The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1861-03-01

| The galleries will be reserved for ladies,
who will enter the capitol from the terrace.
by the principal Western door of the central
building, and be conducted to the gallery of
the senate.
The rotunda shall be closed, and the pas.
sages leading thereto kept clear.
The other doors and entrances to the capt.
tol, except those to be open under this ar
rangement, will be kept closed.
At II o'clock the president and president
elect, accompanied by two members of the
committee Of arrangements, will proceed in a
carriage to the North door of the North wing
Of the capitol, and, entering there, will pro-
coed to the presidents room.
The vice president elect will be accompan-
led to the capitol by member of the COM
mittee of arrangements, and conducted into
the vice presidents room, and afterward into
the senate chamber, where the oath::of office
will be administered to him by the vice pres
ident.
The diplomatic corps and the Justices of
the supreme court will enter the senate cham
Der few minutes before the president elect.
The senate will assemble at II o'clock.
The senate being ready to receive them,
the president and the president elect will be
introduced BY the committee of arrangements
| to the seats prepared for them in the senate
chamber.
After a short pause, those assembled in
the senate chamber will proceed to the plat
form on the central portion of the capitol, in
the following order:
The marshal of the District of Columbia.
The supreme court of the United States.
! The sergeant-at-arms of the senate.
The committee of arrangements.
The president fthe United States and the
president elect.
The vice president and the secretary of the
senate.
The members CT the senate.
The diplomatic corps.
Heads of departments, governors of states
ard territories, the mayors of Washington
and Georg" town, and other persons who have
been admitted into the senate chamber.
On reaching the front of the portico the
president elect will take the seat provided
for him in front of the platform.
The president and committee of arrange
men,s will occupy position in the rear of
the president elect.
Next in the rear of these the chief Justice
and the associate justices of the supreme
court will occupy the seats on the lett, and
the vice president, secretary and members of
the senate those on the right.
| The diplomatic corps will occupy the seats
next in the rear of the supreme court. Heads
of departments, governors and ex-governors
of states and territories, and ex-members of
the senate, cx-members and members elect OF
tine house of representatives in the rear of
I the members of the senate.
Such other persons as are included in the
preceding arrangements will occupy the steps
and the residue of the pOrtico.
All being in readiness, the oath of Office
will be administered to the president elect BY
the chief justice, and on the conclusion of the
( presidents address, the members of the sen.
ate, preceded by the vice president, secretary
and sergeant arms. will return to the SEN
ate chamber, and the president, accompanied
by the committee of arrangements, proceed
to the presidents house.
! The sergeant alarms of the senate, with
the marshal of the district, are charged with
the execution of these arrangements, and
aided by the police Of the capitol. will pre-.
serve order.
All horses and carriages will be excluded
from the capitol square.
I Should the. weather prove unfavorable, the
ceremony of the inauguration will take place
in the senate chamber.
SOLOMON Foot, Committee
JAMES \. PEARCE, of
EDWARD d. BAKER, Arrangements.