The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1873-03-13
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WAsuING7oS. d. c. March 5, 1873.
Tie city is full of people Military companies
from all the principal towns Of the country here
many cf which not provided with quarters The
capacity OF Tie yarions railroads exhausted
The f2d Congress has passed into history Gen.
eral Grant hiss opened upon his second under
most peculiar circumstance His second inaugura-
tien 4tnost a universal acclamRtion. 1t seems
70 recall the ''era Of good feeling" which marked
the second Inauguration okMonroe when party lines
we're almost entirely ohlterated. YeS, underly wing
all tis apparent uaanimity. there questions Of
absorbing interest which viii demand settlement.
and new arrr cement OF party lines. great and
slorsEs work OF civilization has been accomplished
in the last four years We lock forward with hope
to the future and Increased development Of
free Institutions.
TIE fNAUcER 4TIos.-The great occasion which
has wonderfully exercised tho aatiepations OF a
large class of the American people has passed.
With the exception of remarkably Geld weather. for
which ''0ld prob" IS hardly 10 ne held responsible
the arrangements were successful could have
been expected. An in mense number OF people from
all parts OF the country had a direct interest here,
and consequently. a largesr number of visitors
was present than ever known before in the Federal
City. The military display exceeded anything that
has occurred snce the grand armies of the Republic
at the close Of the rebellion made their triumph
march through the city For the first time tbs
Vest Pointscadets attended presidential nangura-
tion-tle Inauguration OF the first West Pointer
called by the American people this highest frnc-
ton. The total number the military present is es
tiniatel 10i 90.
The Senate Chamber diragreeabIy over
crowded, the arrangements for admission being mad.
with too prodigal Eberaity. Each Representatives
"a p. u. - l.
sequence they allowed but scanty standing
room themselves. The Democratic Senators came
over to the Republican side while their quarters
were occupied by the Supreme Court, with the ven
erabie Chief Justice vsibiy sinking with iufirmity
at their head Dacque Bsy the Turkish minister
being the Oldest foreign diplomat present assumed
the presidency Of the foreign legations Dir. Colax
ON retiring from the Vice President chair, present
ed temperate and brief statement of his ncorrupt-
ible administration in tie chair OF authority both in
the House and Senate. Mr. Wilson's inaugural was
brief and sensible and in full accordance with prey
oas impressions OF his character. The whole body
then adjourned to the grand platform on the east
front of the Capitol where the procession had been
some time arranged in compact older with thou
sands of spectators awaiting their arrival The ap-
rearance Of tie President greeted with loud &C
carnations The oath was administered bv Chief
sound Of cannon. The grand salute was fired in
splendid style by the n.idshipmen from the Navy.
Academy, who created quite sensation dragging
their howitzers in the procession. The great assem-
biase then broke up, gla! TO get into genial inner
atmosphere and the military, again escorted the
PRESIDENT to the White House, to direct national
administration f-r another four years.
The u Supreme Court, Monday, enunciatsd
an important principle in affirming tho constitution
al right of Pennsy the gross receipts OF
thesReadingi thereby afr1ningsthe decision
of the State courts. In the case of the Erie road
however, in which the duty laid upon tonnage
the decion of the State reversed and the
duty disallowed as interfering with commerce be-
tween the States which lies exclusively within the
jurisdiction Of Congress.
The outgoing Senators and Representatives are
still numerous on our streets. many Of whom have
futnre only in business point of view, their re-
specify States, although being of the politics
as they, having ignored them.
1t now seems pretty clear that the southern people
have become pretty well weaned from slavery and
are glad 1t is gone There was after all an under
tone OF conscientious feeling which was only re-
pressed and not extirpated by which the system was
continually condemned even by men operating to
maintain It, The force Of public opinion outside the
South against the institution had powerful etct 10
kindle the southern conscience The improvement
IN the salus OF property in spite chaotic reia-
tions of labor operating in another direction to
disarm all sentimental regrets for the lost cause
Patience Will work the great reform needed.
The stringency of the money mark ct, last week
is attributed to the few SPECTATORS to
control the loan market and to use its facilities for
speculative purposes alone Spectators are trying
10 produce scare that Will make Mr.. Routwell
shell out those forty -four millions withdrawn ly Ne
CullOuCh- Who fa;hom tie rrscality of the men
who go to work deliberately produce artiiic Al dis
tress in the community? carrion crow is decent
character in comparison.
There has just been placed in the Smithsonian Mn
scum large collection specimens of Indian arr
collected by Dir. Powell from the different tribes,
embracing almost every article in use among them
either for domestic or hunting purposes, many of
which show near approach &c civilization. The
Utes and Pal Utos are, it is said the only Indian
who continue the use of stone impements-aNes
hammers, &c--an who still ar oyys with stone
heads Indian papooses amused with dolls of
wood and stone. Necklaces of beads and bones and
nose and lair here presented go to prove
that the love of fnery is confined to civilized
bellies, while gambling implements of bones, wood
and bark show the part ofthe ''untutored savage
inclination to take in aud DO for' his neghbor,
not at all in conflict with the practice OF the educated
white man or ''hcathen Chiuea'
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