Mexico weekly ledger., 1885-03-26
INTERESTING LETTER.
Audrain County Man Mt Large..What
He Saw at the Inauguration..N0w
at the Worlds Fair.

Correspondence OF the Ledger.
| On BOARD TRAIN, NORTH CAROLINA,
March 6.-To-day l am spinning
along through the Blue Ridge Noun
tains and the farolinas. on nv wav
to the Sunny utl,, the land Of the
ivy. the inyl tie and magnolia, of o.
ange blossoms, fragrance and rare
incense. where the live oak. the cy-
press and the everereens mingle their
hows in the balmy spring iTeezes.
while the fig, the palm and palmetto
now in humble alteration. / left
Washington this morning at 2 O'Clock.
one dav after the conclusion of the
inaugural ceremonies. Will reach
New Orleans perhaps Sunday and
visit the great Worlds Fair Monday.
Expect to mail this letter in Atlanta,
Georgia. / took the steamer frum
Washington to Alexandria, Va, yes
terday. Alexandria is a small town
On the Potomac river, eight miles be-
low Washington on the opposite
shore. Could not attempt to wIite
you a description as it weuld take a
week to mention the Interesting de-
tails of this magnificent affair. Suffice
1t 10 say it was the grandest thing
ever seen in America There was es-
timated to he over 100000 people
tpieeeni, more than half of whom
were strangers. The streets OF
| Washington wasn't large enough 10
hold them comfortably. There were
over sixty silver cornet bands of from
% to ll5 pieces. The L. 5. Marine
band of l6 pieces, the finest military
band in the United States, headed the
District Militia, and GilmOre's band
of New York City, of 100 pieces
the finest civic band IN the United
Estates, headed the New York county
democracy. The people along Penn
sylvania Avenue were packed lik'
sardines from the Capital to tin
White House; IL squares besides TIN
windows and housetops, balconies
and verandas. were thronged. Their
was twenty thousand soldiers in lint
! with fine cavalry horses, glitterin:
bayoncts, sabres and cannons, eacl
regiment or company being heade'
by a band and there were ten thousan,
men of civic clubs, patriotic and pc
lilical, from different parts of til
country, bearing handsome flags c
silk and satin and beautiful banner
wrought in most rich and elaborat
! designs in gilt and gold. Each clu
! was headed by fine band of music
Some of the colors borne by til
tronps had been through the war an
were iildle,i by shot and shell.
Pennsylvania Avenue is about 10
yards wide, and as far as the eye coul
see up and down it, 1t was soil
phalanx of soldiers, in gay uniforms
marching side hy side, 80 abreas
step by step, to the heavy thumps
the bass drum, the slrill notes of II
life. and the clarion blasts of the bl
gle with n perfect thicket of brigl
4 bayo,els for miles giitteling in tt
/ sunlight, the maze of beautiful Ina
! ners and c"lors hearing the stars ar
stripes, floating in the gentle breez
the gathering of the horses hoof
tramp, tramp over the smooth alph;
lum streets, the clank of sabres al
the heavy rumbling of the artillery
the huge canuons were drawn alol
eight abreast, and the air vibratli
with the melody of over sixty of Il
finest bands in the United States,
,erspersed throughout the processio
with the perfect sea of faces a
struggling, surging humanity on ca
side, darkrning the sidewalks a
buildings for miles: the tasty Al
arii-tic decorations, flags. shielE
crests and coats-of-arms in brig
/ colors, with streamers and gay bu
! ing, flowing from every pinnacle "
scene and occasion grare
impressive, anil profound witho
parallel in the history of natic
and great triunphs. Cleveland a
President Arthur were driven fr
the White II ,use in an open carria
drawn by four white Arabian hnr'
!. to the east door of the Senate W
: of the Capital where they arrived
! ii O'Clock, a. m. They then asse
/. bIed in the Senate chamber in co
pany with tine Z. S. Senate, House
Representatives, Diplomatic co
and distinguished person of mllit
fame, and Mr.. Hendricks was sw
in as Vice President, by Mr..
munds, vice-president pro temp
after which the new Senators t,
the oath of office. They then I
ceeded by the rotunda to the {
!. capital front through the gr'
bronze door which weighs "ne b
drcd tons, to the platform, which
- erected for the occasion. Mr.. Cls
land and Arthur marched arm in
out to the front of the platform