The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-06-04
A TALK WITH Mr.. LINCOLN.

! had never seen him before, but there
could be- no mistake in tho recognition Of
one whose portIait was SO familiar. There
be stood, tail and. laak, in suit Of deep
black, wearing y beaver hat, alone and IN.
attended. His lace WAS pale and |. looked
p!nched and worried. 1t IVES the coupte.
uaGCe Of one who had not slept any that
night. The first thought, after the surprise
Of seeing him ct all, was Of his being there
at that early hour III the morning. This
TACT illustrates the anxiety that pravs:.ad in
Washington on tina. .daik day better than
anything elso | might write. .5lg n,
"rhs rretidtnt" !! slsmmered, hardly
knowing whit to cay. -,tz.,
EYES, my boy" said he, taking my hand
and shakiug 1t warmly, while q grave emile
went acrces bio iacs; ,"yts, nv boy. The
prtsident oil Distressed country. We
want you now. You have iolne Just in
time. You are IRON New Jersey, a.e you
no,l ts5lz qs5,' -
"Yee, sir"
"Ihs Thirteenth New Jerses2" he added,
inlerrogatively. lr.ir'.
:Yes, air.. replied, SURPRISED THAT he
should know even the NUMBER OF the regi.
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"Who is your COLONEL" be askc0.
Colonel CarmaD, sir" answered,
"Oh, yer, remember" eAid the preai-
dent. How he RENE lnbercd don't know.
slow Btrong 10 your rcgimen,?'
"About eight hundred, l believe, air." 2
"Are there any more troops on the wsy?"
"Yes, cir, lots Of them, but l could no.
say how many" eIse 4
"Yon don't know where they are from, 1
suppose?' e, =
no, sir" replied, "but heard come Of
them calling each other 'Hoosiers' and
Suckers. 50 | suppose these are from In.
diana and Illinois" .a4
The President laughed. Then saw
rhad made pomo sort Of a blunder. l! did
not strike me ct the tine that the PRECEDENT
himsell wgB from Illinois. In fac: WAS 90
demOralizcd at tho idea OF talking 10 the
Chief Magistrate Of this big country that
hardly knew what ! eaid. Considering l
wnl boy OF less than eighttep, have
ofen thought since that acquitted myself
with toleiable degree Of credit.
49, HAND SHAKING. ,eyE (,
S1r. Lincoln then asked my occupation,
uann and resldence, aud taking cut q
tablet he made IN entry. What that was
l never knew, Of course. The President
then took my hand and gave me good.
bye shake. Them. were three or four oil
my comrades standing around at the time,
and growing O lit,ss bold said
"Nlr. President, beg your pardon, nir,
but here ara some more jersey boys, and
guesa they wonld ieel honorod 10 shake
banda with you alao." Z i5t
"Oh, ! did notinttnd TO omit that" said
The President. Every soldier ia my friend
and my brother. WoHre oil so!diers now
ID Il common carse. God blets you ALL"
And he phOok them all by the hand and
walked brskly ont. We followed him to
the top Of the then unilniahed great stair.
way, doTn which hb went and walked
over towards tho old Capitol Prison, Such
Ia tho innate alteration Of greatness and
cover that the President had captivated
aud captured every one oil ua There was
no! one In tho little squad that from that
moment would not havs laid down
his lilo for o country govern.
led by such an unassumiup ruler
II msy be imagined wha. heroes
| WI NEId hAGh NJ ASiNNkh ouA husGukuIbU VII
our return to the barracks. We had 10 re-
neat tho conversation 10 the oiiicers and
men time aud time again. It was my fra,
talk with u resi- live President 81 the
United States, and lcr the first time In my
& life experienced 8 satisfaction that lived
under q Democratic form Of government
( But 70 wero Kept too busy to think grea
\ deal more about 1t at the timo. We were
/ hurled over to Arlington .Heigh.a, ant
then came tho long and weary march VI
through Maryland, till we scaled thu
steep sides Of South Mountain, and fol
the frat time tasted tho real horrors AM
real glories Of war. Then, on tho 17th o
September, we wero hurled into bloody
I Antie,am and witnessed tha! awful day.
carnage. Oh, tho alghts I could tell Of tha
day, that terrible day when We lost ou
brave Captain Irish at the head OF Com
pany X. Bot that Is not my purpose now
! Some months alter there WAS q grand re
view Of tho army near Harper's Ferry.
I ravIaw In the soldiers buRbear, but TIL