Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1861-02-14
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Special pispatchio the Chicago Tribune
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kR, IIscoLs's DEPARTURE FROM y sPRisGFIELD.
TheBJosrney ofithc PRESIDENT elect from
Springfield. 4 his home! since 1881. has been
an ovation throughout the progressctl,us
far, .audistaacc. OF. i240 miles, r The hour
for leaving Springfield was fixed at g., "A.
NJ "a little earlier Mr.. Lincoln. and his
suite proeeeied fromthe Chcnery / Iouse to
the Great Western Railrossi depot. where
alafge crowd was inwsitingu by Mr.Lin.
coin 'sspecialrequest. acknowledgement
to a public demo nstration. yet the parting
was characterized by q feeling cyens more
expressive and BETTING the occasion. As
Mr.. Lincoln mounted thesplatform of the
ear he turned 10 bilasfieu amid an imposed
silence, many persons seeming deeply af-
fected and he himself scarcely Iable do
check the emotions of ths'heur.i = In taking
leasc of his long-timeL friends and li,e,gh-
bors he said:svssi iigow e. sasessa aosa
q Nv friends: No one not in my situation
can appreciate my feelings of sadness at
this parting. ToIthis place and the kind-
ness of this people L owe everything
Here Iharc lived qnarter Of century,
aud Iasscdiffomsa young to- an obi man.
Here my children were born, and one lies
buried - i nov leave. not knowing when
or " neither overI may return. with a task
before me greater than that which rested up
on the sho nlders Of w ashington. Without
the aid of that Divine Being who ever aid
ee him, who controls mine anil all our
destiuies, Iacannot' succcesl. . With that
assistance l cannot fail. Trusting in Him
who cen go with me and remain with you.
and be every where for good. let MS confe
IDENTIFY hope that all will yet be we'll. To
His care commenting you, as l hope in
your prayers youwill commend me, bid
you friends and neighbors farewell.
There were many moist eyes as the train
rolled away from the depot. and the jour
ney of the President elect TO tie Capitol Of
the nation was begun. Ice .a2ifaa7f it.i
The rain was made up Of a single pas
senger and baggage ear 1t had been de-
c;del since Saturday thu Mrs. Lincoln and
the family should accompany Mr., Lincoln
throughout the entire trip. But il was
necessary from the Iateness of the change
of plan. that she shout join him at Indi-
annapolis on Tuesday morning
81. WHO ACCOMPANIES Mn. LINCOLN. .or
! Mr.. Lincoln, is accompanied by his son
Robert. and two children, anil his broth
er. in law and family physician, DR.. w. S.
Wallace, His suite proper is composed Of
his two Secretary's-John G. Nicolay and
John NJ. Hay-Hon. n B. Judd. Hon.
o. III, Browning, Hon. David Davis, Col.
f. V. S1mner, anil Major D., Hunter. U.
s. A.. Col. E. T., Ellsworth, Col. Ward
II. Lamon, J3M., Burgess, Esq, Of Wis
consin., Geo. q. Latham. companion of
Robert Lincoln, all of whom, with sever
al representatives. of the press are to be Of
the party Throughout Beside those there
were on board the train the following
Hon. j IS. Dubois. Robert Irwin. E.. l..
Baker. j. j. s. Wilson. Hall Wilson. L.
f.. Leonard, U. Jamison.s f. Peck. j.
Grimshaw. w. NJ. Morrison. L. w. Ross.
w III. Carlin, Al. III. Csssell. j. A. IIough.
E.V. Summer. Jr., ID. H. Gilmer, and
Col. G. w. Gilpip of AIissouri-these last
named to accompany Mr. Lincoln to In
dianapolis only.t ior srEa aniiaEsD d. q
L Invitations had been extended to Hon.
Edward Bates of St. Louis. Hon. WIN. b.
Ogden of Chicago. and several other
pfominent gentlemenn to be Of the party.
which they hadibeen forced to decline.
ur3s 81 SO oS THE WING. ooI4 l5jls1g
= President Elton AMI Superintendent
Bowen. ofthe Great Western Railroad,
were in. charge of the train. the time table
of which .tostlie, State line, l20 miles, was
the e. test Of any portion Of the route TO
New Y orlz. sani was strictly eo,Bpliel with.
averaging not less than % miles an hour
funningstimesaD.0 obviously few stops could
be made. yetat every station embarrassing
and cabin, near the road, the people gath
cred, some of whom came many. miles over
hex7y roads,sto see the train and striveto
catch glimpse of one who bears tn ehopes
of so many .xAtsomea of the larger sta.
tious, whereuo stops were made, MIR. Lin'
coin came to tlerear ofthe car and show
cd himself, gwhere tho loyal thousands OF
che Northwest desire him to be. on the plat-
form; and tl,snoiiss of the flying train could
not drown TIE cheers and ''aol speed you.' =
that we're sthe spontaneous farewell of this
people of his State. lsssi sIs'sse - s's'e 9
asar 3senElsAT pEcATUR.a g. sIsooI sol
4 At Decatur, in Mason county, where
Mr. Lincoln resided in 1880. an immcnse
crowd had gathered. o. Long lines of saddle
horses fastened about the station told that