Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-03-16
PRESIDENT LINCOLN.



Washington Correspondent Indianapolis Sentinel
During the war man caught violat-
ing military Jaw in Memphis was doom.
ed by courtmartial to suffer the ex-
treme penalty The sentence had
been approved by Gen. Hurlbut, then
in command. The time appointed for
execution was but three days off, when
little woman, throbbing like wild
bird IN the hands of its captor, arrived
IN Washington with letter to Con-
gresham Voorhees,. She was the
daughter of the man standing in the
shadow of death. Her mission was
to see the president. Mr.. Voorhees,,
deeply moved by the woman's story
and distress, suffered scarcely mo.
ment to elapse before calling with her
on Senator Hendricks, The plan has
tily suggesting itself to him was to
have the two senators from Indiana.
OF whom the late Henry S. Lane was
senior, conduct the woman, whe WAS
pleading for a fathers life, TO Mr.. Lin
coin. The three presented themselves
to Mr. Lane, who, after making some
Preparations to join the escort, asked :
what is the charge against your
father "He attempted to carry
quinine to the enemy" 'If that is the
case" answered Mr. Lane, "the yer.
dict is correct, and / cannot interfere. :"
Hope seemed to depart from the
woman. and she looked rs if she were
in the presence of death. At this point
Mrs. Lane entered the room. at will
not do, said that lady, addressing her
husband, '.this woman has come to see
the president, and it is your duty to
conduct her" He surrendered, took a
deep interest, and the party started for
the executive mansion, where it was
at once admitted, and found Mr.. Lin
coin disengaged.
Mr.. Hendricks, who only remember
ed the lady Ms "a little woman" intro
duced her, but she, having never seen
a president before, seemed to have lost
her speech. "You will perhaps re-
member her father. He once lived in
Springfield" Eyes" answered Mr..
Lincoln, remember him well. On
one occasion a farmer came to my
office, and, taking me for that gentle
man, insisted, you must come out and
preach again next Sunday. Your last
sermon did great good, and was thought
the best we ever beard | rather liked
being called a Methodist preacher, and
did not break the delusion. Oh, yes,
remember him well, and there was
some resemblance between us" "She
brings YOU terrible news from that
man to-day. lie is to be shot ~ 80
be shot?" Here Mr. Hendricks wish
ed the little woman to speak, but she
was inyoluntariy dumb. "She brings
statement of the case to you, be-
| lieve."
Taking the five closely written pages
of foolscap Mr.. Lincoln settled back
into the chair, and folding his legs in
the manner that has so often been de-
scribed, proceeded to read it aloud, but
to himself, The reading was study OF
the caae. For some minutes he must
have forgotten the Government, the
army and everything, so completely
was he absorbed in the paper. This
concluded, he looked up and around the
room, when his eyes, falling upon the
little woman, rested for "A moment.
Soon he spoke: "Your father hall not
be shot!' The great weigh # dread
and agony these words lifteo from the
little woman, and the expression of
gladness that beamed from her face,
like June morning when the world
looks as though there had never been
q war and that it contained no grave,
no pencil could depict.
81 guess continued Mr.. Lincoln, part,
ly as if communing with himself, 81
had bette telegraph Hurlbut-yes, I'll
telegraph Hurlbut at once" and then
he proceeded to write the message.
This was slow careful work, but con
Guiding it he said: 81 reckon that will
do" Then rsading it aloud he con-
tinued YES, that will do" In response
to bell Secf etsry appeared. Take
this message" said Mr.. Lincoln in the
commanding tone CT President, "and
send it quickly; remain at the Office
until 1t gets through; see that it is
ans wered, and that / am informed. "
Thus briefly was this duty made obi
gatory upon the Secretary, and the
Executive mind was at rest. Mr.,
Hendricks has forgotten what became
OF the other people, but he remembers
after having risen to depart; Of reseat-
ing himself and the talk that for some
moments followed. Mr.. Lincoln laugh
ed about the article of quinine, and did
not think taking it across the lines an
ofiense meritin9 death. He knew the
country about Mem phis; it was mala-
riali, and lie without quinine was al
most impossible. He thought it hardly
proper to put down the rebellion by
giving people over to an ague.
Eggs from Different Breeds
A correspondent Of the Ohio Farnae1