Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-03-03

(Sicned) j. g. r. PITKIN.
United States Marshal.
The military authorities are reticent regard
ing the effects of the Presidents message to
Packard. 1t, however, raises the status quo, and
Nicholas partisans claim will enable them t.
iuIy organize their government throughout
the State. Troops remain here at present
Gov. Nichols is reported dangerously i'll. Nc
one is allowed TO see him except attendants.
Inauguration Ceremonies.
The following is the programme of arrange.
ments for the public inauguration ceremonies
on Monday next:
The doors of the Senate chamber will be
opened at II o'clock a. ID. for the admission OF
Senators and others who are entitled to ad-
mission. This includes official persons only.
The public galleries will be thrown open to
ticket holders who will enter the capitol by
the bronze doors Of the Senate wing and the
north door of the Senate wing, which will be-
opened at II o'clock precisely.
Seats will be placed in front of the secretary q
table for ex. Presidents and Vice President, NC
The rotunda shall be closed and the passages
leading thereto kept clear. The other doors
and the entrances to the capitol, except those
| to be opened under this arrangement, will be
kept closed.
AT ii o'clock the President and the late
President will proceed in a carriage to the cast
door of the north wing of the capitol, and en-
tering there will proceed to the Presidents
room.
The Vice President elect will be conducted to
the Vice Presidents room, aud afterward into
the Senate chamber, where the oath OF office
will be administered to him by the Vice Presl
dent.
| The Senate will assemble at - o'clock.
The Senate being ready for his reception, the
President and the late President will be intro
duced by the committee OF arrangements to the
seats prepared for them in the Senate chamber.
After completing the organization OF the Sen
ate those assembled IN the chamber will pro
coed to the platform on the central portico oil
the capitol 10 procession.
On reaching the porico the Presldent and
the late President will take the seats provided
for them 90 the front of the platform. the Chief
Justice Of the Supreme Court 90 their right
and the Sergeant. at. Arms Of the Senate on
their left.
All being 10 readi1ess the President will de
liver his inaugural address.
On the conclusion the members Of the Sen
ate, preceded by the Sergeant at Arms, Vice
President aud secretary, will return to the
Senate chamber; and the President, accom-
panied by the committee OF arrangements, will
proceed to the Presidents house.
all horses aud carriages, except those used
10 conveying persons to the east door Of the
north wing Of the Capitol. will be excluded
from the Capitol square.
Should the weather prove untaVorabe the
ceremony will take place in Senate chamber
From present appearances, although not as
large or imposing as on previous occasions, the
inauguration procession % Monday will be
very large.
The Secretary of War to-day ordered that all
the military 10 the District parade 90 Monday.
Two light batteries from Fortress Monroe have
also been ordered aud will arrive op Sun
day evening. The marines and sailors at the
nayy-yard, and possibly the naval cadets from
Annapolis, will take part in the procession, as
will also the several militia organizations OIL
the city. The Columbus (Oho) Cadets are
expected. The IIartranft aud Crescent Club:
of Philadelphia, which will form a part OF the
civic parade, will arrive Sunday. The several
Schuelzen and Turner Fereins of the city will
participate.
The torehlight procession Cd Monday night
which is to be reviewed by the new aud the re
firing Presidents, promises to be very cxtcn
sive affair. Fifty add!ionsl calcium lights were
ordered yesterday, which will be sufficient tc
illuminate the entire length oil Pennsylvania
avenue from the Capitol to the Treasury De
party will occupy to review the torchlight pro
cession will be erected on Monday. The com
ulittee having charge OF the display say there
will be over ten thousand men in liuc.
The decoration Of Pennsylvania avenue viii
begin this evening A grand pyramid will be
erected at each of the crossings, sixteen in all
Besides this there will be numerous arches
strings Of flags, &c, crossing the entire avenue.
Bunting will be displayed from every house on
both sides of the avenue.
| Workmen yesterday commenced the erection
| of platform on the east side OF the capitol,
the usual place, preparatory to the iDaugura
ton ceremonies oD Monday. 1t is probable
that the President elect will take the oath Of
Office previous to that time so there may be DC
vacancy in the presidential Office during Sun
day, on which day his term will commence.
The city is rapidly filling up, and the hotel
Hobbies to-day presented busy appearance.
| especially the Ebbitt House, which is the head
quarters for the Ohio visitors who came with
Gov. Hayes. There were more strangers in
the capitol to-day than 90 any day during the
present session. All Of the larger hotels are
already quite full, though there are yet MOTEL
and boarding. house accommodations sufficient
for all who are expected. Many of the strangers
are the guests of citizeos. The iucou-
| ing trains this evening brought macy ad,
ditional persona. The big rush, if any takes
place, will not be until Sunday evening or Mon
day morning. Numbers of tramps from all
parts of the country are already arriving. BY
! clock last evening all Of the beds 10 the free
lodging house and nearly all Of the dodgers
cells 10 the police station houses we're taken up.
| The police authorities are using every means to
keep the "crooked' people out Of the city, and
have detectives and other officers stationed at
the depots and steamboat aodDgs with that
view. Already several we'll known professional
thieves from other cities have been required to
leave just as soon as they landed.
General Whipple, United States army, will
be chief marshal Of the inaugural procession
The Washington Light Infantry corps, Wash
| ington Light Guard and numerous civic socic.
| ties will also take part in the procession. The