The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1869-03-18
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some public buildings, at all times pre-
sents to the visitor, many attractions
and objects Of interest. This was true
in a peculiar sense upon the occasion
Of the late Inauguration. At no time
since the grand review Of the armies
at the termination of the war, has
Washington presented such a scene Of
hustle and excitement.
Upon our arrival Tuesday morning,
our ears were saIuted with the stir
ring strains of martial music, as the
numerous military and civic organiza-
tions from all parts of the country ar
rived and marched to the quarters as
signed them. The day was replete
with interesting incidents, and the
city presented an animated appearance,
as the trains hourly arrived, bearing
their loads of human freight. While
viewing the immense coneourse, we
involuntarily wondered where the peo-
pie all came from, and how and where
they were to be entertained.
Wednesday evening there was esti-
mated to be no less than 100000
strangers in the city. To say that the
crowd was immense, win convey but
a faint idea of the numbers present,
augmented as they had been by the
constant stream of humanity that con-
tinued to pour in. Every place was
full. In the Halls Of Congress the
galleries and every available place that
afforded standing room was literally
packed, while the streets were alive
with people, and civic and military
organizations paraded with bands of
music and torches. Every place of
amusement was full to repletion. The
Hotel Iobbies were almost impossible,
and despite the greatest exertion on
the part of Hotel proprietors, they
could not furnish sufficient room to
supply their many guests.
OF the Inauguration ceremonies and
the magnificent procession, we have
not the time nor you the space to de-
vote to detailed account. Suffice to
say that the ceremonies and procession
were the grandest and.most imposing
ever witnessed upon any similar occa-
sion. Owing to the din and confusion
attendant upon such an assemblage,
IL was utterly impossible to hear the
President in the reading Of the Inaug-
ural, yet the vast throng, witnessing
the expressions of pleasure by those in
the immediate vicinity, rent the air
with prolonged shouts of appreciation,
and while the bands played
"AIIhanl Uufarl the Stripes and starsr
Ten times ten thousand patriots greet
The shrine of Liberty
Come, with one heart, one hope, one aim,
An undivided band,
To elevate, with solemn rites,
The ruler of our land r.
the artillery pealed forth in thunder
tones, announcing to the world the
beginning of new era in the history
of our Country, and the procession
proceeded to escort the President to
the IFhite House, just vacated by his,
who, while his Presiden-.
tai sands were fast ebbing away, had,
up to the last moment, been adding.
to his already infamous history, by.
the exercise Of his prerogative in the
pardoning ofa large number of noto-
rious criminals and rebelsl We do
not envy him the pleasure he may OBJ
tain in the retrospect of his admins
tration. Had he been true to his
constituents, to himself, and the best
interests of the country, and pursued
the policy he advocated prior to his
election, even after his disgraceful
,onduct four years ago, he might have
been his own successor, and peace and
harmony would have prevailed in
stead of strife and bloodshed. Poor
'Mosesl" He is now sunk in the low
sst depth of the political Dead Sea,
BY stubbornly and blindIy adhering
% ''My Policy"
Among the numerous objects of in
-erest to as, were the interesting Gu
.iosities and rare relics of antiquity, !
solicited and preserved at the Smith
5onian Institute.
At Arlington Nights, one mile
lcross the Potomac, in full view of the
,ity of Washington, are buried many
If the heroic men, who proved their
devotion to their country, By yield
ng up their lives in her defence. The
place is naturally beautiful. A noble
mansion of antiquated style, surround
ID by ancestral trees, keeps guard /
'ver the endless files Of head-boards,
which for space of over thirty acres,
ell of an army of fifteen thousand
'rave men, slumbering beneath.
While contemplating this silent
city of the dead," we remembered
Yhat writer has beautifully said of
he emotions attendant upon visit to
be spot:
"On moonlight night, the visitor
s irresistibly reminded of Zedlitz's
poem, where the dead Ma
'oleon, in his grey surtout and little
'ocked hat, reviews the shadowy
lost, whom the Nile mud and the
CO of Russia have released for an
lour of ghostly homage to their dead