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üue of our new reoruits was a 'ew days ago posted on camp guard for he first time. Robel cavahy wera ínowQ to be in our vicinity, and as there vas sorne cxpectation of an attack, he was instructed, if thore was any firing on ;he picket line to report it instaiitly. la ;he courso of the eveniug he observed a ïre in tho direction of the piuketa, whlck the 'reservo' bad built for thoir pergon ■' 3omforfc. Supposing this to bo tv thing he was cautioned abouf. he d ped bis gun and sfcari t'. yelling at ihe top of ?'is wj ' Fire on the picke;s' Br n .t pickuts !' In a tvvinkK ovcvv man was in .l'C, ready for the expocted foe. But whö& the cause of th3 alarm was explained the yeils and shouts that grooted our new soldier an ooly be underutood by those who have hoard a battaliiou of ' veterans cheer. ITS" '!e following aneodotePÍ "Oíd Abe" never before appeared in print, and is worth tclünpr, ac illustrates the humor of the man. In the early dt.ys of the Chicago, Alton, & StLouis Eailroad, whea R. P. Morgan, Jr.was its Superintendent, Mr. Lincoln was retaiued as its Attorney and was of course furuishad with a íree pass. At the coinmencement of a new year, the Superintendent neglected to renew the pass, when he reoetved the fullowing "reminder" frorn Mr. L. : Springfielp, Jan. 185-. R. P. Morqhn, Jh. - Dear 8ir: Herw's your darned oíd wheelbarrow, brol-'c. - Father wants you to mend it so that he can borrow it again this afternoou. Yours, &c, A LINCOLN.