Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-04-19
why IL vvastae People Loved Abra-
han Lincoln

TIE following extract is from . letter
published several days sgo-before ths.ss-
sgsziuaiisn-by tie correspondent of the
Boston Journal, Who accompanied NJ. Lin
Gin 8. the time Of his entry into Rich
noud, from the boat on which ne had come
% from cur lines beIoW.-[EDs, IzIEL
There vas no ezrrisge near, 90 ths Pres
iisoi, Leading his sou, Bslked thEse-quAF-
,erz Of q mile up 70 Gen. WeitZsTs head
o1z,teE=-JsS DETis5 nsrsioo. What 3
spectacle t. val such q hurry bnriy-
sch > Wild iadescribsbIe eests;ic joy
rsysF Witnessed. coIored msr seied Es
guide SIX sailors, wearing theiE Eousd
b.Ge cSps sud Ebert jackets and bszgioz
Jsots, with navy csTbines, Ess the advance
guard Then came the PYesi6sot sod Ad-
roirst PoTrsEJ TAXED By the officers thsi
sccompsoy bin sad the egrFsspoo dent Of
the Journal. theo Elk n15fe sailors with cs.-
biues-tWepty Of us al toId-sr1id saFg
ing msEs Of men, women and children,
black, y bite and yellow, ruonicg, shout
ipg, dancing, sTirgioz their caps, bonDets
and ksodkercbisfs. TIE soldiers saw hin
and EEslIsd the crowd, cheering in Wild
eatHusiszr. All eouid zee hin, ne Wa 80
taIl-Es CO.'S ie1ors 0ne eoloEed zouRa
s;suoIrg 10 doorway, IS the President
pss5sd along the sidewalk, shouted; sTbHrk
ron. dear Jesas tor this sbEnk you, JesotT
Another stasdiog % her side TEs elsppiDg
her lands sud shouting: Bless De LoEdr
a coiorEd Esnzn snstebsd hsr bonasi
IRON Der head, EhiTled Il ia the siF,
screaming With sill her might, "6od bless
you, AssEz LiEkam.' a fsE white women
looking ont from the houses waved their
Id -
sIsgsnt building looked awhile, aud then
iurued away Der lead &c If it vas > dis
Casting sight.
Presidsnt Liacsin walked in silence. ac-
knowledging the ssIutss Of officers and
soldiers aud Of the citizens, blsek AID
white. II was the man OF the people smorg
the people. /! was tie great delivtrer,
meeting the delivered. YestsrdAy morn
iog the msjoriiJ Of the thoussnds who
crowded the streets Lud hindered our I'D
vance were sIaycs. Nov they were free,
ana beheld him who had given them their
liberty.
No wondsr that President Lincoln, who
has child's heart, feiE bis soul stirred;
that the teaEs almost came to his eyes as
be heard the tbsnksgiyings TO God and
Jesug, and the blessings uttered for bio
from thankful hearts. They were true,
earnest and heartfelt expressions OF graft
tnde 10 God. There are thousands Of men
il Richmond tonight who would Icy
down their lives for President L!lcolr-
their great deiiTereT-thsir best friend on
earth. De came among them unherald.d,
Without poDp or parade. He walked
through the streets 90 If he were only a
private citizen, and not the head Of q
mighty ration. he came not ss con-
q1srsr-not with bitterness in his heart,
90; With kindness. BE came a. friend,
70 alleviate G0sToW and suFsring-so re-
build VIA, has been destroyed.
ms. LIScoEN.
The tyupatbies Of the Aperiesn people
will be sincerely accorded TO Mrs. Lincoln
10 rbis hou: of heavy bereavement The
ASSASSIN Of her husband, we are told, leaned
over her shoulder when he fre1 the fata
shot. The dismay and horror Of wife
snd mother under such appalling circum-
siences are iucorceiTRble. Every loyal mag
and woman in the land deeply condoles viii
this sstiusble lady in her acre affection
II it will mitigate her anguish 10 know tina
the whole country sorrovs with her, suc
that millious of households are this day
drsped in the hsbiliments of mourning, shl
has that ASSURANCE. Surely it will be con.
soistoryl;o feel that among 60 many pat
riot hearts there 10 but one sentiment II
o5mmoo, tbs. same ir consoisble grief 40,
the same righteous indignation.