The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1862-07-16
A Thriuling Romance--The man

whom the BFshlofnN EhFuOhtus
A CORRESPONDENT ol the Phiadelphia IpYrjrr
makes he iollosiog statement concerning WI.
liam SOFT, who was cond, ed 20 die Tor slerl.
80 ~ h = post, rear the Cham Bridge on III
Potomac, and pudoted by the Presdeni-hu
WA rpcrn,N killed vt the hattie near lees vi
Va II our kipd hear'ed Prpsdent viii cheri-l
a giestiul remembrance Oi any act Oi his life,
will he the pardon Of this heroic sud pa'rioit
young soldier:
IN ever iil we stood by the grave Of theGree'
hOunHn iys did we reNlize how much r'nge
is tut than fiction Your readers will all re-
collect that last summer private was conrt-mar-
iialed for sleeping on his post out noar the Chain
Bridge. on the Upper Potomac. lie vas con
viced his eentencc was death tie finding W
approved Of nv the General, and the day fixed
for hs execution. H. was youth OF NOR
than ord nary in"llg nee he did not beg 10
pud ~, bu wn- will NJ to meet his ia'e. i
TIN es near the stern Necessity o' re-
quirpd that M example should be made ol SOM
one hi was az aggravated case. Bot 1t reach
cd The care OF the President he signed pardon
and sent Il out the day came suppose,
thought the President, my pardon has not
reached him. The telegraph was called into
reuuisitiou an answer did not Cutne promptly.
Bring up my Garage he ordered l. came,
and soon the important state papers were dropped,
and through the hot broiiing sun and dusty
roads he rode to the camp, about ten miles, ana
saw that the soldier wes saved He has doubt
less forgotten the incident, hut the soldier did
not. When the Third Vermont charged upon
the rine-pits the enemy poured volley upon
them. The first man who fell, with six bullets
in his body, was William Scott OF Company *.
His comrades caught him up, and AS his hie-b'oud
ebbed away, he raised TO heaven, AMID the d'n
of war, the cries of the dying, the shouts ol the
enemy, u prayer for the President, aud as he
died ne remarked to his comrades that he had
shown he was no coward aud not atrade to die.
lie was Inferred, in the presence Oi his reg
iment, IN y liule grove about two miles to the
reur of the rebel fort in the center of group
oi holly and Nincs few cherry-trees, in fun
bloom are scattered around the edge. In dig
Ring hia grave skull and bones we're found
aud metal buttons, showinc that the identical
epot had been used iu the Revolutionary war for
our fi,hrr4 who frll IN the same cause The
Chap ain narrated he circumstances TO the boys,
who stood around with uncovered heads He
play, d for the President, aud paid the most
glowing tribute TO his noble heart that we ever
heard The tears star ed in their eycs as the
clods of earth were thrown upon him in his
marrow grave, where he lay shrOuded IN his coat
aud blanket.
''rhe meu separated in n few mtnus al
were engaged it something around the camp
aa though 10 h,ng had happened unusual hu
that scene will live upun ;hrr memories white
If, lasts the calm look of Scots face, tht
seeming look OF s4t,.iBction be ieit, sul fingered;
pui couli the President have seen lin he wou'd q
have tet that his act OF mercy had Deeu Wisely
bestowed