strings: mine several steps from a crowd and apparently weighed down with the importance of his business, gravely and solemnly asks him if "he ever heard Lincoln say he was a deist." Anon the "Republican" comes again, ' 'We invite the attention of the public to General Adams's communication," &c. "The victory is a great one," "The triumph is overwhelming." (I really believe the editor of the Illinois "Republican" is fool enough to think General Adams is an honest man.) Then Gen. Adams leads off—"Authors most egregiously mistaken," &c., most wofully shall their Presumption be Punished," &c. (Lord, have mercy on us.) "The hour is yet to come, yea nigh at hand—(how long first do you reckon?)—when the 'Journal' and its junto shall say, I have appeared too early  infamy shall be laid bare to the public gaze.