The New York Herald Newspaper, March 6, 1877, Page 3

% + prevedea by Colonel THR INAUGURATION. End of the Oldand Begin- ning of the New. CEREMONIES QF THE STALLATION. Pennsylvania Avenue Brilliant with Banners and Bunting, “ (NPORING SOBNE 8 THE SENATE CHAMBER, Republican Simplicity and the Glit- ter of Royal Representation, GORGEOUS TOILETS OF THE LADIES Grand Gathering at the Eastern Portico of ihe Capitol PRESIDENT HAYES’ INAUGURAL. Self-Government tothe South and Prosperity Everywhere, THE TORCHLIGHT PROCESSION The Old Anticipations from a New Administration. c (BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.] Wasuixoros, March 6, 1877, To-day the third act in the American national drama ‘of a new President was pertormed at the Capitol, The frat act was the election, the second act was the elec- torul count, amd tho last act was the inauguration, Thus the drama is complete. Popular interest in the event of to-day bad waxed.hot during the previous threo days, or ever since the announcement of the decisions of the joint commission of Congress, The hotels were telegraphed ior all their rooms. Last evening ana early this morning vis- Ming military organizations and depututions of citizens poured in with bands. The trains that reached ‘Washington Sunday and to-day were longer and more pepalous than any that arrived during the Centenmal Exhibition, Excursion trains were run here from Richmond, Baltimore, Columbus, Cincinnati and Cleveland, and the Norfolk steamer, Lady of the Lake, made un extra trip yesterday, bringing a large number Of passengers from the South. ‘Though the day dawned through clouds and cold it @eemed as though a million people were ustir by seven o'clock, The vast army of office-holders and offce- seekers were among the first to call for breaklast, and ‘the barber and some of them did not leave the Presi- dent-Elect a quiet momen) between bis own coffec and the hour when he act forth from Senator Sherman’s Rouse in a carriage for the White House. ‘MOVEMENTS OF THE PRESIDENT. At ten minutes past ton be arrivod there, accom- panied by Commissioners Dennison and Phelps and Dongreseman Garfield, He was ushered into the President's private parlor, where President Grant soon jomed him, Ten minutes later Vice President-Elect Wheeler arrived in an open carriago, accom- panied by senator McCreery, of Kontucky. Baveral distinguished gentlemen now came in and» programme wag soon arranged tor the order 4m which the President’s party im carriages should join the inaugural procession to the Capitol President Grant's jour-in-hand stood at the door awaiting Presi- dent Grant, Prostdent-Elect Hayes and Senator Morril, of Vermont, one of the Cemmittee of Arrange- ments, The next carriage awaited Vice President Wheeler and Senator McCreary; the next, District Commissioners Puelps, Dennison and Ketcham and Representative Gartleld; tho next, Secretary Chandler, U. & Grant, Jr., and Major Dawes; the mext, Postmas- ter Generul Tyner, Attorney General Taf and Colonel Causey, apa xth carrigé was in readiness forthe District Police Commissioners, These carriages wero Fred Grant and Colonel Amos Webater, iu full uniform and on horseback. A crash of people had gathered about the gates of the White House grounds, and msny pressed ap 10 the neighborhood of * the main en- wranee, Through ths packed mass of hamanity carriages were driven lemurely down to the gates ure they awaited some fiiteen minutes until part of, ‘be procession arrived in which the Presidential party were to be interpolated and so escorted to the Capitol DISPLAY OX THB AVENUE, At ten o’clock Ponnsyivania avenue was cleared of vehicles ; the polioe, patroliing the curb line from Wash- ‘gion Circle to the foot of Capitol Hill, kept pedes- trians to the sidowalks, The avenue presented a far more brilliant appear- ance than was promised by the moagre display of bunting Saturday and yesterday. Flage wero boisted over the White House and tbe departments, Flags | will, How came a man like this in eceming toun Gopended bewween the pillars of the Treasury. From | ostatesohigh? ‘‘Luck,’’say his enomies; ‘pluck,’ tho Treasury to the Capitol the vista was uoique, and } say bis friends, When be was avery young man he gay balyards thrown across the avenue trom roof to { wus threatened with @ serious affection of the lungs | roof of every block wero guyed im the centre by light cords atiachod to the trees and lampposts on tho edges of the walks, From the horizontal ropes depended im- mense flags and banners, some of which almost swept ‘the pavement, while the oblique guys were thickly strung with smaller flags and trophies, Looking down the centre of the avenue the effect of tho perspective Of these banner-laden ropes und balyards was that of B@continuous high canopy of shilting colors. Cords ‘Were siretched (rom the cornices of many buildings down over the sidewalks to the lampposts next the pavement, and wero likewio hung with ‘uvors and Streamers, so that the people appeared to bemoving slong under a colored awning. HOW THR AVENUR LOOKED. Hundreds of Chinese lauterns were stretched over the avenue in readiness for the night tiluminution. The buildings were irregularly decked with bunting. Some blocks were partially hidden by it. Others wore it, so to speak, in tatters, The dry goods stores ap- peared io huge furbelows of rod, white and blue, and some twenty or thirty other oditices were lavishly Gecoraced. The large hotels—the Arlington, luggs House, Willard’s, the Evbitt House, the Metropolitan and (he National—forevore to spatter thoir fronty with twopenny flags at every window, as was onve the vus- | tom, Each woro one big dag as a plume aud another | over the main doorway av a brooch. Altogether there were bright hues in pieuty from one end of the avenue | to tho other, When you told that the great thoroughfare swarmed witb people you should know that that is o very remurkuble thing. 1t takes @ grvat many thou- sands to pack the sidewalks of Pennsylvania avenues | ‘which aro more than twice as broad as those of Broud- ‘Way, a8 the pavement boi ween thom is more than twice as wide as the Broadway pavement; but, short as was the notice, the trams from all directions since Thurs- day bad emptied an immense floating population imto the clty, aud besides tho citizens the iberated em- | ployés of the government departments and nearly all good for the livery men as the last inauguration day, when one of them let eighteen backs at §100 apiece. The diagonal intersections of several wide streets with the wider avenwes exposo long broadside reacnes of the latter to view. Wherever these intersections oc- curred lines of carriages were formed, from the win- dows of which procession could be comfortably seen, The streets crossing the avenue at right angles were choked for considerable distances on voth sides with backs, buggies, equestrians and struggling crowds ; 00 foot From the windows on both sides faces peered in clusters, and every projecting balcony was be ‘THE TROOP® YORM:NG, In the meantime the northwesterc parts of the city resounded with drum beats and rang with bugle blasts, and the troops ana other organwations were marching to Washington Circlé to form the procession, which now, at eleven o'clock, began to move down toward the White House, where Grant and Hayes were ready to occupy the state carriage and take their appointed place ip the line, ‘The beat post of observation, until the procession should reach Capitol Hill, was in the vicinity of Wil- jard’s Hotel ¥rom bere there 18 a partial view of the Treasury bailding, the @ and porticos of which were black and blue with people. Here the turn of the avenue, at the foot of the Fifteenth street bill, ts visible, and each portion of the pageant, as it marched eastward, came sharply inte sight First came the Grand Marabal, Genera! Whipple, ia the full uniform of a major general, followed by s weil mounted and Giittering staf The first division os the procession, commanded by Major Generai W. H. French, consisted ofa battalion of United States artiliery—First, Second and Third regihents—with four pieces, headed by the Second Artillery Band. These were tne troops or dered here from Fort McHenry. APPRARANCR OF THE MILITARY, ‘The men marched behind the battery with bayonets | set, and looked finely in their dark blue coats, with red trimmings and red striped light biue trousers, Their officers wore magnificent crimson plumes, Next came the famous Marine Band, the pride and pet ot Wash- ington, In scarlet coats, with spotless white belts and trimmings, the heads topped by black bearskin caps, the instruments of German ailver reflecting buildings and faces, This gay band marched, playing the air, In the sweet by and by, which was from time to time caugnt up and chorused by the negroes, Thiw is the only band of wind tnstru- ment, 1 1s said, tha, Gilmore envies, and indeed on summer evenings in the White House grounds, when groups are on the lawn and the sun 's setting over the heights of Arlington, it'makes as swect music as ever &@ discouraged office hunter, a defcated politician or @ homesick lover may care to listen to, nay, 14 has even sustained the spirits of a fattering President. Lincoln, im one of the darkest crises Of the war, once leaning from bis office window to listen to a wild triumphant strain played by this band, turned and sau, “No wonder the soidiers miss their bands; that music has put new Ife into me.” Following the band were the marines themseives in dark caps, dark biue coats, light bluo trousers and yel- low epaulets, They did honor to their music with ex- cellent marching. Following the marines came three militia organiza. tions, each with its own band—viz., the Washington light infantry corps, the Pennsylvania State Fencibles and the Duqu: Grays, The marching of tho Wash- ington and Pennsylvania men was so good that it caused almost continued applai Both organizations were handsomely uniformed—the first in bearskin caps. white coats, with black belts and haversacks aod light blue trousers striped with gold, and blue and golien epaulets; the Fencibles wore beurskin caps, long aark biue overcoats, with the capes thrown back exposing vermilion hnings, and light blue trousers. The officors’ capes were lined with light blue and their hats | were surmounted by scarlet feathers. A detachment of the Fourteenth Fenneylvania regiment, a spirited company from Philadelphia called the Weccacoe Legion and a company of tho Washington Lite Guards succeeded each other, accompanied by bands playing “Yankee Doodle,” “The Star Spangled Baoner” and “Die Wacht am Rhein;” shen tho Washington Light Artillery aud the first battalion District of Columbia (colored) Then there was a gap in the procession. “WHERE WAS THE PRESIDENT?” ' Here at length came the President’s carriage, almost enveluped by a cloud of negroes, who were only kept off a litle way by the police. The two men who sat in the back seat! How different thelr appéarance! How unlike sheir jer! How wide apart bud been their ways of fis ‘both HOW Tet at the summit of ite; one to step down and out, the other to step up and 1p. Grant, cold and self-contained as ever, eyed the avenue, the buildings, tho flags, the people with an impassive stare, His manner hud hardly changed since. the, memorable day at Fort Donelson, on which be won hia first important victory and laid the foundation of his subsequent fame usa soldier, Ryerybody knows that Grant was absent until late that day from the point where the enemy, by repeuted assaults, bad uearly defeated bis army. When he appeared Colonel Hillyer, of bis staff, admonished bim that something must be don once, or they would ali bo prisoners before night and on ther way to Chattanooga, “Did you take any prisoners?” inquired Grant. A few rebel privates had been captared, ‘Bring one here, said ‘the stolid General, and, the prisoner appearing, he proceeded to examine his haversack, “lt is just as T expected,” he remarked; ‘‘they’ro out of supplies und are aking this fight to cover a retreat.” And without the least change of bis sullen babitual gravity hy ordered the attack, to the success of which he owes all that followed alter, And what a pageant of Dattles had followed, to bo in turn succeeded by civic bonors for eight long years. Here be came, seuted at the left band of his successor, to relinquish forever the power and authornty which be had wicided {or so many successive yeurs, “Hayes,” “mayEs,"? Hayes it was who wow received the plaudit, His eager blue eyos glancod everywhere, His bat was off, hus face glowed with inward en. “wement. He scemed to diacern every face among the ¥»vusands on the side- walks aud in the windows, 4 fine appearance of heulthy enjoyment characterized tus face and actions, But so token of uousual dignity or might of mind or !y laden with ladies and children. ' {| To avert it he set out one winter on a journcy through Arkansas, Texas and otner Southern States, earning home in the spring he was still dissatisfied with bis heulth and set off for New England at once. From Massachuretts be sailed tor Newloundlaod and spent } the whole summer in a fishing vessel off the Banks, there completely re-establishing his strength and health. He then revurned to the study of law. He Was scarcely thought of as » lawyer until be was | made City Solicitor, and then one of the traits most remarked ip him was bi scrupu- | lous regard for duty, His work was uot brilliant, but it was careful and accurate, and it soon made for him # vulaable repatation. Still be came to | Congress alter the war with no special prestige, and during bis service of tour years he mado but one | speech, That was about two minutes long, and sup- plemented a resolution of nearly its own length in print concetuing the disposition of some public docu. ments. Buthe went back to Ohio and vecamo Gov- ernor, and Was re-elected at the end of his term, Ai! | this shows Whav the people of Olio think of him, He | is popular among the younger members of bis party bocause of certain tastes and idiosyncructee which | young men always like the world over. in the first Plave he ts an earnest sportsman and a good show For yeurs it bas been his habit to ruo up to Sandusky Bay to the beart of the duck season, and to send thence by exp wt of teal and mallards to bis friends in various quarters of the State, He never drinks strong Hquors, but his tntimates say be is as good compauy over a glass of mild Rhenish wine as a reasonable man willavk for, Add to such trans an agreeable exvenor and spirited aud affable ways, aud the man whom we jelt Lowing to the throngs on Pennaylvanm avenue is | sketched ua fairly as need be on such a hurried day, | ‘The Columbus Cadets tollowéd tue President's car. | riage us & guard of hovor, Their ghostly drum major marched backward iu iront of the bund which pre- | ceeded them. He was ciud all in white, and om his the negroes in the district turned out The latter as- sembled along the usually desorted south aide, forming { for miles @ bluck phalanx, interspefsed with vividly colored shawis, comforters and turbans, HIGH FRICKD UacKs, Although no venicles were allowed on the avenue during the progress of the inaugural procession the livery stables did a rushing business amu forced some @uttugeous barguius, Macks were let a& pricos ranging | Mon $95 bo $16 for the day; bus even, thie was uot ae head was a towering White bearskin tipped by « wil NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, carriages with foreign Mi: members of the Dis- trict government, and officers of the army sud savy were followed by political and social clubs ov foot, The Young Men's Republican Club of the District of Columbia, the Hartran{t Club of Philadelphia, the National Veteran Club, a delegation trom the Grand Army of the Republic, the German Républican Club, i D. C., andthe Pamunkey Republican Club of Maryland | passed in succession, Alter these came members of eral State associations iu carriages. END OF THE PROCKSSION. The last part of the procession to go by was the District Firo Department, the men bearing ouinerous flags and wearing favors, and tho eng:nes, ladders ané howe carte richly draped, Down the avenue moved tnis long procession, ite flags gradually lost among the overhang:ng ones along | the way, and the pomtion of the President's carriage io it denoted by lifted hats and receding cheers, The old-fashioned parts of the thoroughiare, near Capito! Hill, were rather more profusely adorned with bunting than the newer parts near the WestEnd This was, perhaps, because the buildings w smaller and afew yards of stuffs went @ good way. The balcony of ono of the humbiest buildings, a store and dwelling 1m one, was festooned with two battle-fags, which Sec- fetary Stanton presented 10 one of the Inmates soon after the close of the war. An officer of one of the visiting military companies passing observed the dags and, runping up under the balcony, shouted to a indy there— ‘a:n’s that the flag the —th I!linois had as Shilob??” “Yea, or. Why?! “Tcarrie@ tt mysel£ May 1 come and see it?” es.” “Thanks; goodby,” and the officer burried back to his place By this time the head of the tue was on Capitol Hill ‘The state carriage Was about to begin the ascent to the Senate wing. The crowds pouring down the avenue ip the rear of the procession sought 10 fank 1+ on the right and be ready to rush through tho Capitol grounds fund up across lots the moment they could squeeze ‘brough between the line and the angle of the tence Protecting the Botanical Gardens, 300n hundreds were seen streaming ap the slopes and storming the Serraces, meno, women and children racing with cach Other as if tor lite, 1¥ PRONT OF THR CariToL, The scene was now to be transferred to the plateau before the east trout of the Capitol, where hundreds of | Carriages and thousands of wuiting spectators nud been gathered for hours beyoud the open space reserved for the procession, The President’s carri drew up at the foot of tho Stairway leading up to the main door of tho Sevate wing, and the President and President elect, escorted by the Committee of Arrangements, ascended there. With bands playing, bugles blowivg and colors fying, tho infantry, soot artillery aud cavalry filed into the open space reservod for them, and were gradually ar- | ravged by the aids to thoGrand Marebal io parallel lines of battalion in line of battle, the lines massed upon each other. Light Battery A, Second artillery, came into battery north of the Capito) and awaited the order to fire a national salute of thirty-eight guns, The civic Procession passed to the rear of the troops and was massed thore by the Deputy Grand Marshal. Soon after the sum Came out and lit up the majestic white edifice that stood, crowned by the symbol of liberty, betore these thousands, The central portico had beon droped with American flags by the natty bands of a detail of Jack tars trom the Navy Yard. The suiling of the temporary platiorm which pro- Jected out over the embankment of marble steps was festooned with them, Fings nearly sixty teet tong huvg down between the piilurs of the portico, and the largest Hag of all wavea from a horizontal staff thrust out trom the apex of the gable. These draperies looked wonderfully vivid against their white back. ground, and as the breezo moved them lazily to und fro the multitudes in front, to the right and left, and covering tho stairways and Giiing the porticos at both wings of the Capitol, watched them, expectant of the jnute when the ceremony they were to canopy should begin. IN THE SENATE CHAMBER. ‘The Senate chamber never presenied a grander ap- Pearance than it did to-day during that portion of the programme of the inauguration ceremonios set apart to bo enacted therein, from asecarly in the morning as nine v’clock the favored few hundreds who bad tickets of admission vegan to flock into the galleries assigued thom, where they » and stood, a compact mass of hamanity, Everything on the'flvor of tho ¢humver ‘us wel} us~in the gulleries had been arranged with admirable pre- cision and regularity by the experienced Sergeant-at- arms of tho Senate, The whole space in the west, south and north galleries was act apart for members and their ladies. The east gallery was occupied by such citizens gen- erally as bad been fortunate enough to secure tickets necessary in all cases for admission to the building, every door of which was guurded, leaving bat oue main ingress, which was at the ousteru front of the Senute wing. At first, one by one, then | by twos and flually in crowds, the gayly dressed people filled seat alter seut until the lines of faces were as compactiy drawn und regular in outline as the ranks of an army on dress parade. 1 THX PRESIDENTIAL PARTY, In the centre of this grand quadrilateral of beauty, grace, talent and distinction, and occupying a seat in the westerly halt of the members’ gallery sat Mra. Hayes, the wife of the President elect, accompanied by the Presidential party, which pumbered some forty persons. On ber right was Mrs Senator Sherman, Thetr toilets, that subject 40 dear to the feminine Amorican, aro described by the Hxkay’s Indy cor- respondent jurther on in this narrative. Quite ni urally Mrs, Hayes was the cynosure of al! eyes, and under the steady leveling of lorgnottos and inquisitive glances und whisperimgs, which she had to undergo from all quarters of the chamber, she bore herself with porfect ease und dignity, She looked every bit the sensible matron and affectionate :notirer, and sceined wholly undisturbed by tho glitter and dis- play around her. For the most part of the time little Scott, the boy on her lap, was wrapped in a brown study, absorbed with all the new aod strange scenes with which bis futher's name was so iotimately associated. Occasionally, when he was carriod away with something that chal- Jenged bis boyish admiration, he wouia fing himself about abruptly after the manner of the famous Tad his living aud paying bis way as ho went, Returning | /12colm, who became almost as much of & popular ta- | 195 ftios, the Spanish Minister, who wore « superb vorite his martyred father. Little Fannie, the daughter, behaved with greut decorum, only whisking her long auburn hair occasionally w:th a flirtish shake of her bead as she turned to ask her mother some- thing. It was bardly eleven o'clock when every seat in the gailerica was crowded, but. curiously enough, the ciec- trical current usually set in motion by the nervons, mercurial temperament of our peopic was at rest aere, and now it was a decurous scene of refined, eniight- ened, cultured people, and though a long time elapsed after they bad assembled detore anything of special iu. terest transpired & most respectful silence was ob- | served, und they seomed happy wud at res. Gradually, ‘as the clock pointed to tbe hour of noon, antivipation grow stronger, and a hum and stir denoted that the Ceremony Was near at hand, THE GUAND ENTRY, i The members of the diplomatic corps, with their and decorations and gold ew- , were gathering in the lobby of imposing broweries and lace the Senate preparatory to muking their | entrée, This they did a few minutes before twelve, and immediately every head in the gulleries leuned jorward ; tv wee the resplendent procession wich died Ip, heaved by Sir Eaward Thornton, the Dean of the corpa To inany of those present who tad never soea im actual wy of the assuciations of royalty this was a rare at Next came the United States Supreme Court, making # solemn but still impressive pageant, which contrasted tm ite sombre hues with the brijians party which pre- ceded i, But trom its numbers two were missing, Justices Clifford and Field, while Justice Davis accom: panied (hem without, however, wearing nis silken gown and jusiguia of office §='ne last had resigned Justice, and was about to be sworn im ay a United States Senator, changiog the ermine tur thy toga RNTRANCK OF THE PRESIDENT, red cockade. [he boys of the corps appeared in um. forme of dark bive with ligls vive facings, white | belts and straps and black bate with blue aud wune | plumes, Now came carriages witn the Commitee of | trout of the desk of the President of the Senate and | | facing she diplomavie corps and Juatices of the Suprem ‘Arrangements, aud alter these the whole civic proce: si00—carriages. containing members the Supreme Courtand the Court of Claims, Senators, Senators elect aud ex-Nenators; members of the House oF Rep: | Cesontaves, Mowbers eivct sud ex-members, Over Exactly at noon ex-President Grant and President Hayes walked in arm in arm, the whole coucourse | riaing aud standing until they took seats on sofas tn Court. Meantime Gonerale Sherman, Hancock and Terry had taken seais at the lett of the Chamber, The Cabinet officers of ex-Presidont Grant camo next in an | | Senate, which was a: | bore shefurge viie on which the Presideut elect wi ; and mug SHEET. MAKUH 6, 1877.—TRIPLE informal way, and took seats on sofas at the right of the Judges, THR CRREMONIEG. Prayer wis then offered by Dr. Sunderland, Chaplain ofthe Senate. After the prayer, Mr. Gorham, Clerk of | the Senate, called the body to order. Senator Hamlin, | it Senator by consecutive terms of office, then paid the late acting President of the Senate, Senator | Thomas W. Ferry, the compliment of offering a resolu: | tion for his re-election us President pro tem. of the | adopted. Next the elected Seuators, who were not objected to, were sworn in by him, some of them taking the modi { fed oath, and then the announcement was made that | {bwas im order to swear in the Vice President of the United States, Hon. William a. Wheeler, This was really the chief foatureof the exercises ‘x the Senate chamber, 60 that as soon as the announcement was made Senator McCreery, of Kentucky, advanced {rom the centrai entrance of the Senate chamber arm and arm with the secon¢ officer of the government TAK VICE PRESIDENT 18 THM CHAIR Assoon as Mr. Wheeler had assumed the presiding off. cer’s chair he addressed the Senate :na straightiorward, honest salutatory, which roceived with great re- spect and attention, When Governor Kellogg. of Lou- {sluna, walked forward to be sworn tp nator from that State, many of the dipiomatie corps looked peer- ingty forward to soe the celebrity who bac created so much excitement anc turmoil in Southern affairs But Senator Hogy arose to object A palpable nervousness became perceptibie in the Chamber. “Wus there to be Sscene? Could an angry debate possibly arise? Whas was coming next?” These were questions uppermost ta the minda of many, Fortunately Senator Anthony offered a resola, | ton to reser all these digputed Sonatorsbips, which wus adopted. GOIN TO THM INAUGURATION. Vice President Wheeler now announced that the Senate and its associated functionaries would proceed acvording to the order arranged by Sergeunt-at-arins French to participate in the’tnauguration of President Hayes. Tho several corps of officials and diplomats accordingly filed out im the order of the announcement made tor each, led by the Supreme Court of the United ‘States, preceded by their cier! Mr. Miadleton, who {0 take the oath of office, “Following came the Senate, precede by ex-President Grant and President Hayes, walk(ng arm in arm, Tho Scnatora marched vy twos out of the Senate chamber to the Rotunda, and thenco out upon the platior:n, " RN PIOTURES, 4nd now for a tew pen pictures of the women and met who were grouped in this impressive scene, Fol- lowing the etiqueite of such occasions, the ladies of the Gragt touvebold were conspicuously absent, not- withstauding which they were curiously looked for by she people who seratioized the crowded galleries, the procession and the platform, The retir- ing President, a8 grave, apuiox-like and auent as ever, wore an evideut expression of reliel that tue onerous burdens of office bad rotied from bis shoulders. Colovel Fred Grant, who occupied « foremost place at bis tather’s side, and lacks only yoars to make him the cousterpart of nis father, Wore an expressiun of firmness aud seriousness oot often sen on his young end manly face. Young shoulders are never so ready to shuke off responsibilities for the suke of ease, how- | evel President Hayes vore himself with a modest, casy carriage and countenance as compoacd as though in- augurations were a matter of every day occurrence with him, and betrayed cot the slightest sign of agi- tation throughout the whole ceremony. Vice President Wheeler, on the contrary, was palo with the excitement of the occasion, and his voice trembled m delivering his short but pertinent address to the Senate, Mr. Wheeler has never recoverea from the affictiog be sufferod in the death, a few months ago, of his charming wife, whom he idolized, and a settied melancholy bas fallen upon bins which no:hing seemingly can lighten. {1 19 said that Mra, Wheeler bore a very close resemblanco to Mrs, Hayes votb in persona! uppearance and character. A large share of the reserved gallery was occupied by the Hayes party, including personal friends in this cily and those who occompanied him trom Columbus, Upon the frout row aat Mrs. Hayes, her quiet, motherly face as placid and undisturbed as though she were seated ia ber own parlor at home, instead of being the cynosure of all eyes and the first lady of the lund. MRS. WATERS? TOILET, Her dark hair, gutitless of crimps, was brushed low over her Jorefead, and surmounted by a good sized bluck et, igtnmed with white feathers apd taco, few simple flowers behind and a krot uf Jace for faco trimming. Her dress was a plain but elegant black silk, with trimming of velvet and vulenciennes, faultioss white kids, camel’s hair shaw! aod black lace veil, the only bit of jowelry upon her person was «@ heavy gold scarf pin, confining a knot of rareoid lace at her throat. THE CHILDREX, Two of her children were with hor, Scott and Fannie, and a beautiful little grandniece, of whom Mrs, Hayes has chargo, This child has one of the most interest- ing of faces, framed in a weaith of blonde hair, and eyes that positively speak, but untortunately ber lips uro scaled and she is dumb [rom the effects of scarlet fever contracted when she Was but six years of uge. Fanaie Hayes ws about nine years old, and, like ber brothers, was dressed 10, it of navy bluo. On the day when Hayos received bis nomination for the Presidency little Seott was discovered in the nur- sery weeping as if hie hoart would break, because ho had beard the school boys say they were going to put his papa inte the Whito House, which to nis youth(u imagination seemed u sort of bastile, MKS, SUKBMAN'S TOLRT, Next to Mrs. Ha sat Mra, Senator Sherman, an other model of quivt taste 19 dress, who never ine dulges in an approach to display. She wore upon this occasion a plain black silk, with velvet sleeves and trimmings; @ vlack velvet bonnet, with a single red rose over the forebeud, and a handsume shawl, her only jewel a rare cameo. The White House tor the next four years bids fair to be anything but a scone of extravagant folly in dress with such staid ladies at the head of society. IN THR DIPLOMATIC GALLERY. Tho diplomatic gallery, on the other Land, presented avery brillant scene The ladies, with their bright Joreigo faces und court manners, are always elegautiy attired, Most conspicuous among them was the beautiful Mme. Mantilla, the wife of Sefor A. De Mantilla de totleite of wine colored velvet and sea shell pink, showing Worth’s magical skill m every told. The bodice and tram were of velvet trimmed with pink, with pink petticoat aud bows, lace stomacher with « coquettish bow upon the left breast, and diamond ornaments, Upon her stately little bead, which she carries so high from consciousness of blue blood, wus 4 white bat of the Normandy cap shape, triuimea with wine colured velvet aud rose pink feathors, a fut) rufile of suit white luce i front, i Mer busband, a fine looking vid tleman, with hair | he as white as snow, whe looks with evident pride upon hie Andalusian spouse, oceupied » seat oo the fluor of the Senate chamber among the other gold laced, white gloved and sworded gentlemen of the loga- won, Lady Thornton, wite of the English sinister, wore a dark prone-colored velvet suit, with bas of the same shade, ted by broud scurf strings wader the chin, dec | orated with light biue feathers, orsamente of Ztruscan gold. Her daughter, Miss Thornton, wore » becoming suit Of tho darkest sade of navy blue silk, but to match, surmounted by gray feathers, wuite lace scarf about her neck, jewelry of pearls and gold. Mme. Freyre wore @ toilet of light blue siik, trim- med with wide white point d’Alengon, # black lace | shawl, white bat, trimmed with biue silk aud black velvot. Mra Gore Jones, a substantial but comely lady, whose husband is an attaché of one of tne legutions, wore biuck silk and lavender, The handsome and dignified daughter of the Prussian Minister wore over a rich Parisian toilet a magnificent black silk cloak trimmed with ostrich teashers aud @ gray bat with plumes of exactly matching shade, ‘The wife of the Austrian Minister, who i a bright Uttle beauty of the brunotte order, looked charmingly in a robe ut weal-brown veivet, with polonaise of ecra tuallessee und a coquettish cap of ecru and brown, The iadios of the Japanese legation occupied an upper feat, aud have fallen 40 gracefully and naturaily into the customs of the country as to appear very sittle like foreigners trom the tar away East, Mrs, Yoshida Kajonar: is « dark but very pretty branette, whose almond cyes and plensunt ways have made her hosts of irfends bere. The Japanese ladies similarly attired im black milk voilois with cloaks | } Pageant, of the same material and smallblack bats with cream colored trimmings and cardinal roses. Conspicuous among the Japanese legation onthe floor was General Sarga,an Oriental Adonis, whose imperial mustache and dark eyes, cat somewhat om the Dias, as Oriental eyes arc, have made sad bavoe | among the society belles H The new French Minster. Monsieur Outrey, appeared for the frst time in the circie of diptomate tn a gor- geOUS court costume, covered with goid lace and with | seariet cum? and broad badge ef vive and white silk, arranged like Scottish scarf, Ho haga fine arito- cratic face, whise mustache and hair, and gray eyes whose powers of vision are assisted by nose glasses. + BNTRRING THE Capito. | 1k was on the verge of one o’clock when the ?res- | ident elect, accompanied vy the ex-i’resident, stepped | \hrough the superd bronze doors of the main entrance to the Capitol, spon the steps of the easiern central portico, where the ceremonies of inauguration took place, Preceding him by & few seconds came the Justices of the Supreme Court iw their black gowns, forming a sombre Contrass to the brilliant uniforms of the diplomatic corps who tmmediutely followed them, The scene which greeted Presicent Hayes must Lave impressed him, ag it certainly did every one who be- heid it Behind him rose the magnificent buili:ng, with ite almost unequalled dome epringing wie the air to the height of 287 feet, crowned with the statue of Liberty. On tne rigs the portico of the House of Representatives, on the lef, the portico of the Senate chamber were biuck with spectators, ladies and genticmen, who were unable to | mingle with the throng on the ground below, and whe came early and waited long and patiently in the cold gud chilling air to bear their part im the inauguration ¢ Fass Space in frout, a» long aud siuce (he Fecent limprovements in she capital tully as wide Union square to your city, was packed as closely as it Was possible to pack it with men and women of ail races and nationalities, colors and complexions. Vari- ous estimates are made of the number present, some Placing it all the way from 80,00 to 90,000. Aba point | Vetween 15,000 and = 2u,000 people =may — be found the true tures, ‘The throng was much larger than than that which witnessed either the first or second thauguration of General Grant Tae Loe was about 600 fever in length and 150 tect in width, The space which these lines bound was dark with Duman beimga Through the centre of it and | running its entire length was the vrilliant line of she military organizations which bad taken partin the pros cession. On the left band, three score yards irom the pluttorm, a briliiant spot relieved the blackners of the dense mass, 1t was composed of the Uriltiant uniforms of the Chief Marshal, General Whipple, and his aide, resplendent tp gold lace and shiny accoutrements. To the right, and a mere speck iu the sea of blackness, were the white uniforms of the District of Colum militia, and (hen a thin blue riboon of the artillery and the marine corps aud (ne other military organizations, which are more parucularly menuoued eisewbere, Greenogub’s colossal statue of Washington, seated in the chair of the Roman Consuls, which eccuptea the centro of the space, towered imposingly amid the vast assembiage, lending 4 sort of dignity and solemnlty to the occasion, at least to those who bad time to think of such matters, as Prosident Hayes walked down the steps past the imposing statues of War and Peace, of Coluinbus holding a globe triumphantly tn bis band and of the group representing Civilization, an almost deafening cheer arose from the immense multitude 1a tront of him, With difficulty he wave biw way down to the tront of the platiorm, where Mrs, Hayes, uccom- panied by two of her children, nad arrived some min- utes before, only tir to suppose that the acclamatious were us much tu honor of the Well-kuown ex-Presideot, who stood by bis side, as for him who wag@begiuning the frst hours of bis administration. Immediately be- bind the President and tne ex-President were the Prosidens of the Senate (Mr, Ferry), and thea the tall form of Roscoe Conkling and the Shermans of Obio, Senator and General; then Hamlin of Matne, und Sar- gent of California, and then a little knot of the South- cru republican Senators—Dorscy of Arkansas, Patier- gon of South Carolina, and Spencer of Alavama, Afer that the procession, or rather ity arrival ou the piat- form, became # mob, CoxFUSION OF THE CROWD, An attempt was made to maintain order, but it was | disposal of my adiministration | am sincere! The cheering stil! continued, buc its | a faiiure, Senators and Representatives and journal- iste, distinguishod strangers and oMcers of Congress were mixed up in tnexiricable coniusion, and dually the special policemen allowed the crowd to arrauge {self jn its own way and in {ts own fashion. The ro- wult'was at least’s pioturerque grouping if it was, not pleasant, Foreign Ministers found themselves side by sido with department clerks, while the Justices of the Supreme Court were jostied by the average Cungress- man trom the interior. President Hayes was hemmed in by the stout ehoulders of a dozen metropolian police officers, but even within the sacred circle thus formed there entered the artist of an tliustrated news- paper, who occupied one ofsthe nearest sents to hi toward whom all eyes were turned, Chief Justi Waite matutained bis place resulutely, and was pot driven from it until at the end o the ceremonies he had administered the oath of office and closed the official avd constitutional proceedings of the duy, Seats had been provided on the platiorm for the various dignitaries in attendance, but the moo spirit prevailed, and they were usod solely for the pur- poso of obiuining a better view of what took pi At a few mipueg aftor oue o'clock the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate spoke one or two words by Way ol opening the proceedings, und President Hayes immediately stooa pp, holding Ip bis hand bis maugural address, Tos was the signal for another outvurst of cheers from the thousands of people in the immense square beneath him. Bowing once or twice in ackuowlodgment of the compliment, turning as he did so w every portion of tho Immense ussembluge, be at once, with uncovered bead, began the reading of the inaugural, A bush came over the vast throng, ond 80 clear and distings was bis voice and 80 pericct the order that every sylia- ble was hourd by thuse oven ata distance of one Luu. dred 1eo. from whore he stood. THE INAUGURAL, President Hayes spoke as tollow: FEeLLow Crrizess—We have assembled to repeat the public ceremontal, begun by Washington, ob- served by all my predecessors and now a time hon- ored custom, Which marks the commencement of a new term of the Presidential office. Culled to the duties of this great trust, | proceed, in compliance with usage, to announce some of the leading prin- ciples on the subjects that now chiefly engage the public attention, by which desire to ve guided in the discharge of those duties. { shail not undertake to lay down, trrevocabty, rincipies or measures of administration, but rather to speak = of the = mo- tives which siould animate ua and to suggest certain important ends to be attained, in accordance With our listitutions and essential to the wellare of our country. At the outses of the discussion Which preceded the recent Presidential itsecemed to we Utuing that [ should fully nown my sehuments 1D regard to several of: portant questions Which then appeared to demand the considevauon of the country, Follow. tng the examp pung the language, of one of my predecessors | wisn DoW, when every motive tur Mmistepresentation has passed away, to repeat What Was said velore the election, trustig that my countrymen wii candidly weigh aod understand it, apd that they will feeb assured that the sontinents declared (u accepting the nomination lor the Presidency will be the staud- ard of my conduct in the path veiore charged, ug | now an, WIth the grave wud difficult tusk of carrying them out in the practical adimumistra- ton of the goverument, so far as depends under the constitution and laws on the Chief Execugve of the nation, The permanent heation of the country upon such principles by such measures us will secure the complete protection of all tts citizens in the iree enjoyinent of all their consti- tutional rights, ia the one subject In our public aguirs which ail thoughtful and patriotic citizens regurd as of supreme importance. ed TUE SOUTHERN STATES. Many of the calamitous effects of the tremendous revolution which hay passed over the Suuthern States still remain, uumeasurable venelits which wil surely sollow, sooner or later, the hearty aud gr LAr ogi of the legitunate results of that revolu€lom lave not yet been realized, Linl- cult aud emburfassing questions meet us at the threshold of this subject. The people of those States are still mpovern 1, and the nestimable a wise, honest and peacetui iocal self-governme 19 hot fully enjoyed ~~ Whatever diferences of opin- fon may exist as to the cause of this condition of things, the fact i# clear that, in the progress of events, the time has come when such government ly the imperative necessity required by ali the Varied interests, public and private, of those States, But it must not be forgovten that only # local gov- ernment Which recoguizes and maiming inv! the rights of all is a true seli-government. With respect to the two distinct races whose pecuimr relauions to each other have brought w us the deplorable complications and & ‘plexi Which eXist In those states, it must be a govern. Ment Which guards the tnterests of both races care- fully and equally; it must ve a government which submits loyally and heartily to the constitution and the lawa—the laws of the nation and tnd" bering | the States themseiv faithtully the whole constitu: aa it ts. Resting upon Us sure substantial lounda- sees tion, the superatructure of beneficent local govern- ments can be built up, and net other- wise. In jurtherance of such obedience to the letier and the spirit of the Cou- stitution, and in behalf of all that ie ‘attainment inplies all so-called purty imtereste | lose their apparent importance, and party ines may well be permitted to fade into insignificance, ‘The question we have to consider for the imme. diate weifure of those States of the Union is the question of governinent or no government, of social order, and uli the peaceful industmes and the hap- ness that belongs to it, ora return to barbariam, {is a question tn Which every citizen of the natiou ts deeply interested, and with respect to which we ought not to be, in a partisan sense, either repubi- cans or democrats, but fellow ciuzens and fellow men, lo Whom the interests of a common country | and @ common lumanity are dear, THY COLOKED CITIZEN, Tne sweeping revolution of the entire labor sys tem of # large portion of our country, and the ad- vance of four nuillions of people from 4 condition of servitude ty that of citizenship, upon an equa: foot ing with their former masters, could not occur without presenting problems of the gravest moment to be dealt with by the emancipated mace, by their former masters and by the general government, tli author of the act of emancipation. That it was a wise, just and pfovidential act, fraught with good for ali concerned, is now generally conceded throughout the country, ‘That a moral obligation rests Upon the national government to employ tte constituuogal power and influence to estabitan the Tights of tue people It has emancipated, and to pro tect them in the enjoyment of those rights when they are infringed oF assailed 1s also generally ad- mitted, ‘The evils which amict the Southern States can only be removed or remedied by the united aud harmonious efforts of both races, actuated by mo- uves of mutual sympathy and regard, and while duty Lound and fully determined to protect w rights of all by every constitutional means at t tous to use every legitimate influence in favor honest and eficient local seli-goverument, as the true resource of those States for the promotion ot the contentinent and prosperity of their citizens, In the effort I shall make to accomplish this pur- pose | ask the cordial co-operation of 21) why cher- sh an interest in the wellare of the country, trust- ing that party tles und the prejudice of race will ve Jreely surrendered in behall of the great purpose to be accomplished. In the tmportant work of resto- "ation of the South it is not the political situation alone that merits attention, The material develop- of that section of the country has been ar- rested by the social and political revolution throngh hit has passed, and now needs aud deserves the considerate care of the national government within the just limits preseribed by the constitu- tion and wise public ccouomy. ATION, ut at the basis of ull prosperity for that as well as for every other part of the country lies the tm- provement of the intellectual and moral condition of the people, Universal suffrage should rest upon universal education, To this end liberal and per- munent provision should be made for the support of free schools by the State governments, and, if need be, supplemented by legitimate aid trom national authority, Let me assure my countrymen of the Southern States that it is my ‘hest desire to re- sgard aud promote their traest interests—the inter- ents of the white and of the and equal; half of a civil policy which will Torever wipe out in. our political afuirs the color line aud the distine- tion between North and South, to the end that we may have not merely a united North or a united South, but a united country, [ask the attention of the public to the paramount necessity of REFOKM IN OUR CIVIL SERVICE, a reform nut jarely ay to certain abuses and prac Uces of so-called official patronage, which have come ‘Vo have the sanction of usage in the several depart- ments of our government, but @ change In the sys tem of appointment itself, a reform that shall ‘be thorough, radical and complete, # return to the tncipies and practices of the founders of the gov- ernment, ‘They neitie Xpected nor desired Irom public officers any partisan service. They meant that public omcers should owe their whole service to the government and to the people. They meant that the ofticer shouid be secure in his tenure aa long aw tls personal character remained untar- mished and the performance of his duties satisfactory. They held that appointments w office were not to be made hor expected merely us rewards for partisan services, nor merely on the nomination of members of Congress as beim entitied in any respect to the control of such appointments, The fact that both the great political parties of the country, in declaring there principles prior to the election, gave a prominent place to the subject of reform of uur civil service, recognizing and strongly urging tts necessity in terms almost {dentical tn their specttic import with those [have here employed, must be uccepted aso conclusive argument in benall of these measures. It must be regurded as the expression of the auited voice aud will of the whole country upon this sub. Ject, and both political parties are virtually pledged to give it their unreserved support. THE PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE. The President of the United States of necesstt: owes his election to office to the suifrage and zeal- ous labors of a political party, the members of whieh cherisn with ardor and regard aa of essential tm portance the priuciples of their party organization, But he should strive to be always mindful of the tact that he serves his party best who serves the country best. In furtherance of the reform we seek, and In othet important respects a change of great importance, I recommend an amendment to the constitution prescribing a term of six years for the Presidential office, and forbidding a re-clec- tion. BUSINESS With respect to the ftnancial condition of the country, [ shall not attempt au extended history of the embarrassment and prostration which we have suffered during the iL three years, The depres: sion in all our ommercial and Manufecture ing interests throughout the country, which began in September, 1874, still continues. It is very grat lying, however, to be able to say that there are tm dications all around us of @ coming change to prow perous timex, Upon the currency question, tot mately connected as it is with this topic, 1] may be permitted to repeat here the statement made in my letter of acceptance, that in iy judgment t feeiing of uncertainty inseparabie from an irredeeuy able PAPER CURRENCY, with its fuctuations of va:ues is one of the greatest obstacles to a return to prosperous times. ‘The oaly sale paper currency is ch rests upon a coin basis, and is at all times and promptly convertible into coin, | adhere to tle views heretofore ex- pressed by lue in favor of Congressional legisiation nh behalf of ah early resumption of specie pay- ments, and Lam sated not onty that thts ts wise but that the interests as well as the pubtic sent ment of the country Imperatively demand it, FOREIGN RELATIONS. Passing from these remarks upon the condition of our own country to cousider our relations with other Jands, we are reminded by the inter. national complications abroad threatening the peace of Ew that our traditional rule of non-interference in the affairs of foreign nations has proved of great Value in past times and yught to be strictly observed. The poiicy th augurated by my honored predecessor, iresident Grant, of submitting (v arbitration grave questions in dispute between ourselves and joveign Powers points to a pew and Incompuraply the best mstru- mentality for the prerervation of peace, and will, a9 J believe, become 4 beneficent example of the course to be pursued in similar emergencies by other na tions. If, anhappliy, questions of difference should at any ume during the period of my admimstratiog urise between the United States and any foreign gov- ernment, it will certainty ve my disposition and my hope to atd in their settlement in the same peacenul and honorubie Way, thus securing Lo our country the great biessings of peace and mutual good of ‘With all the nations of the world, THR LATE CONTEST. Fellow-citizens, we have reached ti? close of @ politica! coutest inarked by the excitement which Usually attends the contests betwoen great puiltical parties Whose members espouse and advocate with earnest faith thety resvective creeds, The cireum- stances Were, perhaps, In no respect extraordinary, save in the closeness and the consequent uncer tainty of the result. For the first time inthe ms- tory of the country it has been deemed be-t, in view of the pecultar circumstances of the case, that the objections aud questions in te with reference to the counting of the e! votes should be re- ferred wo the decision of a tribunal appointed for this purpose. ‘That al, established by iaw for tis sole purpose, its ail of them men of long established reputation for vegrity a ees and, with the Mo members: chosen ually: ex. of Bound alter round of applause and burst after bene® 4