, 1861-02-20

noyelty of the affair, Was pointed ont to Mr.
Lincoln by universal acclamation. Not IN in:
stant's pause made he In descending from The
platform and shaking her hand, exercising fur
ther The Presidential privilege Of q kiss, at
which the crowd expressed the 1ngest posi-
bic delight. 90"
Horace Greeley came on board the train at
conueant- At Eric We dlned, reaching Buffalo
promptly on lime at little after P. II. We
found there In whiting . crowd, for descrir-
tion Of which the terms 81 immense" and tre-
mendons' are feeble: It filed and choked up
every portion Of the street md the depot
building, which latter 1t should never have en-
tered.
The presence Of single military company
and the police force was the only guarantee of
order, and that guarantee failed. 4 na,row
lane was with difficulty kept open, down
wh;ri', betwean dense living walls on either
side, Mr- Lincoln and his suite were proceed
Ing, and had we'll nigh gained the door, when
suddenly the crowd ewayed and broke, closing
In upon ind overwhelming the party as the
Rcd Sea swallowed Pharaoh and his hosts.
From that time out it WAS q scene that vas lr.
dicEous in the extreme, had 1t not been painful
aud much to be regretted, both IS cause of
slncere modification to the Bufa1onians, but
because Of the result Of u severe injury re.
celTed BY Maj. Hunter, Of Mr. Lincoln's suite,
whose shoulder " crushed and bruised by
being forced against the wall The accident is
one which may deter him from accompanying
tho party further than this city, who, If such
be the case will lose in him noble gentleman,
gallant aud brave soldier.
The irresistible violence Of this good-natur-
ed but uncomfortable crowd, was q marked
proof o1 tile danger Of such mass movements,
and Is suggestive. If such,b be the result in a
mob OF merely curious sight-scers, how would
the effect bo increased by IN angry mob,
moved to aud ripe for mischief Had the But.
taio rush on Saturday been SO disposed, they
might have tom not only Company D, but
Mr. Lincoln and his suite to pieces, before hu-
man power could have sayed them.
As 1t was, the procession WIS well nigh
broken up and defested. Only two or three Of
the fifty or more carriages could land their
passengers at the American House, before the
street in front became dense mass Of human
beings aud tho suite and Committee men were
forced to abandon their seats and shift for
The telegraph will hare informed you ere
this that Mr.. Lincoln was welcomed to Buffalo
By E1-Prcssdent Fillmore, in q brief speech, to
which Mr.. Lincoln briefly replied. The eve
ming was devoted to- i public reception at tho
American Honse attended by large numbers
On Sunday Mr.. Lincoln worshipped at Rev.
Mr. Hosmer's church, at the invitation Of Mr.
Fillmore, with whom he dined. In the eve
ming le was among the audience at st. James
Hall, where . lecture Was delivered on the In
aiaus, and tho Mission enterprises in thei- be-
half
The excursion train ior Albany over tho n.
Z. Central is to make the run OH 1fonday in
eight houra, which day will, ero this reaches
your readers, have seen commenced the i'm
portnnt final receptions, at the close Of which
Mr. Lincoln will hare. safely reached Washing
ton. 8.