The daily republic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1853-1853, 1853-07-18

lHs cVcHt, WHICH LOOK place at NOW IOrk on
the l4th instant, is represented by the papers Of
that city to have been inexpressbly grand We
give some Of the particulars derived from the ae-
count by the Times.
Atan early hour the Palace was bcsieged by
applicants for admission At ten o'clock gates
Enclosed, and red, and yellow, and white, and
blue invitations poured in at the different en-
frances.
The Palace filled rapidly. The floor was soon
parti-colored as a garden with brilliant bonnets
and silks. The platform in the north nave, which
was to be the great of interest for the
day, began about this time to be animated. Mem
bers of the Senate, guests invited by special re-
quest, militia officers, looking anything but easy
in their uniforms, and the President of the Crys-
tai Palace with his official staff, and host of
other persons too distinguished to be well known,
made their appearance on the boards The press
too, took possession of its table at the base Of
Washington's statue, and nibbed its pens, and ar
ranged its notebooks with great solemnity.
| At one o'clock, the President, without whom
nothing could 60 on, had not arrived. Watches
innumerable were pulled out on the platform
Mr.. Sedgwick looked grave. His staff looked still
more grave, and among all outside barbarians
who were not on the platform, there was great
craning of heads over other peoples shoulders, to
see if they could not catch glimpse of the Chief
Magistrate But he came not, and people took
to wandering once more through the galleries and
naves. Presently there was a stir and hum,
and the people surged to and fro, and all that
could run, ran, and arrived in time to see a tall,
soidierly, and not ungraceful gentleman cross the
platform loud clapping of hands greeted the
Hero of Chippewa. Then some more celebrities
mounted the stage unrecogniscd by any popular
demonstraton-Mr. Meagher, among others, took
his seat on the reserved benches The time wore
rapidly on,,diversifcd by slight panic among the
gentlemen on the stage, created by the breaking
ola pane of glass in the dome, and fall of some of
the fragments, until, at length, the sound of
trumpets was caught up in the Distance and then
everybody settled themselves firmly in their
places, ar sought new ones, or strove to regain
7 their odfor it was announced that the President
was coming.
i AT this moment the scene presented from the
gallery by the crowd upon the floor below was one
of unequalled brilliancy. The whole space under
the dome, extending nearly to the end of each
nave, was densely filled by the eager mass. La
dies in great numbers, many of them exceedingly
handsome, and I'll gaily dressed, filled the benches,
sat upon the stairs, stood anxousy looking over
the gallery railing. Here and there, scattered
through the mass, the tall plumes Of the
military, adding variety and brilliancy to scene
already gay with many colors. The platform set
apart for the reception of the President was erect
| cd in the north nave of the Palace, towards the
J centre of the building; and on it were ranged
I seats for over seven hundred persons. These
were occupied by the officers and directors of the
Association and their guests, Secretaries Guthrie
, and Davis, and Acknowledgement Cushing, the
{, committees from Philadelphia and other places,
r and quite a number of other gentlemen distin-
: guished in various walks of life. Among the
number noticed the following: Governor How
ell Cobb, of Georgia; Governor Seymour, of New
9 York, and staff; Major General Winfield Scott;
t Govcrno. Fairbanks, of Vermont; Senators Brod-
/, head of Pennsylvania; Chase, Of Ohio; and
: James, of Rhode Island; Rev. Bishop Vain
wright Right Rev. Archbishop Hughes; Rev
8 Drs. Spring, Ferris, Adams, and Kennedy; Thos.
Francis Meagher, esq; Comptroller Wright; Will
liam II. Prescott, the historan Hon. Charles
| King, President of Columbia College; Hon. Ogden
\ Hoffman; Hons Thomas Florence; Hon. Samuel
B. Ruggles; Hon. Judges Kent and Mitchell;
Morton McMichael, esq; J. w. Forncy, esq, of
Philadelphia; General Samuel Hamilton and
Thomas Cadwalladcr, of New Jersey.
! Sir Charles Lyell and lady and Lady Ellesmere
and daughter occupied eligible positions near the
! platform, at the right front corner. Lord Files
mere, who reached the city at an early hour in
the morning, having come express from Quebec
on purpose to attend the Inauguration, was unfor-
tunately confined to his room by severe attack
of govt. Professor Wilson, Mr. G.. Wentworth
Dixie, with his secretary, Mr.. Duncan, and the
other gentlemen of the royal commission, were
also upon the platform. Mr.. August Belmont,
United States charge to the Hague, and several
ministers resident at Washington from foreign
countries, also present.
The President entered the building at a little
after two o'clock, preceded by the chief of police,
, and walking between Captains Dupont and Da-
Wis. The band Immediately struck up Hail Co.
lumbia, and followed it with Yankee Doodle and
other popular airs. The President was escorted
to the platform and seated in large arm chair,
at the right of the President of the Association,
who greeted him upon his entrance
I After the audience had become quiet, and the
music had ceased, Right Rev. Bishop WA1NwRIGnr
read prayer; which was followed by an anthem
: by the choir.
/ THEODORE SEDGwIcK, esq, the President of the
! Association, then addressed the President of the
United States as follows:
! "MR. PRESIDENT: Amid this concourse of peo-
pie in this assembly of pcrsonages collected from
all parts of the world eminent in every depart
ment of human skill and genius, surrounded by
the trophies of intellect and industry, the eye and
the mind naturally, inevitably, riyct themselves,
sir, upon you. Applause. Upon you, the head
of that political system to which, under God, we
owe our choicest public blessings-of that vast
Confederacy founded by the immortal man whose