The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-03-05

ness.
Among those present who were p2i
ticularly- noticed was Edward Thorn
| ton, Minister from Great Britain; M
Bertheny, French Minister; Chevalier
| Cerrati, Minister from Italy, and
Blacque Bey, Turkish ambassador,
who. sat in the front line. Behind the
] Ministers and Charge d Affairs were
ranged large number of secretaries
and attaches of the various legations,
who also, in many instances, were
| gorgeously attired.
Soon afterwards a buzz of excite
ment called the attention to the ap-
pearance. at a side door, of the Presi-
| dent aud Vice President elect, who
/ entered arm In arm, respectively,
with Senator'S Cragin ana McCreery,
/ the committee appointed TO escort
/ them to the Cham Der. Almost at the
same moment, and before they had
i feached the open space in front OF the
tChair, the door at the main entrance
was thrown open, and the Justices of
/ the Supreme Court. headed by Chief
Justice Chase, and clad IN robes of
| office, entered the Senate Chamber,
and walked in procession down the
centre aisles, and took seats prepared
| for them In front of the rostTum.
| General Grant had, in the meantime,
been conducted to a chair immedi-
ately In front of the clerk s desk, and
sat there facing the audience, the
target for several thousand eyes, whose
! gaze he seemed neither to avoid nor
realize, but exhibited his usual self
possession and unassuming demeanor.
A seat 20 the left OF that prepared
fer Gen. Grant was In readiness for
President johnson, but it was not Oe-
cupied, nor was the latter in the Capt.
tol this morning, but signed bills as
they were sent to hir1 at the White
House. The presiding officer having
announced that all was In readiness
for the Inauguration of the Vice
President elect, Colfax advanced up
the steps of the rostrum, and, facing
the presiding officer, took the usual
oath of office, which the latter ad-
ministered. Turning to the Senate,
Colfax delivered the following ad-
dress, which was listened TO with the
deepest attention, distinctly audible
to all:
Senators:
In entering upon the duties of this
L.
Il have been called by the people of
the United States, | realize fully the
delieacy as we'll as the responsibility
of the position. Presiding over a
body whose members are in so large a
degree my seniors in age, not chosen
by the body itself, I-shall certainly
need the assistance your support
and your generoy Iorbearance aud
\
faithful and i .xible impartiality in
the adminisp don Of your rules, and
earnestly desiring to cooperate with
you in making the deliberations of the
Senate worthy not only of it's historic
renown. but also of these States
whose commissions you hold. L am
now ready TO take the oath of office
required by law.
At its conclusion the Senators elect
came forward, as their names were
called, and took the Senatorial oath
Of Office, which was administered by
the newly inducted Vice President, IN
the following order: Thos. Z. Bay
ard, of Delaware; Arthur j. Bore
man, of West Virginia; VIM, A.
Buckingham, of Connecticut; Matt
II. IL. Carpenter, of Wisconsin;
Eugene Casserly, of California; Zach.
Chandler, Of Michigan; .. +. Ed
munds of Vermont; Reuben E. Fen
ton, of New York; Abijah Gilbert, Of
Florida; Hannibal Hamlin, Of Maine;
ID. ID. Pratt. of Indiana: Alexander
Ramsey, of Minnesota; Carl Schurz,
of Missouri; John Scott, of Penn
sylvania; W. Sprague, of Rhode
Island; w. A. Stewart, Of Nevada;
John 2. Stockton. of New Jersey;
Charles Sumner, of Massachusetts,;
Allen @. Thurman, of Ohio; Thos.
W. Upton, of Nebraska. Two of
the Senators elect, Mr.. Hamilton, Of
Maryland, and Mr.. Brownlow, of
Tennessee, were not present.
The organization OF the new Senate
having been completed, 1t was an
nounced that the Senate, Supreme
Court and invited spectators would
proceed to the east porticO of the
Capitol TO participate in the ceremo
nies of the inauguration of the Presi-
dent elect. A procession was accord
ing formed, and the late occupants of
the floor of the Senate proceeded
throught the corridors and Rotunda
to the place indicated, in the follow
ing order: The Marshal of the Su-
preme Court, Chief Justice and As
sociate Justices of the Supreme Court,
the Sergeant, at Arms of the Senate,
| the President elect with members of
| the Committee of arrangements, the
Vice President and Secretary of the
Senate, the members OF the Senate,
| the Diplomatic Corps, members elect
to the Forty-frst Congress. Heads of
| Departments, Governors of States and
I Territories, officers of the army and
navy, and all other persons who had
! been admitted to the floor of the Sen
ate.
In front of the portieo, but about
ten feet lower, being on a level with
the landing place of the fight of the
marble steps, had been constructed a
| platform capable of accommodating,
together with the steps, about five or
six hundred persons. 1t had semi
1 circular front, which was covered with
4. wreaths of evergreens. The national
flag was also entwined with two of
the columns supporting the pediment
| of tie portico.
e On reaching the platform the Pres
1 ident elect took seat provided for
| him, directly in front of the centre,
| Vice President Coffax and the Ser
geant at Arms in charge of the cere-
monies sitting on his right, and the
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
on his left. The Senate Committee
of Arrangements was near at hand,
s and next in the rear The Associate
Judges of the Supreme Court occu-
- pied seats on the left, the members
and Secretary of the Senate on the
right. The diplomatic corps were to
have occupied seats next in rear OF
the Supreme Court, but were not suf.
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