. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . States. You may be suie that, if he lives until the fourth day ofMarch, he wiU be inaugurated on those steps. As I spoke, I noticed for the first time how perfectly the wings of the Capi-tol flanked the steps in question; and on the morning of the 4th of March Isaw to it that each window of the two wings was occupied by two riflemen. I received daily numerous communications from various parts of the coun-try, informing me of plots to prevent the arrival of the President-elect at t
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . States. You may be suie that, if he lives until the fourth day ofMarch, he wiU be inaugurated on those steps. As I spoke, I noticed for the first time how perfectly the wings of the Capi-tol flanked the steps in question; and on the morning of the 4th of March Isaw to it that each window of the two wings was occupied by two riflemen. I received daily numerous communications from various parts of the coun-try, informing me of plots to prevent the arrival of the President-elect at thecapital. These warnings came from St. Louis, from Chicago, from Cincin-nati, from Pittsbiugh, from New York, from Philadelphia, and especially fromBaltimore. Every morning I reported to General Scott on the occurrences ofthe night and the information received by the mornings mail; and everyevening I rendered an account of the days work and received instructions for HANNIBAL HAMLIN, TICE-PRESIDEST OF THEUNITED STATES EKOM MARCH 4, 1861, TOMARCH 4, 1865. FROM A PHOTOGRAPH. U/ASHINGTON ON THE El^E OF THE the uight. General Scott also received numerous warnings of danger to thePresident-elect, which he would give me to study and compare. Many of thecommunications were anonymous and vague. But, on the other hand, manywere from calm and wise men, one of whom became, shortly afterward, a cabi-net minLster;one was arailway presi-dent, anothera distingmsh-ed ex-gover-nor of a State,etc. In everycase wherethe indica-tions weredistinct, theywerefoUowedup to learn ifreal dangerexisted. So manyclear indica-tions pointedto Baltimore, that three good detectives of the New York pohce force were constantly em-ployed there. These men reported frequently to me, and then* statementswere constantly compared with the information received from independentsources. Doubtless, Mr. Lincoln, at his home in Springfield, 111., received many andcontradictory reports from the capital, for he took bis
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