The Sun.
London, England, 1869-03-25 00:00:00

THE INA UG ("RATION.

(From the Anglo-American Times.)
Seldom has Washington presented a more gay
and excited scene than on the 4th March. The

city of magnificent distances had not space in its
wide avenues for the throngs. Brass bands, string

bands, drum bands, firemen, Zouave3, glee clubs,
Grant clubs, Tanners, Wideawakes, Volunteer
corps, militia corps, the regular army, Irish, Ger-
mans, Negroes, the man from the Rio Grande, and
the Green Mountain Boy, the Californian and the

New York loafer, the Southern chivalry and the
Massachusetts scholar, elbowed and pushed while
a great procession formed to do honour to the
nation's choice. Many remembered former inaugura-
tions and contrasted them with this mighty gather

ing and grand display. One writes, " When Jef-
ferson was inaugurated, he rode to the Capitol on
horeback. No friends accompanied him, and no
procession filled the streets. I was a mere boy
then ; but I remember all the facts. When he
reached the Capitol, he dismounted, and with Lis
own hands tied his horse to the fence. He then
went in and took the oath of office, returning in
the same manner." At about 10 o'clock the pro-
cession formed between the White House and the
Georgetown line, to which thq org tnizadons ex-
tended. The chief point of interest at this time
was General Grant's headquarters, in the vicinity of
which a large crowd had collected. At 10.45 Gene-
ral Grant appeared and took his seat in his own
carriage, Avhich was in waiting. He wore a dark
suit, Vack silk hat, dark blue overcoat, and black
pantaloons, and bore the gaze of the people with
a composure. befitting the day set apart for the
greatest event of his life. The park phaeton in
which he sat bore his monogram on the side
panels. Seated by his side was General Rawlings,

his Chief of Staff and firm friend. In the car-
riages which followed were the Vice-President elect,
Senators Cragin and M'Creery, Admiral Bailey,
and the remaining members of his Staff, Gene-
ral 13adeau and Dent and Colonels Webster and
Leet. Under the escort of the United States

troops, commanded by Col. Wallace, consisting of
a detachment of cavalry, the carriages were
driven to the front of the NN hite House. The in-

fantry detailed to perform escort duty were in line
on the avenue, and saluted the party in the usual
manner. Contrary to the general expectation,
President Johnson did not join the procession, which
also lacked another feature--a Cabinet, the seven
wise men following the example of their chief in
avoiding a participation in the ceremonies of the
day. The procession was in motion at 111 o'clock.
Brevet Major. Gen. A. S. Webb, the Grand Mar-
shal, had for his aides Major E. B. Russell, Captain
Eugene Wells, Win. Remsen, Major R. M. Hill,
Col. Know, Col. Graves, Gen. H. H. Bing,tm ;
Capt. S. C. Plummer, Albert Delafield, Colonel
Thomas, J. Hoyt, Capt. R. H. Montgomery, Capt.
A. W. Preston, Willie A. Harlan, Lieut. Story,
Lieut. Totten, Thomas M. Shepherd, Lieut. Met
calf, Lieut. Garrison, Major Gardner, Lieut. Gray,
Mr. M.Blair, and Col. M'Nett. The first division
was commanded by Colonel C. W. Wallace ; the
second by Chief-Deputy Marshal Col. Jas. A. Mag-
ruder ; the third by Chief-Deputy Marshal Gen.
Gallatin Lawrence ; the fourth by C. D. M. Major
Church Howe; fifth by C. D. M. General James
A. Ekin ; sixth division by Chief Deputy Marshal J.
Abendroth ; seventh division, by C. D. M. Ge-

neral J. R. O'Beirne ; eighth division, C.D.M.
K. C. Clary. The brilliant procession passed
up the aventy, and midst the din of artillery, the
so'ind of drum and timbrel, entered the Capitol un-
dismayed by the rain and mud. The galleries pre-
sented a most brilliant si•ectacle. The ladies pre-
dominated in number, and one vast panorama of
pink and blue, interspersed with lovely faces an 1
bright eyes, was the scene presented to the specta-
tor. Mrs. Grant, and her son in cadet uniform,
were there, so were also Mrs. Colfax, Mrs. Wade,
Mr. and Miss Matthews, Mrs. Thornton, wife of

the English Minister, Mrs. Ford, and Mrs. Kil-
patrick. Ben Butler, always safe to be doing some-
thing uncommon, stalked into the Senate Chamber
late, with an unfinished cigar in one hand and his
broad black hat in the other, and Generals Sherman,
Thomas, Hancock, and Ferry, were in full uniform ;
near them was Admiral Farragut, Gens. Sickles and
M'Dowell, Paymaster-General Brice, Generals
Butterfield, Ingalls, and Meigs, Vice-Admiral Por-
ter, General Heintzle-.nan, and Rear-Admirals Shu-
brick, Smith, Goldsborough, and Dahlgren, Rear-
Admirals Stringhatn and Stribling of the Charles-
town Navy Yard ; and on the right from the en-
trance were numerous Governors and ex-Governors
of States and Territories, Assistant Secretaries of
Departments, the Assistant Postmaster-General
the Assistant Attorney-General, and the Judge-
Advocate General, several Controllers, Auditors,and
Registers of the Treasury, and many solicitors of
the various Departments ; also, numerous Judges,
ani the Mayor and ex-Mayor of Washington.
Generals Sherman and Hancock attracted much
attention, and the noble appearance of the former,
from whose face the old compressed, anxious, care-
worn look has quite vanished, was the subject of
frequent remark. The entrance of Mrs. Dr. Mary
Walker to the floor of the Senate, and the assign-
ment to her of a seat on the extreme right, under
the pursuivant protection of several old gentlemen,
created many remarks, and some criticism. The
ladies were curious to know what business she had
there, questioning the propriety of her thus thrust-
ing herself into the immediate proximity of Ex-
ecutive dignity. She was neatly but plainly dressed
in dark-coloured garments, and her long hair
hung over her shoulders. The lady took notes
daintily, in an elegantly-bound reporting-case.
Baron Von Gerolt of Prussia headed the diplomats.
The Tribune describes Sir Edward Thornton as a
noble-looking Englishman, with thoughtful but
rather severe countenance, who now and then
stroked his white whiskers, and looked at the clock
anxiously On either side of hitn were ranged Mr.
Berthemy French Minister, with his attachés, the
Comte De Faverny and the Vicomte De Aulan ;
Waldemar De Bolisco, the Russian Secretary of
Legation, ad interim ; Senor De Altos, Portuguese
Minister; M. Maurice De la Fosse, Belgian Mini-
ster Resident ; Mr. Hits, Political Agent of the
Swiss Government; M. Rangabe, well-known for
his judicious representation in the United States of
Grecian affairs; Senor Garcia, of the Peruvian Lega-
tion ; Senor Don Valles, second Secretary of the
Spanish Legation ; M. Mazel, Representative of the
Netherlands; Mr. F. E. Belle, of the Danish Lega-
tion ; Senor Fontecilla, of Chili; Senor Mogaha-
gens, of Peru ; Senor Vela, of Guatemala ; Cay-
i stano Romero, Acting Second Secretary of the
Mexican Legation ; General Acosta, of the United
States of Columbia ; and Senor Cortes, represent-
ing Venezuela. Beside Secretary Edward Thorn-
ton, there were present of the British Embassy,
Francis Clare Ford, First Secretary ; Mr. Pierce
Williams Freeman, and Mr. Vance, Second Secre-
taries ; Hon. Messrs. French, Howard, and Ward.
The hours of the Fortieth Congress were ended.
The Supreme Court, headed by Ju lge Chase, and
clad in flowing robes of black, entered and took
seats near the President's desk. Cheers and in-
describable confusion outside gave nonce that the
inaugural procession had arrived, and that Grant
would soon appear on the Senate's floor. All
heads were turned toward the entrance near
President Wade's desk, and just upon the
stroke of twelve the door opened, .and the hero
of the day, clad in a neatly-fitting black dress
suit, and wearing yellow kid gloves, entered un-

ceremoniously, and pointing to the chair in front of
the clerk's desk, seemed to inquire by a look if he
should take it. He was politely motioned to it,
was seated, and in a moment seemed utterly oblivi-
ous of the prying gaze of the thousands around
him. It was enough to make any ordinary mall
nervous, but seemingly he moved not a muscle,
save when he looked curiously at this or that fea-
ture of the great occasion, doubtless as solemnly im-
pressive to him as it could possibly be to any arofind
him. Vice-President Colfax appeared at the Prot
dent's desk and read his inaugural, and after a brief
and pointed address President Wade administered
the oath of office. Then the President, taking up the
mallet, announced that the Fortieth Congress had
ceased to exist, and the new President, taking the
mallet, called for the swearing in of the Senators:elect,
upon which ceremony General Grant looked with
interest. When completed, the President of the
Senate gave notice that the proles3fon woul I pro-
ceed to the platform on the Capitol front. The
view fro:n the platform was very imposing. The
structure, draped in the national colours, seemed an
immense magnet to which thousands of people were
rapidly and irresistibly drawn. In the park, in
front of the Capitol, the ground was radiant with
variegated t dlettes, and all the trees bore human
fruit. The concomitants of procession arrested Mere
and the 7 to made the scene very picturesque. here
was a fragment of a Zouave company on one hand,
a line of cavalry not far away, an artillery trale
advancing in the distance, and there a long array Of
muscular firemen. The rain had ceased when
General Grant reached the platform, and he gazed
for some little time at the scene before him with
evident astonishment, and he may well have done
so, for not even the most enthusiastic expected such
a spectacle. He then took his seat between the
Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate and Chief Justice
Chase. The Committee of Arrangements occupied
the place President Johnson would have used
had he been present. The Associate Justice°
of the Supreme Court, and Vice-President C 01"
fax, and the Secretary and members of the
Senate, were seated still further to the rea
The Diplomatic Corp 3 were assigned seats nes
in order, and the remainder of the procesalen
was disposed about on the left and right. After
the shouts of the crowd an I the thunder of the
salvoes of artillery had ceased, in a low voice he
read his inaugural. Ex-President Johnson being
ill, had all day kept his room in the house of Pig'
John F. Coyle, whose guest he is till he leaves for
Tennessee. General Grant still remains in his own
house, while the Executive mansion is being re
•
decorated. The evening closed with the Inaugural
Ball, for which the limited number of 1,500 ticket;
were issued, each admitting a gentleman and t'
ladies, not to mention the invited guests! 1111 a
ball was given in the United States Treasury., et°
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of the grandest granite structures in the world, and
was on the same gigantic scale as everything al',
done in Washington on this day to be remember'''''
ss inaugurating a new era.

BUDGET OF PERSONAL ITEMS.—(general A. j;
Hamilton is a candidate for Governor of Texas.—AT°ll
the arrivals at Washington to witness the inauguration °
the President was his son, from Harvard UniversitY.--
Ex-Governor Henry A. S wilt, of Minnesota, died onThurs.'
day, Feb. 25, at St. Paul. -Dr. Thomas E. Wilson CO
mitted suicide, in Louisville, on the 25th Feb.—Pr°felst°l,-
Louis Agassiz has been re-appointed agent of the S"
sonian Institution by a Senate joint resolution. —ll'-'rn3,:e
Wyard claims $125,818 for steel guns supplied to
Navy Department in 1811, and a bill to pay being preseece
by Mr. Scherde, from the joint Cotarn'ttee on Ordnaececi
was passed by the House. Senator Sumner has reeeiven,,
a letter from the Right Hon. John Bright, asking bi 6
fluence to wards the settlement of outsta a din g
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with England, to which he sent a cordial response.
H. Hatch, Republican, was elected Mayor of Des ge'iliej
lowa, over the Democratic incumbent, by three h"ddreed
majority. Secretary Seward's State Depa-tment We° ea
$4OO last year for soap.—Henry Ward Beecher earnor
$10,006 last year, of which $12,000 was made by Pre3 on
iug, and $28,000 otherwise.—Secretary 111'Culloch,
his retirement, it is said, intends to try his hand at dusu
ciering on Wall-street. Ex-Governor Samuel Dinsra°rbe:
of New Hampshire, died at Keene, in that State, F°o
23, aged 70.—Mr. Kingsley, of Yale College, now
at
Spain, narrowly escaped being shot by an insurgee'qo-..
Cadiz. —The Hon. Samuel Titcomb is the Republican c'
diate for Mayor of Augusta, Maine.—Mr E. M. C. Gre„'tlit-
Pensi,a Agent, at Philadelphia, has tendered his ren'b-d..
tion. General Ituboden sets forth in a letter the disc or.
vantages of Virginia as a field for emigration. °OS
munication is one of great interest, and ho fully proves of
case. —The Boston —journal says that one of the last net ,b 0
President Johnson was grautinga pardon toJ.D.Martio,
defaulting cashior of the National Hide and Leather jo
Mr W. D. Todd, who acted as clerk to Mr. Colfax wucre„
Speaker of the House, has been appointed private 9.,ire oric
to to the Vice-President. James Brooks of New said
is the oldest, aad C. C. Bowen of South Carolina isgre..
to be the handsomest and youngest Congresatrian'oote
silent D. D. F. Farnsworth of the West Virginias 0 of
has been inaugurated Governor of that State in PlTiacaitecl
Governor Boreman, resigned to take his seat in the van of
States Senate. Dr. F. Hall, a well-known physic
Rochester, New York, has died suddenly. Acre
At the studio of Mr. P. F. Connelly, the roue
rican sculptor, No. 10, Via Nazionale, Florence, is avge„tb,
representing Honour arresting the Triumph °f United
with reference to those who fell in the late war in th
States. Death is imagined on the field of battle, rerto big
in slaughter, with banner flying and the reins giveniii with
horse, riding in triumph over the dying. The skA forth
which the difficult subject is grouped has calls Studio.
much praise from the visitors to the young artists s' iced Sufficient evidence is thought to have tranlaiust
to warrant the Grand Jury in finding an indictment 11/4'hl
James Logan, No. 2, for the murder of Mr. gerst..
ther testimony has been given by Martha Els wor namitait
has hitherto been too ill to be brought up for ex.. 0 vri,
Lion, and this, it is believed, will fix the guilt on tut" it
soner. A dreadful murder was perpetrated in s',,,shijaz, Cal"
Sixty-sixth-street., on the morning of the 7th. D'otornan
lahan was there found dead, and John Hilbert, a
orior of
scavenger, was arrested for the murder. The into
Klein
his hovel presented every trace of the desperate str
which his mistress had been deprived of her life.
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GUEST—On the 22d instl3.,iartthB.
12, Upper ro '
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Lady Cor
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Cornelia
MARTI . AV
—On the 23d inst., at Esher, ldrs. -- •
tincau, of a daughter.
Marriaes. the late
LEE —Si/Aw—On the 21th lust, Arthur, son of -,ter of
:1',.. Lee, Esq., of Leeds, t-) Marion, eldest (Wog"
„.. IG. Shaw, Esq., of Gipsy hill, S.E. St. 318 I"
zIAC DONALD —MAR/MICK-013.0e 22d inst.
lint ld I:scla
garet Fattens, Rood-lane, city, John ao-- °nail ;0:0-
of 125 Fencburch street, city, to Eliza lisswe'''
daughlcr of the late Wm. F. Markwick, Esq*
Deaths. Stec°
BUTLER— On the 22d lust, at Brighton, George
utler, Esq., age 74. wife
Catherioe,
MBEs—On the 23dd inst., at Leigh Court,
of Sir Win. Miles, Bart., aged 71. ...,- Joh!'
WARD—On the 22d inst., at Ryde, 1.W., the .11012.
Petty Ward, late Bengal 0.5., aged 78.

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