Reminiscences about Abraham Lincoln . nt in-dividual* In Blmira, so fearful was be thattbe message would fail, or be too late. Tbia incident reminds me of another,similar only, however, in the fact that bothboys were alleged to be « poor washerwoman in Troy bad a armalmost Imbecile aa to intellect yet ofgood physical proportions. Tbe boy waakidnapped, or inveigled swsy, by someunprincipled scoundrels, who enlistedblm. dividing his bounty among some ,time bis mother could learnnothing of blm. At length she was toldthat he waa in the army. Alone and on-friended she
Reminiscences about Abraham Lincoln . nt in-dividual* In Blmira, so fearful was be thattbe message would fail, or be too late. Tbia incident reminds me of another,similar only, however, in the fact that bothboys were alleged to be « poor washerwoman in Troy bad a armalmost Imbecile aa to intellect yet ofgood physical proportions. Tbe boy waakidnapped, or inveigled swsy, by someunprincipled scoundrels, who enlistedblm. dividing his bounty among some ,time bis mother could learnnothing of blm. At length she was toldthat he waa in the army. Alone and on-friended she went to Washington to see, inber simplicity, if sbe could not get his dis-cbarge. Tbe gentleman who related tbedtcumafance to me said that -he did noteven know to which of the New Torkleglmeflta ber eon belonged. She could getno chance to apeak to tbe President Atlength the watched ber opportunity, aadintercepted hfm on hia way, one day. fromtbe War Department The result waa that,taking down the lads name and place ofresidence, tale. teak of the card and teat to the War The tW Mr. Kellogg, of Now York, (re- cently deceased), received inteUlgenoe late thata young man in (lie arniv. •wtiom be had known from childhood, aid RftO - I Iffta Ur!. dg« KeJ ?unn ,,v. lot hi wpwJw** .;?...?next day Very m aob agitated, m the boywuOm kmT oT a near n4igU»or. thepsannma started ? >. I Hi Bnan,a«tG* was the hour. At ganrd told him thatbe bad received special order* to ftdw parley, by pledging himself toraspeiadbillty of tha act, he paaaed la. ThePresident had retired, hot, iadlflbrent toet-tfquetto or ceremony, Judge K Hogg prcssndhi* way through all obataeke to Ida sleep-ing apartment. In an excitedstated that the dispatch annoonclng theboor of execution had bnt )oat reachedhim. Thia man moat not be abet, * I cant help what bemay have done. Why, he ia an oldneighbor of miae ; I cant sitow hhn to beshot. Mr. Lincoln had remained is &ed,quietly listening to the Tene
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