Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1869-03-13


corps, eN-mcmbers of the House of Ileprcscn-
tativcs and members elect of the Fofty-Grst
Congress, Heads Of Departments, Governors
Of States and Territories, offceB 3f the Army
and Navy, aud all other persons who had been
admitted TO the floor Of the Senate
-t. stkNk Ar r1fE CEREMONY.
! In front of the parties, but about ten feet
lower, bciig on il ltvc with the first landing
place of the flight of marble steps, had been
constructed a platform Capable of accommo-
dating, together with the steps, five or six
hundred persona II lad a semi-circular frollN;
which was covered with wrcalhs of evergrecns.
The national flag was also cntwined around
two of the columns supporting the pcdiment
of the portico.
6x rhF fIirFoR&,
On reaching tho platform the President elect
took the scat which Had been provided for him.
directly in front of the center Nice-Presdent
ColhX and the Sergcantat-nrms in charge of
tIt ceremonies sat bf MS fight, and the Chief
Justice of the Supreme Court on his left. The
Senate Committee of Arrangements were near
at hand and next in the rear The Associate
Justices Of the Supreme Court occupied seats
on the left and the members and Sefletary of
the Senate ON the right. TE6 Diplomatic
Corps were to have occupied Seats next in the
rear Of the Supreme Court, but were not sufli-
cicntly alert to prevent themselves from being
crowded intb tl6 EjiSk ground by members of
the House.
| THE WEATHER.
Tie rain had ceased, and, though the atmos-
phcFc was damp and heavy, tho weather seem
cd 70 Have no chilling effect upon the general
enthusiasm.
The grounds opposite and the streets ndjoin-
ing were packed. Near General Grant, and
little behind him, sat Mrs Grant, accompanied
by her sister, Mrs. Sharp, and Mrs. Casey, her
sistcr-in-law, Mrs. General nent afi lser cbH
drcn, Jennie and Nellie, and Masters Fred and
L. s., jr.
The shouts ard bursts of music from n tI1zcn
bands subsidized as the PrcsSldRt elect and Chief
Justice ~ thY Cniitd States fosc sifnuitane-
ously, and the latter commenced in clear and
solemn tones, To rrcite the formula of the
Presidential oath of Office, which Gen Grant
revcrcntially took. The boom of cannon and
shouts Of the vast multitude then burst forth.
ms. partial qlfzt having Gben restored tho
President rose and proceeded TO read from
snHnr ttipt his iirrryiral address.
His Voice was not audible except to persons
on or near the front of the Platform; but at
every pause the satisfaction manifested by
those who were near at hand was responded
10 by checis and shouts rtrEr fl.e crowd more
distant, and some of the points III tlrc address
were quietly circulated from mouth to mouth
and made the occasion for applause even some
tinr after thtir uttcrance.
AFTER.
At the Conclusion of the address, the Presi-
dent was warmly congratulated by his friends
and soon altcrwart left in his cnrIiage for the
White House. The procession reformed and
took up the line of march in the same dircc-
f ton, and the Senate having returned to tll,.i,4
chamber, the crowd dispersed and the Aihil-
guration ceremonies were brougks ro con-
| clusion.
At THE WHITE H0tsE. ..
President Grant reaehed the White House
about two +. ~ lie was met at the door by
Gen. Schotield, Secretary of War, who had
been left by Mr.. Johnson in charge of the
Executive office. The latter left the White
House at ~ o'clock, with the members of his
Cabinet, except Gen. Schoitld Tice-Presi-
dent Collax accompanied the President to the
White House, and the members OF the staG OF
the General were al present. An immense
multitude cOngregatcd outside the gates of the
Executive Mansion, in lhe belief that there
vcOAld a reception, but the President decided
not TO have onc: .'.
BIsMARCK's CONGRATULATIONS
Upon his entrance to the Office the following
dispatch was handed TO President Grant:
p .... "BERIIN March L.
MY cordial congratulations on this solemn
+ day ..,
m "I}nMARcK.~
THE BAiL OF INAUGURATION
AS whole, was u stupendous succcss--stu-
prndOus in brilliancy, stupendous in all the
elements which go to'palke eb s,lch ait Fhfperi
sal oscnsA0n. Tlirrc weTc tistccn hundred tick
cts which, bringing in gentleman anil two
ladies each, respectively footed up full five
thousand people in slh, yes tlsege ~m+ ar,,sats
roNan for ss aa,t tire spacious stairways, corri-
dors and myriad rooms of the magnificent
Treasury Department were wholly insufficient
for tlie harense rs,rtfber h, seetbns as but e
party sisknad7- Ali'thc dignitarics of the Re
publican party were lscsrirt,, iasFtltling the
whole of their leaders in the Senate and LLor,e,
the loyal Goseros of every Northern aird sew
eral Western States, and every prominent
statesman and pollution whom the festivities
and the cxigencies of the wGeK have M6ught
to the capital, Ofladies, suffice il to say, there
were representatives OF the blood, the wealts
\ and bNauty of the nation, and from every St,ac
from California % she Atlantic, and the lakes
to the gulf Mrs. General Gaines, Mrs. Gener-
al Thorp, Mrs General sherman, Mrs General
Green, of North Carolina, Mrs. General FIRE.
mont Mss Ser~toS Morgan, Mrs. Nc Culloch,
Mrs, h. w. Seward, Mrs. Gr,ld Mrs, e'OaGIx,
aarscores of other distinguished woman shown
yesplendent in the representation of tho Rcput-
icSniCourt of America. An ,hs itsei,ii cnlb,,s-
satRnrA and their families md lnyationa Nv.re