The North-Carolina standard., 1849-03-14
INAUGURAToN DAY.

Bv sunrise the streets began to be thronged ane
in an hour there were thousands upon the avenue
many looking as though they had hunteG 3D. me ~
through for a lodging place In vain. Inc vanoss
societies and other bodies formed according 70 Ihe
previously published programme, and marched te the
point of rendezvous. These including the military
corps, were numerous. pennsylvania avenues Iulo1g.
Its whole length, was packed with dense mass OF
spectators leaving barely room for the procession
pass. In the crowd, people might be seen OF many
different nations, in their national costume from the
North American Indian to the Turk ana Felsian;
There were trains of fourhorse post coaches filled
with our neighbors from London and Fairfax. "a;
Every window and portico on the avenue was nileo
with eager ladies and children while thousands sucn
perambulated the street with the throng; AT ~ a.
M the thousands began move in a solld body toT
the Captol and at noon precisely, the head OF the
procession came opposite Coleman's Hotel. FlTst
came the chief marshal and his aids, cavaIy ON
Ger, artillery company, five companies OF lniahtry,
three companies of rifles then body OF cluzens
and strangers; next the President elect, James n.
Polk, the Mayor, and the Speaker OF the House OF
Representatives, in coach and four grays, 1ooweo
by fine corps of cavalry; next, clubs ana o!nels
from distance, temperance associations, ana luve
nile company of artillery, with two miniature neia-
pieces. These composed the procession, In which,
in all, there were not more than thousand persons
The throng on and about the avenue numbered per
haps fty times as many persons. There could hard
been less than thirty thousand persons In the
Capitol and the grounds surrounding the building.
Congress and the representatives OF foreign govern
mentS, with the Justices OF the supreme CouIt, dS-
sembled in the Senate chamber at an early hour ana
remained ready to perform the ceremony preliminary
the administration of the oath of office to the new
President Then the oath administered 70 the
Vice President elect who delivered the usual address,
In few minutes after the arrival OF the procession
the front of the Capitol, the vast concourse
the Senate chamber, the rotundo, and other parts
of the building out upon the east Portco Whlcn
had been prepared with platform and railing Tor the
occasion; and there, with the space In front, ana
every standing cnging place In the rear, closely
packed with human beings, General Taylor read MS
short inaugural address, and took the oath OF ONCE
administered by the Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court. This, the most imposing part OF the ceremo-
nes of the day, took place in sight OF near thirty
thousand persons-men, womeR, and chlldren-l
among whon far could learn not the slight
accident occurred did anything transPlre to
mar the pleasure of any portion OF the tremendous
throng. Having been thus inaugurated, the new
President, Vice President, and the escort, returned
in procession to the Executive Mansion, leaving the
President at his lodgings, the Irving House,
where he waited on by his personal and political
friends in great numbers. Tie crowd at the Execu-
i've Mansion was perhaps, greater than on any tor
ner similar occasion.
In this assemblage the foreign diplomatists were
most conspicuous. Many thousands pressed into |
he building to pay their respects to the new Chief
whose bearing appeared to crafty all
present. As We are going to press, citizens and |
strangers crowding by thousands to finish the es-
ivities of the day at three inaugural balls, where
We trust, everything will pass off as happily as at
he Capitol and elsewhere in the city since sunrise
If this eventful day. Wash. Union.