West-Jersey pioneer., 1877-10-25
BRIDGETON N j.. THURSDAY OCTOBER 25, 1877.

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wished him God speed. He appealed to
President Lincoln with all his power; told
about the heart broken old mother, bed-rid-
den at home; the anxious father waiting in
the telegraph Office for news from his boy;
| the youthful soldier in the guard house
counting the rapidly diminishing hours of
life; told him he knew the boy; knew his
family; knew that he did not intend to de-
sert, and begged for the boy as if he had
been his own son.
Lincoln's head dropped, and his chin sank
on his breast as he listened to Governor
Newell's plea for life, which was present
ed with manly energy and all the eloquence
which such cause could lend. When
Newell ceased, Lincoln raised his head with
a look of grim determination stamped on
his features, and said: "Governor, this is
difficult task you are imposing on me. My
Generals are complaining that desertions
are becoming too frequent Icannot do it."
AS he ceased speaking his mouth closed
resolutely and he seemed so infe1ible that
the Governors hope sank He turned sadly
away, and was on his way out, and even
had his hand upon the door knob to take
his leave. But he is not man to leave
anything untried that can be done to &C
complish worthy purpose, and he sudden
| ly resolved to make one more effort to shake
| the Presidents stern resolve. He had come
there to plead while life lasted, and he was
| Ia% poJ TO Corpoi1 He could NOT
return with evil tidings for that stricken
| family. He started afresh, 'Mr. President
| he said, 81 tried to save your little Willie,
but failed; don't think I shall fail with
this case" Lincoln's eyes filled with tears,
and the hardness faded from his kindly
face as he said, "Governor, how did you
come to say that?" and after short pause,
during which he seemed to forget the Pres
ident in the feelings of father, the man
acquainted with grief, he said; 'tFill out
your papers, will sign his pardon"
Both men we're very much affected, and
| the governor, after briefly expressing his
thanks, withdrew. When he reached the
outer door his beaming face showed his sue
cess, and he was surrounded by fathers,
mothers, wives, each with petition to save
some headstrong boy who had been guilty
of fatal infraction of the army regula-
tions. Each besought him to intercede for
theirs also. He was almost ashamed to re-
turn to the President again, and would
have refused, but the anxious faces around
him showed that these condemned men
| were inst as dear to their families as the
sented to try, only stoping long enough to
| dictate telegram to the anxious father in
| far off Monmouth. He took the papers,
| and going back to Lincoln, was about to
make another appeal, when the President
| stopped him with wave of his hand, his
| tear stained face showing where his
| thoughts had been. The Governor realiz-
| ing his feelings simply said, 'sMr. President,
here are dozen more just like the other"
Lincoln took the papers and signed them
| all.
There was more joy in the White House
that day than it ever contained before or
since. These men who were pardoned all
did good service, and fully justified the
| Governors intercession and Lincoln's leni
ency. There are thousands of men who
can look back to the time of the war, with
moral certainty that they killed some one,
but there are few if any, besides Governor
Newell who can feel that they saved thir-
teen lives in one day.
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TOURISTS IN RoME.-Tourists are sub.
jected to many minor annoyances in Italy.
A young English lady, who lodged in one
of the most fashionable quarters of Rome,
was so imprudent, on returning to her room
from an excursion, as to shake the skirt oi
her dress out of the bedroom window, in
order to throw off the dust. For this Of
fence she was visited by policeman and
informed that she had committed icon.
travention," for which she was liable to a
fine. Instead of giving him franc or two,
she contested her liability, and had to fee a
lawyer and appear before the Courts. Be-
fore the case was ended she had to pay sew.
eral hundred francs for an offence that is
committed every hour in the day in nearly
every street in Rome.
A Scotchman being examined by his
minister, was asked, What kind of q
man was Adam ?'' "Oh, jist like ithel
folks" The minister insisted on having 6
more special description of the first man
and pressed for more explanation. "Weel, ,
said the catachumen, she was just like Jot