New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-03-04
AN OVERCROWDED CITY.
WASHINGTON FILLED WITH STIANGaIs-DIsCoM
FORT AT THE HOTELs-sTATE OFFICIALS AN
MILITIA COMPANIES.

WASHINGTON FILLED WITH sTIANGzEs-DISCoM
FORT AT THE HoTELs-sTATE OFFICIALS AND
MILITIA COMPANIES.
IBY TELEGRAPH TO rHE TRIBUNE.l
WASHINGTON, March SIT is the universal ver-
dict that there are more strangers in Washington
tonight than ever before They have been pouring
in by the train load for three days past until the
city is full to overtowing. The hotels have been
turning people away for days past. The streets this
morning were fairly filled with the crowds. and it
takes a large crowd 10 fill Washington sidewalk
The Departments have been overrun with visitors,
and the Capitol was fairly impossible because of
the pressure of people.
consilerab be proportion of the visitors belong to
the various military organizations which expect to
take part in the Inauguration procession, and their
uniforms are prominent element i'll every crowd.
The cheap fares offered bv the railroad companies
have however given a large number OF people
chance visit the capital for the general purposes OF
Sightseeing, and they have taken it. The discom-
forts of the hotels under these circumstances must
be endured to be appreciated. The man who gets
more than one-thrd of q Is lucky, and lines of
people stand at the dning-rOOm door waiting their
turn for a struggle after a meal. All this, however
seems be regarded part OF the inaugural spree
by a large number of the visitors.
The number of distinguished men in town recalls
that threadbare saying about the acknowledgements
in front of Willards during the War. You could
hardly throw a biscuit five yards now without
striking at least one General, one Governor of
State and three men who think they ought to be in
the Cabinet. Govern or Matt Head, OF New liamp-
shire arrived last night accompanied by his staff
and their wives, making large party. Members of
the Ohio Legislature, to the number of 100 have
arrived and are sleeping in sleeplng-cars. Cover
nor Foster came to-day, attended by his stall and
two military companies numbering about 100 men.
The 8 h aud 18Th Pennsylvania Regiments aHd the
Second Pennsylvania Brigade, numbering IN all
2 600 men, also arrived.
General Hancock was expected this afternoon at
4 o'clock and large crowd Of people waited at the
depot until o'clock, ready. it said. to drag his
carriage the hotel with ropes, but he did not ar
rive until 8 o'clock, when he was escorted to the
Riggs House. There were many other arrivals. lie
crowd will grow and continue for twcnty-iour hours
more and by Saturday morning 1T will begin 10 pour
out of the city as rapidly as IL came in.
A rain storm commenced at half-Dast this after
noon, and subsequently disagreeabc seet and
snow storm set in. which still continues. Not
withstandng the inclemency of the weather Penn
sylvanla-ave. tonight presents an extraordinarily
lively appearance. Electric and calcium lights aud
lllumnatons Of all descriptions abound, and upon
the arrival of distinguished persons the scene be-
comes particularly brilliant one, the explosion OF
colored fire balls giving novel effect to the deco
rated buildings and the snow-cOvered streets.