New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-17

graduating from Harvard. ana IL was lust before
Starting for the front that he met Tor the hrst
time Miss Mary Harlan wnU vas y, s , noI
Un,oI in Washinoton whether II was case OF
love at first sight with the young offcer and the
| lovely daughter of Senator nai an or not IL j.
certain tbat Mrs Lincoln soon discovered her son
aace and was so much pleased that she not
| only encouraged the course OF true love to run
smoothly but set her heart On making MISS HaI-
| Ian her sons wife And in all the changes OF after
49, Wrs Lincoln never changed toward her
daughter.in.law for whom she he.d, as long as she
| lived a constan: and sincere atection. During
u, "rna Tho President talked of the war and the
events ~ the surrender, related by Captain Lin
coin. 4 photograph Of General Lee happened to
lie a table near. ana ', h tasn seeing .ni'
| took il up and STUDYING wv 'e ioi niome"''
s'" ycs that is fine face There can be no mis-
take in that face. It indicates the character of
w" This s was the last conversation Robert Lincoln
had with his father All that day the President
was occupied with crowds OF visitors ~ the
m.at .gai, lin in the evening at dinner At this
Cabinet meeting, The last held by Mr. Lincoln,
ali tho members were present except Mr.. Seward.
tho secretary of state, who had few days before
trc, thrown from his carriage and severely
in iured General Grant was present, sitting IL
Wr Stewards chair, and the other, around the
table were ScT vdr 8 Secretary mr S'th s treasury
Wc(ulloch. Attorney q ,neral speed, Secretary OF
tho Interior otto and Postmaster General Randall:
In discussing the snrrenoer the rresdent bn
believed. would have COOL influence through
on, the South. Gonrral Grant also expressed tins
opinion, and said he felt sure that the surrender
III ril armed fore = in the Southern States w1uli
snccdiIv follow The Irc-iicnt was IN the best
Of spirits AMI talked IN bright. hopeful tone OF
clans for reconstrucing the rebcili0u- Ntate5 he
nronosod no marsh measures and 10 rctallatory
Step, AS punishment Tor the South, where I'M
noIcrished ,ic.0acd homes and exhausted IN
dustrcs were already terrible rctrlbuton. Ills
noture WINS so sIngulary free from all vlnll1'lVc-
ness and 50 magnaninous in its charity, thit ne
now thought only of restoring 10 the Country Il
united people and an undivided Government.
Th, terms of surrender proposed by General iran,
had Lccn known 10 the President beforehand, bu'
M thls Cabinet meeting they were cordially ap-
proved by the Presidents advisers wiihout Il
single dissenting voice, th. iron Necr',ary, a,
Wr stanton was often called, readily lndo!slhS
General Grants wise action IN making thr tcrhr'
both liberal and Jusi A.,
The President was not inclined TO 90 to mo
theatre that evening, but went 10 please MIS-
lincoln who had invited party. lncll.iing zen
cral Grant. and had engaged Il box. Mrs. iran.
was i'm the city with the General and, feeling very
ouXious 10 80, their children IN Mex JcrSeY, thcy
went away Oh the evening train instead OF walt
inc iii morning ~ ~ first incndr l. When the
family met AT dinner tn President 'Xpr'SS'o
much regret. and said IN" people Woul y, greatly
di.,nnoIu,.d not 10 General Grant. Mrs. LIN
coin icmarking They will &c doubly diHappolht','
then, If YOU 90 not 80, the ire,I '.n s''en -" /
answered: Wei. perhaps Il Dcll'r E"' p''
am not 50 much Of Il stranger 10 the people h"f"
~ General Grant, and not 80 much oil nero
either. " ,
CAPTAIN Lincoln. feeling fatigued, declined, AMI
retired early 10 his room.
Before starting for the thcatr" the President
as hal been bis custom every day after dinh1r,
walked over to the War Department, where he
often remained with SecretIry Stanton TIL late
hour His escort at such times was a single at
PENDANT. one OF his guard, and this evening
Crook escorted him lie had frequently spoken OF