The Daily Dispatch: April 25, 1861., [Electronic resource]

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A Drunken set.

It seems that the late Commodore at the Portsmouth Navy-Yard and the valiant President of the "Old Wreck," are both in the habit of "keeping their spirits up by pouring spirits down." The Norfolk correspondent of the Petersburg Expresssays:

‘ "The Commodore was so drunk as to be incapable of any duty, and had to be borne to the ship on a litter. Nearly every officer, it is reported, was having a high old time. It seems we have a swilling set opposed to us, even those filling the highest stations. A gentleman arrived here this morning, who, with several others, was arrested while passing through Washington, for being Southerners, and taken into the presence of the august Baboon. He declares that Lincoln was so drunk that he could scarcely maintain his seat in the chair, and it was notorious in Washington that he had been in a state of beastly intoxication for more than thirty-six hours. The man is scared nearly to death, and few people in that city are in any better condition."

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