Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-03-03

places, and the bells rang merry peals. The
under the command of Col. May, of the
dragons, and was compoSed of eleven vol
and Wauhiagian fSt ca1xalcade OF marsSaIs
| supsrbly mounted, surrounded the carriage in
which rode President Taylor, the Speaker of the
| House Of Representatives, the mayor of Wash
| ington, and ex-President Polk. The crowd OF
| persons assembled in the front of the Capitol
| was estimated at 10000. and when Gen. Tay-
lor made his appearance there was uninter-
rupted cheering for at least twenty minutes.
After having read his inaugural the general
| took the OATH and then, amid the thunderS of
artillery and the cheers OF the people, returned
to the White House. where he received the con-
| gratuations of thousands of persons. An in
| auguration ball was given in the evening.
FiHmore's inauguration.
By the untimely death of General Taylor, on
the 9th of July, 1850 Willard Fillmore sue
ceeded to the office of President of the United
States. Accordingly, on Thursday, July IL,
1850, at II o'clock, the Senate entered the hall
of the House of r Representatives, the Speaker
and members standing. Soon afterwards, Mr..
| Fillmore, attended by member of each
house, entered the hall and took seat at
the table of the clerk of the House; After a
Grief pause, he rose and pronoun ed the oath of
| fidelity to the Constitution of the United
States and the act of installation was COM
| plete.
Picrce's Inauguration.
The Inauguration of President Pierce, on Fri
| day, the 18th of March, 1853, was numerously
attended, and the procession was the finest one
| that had ever been witnessed here There was
large military escort, and eX-President FIJI
more accompanied President Pierce to the Capt.
| tol. The address was listened to with marked
| attention, and admirably delivered, many pas
sages eliciting applause. Just as the procession
was reformed to escort the President to the
! White House it began to snow The avenue was
gal!y decorated with flags, banners, etc. The
! Scldcn, DR.. A. w. Miller, Ro. Ould, Col. Fl. S.
Lansing, DR.. E. NJ. Chaplin. Order OF procession
aids. President, President-eiect aud suite, with
marshals Senate committee OF arrangements,
foreign ministers, corps diplomatique, members
members of s..,t legislatures army, navy and
militia. officer, and soldiers OF wars of revou-
Washington and DC George t the Jackson lack
| Democratic Association, other political associa-
lions, organized civic societies, professors and
trict, of Columbia, citizens. After the
usual proceedings in the Senate, the
portico by Chief Justice Tancy il the prs
/ ence, it was estimated o. 2. 400 persons. The
President then delivered his inaugural speech
| ing he received the congrt t,lla;jons OF ii large
number of citizens at the Executive Mansion.
Buchanan's inauguration.
Wednesday, the 4th of March, 1857. was a
glorious spring-like day, and the city was
crowded to witness the pageant.
! About noon the procession proceeded to Will
lards hotel, where President Pierce and the
President-elect. in an open baguUche, took their
| places in the line. The marsha;s headed the
procession. Next came the LIST artillery COM
rany h, and other divisions of the regular
army, battalion OF United St.ttes marines, va
| Burgess Corps, the CharlaStown City Guard.
the Lancaster Fencibles, the Alexandria bat
t;''ion the Richmond MONTGOMERY Guards, the
the war Of 1912, with venerable banner; the
| President and President-elect, the snip Con
stitution," from the navy yard; the Jack son
|
clubs from South Carolina Philade iphia. Balti-
more, California, ETC.; and, lastly, the fire COM
Cnief-Justice fancy administered the oath of
ONCE amid the sky-rending shouts of the
1.-The appearance of the military, ranged as
| they were In the most picturesque positions cl
! the scene, gave an air of briliancy to the whole
ceremony That was never before paralleled in
/ this country" That evening there an In
auguration ball in Il temporary structure Gre
ated for the purpose.
LincOIm's Inauguration.
Monday, March i, 1861, witnessed the inau-
guration of Abraham Lincoln, under circu M
stances of great interest. Threats had been
made that the ceremony should not be per-
formed, and Gen. Scott had ordered large mil
itary force Of regulars here. in addition to the
district volunteers, then just organized Bat
| teres of light artillery were posted in different
positions, while sharpshooters occupied the
roofs OF houses along Pennsylvania avenue.
| The procession formed at o clock in front OF
| the City Hall, and at IL o'clock marched to
! Wizards Hotel, and awaited the President and
President-e.ect, who joined the line in an open
| carriage little after - o'clock. Mr.. Lincoln
was pale, wan and anxious. The carriage was
carefully surrounded by the military and by the
| CHIEF was Major B. L. French. Among the
bodies in the line were the Washington Light
Infantry battalion, the Henderson Guard. com
panies a, and c, Union regiment; Metropoli-
| tan Rifles, Turner Rifles Washington Light
Guard, Mechanics Union Iiifes. Putnam Rifles,
the Sappers and Miners, Presidents Mounted
Guard; the Georgetown division including the
| LIST Georgetown volunteer battalion, the Po-
tomac Light Infantry, and Darlington Home
bia Rifles, the Anderson Rifles, companies a
and b, the Georgetown Mounted Guard, and
Massachusetts, New York, California and Vir.
ginia. There also appeared in the procession
the great car OF the republican association, with
which rose a staff surmounted with IL large gold
eagle. The sides were draped with red, white
The es
by six white horses with covers bearing the
word Union. and contained an appropriate
bearing the coat-Of-armS OF state or territory.
President LINCOLN read his address with a
clear, loud, and distinct voice from the platform
before the eastern portico Of the Capitol, Judge
Douglas standing by his side and holding his
| hat. After having taken the oath, Mr.. Lincoln
was escorted to the White House, where he was
| met at the door by Gen. Scott, by whom he was
warmly congratulated. The doors were then
idly through the house, shaking hands with the
| President, who stood in the reception room, To
| give each one cordial shake of the hand as the
| human tide swept by. That night there was an
| Inauguration ball at the City Hall, adjoining
| which temporary ball room had been erected.
Second Inauguration Of Lincoln.
| There was heavy rain and wind storm on
| the morning of the 4th of March, 1865, and the
| streets were covered with thick coating OF
| mud. The engineer corps, 1t was facetously
stated, made a survey and took soundings OF
| the avenue for the purpose of determining the
practicability of laying pontoons from the Capt.
tol to the White House, but it found that
the bottom was too soft to hold the anchors of
| the boats and the project was abandoned" The
civil war had not yet closed. The city was
| filled with exciting rumors that something
was going on and the public mind was in a
feverish state. The military patrols were
doubled on the streets, and the troops who par
ticlpated In the inauguration had their arms
loaded In readiness for any emergency. Every
| movement of suspicious characters was
| watched. The known and unknown dangers
| which threatened the safety OF the city, and
surrounded the President and his cabinet, in
vested the occasion with more than ordinary
| interest: The preparations were not, however,
| SO warltke, nor was the number of strangers SO
great as at the time of Lncoln's first Inaugural
| ton. 1t was estimated that the number of
| arrivals daily during Inauguration week varied
| from 5000 to 5000 The avenue was crowded.
| Thousands of people occupied the sidewalks,
and the windows and balconies of private and
public buildings. The long cOlOnnade of the
| treasury building bore an immense freight of
human beings, and the west front of the Capitol
| was similarly loaded The national flag in some
| shape. mammoth or miniature, was to be seen
| at every available point. The procession was
| headed by 119 Metropolitan police. Then came
q. s. troops; then the Philadelphia and WASH