The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1861-03-09
TELEGRAPHIG NE WIS
BY PONY

FoR the following comprehensive ~
Inopsis OF the dispatches which arrived in
this city ut midnight Of the 18th inst; we
are indebted to our contemporary the
Dssera Nslos.
mn. LINCOLN on his TRAVELS TO WASH
.5f II 4. tNGT0N. s.. q@5.
81 The President elect reached New York
len tic, 10th his suite occupied eleven
cars. The crowd that turned ont to see.
him was estimated at quarter Of a mil
lion. He was formally received BY Mayor
Wood at the City Hal, on the following
morning is .4,s l5
Hiss honor, III addressing Mr.. Lincoln,
said that the city had never offered hos
pitalityto 4 man clothed with more exs.
allied powers or resting Under greater re-
EsponsibilifiGsf He was entering into Office
with a dismembered government 10 re-.
construct, mud a disconnected people 10
reconcile. His honor referred to that
topic because New I ork was deeply in
Eterested, her people were soreIy afflicted,
=hereomnlercisl great ness was endangered.
She was the child Of the American Union:
aud had grownto her position Of grandeur
through the maternal fostering care OF the
Onion, and they feared that IL the Union
died, that New York i supremacy might
die with ii. Tile people, therefore, looked
TO tho President elect to bring about
friendly relations between the States, only,
he considered to lie accomplished by
peaceful and eonciliatoty means.
Mr. Lincoln, with feelings Of deep gra.
.titade. made bis aeknoW Iedglneats for the
grand reception extended 10 him, from q
people, tile minority of whom were 0p-
posed 10 him inpelities. He agreed with
the sentiments expressed hY the Mayor,
ailndiHg 10 the political difficulties OF the
nation. He was devoted to the Union,
and he could never eoHsenB toits tlestrurs
lion. Tie ship, he said, was Inade for tile
carriage and preservation OF the cargo,
and so long MS the slip could be saved
with the cargo il should never be aban-
doned They should never cease ia their
efforts 10 save il as long as it could be
done without throwing overheard the pas
sengcrs and cargo. So long as the pros
perity aud liberty Of the people conld be
preserved in the Union, II weuld be his
purpose and effort at all times TO preserve
that Union. (: /.
The members Of the Common Council
and OF the State government we're intro
dnced. On hisretaFR 10 the Astor House,
Mr. Lincoln was visited by about hun.
dyed distinguished guests; IN the After
noon went TO Barnum's Museum, and in
the evening visited tho opera. He de-
elined an invitation to visit Brooklyn.
During the day, Tice-President Ham
lin and family arrived in tho city, and
Joined Mr.. Lincoln and family at the
Astor House, where they were serenaded
BY the Wide Awake's and other Repub-
lican clubs. .,ss5s. ..5. q: LII. .11.5.
Mr.. Lincoln and suite left New York
on the 2lst, passing through Newark and
Trenton. Attic former place he was ro-
ceiyed and addressed by the Mayor, and
responded briefly in the same vein as at
New York. Al Trenton be had separate
receptions from both branches of the New
Jersey Legislature, and addressed both. i
In the Senate chamber he alluded to
revolutionary "Reminiscences: expressed his
determination to do bis utmost 10 restore
peace. No one would do more than he
would to preserve i, "hut il might be me-
cessary to PIT the foot down firmly p
This last sentiment called forth loud and
prolonged cheers.s Mr.. L. hoped TO have
theirassistancc inipilolipg the strip through
this voyage surrounded with SO many
perils, for il Il suffered from tile. attack
now, there wonld be no pilot ever needed
for another Yeyagc. t5 ..ssGG
HIS RECEPTION Al rHitkDELrHtA.
On. the afternoon Of the 2ist, the Presi.
dent elect and snite arrived at PhiladeL
phia, and were conducted to the Cont,
mental Hotel. The reception at Philadel.
phia was grand. The blyOueie in which
Mr., i. was conducted TO, his hotel was
drawn by four white horses TO- gay plum.
age. The procession consisted of mounted
police, cayalcatle of citizens Of all classes
and politics, Pennsylvania dragons, and
the nahobs OF the Council committees, Of
New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Patriotic
em6lenis were everywhere paradud in the
route Of the procession. On the balcony
Of the hotel, the Mayor addressed Mr.
LINCOLN, and in return was addressed. Int
from the crowd and noise were iuuqdiblc,
except to those immediately around them
The little Of the speech given 10 the dis
pateh, Is N amount the same us before re-
ported, that the President elect conside cred
the present but u bogus or artificial crisis
yet, artificial tAough be might. regard
i, much evil to the country had ensued.
On tho following moruiag--the birth
day of WasliRgtoR--Mr. Lincoln was
called upon by the authorities o. the city.I
to run up q new national lag with 81
stars, from . platform IN front Of indie
lpendenee Hall, A. large enthusiastic
crowd filled the square and the streets
lsadiAg thsrstO,s while working men in