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THE INAUGURATION.

From the National Intelligencer of the 5th.
THE INAUGURATION.
At go minutes past twelve, the Mar
shals made their appearance in blue
scarfs, succeeded by the officers of both
Houses of Congress, who introduced the
President Elect. lie was followed by
the venerable Ex-President and family,
by the Judges of the Supreme Court, in
their robes of office, and the members
of the Senate, preceded by the Vice
President, with number of Members OF
the House of Representatives. MIR. Ad-
ans, in plain suit of black, assembled
the steps to the Speakers chair, and
took his seat. The Chief Justice was
placed in front of the clerks table, hav-
ing before him another table, on the
floor of the hall, on the opposite side Of
which sat the remaining Judges, with
their faces towards the chair Silence
having been proclaimed, and the doors Of
the Hall closed, Mr. Adams rose and read,
with clear and deliberate articulation,
the address which is below. The time
occupied by the delivery Of this address
was about 40 minutes. As soon as the
last sentence was pronounced, general
plaudit, commencing in the galleries, but
extending, in degree, throughout the
whole assembly, continued for some
minutes. The President Elect then de-
scended from the chair, and placing him.
self on the right hand of the Judges ia.
BILE, received from the Chief Justice a
volume the Laws of the United States,
from which he read in loud aud clear
voice, the oath of office at the close of
which the plaudits were repeated, min
gled with cheers from the spectators
who filled the galleries, and immediate
ly followed by the discharge of salute
of artillery.
The congratulations which then pour
ed in from every side, occupied the
hands, and could not but reach the heart
of the President. The meeting be-
tween him and his venerated predeces-
sors had in it something peculiarly affect
ing. General Jackson, we were pleas
ed to observe, was among the earliest
OF those who took the hand of the Presi-
dent: and their looks and department
towards each other were rebuke TO
that littleness of party spirit which can
see no merit in a rival, and feel no Joy
in the honor of a competitor
! The Washington correspondent of the
New-York Commercial Advertiser, des-
cribing. the Inauguration scene, says -
81 cannot describe to you the feelings
created by the sublime spectacle
4 Within that little space was concentrat-
ed mass of intellectual strength, calcu-
\ lated, when called into energetic action,
to shake this continent from one end to
the other, and to cause its motion 10 be
felt throughout the civilized world.
There. within few feet of each other,
stood Adams, and Monroe, and Clay, and
Marshall, and Jackson, and Cheeves, and
Calhoun, and Webster, and Story, and
Emmett, and TazewelI, and Writ. The
explosion of single she'll would have
created chasm such as this country
would have felt for century. To com
plete the splendor, Clinton should have
been there, and the ex-Presidents. Such
an assemblage would have been enough
to stir the coffin at Mount Vernon, and
make the country's Father "burst his
cerements."
"Of the inaugural address, need say
nothing-it speaks for itself, and is wor-
| thy of a President of the United States.
The manner Of its delivery was fine--it
exhibited manly strength, wrestling
with feeling which threatened TO over
come it, His hand shook like leaf, but
his frame was erect, and his manner col
lected, and toward the close highly ami
mated; the sy!lables were delivered
with distinctness that pierced the ear,
and reached every extremity of the
Hail. The old President, $50 we may
now call him. looked upon the scene
with an expression of paternal pleasure
and affection by his side were his
daughters, and on his left hand sat the
Vlce-Presldent.
| The National Inelligencer states, that
during the ceremony of the inauguration
of President Adams, no less than four
large eagles were seen posing them
selves directly over the Capitol for a
bout ten minutes, when one oithem, ap-