Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-05

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National Hotel, where he spent the time in
conference with party leaders and in giving
receptions to citizens until Tuesday, March
4. The weather on this day was wet and
lowering, nevertheless there was grand
procession, headed by Marshal John M.
Gala, with President Tyler and Mr.. Polk
together in an open carriage. After the
usual ceremonies at the Capitol the Presi-
dent returned by circuitous route to
the White House. Ex-President Tyler left
Washington on the 11th for his home in
Virginia.
= Zachary Taylor, the popular military
hero, was inaugurated on Monday, March 5,
1S49. He reached this city on the 23d of
February, and was escorted by a large and
enthusiastic company to Willard's Hotel.
On the 9th he paid formal visit of cour-
tesy to President Polk, and was entertained
at dinner. On the 28th he was received by
the citizens of Georgetown, and attended a
reception given in his honor by Speaker
Winthrop, and on the 1st of March was
given reception at the White House. The
9TH dawned wet and unpromising, yet the
procession to the Capitol is described as one
Of the most brilliant and imposing that had
ever been witnessed here 1t was led by
Hon. Richard Wallace later Mayor of the
city.
ALWAYS FOUR G9AYs.
The President-elect rode in the historic
phaeton, which was drawn by four handsome
grays. in company with Speaker Winthrop
and the Mayor OF Washington. The pro-
cession halted at Irving's Hotel, and was
Joined by President Polk, who had left the
White House on Sunday, March 4, lest un-
friendly critics should say he had held on to
his great office after the constitutional limit
had expired. The outgoing and incoming
Presidents entered the Senate chamber arm
ln-arm, and the latter proceeded to the east
portlco, where the usual ceremonies were
observed. President Taylor then returned
to the White House, and ex-President Polk
to Irving's Hotel, and in the evening took
boat for Richmond.
Three balls were held that evening, the
principal one in a temporary building on
Judiciary Square, where, it is said, tallow
from the impromptu chandeliers feel on the
dress coats of the gentlemen and the un-
adorned shoulders of the ladies, to the great
discontinue of both. The President at
tended all three. Taylor died July 9, 1850,
and Vice President Fillmore quietly took
the oath of Office before Judge Craneh, of
the District Court, attended by the members
| OF the late Cabinet and committee of the
two Houses of Congress. President Fill
more, says Benton, in his rtThirty Years
View, q" without delivering any inaugural
address, bowed and retired, and the cere-
| mony was at an end"
| No social festivities attended the inaugu-
ration of Franklin Pierce on Friday, March
4, 1858, as the President-eleet had recently
lost favorite child in a railway accident.
James Buchanan, who succeeded Pierce
left Wheatlands, his country home, in Lam
caster, Pa, at A. NJ. on February 25, and
reached this city at P. NJ the same day,
md fod TO- Nj II Ill
Inauguration on Wednesday, March 4, 1857,
was notable for the fine military display un-
der General Quitman, there being "a mill
tary organizations in line, seven political
clubs and the. fire department of the Dis
trict.
LINCoLN'S INDUCTION.
Abraham Lincoln arrived here at $50 on
the morning of the 23d of February, 1861,
and was met at the station by the Hon. E.
B. Washburne, of Illinois, and conveyed
In close carriage to WilIards Hotel
where Senator Seward was waiting to re-
ceive him. His Inauguration on the 4th of
March following was notable in several re-
spects. 1t marked the triumph of a new
party, and it was the first time in our his
tory that it was deemed necessary to employ
military to defend the person of the Presi-
dent-elect.
The carriage in which he rode with Presi-
dent Buchanan was escorted by marshals
and mounted dragons, detailed from the
regular army, in ranks SO deep that hos
tile shot could with difficulty have pene-
trated the column. Before the platform on
the portico where he was to stand in deliver
ing his inaugural, a high fence had been
erected, and an inclosed avenue OF boards
was built from the place where he would
alight to the portico. The occasion was also
marked by the largest and most imposing
procession which the city had yet SEEN
Scarcely month after his second Inaugural
tion Lincoln fell by the assassin's bullet,
and the next morning, April 10, 1865, at 10
o'clock, amid the mourning of nation,
Andrew johnson, the Vice President, took
the oath of Office before. Chief Justice Chase
and in the presence of the members of the
late Cabinet '....
The Inauguration of Ulysses S. Grant, on
Thursday, March 4, 1869, was marked by
some peculiar features. He was General of
the army at the time, and at 1850 A. NJ.
came out of army headquarters at the cor
ner of Seventeenth and F streets, accom-
panied only by General Rawlings, entered
private carriage, which was Joined by an
other containing Vice President Colfax and
Admiral Bailey, and turned into Pennsyl-
vania avenue. ..-.....
There grand and imposing military ar
ray, under General Alexander S. Webb,
was in waiting, and escorted him to the
Capitol, where the usual ceremonies were OBJ
served. The President and Vice President
then returned to the White House, but
General Grant did not take up his residence
there until March IS, on which day ex-
President Johason retired to his home in
Greenville, Tenn. General Grants second
Inauguration, on Monday, March 4, 1873,
was notable as occurring on the coolest day
of an exceptionally cold winter.
Rutherford B. Hayes was inaugurated on
Monday, March 8, 1877, with grand civic
and military display, but at the request of
the President no inaugural ball was held in
the evening.
No unusual ceremonies marked the in
auguration of President Garfield on the 4th
of March, 1881, and on his untimely death
IN September of the SAME year Vice Presi-
dent Arthur assumed the Chief Magistracy
as quietly as his predecessors, johnson,
Fillmore and Tyler, had done in like mourn
full circumstances |
The Inauguration of Grover Cleveland on !
March 4, 1885, signalized the return of the
Democracy to power, and was celebrated
with great spirit, the procession and mill
tary display being larger and more impos-
ing than any that had preceded it.
WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON.