Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-01-23
HOW BUCHANAN WENT IN.
Inauguration of the Last
Democratic President,
A Timely Account of the Ceremonies
and Incidents Thch 0ourel

A Timely Account of The Ceremonies IL,
and Incidents Thca Occurred w
The Inauguration ~ The last Demo ci
cratic president is Of especial interest in
at this time writes a Washington cor el
respondent Of the Cleveland Leadar Al
When Buchanan was inauguratcd on Il
the 4th Of March, 49, Washington Z.
was hardly more than village, scat I
tered over territory large enough for l
an lmmense city II contained less
than sixty thousand inhabitants. and
what Were then considered the finest
houses, were just below the capitol.
and above The avenue The fashiona-
bic northwest part of the city was a
swamp, and even the negro huts which
later sprung up had not yet appeared
The wholecontry contained less thtn
thirty millions Of a population. Still
the records STATE that 10000 stran
gers came TO see the Inauguration, and
on the night of the 5d Of March,
thousands walked the streets to keep |
warm, being unable TO procure lodg- |
ings. Several Of the different hotels
small as they we're then. had eight hun
dred guests registered, and every
boarding house was packed, halls
cellar and garret.
March Sd was bleak winter day
and tlre president elect rose beio Q
daybreak at his home at Wheatlands
Pennsylvania, and as soon as he had
finished breakfast, he started for Ian
caster in bis carriage. lie had written
and rewritten his inaugural message
and he made only one change in
after he got to Washington. A crowd
of Lancaster citizens went to Wheat
lssaasis 10 escort him to the depot, and q
band Of music played while he rodt
into town with his private secretary
Mr.. Henry Harriet Lane, and anothe
young lady in his carriage.
At the Lancaster station he found
special car waiting for him, built TO
the occasion by Robert Magraw,
railroad friend of his. This ear ha
painted windows, and these represen
ed the sesges about Wheatlands, Pres
idenVaeeanan's home. All along I'll
road Lancaster to Washingto
ovatinl were given the preside
ele- Ne arrived in Washing,
/ two hos earlier than was expect
and the programme of his receipt
here VI rather thin.
ne 5 driven at once to the y
Ilonai vtel, which still stands
iennSyiYania avenue. half way
tween Ohe capitol and the treasu
ana mere he was crowded with visito
Nearly everybody was admitted, Al
PoilIlclans, office seekers, and disintt
eS'eu parties pushed this way and tn
TO get at him. That night he receiv,
invitations, says Gohight, to dine wit
FreSldeht Pierce, Stephen A. Dougla
and others, and declined all invitt
tions.
All night of the Sd of March, 1856
congress was in session. The At
broke bright and sunny, with a
atmosphere full Of the blandness ,
spring. As it did so, hundreds {
people were already at their stands t
get an early watch point for the Or,
cession, and the city hall steps, whel
it was to organize, We're crowded. A
Il o'clock the procession was forme,
and it marched to Wizards hotel. :
thehead of Pennsylvania avenue. nea
the treasury, where the two president,
Pierce and Buchanan, were to NEE
and 60 to the capitol in the same Cal
riage, President Pierce was fe,
minutes late. He came in priyat
carriage, and the crowds cheered as h
and Buchanan shook hands at tn
Fourteenth street door of the hote
and entered the open barcuche prepare
for them. With them rode Senate
Bilger of Pennsylvania, and Foote q
Vermont. The procession was II Ion,
one. 1t was made up of militar
organizations, citizens, and clubs an
in 1t were two Pennsylyanians who
it was said, had walked sixty miles +
be present at the Inauguration of "Ol
Buck as they called him. On
wagon represented peace, war, com
merce and agriculture; and bore
liberty pole in its centre runnino n
seventy feet' with a gorgeous libert,
cap on It's top. The president elec
was near the head of the procession
and near him, throughout the ceremo
MES, was physician ready to admin
lister m'a'elnes, should the little toucl
which ne had caught of the Nationa
hotel disease prove dangerous. At tn,
capitol nifty thousand people wer,
present. and it is recorded that Bea,
Hickman was among them. passine
from one to another and SOLICITING
small loans The inaugural addres,
was delivered on the east nortioo .,
the cap''oi' and the president was du
y 9 sW9iI !. u, = AS the oath was admin
istered' u Is said it was as still as death
and at the close of the Inauguration
there were cheers, salvos of artillerv
and music BY the Marine band. The
president then procaadoa "