Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1861-03-05
The President Elect-Hls Unexpected Arrival
in Washington.
HARRIsBURG, Feb. -.

HARRIsBURG, Feb. -.
| learn from perfectly reliable
source, that the President elect had
most excellent reasons for the course he
pursued last night. IncontesubIe evi-
dence had been discovered Of a conspl-
racy against his person and life.
One plan was TO throw the special
tram of the track between the Penn
sy!vania line aud Baitmore. Another
was to assassinate hun by shooting, al
some of the stations or at Ballimore.-
Besides 1t was satisfactorily asceriaiued
that the Baltimore police where wholly
unreliable, and tha, viole nee towards
Mr.. Lincoln would be offered with i'm
punisy. These facts we're fully known
Al Washington, and Gen. Scott, Sena-
tors Seward, Trum5uiI ana others,slr0n-
gy advised him to go in advance of the
SPECIAL train. Mr.. Seward was 50
alarmed that he sent his son 10 Harris
burg. with a speciul message 10 NJ.
Lincoln, urging the step. Mr.. l.. left
Harrisburg at $50 p NJ. Yesterday,
reached Belumore at 1915 p. NJ. and
Washington at 5:4S this morning. He
was very reluctant 10 take this course,
and oniy yielded after long persuasion.
WAsHINGroS, Feb. 50
d" Mr. Lincoln has arrived. were the
words which flew from mouth to mouth,
from the Capitol to Wizards, up and
down Pennsylvania avenue, this morning,
startling the population and throwing
politicians INTO an intense cXCgtemeL,.-
The report al first was hardly believed,
bat was soon speedily confirmed, for
Gov. Seward subslauualed II, the tele-
graph caught i up. and the thousands
Of this cily VITO slu ubered IN uucouscI-
BUSINESS Of tn reality soon 10 burst upon
them, became aware of the fact. IL
less than an hour, the Information was
heralded from one part Of the city toau-
other, until it became general. Mem
bers all along lhe avenue gathered Iu
knots, while the LobbIes, Capaul, Com
miJee RI, ms, g., were filled WIth eX
cited mulu,uJes, all SpecuiaUug on the
sudden movement Of the Pree1en,
elect.
The Mayor laid aside his carefully
prepared address, and rushed ou to
see Ii " Old Abe " was going to refuse
To accept the hosp tt.itie Of the CITY.
Mr. Lincoln lcft Harrisburg abou.
midnight and accompanied by Messrs.
L,muu Of hIs suite aud Allen Of New
York, came direct 10 Baltimore. ! hey
took The Southern cars ,here, but 10 one
knew Mr.. Lincoln, and he got ln.o The
sleeping car aud came on. mere was
80 D..
not 4 passenger on N49 HaI.i A.s" nc
was aDoaII. A. 'le utI'o'' III ~ dSi4-
burn Oh III, soon found Aini' ana 'hey
got in'o y ii'aFd coatA ana Proete1e"
10 the motel.
/ was aD5u' ht!t pagt SIX "heI ne
arrived d. ~ mara : .'eJt 1o,' ~"
ara Hau teeh "1.AIn5 Odeh anu Ioil"
HerEousty ioC an ho4f' LhAeA 70 ',le sur
PRISE oI early TiseTs, VINO Ies5t. ga ais
oohaoc' as suspicious. W "gh -'iI, i-''4-
com goI ou'' AlF' Seward "elVo'le9 i'l'il'
ana 'he passengers pof,r's ana one
coFresPohaet,WIo 9oD "ihd oil tle move
nenl, opened ihelr eyes quite widely
AIF. seward escorted MI Lincoln 10
private ptfioT Win ma 3 3il'iiC'iiL > s't-e
ol alat'HenIs' quIe'!y engaged loI Hliii
yesterday.
=. ra'- pas ~ me AIe9'"eHt eltC,
ana Nit- se"aF0 ,,}.' to5N Il carnage anu
~ e."1" ~ 'il9 - me iio"S
0'o.A iie1iS.'! ~, ','''''ii i1''Io.'l'i ~
'''e rs. mn III '''7 ~ 70 -''' 90
~awsr5 - wi,b H. raI,oorzs for which he
Is c4Iahrarad handed a p}aIn card M
scr,h.d :. \ T.i,..oi, :. " II Sew