The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-03-06
THE DAILY DISPATCH.
Friday Nrorninx, March b, IS,
THE INAUGURATION IN WASHING.
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The Star of Wednesday afternoon gives . des
scription of the scenes there that morning. 1t
says:
Flesh arrivals have swRrmed in this morning by
every avenue Of approach and by every convey
ance-cars, steamboats,, omnibusses, private car
riages, on horseback-and numbers have come
from the country no inc0nsidersble distance on
foot. We hear of two enthusiastic young Penn
sylvaniaus who have walked sixty miles TO be
present At the Inauguration of q son of the Key
stone State as President of the United States -
Some such spirit seems to have animated numbers
of others who are here to see the Inauguration at
no small degree of personal sacrifice and inconve.
nience, to say nothing of the chances in the
crowded condition of the city of literally having
no place TO lay their heads" at night.
MOVEMENTS IN THE MORNING.
The day opened most auspciously, with bright
skies and a deliciously bland atmosphere, all the
more enjoyable for its contrast to the clustering
disagreeable weather of the past two days, and
which threatened. lad 1t continued, to detract in
small degree from the en- joyment of the 1naugura.
ton ceremony
Through the night the city alive with the
blaze of rockets the movements OF ballgoers, the
bustle at the Capitol Congress being 10 session
all mighty the march of military companies, ami
the weary tramp on the sidewalks of thousands Of
visitors unable TO Oh tain lodgings, and who man.
aged as they could to keep themselves warm by
walking about the ssreets.
Win tne Rising OF tue sun Inc numerous mliltA
ry companies, delegations and associations de-
signing to take part in the procession began to
move towards their various points OF rendezvous
and this movement though but prelude of the
great pageant of the day was sufficient to deluge
the sidewalks and house fronts with spectators.
Among the earlier movements was that of the
magnificent Burgess Corps CT Albany, New York,
on . visit to Senator Seward
SCENE AT THE CITY HALL.
Patient groups of spectators occupied the City
II ptu hnur inn and
the windows overlooking Judiciary Square wers
filled with city bellies and handsome country cou'
sins Not few country wagons were Down up
by the curb. stones, filled with substantial Mont.
gomery county farmers and their families, and
no. few Prince George bucks pranced around
upon horseback, exhibiting witching feats Of horse
msnship before the admiring eyes of the ladies ON
the City Hall steps
The military portion of the procession was or
ganized at the City Hall under the command of
Gen. Quitman, commanding the Volunteer Regi-
ment of The District, and shortly after eleven
O'Clock A. N took up its line of fmarch to join the
civic portion of the procession, by the way Of
Louisiana avenue, Pennsylvania ayenus, Thir.
teepth street, G street, and Fourteenth street
to New York avenue, along which the civic array
was extended with its right resting on Fifteenth
street.
The harshals, Assistant Marshals and Aids, In
the morning assembled at the residence OF the
Marshalin- Chief
.TARfisG OF THE PROCESSION.
The procession, abeut noon, took up its line Of
march down Pennsylvania avenue, to escort the
Prssid ent elac from Wizards Hotel to the Capitol
Arrived at the hotel, 1t paused to await the arrival
Of President Pierce, who presently arrived in his
private carriage, and being met by the President
elect, they took their places in an open barouche
stationed at the Fourteenth street door Of the
hot. L amidst the enthusiastic cheers of the multi
tude which filled every approach to the scene
Senators Bigler, of Pennsylvania, and Foot of
Vermont, of the Senates committee, occupied seats
in the same carriage with the President and Pre-
sidert elect Accompanying the Presidents car
riaae was the Marshal or the District of Columbia
and bis Aids.
The procession, which for extent and magnif
csnee will long be remembered by the spectators
then proceeded TO the Capitol in the following
order:
Marshsl-in chief and ak Aida. Commanding Gen.
eral and Aids and staf First Artillery, Company
K, Brevet Major French, Ensign with psms of
e snd four bsss a0 Pre.dsnr M Mounted
Guard, Capt Peck United States Marine Band, IS
pieces. Battalion United States Marines Major
Terrett; 1856 strong, with colors of corps. Waihins
ton Light Infantry Capt. Davis; "a men Natio ,a
Greys Capt Towers 81 men. Montgomery Guards
Capt Key s. mu'tsts National Guard, Capt Ta:e;
Guards, Lieu. Donnel!y; Staff OF the Rifle Rsgi-
ment from Baltimore, Col Bsbo. Washington Yea
gss Capt Swsnman; Al muskets. Boone Rifles
Capt Bnght; SO rifles. American Rifles, Capt. Nc
Kean. 80 rifles Dodworth's Band Albany Burgess
Corps, Capt, B. R. Spellmau; 80 strong: This com.
tt.s bettS non, Consisting OF corps
the Willard Guard 50 strong, and the Charestown
City Guard, which as on tae loft. Both these lat
ter companies preceded oy magnificent
bands.
The Young Guard, cf Richmond, Va. Lancaster
Feneibles sn6 Band. Alexandria (va.) Battalion.
Col Corse consisting of the Mount Vernon Guards
Capt. Dew aughn and the Alexandra Hihemen, Capt.
Herbert; botn Of these companies made an admirable
spRRJs5snooa pRbmooa u.ptsomerv eusrd. Capt. mosre At
men; led by the Richmond Armory Band Law
0rcys of Eslti more. saxonian Bsnd, with Ale
ghany Guards, Capt. sohley, 81 men, and CumbeT-
land Continentals, Caeto Thurston: Solder. snd
Libsity Pole and Goddess. The President and Pres
ident elect. Marshal and Aids. The magnificent
900 istion with banner. Georgetown Democratic AS
soSiation. South Carolina Club
Nsxt csme the Louisiana Democratic Club of
Waslingtou composed of gentlemen few in mum.
ber but the most effective in works, with banner
wrought with great artistic skill made OF fine sik on
the diverse of which is represented field Of waving
cane with other emblems of the Sugar State, encir-
c cd by the IL otto "The first born of Jefferson De.
mocracy" The reverse has capital portrait OF Mr.
Buo hsna n, with the words "Malch 4th, 1857" Tho
pole is sprmounted by carved reilcan feeding her
youns-ths arms of the State Of Louisiana. we
learn that this magnificent standard is TO be pre-
sented by the Club TO the banner parish OF the State
Twelfth Ward Democratic Association OF Phlls-
del phia, with banner and coraet band Eighth
Ward Democratic Association of Baltimore, with
LeinhaTts band California Delegation, lndepen-
dent Blues Bana of + stimore with beautiful ban
nsr presented by the young ladies of San Francisco
to the Young MEMS Democratic Club of that city
Northern Liberty Fire Company. Howard Fire
Company, No, 81, of Nav York city, with besuti-
full engine, covered With wresths of fowers and sc
companied BY Sholtop's Amsrcan Brass Sand
Western Hose Company of Washinstop city.
THE SIDEWALKS.
The sidewalks now presented . most pictures
que and animated moving panorama, the figures
in " hich were composed, not only of representa-
tives of every diversified stripe of national char
actsr, but whice was not unsparsely sprinkled
with the people of almost every nation upon the
face Of the earth. The American element was OF
course largely in the predominant, and in its many
sided character afforded q sight quite as well
worth seeing Is the brilliant procession.
1t WAS not diticalt 20 pick opt the prim Bosto.
nian In bis milk and mOlasses colored cloth gait
ers and his clean pale face, with its Great Brits
sous side whiskers; the New Yorker in his light
colored overcoat and with his undisguised look OF
disparagement of an inaugural procession, - com
pared with Broadway display; or the Phiiade-
phian 10 his gold rimmed spectacles, and with Lis
carefully brushed teeth, fairly glissening in the
sunshine; or the Batimorian, distinguished by the
more than brotheyly love with which he promina-
ded arm in arm with some Washington chum; or
the gallant Yirgnan, devoting his attention exclu
siyeiy to the pretty ladies At the windows and bali
comics, and equally regardless Of the procession.
or the counter dining which the incommoded
crowd showered upon him for dsraning up the cur.
rent of the motion by This up.gszing halo; or the
South Western in bis yellow hat. unable to enjoy