Evening Star Newspaper, April 27, 1889, Page 7

* THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D.C., SATURDAY, APRIL 27, 1889-TWELVE PAGES. Pom _— ¥ eal 1 ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO. THE WASHINGTON CENTENNIAL. — ToRics cELkimars IN. AN INTERESTING ANNIVERSARY. The Establishment of Constitutional Government. a PROGRAM OF THE THREE DAYS’ JUBILEE IN NEW | 5 YORK—THE SCENES OF A HUNDRED YEARS AGO TO BE RE-ENACTED—THE PRESIDENT TO | TRAVEL OVER THE ROUTE FOLLOWED BY WASH- INGTON—PREPARATIONS FOR HIS RECEPTION. The program of the celebration of the cen- tennial annive’ the beginning of our constitutional govern- ment in New York next calls for a r ting » marvelous progress of a hundred years, of the scenes and cere- monials attend the first inauguration of Washington. This idea is adhered to in the r which President Harrison takes to reach New York, which is as near as may be that fol- lowed by Washington in his triumphal progress from Mt. Vernon. It is adhered to in the naval y with which the President's voyage from thport to Manhattan Island is attended: in the reception in New York which follows his debarkation; in the religious exercises with which the proceedings of the second day open, and soon in greater or less degree through al | the events of the three days, which have been given up to the centennial celebration On Monday, April 29, the first day of the commemorative festivities, will occur two of the Most imposing spectacular features of the cele- bration. These will be the great naval parade welcoming the President in the morning and atnight the ball at the Metropolitan opera | house, which it is intended to make the grand- | est affair of the kind ever held. THE PRESIDENT'S TRIP. President Harrison and his party will leave Washington on pecial Pullman express over the Pennsylvania railroad, from the Baltimore and Potomac depot at 1 o'clock on the morning of Monday. The official party will consist of President and Mrs, Harrison, Mr. and Mrs. Rus- sell Harrison, Mr. and Mrs. McKee, the mem- bersof the of the Sup Jastice Strong. They will be accompanied by | Jobn A. King, William Jay, W. H. Robertson, Will th Low, for the gen- eral committee; Orlando B. Potter and Clifford Stanley Sims, for the committee on railroads | and transportation, and Mr. Witherbee, repre- zal senting the entertainment committe fhe | train will reach Elizabeth at Oa.m. Here | the rear car, contaming the President and | is fi will be detached. and the rest of the train will proceed slowly to Eliza- bethport, breakfast being served en route. The presidential coach will remain side-tracked at Elizabeth long enough to allow Gov. Green. | of New Jersey, and other distinguished persons | to take breakfast with President and Mrs, | Harrison and Mrs. McKee and the members of | | Robert large table. A full length protrait of Vashington, by Peale, will be hung facing the President's table. At that table also one course of the banquet will be served on a set of china used by Gen. Washington at Bordeutown when he visited the residence of Gen. Boudinot. From 4 to a public reeeption at the city hall, At the steps of t a representation of girls from the ools will assemble and welcome the at v public ac President. <overnors and representatives of the fol- g states and territories will be present at tion in the rkansas, Conne .B. T. Biggs: Georgi Ilinois, Joseph W. Fifer: Iowa, William Lar- B. james P. Eagle; Buckner; Maine, assinc : Min pi. Robert Loring Nebraska, John mnesota, Thayer ew Jerse North € B. Fora’ sylvania, »; Ohio, Joseph ennoy! Rhode aP. Dillingham; Virgin’ William h Lee; Wiscon Commissioner J. ny Idaho, Russell J ord Prinec ¥e < 3 hington, Gov. Miles District of Columbia, President Webb; Indian territory, Gen. Pleasant Porter. THE GRAND CENTENNIAL BALL. The grand centennial ball will take place at the Metropolitan opera house in the evening. vr of the city of New York host rman of the committee on the cen- Jebration of the inauguration of Washington as President ot the United . Will arrive at 10:15, and at 10:30 will ‘The ma; the President of the United States cuished guests. The Pres- prought to the ball by the of the committee on entertain- mpanied by the governor of the state of New York and Mrs. Harrison, the V President and Mrs. Morton, the Lieut.-Go and Mrs. Jones. » manager of th dent at his carr: ball will meet the Presi- onduct him inio the mal reception by the After the reception t ed to the floor, At mi night the President aud party will be escorted to the supper-room, The ball ed tocost are $10 ropolitan opera house is not enough for the per, So 4 sapper-room has 1} edifice on thre ing in } sidews This will furnish a structure nm It is to be et rugs will cor will be magniticently d inent artists will aid in m torium a thing of beat Washington and all the F from the galleries and sta ile in length. and Tarkish nig ball-room Several pron king the ts of idents are to hi . while the s ta jand stripes willbe placed at every possible it of ntage, Il will be_opened at 10:30 o'clock, on the President. The following is of the sixteen ladies who will He at th 11 the official li dance the qua Benjamin Ha: Grover Cle . Gracie King, Mrs. J Van Renssalaer, Mrs. W. Bayard Cutt William Astor, Miss Cora Livingston bold Morris. ‘Mrs. Elbridge I. Gerry, Miss Louisa Lee Schuyler, Mrs, Buchanan Winthrop, Mrs, Stuyvesant Fish, Mrs. William Jay, Mrs. V. R. Crager, Mrs. Alexandr 8. Webb. THE The great milit men are ‘OND DAY. y je, in which 60,000 1 to participate, will be the ar feature of the second day, Tue he day will open with a special St. Panl’s chapel, where Vice-President Adams ic Presider ut Washi: the Supreme Court and their wives. There Will be quite an imposing celebration at Eliza- beth. There will be a procession of 4.000 per- | sons, incinding the Philadelphia City Troop, | L National Guard of New Jersey, ts of Pythias, Free Masons. 500 Grand Army men from all parts of the | state, six bands and civilians. ‘The President | Will review the process: ‘An engine will then convey his car to reside nti: izal 'y will proceed thport. The along the route ollowed by Washington, with a trifling excep- They will go to the Alcyone club, where the party will ‘step a float into a rowboat and| be mveyed to the Despatch. The Steamer Pegasus will carry 1,000 Elizabethites | nescort to the Despa: Gov. Green will | peroually attend President Harrison, and will | hand him over to Gov. Hill in New York. This | is the official program outlining what subse- | quently occurs: The governors, commissioners of states and other guests, with ladies invited by the committee on states, and the members of the general committee, will embark at 9:30 4.m. on the steamer Erastus Wiman at west 254 street. New York city, to meet the President's | steamer off Elizabethport. The steamer Sirius, | under the management of the committee on navy, will receive at Elizabethport other guests and official personages of the presidential party who cannot be accommodated on the Presi- dents steamer. The line of United States ships of war. yachts and steamboats will be fermed in the upper bay under Admiral David D. Porter, U. 5. N., as chief marshal, and will be reviewed by the President. THE GREAT NAVAL PARADE. This naval parade is expected to be one of the grandest on record. From 500 to 1,000 craft of - from the biggest warship to the frail- asure yacht, are expected to take part. ® government vessels, in addition to the Despatch, which will participate will be the steel | is | cruisers Boston and Atlanta. the armored cruiser | nite | and the two house morning of the Potter will officia ssattended on the uguration. Bishop Dr. first rector of Trinity and St. Paul's, will assist the bishop, President Harrison and the invited ts will be present. All the clergymen of y and country have been requested to vices in their respective churches at 9 k that morning. A committee of the of St. Pa will meet the President at esey-street: gate and escort him to the Washington pew. At 10 o'clock ‘the formal literary exereis will Legin on the steps of the sub-treasu: buildi: at Wall and Nassau streets, where Archbishop Corrigan will also pronounce the benediction. to the American flag from all the ships of w: in the harbor and from the batteries of Castie William and Forts Hamilton and Wadsworth, President Harrison will then be escorted to the yuitable building, after which he will partake unch. Then he will be taken to the review- ing stand at Madison square The grand military para Broadway and Wall will be formed at » with the various Schofield and staff. tachments from the r army and navy of the United States. Next will coine the militia from the various states in the Union, the gov- ernors of each state with his staff riding at the head of his troops. The little state of Del ware will lead with Gov. Biggs and staff. Mar fand wil have in line the fifth regiment infan- t land ational guard, 400 officers and men, w York state will furnish 15,000 men. Every military organization in the state will be in the parade. Penns. ia will have its en- tire force of mili strong, in Iii re will be seve splay. and ste almost with 1 uppearance of the Despatch. | The entire fleet will be under the command of rel David D. Porter, grand marshal. The H 4 will be dressed as ball. | darms will be |. their ‘brass- ds will be be- will float in th s will form in line ending toward ¢ Just opposite to them, off St. George, two hundred steam yachts, in double file. will fal The vachts and warships will form ai zh which the Presi- dent will p atch arrives oppo- | the ad presidentia 1 ® t sae | pen the nava wud stam up the t % at Wall street ident will val parade will continue r the landing of President Wall street to here it will turn pass | ©. going up the Ni tent from the | an interesting event. Prest- | ou was brought from Elizabeth- ‘ ¥ in a barge manned by f Marine Societ and commanded by ¢ in 1864 at the | of the naval nt will be fol- which still has the fh ton landed at Wall street in » barge which will con the party from the Despatch to the use will be manned by former ship- that society. rry slip the President will be re- Mayor Grant. From this point he | ndueted by the state committee. A | ulars, the Veteran Corps of nt, with Cappa’s band, del- Society of the Cincinnati, Sona | ion.and Loyal Legion, and adele- Baton of commanders of the various G. A. R. — in New York city will form an escort. Un- t their guard the presidential party, followed by the governors and commissioners from the he general committee of two ’ invited guests, will proceed Broadway entrance of the Equitable where they will be formally wel- of New York. A reception will follow, which the President with his cabinet. the governors of the states, the gov- eruor of the state of New York, and the mayor of the city of New York wili have presented to them the guests who, will pass and bow to the President and party without shaking hands (as he custons at the reception of Weahingson $9). The reception will last from 2 to 3-30 @ clock. The party will then proceed to the rooms of the Law J im the building, where the bang ved. The President, ex- President, governors of states and mayor of New York, with the chairmen of the —— committees, will have places provided for them building. comed to the city | officer: First battalion. four compa following organizations of the District ational guard will take part in the parade mand of Col, W. ¢ ore, as senior Maj. Dalton in command; second battalion, y A. Capt. E. y Domer. company A, mn, A, O'Brien; fifth battelion, pt. E. G. Ben- J. Costimett; cor »binson; company D, lion, company battalion, mand. their governors. Each governor will ride in the pro- cession, at the head of his respective state, companied by his staff. This will be a brill feu of the military page ‘Th rics will also be represé . ska will have its commissioner on hand to © part in the ceremonics, The route of the pari will be from Wall roadway, up Broadway to Waverly h Waverly pl b av to Mth stree ast side of . throug e, up Sth avenue to 57th street, at the Metropolitan opera house on April 30 will begin 2 lock p m., and will be « maguitice he stage and au- ditorium will be connected to make one contin- uous floor, over which will be disposed twent: six tables, forming six immense horseshoe Two central tables, one for twenty-six covers and the other for twelve, will be reserved for the most distinguished sts. The sident’s table will be at the ction of the stage with th westra, so that General Harrison will be in full view. While the banquet is going on at the opera house. there will be displays of fireworks at ten different points in the-city. The hand- somest display will be at Madisou square, which will be witnessed by thousayds of people. The following is a list of places at which the dis- plays will be given: At Battery par! East Kiver park. Mount Morris park, ‘The Circle (Central park), Eighth avenue and Fifty-ninth street, Washington Heights, Canal Street park. Washington square, and at two places in the twenty-third aud twenty-fourth wards, Aiter the display the German singing secie- ties of the ctiy will give a grand instrumental id vocal concert from the grand stands at ison square, Theodore Thomas will con- duct the chorus, THE THIRD Day. ‘The third day, May 1, will be given up to the civic parade, This is likely to be the largest ever held in America, Fully 100,000 men are expected to be in line, and many organizations will have to be refused ginews. Gen, Daniel © Butterfield will be stand ‘marshal. The Germans will make the most imposing display, and promise to turn out 30,000 strong. The Irish societies will be of nearly equal strength. Abig display by the French is also looked for. Tammany will send out 5,000 men. Firemen, old and young, will bé in line to the number of 6,000. “The Seandi- navians hope to have 5,000 men out. Several thousand school children will form an interest- ing feature. Large contingents are also counted on from all the workmen's organizations, Other organizations that will have representa- tives in the line are Columbia college, New York Caledonian club, the Orangemen, Odd Fellows, the Washington Continental guard, the Post-office guard from Washington,Knights of Pythias, several hundred Cathotie societies, At 12 o'clock a salute of 21 guns will be given | 100.000, Tickets | | | | o'clock the President will hold | Equitable buildmg: Ala- | cut, Morgan | ;Penn- | Hoard; | Morgan Dix, | } as} will apy the old-fashioned crane-necked Harry Howard will head this division. divisicn. of which Washington was a member. company will bring its old apparatus, in America, and they will swing from t! gine in the procession. THE HISTORIC TABLEAU! The floats with the history of the nation. artistic design, and very costly. son, “The First Continental Congress.” 1 ‘General Washington and His Gener: - 1776—a reproduction of the celeb: ton at Vall v Forge,” 177 i hengrin, &e. tableau The civie parade will start from Fifth avenue and 57th street and follow this course: Down Fifth avenue to i5th street: through 15th street : around that square to Fourth In all there will be six! ve to 1ith street; through 14th street to down Fifth avenue to Waverl h Waverly place to Broadw: down Broadway to Canal street. THE TRIUMPHAL ARCHES, Washington took the oath of. office. Rich: 8. Storrs, D.D.. LL.D.. of Brooklyn. will offer the prayer,and a poam of comme oration by Whittier will be read. Chauncey M. | Depew will then deliver the oration, President Harrison will make an address, In its course it will pass beneath three splen- did trinmy arches erected at 5th avenue and Sth avenue at Washington square. The arel 1 street will be a single span, 100 fect wide and 77 feet high in the center, 46 feet in the clear from vemment to middie of the under side of the arch. ‘The pillars will be 12 feet wide and 8 feet in depth. Ht will represent a gateway of brownstone 8 fect in thickness, surrounded by two enormous golden eagles 24 feet high, one on each side. The walls are pierced to resemble battlements, and there will be a tower at either side, each with four turrets 22 feet higher than the tops of the towers from which the arch springs, There will be medal- lious of Washington and other revolutionary heroes, life size statues of a continental soldier and « sailor in niches, portraits and busts of Washington's generals and paintings reprevent- ing scenes im the revolution, The American flag will surmount the battlemented pediment and the red, white and blue will drape the sides of the arch. the ch at 26th street will be of a similar ter, both in general style and effect, but with a trip 5 one over the roadway and two over the sidewalks, ‘The arch at Washington square will be a sin- gle span of forty feet, sixty-two feet high and forty-three feet in the cl It will represent stone and will be decorated with eagles, bunt- ing. Wreaths, and flowers, Grand stands have been erected at varions points along the route which the military and civic parades will follow. Various prices will be charged for seats on these stands, The various badges to be worn by the dis- tinguished guests and the committ. ve been made by Tiffany & Co. from designs fur- nished by Messrs, Millet, Huntington, Hopkin- New = society. and the order of For- esters. veteran firemen’s division will be ially interesting feature. The veterans ar with the men manning the ropes of engines, Old 1 Fire- men from other cities will add interest to this Among others will be Friendship fire company, of Alexandria, Va., the fire company Th e Tt has one of the first leather fire buckets ever made Thirteen similar buckets are to be made representing the original United States, old pumping en- istoric tableaus and the trades display will also be notable features. ‘The tableaus will be arranged with a yiew to represent the various great historical events in Many of the floats will be over 20 feet high, of elaborate and a Among the subjects to be illustrated in this way are the discovery of the Hudson river by Hendrik Hud- | ing of the Declaration of Independence,” ted painting of that momentous event; ‘Washing- '7—a picturesque win- | The Inauguration of Washington as First President of the United States,” 1789; General Steuben and his staff. the press of the past and present day, the Brooklyn bridge, ichard Wagner, with personifications of Lo- 5th avenue and 26th street and on | about as much. The expenditures for that, the fireworks and the concert will be upward of 100,000, Some states—Massachusette, “New Jersey and Connecticut, for instance—have ap- propriated money to per, the expenses of their mulitia regiments in the centennial parade. But others have not—like Pennsylvania—and board and lodging for the 8,000 militiamen will have to be paid out of the general fund. THE FIRST ELECTION. How Washington and John Adams were Chosen President and Vice-President. After the recognition of the independence of the thirteen colonies in 1783, the cessation of hos- tilities and the resignation of his commission as commander-in-chief by Washington, the young republic started existence as a confederation of states, each separate and distinct in itself and responsible to no central government, and they were bound together only by the tie of mutual interest. The leaders of the new government, however, both in and out of Congress, knew | that there should be a federate organization, and the project was actively discussed, both in the state legislative assemblies and in the Con- tinental Congress. This debate lasted for four years, and though Washington during that period was living quietly at Mt. Vernon, he was in constant communica- tion with the moving spirits of the goy- ernment, and upon ail actions of Congress his advice was asked and followed. He first gave positive expression to the expedient of a fed- erate organization to bind thestates together in A MORE PERFECT UNION, and when a convention of delegates from the thirteen states ealled in Philadelp! in | 1787, for the purpose of revising and correcting | the federal system, he was prevailed upon to attend it, and when it met he was unanimously called to the chair as its president. The convention. with Washington at its head, ne Constitution of the United States, which, with its subsequeut amendments, still exists, During this meeting Dr. Franklin, looking toward the president's chair, behind’ which a sun was painted, observed to a friend standing neai “I have often and often, in the course of the session and the vicissitudes of my hopes and fears as to its issue, looked at that sun be- hind the pecs chair without being able to tell whether it was rising or setting. At length I have the happiness of knowing it is a rising and not a setting sun.” } The business of the Philadelphia convention was closed. on the day of September 17, 1757, h. as Washington has written in his he members adjourned to the city tavern, dined together and took a cordial leave of each other.” THERE WAS A GOOD DEAL OF OPPOSITION to the new Constitution in the several states, | and in some it was not ratified save after a severe struggle, but on the 13th of September, 1788, Congress, then sitting in New York, form- | ally declared its adoption, as it had been rati- fied by eleven states. The two which refused to accept it were Rhode Island and North Caro- lina, and for the time those two states were ab- | solutely severed from the American Union, and | were also independent of each other. | The Constitution provided for the people of the United States to choose the electors of a President, and Congress decided that presi- dential € Wednesday in v, 1789; that the electors should choose a President on the first Wednes- day in February, and that the two Houses of | Congress should assemble in New York on the | first Wednesday in March, TAKING THE OATH (From the Relief on the Bronze Doors of the Senate.) ors should be chosen on the first | THE FIRST ELECTORAL COLLEGE. At the firSt Presidential election there were no nominating conventions, no exciting cam- paign, in fact no tickets were put in the field. | The electors were absolutely unfettered by in- structions, and were entirely free to vote far any of the men who had been prominent in public affairs, or even for some one who had never been bronght before the people. There ‘was one name, however, which stood prominent above all others for the highest honor in the gift of the republic, but his candidacy was not published. While there was no difference of opinion among these electors as to the wisdom and necessity of placing the helm of govern- ment in the ad of Washington, there was a wide diversity of sentiment in regard to the | choice of Vice-President. John Adams had | the support of New England. but the southern | states were opposed to him. and he was by no means popular in New York or New Jersey. It | is high s probable that if New York had ap- pointed the right electors to which she was en- | titled Gov. Geo.Clinton, the staunch patriot and zealons critic of centralized government, would have been called in 1789 to fill the oftice of the President, to which he elected in 1805, His inability to carry his own state and the failure of New York to take part inthe election destroyed the hopes of his friends, though he received three votes, cast by the Vir- ginia delegation in the college, and another distinguished New Yorker, John Jay, received | nine votes. In accordance with the new Con- stitution. each elector was directed to write two. | names on his ballot, and the candidate receiv- jing the highest number of votes was to be | President, and the next on the list was to be TASHINGTON’S INAUGURATION. met on the first Monday in Februar: sixty-nine members were found to vr, vote was counted and approved by its first joint session on the 6th of April, 1789. ONLY TEN STATES VoTED. It will be observed that the clectoral votes of ten states only were cast for the first President and Vice-President, for, as already stated, North Caroli and would not ratify the Constitution, and New York, owit | chiefly to Gov. Clinton's anti-Federalism, had to appoint F _ None York's represe in the House at the counting of the electoral votes, nor were her Senators in their seats at the time of the inauguration, With a vivid remem- brance of her importance during the last cam- aign it may be safely asserted that York was not a pivotal state in the presidential election of 1789, Immediately after the declaration by Con- gress of the election of George Washington as President and Jobn Adams as Vice-President, messengers were dispatched to notify them of their election and to accompany them to New York for inauguration, Chas, Thomson waited upon Washington and Sylvanus Bourne was sent to Mr. Adams, MP. VERNON TO NEW YORK. The Journey of President Washington to the First Inauguration. When President Harrison goes to New York to participate in the centennial anniversary of the inauguration of George Washington, the first President of the United States, he will be conveyed in a Pullman palace car, drawn by a snorting ironhorse’that canmake the distance be- tween the present capital of the nation and the first capital city in about five hours. There can be no ovations along the route save at the cities which are stopping places of the train, but many of these are the same whose citizens greeted the first President on his journey to son, Smith and other eminent artists, who are on the art committee. There are thirty-five different styles, They are all of the same general design, but are distin- guished by the color of the ribbon attached to each. The design is very tasteful and simple, and the badges are handsome and will be valu- able souvenirs. The medal and the crossbars on nearly all the badges are made of bronze, but President Hi ‘on, Vice-President Mor- ton and Gov. Hill will wear gold badges, mounted on rich gold-colored satin ribbons. Each of these badges will cost about 250. LAVISH DECORATION OF THE CITY. Every effort will be made to have the city generally decorated more profusely than on any previous occasion. Urgent appeals to this end have been made again and again by the committees in charge. The prospects now are that these appeals have had the desired effect, Already reports from New York say the work of decoration has been begun by private citizens on a scale of great jJavishness, From house-tops all over town float the national emblem, while the facades are Penoeoei sone in —e The soa arches are rapidly approaching completion. By Saturday night it is believed ev. ing will be in readiness, and that the city will present an appearance never before equalled by any city in the Union. The cost of the cele! will Leap cost bration oboe ate leat deat THE FIRST CONGRESS, The old confederation was fired out of exist- ence at sunset on the Sd of March, 1789, by thirteen guns from the fort opposite Bowling Green, in New York, and on March 4 the new era was ushered in by the firing of eleven guns in honor of the eleven states that had adopted the Constitution, the bells were rung and there was general rejoicing. But Congress did not assemble on that day and count the votes of the electoral college, for there was not a quorum present, only eight Senators and thir- teen Representatives putting in an appearance at 12 o'clock, the hour of meeting. Traveling was not easy in those days, the weather «had been very bad, and the other Senators and Representatives could not make the journey. Those from the south were impeded by ice in the rivers, 80 that boats could not cross, and those from the New England states were blockaded by snow-drifts, proving even at the very outset that March was not the proper month for an display. e the place where he was to be inaugurated. The descendants of those who cheered Washington will welcome his centennial successor, though the trip in a railroad train can hardly be made as imposing and picturesque as was the travel by coach which was}done by Washington one hundred years ago. Washington received the official annonnce- ment that he had been elected President of the infant republic at the hands of Charies Thom- son, who been perpetual secretary to the Continental Congress and who had been aj pointed by the Federal Congress to Mt. Vernon for that perce: Mr. Thomson was a native of Ireland, but had early come to this country, had been a achool teacher in Philadel- ae anda friend of Benjamin Franklin. He ardent cause of the colo- nists and been so efficient in his perform- ance of his duties as secretary of the Conti- ye ton pe ‘to which he was elected when 4, that no other was thought of for that during the entire e: Shortly before inauguration Senate, on the 11th of, Marcl , addressed a cir- cular letter to each of the absentees, but it was not until April5 that a twelfth Senator arrived, sufficient to make a orum. The House of Representatives secured the mee of members, which constituted a quorum, on April 1, but it was not until April 6 that the two houses met in joint session to count the electoral votes, he was selected as the messenger to the presi- ey Mr. Thomson had married a Scat Wiliaa omy tartton sad ts ea ni great-aunt of nt Benjamin Harrison, him, and made a formal speech, stating that | carriage and insisted that they shold return the ‘object of his visit was to accompany the | home, general to New York for inauguration. Wash- | THE ROUTE TO PHILADELPHIA. ington had not sought the honor thus con-| ye reached the borders of Delaware on San- ferred on him, and, indeed, had had quite an| aie ‘but he was received bya company from extended correspondence with several gentle- | @8¥, but be was re 7 os men prominent in the affairs of the new gov. | Wilmington, and the next morning was pre- ernment in regard to his acceptance of the sented with an address from the burgesses and election. He earnestly desired a season of rest | common council of the borough. Delaware saw at his beantifal home cn the banks of the Po- | its guest to the Penneyivania snd there he tomao after his long and arduous service dar- | found Governor Mifflin. who bad formeriy bem ing the struggle for independence as com- < eo Fuser, andl nanen mander-in-chief of the continental armies eS ce red all military evaded, At He felt that he had given the best years of his life to the service of his country and that he might nd it was not to be freed from further participation in p Chester, where he stopped to breakfast, there affairs. Ina letter to Samuel Hanson be Were preparations for a public entrance into he first wish of my life is Philadelphia, Cavalry had assembled from evening of my days as a privat 2 upon | the surronnding © b white horse my farm.” He also considered his age too far | was lod advanced for an undertaking that involved such | grand pro. wate Ghamaeed ae tireless application and energy, though this Clr, of ree ry notoriety, at ite head, seems rather unreasonable, inasmuch as Wash | ft gathered ww itadvanced, and passed ington at this time had just reached his tifty- | gnder triumphs entwined with laurel, seventh year and was of a very hearty physical | the yost mpe which were at Gray’ soundness. But, with his customary pli- | ferry, where 4 under one ance to every public desire, he overcam: scruples and prepared to meet the nation’s re- quest. . of the arche on bi iwas the young revolution, Chas, WASHINGTON ACCEPTS. He was not unprepared for the summons which Mr. Thomson brought, and at once re- plied, accepting the appointment, saying: © thousand people were hia to Witness the pr ngton wes Not less than twet and at ev “Lam 0 much affected by this fresh proof frouted. wih « Wes: of my country’s esteem and confidence that There was silence can best express my gratitude. While tavern aud in the erenine Irealize the ardnous nature of the task which The joy is imposed upon me and feel my own inability to perform it, wish that there may not be reason for regretting the cho’ i. all I can promise is only to mplis i »e done by an honest zeal. pon considering how long some of the gentlemen of both ic on’s reply to the the mayor at a gre been at New York. how anxiously desirous they tieenath the Reveletion must be to proceed to w deeply reception of the ¢. the public mind app impressed with ‘ ating the RK. the necessity of doing it speedily, T eanx towerd ome as myself at liberty to delay my journe I feck myself therefore, be in readiness to set out the day helmed with after to-morrow, and shall be ; 1 thet no’ pleasure of your company; for you will permit all thes. r me to say that it is a peculiar gratification to | except what § have received this communication from you.” st zeal for the good of my HIS Vist That the first Pre To Wis MOTHER. dent was not in affluent | IMPRESSIVE SCENE AT TRENTON, Perhaps the m id impressive scene on the at Trenton where twelve Washington had crossed the Dx snow and drifts of fo: to +trike a blow at imposing circumstances at the time of his election is evi- | dent from the statement that he borrowed £500 from a gentleman in Alexandria to dis: | charge all his personal debts, and another hun- expenses of whol are ‘ough clouds on his dariy dred pounds to help defray “the his journey to New York Fredericksburg to bid good-bye to his mother, and it is orded that greeting her he said: “The people, have been pleased with the m el and evergreen: unanimity, to elect me to the Chicf Ma scription of the United States, but before [ can assume he Detender of the M the functions of that office [ have come to bid Will be you an affectionate f soon as the | The Prot public ecessarily be en-! At this bridge the matrons of the countered in arranging a new government can | assembled to pay him revere be disposed of, I shall hasten to Virginia, | passed under the arch a namber of x and ——" The proud but sorrowing mother dressed in white and crowned with garlonds, CROSSING THE TR here interrupted her eon, saying: “You will ace | strewed flowers before him, me no mores my great age ‘warns me that Ij lowing ode expressive of their | shall not be Jong for this world. I trust in God | tude, written for the oceasi 5 1am somewhat prepared for a better. But go, | ell. who was one of Washington's officers in the George, fulfil the high destinies which H. a | war, appears toassign you. Go, my son, and may that Heaven's and your mother’s blessings be with you always.” THE DEPARTURE FROM MOUNT VERNON. Anentry in Washington's diary, dated the 16th of April, s: “About 10 o'clock I bade adieu to Mount Vernon, to private life, and to domestic felicity; and, with a mind oppressed with more anxious and painful sensations t I have words to express, set out for New York, with the best disposition to render service to my country in obedience to its call, but with leas hope Of answering its expectations.” He was accompanied by Mr. Thomson and Strew your hero's w During the sing ground in front of the with flowers by the youn stopped his horse, tiful and n t two lines the nt was strewn Wastington was truly beau- Indic n d to te ct 4 Henry at Samuel Col. Humphreys, who had been on the general's drove to? staff, and scarcely had they left Mount Vernon scorn when they were met by neighbors and friends | > preesdent who escorted them to Alexandria, wi oe tic Salen Meemace, -~rdlng a dinner was given at Mr, Wise’s tavern, priscnanke ot Lanta 3s en young belles at the mayor of the city in bidding Washington | yr." , God speed on his journey said: >and make a grateful people huppy—a people who will be doubly grateful when’ they contemplate this recent sacrifice for their interests.” AT GEORGETOWN AND BALTIMORE. From Alexandria to Georgetown Washington was accompanied by neighbors and friends, and even children joined in the escort. The citi- zens of Georgetown were prepared to do their IN NEW YORK BAY. He left Princeton under military met at New Brunswick by th ort, war gove ry escort w and entered Elizabethtown gr: eral sal from th lie house of Samuel | town and t share in honor of the first President, and the | » He subsequently waited gentlemen of the city met him on the banks of | at the residence of Elias the Potomac, and accompanied hitn un irman, and then.und:r a large met the gentlemen from Baltimore scort, proceeded to Eli nt, where he went « nificent barge Which had been him up the bay to New York. short halt was made, and complimentary and congratulatory addresses were delivered, after | which the Baltimoreans assumed charge of the distinguished party. and the cavaleade pro- ceeded in the direction of the monumental city. | While they were still some distance from the | city, they were met by throngs of people who | t The boat was rowed by thirteen masters of vessels dressed in white uniforms and black caps ornamented with fringes. Commodore James Nicholson was commander and Thomas Randall acted as had come out on foot to welcome their future | cockswain. In the President's barge ruler, The road was lined for m: with men, | and the six others accompal ying women and children, all anxious to dohonor to | were the congressional committee, ohn the man to whose untiring energy and devoted patriotism they so largely owed their libert; Cheer after cheer went up as the gencral’s riage rolled along between the lines of rejoi ing citizens. As the procession, now greatly increased by the multitude of people on foot. | approached the city, all the,bells were set | ringing and salvos of artillery were fired. | All along the streets through which the pro- | cession passed were crowds of enthusiastic citizens, and cheer upon cheer rent the air as the gencral, calm and dignified, rode slowly with bared head through the joyous multitude Langdon, Charles Carroll and William Samuel | Johnson. of the Senate s Boudinot, Theo- | doric Bland, Thomas oe Tucker, Egbert Benson and Join Lawrence, of the House; Chancellor Livingston; John Jay, Secretary for Foreign Affairs; Samael Osgood, Arthur Lee i Walter Livingston. commissioners of the i Gen, Henr: seretary of War; r Hazard. Postmaster-General; Col, Nicholas Fish, adjutant-general of the forces of New York state: Richard Varick, recorder of ity, and other dignitar: stingnished 1 moved off from EE,