The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1861-03-22
PrcsIdout IIncoii,'s Firstl.cvce

President LiuColt,'s First h.cvce
A correspondent ortho Cleveland Her
tld gives the following lively account Of
Mr. lincolu's lcvco on Friday night last,
The President gavc his FIRST lcvec. last
evening, between the hours Of Oi ght and
ten. You are aware that anon such oc-
casions admittSnce 60 the White House
Is "Ece,' not even a card being necoss
ry. The crush was awful: carriages
were forced to deposit their fair freight
hundred rods from tho door, and tho flcs
Of pedestrians, with lock stop, like psni-
tentiury couyicts, extended along the
circular pavement moro than twenty
rods FROM the mansion. The great e,-
fort was 20 get into ihe house, eud the
moment thotwos accomplished. the wish
was 90 get out 0gUin. Crnolinc suffered,
and tom that "hrm paced and Slow
procession, ia which, by tho watch, thir-
y miputcs wore consumed In Masking
that twenty rods, wc noticed many d
break fom the ranks, by ladies whose
skirts wcro literally torn lrsm their
waists, and the owners glad tu beat a rec
treat out OF the grounds, by taking the
back track in the carriage way, dodging
hncks, aud sourching in vain for the car
riuga from which they had alightod. La
dies who came iu carriages with cloaks
and nubias, retired ON foot-without
even getting 10 the steps Of tho White
House--with closks aud nubia In one
hand, and vaiuly striving, with the aid Of
male attendants, 10 gather about thom
skirts and dresses it only thereafter Tor
the rag-bcg. W. rare Glowing tho naked
truth IN this picture.
Those who reached the cloak and hat
room-that fer the gentlemen being the
spacious msin entrance h1ll-gayc up
outside garments 20 the tender mereics
OF the crowd Some early thtre received
checks fer coats and hats, but soon Ia,
immunae rack was entirely inadequate
fer tho demand and tho combined dcpots
cf tho railtosd country could not hayo
ibrajsAcd "chcekln sunicicnt Tor tho calls
modo. Coats, oloaAs aud hats were
thrown into a Promiscuous pile, and at
least one hundred men who came into
the door with thirty and fifty dollar out
side garments, retired 70 their lodgings
without them, while the same numbor ol
thieves replenishcd their scanty ward
robo TO the same extent We fuppsd,
after the isvoe with a California gentlo-
man who lost his coat aud hat, and i'm
the pocket of the former were the en-
tire papers Of an applicant for Office
whose credentials cannot bo supplied
short oc the Pacific coast.
There were two persons in that crowd
who undorstood the business in hand 49,
One, iriond under whose wing your
correspondent took shelter, counsollod
the leaving at our lodgings Of ovcreoats
and being willing, il necessary to ego a
hat on tho occasion, wo plunged into
the crowd. Reaching tho cloak room
we found three Cleveland gentlemen,
Mcssrs. 'Tilden Coon, gnd,Bond, hanging
on bravely to their outer garments, and
forming an alliaucs Of defense, ono-hali
the party held t4e hats aud coats of the
other half which, in turn, ruciprocatsd
and thus all wore enabled to SEQ the Easi
Room without loss or damage.
The other parties, whose familiarity
with Presidential lsVeos had taught wis.
/ dom, was a lady. One buau led, anoth.
or followed, and as soon as the curront
I Of tho crowd was reached Bho requested
"Bob" 10 take up her skirts. Bob obey.
ed making u second ruefin tha rigging
whom she gave the word, "hipher still
Bob" In tho party went, and the lady
was safely landed inside the door, will
her skirts higher than hor knees.
/ We made no attempt TO pass in review
| before the President, who, Stationed
near the door leading from the main hbl
to the oval reception room, treCtod In,
company, who then, passing through the
s.uo room. reached ..no famous Eas,
R,om. We took the direct route
through the main hall, opening directly
into the Eglt Room. Around this i'm
mcnse room stood gnetlcmen unaccsm
panied by ladies', at least tweRiy deen
and an inner circle was occupied by la
dies and gcntlcmon, mailing dosporat
attempts at promenade. The ladies
dresses had evidently been often steppel
on, for there was great breadth upoi
the tloor and very scaut patterns abou
the shoulders. We inferred, at least
that by being stepped uPon this rssul
hau oVeh uttulueui ulluSugh not COftul
such was the case, as mono seemed TO b
in the least disturbed by the lack Of nee
f covering, and all appeared delighted t
act as carpet Swecpers, although II in
yolyed tho necessity Of moppinE up &c
bacoo juice, for-we must speak IN
truth--the soyoreigns did not oven emp
~ their mouths before pacing tho carpet
but actually threw their old guilds upoi
the Brussels and tapestry, and took frcsl
ones from thoir tobacco boxes. Alto
making turn through the East Room
and doing duty thereafter as coat ant
hat holders for our irionds, wo sought
ogross to open air, and found it by wa,
OF a window, jumping from tho sill to tn,
porlico.
Such, in brief was cur first experienced
at Presidents leVec.
Rsr. Lino"in's Cabinet.
The Cabinet selected by the New
President, and confirmed by tho Senate