The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1861-02-21
Presidential Tour.

NEW YORK, Feb. 20.-The train reached
this city yesterday on time at Thirty first
street depot.
The President elect and party left the
cars Mrs Lincoln and children were
driven in a close carriage to the Aston
House. Mr.. Lincoln and suite occupied
! l carriages and rode to the Aston House
All along the route the streets were packed
but the party had no difficulty in making
their progress owing to the excellent police
arrangements, and it is estimated that a
quarter of a million of people witnessed the
future President. There was continuous
cheering from the depot to the hotel. At
the Aston House there was an immense as
semblage and cheering. The streets were
all decorated with flags; all the hotels but
the New York Hotel and all the newspa-
per offices but the Day Book, displayed the
American flag. The shipping in the harbor
also hoisted bunting during the day, and
the city generally displayed holiday ap-
pearance.
Mr. Lincoln dined in private, receiving
no calls till evening.
The President elect was formally receiv-
ed by Mayor Wood this morning, at the
City Hall. The ceremonies took place in
the Governors Room at ii o'clock AS
early as 10 o'clock the police under the su-
perintendence OF Deputy Carpenter took
their station at the City He'll and a space
| was inclosed by chains leading to the stairs
within which none but those having the
privilege of entry to the Governors Room
were admitted At l04 o'clock a large
crowd of persons had assembled in the Park
awaiting the arrival of the President elect.
| A few minutes before l Mayor Wood ac-
COMMANDED by members of the Common
Council and of the city press took up their
| position in the Governors Room, and short
| ly afterwards the shouts of the people out
| side announced that Lincoln had reached
| the City Hall. He soon appeared, accom-
| panied by the committee of the Common
| Council appointed to meet him at Albany
and was introduced by the chairman, AL
| derman Cornell, to Mayor Wood.
/ The Mayor stood on ont side of the table
that occupies the upper end of the room,
and Mr.. Lincoln took up a position immedi-
ately opposite to him on the other side of the
table. The appearance of the two mer
was most striking. The chief magistrate
dressed in his usual taste in a suite of black
looked at his distinguished visitor and never
| removed his eye from him during the
| delivery of the two addresses. The chief
magistrate of the nation also dressed in
black the latter by head taller than the
Mayor, looked calm and collected, but did
not return the steady gaze that was fixed
upon him. Mr.. Wood in clear and distinct
voice spoke as follows:
Mr.. LINCOLN: AS the Mayor of New
| York it becomes my duty TO extend you an
official welcome in behalf of the corpora
ton. In doing so permit me to say that
this city has never offered hospitality to a
man clothed with more exalted powers or
resting under greater responsibilities than
those which circumstances have devolved
upon you. Coming into Office with dis
membered government to reconstruct, and q
disconnected and hostile people to reconcile
1t will require a high patriotism, and an
elevated comprehension of the whole
country and its varied interests
opinions, and prejudices, to so con-
duct public affairs as to bring il
back again TO its former harmonious condi-
ton. Ii 1 refer to this topic, sir, it is be-
cause New York is deeply interested. Polit-
ical divisions have sorey afflicted her PEG