Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-03-12
THE INAUGURATION.
The Grandest Pageant of the Age.

From the Washington correspondence
of tie New York Times, we copy the fol-
lowing graphic description of how Penn
sylvania Avenue appeared on the morning
of the Inauguration
Thousands of visitors added to the thou
sands of the days before crowded the hotels
and boarding houses, and overlooked into
the streets, traveling-bag in hand, in the
all but vain search for quarters. The troops
moved TO their rendezvous almost on the
double quick, pedestrians bundled them
selves as against the rudest blasts winter,
and on every hand, as friend met friend,
the universal exclamation was, isn't it
cold ?n But, though the cold was bitter
and pinched the civic display on the streets,
the arrangements on all hands were
smooth, simple and perfect in execution,
There was to the procession and inaugural
ceremony no mishap and no accident.
Everybody and everything, except the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, was on time,
and though everybody but the hale and
hearty shrank from the exposure of the
day there was good feeling and gay spirits
everywhere present. The contests of the
winter session, the acrimonies of Credit
Mobilier, the charges and counter charges
of debate and controversy, all faded away
into the darkness of the past, and az the
duties of the Senators and Representatives
were lifted one by one from OFF their I'M
easy minds, the spirit of peace and forgive
ness seemed to resume its place, the lost
| and forgotten amenities were resumed i'll
the intercourse of men, and the vision, here
tofore so intent upon the past, turned hope
| fully once more to the future.
THE PROCESSION.
No President was ever escorted to the in
! auguration ceremonies at the national
Capitol by so large, brilliant, or representa-
tive q military procession, as that which
to-day moved with pomp and grandeur to
thesecond Inauguration of President Grant.
Though piercing cold wind swept down
the broad avenue, chilling through and
| through even the most comfortably clad of
| the troops in line, the bright sun-rays
! brought out conspicuously and brilliantly
the bright uniforms, gilded trappings and
FURNISHED arms and equipments of the
troops. No better opportunity could be af-
forded the military for displaying to fine
| advantage their marching qualities, than
they enjoyed to-day on the clean-swept
broad avenue, with its smooth pavement
| leading from the White House TO the Capt.
tol. Thousands of people from every State
gathered to see the grand military display.
Men who had marched through dozen
! States when there was but little chance for
pomp and parade, came to see the military
! organizations from dozen States partici-
pate in the peace triumph of their great and
beloved leader. Pennsylvania avenue was
! decorated most deliberately; every build
ing was covered with flags, and from every
window floated streamers and banners.
Every window was occupied, every bal
cony and temporary platform was filled,
and the sidewalks were thronged by peo-
pie long before the procession began NOV
| ing. Choice positions affording a sight of
! the avenue for some distance commanded
| extra prices. Rushing and scrambling from
an early hour in the morning, the vast
crowd eagerly took possession ofevery tree,
| box and railing on either side of the ay-
enue, and stood through the long hour oc-
cupied by the procession in passinga given
: point.