New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-02-26
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The greatest feat ever yet 5arformed in the way
of successful lodging and popular deception, was
that accomplished by Honest Old Aben the |
ether day, in disapp 1nysteriously at Harris
burg. Pennsylvania, and turning up again at Wash
ingten City. Thrre are certain kinds Of water
fowl which, i 8hey see gon preparing to throw
rock Of tnsga, will dive under the water, and are
entirely issisibie for i've or ten minutes, suddenly
popping APP again al a totally unexpected place.
But tho achievement Of Old Abe in diving down at
Hsrff5aurg, and only coming to the surface again
as Washington City, sarpasses even the egsaningest
exploits Of the most anphilsiaus animal.
Until he reached Harrisburg Old Ate had no
hesitation 10 showing himself everywhere and on
lssvery convenient occasion. So far from courtjDg
retirement aud secluson, he made bold to exhibit
himself at every railway station, in all the glory Of
q freshly grown moustache, aud all the gloss of a
bran-new suit The speeches that Abe made at sar
Gus points from Springfield to Harrisburg, along
the cfrcuitous route by Buffalo and Albany, the
hand-shakiBg that he performed and the veEes of
rude jests and coarse congratulations to which he
was everywhere exposed, gave token That his
| triumphal march, if something new to him, was
| not altogether displeasing. And yet, suddenly
| and without warning, he lodges his expectant
friends and admirers along the remainder of his
route, cuts short the popular ovations, charters
special train at early hour OF the morning, slips
/ noiselessly through Baltimore into Washington
City, and was quietly thinking glasses with Seward
| at the very moment when the " many headed mon-
ster' in Baltimore was preparing to greet him
with salvos of artillery and thGnaers of applause
and graduation.
/ We regard this an unkind thing in Old Abe--r
4 point of fact the most unkindest cut of all.'
The telegfaphic report represents that the rage of
the Baltimoreans knew no bounds. When they
discovered that they had been sold y that 0. A.
was in Washington the while they were anxiously
n awaiting him at tile depot in Baltimore; and that
the bird had flown utterly beyond their reach,
/ curses both loud and deep were launched forth,
i and the air heavy with the groans of the pop
4 ulace. a concerted howl of rage and uluaton
i went up from Plug Ugles and Blood Tubs Rats
and Rough Skins, such as herd Of infuriated buff
i faloes make when the discovery of the blood of
one of their reoentlysain companions arrests their
i laundering march across the plains.
Various conjecures are afloat as to the cause of
/ this sudden escapade on the part of Honest Old
/ Abe. Some say, in extenuation, that the new
| President can stand almost any thing, but could
not get his own consent to submit to the tender
| endasrments of the Plug Uglies of Baltimore.
/ Others maintain that O. A. and suite really be-
1 lieved that Gov. Wise, with ten thousand hench-
/ men, was lying perdu somewhere on the road
waiting, with diabolcal intent, for the fasplitter
1 to come along on the regular train. Others de-
i clare that there was conspiracy to tear up the
railroad track in Maryland, thus precpitatng the
whole Presidential party into the river at the bloody
battle-ground and dnellug- ground Of Bladcnsburg.