The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-03-09
Inrugurastors OF, Prsssaent Grant.

TnsugurastoasogeR RFsatdent Grantsr WI
On reachiug the platform the President
E elect took the seat provided for him di-
rectly in front of the centre, Vice Presid ent
Colfax and the Sergeant-at-Arms lin charge
Of the ceremonies) sitting on his right, and
tile Chief Justice of the Supreme court on
The Senate Committee Of Arrangements
were near at hand, and next in the rear the
Associated Justices of the Supreme Court
occupied the seats on tho left, and members
and the Secretary of the Senate on the
right The Diplomatic Corps were to have
occupied the seats next i'll the rear of the
Supreme Court, but they were not snffi-
ciently alert to prevent themselves from
being crowded into the hack ground by the
members Of the House of Representatives,
enterprising correspondents and others,
who secured the foremost places remaining,
and left the diplomatists to take their
chances with officers of the army aud navy
and others on the steps and portico, where,
perhaps. they Jared better. being less
crowded, ana having better view of the
surroundings and general scene. The rain
had ceased, and though sio atmosphere was
damp and heavy, the weather seemed
to have no chilling effect upon the general
enthusiasm. The grounds opposite aud the
streets adjoining were packed with human
beings, some of whom were at least u quar-
ter of mile distant, watching the scene
with Intense interest. Men, women and
children were promiscuously crowded,
many of them having stood patiently in the
mud for several hours All around the
Capitol were dense throngs. The windows
looking out upon the sceno were OF course
ull crowded
The Eastern portico, the roof OF the ex-
tensive wings. the lower part OF the dome
and other prominent pointa exhibited their
clusters OF spectators, and men and hoys
were seen in numbers Derched upon the
projecting limbs and clinging to the top
most boughs Of the trees in the opposite
public squares. In fact, every available
point and perch Of observation was made
use of with the exception Of the street or
avcane directly i'll front of the Capitol,
which was occupied, but not crowd Ell, with
the various military and civil organizations
which had composed the procession, and
were now drawn up in open order to wit
ness the ceremonies The crC wd elsewhere
snrSed and swaycd to and 40, and several
fierce disputes took place about conflicting
claims to standing room, but the policemen
and guards moving in all directions sue
ceeded admirably i'll enforcing dne decorum,
and no difficulty of q serious or unpleasant
nature occurred, SO far as known.
Near General Grant, and II little behind
nm, sat Mrs. Grant, accompanied by her
sisters, Miss Sharp, and Mrs. Casly, her sis
tcr-in law, Mrs. General Dent, aud her
children, Misses Jennie and Nellie, and
Masters Fred. and U. $. Jr. The shouts
and bursts of music from i. dozen bands
with which the appearance of the chief
actors i'll the coming drama had been
greeted, subsidized and died away to Stiffness
as the President elect and the Chief Justice
OF the United States rose simultaneously,
aud tic latter commenced, in u clear and
solemn tone, to recite the formula of the
Presidential oath of office, which General
Grant reveren,ly took, and became Presi
dent of the United States for the next ensu-
ing four years.
The boom Of cannon and the shouts of the
vast multitude burst forth with deafenine
sound rs he took his seat, and cheer after
cheer went mp with a volume of tone which
almost rendered inaudiblo the deep reports
Of the cannon.
Partial qniet having been restored, the
President then arose and read from the
manuscript his inaugural address.
His voice was not audible except to per-
sons on or near the platform, bnt at every
pause the satisfaction manifested by those
who were near ut hand was responded to by
| cheers and shouts from the crowd more
| distant, and some of the points of the ad-
dress were quickly circulated from month
to mouth, aud made the occasion for ap-
plause even sometime after their utterance
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| Cost OF INDIAN WARS Wendell Philips
is reported rs reckoning the cost OF all these
as 81. 900, 100000 an average of $12, $500,
600 year. Another says that our chief
wars with them werc from 1888 to 1928,
forty years; but since then they have been
less bloody but more costly 1.-The Semi
mole war in Florida cost $4,000 lives, and
$10O, ,OOO, 900; the Sioux war, 1852 Sc, $40,
OOO. 900; and the Cheynne, 1864. $GJ, 900,
OOO. These estimates may be exaggerated
but our war-poicy in dealing with the
Indians has unquestionably wasted fearful
amount of money and life. How different
| would have been truly and uniformly
tof,n Al