The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-04-01
PRB9IDDNT LINCOLN.
How He spared an Old Friend.

! During the war man caught viOlat-
ing military law in Memphis was d,snl
| ed by q cOurt-nMrtial to suilcr the ex-
| treme penalty, The seMtcuce had beeu
approved by Ger. Hurlhut. then in
command. The time appointed for ex-
ecution WAS hut three days of. when \
little woman, throl,biny Ikea wild bird
I'M the hands vi its caltor. arrived in
Washington with u letter to Congress-
men Voorhees,. She was ti,e daughter
6f the man standing in the shadow of
! death. Her mission was IL see the Pcesi-
! dent. Mr.. Voorhees,. deeply moved by
the woman's story and distress, suffered
scarcely Il moment to cl:.l~e lnf re call
| ing with her On Senator Hendricks
The plan hastily suggested itself Hs him
WAs to have the two >en:Aor~ hols In
Diana, Of whom iAe late HrLrv =.
Lame was senior. conduct li' wonln,
who was pleading for = i:ssL~r'. sit-, to
Mr.. LiocOln. The three }xc.sei,tcd
themselves r. Mr.. I>Ane. who. .a,t&,r1nak-
ing some preparations to join the escort
a4ked: 'Wli:st Is the charge against
quinine to the enemy" If that is the
is correct, and cannot Interfere
Hope see,llol to depart from the wo-
man, and s,c looked rs ii she were in
presence Of death. At this l.oint Mrs
Lane entered the room. III will moi.
do" sai.i that lady. addressing her h,,s--
hand, ''tl.is woman has come 10 s.s. the
Pre@ident, and it is your duty to con-
duct her." lie surrendered, tool: "a deep
interest, anil the party started fOr thceA
eciltive mansion, where it was ut UEce
admitted, aud found Mr.. Lincoln dis
engaged.
Mr.. Hendricks, who only Remembered
the lady as "a little women.' introduced
her. but she, having never seer, a prcsi-
dent before, seemed I" have iosst l,et
her father. lie once lived in rpriny-
field" "Ycs" answered Mr.. l.inuiin.
II remember him we'll. On Que ,.M:s-
taking me for tlut gentleman, ia,s;xte&l.
You must come out and pr,Ae&, ay,:in
next Sunday, Your last >craa,m ..iiu
great good, and was thought the best w.
ever heard rather liked being rallet
. Methodist preacher, and did not break
the delusiOn. Oh, yes, / rcI!clni,tx .bun
well, and there was some resemblance
between u.s." ''ahe brings yn, tcyrible
news from that man to-day. Hell 10 l,r
shot =" ''rO Ike shot: ~ Here Mr.. Heud-
rickx wished the little wunIa,. tu speak
but she was involuntarily dumb. 'Sh~
brings u statement Of the cnse I" you. J
believe
T'xbing the i've closely writer. imge.
Oi fOGlscap, Mr.. Lincoln settled laack in.
to the chair, and folding his Icy, in the
manner that has sOOfteM been dex.. riind
proceeded to read it alo,,.l, b.,t =, !.in.-
self. The reading vas u study of the
case. For some minutes lie must have
forgotten the Go. crnn,ent, the army nnG
everything, SO com plctcly was hs' ab-
s.,rled in the paper. This concluded, H..
looked up and around the r.'on,. when
his eyes, falling upon the little wo,Iiau-
rested for u moment. soon hc spoke:
'.IOur father shall not hc shot; 80 The
great weight of dread and ag.n. tir-<
words lifted from tl,r little wc,,.:.l:. ,.,,l;
the expression Of gi:.tlmrs> that l.,:,nej
from her face. like II June morning
when the world looks :> though ,h"g~
had never been war and that j. cor
tanned II" grave, II" pencil coa!d 'tel".f.
II guess continued Mr.. i.i.:,"in
partly ~ If coIimuniny with himself,
Il hal lxtter telegraph !iurli,rt-ye>.
III telegraph llurlbul III once and
then l,e pr'ns,.l,.l to write the ,A..~>:ve
This was slow, careful work. h,t COM
Guiding it H.. said: IL reckon tI,,, viii
do" Then reading j, aloud he ..optiu-
uc.l: "Ics. that will do In r'.~,r.:r.
t"a bell Il secretary appeared. ''yais"
this message. said Mr. Liucoin in tlI~
commanding tone Of a President. ''at...!
send it quickly: remain at the Office 9Th
I'll it gets through: : see tia, it is :.,,>wcr-
Ell and that I an, informed" I!.v,
briefly was this duty made "Liigs;m.
uln,n tlr secretary, and the i:%.".tis.
nIi,lI Was ut rest. Mr.. Hendricks, ila&
fOrgotn,iI what t,e,;l!iIc ui AlIt Utl,:" N.sr
pie. hut i!r re,,,c'..i"r> after bt>jny rj>-
IN t" depart. rc*eatiny l,:h>- Ii .at
the talk that for >'!iW moments fi;:i,W-
ri. Mr.. Lincoln laughed ais'u; the ar
tirlc of quiniDc, ami ,li'l ~! ,;,iA tax.
ing it a.r,,>. tho line, an "ilcn>t ,uc-it-
ing death. lie knew the r",.ntr. r',,W
Memphis; il WAS nIniarial. ..,s: life
without q,iiI,iilc was almost in'.",-@::,lt.
Tic Thought j, hardly )h"l"ri" ,.n,.:,"wE
the rebellion ly giving i'e"llr yer t"
un u.uc.-- !i"<hi"yff" f".." >/r..d nj
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