The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-09-05

saii, Vast, you bers AGAIN. Are D.
yJg married YETI I could Im4gint
/ shz} be 4lst have suffered Day Aiie. d,
hon Der shr..l YO.gbi.Ity. However =
| toll lts FAAt she bad better 90 ah9I; be
horse which she s.4 ulf s1.1leB Ia,
s=zeI, and seat her ua LyI say, sppaE
entity satisfied
Next - Old .sIy Aa.J.cI up HeT sol
was accused OF being La.efisr, lhe 1aid
gnd be wasn't ~ al, be IIst came h9nt
70 sec his old mother. Pfsailsni-"Dst
be have leave Of AbseuCc - b.I LADY
well, 10, can't say be t!i. III
thought he would jusi slip OF snI sec Ll
Old mother bit and not make any fas
Aboutit, disturbing the genilemeu sGl4 bL
be,,en" Prsideut-HoW lang dH b,
stay = Old lSdy.-AO, only Latte mat
Ter OF two or three weeks" President
"Did be 70 back before the soldiers cam,
for him :" Old LADY" We'll, no, cant
rightly say be did, sir; bat be would have
gone 1t no had known bow much they
needed him, know" The President
then explained As kindly aud clearly as
be could, that as CommGnder-in-C Chief Of
the army he could not allow proceedings
Of that sort, or that Just before battle all
hM soldiers would be wanting 70 see their
mothers, and that matters would have 70
take their usual course
The next persons 10 engage the a.leu-
ton Of the President were the happy
parents Of young gentleman OF tender
years, probably about three, They were
very delighted looking Trio, and the oil
oil gladneas seemed fairly 10 e1udc from
the mothers glowing brow, as she bore
her sou and heir proudly up TO the PreIi.
dents deck They had come, they said,
to sec the President, and 10 have their
Johnny sing him little song. 50 John
ny was placed upon the table, and being
coaxcl by various pieces Of peppermint
candy and gingerbread, and refusing quite
as often and Rs decidedly as the most &C.
coHIplished belle, he finally, in his shrill,
piping tones, sung about seventeen verses
Ot "We'il rally round the tl1g, boysi"
The President listened ell the way
through with the greatest patience, pasted
the little fellow on the head, said be had
really "a lite an idea Of tune" aud
shook hands with the delighted parents.
who will probably tell, Us long rs they
live, how Johnny sang for President
Lincoln. As | write the scene rises
clearly before my eyes. The proud par
ents, the little knock. kneed singer in his |
VelYeteen suit and brass buttons, and the
,areWorn man, with the Rnxietics Of a
nation upon his mind, listening so pa
.ienlly To the shrIll, faint notes as Johnny |
sung, "Down with the ta'srS and up with
he stars !"
The next individual 10 press his claims |
vas a scOrbutic looking youth Of some
NO or three and twenty. lie was very
hin and lanly, with red hA!r and wa
cry blue eyes lie was painfully nervous
md bashlul, and you would have lmagin-
d the strongest wish 0l bis heart was to
yet oil the skin oil his hands In the short |
,st possible time, so violently did he rub |
hem together. After some hesitation, be
old the President be vs. as very anxious 70
20 to West Point WeltHsAid Al. L.n=
;oln, aud why dont you gdE The
young man stammercd that be was too
3D.. -"ThArs pretty bad" said Sir, Lin
.oln. ali you were only TO young, now,
hat EhighLbO rencdied, bat rs iii | don't
go that can do anything for you. have
son myself whom l wanted 10 have 60
Vest Point, but hels just your tx ex-
city" The young man gathered conr.
ge to say that they Wereall very anxious
{ home to have him go, and that BE- was
cry anxious himself logo, &C. Finally
he President shldS "NYell, nov, I'D tell
gu what TO do. You get Congress TO
,Ass apeciGI act in your behalf, and that
viii MAKE Il all right" A feeble light
Ia the wRteTy eyes, and With .
Yes, sir, thank you, I will, l will do 4"
~ started ont. still cnniending with his
lands, 10 get COugToss to pass tho special
ct 10 his favor. Poor fellow, l have Of
en- wondered what became Of him, but /
merely hope he is happy husband and
lther on a little farm OF his own instead
1 leading an idle life in camp or being
calped by the Indians.
To sooihc the feelings of the lame Irish.
nan before mentioned, who had taken a
pecial fancy to Mrs. W., and who bad
zen limplng up every i've minutes and
aging, "Yez had better go up now, LC'll
&c aFther bein' off to the War Office in a
.fy," we now took our turn. We told
he President we did not want an office,
we're neither Of US deserters, and could
lot Sing a note, but had simply come 10
hake hands with the great man from our
State. lie spoke to us few minutes Of
Indifferent things, and VIC then left him,
title imagining what his sad fate would
,c in little more than six months from
hat time,
There were two or three things about
'Ir. Lincoln which struck me particularly.
inc was the utter lack OF anything like
lisplay. either in his surroundings or him
eli. His dress was plain, his manners
straightforward and simple. The lawyer
ike clearucss with which he asked ques'
ions, and the Quickness with which he
aw through the righteousness Of impos'
ible requests was also remarkable. But
did We notice the sadness OF
lis face. Apart from the care.worn look
md the deep wrinkles with which ankle
Y had 90 thickly iurrowCd his brow, was
his expression Of sadness quite pathetic
o see. 1t seemed as though, although he
cit the righteousness, the justice, the ne
,essity Of the war, still his kind heart felt,
90, the miseries which it entailed. he
ooked as though visions Of broken heart.
ID mothers aud desolate wives were con-
family before him. But II ho loved his
country well she certainly never grioyed
or any child as she grieyed for him. SIX
months later as listened to the measured
read Of the multitude as they bore his
DOOR bleeding body through New YORK
Iud saw the signs OF mourning and dls'
,lir displayed upon the mansion Oh inc
merchant prince, and upon the apple stall
u the poorest market woman, ielt that
II least his love and his laboIs had been
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