The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1873-03-13

u participate in the cere monies of in
suguratiOn OF the President elect. Tn
/ procession was accordingly formed
and the late occupants OF the floor o
the Senate proceeded through the cor
TidOTs and rOtunda to the place indi
Gated in the following order: Marshal
Of the Supreme Court, eX-President
and eX-Nice-Presidents, Supreme
Court OF the United States, Sergeant
alarms of the Senate, Committee o
Arrangements, President elect, Vice,
President and Secretary Of the Senate
members of the Senate, diplomat,
corps, heads of departments, ex-mem
bers Of the House Of Representative!
and members elect of the FOrty-thirC
! Congress, Governors OF States and 9th
er persons who had been admitted To
the floor Of the Senate Chamber and
I reserved seats on the left Of the dipIO
matte corps. The latter was composed
principally of the bureau officers o
the various departments of the gov
ernment in Washington.
In front of the pOrtic0, hut abOu
ten feet lower, being on a level with
the front landing place of the fight o
marble steps, hsd been constructed ;
platform capable OF accommodating
together with tue steps, about 500 Of
GOO people. It had a .semi-circulal
front which was covered with AmeTi
can flags, and tastefuliy decorated
with wreaths of evergreen. The ma
I tiOnal flag was also inteItwined Will
two of the columns supporting thC
pediment Of the pOrticO, and the gen
eral effect harmOniZed well with the
splendOr Of the noble building.
THE INAUGURATION CEREMONIES.
On reaching the platform the Presi
I dent elect took the seat provided fol
him directly i'm front of the center
| Nice-President COlfaX and the Ser
| gelnt-at-Arms in charge Of the cere.
monies sitting on the right and the
I Chief-Justice OF the Supreme Court
( on his left. The Senate Committee
( of Arrangements were near at hand,
I and next in the rear the Associate
Justices OF the Supreme Court Oecu-
pied seats on the left, and members
and Secretary Of the Senate on the
right. The diplomatic corps were to
/ have occupied seats in the rear of the
I Supreme Court, but many of them
We're not sufficiently alert to prevent
| themselves from being crowded into
1 the.backgrOund by members OF the
House of Representatives and Others,
! who were pressed forward by the gen.
/ eraI crowd behind. TIE cN'duPSs o.
| the weather had ? g. q ..'f nlt~inl
\ the number OF spec.sLs..s -. l.v tpi
| tOl grounds opposite, and the streets
adjoining, much smaller than on
| most of the similar occasions hereto
! fore; but many thousands were as
/ sembled to witness the ceremonies.
Near General Grant, on the platform,
/ sat Mrs. Grant, ace iinpanied by sew
eral of their children, the President's 5
/ brother OrVille, Marshal 6nd Mrs.
1 Sharp, and several other relatives OF
the family. The appearance Of the
, President on the platform was greet
ed with enthusiastic cheers and with
I bursts Of music from the bands. All
/ the various civic and military Organi-
cations, which were drawn up in line
of battle, filled the wide space in
front, and extending the entire length
of the Capitol.
The noise of greeting was hushed "a
the President elect and the Chief-Jus-
tiee of the United States rose simulta-
neOusly, and the latter commenced to
reeite the formula of the presidential
oath of Office, which President Grant
took with his head uncovered, and re-
sumed his seat for q few moments,
while the boom of cannon, the ring
ing of bells, and shouts of the vast
multitude burst forth with deafening
sounds. Partial quiet having been
restored, the President arose and pro-
ceeded tn read mis- inaugural address.
I'VE published the Address last
week.
RETURN To THE WHITE HOUSE.
The President was not audible eX-
| cept to persons on or near the plat
form, and consequently there were no
manifestations of applause or other
wise during its delivery, which occu-
! piep less than ten minutes, and was
GssanBiag IhhhG69Ea alPeJay'fu naTt 9t.Iee
of view knew that it had been COM
menced. At the conclusion of the ad-
dress the President was warmly con-
graduated by his friends, and sOcn al
| ter left in his carriage for the White
! House, escorted by the procession,
which had reformed and taken up the
| line Of march. Most Of the outside
| crowd followed in the same direction,
and the rest dispersed to their homes,
while the Senate returned to its cham
I Der, and the Inauguration ceremonies
at the Capitol were concluded.
MILITARY PARADE AND REVIEW.
{ Immediately in front of the White
Z House, on Pennsylvania avenue, q
/ large covered platform had been erect
ed, from which the President was L.
review the military. The stand was
/ decorated with flags and streamers
and inside it was handsomely uPhOl-
stored, and contained seats for the
I presidential party The review stand
4 was guarded from the thrOng Oi spec
/ tators by few files OF soldiers and
mounted policemen. Shortly attel
/ the return from the Capitol the Presi'
dent, marshaled by Secretary Robe
son, and accompanied by nearly a..
/ the Cabinet officers and their ladies
| arrived and took seats on the plat
| form. Mrs. Grant and other ladies
! connected with the Presidents family
also took yeats with the res T. of the par
ty on the stand. Just before the ar
rival of the head of the column in thu
vicinity of the stand, Gems. Sherman
| Sheridan and Howard, dressed in ful
uniform, and accompanied by thell
ladies, walked up through the crowd
and took their positions on the stand
The review was by far the most i'm
Dosing portion of the military display
and more than an hour was consumes
IN passing the President. The differ
ant bands of music performed splrite'
airs as they marched at the head o
the respec5ive companies to which
4 they were attached along the broa'
avenue. The excellent drill and pre-
else discipline of the military was
theme Of great praise. The diiieren
10 organizations presented military
] panorama that will never be forgot
, ten by the thousands before whOm
moved. The general exclamation Is
that never before has there been a fin
! er or more brilliant inaugural parade
Tonight there will be a brilliant dis
play Of fireworks from the front OF Tn
Treasury and Capitol also genera
: illumination.
GEN. SHERMAN REVIEWS THE ca
.-. DIETS.
This afternoon the West Point ca
diets were reviewed by Gen. Sherman
II i'm front of his residence. The cadet
had a dress parade, at the conclusio
30 rzh4ala thaI1 ataekad arms and. b
, Invitation Of Gen. Sherman, went 10
to his mansion, and were entertaine
, with speeches, and introduced to
, large number Of ladies and gentleme
! who had been invited TO be present.
: THE ILLUMINATION IN TIE EVENING
Pennsylvania avenue tonight pr
/. sents a scene of animation and brill
1 ancy not known here for several year
; Under the brilliancy of drummon
I lights placed at frequent interval
: along the avenue, surrounding bullt
: ings, and particularly the Capitol an
8 Treasury buildings, were shown mo-
d attraetively in a flood of light. III
d large glass buildings and bOtaDie'
= gardens were most magnihcendy
;, Illuminated, the reflection Of which el
: Uyened the surroundings most plea
e antIv. The illumination was n
d very general, owing to the seve
= weather and nigh winds, but numb
8 of large and conspicuous buildin
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