“Well,” said the President, after the last repulse before Richmond, “them blessed ‘babies’ do fight, and the old chaps lifted from their graves are at any rate from the right mould; the babies are like young puppies that can stand a deal of licking, and the old boys are too old to run!”
How to Fight.
“Those Southerners fight! its all blarney,” said Abe;
“Put your swords in your sheath, boys, and lick Hills;
“But a man without a sword is at fighting a babe