The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-10
A. LINCOLN,
Attorney-at-Law,
Springfield. III.


Attorney-at-Law, (:
Springfield. nj.
j: To Whom It May Concern: ;:
Ny old customers and others
are doubtless aware of the ter
rible time 1 ave had crossing the
!: stream. and will be glad to know
that I will be back on the same
!: sid from which I started on or
before the 4th of March next. {:
when l will be ready to swap {;
: horses. dispense law. make jokes, /:
+: split rails and perform other mat
!: tiers in a small way. :
Almost of equal interest is an origi-
nal photograph of Lincoln. taken after
his nomination for the presidency and
before his first election, for the late
Marcus L. Ward. of this city, and now
In the possession of his son, Marcus
/. Ward. jr.. of 40 Washington street.
Captain RunyOn Tells of Lincoln.
Probably no Newarker has been so
often or so intimately in the society of
Lincoln as Captain Orrin E. Runyon,
of Company d, First Regiment, N. G.
N. j., who spent much of his life in
Springfield, I'll. Captain Runyon de-
] tldE6S liidI LlllCOln was III pGSI dbo
ball player in town and that he often
put it over" his rivals who came from
a distance to defeat him. Captain Run
yon lived less than 100 yards from Lin
coins home and saw him nearly every
day in the ten years preceding the war.
Few are the Essex county men who
saw Lincoln before his presidential
career began. One of the few, Walter
Dixon, of 40 Ball street, Irvington,
has a vivid recollection of the
awkward ~Illinoisan when he was
stumping his district in an effort to
beat stephen A. Douglass. "the little
| giant for Congress. Later, Mr.. Dixon
heard Lincoln speak in Leayenworth,
Kansas, where he, had %journeyed from
Kentucky OH a 1atboat.
Lincoln was not appreciated until
the assassin's bullet laid him low" de-
| clares Otto Molter, of Bloomfield ave-
nue. and Eighth street. Il saw Presl-
dent Lincoln very often while working
in the Federal arsenal at Washington
in 1862; In fact, almost every day. He
was the queerest-looking man I ever
saw, and even his appearance provoked
a smile"
RecoIlections of Other Newarkers.
Colonel James Z. Fleming, the we'll
known coal merchant, met President
Lincoln in 1852, when the latter re-
viewed the Eleventh Pennsylvania Cav
airy and other mounted ~squadrons, near
Fortress Monroe. Va. AT that time
Colonel Fleming was a captain. The
officers of the battalion were introduced
to the President, who complimented
them upon their fine appearance, and
by his genial manner made them feel
at ease and comfortable.
Major Charles B. Champlin, who re-
tired recently, after seeing forty years
of active service in the National Guard,
shook hands with Lincoln on the battle
field of Malvern Hill, Va, where his
regiment made camp after the encoun-
ter. He says hat Lincoln passed
through the lines and paused at inter-
walls to talk with the enlisted men or
officers.
Andrew Knox, of South Fifteenth
street. saw Lincoln or a boat in the Po-
tomac river, just outside Washington,
In the early days of the struggle. Lin
coin was on an old side-wheel boat, he
says when the larger and handsomer
boat carrying the Connecticut troops,
Mr.. Knox among them, drew alongside.
Lincoln waved his hat at the boys in
blue and wished them good luck.
During the time when Washington
was in imminent danger of capture at
the hands of the Confederate leader,
Early, Major Carl Lentz, the lieutenant,
won presidential favor by leading $50
men to Rockville, and, to join forces
with 500 more and harass the oncom-
ing enemy. The small body of troops
was all that was in close communica~
ton with Washington, and to fnsttll
courage into the hearts of the inhab-
itants paraded up and down Pennsyl-
vaniA avenue before leaving the city.
Lieutenant Lentz had a long talk with
the President and with the secretary of
war, both of whom were greatly
alarmed at h time.
Lincoln Obliged Joseph Coult.
did 1 know Abraham Lincoln?' re-
peated former City Counsel Joseph
Coult in answer to a query. II talked
with him twice, and each time he did
me a favor
The first time l saw Lincoln was
just after the battle of the Wilderness,
in 1853. I was in Washington on other
business when | received a telegram
from NldILlH INSt Spil, VI 0uSStA, otot-
ing that his brother, Colonel Ogden
RYerson, had been killed and imploring
me to run down to the front in Virginia
and bring the dead officer home for
burial. Under certain circumstances
this was permitted by the war depart
ment.
Il received the telegram about 10
o'clock at night, went over to the room
of Senator Ira Harris, of New York,
whom | knew, awakened him, and had
him take me over to the office of Sec
rotary of War Stanton. l told Mr..
Stanton my mission, but he was disin-
clined to grant my request. Shortly
before midnight, as we were talking
the matter over, the door to the secre-
tary's office opened and Lincoln STROBE
in, unannounced. l was introduced to
him, and he inquired my business.
When 1 told him that | wanted to bring
Colonel Ryerson's body back to Jersey,
he requested Mr.. Stanton to give me a