Washington, the city and the seat of government . nister purpose and there was nothing but his pres-ence within the Union lines to be advanced againsthim. Allmon Vaughan, who was now a cajDtain inthe JSTorthern army, made an effort to save hisbrothers life and enlisted the interest of SenatorJohn B. Henderson. Henderson appealed to Stan-ton, with no better effect than others had iipon thatman of adamant. The Senator then laid the casebefore Lincoln, who ordered a new trial. This re-sulted in another verdict of guilty. Again Lincolnwas besought to intervene and again he instructed anew court-ma
Washington, the city and the seat of government . nister purpose and there was nothing but his pres-ence within the Union lines to be advanced againsthim. Allmon Vaughan, who was now a cajDtain inthe JSTorthern army, made an effort to save hisbrothers life and enlisted the interest of SenatorJohn B. Henderson. Henderson appealed to Stan-ton, with no better effect than others had iipon thatman of adamant. The Senator then laid the casebefore Lincoln, who ordered a new trial. This re-sulted in another verdict of guilty. Again Lincolnwas besought to intervene and again he instructed anew court-martial to sit. For the third time GeorgeVaughan was sentenced to death but his friends didnot despair. Richmond had fallen when Llender-son again sought the President in behalf of the con-demned Southerner and the impending close of thewar lent an additional argument for clemency. Go to Stanton and tell him that this man mustbe reprieved, said Lincoln. I have been toStanton and he refuses to move in the matter,responded the Senator. Thomas Circle. WASHINGTON IN WAE TIMES. 209 the President, and if he still refuses, come backto me. On the evening of the 14th of April, Sen-ator Henderson, having failed of success in his in-terview with the Secretary of War, returned to theWhite House and found the President upon thepoint of setting out for Fords. After hearing Sen-ator Hendersons report, Lincoln took pen and pa-per and with his own hand wrote an order for theunconditional release of George Vaughan. Thiswas the last time that he wrote the well-known sig-nature. In a few minutes, he was on his way to thetheater. Speaker Colfax was at the White House whenthe party left. To him the President spoke regret-fully of the engagement, saying that Mrs. Lincolnwas not feeling at all well but that, as Grant couldnot be present, they must not altogether disappointthe people by absenting themselves. It was some-what later than half past eight when President andMrs. Lincoln, accompanied by Miss H
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