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

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tered the hall of the House of Represents
tives at noon. Jefferson was there awaiting
them, and with him brilliant concourse-
members of both Houses, the Supreme
Court, the Diplomatic corps and many other
spectators. In their presence Madison took
the oath of Office and was then escorted
back to his residence, where, with Mrs.
Madison, he received the congratulations Of
his fellow citizens. Mr.. Ogle Taylor, in his
"reminiscences" says that Parke Custis
used to relate that in returning from the
ceremony at the Capitol on horseback he
met ex-President Jefferson mounted and en-
tirely unattended, and that they rode down
Pennsylvania avenue together. There was
a grand ball in the evening, attended by the
President, the ex-President and 400 guests.
James Monroe also reached the White
House by way of the Cabinet, having served
as Secretary of State. At his Inauguration,
Tuesday, March 4, 1917, the exercises were
slightly varied; no military display was
seen, but instead cavalcade of citizens at
tended the carriage in which rode the Presi-
dent and Vice President-elect. The party
reached the Capitol at noon, and at the same
time the outgoing President and his Cabi-
net entered. A procession was formed at
once and moved to the east portico, where
Monroe delivered his inaugural address to
an audience of 10000 people He took the
oath amid salvos of artillery and the shouts
of the people, and was escorted back to his
dwelling, where, with Mrs. Monroe he held
a reception, Mr.. and Mrs. Madison at the
same time receiving at the White House.
A grand ball in the evening at Davis's
Hotel closed the ceremonies.
ADAMS AND JACKSON.
John Quincy Adams also came to the
| Presidency IN the regular line of succession
as Secretary of State. He had been elected
by the House after an exciting struggle,
and the city was full of visitors, who had
been attracted bv the contest. Friday,
| March 4, 1926, is remembered as the most
beautiful day of the season. On this occa-
sion the Marshal of the District of Colum-
| bia first appeared as leading the procession,
/ which was composed OF both military and
citizens. 1t met the President-elect at his
residence on street, nearly opposite the
| present Ebbitt House, and escorted him to
the Capitol, where he was introduced to the
assembled Congress by President Monroe,
and there read his inaugural and took the
oath. On the conclusion of the ceremonies
he was escorted back to his residence, the
usual reception following. Ex-President
Monroe also returned to the White House
and received, and in the evening there was
ball at Carusi's Assembly Rooms.
The next Inauguration was on March 4,
1929, that idol OF the people and antipathy
of Henry Clay-Andrew jackson. jackson
left the Hermitage, in Tennessee, about
January Is, sailed down the Cumberland by
steamer to the Ohio, and up that stream to
Piltsburg. He arrived in Washington on
February 16, and was escorted to the In
dian Queen Hotel, the present National,
where he remained until the day of his in
auguration, which came on Wednesday. 1t
was warm, balmy day, and the city was
crowded with strangers, among whom the
common people predominated. A vast
company escorted the President-elect to the
capitol, where the usual ceremonies were
observed, marked however, BY the absence
of President Adams, who, like his father,
refused to attend. jackson, breaking upon
established custom, went at once to the
White House and held a crowded reception.
The affair has been thus described: ga
profusion of refreshments had been pro-
vided, orange punch by barrels full made,
but as the walters opened the door to bring
it out rush would be made, the glasses
broken, pals of liquor upset, and the most
painful confusion prevailed. To such de-
gree was this carried that wine and ice
cream could not be brought out to the ladies,
and tubs of punch were taken out of the
lower story window into the garden to head
off the crowd from the room. On such an
occasion it was extremely difficult to pre-
serve order, but it was mortifying to see
men with boots heavy with mud standing
on the damask-covered chairs and tramping
around the ROOM" Ex-President Adams
retired to house on Meridian Hill which
he had rented from Commodore Porter, and
in which he continued to reside for several
months. The second Inauguration Of jack
son, Monday, March 4, 1888, was marked
by far less ceremony. The President en-
tered the hall at noon, renewed the oath,
made short address, and returned to the
White House.
ONE FINE DAY.
OF the inauguration of Martin Van Buren,,
n. P. Willis, who was present, has given
this account: "The procession, consisting of
the Presidents and their official families,
escorted by small volunteer corps, arrived
soon after u; the General and Mrs. Van
Buren were in the constitutional phaeton,
drawn by four grays, and as it entered the
gate they both rode uncovered. Descending
from the carriage at the foot of the steps, a
passage was made for them through the
dense crowd, and the tall, white head of the
old chieftain, still uncovered, went steadily
on through the agitated mass, marked by
its popularity from all around it. The
crowd OF diplomats and Senators in the rear
of the colonnade made way and the ex-
President and Mr.. Van Buren, advanced
with uncovered heads. A murmur of feel
ing rose up from the moving mass below.
and the infrm old man, emerging from a
sick chamber, which his physicians thought
it impossible he could leave, bowed to the |
people and, still uncovered in the cold air.
took his seat beneath the portal. Mr.. Van
Buren then advanced, and, with voice re-
markably distinct and with great dignity.
read his address to the people. The air was
elastic and the day still, and it is supposed
that 20, 600 people heard him from tile ele-
waited position distinctly" In the evening
there was a ball at Carusi's, attended by
both Presidents.
William Henry Harrison, Mr.. Thurlow
Weed tells us in his "reminiscences, was
a feeble, broken down man at the time of
his election. "He was far advanced in
years, and the usual infrmities of age |
were aggravated by the privations and suf- |
ferings of an arduous course of life during |
his long service in the field. The Journey |
from his home on the banks of the Ohio to |
Washington, amid the rigors of a severe |
winter, bore heavily upon him; and when |
he reached the seat of government about |
the middle of February, he had the appear |
ance of a confirmed invalid. He reached |
there in driving snowstorm. A large num- |
ber of citizens met him at the depot. and he |
walked in procession with his head uncov- |
cred, down the avenue to Gadsby's Hotel, |
exposed to the falling snow, in the most i'm |
prudent manner.
''The state OF his health was not improved |
in the interval between the time of his ar |
rival and his Inauguration. The ceremonies |
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