Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1861-03-01
WASHINGTON Feb Or

bidders.
The bids of the United States eight
million loan amounted to SIS, 100000 at
80 $4,000 to SO.
The New York banks bid for $500
600. This, it is understood, is to be re-
jected.
Boston bid for S465, 900, a portion of
which was successful. The average Of
awards 90 10 per cent.
WASHINGTON, Feb. "a.
The city to-day experienced the same
excitement as yesterday, without diminu-
ton. As that on the surface subsidies, an
investigated into the cause of Lincoln's
sudden arrival here gees on.
Every variety of speculation is rife to-
day. Some assert that Mr.. Lincoln is to
be governed by Mr. Seward, while others
say that there is no doubt that Chase will
go into the Cabinet, but it is, of course,
quite impossible for any definite informa-
ton to be given on that point.
Several Senators have sigred protest
against Cameron.
Since sending my previous dispatch, !
learn on authority perfectly reliable, that
MIR. Lincoln has taken firm st2nd-that
he is not disposed to compromise at all be-
fore his Inauguration.
A messenger arrived from Charleston
this morning, and informed Mr. Buchanan
that Jefferson Davis had arrived in that
city on Friday night, to superntend ar
rangements for an attack on Fort Sumter,
The President and Secretary Holt visited
Browns Hotel, and remained an hour in
conference with this gentleman. Nothing
| is known of the result
BALTIMORE, Feb a, 1861,
| About 9 o'clock on Saturday morning, a
dispatch from Harrisburgh announced,
rather vaguely, that Mr.. Lincoln had gone
through on the express train, before day
light, to Washington. This created much
| excitement.
The crowd continued to increase around
the depot in Calvert street, until it reached
nearly twenty thousand. 1t eVinced in
tense restlessness: and was composed chief
ly of the bad element, including many lazy,
persons assembled from natural curiosity,
but it is believed there were others with
bad intentions.
It is difficult for me to say what the
crowd might have done, had Mr.. Lincoln
appeared before it. The general impress
sion is that there would have been serious
trouble. Certain it is that the very worst
characters in Baltimore were there congre
gated, to restrain whom, under existing
circumstances would have been impossible.
1t is known that many dissolute boys and
men were fully supplied with rotten eggs
and other missiles, which they found no
use for in Mr. Lincolns absence. A po-
liceman informs me be thinks they
were intended to bespatter and maltreat
the Baltimore Wide Awakes, who are held
to be obnoxious, as soon as they appeared
in the presence of the Presidential cortege,
without designing insult or injury to the
President. If such a disturbance had
commenced, it is impossible to say where
or how it would have ended
Mr.. Lincoln would certainly have been
in great danger, and it is unanimously be-
lieved that he acted wisely in going to
| Washington as he did.
| am told that large quantities Of eggs
were bought in market some days previ-
Gus, and billics purchased from stores by
we'll known rowdies. There was evidently
design Of perpetrating some mischief or
outrage.
l now learn Governor Hicks sent dis
patch to General Scott and Mr. Seward on
Friday, advising them of danger in Mr..
Lincoln passing through Baltimore publicly
and on this information they Immediately
sent a special messenger to Harrisburg,
with instructions to Mr. Lincoln to do as
he has done. Great credit is given him by
cur people for adopting such course
| Information is before tie proper author
tiles tending to prove that an organized
band of 500 men have sworn that Mr.
Lincoln shall never sleep in the White
House. A detective who joined them says
the plan is as follows: The entire band
are to occupy a position as near the Presi-
dent on Inauguration day as they can OBJ
tain. One Of their number, standing in
the center of them, is to shoot Mr.. Lin
coin with an air gun, when the crowd of
men around the assassin will so hide him
as to render detection impossible Furth-
er details may be obtained to night, though
FIR many reasons it is deened advisable
to withhold definite information.
WASHINGTON, Feb. "a.
The following is the true reason of the
change programme as derived from an au
thentic and reliable source Gen. Scott, who
has had some of the most experienced and
vigi'ant detectives in Baltimore employed
Of late, was apprised by them of mature1
cons piracy to assassnate Mr.. Lincoln on
the arrival Of himself AID suite in that city
The detective said he procured his know
edge by seeing various associations of the
dangerous and lawless classes which infest
Baltimore, and as a member of the same,
he became possessed Of the design and the
details arranged for its execution. He
arrived in Washington some few days since,
and it was then that Gen. Scott matured
the scheme of bringing in the President
incognito. Senator Seward, and few other
confidential persons, alone we're apprised of
the design. Nothing could have been more
adroitly Manned or moro succesefllIv