Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-02-19

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been presented to him by his ad
mirers. Even then-if the old ac
rcounts of the ceremony are to ht
trusted-the tail. eommaning figure
of Jackson attracted far more atten.
tion than did that of hs successor
Senators Webster and Clay were
also among the notables who took
part in the inauguration, while Cal.
houn, the great southern represent
ative, was conspicuous by his ab-
sence.
LOG CABINS IN LINE.
One of the most remarkable pro-
cessions which ever passed over the
avenue was that accompanying
William Henry Harrison at the
close of the memorable hard-cider
and log-cabin campaign. The ill-
fated president was fond of military
pageantry, and upon the day of his
inauguration his tall form was seen
to great advantage on a magnificent
caparisoned white charger. He was
inclOsed in a hollow square of mill
tary, and rode down the avenue to
the tune of inspiring martial music.
A notable feature of the procession
was log cabin on wheels, drawn
by thirteen white horses, and Il spin
ming jenny on a truck, which rolled
along with six white steeds from
"Maryland, My Maryland" har-
messed to the front. 1t was only a
month afterward that the dead body
of the president was moved slowly
in funeral procession over the same
avenue.
A HIGH OLD TIME.
The procession which occurred in
honor of James X. Polk, four years
after the Inauguration of Harrison,
was much like that already referred
to in connection with the installa-
ton of President Jackson. Mr..
Polk, shielded by an umbrella, and
aided by spectacles, read his inaug-
ural address. There were two dem
ocratic balls in the evening-one at
Carusi's saloon, for the aristocracy
of Locofocodom, which was so a
ticket another at the National
theater, for the butt-end of the dem
ocracy, which was half-price.
OTHER INAUGURATIoNs.
The inaugurations of the various
presidents after Polk, and until the
time of Lincoln, were not of partic-
ular interest. With Zachary Tay-
Tor, the outgoing president, Polk,
rode from WiIlard's hotel over the
avenue to the capitol in an open
barouche, drawn by four white
horses. With them were seated Mr..
Winthrop, the speaker of the house,
and Col. Seaton, the mayor of the
city. ItWas about the date spoken
of here re-that is, IS45-that Pennsyl-
vania avenue began to be improved.
Jefferson, early in his administra-
ton, made some effort at beautify-
ing it by setting out four rows of
poplar trees along its
wide walks and roadway. These
trees did not do well, however, as
they were all of one sex. Some of /
them lived till about I84l, when the |
avenue was graded and macadam- I
lied under the direction of Robert |
E. Len, then a young officer in the
army.
THE NEXT.
After describing Vividly the |
scenes attendant upon the Inaugural
ton Of President Lincoln, the re- /
view of the Union armies on the /
avenue at the close of the war, and I
the induction of Mr.. Hayes into |
office, Mr.. Carroll says: "The inaug- /
lral procession which viii pass over
the avenue on the 4th of next month /
TO celebrate the advent into Office of
the next republican president, JAS.
A. Garfield, promises to be the
grandest of the kind yet known.
The old avenue is at many places to
be decorated with arches; flags aud
banners will wave across, it from
many houses, and military organi-
zations from all parts of the country
will take part in the parade. Prep
lrations are being made for the re-
,eption of hundreds of thousands of
visitors"
THE AVENUE TODAY.
TIE Pennsylvania avenue of to-
lay is very different thoroughfare
rom the insignificant pathway
which was cut through the alder
pushes more than eighty years ago.
In the days when Alexander Fl.
Stephens Was young he recollects
hat along the great Washington
treet distinguished members of
congress had their rooms above the
torres which occupied each side of
t. In those days the avenue was
It one time paved with thick black
mud, and at another covered with
rreat clouds of lust. subsequently
ough cobble-stones took the place
# the earth road-bed then smooth
v paved with wood, and now a
hick coating of solid asphalt, which
years well in that climate, makes
t one of the best paved boulevards
n the world.
Within the past fifty years many
Iotable characters have appeared on
pennsylvania avenue. On the south
ide of the street, in one of the I
uaint, sloping-rOofed houses which
re still to be seen at intervals upon :
t, there is to this day an old colOred
nan, famous as a conc0ctOr of whis-
" punches, who recalls that in the
anne place a generation ago he made
he same sort of drink for which he
) now famous, for Clay, Webster
nd their contemporaries. Tradi-
ion has it that, standing in front of :
his snug drinking-p place one day,
lay and Webster were discussing,
s they sometimes did, public affairs 81
n an amicable spirit. While they u
5ere doing so, a drove of hogs came I
v, moving toward the south. Mo- y
icing them, Clay, with a sly g
said to his associate: IL
"Ah, Webster, here come somef * *
our constituents /.
"Yes," replied Webster, witbut %
moving a muscle, "they are moving ~ ~
Outh, Mr.. Clay, to teach yourcon- -
manners" II
The tradition goes no furthe, but =
hose who know the characteristics y
f these two gentlemen sheWdiy " "
uess that after this sally tey re- D :.
ired in the ''snuggery" to tke one =
f its famous whisky puncbs. o.
Upon Pennsylvania avnue al q q
1ost any day during tn winter p
nav be seen most of the men dis y
in the politis of this o.
1t is the habit Of. all the =
eople of Washington o walk on y. v
he avenue during the lours from - y
our to half-past five orslx IN the " "
X
1t is not yet time to rite the his 70
Dry of Pennsylvania aenue. When
he time comes it wilpe found that
he traditions and he memories Ia
1hich hover arounE It are most w
n. he I