National Republican., 1873-02-07
the INAUGURATION.
THE DECORATION OF THE AVENUE.

The Contract Awarded - How tho Thor
Committee Yesterday - The Regular
Troops to be Here,
The decoration Of PENNSYLVANIA avenue nau-
guration day will surpass In beauty Of design and
In elaboration and finish anything Of the Kind
ever seen here. The work has been intrustcd to
Mr.. W. z. SChciblc, Of Philadelphia, who has ac-
quircd q national reputation a. decorator. It
was he who decorated the Academy OF Music
and Horticultural hall on the occasion Of the last
National Republican Convention. lie also dec
Grated the hall whcrC was held the late Indus
trial Exposition In Louisville, and from the
proper committees In each Instance he has re-
for decorating the Avenue are not fully COM
plctcd, and Of course he viii have TO adapt the
decorations to the sum appropriated for this
purpose. However he proposes to have
FIFTEEN TRIuNPnNL AUCnEs,
erected At different points on the Avenue between
Seventeenth street and the Capitol. There will
probably he one at Fifteenth street, one from the
paynaster Gcncrals oiflCJ to the Treasury, one
from opposite WIZARDS hOtcl and the owen
house 10 the American tea store one at Thirteenth
street one at Eleventh, one Ut Tenth, one at
Ninth, one at Seventh, one at sixth, and one at
FOur-and.a-hali street. The arches will he hung
with small Rtreamcrs, and splcndtlly fcstOOncd
with tings Of all nations.
Mr.. Schedules samples Of Cmblcmatic dccOra-
tions are exceedingly fire. The coat Of arms Of
Pcnnsyvana, Illinois and Nebraska, with lcHen-
Diary inscriptions, and the CmblCms Of foreign
the highest style OF art, receiving the praise and
commendatOn Of all who have examined them.
TUE REPUBLICAN OrFtCE.
Besides lnnumcrablc ilags and bunting that
will float from every window Of the new and
magnificent NNrtONAL REruBIICNS building, an
immense American nag Will he hOistcd on top,
and the front OF the building Will lie OTnaniented
with q splendid equestrian painting, Of heroic
| size, representing The President Oi the United
states, and In the evening the entire building
will be brilliantly Illuminated. The store of
4. II. SHEPHERD AMI BfO,,
| on the Avenue, between Ninth and Tenth strcCts
will be specially and Eaily decorated with pic
| lures, nngs, and stfcamcrs. The display at hi'
| point viii be OF the most imposing Charactrr
| The principal hotels will he glily decorated
| and present handsome appearance. Willlrlt
| IL to be fcstOUnel with the national culOrS am
| nags Of foreign nations. The Albany Burgess
corps, who make the KIrkwoOd their hcadquar
| tcrs, will decorate the front Uf that establish
ment with state COlOrs and decorations emblem
2!lc Of their CORPS, ThS AlinH'gn, EpGl1 .1
Others will add TO the scene 10y the varied decOra
tions suggested, and the Dickson house Will
| upon the occasion Of the Carnival Of ISL.
rHIVATE DECORATIONS.
Il is Of course anticipated that many private
buildings, stores, hotels and residences situated
on the Avenue anl contiguous TO It will be
decorated, the owners thereby cyinCing proper
aud patriotic spirit on so.grlnd an occasion. An,
other dc9 suggests Itself In THIS connection, and
II IL this The city will he crowded not only with
strangers, hut by organized societies, political
clubs and military Cumnanics, the latter en-
braclnG the very creme dr 10 rrrn,c nf the citizen
soldiery Of the United States. They will come
In the gayCst OF military trappings AMI sur.
! rOundinlls, and at great personal expense "a
| themselves, to give cridt TO the splCudl pageant
IN the day tmc nnl TO the brilliant festivities OF
very grand and liberal displays IN the way Ul
decoration on the part Of citizens.
! Committee on state Associations.
A meeting Of the Inauguration committee on
| state associations AMI visiting political Organi.
cations was held yesterday at headquarters;
Hon. A. VI. Chpp In the chair, AMI \. Bell sccrc.
| tary.
The Chair read a report from the committee
| appointed tO inquire Of the general managing
! committee what amount Of the expenses they
/ would incur, which stated that the Legislative
| hall had been set apart for the associations, AMI
! that proper music, &c, would hC furnished fur
the occasion. The report was accepted and aI'-
proved.
Gen. Terrll, president Of the Indiana Rcpul,.
lican association, stated his organization nj the
! last meeting CNprCssrl Willingness to take
! part In the inaugural ceremonies, hut waited Il
I hear from the general managing committee In
] order that they might be made cOgniZaut NJ
what expenses they would he expected tu bear.
| The report from the general committee he
! thought would he satisfactory.
To insure a iul Attendance ui hts HsI0riaiiOn,
he presented plan or suggestion to tho effect
that the States he assigned the right uf line In the
procession In the Ur,lerOf their admission into
the Union. This he presented owing TO the de-
sire Ot the associations to take part NJ tho process
sion, aud by placing them In the line according,
as above stated, instead ut their numerical
strength, the associations wuuid turn out much
stronger.
Col. Tchnor was opposed to debating to the
grand marshal, and any attcmpt to Interfere with
his particular functions would be wrong.
A general discussion cnsurd on the suggcs.
tlOns, and they were afterwards modified by
asking that the state associations And visiting
organizations be assigned position In the rear Of
the President and Cabinet.
Mr.. Bell felt every confidence In the assign
mcnts that will be made by the grant maTshais
and hoped the whole subject would be referred
to the chairman OF tho committee (Mr. Clapp)
for presentation TO the general committee Tor
opinion; after which the meeting adjourned.
The hall Committee.
The subcommittee on Refreshments for the
ball met Yesterday and decided to divide the sup
per-rOOm into ave sections, sixty feet each, and
the whole to be under the charge Of a gcurral
committee.
THE TRoOrs CUpISG.
Tue following Is an authentic list ut the rCgli-
lar troops that will participate, by permission Of
the Secretary Of War, ia the inaugural process
sion; From Fort Mcllcnry, light battery \, ri
artillery, with SlNty-fyC men, forty guns and
sixty hOrses, and batteries { and n, 2l artillery,
with sixty men each. From TOrt FUDlc, battery
y, "a artillery, with siNty-nvc men. Prom Fort
Monroe, i've batteries Of artillery, with ~ men.
the corps Of cadets from West Point, consisting
OF I'll men, together with the hands from Gov
crnor's Island, Fort McIICngy, West Point aCad-
clny, numbering each twenty N-fvc men.
fllsT REGIMENT NNssACHI sErTS VOLUNTEERS.
Colonel Webster received q letter yesterday
from Captain Israel T.. CTagg, Company D., First
Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, In
which u Is stated that there Is Il fair possibility
that battalion Of two hundred members Of that
regiment Will visit Washington ut the lnaugura-
iion. TINS Il the regiment with which Colonel
W. was associated during the war. Colonel
stephen u. smith, Of the Second Regiment Con-
mectlcut National Guard, In company with Lieut..
7. AttwateT Barnes, Of the same regiment, called
upon Colonel Webster yesterday, to confer with
llim IN relation TO quarters. That regiment Ia 10
lie here six hundred strong, aud Will he Gulrtcrcl
at the National armUTy.
TilE fIFTH NEW YORK REUINEST.
Yesterday morning Colonel Iubcy received q
communication from Colonel Charles =. Spencer
commanding the Fifth New YORK Regiment
National Guarl, stating that General BendiN
Captain Ross and QuaTtemastcr CunnOr would
he IN this city next Tuesday, to confer with the
committee IN relation 10 quarters, &r., Tor that
regiment.
DEATH OF II. Il. HARGRUYE.
The Scenes aud Incidents of His l,nst Ham.