New Orleans daily crescent., 1861-02-28
Ntu Orlenns 1nilg Cresesnt.
THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY %, 1851.
NEW YORK CORRESPONDENTS.


sPllVter-lRe SECOND washington, as he calls him
set-beamed upon this benighted village yester-
day. arrived at the Hudson river station at P. NJ,
and rode down to the Astor House under the escort
OF the largest body Of police (l3O0) ever collected
together in this city. 1t reminded me of Paris
#ust after the coup detat The streets were lined |
with blue coats, ten feet or leas apart and each
] man had two reyoyers, in addition to his club
Orders were issued to the militia regiments to be
on hand at given signal, Zone stroke upon the fire
alarm bell3) and altogether Lncolns progress
through Broadway was after the manner Of vic |
torious general entering conquered country. 1t
had been announced that Mayor Wood intended to
ride down Broadway with Abe, in the same car
rage that was used for the Prince of Wales, but
our Tycoon IL no fool he gave the place of hon
or " to Alderman Cornell, who is not so bright as
lie might be, and the Mayor will formally receive
the President in the City Hall this morning. |
dearly love street crowd, its jokes, its humors
and its wonderful studies Of odd characters, and
4 ] fully expected to have some quiet fun with the
people who turned out to see Abraham Lincoln,
who is just now the lion Of the day. But there was
Z no very great crowd anywhere except from about
4 the Astor House up to Delmonico's, three OR four
blocks. Above, there good many people,
chiefly Of the very lowest class, aQd here and tbfe
aWonl -
~ ~ mat " thu Jtises, the
8atreets, The Balconies and all public conveyances,
& were crowded with the eager eyes of both sexes
old age, vigorous manhood, the loveliness of
woman and the beauty Of childhood" is simply
untrue. Likewise that of the Times, that an inl-
measurable out pouring of the people flooded the
streets through which the escort passed." and the
Inference Of the same journal that, because there
vas no word of reproach or act of violence at
Mnpted, the people meant to show their " earnest
F9gd will and respect for his (Lincoln's) person"
EeE Herald comes M Srar the truth in the opening
iE4ts leader whifi states that Is the President
lt85t arrived here qas5erday and received formal
Fsption at the htss3R Of the city government ana
A hirteen hundbed Black Republican policemen"
That's theE idea Had anybody groaned, Or
-tgsed. t}6e slightest opposition to Lincoln, the
offender would have been marched oil to the
station.house at once; but If ever man was
. Heartily cursed by at least threc-quhrters OF
rnllion OF people, that man is a. Lincoln, and
those people are the people in and about The city
of New York. As yet the effects of the reyolu'
ton have not reached the rural districts, but 1t mas
distressed and annoyed US in hundred ways
socially as well as financially and politically; and
now our sympathies arc entirely with the South
When said 'our," do not Of course, refer to
the twenty thousand Republicans hereabouts,
every man Of whom ia hoping and fighting and
intriguing for an office. So far as old Abe Lincoln
is concerned, / imagine that he is hopeIessy
bothered and perplexed between the two clques
of his party Greeley and Seward are struggling
hard to dictate the policy of the new Admlhistra
ton and the row extends down to the very, very
small fry Of the party. The Senator says he is will
ing to make :" any sacrifice to save the country
the editor puts these sanguuary notices over the
head Of his paper: " No compromise No conces
sion TO traitors " all Of which indicates refresh
inr difference of opinion, which must inevitably
lead to the disruption of the Republican party.
As TO Abraham his personnel is odd. He is 6
thin. lanky individual standing over six feet il
hejght, with great feet and immense hands, pro
rninent nose, small eyes set ten PAGES back in h
head and a mouth as big as the Delta of the Mis-
sissppi. Lately, he has grown pair Of tremend
oasly coarse dark-brown whiskers, which look lkt
those which stage villains glue on for disguise
His dress is Of the ordinary Western style, seed.
black, badly made and cumsiy worn. When h
speaks he doubles himself up, and makes the mos
violent contortions of his body. He is, shouIt
sny, about the ugest looking man ever saw
When he came here year ago or more to speaI
before the Young Mems Republican Club, and de
nanded 5000 for the job, every body sad he wa
perfectly awful to behold. Now, since he ha
been elected President, the same people say tina
he Is not so bad as he has been painted, ana so on
Such is the effect Of success. have heard iade
compliment Louis Napoleon's face, which il eXceS
siyely disagreeablc, and declare that the Prince {
Wales one of the most awkward, stupdIooKlh
boys in the world was quite handsome.
Abe was received with some show of respect
In all the hotels and newspaper offices except I'll
New York Hotel and the Herald buildings, t1
American Har was raised; and there were a few mo
tocs stretched across the streets at various points
Some pious Black Republicans took this out {
Genesis, 18th chapter lst verse: Clear not, Abrt
ham. / am thy shield and exceeding great reward.
Abraham arrived at the Astor at o. and dlned at
oc,ocIy, commencing, as the Herald in its usu
= exhaustive way tells us, with Potage Ju!lent
and winding up with ce.cream. In the evening
the Young Mems Black Republican Club can
down upon him aud he made speech Whic
amounted to just nothing at all.
This morning he goes to Barnums O and
night to the Italian Opera, for the first time
his life. At the official reception Mayor Woo
tried to draw him out about the condition of Il
country, but Abe lodged the subject.
Mrs. Lincoln is a stout lady, with an eXcec
ingly red face which she brings out in very eNtr
ordinary relief by sprinklng her bonnet all ov
with those horrid paper roses which the Wom
delight in both for hat trimmings and head ador
nents. Her son " Bob," called the Prince
Rails u ia Sophamore with the usual tcnden'
to larkjnq and tobacco At Buffto he astonish
a delegation from the Young Mems Christian \
sociation, by asking them to take drink