The Greene County Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 185?-1867, 1866-07-25

has done 1.-THE as much for the glory,
the gran leur, the fame, the prosperity of
the republic rs this one The question,
then, is, shall it give way to parties that
come to us with the delightful odors of
treason and slavery? Shall the nation
put away its faithful and trusty ser, ant
and take to its confidence the unfathiul
and treacherous ?-Norh amer.
ASTORY OF OUR LATE PRESIDENT.
The annexed, another evidence of the
kind heart of our late President, Mr..
Lincoln, we take from the ':Indepen>
dent y
On the Monday before his death,
when our late beloved President was on
his return from Richmond, he stopped
at City Point. Calling upon the head
surgeon at that place, Mr.. Lincoln told
him that he wished to visit all the hos>
pitfalls under his charge, and shake hands
with every soldier. The surgeon asked
the President If he knew what task he
was undertaking, and told him that there
were then between five and six thousand
soldiers at that place, and it would be
quite tax upon his strength to visit all
the wards and shake hands with every
soldier. Mr.. Lincoln answered, with a
smile, that he "gussed he was equal to
the task; at any rate he would try, and
go as tar as he could: he should never
probably see the boys again. and he
wanted them to know that he apprcciat
ed what they had done for their coun
try"
Finding it useless to try to dissuade
him, the surgeon began to make his
rounds with the President, who walked
from bed to bed, extending his hand to
all, saying a few words Of sympathy to
some, making kind inquiries of others,
and welcomed by all with the heartiest
cordially, AS they passed along they
came to a ward in which lay a rebel,
who had been wounded and was priso
ner. As the tall figure of the kindly
visitor appeared in sight, he was recog>
nize by The rebel soldier, who, raising
hims elf on his elbow IN bed watched Mr.
Lincoln as he approached, and, extends
ing his hand, exclaimed, while tears ran
down his checks: "Mr Lincoln, have
long wanted to see you, to ask your for
glveness for ever raising my hand
against the old flag Mr.. Lincoln was
moved to tears. lie heartily shook the
hand of the repentant rebel, and assured
him Of his good will, and, with few
words OF kind advice, passed on. After
some hours the tour of the various hos>
pitfalls was made, and Mr.. Lincoln return
ed with the surgeon to his Office They
had scarcely entered, however when
messenger came, saying that one ward
had been omitted, and "the boys want
cd to see Mr. Lincoln. The surgeon
thoroughly tired, and knew Mr.. Lincoln
must be, tired to dissuade him from
going; but the good man said he must
go back, he would not knowingly miss
one: "the boys" would be disappointed.
So he went with the messenger, accom-,
panied by tho surgeon,a q shook hands
with the gratified soldiers, and then re-
turned again to the Office. The surgeon
expressed the fear that Mr.. Lincoln's
arm would be lamed with so much hand
shaking, saying il must certainly ache.
Mr.. Lincoln smiled and saying some>
thing about his "stong muscles step~
ped out at the open door, took up very
large heavy axe, (which lay there. by log
of wood, and chopped vigorously fer a
few moments sending the chips flying
in all directions; and then, pausing, he
extend his right arm to its full length
holding the axe out horizontally, without
its even quivering as he held il. Strong
men who looked on--men accustomed
10 manual labor-could not hold the
same axe IN that position for moment
Returning to the Office, he took a glass
OF lemonade, for he would take no
stronger beverages; and while he was
within, the chips he had chopped were