The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-03-04

CANT costumes were crushed through
the crowd on the porch till their plight
| was anything but env.able. In an hour
not lady got out, except such as were
taken 1rom@athe windows. Quite q
number tainted from the fright and
sutfocation caused by the swaying OF
the crowed. The police on duty seemed
powerlesS. None tried TO create disOr-
der, but the crowd was so great. it was
impossible to control or resist its surg
ing. A few OF the Cabinet officers and
some of the foreign Minister'S with q
small representation of the prominent
| visitors in the city, succeeded in gain
| ing entrance. But the majority OF each
class were obliged to- abandon the at.
tempt to get in. At last a platoon oil
i regulars were sent for, and when the
| time for closing the doors came, they
were able to keep the way from them
| clear. At another time about fifty OF
! those on the front porch Joined in a
good nntured way in singing John
Brown" At another quite an excite
| ment was caused by the arrest of three
| pick pockets. So far as the attendants
| OF the White House could discover, the
prominent officials, as they drove up,
were taken in through the basement,
and some of them gained an exit in the
same maner. All citizens, who have
observed many closing receptions, are
estimating the number of visitors now
| in the city from the crowd tn night us
much exceeding that for 1851
THE HOUSE REPUBLICAN, CAUCUS.
The Republican Representative cau-
Gus Tuesday night was attended by one
hundred and thirty two members. Cen
not present. The Connecticut and New
Hampshire members were in attend
ance, but did not vote. as they have not
been reelected. When nominations
for Speaker were called, MI. Dawes rose
and presented the name of Mr.. Blaine
in the following neat and graceful man
ner:
"MR. CHAIRMAN: The Office of Speak
er of the American Houseof Represen
tatives is worthy ofy,the highes; anlbi-
ton. The third in rank under the Con-
stitution, it has become in the economy
of our administration second in honor
and power only to that Ofthe President.
This distinction is not little dpe to the
illustrious names associated with the
discharge of its difficult and delicate
duties, most conspicuous among which
is that of the distinguished gentleman
now about to retire so gracefully from
its responsibilities and honors. 1t was,
therefore, to me matter of unaffected
dlfidence, but of unfeigned gratificar
ton, that any considerable number OF
members of the 41st Congress consider
ed rue worthy of that high position.
| But when it became evident to me that
tue selection Of another would be likely
| to be more acceptable to a majority OF
| the members, no earthly consideration
could induce me to longer occupy the
| position of Il candidate. sembrace
this opportunity to publicly express
nv deep obligations to those whose par
TALLY have thus enjoyed. lit only
remains for me to discharge the pleas
| ant duty OF giving expression to the
choice which has become Unanimous.
/ do this, sir, in|the full assurance that
the Office will lose NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of
that dignity or lustre whichthas so dis
| tinguished it In the past. With these
remarks it is hardly necessary for me
to say that 1 rise to move, as L now do,
the nomination by reclamation of the
Hon. James 6. Blaine, for Speaker of
the FOrty-frst Congress"
These words OF Mr.. Dawes were re-
ceived with many manifestations of
good feeling toward him, and Mr..
Blaine was then made the nominee by
unanimous vote. Mr.. MCPHERSON
was made the nominee for Clerk by a
vote of So to 26 for Mr.. Eckley. OF Ohio,
and 20 for Mr.. Mckee, of kentucky.
Mr.. Ordway again carried the nomina-
ton of Sergeant-at- Arms by rs against
80 for Mr.. WuShburn, OF Indiana, and
Buxton that for DoOrkeeper by 9S
against 90 for Comings, who was pre-
scented by MIR. Logan as the candidate
of the Grand Army of the Republic.
made, the vote standing: King, present
incumbent, 63; Given. former incum.
bent, 60, and Lucas three. The contest
for this place will therefore have to be
settled in the House.
GREAT CROWDS AND HIGH PRICES.
The crowd in Washington is already
greater than at any previous Inaugural
ton, and if the trains of tomorrow
morning aud evening bring half as
many as are expected it is difficult to
see where the persons here Tomorrow
night are to sleep. Tho hotels are full
from cellar to garnet. The boarding
houses are packed and private houses
are renting out all their spare rooms at
from six 10 ten dollars per day. The
market men have more than doubled
their prices for eatables of all kinds,
and board that last week was two dol
lars per day Is now four or, five or even
six dollars. Hackmen who are ordina-
rily glad to hire atubout ten dollars per
day are asking forty or fifty for Thurs
day. Tho street Cur conductors are the
only persons who cling 10 their old
rates.
GENERAL AND .LIEUTSNANT GENERAL
The General, as stated by members
of his staff, does not deem 1t necessary
ID IeSlHu HIS III
the army, holding that it WILDE vacated
by, his taking the oath of Office as Presi-
dent. He will on Friday or Saturday
nominate Gen. Sherman as his success
SCR, and this nomination will of course
be confirmed, unless Congress chooses
TO repeal or suspend the law creating
the grade of General. He will ,proba-
bly, at the same time nominate, some
one for Lieutenant General, and the
indications are that it will be Sheridan,
GRANTS INAUGURAL.
The Inaugural Address of President
Grant is written, and covers about half
a dozen pages of Manuscript. It will
not be put into type before delivery,
and of course advance copies will not
be furnished the press. That it will
indorse the new suffrage amendment
was telegraphed last night, and it can
now be added that it will take decided
ground against ull forms of repudiA-
ton, and in favor of paying all our in
debtedness In gold, except whore the
law under which any part of it is made
explicitly provides for payment in cur
rency.
THE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS.
The Democrats in their caucus set up
NJ. G. Kerr, of Ind. for Speaker, with
full ticket from various parts of the
country.
THE SPRING TRADE.-The New York
journals. in commenting on the unea-
siness experienced in that city on ac-
count of the large number of stores pla-