Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-04-25
EhEluisg Inoideut---a DyInG Soldier Praya
for the Prsaident.


The afscting circumstances surrounding
Ne death Of private Scott who Wss killed
e Less Mills (noar YorktOVn) on the 18th
Instant e thus narrated By the cores.
pendent Of ths Philadelphia Inquirer:
aNeyor until We stood by the grave Of
tho Green Mountsin boys did We realize
how mneh stranger Is truth than fiction.
Xeur readers will al FsoOlleot that last
sumner q private was oouFt-martialed for
EleepingOn his post out near Chain Bridge,
OE TIE Upper PotomEo. he Was convicted
his sentence Wss death; the finding vas
approved By the General, sud the day
hxed for his execution. lie was e youth
Of more thRn ordinary intelligence; be did
Z not beg for pardon, but was willing to meet
hia sate. The time drew near; the stern
necessity Of var required that an example
ahu1ld Be made Of some one his was an
agEravaied case But the case reached the
esTs Of the President; be resolved 10 save
hin; he signed Q pardon and sent Il out
President, ny pardon has not reached
him The telegraph vas called into re-
0uiEiton an answer did not come prompt
II. Bring up ny osrrisge, he ordered.
i came, and soon the important State pa
psrs were dropped, and, through the hot,
bFoiling sun and dusty roads, be rode to
The camp, about ten miles, and saw that
the soldier was saved he has doubtless
forgotten the incident but the soldier did
not When the Third Vermont charged
upon the rife pits, 4he enemy poured vol
ley upon them. The first man who fell,
With six bullets in his body, vas William
Soett Of Company K. His comrades
caught him up, and as bis life. blood ebbed
away, he raised 10 heaven, amid the din Of
var, The cries Of tbs dying, and the shouts
Of the enemy, prayer for the President;
ald as be died, be remarked 70 his CON
rade that he had shown he vas no coward
and not afraid to die.
g BE was inferred, in the presence Of his
regiment, in little grove ahont two miles
q the rear Of the Rebel fort, IN the center
Of group Of holly and vines few cherry
trees, in fall bloom, are scattered sFound
the edge. In digging his grave, skull
and bones were found, and metal buttons,
shoWing that the identical spot had been
used IN the Revolutionary var for our
fathers who fell in tha same cause. The
Chaplain narrated the circumstance 70
the boys, Who stood sroUnd with uncovered
heads. Re prayed for the President, and
paid the most glowing tribute 70 his noble
heart that We ever heard. The tears
starred IL their eyes as The olods Of earth
Wsre thrown upon him in his marrow
grave, where be lay shrouded in his coat
and blanket
g The men separated in Q few minutes
~
emp, IS thouef nothing Unds1al had hap.
nezed but lAti scene viii live upon their |
memories WhiIe life lasts; he calm look Of
eootfs faoe, the seeming look Of satisfeo
d0n he felt, stil fingered; and oeuld the
Rresidsnt have seen hin, he would have
fsll that bis Set Of mercy had been wisely
bestowed
when our noble President reads the
sboVa affecting incident, he will feel that
II wealth and honor were shoEsred upon
him such as never before fell to the lot Of
mortal msn, they would not afford 1.-THE
Of the satisfaction found in the simple fact
that be saved the life Of private Scott.
Ths highest reward that the President
oo1ld possibly receive in this world was
given hin when that brave, dying soldier
offered up his latest prayer in his behalf
Our readers viii reoollect an incident
related BY correspondent Of the LEADER
about the time Of the nomination of Mr..
Lincoln, in abieh he volunteered as coun-
sci in defence Of an innocent young man
accused Of murder. Aotusted solely by
desire 70 repay debt Of gratitude to the
departed father Of the unfortunate youth,
without hope Of fee or reward on earth,
he devoted his time and talents to the holy
task Of saving the life Of en- innocent boy.
BE succeeded, and the blessing Of the
widowed mother and her grateful son rest
upoa him. Such acts confer nObles fame
than al the honors Of 8 Wellspent life in
the highest official stations.