Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-03-13


tive session. Precisely at II O'Clock. the
doors to the floor and galleries of the
Senate chamber were thrown open, the
Vice President assumed the chair, and
several messages of bills passed by the
House were received and read. Mean
while, the addition seats which had been
placed on the floor were rapidly being
occupied and, when the President ar
rived, shortly after II o'clock, every
seat was filled by the privileged persons
except those set aside for the Diplomatic
Corps. Attwenty minutes of twelve
these dignitaries entered the chamber,
all, with one or two exceptions in full
court uniforms, dazzling with gold en-
broidery and decorations. At fifteen
minutes to twelve o'clock, Vice-President
elect Wilson, escorted by Senator Cragin
and followed by Senators Logan and
Bayard, came down the center aisle and
advanced toward the speakers desk,
where Mr.. Wilson took his seat on the
right of Vice PresidentColfax. About
five minutes later Senators Conkling
and Trumbull, as the committee to in
form the President that Congress was
ready to adjourn, proceeded to the Pres
ident's room and, upon returning, re-
ported that the Executive had nothing
| further to communicate.
Exactly atthree minutes before twelve
o'clock, the President appeared in the
| Senate Chamber, leaning on the arm of
Senator Cragin, and escorted by Senators
| Logan and Bayard. 1t was so quiet on
| the floor and galleries that one might
have heard pin drop, almost, when he
TOGO his seat in front of the secretary's
table. Upon the entrance of the Presi-
dent, everybody on the floor and in the
| galleries rose, and did not resume their
seats until after the President was seat
ed and the gavel of the Vice-President
| fell for the last time. Amidst this inn
pressive silence, Mr.. ColfaX then read
his address, which was short, in a clear
and distinct tone. When he had finished,
the oath of office was administered to
Vice-President Wilson, by Mr.. Colfax,
after which the new Vice-President de-
| livered his inaugural address, occupying
only about five minutes in its delivery
Mr.. Colfax then declared the Forty-Sec-
| and Congress adjourned, sine die, and
| Vice-President Wilson to the chair and
announced that the oath of office would
| be administered to the new Senators then
ond there. After this ceremony had
been gone through with, the proCla-
nation of the President converting an
extra session of the Senate from to-day
at noon, was read, with which the inau-
| guratiou proceedings in the Senate
Chamber came to an end, and those
present rose from their seats, and pro-
| ceeded in procession to the platform
which had been erected on the eastern
! front Of the Capitol.
Owing to the severe cold, this out door
/ part of the proceedings was gone through
with in the shortest space possible, yet
with no indecent haste. The gale
| swept through the columns of the pOr-
tico in terrific sort of way, and the
/ platform had need be substantially built
i to Withstand the fierce gusts which it
! had to encounter. AT the base of the
| platform were arranged the different bo-
/ dies composing the procession; com
! pletely covering the vast area between
the Capitol and the Capitol park, where
! stand had been erected for spectators,
| capable of accommodating $500 persons,
! every inch of which was occupied.
At half past twelve o'clock, the Pres
! ident arose to take the oath of office,
/ Chief Justice Chase repeating the text
of the oath prescribed in the Constitu-
/ ton. presented the Bible which he held
| in his hand to the President, who raised
! it to his lips SalvOs of artillery then
| announced to the whole city that Gen
! eral Grant had been inaugurated Presi-
| dent of the United States, for q second
/ term, while amidst the waving of flags
and caps, and the beating of gOngs the
/ President prepared to deliver his inaH-
| gural address. This he read from manu-
| script, in rather loud tone of voice,
witch, however, owing to the high wind
/ which prevailed at the time was scarcely
| audible, outside of or below the plat
form. As the last words of the inaugu-
| raj address fell from his lips, and he
made his obeisance to the multitude, an
/ other tremendous cheer burst from the
asSemblage, in the midst of which the
cannon again doomed forth a salute, and
the bands of the various organizations
present struck up and prepared for the
/ homeward march
( The Executive mansion was reached
/ about half past one o'clock, and after
short rest, the President with his family
and few personal friends, witnessed the
| parade Of the military organizations
from a handsome pavilion erected for
that purpose in front of the White
! House
Tonight we are to have fire works
and the grand ball, and tomorrow more
military review, and grand ''masquer-
adp, in the ball building 1t is now
nearly time to prepare for t0-night's
grand event, and as | promised your
| readers full description thereof, it is
necessary that l should be present from
the opening; besides, in order to catch
the mail, | must close now, and rather
abruptly too. If | get through to-night's
| entertainment and dissipation all right,
you will hear from me again tomorrow
morning. Meanwhile, adieu. Z.
JUDGE KELLEY AND TIE CREDIT Mo-
BIMER HAREs.-Judge Kelley, of Penn
sylyania, called on Treasurer Spinner,
Wednesday morning, and made full
and detailed statement of the Credit
Mobilicr matter between him and Oalies
Ames, and requested Spinner to demand