Canton Weekly Register

A Reminiscence.
The Washington correspondent of the Springfield [Mass.] Republican relates the following:
"Speaking of Mr. Lincoln reminds me of an anecdote which Mr. Crittenden of Vermont, the Register of the Treasury, told an outdoor meeting the other night. He remarked that he would state one fact in connection with his experience in this city, which he believed had never yet been made public. His first visit to Washington was perhaps an unfortunate one. He was a delegate from the State of Vermont to the peace conference which met in this city in the month of February, 1861, upon the invitation of the Governor of Virginia. In the convention he happened to form the acquaintance of James B. Clay, of Kentucky, Wm. A. Seddon, of Virginia, (the present rebel Secretary of War.) Governor Morehead, of Kentucky, (who is now a fugitive, and he hoped he would always be until he repented,) and others. His seat was near those gentlemen. One day, while sitting with them, a servant from Willard's Hotel entered and handed a card to Mr. Seddon, who sat near Mr. Crittenden. He did not know what was on the card, but it passed around from one to the other in such a manner that he could not help seeing what was written on it. On the card was written these words: "Lincoln is in Washington!" He never saw such confusion made by a small piece of card before. They looked at each other in amazement. At last Waldo P. Johnson, afterwards a Senator from Missouri, who could control himself no longer, exclaimed with vehemence, "How the devil did he get through Baltimore?"