The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-03-06

THE PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION

by the crowd In chasing about to the different
chdrches to catch glimpse of "Old Abe -
but as he was closeted all day with Senator
Seward, they did not get a view OF him Al
night, he rode to the Capitol and heard Sena.
tor Crittenden's speech. Monday opened fair.
hut very dusty. Pennsylvania Avenue was
swept, and The Washington Rifles were placed
III attachments on the house-tops along the
route IN order TO sweep the people should an
occasion offer. The National Rifles. Cantain
Schaeiler. remained at their Armorv. in uni
form, subject to order. The Washington Star
says:
A little after u oclock the word wa : ~. ssad
along the line of the infantry on the avenue
ana the cavalry on 1lth street to nresen [
arms Ihis was handsomely DONE when the
PRESIDENT and President elect emerged from
the lower oath street. door of the hotel -
Ihey were warmly applauded, and from our
position, IN front of the crowd, we heard not
Il single remark offensive to the outgoing or
incoming PRESIDENT This argues well for the
seii-reSpect OF oHr citizens. Mr. Buchanan
looked, as usual, dignifie1 and al his ease and
hr Lincoln seemed to bear his honors mcekly,
ana 10 b" not at all excited by the sur.ug,
eWaGlng crowd which surrounded him. Mr..
Buchanan : private carriage WIS first draw n
up TO the entrance, but from what We could
learn OF the movements going on. we juugp
th;tt the president eject preferred To make his
Couid see him, as one was substituted for Mr..
Buchanan S close carriage
The President and President elect took their
seats IN III" carriage, the military aI a 'tpre-
sent arms, and the band the left piaviug
Hail TO the Chief Senator Pearce and
Senator Baker, of the Committee of Arrange
ments, having been seated in the same car
rage, 1t moved out to its position in the line,
being preceded by the company of Sappers
and Miners, and fanked on the right bv the
Georgetown Mounted Guard, and on the left
by the Presidents Mounted Guard. There
was some grumbliug ut this arrangement, as
1t was almost impossible to get 4 View of the
President elect, which seemed to be the chief
object in view with the majority of Specta-
tors. The resident and President eject hav-
ing been received into line, turned 10 the right
face and escorted them to the Capitol.
There were twenty-onp military companies
in the line, including one company of L. s.
troops, and there We're number of civic as
sociations. Among them the following:
Republican Association and Wide -Awakas,
numbering 500 men, the former designated by
II silver button and the red white and blue
sprig, and the latter by silver eagle the
lapel. They We're headed by Capt. Smith.
New Hampshire, Vermont, and Massachu-
Satts delegations, each wearing an evergreen
sprig in the lapel of the coat They were
headed by Marshals Gen. ]. G. Abbott, Gen
H. IL. Baxter, and Major Rogers. The three
States turned out about 30 men in the line,
with mary Office seeker amongst them.'
Next came the great car of the Republican
ASSOCIATION, placed on the running gear Of
one OF Nanderwerken's large OmnibuSes, with
pyramid8i seats eliminating i'll the centre,
from which rose a staff surmounted with 4
large gold eagle. From this eagle depends n
canopy, which covers the top of the ear. The
sides Were dropcd with red, white and blue,
and on each SiGe was the word - COnStitu-
ton III large red letters. From the rear of
the car projected a flag stln, from which float
ed the stars and stripes. In front of the dri-
Yer seat was the coat of IL ms of the United
States, surmounted by appropriate iira perry .
The car was drawn by six white horses, with
white covers, on each of which the word
Union" was inscribed in large red letters -
In the car were a little girls, each dressed in
white, with laurel wrcaths, two of them rep
resenting the Goddess of Liberty, and the
others each bearing the coat OF arms ola State
or Territory.
The New York delegation We're headed by
Marshal J. II. Hobart Ward. They wore
badges Of white satin with the words New
cTk printed thereon. They numbered
about 25u.
California delegation, numbering 50 men,
headed by carri .Ge surrounded by the Calf
turnia cum mpalgn Hag, the Stars and Stripes,
with a bust OF Lincoln and Hamiin ON it, and
under the bottom stripe white field bearing
the words, " California true to the Union -
The carriage contained +. Stanford. Ia Re-
publican candidate for Governor of Califor-
). IL. Parker, eX-State Senator; Samuel Gam
age, high private; and Master Willie Carnage
native Californian. bearing the flag above
mentioned. Their marshal was Mr.. Richard
tnpnery.
They Virginia delegation, one hundred strong,
bearing the u. ). flag. with the name of the
State printed across it, and under the COM
mand Of their marshal, Mr.. George Rye
Never, III the history OF Washington, was
so immense a crowd of spectators seen on
Penns yiYania Avenue. From the Treasury
10 the Capitol, on both sides of the Avenue,
from the building line TO the curb-stoue, my
riads Were packed in solid mass, in incalcNiable
numbers. Every available window, and bal
cony, and house-top, near the Avenue and on
it, was full of human forms and faces, tai no
room remained TO stand OF sit.
Perhaps the oddest incident Of the day was
the folio wing: As the civic portion OF the
procession passed UP the Avenue there was
noticed a singular sound, not easily describ-
abe-a sharp, cracking, rasping sort of deto-
nation 1T regular in terValS of perhaps three
seconds. The police, on alert for air guns and
other implements of assassination, walked up
and down the line completely puzzled. The
locale of the peculiar noise soon became mar
rOWed down to the New England delegation,
and pretty soon the facts of the case came out,
creating no little amusement al around II
seems that the New England folks wear neg
ged' boots and shoes pretty generally, and
this season with extra heavy SOlos on accoun |
of the deep SHOWS. Coming South, the un-
has Shrunk the peg timber in their foot gear
excessively, occasloning Il general squeaklng
with every movement, swelling in the agEre-
gate Wheu the delegation was keeping step IL
line, to Il volume perciptible iii the pauses OF
the Marine Band for several blocks.
The National Guard battalion, Col. J. A.
TAFT assem- bled at their arlnory at 9 a. NJ.
and after going through the manuel i'll iirst +
class manner, paraded through the avenue TO
the Capitol. Arrived there, they were formed
in close order about the platform on the east
porilco, which position they maintained in
order to keep the crowd from pressing too
closely thereupon, until the inaugural cere-
monies Were concluded. To guard the imme
diate neighborhood of the Pres dent during
the ceremonies was the special duty Of this
ba ttalion.
The doors of the apitol We're guarded by q
strong torce of special police, who admitted
none except members, officers OF the House
and Senate, and ladies' When the reporters
of the House charged on the police and passed
in, about every third man about tue doors
suddenly became a reporter, and the erp0Se of
the ignorance of some was exceedingly re-
freshing. No persons were admitted into the
galleries of the House, so Congress had its
closing shouts and yeils OF 'Arc Speaker, y
&c, all 10 itself A few disconS0late ladies
watched from the windows of the passages
around the galleries the forming of the mill
tary companies in front of the pia tfor1n, and
whiled away their time in listening 10 the
half audible confusion in the Hall.
The platform was erected on level with
the first broad steps of the portico of the east
front OF the Capitol, and extended out To the
base step 1t was provided with seats tor
some three hundred persons, (Which were oc-
cupied by the Cabinet, Diplomatic Corps,
Senators, Representatives, supreme Court,
ladies' etc, and standing room in the rear for
about twice rs many more, This, ot course,
was the great point of attraction, and, conse-
quently, everybody sought during the morn
ing TO obtain position there-and some tail
Struggling
THE ENCLOSED WALK.
As us ual ON such occasions, when the as
semblng in the immediate vicinity OF the
llnint of aitra,.l ION of au iWInenSe