Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-03-05
INAUGURATION RECEPTION
GRA ND AFFAIR.
Five Thousand Persons Present.
President Grant and Vice Prc3i-
dent Colfax.
They are Made Much Of.
mo Hand-shaking, Gentlemen!p
Who We're There.
Toilettes and Coiffures.
Music, Dancing, and Display.
"slI u g.
Toilettes and Coiffures.
Music, Dancing, and Display
Wild Hunt for Overcoats.

If he ball managers ever had an apprehen.
sioE OF selling TOO few tickets that idea must
have been dispelled yesterday, and m ust have
been followed by some dismsy in regard to the
practicability OF accommodating all who de.
sired TO attend the reception. Fault ha,been
found with the management for selii q 2 so many
Il kets as TO make a jam, but it must be re.
membered that they Were no. catering merely
for ordinary ball -gcers, but for the great num-
beIs OF strangers in Washington, who were
anxious 70 see Grant and his family, and " 40
would have been greatly dis appointed II un-
able to be present. Aud, further, there was
ample accommodation for the crowd. large as
it was, could it have been e4 ually distributed;
but through defect In the rculal,ng arrange
meH's, there was block on the stair ways and
in the passages.
The ARRIVALS.
AS saIIy as eight O'Clock, when the so,rs
Were opened, there was an immense gathering
In front Of the Treasury Building waitlng
edmIssion. Two tn hJusand tickets had been
s,ld, and rs each tlcket admitted one gentleman
ami two ladies, IL Is estimated that at least live
thousand persons Were present. The mode OF
entrance was the 18TH street front OF the cid
building. The visitors then passed ND the
main stairway cf the old building to the third
floor, where they We're shsWn 10 the dressing
rooms. All other means of ingress and egress
were closed by temporary board partitions
The ladies' on arriving We're condu ted by Ihsir
attendants 70 the hat and cloak rooms, on the
third and fourth stories OF the bnilding, where
they were len " hile the gentlemen proceeded
to the Lat and cloak rooms appropriated to
their use Oh the fourth floor of the building.
THE JAM.
BY ten O'Clock the jam in the passage. ana
the stz:Iways was terrific. Roonlsg Iadiss
Were being handed about IN a matter OF fac.
routine way. RS II II were part Of the pro.
GTanme. There was also a trernsn ndous pres
sure in the direction OF Pre- idrpt Grants recep-
ton room. Tagged out committee men
'ssay.d in vain to keep the procession heading
tbat way In lire. At the door Gen Barnum
and Gov. Hawley made themselves hoarse
shouting "Dont stop 10 shake hand, gsrtl,.
men, "fake look and move on" There was
also great rush in The dIreC zion Of thu supper
rocT, ard the tables We're swept almost before
The busy walters Gould place tue eiibles upou
them. AT one time the crowd broke down the
ooors OF the kitchen, and a perfect stamped.
took place through this room TO he rear of the
tables in the supper room, greatly to the
dismay OF the waters. stout female cook
Stopped he tide IN this direction by pl1cing
her.eh with tub Of dish water in the u ltb
and vhirling The dirty dish cloths, so spatter-d
the ball costumes OF the Invaders hat they
were glad to beat a retreat
THE RECEPTIONS or TIE PREs..
DENT.
had been announced To the coz! Ylittes tha
President Grant and Vice President CoIrax
would VISIT the ball at half past Ten O'Clock.
and AZ ID II hour the Presidents party entered
49,
the building President Grant being accom-
PANIED by Ex.Senaior Mor ION, of New York.
Mr.. Grant was escorted by General George
II. Thomas. Vice President Coifix and lady
ent-Ied the building soon after the arrival ot
the President. and the company proceeded 10
be marble room. Here they were formally r..
ceiyed by the Committee On Reception, a d sr.
tel speloIBg sorn- moments in pleasant conyer-
't.5n, he President, Vice Prssid mt and theiI
r'speeiI'e ladies We're invied 10 oecupy lha
reception rooms prepared for them IN the SEC
ond sto.y Of the bUlIjing.
PRESIDENT GRANTS ROOM.
In The large room upon the second fioOr, over
the north entrance To the building, Presiseut
Grant aud Vice President Colisx, with their
wives, received the visitors from ten until
twelve o'clock. They occupied positions in
the centre OF The room, the guests entering g.
the lett and departing tO the right. Ssnator
Morgan, Gen. Schenck, Ne srs. w. y Huntiur
Ton, ii. hauiI msn, L. l.. Tullock, Gov JOS
X Hawiey, Henry ID. Cooke, Gen. B4rnum
"in. Il COOK, A. II. Mullett, den. Michisr, ~
T.. Chandler. and other members OF The commit
zee of arrangements occupying positions upon
either side Of the room 20 prevent any bloc kads
OF The entrance or sxit. IL was utterly impos.
s-oie Tor all the viaiIors 10 shake hands witn
either the President or Vice President. IN.
crowd II. tna.
pass on alter bow ing to th- distinguished party.
The President stood Besrast the door. with
Mrs. Grant upon his rgh,, then Vice Presi.
Gent Colfax with Nrs. Ooliax upon his right.
In media'ely b-hind them stood Mrs. Casey
and Mrs. SHARPE, Mrs. Grants sisters; Mrs.
Dent, her sister in-law; masters Fred, u, =,
JT-. and Jessie, and Miss Nellie Grant, ner
childfehi MS. Phelps aud Miss Phelps, of
Gsiepa, III. guests Of the Presideni; (}en.
Rawlings, Gen. Cons X, and ladies: (t.n
Badeau, Gen. Porter, and Gen. Bab,ock. q,
Gen. dTani's sian, and others.
TIE PREsIDEN rIAL PARTY.
Presidens Grant made an excellent .mprss.
sion upon visitors by his unpretendinx sym.
pliciiy Of style. Leaning slightly forward by
his finger ends upon the little marble table
before him and bowling his acknowledgement
10 the salutations Of visitors. he seemed % f.,
as though hs would rather 20 through q dozen
battles than 10 face all this demon stration of
popular regard. BY request Of the COMMITTEES
the visitors generally passed through without
submitting the Presid.at to the infection OF
hane shaking, but every now and then some
individual would seize the Gene.
raj BY the hand and illustrate the depth OF his
admiration by The force Of his grip.
Mrs. Grant, Iady.like ana unaffected In man
ner, won greatly upon visitors; and her chill
dfen' oy their frank and unassuming style
showed that they had been trained by good
mother.
Vice President Collar and Mrs. Coffax were
sought for by visitors after . manner 10 show
Eheir hold on The popular heart. Mrs. Colfax,
BY the way, grows pFettieT every day, and
wouid % reienins belle IL she lad the slight
rot inclination that way.
Gen. Rawlings va. much ino ou,vsS a,,.y bv
visitors aDx'ous to get Icss ~ him. ana Who
were q ui'e generally of the ns,sef that he will