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selves aud With d Il nations" The national
salute was tLen fired and Mr.. Lincoln, in q
barouche vita Senator Foster, of the COM
mittee Of arrangements, was escorted by the
military to the White House. On this occa-
sion and the next Chief Justice Chase ad.
ministered the oath Of Office.
U. 8. GRANT.
The Inauguration of Gen. Ulysses s. Grant
on the 4th of March, 1869, aroused a great
display of popular enthusiasm in which all
parties joined; but, contrary to the etiquette
of the occasion, the incoming president was
not escorted to the Capitol by his predecessor,
Andrew johnson, this being the third time
that this occurred in the history Of the gov
ernment as that of 1899 was the second. The
crowd in Washington surpassed all previ-
ously Known, except that at the military re-
view in May, 1855. A little before II
o'clock Gen Grant issued from his
headquarters and seated himself in the
barolche beside Gen. Rawlins, his chief Of
staff and friend. In the carriages following
were the vice president elect, the reception
committee of the senator's and the president
elects military staff. Brevet Maj Gen. A. s.
Webb, the grand marshal, and his aid pre-
ceded and an immense military contingent
divided into eight divisions followed. Despite
the rain, the entire space before the east front
of the Capitol was filed with people. On
the platform were the usual officials.
After the formal ceremonies in the senate
and the swearing in Of the vice president, the
officials and president-elect proceeded to the
platform at the east front. The long process
sion extended almost entirely around the Capt.
toll and far up the adjacent street, there not
being room enough to approach the east front
Gen. Grant then took the oath Of Office and
read his inaugural, but in so low voice that
it was only heard by those nearest to him,
and frequently interrupted by prolonged
cheers from the crowd
1t was unanimously agreed py the military
authorities, officials and political friends Of
Gen. Grant, that his second Inauguration,
March A, 1873, should be even more impress
sive than the first-far moro impressive than
that Of any preceding president; but the day
was singularly unpropitious and the suffer
ing was simply intense. The attendance Of
OOSh iOSu4eA oA4o FOiuhOCCki "eo
very large, and Pennsylvania avenue was
packed on both sides, as before, with an i'm
mense crowd. All the proceedings were di-
rected by the signal corps officers, who
were stationed on all the commanding build
ings, even upon the Capitol But from dawn
till dark the wind blew from the northwest
with a violence amounting to gale The
cadets from West Point and from the naval
academy at Annapolis were specially commits
Grated, as they had not prepared for such ex-
treme weather. Their suffering was very
great, and including them, the rest Of the
military and the spectators, it is estimated
that many scores of deaths were caused by
exposure on that day. The ceremonies were
almost identical with those of four years
before. The oath of Office was administered
by the new chief justice, Morrison R. Waite
r B. HAYES.
The sxt Inauguration took place under 20