Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1841-03-18

spirited. Besides their handsome and appro
pirate banner, there was exhibited vehicle
drawn by six splendid white horses, all suita
: oiy caparisoned, and bearing bells, contain
ing weaving apparatus, &C., with the opera
yves working herewith as they moved in the
PROCESSION. This curious and interesting
machinery which was furnished and directed
by Mr.. Caprcn, of the Laurel Factory, Md,
+ attracted unusual notice. Along with the
Prince Georges delegation was also seen a
large Log Cabin, (the emblem of sturdy
yeomanry,) drawn by horses; the sides OF
The Cabin had suitable notices and inscrip-
lions. TN its roof were numerous white
Tags, bearing the names of the several States
that voted in favor Of Gen. Harrison.
The Virginia delegation Were also remark
able for their numbers, fine appearances, and
handsome banners. The delegation from
Loudoun county had good band ofmusic with
them. The delegation from Winchester was
very numerous, and had also a band of music.
The Corporations of Washington and
Georgetown, the Tippecanoe Clubs, and
the citizens of both places, turned out in great
numbers and with suitable distinctions, ban
ners, and notices. Not the least interesting
part of the Procession from Georgetown was
the long line of Georgetown College students,
who appeared in the college uniform, with
their Faculty, bearing handsome white silk
banner, representing, with various notices,
golden eagle with extended wings.
APPROACHING THE CAPITOL.
The approaches to the Capitol presented
scene to crafty the eye ola painter, while it
swelled the patriots heart The thronging
crowds, the groups, the solitary foot-passen-
ger-and then the stately coach, with its
freight of fashion and beauty-all eager, all
animated, all in conversation, and some in
song-all pressing onward toward one CEN
trail point, told of the deep, the universal, the
heart stirring interest felt by the People i'm
the Peoples friend. Here might be seen a
little fellow OF seven or eight, his chubby
cheeks rosy with JOY, his bright eye spark
ling with the hustle and gladness of so novel
scene, waving proudly over his head lit
tie banner, purchased probably by the saw
lngs OF his pocket money for many days, on
which, as the wind sported with it, was turn
ed out to view "log cabin" or the ssHero
of Tippecanoe." There was group of black
laborers, tricked out in all their Sunday finerv.
with saucer eyes, staring at the bright fl
CURES which passed them, or gazing at the
horse OF some young apprentice, carroling "a
long the Avenue, at once to the glory and
manifest danger of his rider. There hurried
along marshal of the day, with his rose of
purple, and his yellow scarf, conscious arpa-
rently, of the dignity of his station. Here
strobe on some military officer, glittering in
blue and gold, and feeling all the prouder
to think that Soldier, as well as Patriot.
was to-day to assume the supreme seat of
dignity in the Republic. The Ladies, too,
| (God bless them J! the ladies shared, fully,
In the excitement of the hour: their ewes
glancing, their cheeks glowing, and their
tongues tor ladies have such things) were i'm
rapid and harmonious motion. Every thing
was in its best bib and tucker. Every thine
you met, every thing you saw, seemed to
cry out, "This is the long-waited, the long
wished-for day of THE INAUGURATION
AT THE CAPITOL.
| In the Senate Chamber, though reserved
for privileged persons, there was crowd at
an early hour. Long, long before any thing
official was to be seen or heard, the Ladies'
Circular Gallery on the one hand, and the
Gentlemen's Gallery on the other, were filled
to overlooking. What eager looks, what
rich and lustrous shawls, what waving hand
kerchiefs, what fluttering fans were to be seen!
Mods OF recognition, smiles Of pleasure, peer
ing looks of eager curiosity everywhere met
the eye. When some full uniformed officer of
the Army or Navy entered the Hall, with his
straw-colored plumes and his massive epau-
lettes, what craning out of snowy necks,
what an exchange OF enquiries, what looks of
awakened interest pervaded the circle! SCoTT
and GAINES, MAcoMB, and JONES, and Wool,
presented brilliant group, calling up assoc
Citations connected with days that are past;
while on the opposite side might be seen
civil group of no less interest, embracing the
nominated members of the new Cabinet, in
spring auguries not less cheering of future
prosperity and glory.
| The Senate Convened by the President in
Extra SESSION. having been called to order
by the Secretary, the oath of office was, by
order of the Senate, administered by MIR. CLAY
to Mr.. KING, of Alabama, (on his reelection
for new term,) who was then unanimously
reelected President pro tempore of that body.
| Mr.. KING thereupon took the Chair Of the
Senate.
! The DIPLOMATIC CoRps now entered the
Hall, and assumed the seats provided for them
In front, and on the left Of the Chair. A
most brilliant appearance they made, decorat-
| ed, as they were, not only with the insignia
of their various orders, but half covered with
the richest embroidery in silver and in gold
Had this group of distinguished personages,
however, been stripped of all external desig-
nations, the eye of the most casual observer
could not have failed instantly to recognise
the marked difference which distinguished
them from Us, as foreigners. Cuv,gR mioht.
very possibly, have told, from their heads a.
lone, the different nations from which they
came.
On the opposite side of the Chair appeared,
soon after, in the strongest contrast, the ar
ray of the Judges of the Supreme Court, in
their black robes, with their grave, intellectu-
al, rejecting countenances. There was a
simple, quiet, unpretending air about this bo-
dy ofhighly dignified men to which outward
adornments would have added nothing but an
alloy.
The late Vice President and the Vice Pres
ldent Elect became the next objects of notice.
they advanced together to the steps of tile