Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-03-05
TELEGRsAPHIcy!
REPomTED ron THE sTATEsmAN,
Inaugur aliOn Cersmoniss Of President Lincoln

GU III ny u mUbb eACibuB bc5oiuu VI VIC OeuhU
: that body sitting twelve hours-from o'cloc
! last evening to this morning. As the dial {
the clock pointed to 12 O'Clock, and the Sab
4 bath gave way to Monday, the 4th of Marcel
the Senate chamber presented curious and az
mated appearance. The galleries were crowd
ed to repleton, the'ladies' gallery resemb ling
: from the gay dresses Of the fair ones there con
gregated. some gorgeous parterre Of flowers
/ and the gentlemen's gallery seemed one blacl
mass OF surgiDg, heaying maeculines, pushing
struggling, and almost clambering over eac
others backs In order to get good look OF th
proceedings.
Some Of the most ludicrous scenes were tn
result of the intense desire of the outsiders d
get q peep into the Senate chamber, and th
pertinacity with which the applicants for ad
mission to overfowing galleries would urge tha
they had come all the way fromlIndiana, or Yer
mont, or some other place, offered the seateC
ones intense amusement.
On the floor Messrs. Crittenden, Trumbull
Wigfall, Wade, Douglas, and others, kept up 9
running FIRE Of debate, while those not engaged
In discussion betook themselves to sofas for O
comfortable nap pduring theeession, which it was
known would last all night. As morning ad-
vaDced, the galleries and floor became gradual.
y cleared out. In the gray morning light the
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| A few minutes after o'clock, but few re-
NAMED. The morning was clear and beautiful.
The public buildings, schools, places of busi-
ness, &c,, were closed throughout the day. The
stars and stripes foated from the City Hall,
Capitol, War Department and other public build
ings, while not q few citzens flung out flags from
their houses, or across the principal avenues.
The streets were thronged with the volunteer
eoldery steiing to their respective rendezvous.
Three or four hours elapsed before there was
the least chance Of entering the Capitol. Penn.
sylvania avenue was thronged with people wend-
ing their way to the famous East Front. For
four hours the crowd poured on towards the Cap.
| itol In one continuous stream of old and young,
of male and female. A large majority were
Northern men, and but few Southerners, judg-
ing from the lack Of long.haired men in the
crowd.
The order Of arrangements, as settled by the
committee, was as follows: To the LETT OF the
Vice President were the Committee of Arrange
ments. Immediately behind them we're the
heads OF the various Departments of the Gov
ernment, Senators, members, and members
elect of the House, officers of the Army and
Navy, Governors of the States and Territories,
Comptrollers, Auditors, Registers and Solicitors
OF the Treasury. To the right of the Vice
AiSo'NNhu WNiO thO JuuHcb VI VIC supreme
Court, Senators, members Of the Diplomatic
Corps, Ex-Governors Of the States, Assistant
Secretaries Of Departments, Assistant Postmas.
ters General, Assistant Tfeasurers, Commits.
sioners, Judges, and the Mayors Of George
town and Washington.
Previous to the arrival Of the procession, the
Senate Chamber did not present very anima.
ted appearance. Many of the ladies', waiting to
see the display, did not arrive until late, and
the officers, with gay uniforms and flashing ep-
aulettes, relieved well the sombreness OF the
national black, worn by the Presidential COR
tege.
During the passage Of the procession to Will |
lard's hotel, and the march thence TO the Cap |
itol, Senator Bright killed, In the most appro |
pirate manner, certain gas bill: |. e talked 1t
TO death. This not proving very interesting,
matters waxed somewhat dull. In the interim,
at minutes 10 l2 o'clock, Vice President Breck. |
inridge and Senator Foote, Of the Committee of |
Arrangements, eltered the Senate Chamber, |
escortiDg the Vice President elect, Hon. Han. |
nibsl Hamlin, whom they conducted to seat |
Immediately to the left OF the chair OF the Pres |
ident Of the Senate. As the hands of the clock |
pointed to the hour of l2, the hammer fell, and |
the second session OF tho thirty sixth Congress
came to an end.
adjourned without day, and left the chair, to
which he Immediately conducted Vice President
Hamlin.
Hon. Er. CliDgman was then sworn in as
Senator for the State of North Carolina, Mr..
Clark for New Hampshire, Mr.. Chase for Chic,
Mr.. Harris for New York, Mr.. Harlan for Iowa, |
Mr.. Howe for Wisconsin, Mr.. Breckinrdge for |
Mr.. Lane for Indiana, Mr.. Nesmith |
Tor Oregon, and Mr. Mitchell for Arkansas.
AT this jrhcture the members and members |
elect Of the House OF Representatives entered |
the Senate chamber, glling every available |
place to the left Of the Vice President, The
corps diplomatic also entered the chamber at
the same moment, occupying seats to the right
Of the Chair.
II was subject Of remark that the oerpse |
never were 80 fully represented as on this occa-
the last time that all was to be |
there. The ministers, attaches and |
others numbered in all some fifty and over, and |
for brillancy of dress, the number of decora-
tions, grapes &C., added much to the imposing |
nature of the scene. Some Of the court uni |
forms were gorgeous, and attracted much atten.
tion. rE
The scene in the Senate, while waiting the
arrival OF the Presidential party, seemed TO re-
allze the lying down Of the lion and the lamb
together, or mingling oil and water. Messrs
Chase, Wigfsll, Crlttenden, Wilson and others
were opposite, hob.nobbing with the utmost cor.
diality. Senator Breckinridge conversed famil |
iary with the EXTREMIST men Of the Republic
cans, while ladies' of all political afintes, Mrs
Hamlin among the rest, looked smilingly down
on the animated scene.
Below, the attendance of the Senators was
full, the only absentees noticed being
those Of Hon. Mr.. Mason, and Hon. Mr.. Hun
ter, Of Virginia.
At fifteen minutes to one O'Clock, the Judges
Of the Supreme Court of the United States we're
announced by the door keeper of the Senate -
On their entrance all on the floor rose, and the
venerable Judges, headed by Chief Justice Tan.
ey, moved slowly to the seats assigned them,
to the right Of the Vice President,
each exchanging salutes with that officer in
passing the chair.
At ten minutes after one o'clock, an unusual
stir was occasioned in the chamber, and the |
rumor spread like wild fire, that the President
elect was In the building. At Is minutes past |
one, the Marshal in Chief, Maj. B. B French,
entered the chamber, usheriDg in the President |
and the President elect. They had entered |
together from the street, througha private COW
cred passage way, on the north side Of the Cap
itol, police officers being In attendance to pre-
vent outsiders from croHding after them. The
line of procession was then formed In the fol.
lowing order:
Marshal of the District of Columbia, Judges
of the Supreme Court, Sergeants.at arms of
the Senate Committee Of arrangements, Presi.
dent Of the United States and President Elect,
Vice President, Secretary Of the Senate, Sena-
tors, Diplomatic Corps, heads Of Departments,
Governors, and Others In the chamber. When
the word was given for the members of the
House to fall into line of pr ocession, q violent