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JOURNEY 10 NEW YORK.

How Washington and Adams Reached the
CnpiraI = The Father of His Country
Royalty Received All Along the Route.
The electoral vote counted, two messen-
gers were appointed-One, Charles Thomp-
son, to carry the news to Washington, and
the other, Sylvsnus Bourne, to 90 to
Adams Adams was inaugurated first;
that is on April %. His progress in New
York was one long series of popular con-
quests. Citizens from all the larger towns
on his way waited upon him. On Monday.
the 2Oth Of April, he arrived in New York.
At Kings Bridge he was met BY mounted
soldiers and members Of Congress. guns
fired all along the route as be was escorted
to the house Of the Hon. John jay, whose
guest he was to be. This house, No. 81
Broadway, near the corner of Exchange
Place, was afterward the residence of Aaron
Burr when he killed Alexander Hamilton.
It finally passed into the hands of John
Jacob Astor. There is an anecdote always
told when we speak Of the inaugural cere-
monies Of Adams. John Randolph and his
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WASHINGTON'S ADDRESS.
The First Inaugural sDeech-How the First
President of the United States Assumed
the Duties of His High once.

The First Inaugural speech-How the First
President of the United States Assumed
the Duties of His High once,
The inaugural address of the first Presi-
dent was not delivered from the balcony,
where the oath of office was administered,
but after that impressive ceremony was CON-
cluded Washington retired to the Senate
Chamber and there read his address as fol-
lows:
sFellow Citizens of the Senate and Of the House
of Representatives:
ssAmong the vicissitudes incident to life,
no event could have filed me with greater
anxieties than that of which the notification
was transmitted by your order, and received
on the 14th day of the present month. On
the one hand, was summoned by my coun-
try, whose voice I can never hear but with
yeneration and love, from retreat which /
had chosen with the fondest prediction,
and, in my fattering hopes, with an i'm
mutable decision as the asylum of my de-
.clining years. retreat which was rendered
every day more necessary, as we'll as more
dear TO me, by the addition of habit to in
clination, and of frequent Interruptions in
my health to the gradual waste committed
on it by time.
son the other hand, the magnitude and
difficulty of the trust to which the voice Of
my country called me, being sufficient to
awaken in the wisest and most experienced
of her citizens distrustful scrutiny into his
qualifications, could not but overwhelm with
dependence one who, inheriting inferior
endowments from nature, and Impractical
in the duties of civil administration, ought
to be peculiarly conscious of his own de-
ficiences. In this conflict of emotions, all 1
dare aver is that it has been my faithful
study to collect my duty from just appre-
citation of every circumstance by which it
might be affected ALI dare hope is, that
if in accepting this task, have been too
much swayed by remembrance of former
instances, or by an affectionate sensibility
to this transcendent proof of the confidence
Of my fellow-citizens, and have thence too
little consulted my incapacity as well as
disinclination for the
WEIGHTY AND UNTRIED
cares before me, my error will he palliated
by the motives which misled me, and its
consequences be judged by my country with
some share of the partiality in which they
originated. Such being the impressions
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mot more than 900 men," and whose zap
pearance was quite pretty" arrived within
200 yards of Federal Hall at o'clock, they
were drawn up on each side, and Wash
ington and the assistants and the gentle
men especially invited passed through the
lines and proceeded to the Senate Chamber
of the "Federal State House." This
building, which had been the old city
hall, had been renovated and improved at
an expense of $50, 900, which sum was ad-
vanced by number of wealthy New
Workers. lor the occupancy of the new Con-
gress. The architect of the Improvements
was Major Pierre Charles L'Enfant, who
had been the architect Of st. Paul's Church,
and who subsequently laid out the city Of
Washington. He transformed the building
into an imposing structure. The arched
basement on Wall and Nassau streets
formed promenade for citizens.
CAPACITY OF THE CAPITOL.
There were seven openings to the base
ment on Wall street, The four heavy
Tuscan columns in the center extended to
the second story. Or grand balcony where
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Eibridge Gerry, Mrs. Wilson S. Smith,
Mrs. James h. Maxwell, Mrs. Beekman,
Mrs. Robinson, the Misses Livingston, the
Misses Bayard and Miss Van Zandt.
All these ladies were of themselves hand
some, and if we are to accept the portrait of
one, Mrs. John Jay, painted by the cele-
brated artist, Pine, as a sample, she was
quite the "loveliest creature under the sun" ="
The cotillon was danced, and President
Washington had for partners Mrs. Peter
Van Brugh Livingston and Mrs. Maxwell
In the minuet he danced with Miss Van
Zandt. With Mrs Maxwell he had danced
before while be was in headquarters at Nor
ristown, where before her marriage she was
one of the reigning bellies. A beautiful
souvenir of this first Inauguration ball was
presented to every lady, in the shape of an
ivory fan made in Paris especially for the
occasion, which, when opened, revealed an
exquisitely painted medallion portrait of
Washington, executed in profile.
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long ago, as was every other public house;
and now, while we were waiting at Mrs.
Vandervoort's in Maiden Lane, till after
dinner, two of our beaux are running about
town, determined to obtain the best places
for us to stay at which can be opened
for love, money or the most persuasive
speeches"
The booming of cannon at sunrise began
the ceremonies Of the day, and at o'clock
the bells of the churches rang for half an
hour, calling the congregations to assemble
in their respective places of worship, to i'm
plore the blessings Of Heaven upon their
new Government, its favor and protection to
the President, and success and acceptance to
his administration.
THE INAUGURAL PARADE.
The military were meanwhile preparing
to parade, and at II o'clock marched before
the Presidents house on Cherry street. A
part of the procession came direct from Fed
eral Hall. Following Captain Stakes with
his troop of horse were the assistants
General Samuel Blatchley Webb, Colonel
William S. Smith, Lieutenant Colonel
Nicholas Fish, Lieutenant Colonel Franks,
Major L 'Enfant, Major Leonard Bleecker
and Mr.. John r. Livingston. Following
the assistants were Egbert Benson, Fisher
Ames and Daniel Carroll, the committee of
the House of Representatives; Richard
Henry Lee, Ralph lizard and Tristram Dali
ton, the committee of the Senate; John Jay,
General Henry Knox, Samuel Osgoad, Ar
thur Lee, Walter Livingston, the heads Of
the three great departments, and gentlemen
in carriages and citizens on foot
The full procession left the Presidential
Mansion at 1890 o'clock and proceeded to
Federal Hall via Queen street, Great Dock
and Broad street. Colonel Morgan Lewis,
as grand marshal, attended by Majors Van
Horne and Jacob Morton, as aids de camp,
led the way. Then followed the troop of
horse, the artillery, the two companies of
grenadiers, a company of light infantry and
the battalion n1en,a company in the full
uniform of Scotch Highlanders with the
national music of the bagpipe, the Sheriff,
Robert Boyd, on horseback; the Senate
Committee, the President in state coach,
drawn by four horses and attended by the
assistants and civil officers; Colonel Hum
phreys and Tobias Lear, in the Presidents
own carriage; the Committee of the House,
Mr.. Jay, General Knox, Chancellor LiV-
ingston, His Excellency the Count de Nous
tier, His Excellency Don Diegode Gardoqui,
the French and Spanish Ambassadors; other
gentlemen OF distinction, and a multitude
of citizens. The two companies of grena-
diers
ATTRACTED MUCH ATTENTION.
One, composed OF the tallest young men in
the city, were dressed Sin blue with red
facings and gold-lacej ornaments, cooked
hats with white feathers, with waistcoats
and breeches and white CATERS, or spatter-
dashes, close buttoned from the shoe to the
knee and covering the shoe buckle. The
second, or German company, wore blue
coats with yellow waistcoats and breeches,
black CATERS similar to those already de-
scribed, and towering caps, cone shaped,
and faced with black bear skim
When the military, which amounted to
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WASHINGToN'S INAUGURAL.

Imposing Ceremonies York Filled
With PatriOrs-The Inaugural Process
siOn-The Ball in Honor of Washington
Fashions of a Century Ago.
The capacity of New York City in 17S9 on
the occasion of Washington's Inauguration
was fully tested by the crowds that had
been pouring into the city for a fortnight
previous to the S0th of April from all parts
of the Union, all eager to witness the inn
posing ceremonial which was to complete
the organization of the Government. All
the taverns and boarding houses were
thronged with visitors and every private
house was filled with guests. A young
lady, in writing to friend of the difficulty
in obtaining accommodations, said: "We
shall remain here, even if we have to sleep
in tents, as so many win have to do. Mr..
Williamson had promised to engage US
rooms at Fraunces'. but that was jammed
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PAGES 9 TO z.

ings which the past seems to presage. sIhese
reflections, arising out Of the present crisis,
have forced themselves too strongly on my
mind to be suppressed. You will join with
me, trust, in thinking that there are none
under the influence Of which the proceed
ings of a new and free Governments can more
auspiciously commence.
"By an article establishing the executlve
department. it is made the duty OF the
President to recommend to your considers
ton such measures as he shall judge neces-
sary and expedient. The circumstances
under which now meet you will aequls
me from entering into the subject further
than to refer 70 the great
CONSTITUTIONAL CHARTER
under which YOU are assembled, and which,
in defining your powers, designates the OBJ
jects to which your attention is TO be given.
1t will be more than consistent with these
circumstances, aud far more congenial with
the feelings which actuate me, TO substi-
tute in place of a recommendation of par
ticular measures, the tribute that is due to
talents, the rectitude and the patriotism
which adorn the characters selected to
devise and adopt them. In these honorable
qualifications / behold the surest pledges
that as, on one side no local prejudices or at
tachments, no separate views or party ami
mosities, will misdirect a comprehensive
and equal eye which ought to watch over
this great assemblage of communities and
interests; 30 on another, that the founda-
tions of our national policy will be laid in
the pure and immutable principles of pri-
Yate morality, and the pre-eminenee of free
government be exemplifed by all the attri-
butes which can win the affections of its
citizens and command the respect Of the
world.
tsT dxuaII n, fbis r,roar,oof nth auarv aafia.
faction which an ardent love for my eoun-
try can inspire. Since there is no truth
more thoroughly established than that,
there exists in the economy and course OF
nature and dissoluble union between virtue
and happiness; between duty and advant-
age; between the genuine maxims of an
honest and magnanimous policy and the
solid rewards of public prosperity and felici-
ty; since we ought to be no less persuaded
that the propitious smiles of Heaven can
never be expected on a nation that disre-
CARDS the eternal rule of order and right,
which Heaven itself has ordained, and
since the preservation of the
SACRED FIRE OF LIBERTY,
and the destiny of the republican model Of
government, are justly considered as deeply,
perhaps as finally staked on the experiment
entrusted to the hands of the American peo-
pie. Besides the ordinary objects submit
ted to your care, it will remain with your
Judgment to decide how far an exercise Of
the occasional power delegated by the fifth
article of the Constitution, is reldered ex-
pedient at the present juneture by the ma
ture of objections which have been urged
against the system, or by the degree Of in
qnietude which has given birth to them. In
stead of undertaking particular recommen-
dations on this subject, in which I would be
L - = =.
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city rang out joyful peal, and the multi
tude rent the air with acclamations.
washington again bowed to the people
and returned into the Senate chamber, where
he delivered, to both Houses of Congress,
his inaugural address, characterized by his
usual modesty, moderation and good sense,
but uttered with voice deep, slightly
tremulous, and so low as to demand close
attention in the listeners. After this he
proceeded with the whole assemblsge on foot
to St. Paul's Church, where prayers suited
to the occasion were read by DR.. Provost
Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church
in New York, who had been appointed by
the Senate one of the chaplains of Congress.
So closed the ceremonies of the inaugnra-
tion"
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The hrst Inauguration of Washington,
performed on the balcony of old Federal
Hall, April so, 1880, marked the birth of
our National Republic. Colonial and pro-
vincial America ceased to exist, and Ma
tionsl America began. The hope of sue
cess lay apparently in one man, revered
and beloved as no other man had been or
ever will be, and upon the successful issue
of the trust to which he was here solemnly
devoted. What scene in history overtops
or even equals the grandeur and significance
of that glorious conservation?
The last Congress of the United States
under the confederation adopted a resolu-
ton declaring that on the first Wednesday
in January, 17S9, Presidential electors
should be chosen in the several States; that
on the first Wednesday in February the
electors should choose President, and that
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blazoned on the escutcheon OF the vice-regal
carriage. The Randolph anger was against
Adams, however, not the eoachman, and
accounted for by the bitter enmity of the
brothers to him.
wAsHINGToN's JOURNEY.
Meantime Sylvanus Bourne had carried
his message to Mount Vernon, and General
Washington had set out on journey. the
like of which our country has never known
before or since. Only when Lincoln was
buried and Garfield carried to the sea have
the people risen in the same way. Our
demonstrations have always been in the
hands of committees. But with Washing
tons progress it was different. People met
him everywhere with the spontaneous de-
light and enthusiasm of children. He had
not gone mile from his own door when a
crowd of friends and neighbors on horse
back crowded about his carriage and rode
with him to Alexandria. The Mayor of
that town met him at the tavern where the
horses stopped. Speeches were made and
farewells taken, and so much of affection
displayed that the calm face of Washington
worked W ith emotion. The people followed
him to the banks of the Potomac, where the
citizens of Georgetown had come in such
numUerS Gndt the Ale4duOIlanS gave way,
leaving to them the privilege of escorting
their illustrious neighbor on his way. But
hardly had he reached Baltimore before the
booming of cannon was heard and again the
people hocked about him. 1t was Sunday
evening when Wilmington was reached,
and the good people of that town. with all
their patriotism stirred, were yet too much
in awe of the Sabbath day to decorate their
houses. So they compromised with their
consciences and illuminated instead vessel
in the harbor. At Philadelphia the recep-
ton was royal, and Washington, leaving
his carriage, mounted a white horse and
rode through the town. At Gray's Ferry
arches of evergreens spanned the road, and
as Washington passed under one of them a
wreath of laurel was lowered upon his brow
The roads were lined with thousands upon
thousands of people all shouting with joy.
When the rain began to fall Washington
declined the escort OF the city troop, saying
he would not ride under cover while they
were exposed to the rain.
TRIUMPHAL PROGRESS.
At Trenton, over Assunpink creek, where
IL years before Washington had retreated
to fall on the British forces again at Prince
ton, an evergreen arch with 13 columns had
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THE OLD CONGRESS.

Hsw Il Expired Ia New Tork7A Great
NurIsunI Eveut-Hsw Ia VISA Driven
Frsn CRY 20 Csry-An InterertinE Scrip
OF HtnioTys
It was on the evening Of March 5, 1889,
that in the city Of New York, the old Con-
tinental Congress expired. 1t had gone OF
amid the booming Of cannon and the ring
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been raised, covered with loyal inscriptions.
Young women and children in white, with
white garlands on their heads, strewed flow
ers in his way, singing:
Welcome, mighty chief once more
Welcome to this grateful shore;
Now no mercenary foe
Aims again the fatal blow
Aims at thee the fatal blow.
Virgins fair and matrons grave.
Those thy conquer1ng arms did save,
Build for thee triumphal bowers:
Strew, ye fair, his way with flowers.
Strew your hero's way with flowers
General Washington writes to them as the
'twhite-robed choir and says that i'm
preston has been made on his mind that
will never be effaced."
At Elizabethtown, in the house of Elias
Boudinot, Washington first met the com
mittee of Congress. At the Elizabethtovn
point the barge was waiting which was to
convey him to New York. This was on
Thursday, the 2Sd of April. And now be-
gan imposing ceremonies, such as still stir
the imagination as one reads. The day was
one of surprising beauty, the sky cloudless
the air crisp and clear, the water like a
crystal mirror. Gayly dressed people stood
on the wharYes, and ships with flags waving
lay all about. People shouted and waved
banners, and over the water came now and
then the exultant boom of cannon. In the
barge itself sat Washington, rowed by l3
pilots in white uniforms. All about him
darted boats gayly decorated. Washington
was deeply affected.
LANDING IN NEW YORK.
Just as Bedloe's Island was reached, a
large sloop under full sail swept up, and
some 20 ladies and gentlemen standing on
IL 4. ,l-,. ~ III
other ships rode by, oars were presented.
Even the porpoises swan up to the surface
"as if they had risen up, said Elias Bou-
dinot. "What was the cause of all this
happiness?" Only the Spanish ship-of-war
was silent. It had neither flags nor sails
visible. Everything on board was ominous-
ly silent. The people were aghast, as they
glanced that way, and almost indignant.
But suddenly as Wsshington's boat swept
by, the colors of all the nations appeared on
the rigging, 13 guns were fred, the yards
were manned. The effect was electrical and
one of the most startling of that day.
At Murray's wharf, now the foot of Wall
street, the party landed. A rich crimson
carpet was laid up the steps to the carriage;
but the General preferred walking to the
Franklin House (now Franklin square),
which had been fitted up as his residence.
The city troop accompanied him, and all
the dignitaries of the town. "He fire.
quently," says Miss Quincy, ''bowed to the
multitude and took of his hat to the ladies
at the windows, who waved their handker-
chiefs before him and shed tears OF Joy and
congratulations. "The decorations Of the
ships, the loud acclamations of the people.
which rent the skies as I walked along the
streets" said Washington that night in his
diary "flled my mind with sensations as
peaceful considering the reverse Of this
scene, which may be the case after all my
efforts to do good) as they are pleasing
Once arrived in town, the inaugural cere-
monies might well, it would seem, have be-
gun. But people were not SO hurried in
those days, and there was much that had 10
be done.
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until the evening Of May Z, when it was
held in the Assembly rooms, building
situated on the east side of Broadway, a few
doors above Wall street. 1t was an elabor-
ate affair, brilliant in every way, and was
regarded as the great event of the times.
It was attended by President w Washington.
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brother Richard were standing in the crowd
about the doors of Federal Hall when
Adams drove by. They pressed too closely,
and Randolph never forgot to his dying day
''the manner in which my brother was
spurned by the coachman of the then Vice
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SECOND PART.

1889 WASHINGTON 1889
Complete History Of the Great Event New Workers
Are JOyOuSly Celebrating.
DECENTRALIZATION OF WASHINGTON
And the Scenes That Marked the Foundation of the
Grand National Republic.
HOW THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS DIED.
And Patriots Struggled to Preserve the Constitution and
Form Free Government.
LEAVES FROM THE LIFE OF THE FIRST PRESIDENT.
Inaugural His Memorable Journey the Ohio His
and His Ancestry
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President for coming too near the arms en-
blazoned on the esouteheon of the vice-regal
carriage. The Randolph anger was against
Adams, however, not the coachmsn, and
accounted for by the bitter enmity of the
brothers to him.
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VAUGURATION OF WASHINGTON
HOW THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS

And Patriots Struggled to Preserve the Constitution and
Form Free Government
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wEICHTY AND UNrRIED

cares before me, my error will he palliated
by the motives which misled me, and its
consequences be judged by my country with
some share of the partiality in which they
originated. Such being the impressions
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"Fall tn. men," shouted HARRISON, and in
an instant the men We're at work. 1t was
the most impressive incident Of the day. The
work Of recovering the bodies was continued
uninterruptedly all night, and eighteen dead
were taken to the Morgue.
The hotel was built about fifteen years
ago, and cost, with the furniture, Sl2O. .OOO.
Tie soil was soft. and although the build
ing was carefully constructed. IL
soon sattiei badly. Prominent builders
have long held the building 70
be unsafe. It was, therefore, thought that
the disaster was not caused by the explosion
Of the boiler. The question OF the explosion
Of the boiler was settled beyond question, as
pieces of the shell have been found scattered
the whole length Of the building and
mixed with the debris. The explosion is
thought to be due to the night engineer, Alex
ander Thayer, going away at about midnight,
leaving heavy draught on the furnace ana
little water in the boiler. He has been ar
rested on charge of mansiaughter
Among those who perished were: Andrew
F. Whiting, the actuary of the Hartford
Life and Annuity Company, with his w1fe;
Rev. Dr. Perrin and wife, clerical members
of the Yale Corporation and n distinguished
Congregationalist He is the Treasurer OF
the National Congregational Council
and the analyst Of the Connecticut Congre-
gauional churches; Dwight H. Buell.. q MEM
ber of the Hartford Club and of the Veteran
City Guard. He was prominent socially and
unmarried; Max Galody, editor of the Hart
ford Herald, was in the hotel with his wife.
Both perished in the ruins. Galody was
prominent German resident.