Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1861-02-01
The President Elect.

A correspondent writing from Spring
! field, Illinois, about the President elect says
that the occupations of the President elect
consist now principally in receiving visitors,
conducting negotiations for the completion
of his Cabinet aud attending TO his cores
pondence. AS TO visitors, those that come
here on his special invitation are called
upon by him at their respective hotels,
while those that come of their own accord
are either received at his private dwelling
or in his downtown otiice-according to
their several political stations and the OBJ
ject of their calls. The general crowd of
place-seekers has to content itself with one
hour each day, during which alone the
ings. The fact that they are hardly ever
granted separate and private hearing, but
admitted into his office in bulk, usually
prevents them from making their desires
and expectations known. As to his cores
pondenee, il has increased so wonderfully
during the last fortnight that he finds it ut
terly impossible TO read, not TO speak of
answering ii all. | met his servant only
last evening in the vestibule of the Post
Office carrying good sized market basket
full of letters. His private secretary opens
them, and from the signatures determines
their relative Importance. Those emanat-
ing from obscure sources are invariably
consigned TO the stove without the least
mercy. Petitions for office especially share
this fate. Since the departure of his spouse
for the East, the President elect has been
keeping house alone. Whatever his other
qualifications may be, it is well known that
in the management of the kitchen and
other domestic concerns be is sadly des-
titute of both talent and experience. Hence
it is more than probable that, upon the re-
turn Of the master spirit of his home,
whose functions he so imperfectly exer-
cises, anything but praise will be bestowed
upon him, for the result of his administra.
ton during her absence, 1t was but yes
terday that | had occasion to converse with
Mr. Lincoln on the subject of his impend-
ing trip to Washington city. He stated
that he had as yet neither fixed the day of
his departure nor selected the route, but
that the former would probably take place
on or about the 18th proximo. As to the
latter, / think Mr.. Lincoln's preferences
are for southerly route, via Cincinnati.
Wheeling and Baltimore, doubtless to dem
onstrate how little fear he entertains for
his personal safety. But there is great
pressure brought to bear on him in favor
of a more northerly one, via Pittsburgh
and Harrisburg, and it is most likely that
this will be ultimately determined upon.
Stoppages will be made by him at all the
principal points. He knows that those who
elected him are anxious to see how be looks,
and hence is willing to crafty this their ex-
cusable curiosity. A number of the lady
friends of Mrs. Lincoln have, with charac-
teristic feminine solicitude, taken up the
newspaper rumors of intended attack upon
the President elect while on his way to the
Federal Capital, and used them as argu-
ments to induce her to delay her removal
to Washington until her husband was safely
installed in the White House. But the
plncky wife of the President met all these
well meant propositions with scorn, and
made the spirited declaration before she
started upon her Eastern trip that she would
see Mr.. Lincoln on 10 Washington, danger
or no Danger