Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-03-04

and ad, III dollars Were paid fer single windows
overcoming the line Of procession.
livery window and house TOD was occupied
| while those who were not SO fortunate as
20 nave friends holding premises upon
| the curbstone. The juveniles as usual climbed
iieee, awning posts. signs &c, from whence
! theJ might ootain desirable view of the pro-
ceS>ion as ii passed down to the Capitol, and
| especially of their hero, General Grant. The
! roof of the old central market building was
fairly covered with men and boys, who evil
! dently were pleased with their seats and seem
I'd TO think IL was great mistake to talk about
! erecting a new markethouse when the moss COW
cred roof OF the old one formed so scat and de.
| sIrable place to view professions. The ma
! tional cclors were DISPLAYED from hundreds of
/ house tops betv cen the Treasury and Capitol
| The windows In the NORTH wing of the Treas
| ury Bnilding, where the Inauguration Ball Is
/ To be held to-night, presedtCd a brilliant ap-
| pearance, Ts they were crowded with ladies
| ano Children. The long colorado on the east
'front.' OF the baIlding was also filed to its
utmo-t CO pacity, the best pl5 ces being welded
To the far sex, who In the this case at lie ls did
not scorn 10 avail themselves OF the privil~ ges
accorded to them in consideration of their ina
b'hty 10 hold thrir own in q gener If scramble
for the good places with the D .ntllooned part
OF creation The west front OF the Capitol pre-.
sentcd an animated scene, as all who were ad.
mitted 70 the building, came out on the porti.
Goes and balconies. TO get q birds eye view of
the avenue as the proce ssion was coming down
CARRIAGES IN DEMAND.
Nehic'es OF every description were brought
into use, and hardly a public carriage could BE-
obia'ned this morning at any price. Hundreds
o. private vehicles were out. filling up the in.
tersecsions Of the cross-streets on both the
north end south sides of the avenue and the
ladies standing in the open carriages at these
poin's, 10 get view OF the procession, reminded
Que OF the scenes witnessed at a race course
telocipedss were at discount and horse.
flesh considerably above par.
CLEAN, BUT ROUGH.
Fer several days past workmen have been
busily engaged in scraping Pennsylvania
avenue from 1st to 18th street, and carting
therefrom the dirt which had accumulated,
and this morning it was in a very res pee able
CONDITION in that respect, bat unfortunately,
the cleansing process exposed, in all their hid
eousps SIS, the dangerous looking ruts, aud pits
and ssures, which make travelling over our
principal thorouehfare dangerous to lite and
limb. The Joiting of the carriages, fire ap.
paratus, DC, gave sort of unstable look to the
Procession, as if portions of it were at Sea
THE STREET RAILROADS.
In order to accommodate the increased travel
over the Washington and GEORGETOWN Street
Railway a new tIme-t table was d ut into oper-
alton on Monday morning, by ywhic ich the cars
ran along the avenue at intervals Of three min.
utes. The time for the trip from Georgetown
TO the Navy Yard and return was also Short
ened ten minutes each way, consequently per.
sons had but short time to wait for car
Every car up and down the avenue was pac ked
10 sufocafion, making IL somewhat nard upon
horsetiesn, as they had to travel fast In order
to make the time. When the procession was
about to move the company suspended all
travel on the road between the Circle, near
Georgetown, and the Capitol, and the cars
We're net able TO resume their trips within these
limits until the procession had disbanded The
cars TO and from the Navy Yard changed track
at the south gate Of the Capitol, and those on
The Georgetown end al or about l2d street. The
9Th street line kept up the travel all day, ex-
cept while the procession was passing down
and returning the cars jumped the track north
and south Of the avenue, and changed tracks
On 14th street the travel was not interrupted
On the street line the Interruptions were only
near each end OF the route. The overloaded
cars on all the lines presented a comlcal sight
and 1t was severe trial Of the temper to rife
in them.
VISITING BOOT.BLACKS.
Yesterday crowd of Philadelphia boot.
blacks arrived here, combin ing business with
pleasure. Our backing brigade received them
cordially, and the two sets OF ..shiners., ioincd
forces, the Quaker City party exchanging their
"Philsdephia French Backing for the
"" ashneion Polish" of our boys, and pres
emily all hands were at work giving custoue,,
a .dIant shine for dime Later in the ev,
amused Themselves by throwing ME ReIs in the
street for the boot blacks TO scramble for eud
gre II amuse ment was crs ltsd by the antics OF
the boys In their pell-m -mell rnsh to secure the
CONS People rushed from all quarters to see
" nat was going on, and the whole street was
pre-; entity blocked mp: nobody outside OF tn.
circle beng able TO tell whist the Mischief was
the matter.
VISITORS PUZZLED. |
None OF our public buildings attracted so
much attention from visitors rs the Centre
Marke:. Every eye in the procession wa
turned towsrds the venerable pile. People on
the sidewalks stopped 10 look at it. They
couldn't guess what il meant. The straw
trewed IN front suggested the idea Of a lying
n-hospital, where due care had been exerci ed /
10 prevent the rattle OF vehicles from disturbing
the patients. The manure about caused Others
to take 1t for stable or caravansea: while the |
tissue paper and bits of orange boxes filling the
a stoIehouse for tropical fruits When told |
that II was market house, they were at a loss |
TO know Why so miserable a structure was
for market uses in this conspicuous
hey concluded that probably General Wash
lE gton used to buy his marketing here and |
That the old shed as therefore fondly treasured
as relic.
VISITING PlCKPOCKETS.
Inauguration ceremonies are no more attract |
live TO the honest people OF the country than to 4
The lght.fingered gentry, who have wended
heir way hither In great numbers, In anticipa-
ION OF rich harvest A great many, how.
ever, who started for this city, and in fact some
who have actually reached here, have been
oIled in their expectations, as detective ON.
,ers, not only here but In other large cities
along the route, have been on the look out The
police did good work for the public at large the
ast two Gays by spotting and bringing up q
number OF notorious pickpockets, among
others: Thomas Cnristian, James Murray
John Rice, Mich O'Shanhessey, VIM. Smith,
John > Reese, John Riley, George Harris J.
'. SkHvington, Joseph Wilson, James w bite
Edward Harms, John Smith, John Burns. J.
Taylor, George Wright VIM. Donneiley, and
AlphOLsus A. Sachen. Yesterday they were
brought up before Justice Walter, who, in or. |
der TO guard the pubic As much as possible |
II lessi, committed the party to Jail.
Notwithstanding the efficiency Of the Wash. |
ngton detective force other nets have ben |
spread for these visitors as Capt. John Young |
" ith several dsteetiyes OF New YORK city, be-
'ides several from other cities, are on hand to l
v atch such Of their profes sioual frieads as NAV
urn up here. Besides, the detective force have |
the arrivals Of all trans fer some days
past, bat OF course the utmost vigilance fails to |
prevent the entry into our midst Of such un. |
y elcome visitors. = - |
For several days there has been much com. |
plaint made BY parties who have hrd their /
>ockets picked while travelling on the boat To /
ALEXANDRIA, which conveys the Southern |
passengers via the Orange and Alexr odria |
abroad, and last night De;ective McDeyitt, |
Bfkh Officers McHehry and Brewer, were |
u eeent on thu arrival of the boat, for the pur. l
,ose OF arresting any thieves who migkt D. 1
oCnd in the crowd. Observing three well i
,nown thieves, the officers arresten tn m but 1
= ere resisted, and a number OF their confeder. 1
fes made an assault upon the oficcs with the i