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Show The following is an extract from a Bpeech by Ben Butler, which is said to have furnished much' amuse ment to President Lincoln at the expense ex-pense of Secretary Chase: I can tell you a curious little anoc-; dote sDout the Rreonbacka. Trie secretary j of the treasury had tho right to issue that dollar, and ha put his own face on tho face of your $1 bills, because the people-would people-would sco moro of them than of any otber. (Great laughter.) Ho put Alexander Alex-ander Hamilton's face on the Sa bill, because they wore the next (renewed laughter), and he put Abraham Lincoln's faco on tho 10 bill, which would be most rarely seen (continued laughter) and ho thought ho had dono a very smart tbinjj, until some wag got up a new arithmetical tablo, which waa as follows: "Five Chases miko one Hamilton, two Hamil-tons Hamil-tons make one Lincoln." (Prolonged laughter. |