Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1861-03-05
FROM WASHINGTON.
CORWIN'S PROPOSITION ADOPTED
Report Of Peace Conference Rejected.
The Crittenden Resolutions Lost.
THE IMAGINATION
IMMENSE CONCOURSE OF PEOPLE.
THE INAUGURAL OF PRE-
SIDENT LINCOLN.
THE INAUGURATION
IMMENSE CoNCoURsE OF PEOPLE.
WAsHINGToN, March 4.

WASHINGTON, March T.
The Senate continued in session till after
day light After the rejection of various
amendments to the House Committees Cor
wins Joint resolutions, vote was taken and
it passed, yeas "a, nays H.
The Peace Conference resolutions were then
voted on and rejected, yeas Z, nays %.
The Crittenden resolutions were then re-
jected. yeas Is, nays 20.
AIT o'clock the Senate then took recess
till 10 o'clock
HOUSE, Reassembled at ten o clock. Speaker
PENNINGTON made parting address, asserting
his devotedness to the Union and all necessary
compromises to heal the differences agitating
the country He was in favor of a National
Convention to remedy the supposed or real
grievances.
The Speaker concluded his address by an
nouucing that the House is adjourned sine die.
With much good humor, the members sepe,
rated.
The city Is filled to overhowing with strang-
ers from all sections of the country, who have
came to witness the inaugural ceremonies
The weather was delightful, and the civil and
military pageant was one OF the finest that has
ever occurred in the city of Washington.
There was no disturbance whatever to inter
cordance with the arranged programme.
The doors of the Senate Chamber were open.
ed at IL O. clock, A. M, for the admission o1
Senators, and others, who, by the arrangement
of the Committee, were entitled to admission
They entered as follows:
Ex Presidents and Vice Presidents.
The Chief Justice and Associate Judges o
the Supreme Court.
The Diplomatic Corps, Heads of Depart
ments, and Ex-members of either branch o.
Congress, and Members of Congress elect.
Officers of the Army and Navy who, by
name. ha received the thanks of Congress
Governors of States and Territories of ths
Union, and Ex- Governors of States. Assistant
Secretaries of Departments, and the Assistant
Postmaster General the Comptrollers, Audi
tors, Register, Solicitor of the Treasury, Treas
urer, Commissioners, Judges, and
The Mayors of Washington and Georgetown
and the reporters in the Senate.
All Of whom were admitted at the north dool
of the Capitol.
The families of the Diplomatic Corps entered
at the north door of the Capitol, and were con
Quoted to the diplomatic gallery.
Seats were placed in front of the Secretary
table for the President of the United States anc
the President elect and, on their left, for the
Committee of Arrangements.
The Chief Justice and Associate Justices o
the Supreme Court had seats on the right o
the Chair.
The Diplomatic Corps occupied seats on tht
right of the Chair, next to the Supreme Court
Heads of Departments on the left of the Chair
officers of the Army and Navy who. by
name, had received the thanks of Con
gress Governors of States and Terrific
ries of the Union, Ex-Governors Of States
Assistant Secretaries of Departments, anG
trollers, Auditors Register, and Solicitor o.
the Treasury Treasurer, Commissioners, Judges
and the Mayors of Washington and George
town on the right and left of the main en-
trance.
Members of Congress and Members elect, en-
tered the Senate by the main entrance, anc
occupied seats on the left of the Chair.
The gallaries were filled with ladies, who en-
tered the Capitol from the terrace, by the prin-
cipal western door of the central building.
The rotunda was closed and the passages
leading thereto kept clear
The other doors and entrances to the Capito
except those opened under the arrangement
were kept closed.
At II o'clock the President and the Pre-
sident elect, accompanied by two members
of the Committee of arrangements, pro.
ceeded in a carriage to the north door o
the north wing of the Capitol, and entering
there were conducted to the Presidents loom
The Vice President elect was accompanied
TO the Capitol by member of the COMMITTEES
of Arrangements. and was conducted into thu
Vice Presidents room. and afterwards into tn,
Senate Chamber, where the oath of Office wal
administered to him by the Vice President
The Diplomatic Corps and the Justices o
the Supreme Court entered the Senate Cham
Der few minutes before the President elect.
The Senate assembled at II clock.
The Senate being ready to receive them, tn
President and the President elect were intro
duced by the Committee of Arrangement t,
the seats prepared for them in the Senat
Chamber.
After short pause, those assembled in tn
Senate Chamber proceeded tn the platform OF
the central portico of the Capitol in the fol
lowing order:
The Marshal of the District of Columbia.
The Supreme Court of the United States.
The Sergeant alarms of the Senate.
The Committee of Arrangements.
The President of the United States and tn
President elect
The Vice President and the Secretary of tn
Senate.
The Members of the Senate
The Diplomatic Corps
Heads of Departments, Governors of State
and Territories, the Mayors of Washington
and Georgetown, and other persons who ha
been admitted into the Senate Chamber
On reaching the front of the portico, th
PRESIDENT elect took the seat provided for hir
on the front of the platform.
The President and the Committee of Arrange