Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-03-14

The following description of the inauguration
scene, is fuller than any we have SEEN It is from
the correspondent Of the u. States Gazette phil
at Washington.
"WAsHrNG TON, March 4, 1890
"Gcntlcmen The scene has tcrninated-the
idol has been worshped--the political upotheos;s is
communicative lion of the day has been exhibited
TO the nion--Gcneral Jackson is President of the
United States. The account which send, is correct
i will
'fo0ing ertzunf. SC, dn,rn augat in malice"
About o'clock this morning, the cannon broke the
siumbcrs of the suggard, and causd the ten tIous-
and strangers who have focked bither TO see the
strange sights OF this day, to hasten from their CON-
iortless dornories-many being compelled to sleep
on tho cors IN tap rooms, and many in less choice
places-and take their situations at the tavern doors
for the purpose OF making observations on the pas
sing events. and INJECTING them on the bystnnders in
the shape or CRITICISMS. Before III O'Clock the
fennsyiyania Avenue was entirely choakcd up with
peope--nost of them foot, some of them in We
hIcles, aud many on horses, of every rank and an
pcurancc. At l |, something moved forward which
was called a procession, consisting of some 80 or
90 persons, following each other on the pave
ment, and thanked on the roadside by hacks, nrgs
sulkics, wood carts and q Dutch Wagon, having
freight of femnlns who cnjoyed the enviable dis
tlnction of keeping by the side of the General all
the way TO the capitol. The General entered tho
senate chamber at about half past II, conducted
by MIR Chandler and General Smi.h--sEd having
taken his seat, with the Vice President and Supreme
Judges each side, remained there mute
until 10, when Tins, the door keeper announ-
ccd the order Of procession, and nlcrshallcd il.
1t proceeded from the senate marched to the cast
front OF tile CAPITOL where table had been placed
under the portco-and here the General taking his
inaugural from his side pocket, read ito the ed-
fcation, perhaps, of some of those who were imme-
diGtely around him. although that fact has been dis
putcd by soWo who wore not that six feet from
him. but the courteous motion of the paper and the
Generals head, all that the distant multitude
could obtain As soon as he had finished, aud taken
the oath from Chief Justice Marshall there was
great rush up the steps, to catch the hand of tho
new President; and am inclined to the belief that
honest Geo. Kremer among the first to rain the
prize After the congratulations had ceased, the
General returned to the senate, and thence to the
entrance, where he mounted n white horse and re-
turned to the Presidents mansion. Here the thronr
Is SAID to have been still greater and more dsordcrly
than Mt the capitol The refreshments were rnonop-
olizcd before they could reach the principal rooms,
and the only mode Of keeping the SOVEREIGN pcopIe
ffoln committing burglary upon their own mansion
was to place tubs of ices and liquors outside so that
the pressure upon those within might be abated.
N.Y. .ucLenz.-T'bc National Journal an the
Ofclnl' at Washington, have got uto controversy
or tho motives which haze led to the translation Of
Judge Mclean 10 the bench oftbe Supreme Court
the former intimatiug that it was the result
OF a disposition 10 get hun ont of the way, the
latter aedging that il was his own voluntary pre-
ference The point is Of some interest and curl
osity If Dir. Mclean voluntarily chose to no into
the Supreme Court, why did he not make known this
wish before his announcement rs Postmaster, accom-
panied by intimotion, that he was to be "arran-
ged IN the Cabinet for the purpose of bringing the
patronage ofthe Conceal Post Office, more directly
under the controul Of the President The affair
shows tho strength Of the under currents at Wash
ington. What the truth Of the matter is, time will
unfold--mcantune, the following views Of tho same
correspondent of the u. S. Gazette, arc not dcs-
tituto Of interest and pousibility. Mr.. Calhouns
finger is visible in the transaction.
"WAsnfNGToN, March Z, 1929.
"Gcntlemen,--The curiosity which exists in the
public mind to discover the course which the admin
strotion is about to take becomes more ardent rest
less and prying every hour.-rhe groupos Of office
seekers have experiencedno sensible diminution they
yet remain hanging the entor hooks Of suspense,
ignorant to their final destiny. The behaviour Of
General Jackson, regards the Post Master Gene
raj, has disguised many, and opened the eyes ofst
nose The facts. as generally Understood arc those