The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-02-26
THE FLIGHT OF Mr.. LINCOLN.
His Passage Through Baltimore
Ious Sensation Stories. sc.

The flight OF Mr.. Lincoln from Harri sburg
to Washington has been noticed. The Balti-
more American has the following account of
the trip
The Baltimore Committee, consisting of
Messrs. Gunnison, Beale, Snethen Gleason
and others being anxious TO have an in teryiew
with Mr. Lincoln, applied at the door of his
room Saturday morning, at Harrisburg,
and it,was then announced, for the first time
that, in consequence of dispatches received
from Washington, he had left in special
train but that Mrs. Lincoln and the suite left
behind would proceed towards Washington at
O'Clock, as originally arranged.
This announcement created much surprise
The altimore delCga tion were in par tic ular
very much mortified at the want of confidence
displayed in thus avoiding public reception
in Baltimore. 1t is, however, stated that Mr..
Lincoln was opposed to any change in the
programme, but was oyerruled by other par
ties, and the influence of General Scott is sup
posed to have been paramount.
The starting from Harrisburg at o'clock
was witnessed by very few and those present
had no idea that Mr.. Lincoln was not to go by
the train, but had already disappeared.
On reaching I ork Il large crowd was assem-
bled, who with music and cheers greeted the
appearance of the train. Their shouts for
Lincoln induced Mr.. Wood, who has had the
superintendence OF the travelling arrange
ments of the party, to make his appearance
on the rear platform. He stated that MIR.
Lincoln was not on the train, having been
suddenly called 10 Washington by telegraphic
the Capital. In order to appease the dissatis-
faction which this announcement crea ted, he
introduced the son of the old man, who hap
pened to be standing beside him, but who
entirely unprepared for such Il public intro
duction.
| AT IL 40 the train passed the State boundary.
Ali along the route every village and farm
honse turned out its occupants, and flags and
nandkerchiefs Were waved in honor of the
diStinguished individual they supposed to be
| on board.
SCENE AT THE DEPOT.
Ine announcement on the bulletin that the
| President had reached Washington was of
| course known only to a small portion of the
| citizens, and did not prevent such an assem-
| blage of the people at the Calvert Station rs
was probably never before Witnessed in the
| city. AT l O'Clock it was utterly impossible
| to approach within a square of the depot from
any direction, and the ascent of Franklin
| street was crowded with people mp to Court
land street. Much amusement was created
! by a four horse barouche passing through the
| crowd with a long bearded man sitting alone
on the back seat, who was pointed out and
stared at as the veritable President elect.
AT O'Clock the regular train arrived, when
| there was 4 tremendous rush of people, and
the doubters were satisfied that Mr.. Lincoln
was not on board. The party We're placed in
carriages and drove off to the EutaW House
| TO await the departure of the special train to
carry them TO Washington at O'Clock.
There was no indignity offered TO Mrs. Lin
| coin or the friends who accompanied her at
evident outbreak of Indignation against the
| little squad of Baltimore office seekers who
had visited York, and desiped to give prom-
nence 10 their claims for official position
They evidently courted notoriety, and were
| even willing to be made martyrs for the sake
OF the lOayes and fishes.
On the arrival of the cars and the appear
| ance on the platform of the Baltimore Repub-
| liean GomfnittPe, they were received with
groans and hontings, A rush was made 4 t
William +. Beale and Francis E. Corkran, but
| they were protected by the police, and neither
| of them We're injured further than knocking
| their hats over their eyes. The following was
| the Committee William q Snethen, Chair
man Judge VIM. l.. Marshall, l.. Blumen-
| berg, of Gay street; James +. Bishop, VIM.
| +. Gleeson, and VIM T.. Beale. Hon. Judge
| Palmer, of Frederick, was with the party.
| Mrs. Lincoln and her three sons proceeded
| to the residence of Colonel John =. Cuttings,
| President OF the Northern Central Railway,
| at Mount Vernon Sc uare, having accepted
| invitation rendered to them Oh their way to
| this city, to relieve them from the crowd
| and the excitement. They left the cars, we
! learn, at the junction of Charles street,
| where Mr.. Cuttings carriage was in waiting
! Tor them, and were in a few minutes enjoying
! the quiet of his spacious mansion, whilst
crowds Were gaping for a sight of them al the
depot. AT three O'Clock, after dining, they
were conveyed to the depot by Mr.. Cuttings
| and passed through the crowd and took seats
| in the cars for Washington without being re-
| cOgnized.
| who was known us a violent Republican, had
| his hat knocked OFF dozen times by the row.
| dies.
DEPARTURE FOR wAsHyNdToS
AT o'clock an immense concourse of people
assembled at the Camden Station to witness
| the departure of Mrs LINCOLN and family for
Washington. Two ears for the Presidential
party were standing on the side of the upper
| platform towards Camden street and force
| of police were present to keep off the crowd.
! Several carriages, containing the traYeling
companions OF the family, drove up in front
| of the Station, and they passed through the
| hall On to the rear platform, but Mrs. L. was
not with them The crowd waited in suspense
inonentariiy expecting their arrival. The
ho''r of departure having arrived, the con-
ductor aunounced that Mrs. l.. and her three
sons had .rrived quarter of an hour pre-
yious and ha. quietly taken their seats,
wholly unobserved, among the passengers In
the forward cars. The s,,@1ai was then given,
and the family left for Washington wholly
tncog. also, no one being able to Acntfy them
in the crowded cars.
THE OBJECT OF THIS HAsTY MOVEMENT.
There various conjectures afiOat as to
the cause of this hasty and secret movement
of Mr.. Lincoln. 1t was rumored at Harris
burg that he had received a dispatch from
Washington requiring his presence i'll that
city before IL o'clock on Saturday, in order to
use his influence with the Peace Congress in
favor of conciliation and compromise.
Another rumor is that his friends, in view
of an article in one of the Baltimore afternoon
papers of Friday, thought there was danger
of disturbance i'll this city on account OF the
persistent attempt of certain very obIectiona-
BILE parties insisting on accompanying him
through the city-in short, that he passed
through t1acog. in order TO avoid the attentions
of his political friends here, whose unpopu-
larity with the great mass OF the people is SO
notorious.
THE FEELING IN BALTIMORE
The prevailing feeling excited by Mr. Lin
coins quiet passage through Baltimore, was
a,fr linf nd nfU hnn noh
pressions of disappointed curiosity We're fire.
Quently heard. The injudicious determine
tion of certain political friends of the Presi
dent elect, in this city, to mark his arrival
with public demons tration, had excited a
spirit of stern opposition, which, it was fear
ed, would manifest itselfin acts which, though
designed directly TO rebuke the ill advised zeal
of the parties referred to. might yet have been
miscons trued into a personal affronI to the
President elect, and so have reflected dis
credtably upon the good repute OF Baltimore.
The action, therefore, of Mr.. Lincoln, in dis
appointing alike the purposes of his political
friends and the public curiosity, was a simple
and practical avoidance OF what might have
been an occasion Of disorder and of NOR tifiea-
tion to all interes ted in the preservation of the
good name of our city.
Ample precautions We're adopted to guard
against any violation of the public peace. A
large police force was detailed for duty at
the depot, and to protect the President and
his suite ON their passage through the streets,
against the turbulents pressure of the crowds
which he experienced in other cities on his
route hither, and these measures OF Marshal
Kane even if they had failed to restrain any
expressions Of dsapprobation, would GER
had such been intended.
THE ROUTE OF THE PRESIDENT ELECT TO WASH
1t appears that Mr. Lincoln did not reach
this city by the Northern Central Railroad
but came through by way of Philadelpbia In -