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The Daily Dispatch: March 25, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 4 (search)
A Jermain. --Abraham the First, King of the Yankees, must have a very fender heart, as well as an immense supply of Ischrymal matter, otherwise we should not so often be saddened by reports of his tearful lamentations. When Colonel Ellisworth was killed in Alexandria, Lincoln, we were told, shed tears freely, and wrung his hands in bitter anguish; when Gen. Baker felt, at Leesburg, he was almost inconsolable; but when the commander of the iron-clad steamer Monitor, which had the fight in Hampton Roads with the Virginia, was introduced to him, he too hoped right out. Seizing his hand, while the briny fluid poured in a torrent down his cadaverous cheeks, in a voice hussy with emotion he blubbered out: "We owe to you our preservation and our navy; I cannot thank you enough!" The sight must have been deeply-effecting, and we presume that every man present, especially if he wanted an office, bedewed his handkerchief with tears. As it is impossible to tell at what time our modern Jer