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Colonel :Lnio]jFrniD l.hv J)i^irotd;Ti-'rijjpfil V; ■ . • VA corrfisp'ondenbpi’.Uio HeraldWrites n. letter ; descriptive ot\. Old Abe,; wiiipli; the .Press copies: though it is, iicooriling’to-iliafc paper, i*‘,iiable toWlit-tls cri;lioijsiiV.^;Afeia;elead die letter in;questioril,nri I agree with theliiibilitvv41 to a little c*i-rtieisra”■Stress, as to its 1 nihility— if Hilt 1110)1). v ■ . ' :• •• 1 ; -.Av. Sortie of the principal points of. tbo letter are the following: XV/ ./r.vvf ): v ;i.’ -...I. Abe livea^-saya -the-:i£iirclets-:correspond- • ent,; J}u. I.1? ft ^OrRtorv friinb':.honser-beWr. i ing no.rJight mcsomblancb 'to Washingtori’s headquarters at Cambriiige,Massnclnisetts— nosy .the residence of Profess* r. Long follow.”This, should ontitle him,to oc/.considored as; at Jeast the step-father ofliis country.,.and also ought to command the voti s of nil the admirers oF the unth:r of Uiawi:tha.' A t.-X .f\ ;11. ’6 f L in ce I n\h a d ti limited ‘education.,,lt;.■ : This is one uf : those settV^ident propositions cl i at need rm spec ini. cj u-i lt;1 a t io n\XtIII. lie served in the Bfacl; HawK. War, ;v“In this willi he held tlie rijikof Captain, but be was deserving the title of; Colonel, and1 by those who knew him best was. not unfre-,qentty so addressed-.’’;;' ;••• -fovv.v:As he *‘ deserved the titTefof Colonel;”; the correspondent dignifies him vit.it1 it: through1 the remainder of the- letter. .;.Wo: hive.* no-dnnbt bu t that the next letter:\viI1 raise Colv Lincoln to a Brigadier'Goners lhip, with; full pay.from; the commencement of .the Black Hawk Wftr.'1.-i[j* Gentlemen Indians, I sar-rerider^-all I ask* ia_ quarter^’? said CoL'Abc.J V “ Colonel r-Lineoln iririr ‘ied:• Miss MarVIV. “Colonel J^inculn mcir iedr ? Miss Alary Todd - daughter .of KobertXS Todd;*. Esq:;* a highly respectable citizen Hyi ig near. Lexing^ ton, Ky., where- Mias Toddy vas born. .Mr. Todd is now dead.” : ^;.,Thid is -.supposed to-.be the first and last “ tod”.Col.- Lincoln ever took. XO'XA- A V-• /V. There is n.family reserabfance to. Webster as well:a*. Washington; a ; follows: :f- ;f“ They have three children—nil boys—one of whom- is- now, stiulying-afr' ;he.'Academy .in.E.xeter, N-. IT., where Daniel-Webster, begun bis actual educational career.*sVI. One of his neighbors snys r . ' ;“'IIe ia hones t; talks senae - ami is'nrnot too. „t. , . . , Sproud.to sit down upon Kfs ^ioorvteps in his 1 nahirt sleeves imrhcbat with his neighbbrs.” • • «. Throwing the; matter of' p.nde out»;bf' the 1question, we are inclined to think thatif -he: acan “ sit in' hU shirtsleeves be'must be'*. 0man of very:small bottom. •;. / ■ -f :'.j A.;-:yIJi\ ‘“Lincolh-is not an uply!mar.-’If this'is so, thkre is no fai .ly to Be’ put ih photography. ’VIII. “ Colonel Lincoln confesses; that he-bclieyes tliat he wi 11 be elect** . y ; ■*'V■ If he believes, that, he will swallow fcny thing; and if his portraits give anythirk like a correct representation of hi:;‘fly-trap,” he has«“got:the tcK»ls to do-il*witb'.'f--;’l•’-v,;-*c • ry ;•
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Oshkosh Courier
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, US
Fri, Aug 31, 1860
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