Some one was smoking in the presence of the President and complimented him on having new vices, neither drinking nor smoking.  “That is a d...

One day when Mr. Bates was remonstrating with Mr. Lincoln against the appointment of some indifferent lawyer to a place of judicial importan...

A Virginia farmer, not over patriotic, probably, importuned the President to use his influence to have a claim for damage done to his farm b...

Mr. Lincoln as a very effective way sometimes of dealing with men who trouble him with questions.  Some body asked him how many men the reb...

It is stated that he was much disgusted at the crowd of officers who some time ago used to loiter about the Washington hotels, and he is rep...

The story will be remembered, perhaps, of Mr. Lincoln’s reply to a Springfield (Ill.) clergyman, who asked him what was to be his policy on...

A gentleman, it is said, some time ago hinted to the President that it was deemed quite settled that he would accept a renomination for his ...

Mr. Lincoln, in his happier moments, is not always reminded of a “little story,” but often indulges in a veritable joke.   One of the latest...

Am perplexed about charges and specifications against Wilkes. His conduct has been bad, — such as will perhaps break him. I think it might,...