Mr. Lincoln "winked" At The Escape Of Davis

"Aga'e," tlio correspondent of Th) Cincinnati Ga%ette, who iceoinpanied ChiefJustice (Jbaso iíi Lia rucant Soulhern tour, has iho following statement in referoi;oe to Gun. Shennan and President Liiiouln : . Off Fuut Macon, K. C. ) June 7, 1865. A dispatch from Gen. Sherinau (on Lis way North from Savaunah, and foroed by bad weuther to put n at Beaufort,) had reached Newbern while we were there, expressiiig a very earneut desire to seo Chief Justioe Ohase ; and on the return of the entire party Gen. Shermuu's vsssel was lyiiig nt the wharf, oppositc the raüroad terminus, awuitiug us. Nervous and reslless as evor, the General looked change'd (and iraproved) since the old carapaigns in the SouthWest. He was boiling over with prido at the performances of his anny through the Winter, and all the more indignant, by consequonce, ut the insults and injustico ho imagined himselr' to liavo raceived, in conaequeuco of his arrangement with Johustcu. " [ lanoiud the country wanted peace," he exolairned. " If thoy don't, let ttietn raise more soldicrs." The General complained, and doubtless with sorae truth, f' not justice, that the Government had uever distinotly explained to him what policy it desired to have pursued. " I asked Mr. Lineóla explicitly when I went up to City Point, whether he wanted me to capturo Jeff. Diivis or let him escape, and in reply he told me a etory." That " story" may now have a historical value, and I give it therefore aa Gen. Sherman said Mr. Lincoln told it - only premising that it was a favorita story with Mr. Lincoln, whioh he told manj times, and in illustration of many points of publio policv. " Til teil you, General," Mr. Lineólo was said to have begun, " I'U teil you what I thiuk about tukiug Jtifl. Uavis. Out in Sangamon County there was ati old temperance lecturer, who was very strict in the doctrine and practico of total abstinence. One day after a long rida in the hot sun, he stopped at the houBd of a friend, who proposed making him a lemonade. As the mild boverage wai büing mixed, the friend insinuatingly asked if he wouldn't like just the least drop of eomething Btronger, to brace up hia nerves after the exhausting heat and exerciso. ' No,' replied the leeturer, ' I couldn't think of it. I'm opposed to it on principie. But,' lie added, with a longing glance at the black bottle that stood conveniently at hand. ' If you could manage to put in a drop utibeknownst to me, I guess it wouldn't hurt me much ?" " Now, General," Mr. Lincoln is said to have concluded, " I'm bound to oppose the escape of Jeff. Davis ; but if you could manage to let him slip out unbeknownst-like, I gue&s it would'nt hurt rae mueh 1" " And that." exclaimed Gen. Shermao, " is all I oould get out of the Government as to what its policy was coucerning the Rebol leaders, till Stanton assailed mo for Davis' escape !"