Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1861-03-04
THE INAUGrR ,TfON OF ABRAHAM
LINCOLN, PR RESIDENT OF THE UNI.
TED STATES.

THE INAUGrR sTfON OF ABRAHAM
LINCOLN, PRESIDENT OF THE UNI.
TED STATES.
This important 18th day Of March, 1851, dawned
sather inauspiciously with leaAen skies, and tor
nadoes Of dust, which wal leveled somewhat
later by q Sigh. fall Of rain. As the morning
wTe on however, the skies frightened and the
wind lulled, auguries noted with some COM
plaoence by those who pin their faith upon such
'onens. The streets thus early were crammed
with pedestrians, ninety-nine faces out Of one
hundred. being those Of strangers The crowd
In this city is undoubtedly larger by half than
on any previous occasion Of the sort, but the
proportion of ladies is very much smaller. OF
these arrivals II Is safe to say that twothrds are
Western men.
From Saturday morning until this morning, the
arrivals in this city have been incessant that IL
columns Of the STAY were devoted to It. A rough
estimate Of the numbers arriving at the Leading
hotels 10 subjoined: At WillardS, the immense
building was filled from cellar to roof To satisfy
those who would go nowhere else, the proprietors
ordered AIS mattresses TO be laid at various points,
including ia in the Concert Hall, and then the
demand was not satisfied. Aside from the hun
here could not be much less Eve hundred up to II
O'Clock last night At Kirkwoods', the demand
was as great In proportion The mattress plan was
and not less than hundred and twenty were reg
ularly entered besides the host not accounted for
AT browns, the arrivals since Saturday are over
two hundred. The immense building was filed
rom top to bottom, all as completely cared for
possible under the circumstances. At the Ma
uonal was also another immense crowd. All was
activity and haste with the attaches, from the pro-
prietors TO the boot blacks and a continual bug of
hundreds of voices from sunrize to sunrixe Here
as at Wizards, hundreds of cots and mattresses
nave been brought into service; occupying parlors
ana reception rooms The entries since Saturday
morning are not less than four hundred and
twenty-five. Hundreds who have failed to get
regularly quartered In hotols or boarding houses
have been favored with fair weather, and stroling
ABOUT all night, catch napin some secluded spot
In day time.
THE SUNDAY BEFORE THE INAUGURATION.
day more un-Sabbath like than Yesterday
cannot well be imagined. A restless multitude
of strangers filed the streets and swarmed about
the hotels through the day and night, and at dusk
the brilliantly lit up Capitol, with Senate flag
flying, and the crowds pouring In that direction,
bad thorough weekday look. During the day
swarms Of dusty looking chaps, bearing carpet
bags wandered forlornly about the town looking
for lodging.
"uScLE ABE' DIDN'T 60 TO CHURCH.
About ten O'Clock Yesterday morning there was
front of the private estrance to Wizards Hotel,
with the idea Of getting look at the President
elect when he should emerge from that door to 90
TO church. The jam by half-past ten had in
the sidewalks, and the policemen stationed here
h. considerable difficulty In kee ,,ing a passage
open for pedestrians With each opening Of the
door there was general twisting Of necks, and
all tall men of only moderately good looks were
closely scanned they passed out, but IL O'Clock
came and passed. and no Uncle Abe. About this
time 1t was whispered that Mr.. Seward had just
gone into parlor No s, and for a while IL was
thought that he would presently come out with
Mr. Lincoln under his wing to escort him to
church as on last Sunday. But as time passed il
h.. 4l.,AlA . 49, al -
other object, and the crowd melted away. Mr.
Lincoln was not visible during the day, and the
hotel talk was that the finishing touches to the
inaugural and the definite adjustment of the cab
met slate was the work on hand.
At night AIR. Lincoln rode to the Capitol and
listened to the speech Of Senator Crittenden.
On Saturday afternoon Mr.. Lincoln rode out In
the new carriage lately presented to him from
New York.
: In the evening he received a large republican
delegation from Virginia, and afterwards dined
with Gen. Scott
Saturday night committee Of Union members
Of the Virginia Convention had protracted inter-
view with Mr.. Lincoln. They addressed him in
plain and nd emphatic mp language In behalf Of the
was to be Of the radical Republican character
which rumor gave Ii they assured him that they
were hopeless, in view Of the failure Of Congress
to pass some measure Of compromise, TO quiet the
appre hens!on Of their state They desired to re-
port to the Convention on Monday morning
message Of peace from the President elect Mr..
protected In all its rights, but promised another
Interview with them Sunday evening, before their
departure, the result Of which has not yet tram
spired.
PuGILisrIc NOTABLE.
The crowd returning down town from their
fruitless GRAND to see Mr.. Lincoln go to church,
had some compensation for their walk In meeting
rissey, Esq Of pugiiistic renown, dressed de.
murely In clothes Of clerical black, and wearing
a stove-piPe hat not at all inclined to one side.
In fact, as rumor goes, Mr.. J. M Is here a candi-
date for snug post In the New York custom
house.
~ BUSTING THE ROUTE.
Saturday night, about a hundred men, In small
Blake, Commissioner of Public Buildings. In
removing the dust from the main avenue between
the Capitol and the Presidents Mansion. The
work was not completed that night, 80 extensive
one did Ii prove, but was entered upon again
last night, and finished. Yesterday little heaps
Of mud and dust were piled in the carriage-way,
awaiting the resumption Of the work.
A TEMPERANCE CROWD
II 10 noticed by some Of our bonifaces that the
crowd Of strangers now flooding the city whether
from the tightness Of the times or the prevalence
OF Maine-law principles. do not liquor up 10 any
appreciable extent. Probably such another sscod-
water army" was never assembled here. The
hack drivers and porters also complain that the
newcomers are mainly Of the carpetbag order
rely on 'shank's mare" AZ means of locomotion
about town, and exhibit mental throes of the
deepest on being called on to disburse quarter
dollar
y EccEsrRIc VISITORS.
Inauguration tine inevitably brings 70 this
city a number Of oddisn people, some decidedly
crazy, and some about half-and- half Where
they burrow during the four years interval we
know not, but as sure al Inauguration Day comes
around, they are on hand here, bristling with
eccen,ricities and idiosyncracies Among these
representatives, Of crazy-dom on the Avenue to-
day, we notice a well-clad, not ill-looking man
e dark complexion, with hair and whiskers
uughuy gray, who marches along with solemn
4ead, singing In low tone an air Of most dole
.ful minor strains. At times he elevates his arms
20 heaven, as IL invoking aid from above, and
anon throws out his clenched fists with a Jerk,
straight "from the shoulder" a. IL the embodi-
Inent Of all he hated or feared were palpably be-
fore him.
A. Another whose insanity 10 apparently of a re-
ngious character attracted great attention, and
before and after the ceremonies held forth to quite
. crowd Of listeners. He had been seen wander.
Ing about the streets for several days. usually fol-
lowed by atTooP Of boys, who immensely enjoyed
his edifytng harangues. He was tolerably well
clad, and generally carried his hat In one hand,
while he gesticulated with the other. His hair
was rather gray, his beard rough and irregularly
shayen, and bis voice full and commanding. He
seemed TO avoid the crowd, and generally walked
10 and fro in some retired place, speaking at the
tea Of bis voice and gesticulating violently To-
day he was remarkably eloquent" and pitched