New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-03-06
WHAT SUTERINTENDENT KENNEDY
SAID ABOUT Mr.. LINCOLNS RECEP-
TION ~ BALTIMORE.

TION IN BALTIMORE.
In the cOurse Of a correspondence which bas taken
place between the Superintendent Of The Sew-Yors
Police and The Msshal Of Police of Baltimore pno-
lishe3 Yesterday, the former states that an article az
peared in THE TRIBUNE on the 9th nit,
(which in the MAN. taken from my Ps which here.
with incO, There p in IL , sSs OUT Ml, S @seh
edt.d to yoa that was not given by ives the re-
spouse stated by in the manner here printed II oet re-
ss aIso sdd thst am Of the opinion thai either you
Nj Howard said something the hind On the even
ia sci wbeher any attempt have been made TO
sinste Nj Lrcoln, assured them there wss no ondon ~
the story 10 relate 20 them NY participation IN e
movements Mr. Lincoln AFTER he bad ieit New York on The
FL. met Sa ssd e wa. V NOT as until had the
Conversation that discovered newspaper reporter present,
r nv fisnds regret while he wss taking the advantage OF
reporting conversation ept private that he emitted the re
slers Of you force we those tho ord Iy rnd good
staIed character Of eyty large crowd s,,eneed around ma NE
Omissions the press delight In msline'
NV recollection in regard to what transped on The
evening in question Goth january is pretty DISTINCT
| went to headquarters about O'clock and found Mr.
Kennedy alone in bis told him that the puT-
rose for which had 10 ascertain The reasons
that induced Mr. Lincoln TO change the programme OF
his Journey from Harrisburg TO Washington. SIR,
Kennedy at once began 10 give statement oi the
events connected with the subject in hand. lie had
gone on with his narrative some twenty ort"ehty4ho
minutes when two or three of his friends came in 10
learn how much weight was to be attached 70 e h zen,
changed from the fear, the part of Mr. Lincoln, OF
plot 10 assassrate him in Baltimore. Mr.. Kennedy
remarked that he had Just been giving some OF tie
facts 10 the reporter Of lHr lRBsNE. lie ,hen com
menced anew. and pulled ont my notebook 10 take
down his narrative rtrbatm. Ii did hot occur to me
that his statement at all confidential at any rate
he did not intimate that such was the case Is PROB
Al. Gov a ~ m
aware that his words being recorded IA gentle
man was sitting partially between him aud myself.
But he noticed il before long, and spoke OF The iaet
and moved my chair bttle nearer, a. had become
very much interested in the narrative Mr. kenncdye
memory as will he seen from the above is certainly at
fanl; hen he states TINT newspaper reporter was
present whom he Mr.. H. had refused to communicate
with previous 10 the arrival o. his lends NE ne COM
mu, icated with me quite freely.
In writing out the account for the press u was not
necessary 10 recur 10 my notes. as bad heard the
story twice. As Mr.. X. acknowledges that the sketch
Was in the main, wonderfully accurate, this Is not
material bu. be regrets that omitted the remarks OF
commendaiOn he used in regard 70 the appearance and
mateiel of the Baltimore police force. Ny reply n,
that furnished these particulars IN the report which
made; but, perhais on the ground OF 'nsy
did not appear in print. repeat that no inmation was
given that the remarks were OF private nature, nor
! did suppose that they The following Is
literal rendering of what Mr. Kennedy said on that
occasion from tie time began TO take notes. line
words in parenthesis not in the notes
81 went on 10 Philadelphia ON Ihurday C2is' Feo-
ruary) Ii was about half past eight in tue evening
that went TO Mr. Lincoln where he was nlii.g, ano
babe him farewell. then left the house, and made
call on one or two friends came away IN the III
O'Clock train. The next morning when came IN mere
pclce headqnarteIs found fonr letters from Baiti-
more One Of them represented that il was written ct
! o'clock on Thursday morning. The party writing
said he had been with certain persons whom ne
named during the night and he had ascegiancd fora
certainty that the police authorities bad determined on
1tfr as 10 lItIn
under the circumstances he designed going down and
informing Gen. Scott. lie went down end he gave
information which reached Gen. Scott, but be tine
writer did not zee the General Scott required one
Of two things: either to send on military force in the
abseuee Of the police force o. TO effect coup de nam
After some consultation he concluded on the latter.
! He then went TO man and said he wanted 70
| send civilian, not military man, 70 iu'erePt
! Mr. Lincoln, and TO state 10 him that II would DO
necessary 10 come III the manner which was adopted
| That man went with letters from three or four
! persons-one from Gen. Scott among the Test-to
authenticate the bearer. be reached Philadelphia
in the evening, and Jaw Mr.. Lincoln. IL was under
stood then. He went then 10 make the ar.
Engagements for q special train. II was all arranged
when Mr.. Lincoln went on TO Harrisburg that be
should come back 10 Philadelphia.
al went on 10 Baltimore TO Try 10 make change in
the arrangements In the morning after reaching Bal
tiuorel / went 10 see Col Levy. asked him whist
were the arrangements for police His original design
DE replied was take out twenty men that this
plenty that he wanted TO show the country that Bal
moe one Of the most peaceful cities IN the coun-
Try; that twenty WAS abundant, but that, the day be-
FORE thsarangcuent bad been found fault with, and
that he had concluded TO order out his whole power
Charles Howard approved Of twenty men; that he
had TO give way to the force Of public opinions nobody
was going 70 turn out nobody would take any interest
IN this thing That was what was Said in New York
II replied, but l found large force very con-
venient You will ind that the people " Baltimore
very much interested in this matter. They laughed
! al me.
"Tbey began to gather together In the headquarters
in Holiday street. Three four hundred mustered
and the best looking force ever saw. None Of them
sre over 40. They then marched up 10 the depot. At
10 o'clock the hrst teegraphic dispatch received
from John - Gitiings stating that Mr.. Lincoln had
! gone on 70 Washington That was posted up at tho
newspaper Offices II was regarded ~ hoax 10 dis
pess the crowd. Mr. Kohl showed ielegraphic dis
patch from his father who Of the Commit.
tees 1t stated that be had srived that Mr. Lincoln
there; and that they were to arrive at O. They
regarded this dispatch the only ;ey conld rely
! On. Alter while dispatch came from Washington
saying that Mr.. Lincoln had arrived There was the
! biggest crowd ever saw in Baltimore Franklin
street. Calvert street Center street North street.-The
whole was full Of people tina, il with the great
est difficulty could get ont. In the neghbori.ood OF
Battle Monument, the crowd was just DENSE
/ Twenty men would have been nothing. didn't roe
snything In the crowd particularly formidable II
the ssme in Buffalo and other places. There
! danger Of Lincoln assassination.
They could not realize the fact that he was not
! there. They have got him hid away in the saloon
| WAS said. You could not get that crowd away after
Iincolna family loft One fellow said, Three cheers
| for South Carolina Another said Three for Abe
Lincoln Both had good cheers. They are very Bit
I ter against South Carolina. They would not allow
man with these Palmetto cockades on. (Probably in
reply 70 question, Mr.. H. said There are parcel Of
| mercensIies who can be bought 10 kill anybody.
Probably in reply TO anober Il could not haye been
done. The man who shonld have attempted il would
have been torn lufb from limb.
"There were three different Committees wen, TO
anffl AZ