The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1847-07-15
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Installation of President
WashinstOn.


We copy the following interesting &C.
count Of the installation OF George Wash.
ins,on as I esiden', by livns eye.w,t.
ness, from Mir. C,s.'s Cincinnati DAILY Ad.
,etil.sr. u Is from the pen OF the vel era.
bio lodge Buruet, Of Cincinnati; and ia
publishing the communication Mr. c. we'll
says, ltls one Of those rare articles, Of
winch the value and interest are nc seq
fstter thaa impaired by IT'S leneth, and ,ha,
OF the very few surviving Witnesses Of The
memorable scene described, there Is proba.
bly, no ndlvIduiI LIVING SO well qualified as
s"SEo e"'"sss - ~''s~ ssss S'- s,np.ess,ous
aud fccoIlecuons Of the subject"
Mr.. Cist-fn a recent conversation, YOU
rrqpes ed me TO give you an accoun, OF The
nstailatlon OF President Washington, after
h,s first election to The Presidency, VIII,
had The pleasure Of Witnessing.
You Will fecollecl that he FIRST Congress,
chos,n under the Federal Constitution, as
semb ed At New York, early 10 the month
Of Aprl, l7-9 and that utter the two
houses we're ryan I'd, they proceeded IN
the manoef prescribed IN the Consultation,
TO open and count the votes gwen for Pc
sIdent and Vice Prcsdcu, of the United
States; shen Il sas asceftained that George
" ashng,un, OF Virginia, was elected Pre-.
stdeni BY the una. nous vote of the natou,
aud john Adams, the elder, OF Massachu.
sets, Wee President, BY ar oyerw helming
majority. 4 certificate Of the election Of
George Washington signed by the Presi
dent Of the Senate, was immediately trans.
united to han by Charles Thompson, Sec.
rotary Of the Congtess, and delivered at
Mount Vernon, OF the l4,h Of ApIl.
Having determined, after serious delber.
atlua, to accept lie appointment, and beng
aware that the affairs Of the nation requls.
ed his presence al the seat OF government,
he bid reluctant adieu 10 Mount Vernon,
aud commenced his journey TO the sea, OF
government on The second day after the
ARRIVAL Of Mr. Thompson.
Here the writer enters into descrip.
ton OF the NANTES atoms Of popular enlhu
siasm N his progress, with which mos,
readers are probably tamlllar, and We there.
fore omit
The Governor OF New Jersey joined him
al New Brunswick, aud accompanied hun
10 Ehzab,,u.o~n Point. On the read be.
tween hase PAGES, the President vas u. Ell
by the Con nlltee Of Congress, who re.
! celved aud conducted han and his suite
with military honors to the Point, here
they embarked on magnificent barge
. bu,h and decorated for the occasion, unl
rowed by thirteen branch pilots, selected
from different harbors, and dressed 10 white
uniforms.
" rIers of that DAY have represented
3. the incidents Of The journey, from ~ CON
meucemenl to its close, as being equal II
splendor and far exceeding ~ sincerity
J, kindness OF feeling, aud unlelsned admIra
Il uon, the uiumphaI procession Of the grea
conquerors of antiquity.
: New.Yoik bay was literally white will
vessels and boats Of all sizes, filed with 40
!, mring mul,ltudes, both male and female
$ clad in their richest attire. Many OF thes
{ vessels had bands Of music on board, ON
!. all of them displayed flags painted for tn
;. occasion, having an allusIon TO come inieT
D es,ng event IN The life OF this great mar
n The BAY, a broad sheet Of water exlendD
. eigh, or nine miles. seemed to be animate
!. with grateful and happy mu'l'udes, comps
ting with each other TO do the first an
re highest honors 10 him they ldolzcd, an
regarded not only as the greatest, but III
mobiles, and the best of the human fsmi!!
II was understood that tho CITY would b
crowded with people from every section I
the country, on which account 1t was though
not pruden, to make public the place
= which the barge was 10 land; but as sh
neared the Battery, the place OF her dest
nation was pretty well ssceriained by q
multitude, from the course shs was stss