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The Daily Dispatch: February 27, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 2 (search)
ents. Lincoln is described as a long, lank, bony, awkward, ill-mannered, hard-favored, plain-spoken man, with a head that indicates original sense, and a mouth betraying humor, irresolution, and a love of the good things of this life. His neck is inordinately long, having from two to ten more joints in it than any other neck — according to the sworn statements of reliable anatomists. When the Peace Congress called on him on Saturday night last, it was observed that his greeting of Judge Summers was very cordial. "I have heard a good deal about you occasionally, Judge." said he to him. Sunday morning, Old Buck was down at Brown's before nine o'clock. It is supposed he came to see Mr. Tyler. After remaining a few moments, he drove off rapidly in the direction of the Capitol. What he sought in that direction, nobody knows. His anxiety was explained, later in the day, by the report of an attack on Fort Pickens. Through Mr. Tyler's exertions, it is believed the attack will