The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-12-18

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the dyiAet md ~ us6dRted dead-has been
from time TO time repeated, and indussriously
circulated ~ the eaedsies OF the Union party,
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editor Of The kep Fork Dg look, has en-.
the civil wAr" written from IL Sostisra
ssasdpoins, to offset sinsll1r work 3F0nhA
Northern point Of sisw, psblishsd 10 Bostoa) j;
and The Aeadn A0y Of % recent date -
Sept. %, 1867, ryfsrSing 10 cHtiel4n of the
New York Tribune upon President JtAsson's
fpeech II the Antistam Cemetery ceremonies
saws: "Perhaps ~ Pie Tritsse) would
have preferred that Geary o. some de ~
had sung the song which the late lameuted
President Lincoln sang, when galipping st
the head Of party q visitors ovef tbat field
Of battle.
Believing this charge to have been nslig.
nant fabrication. have long sought ior syi,
most complete and iucontestible vindication
of Mr.. Lincoin's character; and | am now
prepared TO prove the origin and authorship
Of this calumny.s /.
Its anthor was Mr.. Joseph scovili, the New.
York correspondent, during the war, Of The
London HeTsld and lsndcM7 Standard, whose
letters, over the signature Of Manhattan"
will be long remembered tE ~ American
public for their virulent disIoyafity and per-
version Of oil facts which favored the No4h.
ern cause. Ses%eA& 1T
Two or three weeks after the bsssle oflN
tietam, in one of Mr.. Scovills gossiping Lon.
don letters, he mestioned the fact Of Mr..
l.ncoln's visiting the battle field, And therein
Invented and wrote the Islander Gnce repnb.
lished so many times by Mr.. Liuccln's ene..
mics. Reference TO The newspapers Of that
date will show that the first time the stosy
was printed in this country It was . an ex.
tract frorn letter to The London Herald by
its New York correspondent "Manhattan."
Mr.. 4. II. Jenny, . well knoyn citizen OF
New Y ork City, met Mr.. ScoviA ID Carleton's
bookstore shortly after the publication of the
letter containing this charge. He said TO
him, "Scovill, how came you to write that
nonsense to the London Press about Presi-i
dent Lincoln at Antistam?i
why" replied Scovil, sit was intended
only as joke. | received" he continued,
ten pounds sterling for that letter. / have to
put just such stuff as that in my letters 70
please such fellows as they are over there"
Mr.. Jenny fortunately put this statement in
writing soon afterward aud has thus on rec
ord the very words of the conversation
Subsequently Seoylll wrote letter to Tie
London Herald purporting to give an account
OF Gen. Grants advance on Richmond; and
so grossly n,isrepresented the battle Of Spots
sylrania that when the latter came back to
this country, published both in The LON
dan Herald and London Standard Gen. Dix
wrote Soov1l V consider himself node arrest,
and report al his offioe.l Scouill told Gen.
Dix that he was very i'll, and thought he had
not three weeks to live, and begged rot to be
sent to Fort Lafayette. Gen. Dix said the
matter would be referred TO Washington, and
in the mean time be must cohnder himself
under arrest Scovill subsequently, exhibit
ed his ''order of ARE ST. to Mr.. Jenny at the
Controllers Office OF TIE city Of New York
and in answer to Inquiries as to the nature Of
the charges against hjn, replied: isMy sc-'
ssuni OF Grants fighting on the Rapidan and
at Spottsylvania.' When Mr.. j. suggested
thst it might be his Islander Of President Lin-
coin at Antietam, instead, he replied; "1fat
was intended as a Joke nobody believes it
here II was written 70 risase those fellows
over t.ere,h reiterating his assertion that
the letter containing the fabrication "pro-
duced him Go sterling.
MR.. LIsCoLS's LOVE OF MUSIC.
Speaking of music, Mr.. Lincoln once said
that he had little knowledge Of what be char.
acterixed as scientific music; but he al
ways detected and enjoyed what be called
music. His preference was for simple songs
and ballads, like "Auld Robin Gray aud
Twenty Years Ago lie long sought for
music that would properly convey the senti-
ment Of his favorite poem, 1855
ooh, why should the spirit Of m ortal be proui;'
But in this he was never Successful His own
recitation of this poem left nothing to be de-
sired.
remember we'll his coming down to the
Red Room" where there was piano-forte,
with party of visitors, one morning in the
snnmer OF 1854, to hear one OF the number,
who was fine singer, render the stirring
hymn, then recently published,
We are coming Father Abraham,
Three hundred thousand mare."
The singing of this hymn Ut this time, with
its ckgrouud and accesserfes-las .siseon-
ISOLATE nation snosfnias her slain, The flower
oi lac land, yet again responding cheerfuly
to the call OF her chief that chief himself
sitting with patient, pensiye eyes and bowed
head, listening as il TO catch the voice Of tic
people This statue might well represent him
e. ever thus iisteningJ -all together formed
"
scene, inmortalized by French ariists--the
singing for the Rrst lime, by Rouget de Lise
Of that grandest ef all hymns Of liberty, .'la
Marselaise.
LINCOLN AND SEYMOUR.
After one Of the Presidents proclaim atoms
calling for mors men had been apportioned
among the different States, Gov. Seymour
went to Washington to urge upon Mr.. Lincoln
the reduction OF the gnota of New York.
karly IN the day, after his arrival, he sent in
his card but the President surmised his err
rand, and the day wore away while he gave
audience TO other callers. At O'Clock he
ordered the Office door to be thrown open and
the waiting throng admitted. As they came
in, completely filling the room, Mr.. Lincoln
said, II will first see Gov. Seymour of New
York. Gov. Seymour went forward and
took seat near the President, md ia log
silence till he had concluded; then, raising
his voice so as to be heard BY all present be
replied: When the other Governors of
States come here, they come to ask what they
can do to help hold up my hands but you
come aud ask me to release you from doing
what Others do cheerfally and with alacrity
Then, taking up q card before him, lie turned
aad said, Il viii see Mr.-- next" thus
.etninatingthe interview. af
sKlExISG THE :, coSrEnEnAcY." -
When Grant went to Washington to receive
his appointment as Lieutenant General, he
stated to Mr.. Lincoln his plan, which wasto-
occupy with the Army of the Potomac lie
main Rebel army in Virginia, while SherrnSn
destroyed the Confederacy.
Mr.. Lincoln replied: Il see; you win hold
the legs, While Sherman skins.
TIE FORGED PRocLAaArIoS. =
Howard the proclamation forger-s Re-
Sab!.ecn-was rardoned out Of Fort IAfay-
elite. while Madison, bis confederate, who Was
q Democrat continued incarcerated. "A
Brooklyn gentleman mentioned the fact to
Mr., Lincoln. He was busy at the time, but
said, very earnestly. "Don't leave the cuy
till fr that apd at the hrst leissre no
.neut'he wrote and placed id the hands of ~
gentsn,an m order for MaihsM.s uncondi-
tional release. . = g = . q ~i
LAWYERS oPIStex OF LScoLs.