, 1869-03-11
TIE INAUGURATION BAWL,
An Uncomfortable Crowd Efseley
Lpssa alA Badge OF Greatness.
KAsH1a0ros. Na.cn3.
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From tho Clre'nr4V1 LLuuelcial.



EAsH1aoros. Mach 5.
Frpm tho ctre n.An commercial.
TIE BALL
Instlgated By the dtv,l, and persuaded by
exhibition Of all that dlsagured the inarsu-
raliou OF General Grant. Into the usrron
corridors and small .ooua OF the Treasury
was packed to sndocatl0u crowd Of men
and women, pushing, ss1ussllng, fainting.
tickets had been sold, aud each ticket aver
aged thrre people. There were men In
swallow tailed costs, white choke7s and
tight breaches. and wemen in al sorts Of cos-
immense traits prednminated.
We climbed four Nights Of stairs, to the
ladies' dIEssing rooms and gentlemcn's cloak
rooms. We gave-ursuspcctine MORALS 81
We were-our costs and hats to the recoa-
with number Oh It, In e1chauee. a dark
suspicion crept over my prophetic soul that
bad parted with my Tile and coat forever.
Standardized between two lovely females,
began the descent A stream Of humanity
Tss pouring down; and. by the watch, II
took mt one hour to- reach tho l2st step At
the bottom. Here We fell into tide sctttpE
heavily Westward, a good desl agtatcd by
stream Of stout policemen, cotton-Elovei
eolorcd walters, a1d some teeh'e.nainded
young mcn, With hair parted In the middle,
that made pretty strong current setting to
The east. Fer halt an hour and my convoy
whirled In au eddy, caused hT projection u
corner. Escaping from this ne fill into
midstream, and made steady, bat slow pro.
krtss.
suppose that By morning We nigh: have
reached the end Ut the corridor, had we not
encountered cross sen, made up OF the DIP
louaatic corps ard some military pumps, THAI
carried III Tito = receplion ro- N where tho
these We ere dashed With great violence,
msde more fearful by 4 stoas man who
bawled OUT Don't shake hands, don't shake
| hands," q. the President and vtco President
derstand the meanis E Of It, uuless the man
was the court physician. aud feared we, or
General Grant, would catch the Itch.
THIS was varied BY weak females ia tight
dresses fajntiug at Intervals Of 6ye minutes
And the character OF the Officials nray oa
gathered from : conversation I heard. be-
| Tween the husband OF lady III from the heat
aud fatigue, and functionaf5. He hat car
lied her out, and fortunately fund Taeaa.
air, and while he held her up some Servants
passed with chairs.
lie made an earnest appeal for one Of these.
bnt the stupid fellows refused. at las. he
seized one, and was aboot seating bis wife.
Whtn An official ca11c nj him. demanding the
chair. ihe poor man explained, but the fti.
low replied that be had his orders-the Chairs
we've needed for alotEer purpose. The hus-
band hsde bis vile UT down, and thcd said:
Now, If you take thas chair, ] u must
take n feo1n under my, wife, and I hardly
think ii Will be q hesl.hy Proceeding"
lou can gain our purpose 10 that way"
eIclained the fellow, wtlks With 1a:es, ''nus
tyour vile ts sick you had better take her
hcu1e."
- You are an insoIcnt touud,' ro7red the
/! hut bard, ''nud il yon will gte me yorr ad-
| dress III smash your dirty mout, so-morrow,
Wien theEe arc DO women Ia project ron"
/ lR2s told that the scenu in ihe supper-
| rccm becgated description. The luors vera
opeted to the entire crowd, and IN two min
| utes the rooms were packed to suQucatiou.
To eat was impossible. Dut to alir up .ha
temper and destroy dresses WAS The rule
ed a. every step. Waile trying TO get t, the
supper-rooD, I ie1t, for some time under ug
| feet. what seemed to be a soft carpet I
found, in 3 few minutes. that 1t was tbs train
guys women eau make Of themselves. wt=u
they try. l saw some voutltni female doa-
keys, With their heads piastcred over With
white powder and pomatum IS 1t their dcas
little :elses had terminated In an Ap2ie-
dumping.
/ When at last, tired aud disguised, we
sousht the dressing rooms tor our WRAPS, I
! found that We were ptnGeA 10 the place for
tFo days. Fortunately, after invading the
tadiei' fadn .hafe hdffes:'Dg Eoom vsrS impropst,y
mile~ | found a crew actually Ashtiug in
: the hall above. Al the hole iu the door Of
The cloak room An ,d1otic face made months
at Us IN the most exaspesA Atlug man1es-
Long lines were formed by the police, and
scarcely formed before broken up. hap
pened to Eet near my friend, the Professor.
1T Is my opinion" ht cried, "that We wilt
BE- here AZ hight ! do not zee 1ha: .true-
eannot go home without n5 out garnenss-
believe can insert my body Ia that apcr-
tore With your assistance
"Go 4, Professor" SAID ], and the Profes-
eor made dive i tetzed hun BIZ the legs
Two stout men assisted, and after a briaf
struggle, in which the Professor lost one of
bis coat-taiis and broke his spcctac1es, VIC
shot him through. Bat a1as aud ttaekl the
Professor Is dreadinl]y near-s,ghted, and,
lotinR his GLASSES, he lost bis eye,, le!t
manntr.
Descending the stairs, + countered Ar.
Horace Gstcffy. fle was Sitting on step.
and LOOKED as dismal As MaEius amid the
rutns Of the Carthage Hotel. '>
qulrcr.
~ have lost mJ hat in that cursed room.
Of fIciois-''
Mot your old white hat,''
"ies, my old white hat, and With II my
osescoAs- Il Is lAuaentab}e inst the rrbeis
diV not T. &c this d-n toan aud tu-n 1t to
sshes- They showed their spite hy rot do
trg So. II Is an Internal sInk.h hole OF 1uIqulty,
depending fas It's miserable existence on ,ha
J EoyeErmcut.''
leit the venerable philosopher lam 2utlng.
Whist An extraordinary fact Il was thst be
lost his old white tat had Al idea, IN
common With the peusivc p.blic, that it
could not be lost. He could not give It or
cloak-roo1n.
This cyent impressed me deeply went
houe in the cold Without hat or uyercoat. In
the bitter cold but lrnmlaaied, ma1Yelled
and Wondered, and all last night I dreamed
that the venerable HoFace VAS 8 fery.boat
aud ktcered him.
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