The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-07-07

Z 0sDE0nS Al ESE II1S OF HE
laI Is married 70 his party and nnos l.
beapTicioas enough
ooLFAE's coUEZsEIP.
{ A friend ofColfHx gave me EA4 Pc
/ of his early courtshiP TIE CtLlst -.
ne uaes his vie WIEN they were ool III
HitIs children AZ or 1ek ! - ~
I Her York They played toSs ~
J rks H..le RiKi, ETElEnss Fhsn 1ne N So1-
faxes we're going EEsy, said 70 ME-
a1aaty. nnayn', I cali you Ma IKE
'''. .sYs1. . said Mn AattbsEs.
The Young MIG was then just osStn-
ming 10 write, and s0ou afterTsrds sLss
Erote q Letter fnciosi1z her love ioS
Echuvlsr. Their craftsmanship
never CEASED. When Colfax LAD money
enough be built lE:tle ons-ssofE nonse
SUI sanding AZ SOath Bsnd. ana LeSH
hs went for bis playmate and oEouSnA
ne, 10 his nest, Many ladies In W esn-
ington knew Mrs.. Colfe1 and SPOKE
~ Iezs of her lovely nature than OF hsr
perfect faith, happiness and PTtde IN net
Young husband. Now the stsanooat
bsaTing tbs name OF SchsJleE S1o+L-1
zoes by the IitsIe old house and the IGr-
Ser new one bu. the house OF one-stoEY
= perhaps to be she most reTersd when
ibis man of luck comes At last 70 the
narrORest house Of all.
Whsn CoIfax Was nominated the
news was bEo1ght FIRST TO his mother
then 70 his site.
Miss Matthews only said: Wen thas
Is inst brothers. luck -
Very unlike these episodes ia ths one
which ensues.
CoLTA1 AT TIE DEATH OF LIScoLS.
The day that Mr.. Lincoln saw the
last of earth, he asked Colfax4 whom ne
EsrmIy esteemed and relied upon ~
accompany him 70 the thszteE thai
night. Il was the day but one before
CoIfaT was to start on his Rocky
Mountain Trip.
CoIfax replied: "It il impossible, sir
ali my Time il engaged"
''What kind of 3 play u this 'Aaer1-
can Cousin Collar 7' asked the Pres
idsnL
Mr.. Collar said IT was jest the thing
10 BE- amused with, and made forgstful
OF ones cares.
Then said Lincoln, rHere's little
message want you 10 carry 70 the
minsrs. Let me Rad it to you"
And while ihey waited az the Once
door, Lincoln read 10 Colfs1 his last
composition in this world, and then 4
plscs1 Il in his side coat pocket.
Good By 81 said Lincoln. ''IiH tels-I
graph you az San Francisco"
That night Coiia1, going home from
q visit TO the Postmaster General, who
lived, / believe, In the Speakers pres
sot residence, passed by the Metropol-
ian Hotel. Seeing crowd there, ne
hurried by as Il bis wont when there
are Indications Of a quarrel; but men
..coIfaz.' The speakerztoPped.
ETae President has been murdsred,'
said the man.
The Speaker laughed in his face.
why, left him." he said, mot
more than an hour ego"
HGXalI Z n the fhaafaP Frsv
self and saw him shot"
at the word 'tbeater1 Collar saw il
ali. He hailed a eabman and was
driven rapidly to the White House.
There he dismissed the carriage. Ring
ing the be1l, the porter said that there
WAS no doubt the President was muir
dered, but bis body had not come home.
The Speaker walked with Senator Con-
mesa down 70 ihe little brick house
where Mr.. Lincoln lay dying, and BE-
ing admitted stood by the martyr until
daylight. Soon sfter the life of Lincoln
expired.
T1is accident LINKS 1iE. CoIfax 10
Lincoln as closely as Grant. and both
were probably nearest the Emancipa-
tors thoughts %hsn be received the dis
appointed actors bullet. Tom Taylor
iE Z pleasing BAT not extraordinary
dTamETts;; the american Cousin
however, oy reason of its association
-41l1GD1u -0zAAuf VIII pGUSAOAy
keep the stage as long as the mock
drama in Hamlet. II belongs to his.
tory now, and not 70 liteTatuTel
When CoItax saw Lincoln 20 shortly
before his murder, ne was accompanied,
believe, by Representative Howard.
The topic Of conversation was LincoIn's
resembling of his permission for the
Legislature of Virginia TO assemble.
AZ reconstruction Is now being fully
consummated, may refer to this.
The element of mercy in Iincoln's
nature hastened pTematuTely the busi-
ness OF pacificetion. He gave permits
sion under pressure, for Letcher and
his entire Legislature to assemble at
Richmond. When he came back to
Washington, Stanton assailed him upon
this point, and demanded that he re-
woke it. They talked together till STAN
ton sweat through his shirt and moist
ened his pocket handkerchief with the
Precipitation OF his face.
Lincoln, therefore, said to Colfax:
"Staurou says have been behaving
wrong, Colfaxi I guess he is right.
And hers's the telegraph message
wherein / let him have his way!"
The rebel Legislature never as
sembied, and the principle of Stanton
! prevailed, that loyal men shall govern
a redeemed republIcr'