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ana soldier for six months, be made the
htitia of mrgar subscriptions. Those
whose generosity and whose means will
enable them to do so, may obligate them
aalvea to provide the rations of live, ten,
twenty, or any number of soldiers for
Six months: while even the poor, who
could not afcrd to supply the rations of
one man. may, combining, authorise one
of their number to make the designated
subscription of at least one ration for
one man for six months.
To effect this, I earnestly recommend
that county and neighborhood meetings
be immediately hekl in every portion of
the State, at which subscriptions may be
taken up; and that a committee of re
sponsible and reliable gentlemen be ap •
pointed by such meetings to wait on
those who do not attend, and ascertain
what can he raised at the earliest possi
ble moment
And rest assured that no patriot can
better serve his country than in so
doing. By this means, every possible
ounce of provisions which- can be spared
for the support of our army may be
made available.
Should you cot, fellow-citizens, re
spond to this call, you jnay calculate,
not only upon seeing your own sons in
tbe army suffer and be defeated in the
field for want of those supplies, but
you will have the mortification to behold
them seized and appropriated to the sup
port of the enemy who comes to destroy
us. Advancing as he does through the
interior of the land, without either water
or railroad communications in his rear,
he is now subsisting by the plunder and
the ruin of the people of South Carolina,
and must necessarily do so when he en
ters our State. Be assured, therefore,
that every pound of bacon or beef, and
every busftel of meal, which you with-.
hold from your own army, is a certain
contribution to the maintenance of that
of the enemy. You have, therefore, to
choose whether you will feed your sons,
who are bleeding in our defence, or our
ruthless enemy, who arms our slaves and
lays waste our country.
To show you, fellow-citizens, the ear
nest impression I have of the necessity
of this action, and that I will call upon
you to mak<) no sacrifice which I will
not share with you, I have tendered to
the Commissary Department one-half of
my entire year's supply, and expect to
put my own family upon the limited ra
tions allowed to our soldiers, regetting
that I have so little to offer. That which
is left me to subsist upon will be doubly
sweet, because it will be the bread of
honor and independence.
Confidently relying ifpon the gene
rosity and patriotism of a people to
whom I have often appealed, and never
appealed m vain,
lam, fellow-citizens,
Your obedient servant,
Z. B. Vance.
gfojrmtfttir gig^tfrjr.
THURSDAY MORNING MARCH 9,18C5
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CONFEDERATE CONGRESS.
SENATE.
Wednesday, March 8, 1865.
The Senate met at 11 o'clock.
• The following House bills were re
ported back from the Finance Committee
and passed:
Bills making appropriations to supply
a deficiency in the War Department
during the fiscal period ending Decem
ber 31, 1864.
Bill making additional appropriations
for the support pi the Government from
January Ist to June 30th, 1865.
Bill making additional appropriations
for the redemption of a temporary loan,
made in the year 1861, of sundry banks
in the Confederate States to supply funds
to the Treasury.
Bill authorizing the Secretary of the
Treasury to borrow $30,000,000 in specie,
to be used in the redemption and reduc
tion of the currency.
BUI to increase the compensation of
tax collectors and assessors in the cities'
of Richmond and Petersburg.
House bill extending the provisions of
the act fixing the salaries of civil offi
cers in the Trans-Mississippi Depart
ment
The Finance Committee reported back
adversely House bill to amend the act
providing for revenue from foreign coun
tries. Laid on the table.
On motion, by Mr. Maxwell, of Flori
da, House resolution fixing Wednesday,
the Bth instant, at 12 o'clock, as tbe
hour of the two Houses
of Congress, was taken up.
On motion, by Mr. Graham, after de
bate, the words " Wednesday, the *Bth
instant, at 12 o'clock," were stricken
out, and the words "Saturday next, at
2 o'clock P. M.," were inserted.
On motion, the resolution was further
emended by tha insertion of the words
*'«*** di*V
___he resolution, as smended, was, after
■gg* debet*, passed by the Mowing
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snl^nl^i^ili!!^ o **! to the law
______TT w, _** *o order rtnM.i «-...-*_,
nMsnel______d **> __»?■_ __. • ,w *i courts*
~J«gnu to revise the prwsMdrW^
Zm\lL^^
t I^WW|WTldina r^ttor
horses killed or lost in the service of the
Confederate States was considered and
P *Houie amendment to Senate bill to
regulate the pay of the clerks in the
post-office in Richmond was considered
The Senate resumed consideration of
the House bill to increase the military
force of the Confederate States by the
employment of negroes.
Mr. Caperton, of Virginia, offered the
following amendment, which was agreed
to:
m in««rt at the end of the fourth section of the
bill' ' Provided, tiiat not* more than twenty-five per
cent of the male slave- between the ages of
eighteen and forty-five, in any State, shall be called
for umler the provisions of this act.'"
The bill, as amended, was then passed
by the following vote:
Y eA ii.—Messrs. Brown, Burnett, Caperton, Henry,
Iluntor, Oldham, Semmes, Simms and Watson—9.
Nays.—Messrs. Barnwell, Graham, Johnson of
Georgia, Johnson of Missouri, Maxwell, Orr, Vest,
WigfiH- 7 -
The Senate then resolved into secret
session.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The House met at 11 o'clock.
The Chair laid before the House a se
ries of patriotic resolutions adopted by
the Forty-first regiment "Virginia infan
try.
Also, patriotic resolutions adopted hy
the Nineteenth battalion Virginia artil
lery.
On motion of Mr. Blandford, the
Hqus _resolved into secret session.
The doors being opened, Mr. Baldwin,
of Virginia, from the Special Committee
on Impressments, reported a bill "to
provide for the establishment and pay
ment of claims for certain descriptions
of property informally impressed for the
use of the army." Approved June 4,
1864.
Mr. Hanly, of Arkansas, moved to
amend by inserting in the second sec
tion, after the word "actually," the
words, "and necessarily"; which was
agreed to.
Mr. Wickham, of Virginia, offered the
following amendment as an independent
section : " The said commissioners shall
also receive and take proof in relation
to timber, fuel and materials taken or in
formally impressed in like manner as is
provided in the case of forage, etc., in
the act of which this is an aihendment."
The amendment was agreed to and the
bill passed.
Mr. Baldwin also reported a bill " re
lative.to the impressment of slaves,"
with a recommendation that it do pass.
The bill was passed—yeas, 33; nays*
29.
The Chair laid before the House a Se
nate bill " for the relief of maimed sol
diers * ; which was passed.
Also, a resolution upon the subject of
adjournment, with Senate amendments.
[First Amendment.—lnsert after Houses
the words "sine die.** Agreed to. Se
cond.—Strike out " Wednesday, the
Bth," and insert "Saturday, at 2 P. M."J
Mr. Baldwin moved the consideration
of the resolution and amendments be
had in secret session. Agreed to.
On motion of-Mr. Blandford, the House
resolved itself into secret session.
On the doors being opened, the House
adjourned.
~ VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE.
[EXTRA SESSION.]
SENATE.
Wednesday, March 8, 1865.
The bill entitled an act to amend the
eleventh section of chapter two hundred
and eight of the Code, so as to increase
the allowances to jurors in criminal
cases, returned from the House with
amendments, was taken up. Some of
the amendments were agreed to by the
Senate, and others rejected, when the
bill was referred to the Committee of
Courts of Justice.
The report of the joint committee rela
tive to the impressment of trains belong
ing to the State of North Carolina,
employed in tbe transportation of salt,
and in which report the State of Vir
ginia is exonerated from all blame in the
matter, was taken up, and after some
debate adopted.
House bill for the relief of William E.
Herndon, a member of the House from
Putnam county, who has been detained
from his seat during the present session
by wounds received in the service, was
taken up, and, for want of a constitu
tional majority, rejected. On motion of
Mr. Keen, the vote was reconsidered,
and the bill then laid on the table.
The President laid before the Senate
a communication from the Governor, in
closing a letter from S. Bassett French,
commercial agent for the State of Virgi
nia, defending himself from certain stric
tures made by Mr. Marshall in a speech
a few days since.
On motion of Mr. Marshall, the docu
ments were laid on the table.
The following bills were considered
and passed:
Senate bill imposing taxes for the sup
port of the Government
Senate bill appropriating the public
revenue for the fiscal years 1863-64 and
1864 '65, which is supplemental of the
act passed March 8, 1804.
Senate bin amending the act relative
to the appointment of county receivers.
A bill to enlarge the jurisdiction of
the circuit courts of the Common
wealth.
A bill to prevent the purchase or con
cealment of property belonging to the
. Confederate Government in certain cases.
Senate bill increasing the annuity to
the Deaf, Dttmb and Blind Institute for
the support of said institution.
Senate bill to authorize the sppoint
____*__? en Inspector of Salt, to reside at
Saltville.
Senate hill to authorise county and
wheels, cotton and wool cards, for the
use of indigent families of soldiers snd
sailors.
House bill amending an act concern
ing fees of commissioners in chancery.
Senate bill to confer a badge of honor
on the officers and soldiers of Virginia
who may distinguish themselves for gal
lant services was taken up, aad advo
cated by Mr. Dulaney. The bill was put
to vote, and rejected for want of a con
stitutional majority.
The Senate then went into secret ses
sion to consider a confidential commu
nication from the Governor. When the
doors were opened, the Senate ad
journed.
HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
A communication from the Senate an
nounced the agreement of that body to
joint resolution of thanks to General
Ileth. Also, the report of committee to
settle the claims of Colonel John N.
Clarkson.
The bill to provide an armed police*
for Richmond was taken up. [The bill
authorizes the Mayor to organize and
arm such number of persons as may be
deemed necessary for the protection of
property and the preservation of order
within the corporate limits of the city
of Richmond and one mile thereof; said
police to be invested with the power of
constables; to be armed and drilled
under such form as the Mayor may best
determine, and under what officers he
may direct; the members of the said
organization to reside within the city
and a mile thereof, and to be under sixty
years of age.] %
The bill was advanced to its third
reading, when, upon motion, the vote
was reconsidered, and the bill retrograded
to its amendatory stage.
Mr. Robertson, of Richmond, advo
cated the passage of the bill. s% was not
designed to take the place of the present
police body, but to act as an efficient
auxiliary to it. It was important that
the bill should pass right away. He
knew, and could state circumstances if
he chose, to show that dangerous ele
ments were fermenting, and exigencies
arising in the distance, that made it ne
cessary that this constabulary foree —
this interior guard and domestic police—
should be called into existence,
i Mr. Burr said the proposition for the
formation of this extra armed police did
not emanate from the authorities or citi
zens of Richmond; it camo from high
military authority*of the Confederate
Government, and was advocated on high
grounds of public economy and safety.
Mr. English gave some personal ob
servation';, made among the citizens of
Henrico, as showing their preference for
the volunteer system.
Mr. Burwell would vote against the
proposition to strike out the volunteer
feature. People ought to be willing to
defend their own private property.
Mr. Robertson, of Richmond, denied
that there was any occasion for the re
mark of the member from Bedford. The
plan of this police was a local concession
of the Municipal Government to the Con
federate Government, and was advocated
with a view to the protection of the capi
tal of the Government and the Govern
ment property.
Mr. Pendleton offered an amendment
to the second section, making the con
stabulary force subject to the Council
of the City of Richmond.
The bill, as amended, was ordered to
its engrossment and third reading.
The bill to provide for the voting by
persons in the array, and by persons
absent from their counties by reason of
the presence of the public enemy, was
passed.
The House, at one and a half o'clock,
went into secret session on one of the
orders of the day.
LATEST FROM THE NORTH.
We have received Northern papers of
Monday, March 6 th. Gold, on Satur
day, was quoted at 199 1-2.
—-_-______
SHERIDAN'S MOVEMENTS — REPORTS OF
DESERTERS.
The only intelligence contained in the
Yankee papers about Sheridan's move
ments in Northern Virginia is derived
from "deserters and refugees." They
publish the following dispatches on the
subject:
War Department, )
Washington, March 5,1865. j
Major-General J)ix, New York :
The following dispatches, in relation
to the reported defeat and capture of
General Early by General Sheridan, and
the capture of Charlottesville, have been
received at this Department:
General Sheridan and his forces com
menced their movement last Monday,
and were at Staunton when last heard
from.
Major-General Hancock was placed in
charge of the Middle Military Division
during the absence of General Sheri
dan's headquarters at Winchester.
E. M. Stanton, Secretary of War.
City Point, Virginia. )
March s—ll A. M. J
To nun. E. M. Stanton, Secretary of War:
Deserters in this morning report that
Sheridan had routed Early and captured
Charlottesville. They report four regi
ments having gone from here to reinforce
General Eaily.
[Signed] U. S. Grant,
Lieutenant-General.
City Point, Virginia. )
March 5—2 P. M. J
Han. B. M. Stanton, Secretary of War:
Deserters from every part of the
enemy's' lines confirm the capture of
Charlottesville, Virginia, by General She
ejfwfWMf
■ i
They say he captured General Early
and nearly his entire force, consisting of
eighteen thousand men. Four brigades
are reported as sent to Lynchburg to
get there before Sheridan'if possible.
[Signed] U. S. Gbaht.
Crrr Ponrr, Virginia, )
March 6—4 P. M. ,
Bon. S. M. Stanton, Secretary of War :
Refugees confirm the statement of de
serters as to the capture of General
Early and nearly his whole force.
They say it took place on Thursday
last, between Staunton ane> Charlottes
ville, and that his defeat was total.
[Signed] U. S. Grant,
Lieutenant-General.
The reader will readily perceive how
little of truth there is in the foregoing.
Commenting on this news, the New
York Herald, editorially, remarks:
Thus, as indicated in the news now
published, every day brings us nearer
l to the final issue of our recent and rapid
succession of victories. Gradually the
armies of the nation are enveloping the
centre and last stronghold of the rebel
lion. Grant holds Lee at Richmond;
Sherman, with the veterans of the West,
is sweeping up from the South, driving
the enemy irresistibly before him ; Sheri
dan now pours down from the North,
directly menacing the-alast resource of
the enemy by the Lynchburg railroad ;
and Canby, ere this, is brushing away
what remains of the rebellion in -Ala
bama. The days of Richmond and the
rebel Confederacy are verily numbered.
The Herald also publishes a map of
Northern Virginia, which it heads as fol
lows : " Capture of the Rebel General
Early. —Sheridan's *New Movement up
the Shenandoah —Its Success —The Race
for Lynchburg—Tightening of the Lines
Around Richmond."
A correspondent of the Herald, v ri
ting from Winchester, March 3d, gives
the following about the setting out of
Sheridan's expedition :
I am authorized to announce the fact
that, on Monday, the 27th ultimo, a large
cavalry force left this Department on an
expedition up the Valley. The expedi
tion was well equipped, commanded in
person by General Sheridan and his .su
bordinates, Generals Merrit, Custer, I)e
--vins, Forsyth and GibLs. No informa
tion has been received from this army
since it left here.
The same writer adds something about
an alleged conspiracy to capture General
Sheridan:
A few days ago, three Winchester
families, by the names of -Sherrard, Lee
and Buncll, were sent without our lines
on the charge of disloyalty. It is alleged
they conspired together to get up a soci
able ball, to which General Sheridan was
to be an invited guest, and that during
its progress a detachment of Mosby's
guerrillas was to seize the General, take
him captive, and convey him to Rich
mond, a la Kelley and Crook. The plan
was frustrated, and the ladies (!) who
concocted it are now in full communion
with those for whom they have exhibited
such a warm sympathy.
A few days ago, a scouting jparty,
under the command of Sergeant Mulli
gan, went up the Valley on special duty.
On their return they were met by a body
of guerrillas, who attacked them, killing
a scout by the name of Hall, and se
verely wounding private Goft* of the
Seventeenth Pennsylvania cavalry. The
affair took place near Middietown, thir
teen miles south of this town.
An order has been issued discontinu
ing furloughs to olticers and enlisted
men. This looks like an early resump
tion of active military operations.
FROM SOUTH CAROLINA — A FLAQ3IIIP
SUNK.
A dispatch from Philadelphia, to the
Baltimore American of Monday after
noon, gives the following, which is all
the Northern papers have from Sher
man's field of operations:
The United States steam transport
Massachusetts has arrived. She reports
that our naval forces captured Fort
White, a splendid work, mounting se
venteen heavy guns, situated just below
Georgetown, South Carolina; after which
the sailors and marines landed and cap
tured JSeorgetown. The rebel cavalry
made a charge on them in the streets,
but were gallantly repulsed, with a loss
of several killed and wounded and some
prisoners. Our loss was one man killed,
belonging to the navy.
Admiral Dahlgren's flagship Harvest
Moon, on her way down, was sunk by a
torpedo. All hands were saved excepting
the ward room steward.
FROM WILMINGTON.
A dispatch from Fortress Monroe,
dated the 4th, says :
Admiral Porter arrived here yesterday
afternoon from Cape Fear river, and pro
ceeded hence to Washington.
The steamer Cumberland arrived here
this morning from Wilmington, North
Carolina, which place she left on the 2d
instant with about four hundred Union
prisoners, captured by our forces at the
taking of Wilmington.
The report of a portion of General
Sherman's army having reached Wil
mington proves to have been-incorrect
General Terry, when last heard from,
bad advanced with a portion of our forces
some ten miles from Wilmington* but
nothing more than alight skirmishes had
taken place between hands of guerrillas,
who endeavored to cut off aad capture
the supplies sent out from Wilmington.
Nothingof'Sherman's movements was
known at Wilmington,
TUB ABMT OF THE POTOMAC STUCK Cf
THSItVD.
A telegram from City Point, dated
March 4th, gives the following meagre
account of tbe operations in this diree
~ikin: •
For three days past the jreather has
been rainy almost beyond precedent.—
This, added to what had fallen before,
has rendered the roads as nearly impass
able as mud can make them. The depth
of the latter is fabulous. Nothing like
it has been experienced this winter. As
I write, the rain continujes to fall in tor
rents. Everything animate and inani
mate has a dreary, sombre cast, altogether
depressing.
The Yankees boast largely of the arri
vals of deserters. A dispatch says:
Deserters continue to come into our
lines in large numbers, fifty-six having
arrived to-day, nearly all bringing their
arms and equipments with them, for
which they are to be paid. The number
of muskets received from deserters since
February 22 is two hundred and. forty,
all of them in good order. In addition
to the usual stories told by these men,
they say that two companies from each
regiment of several brigades have been
detailed from the army defending Pe
tersburg and sent to hunt up deserters,
thousands of whom are said to be scat
tered through the country, endeavoring
to reach their homes. This is particu
larly the case with the North and South
Carolina troops, who are sick and tired
of the contest, and anxious to join their
families now within our lines. These
men are principally veterans of three
and four years' service, and many of
them are those lately exchanged. All
of them being refused furloughs, and not
paid for a long time, nor any prospect of
getting any soon, they took "French
leave."
The following is from the Army of the
James:
The enemy are just now indulging
nightly in a heavy fire upon*the extreme
right of our lines, picketed by the caval -
ry division commanded by Brigadier-
General Kautz. The enemy fire for the
purpose of slaying tbeir deserters in
fleeing to our lines; while we do not
return the tire, owing to our knowledge
of its intent. The rebels, coming to us
in large flocks, say they are the true
peace commissioners.
From the following, dated March 4th,
it appears that there has been a slight
skirmish on the James:
About seven o'clock last evening a
heavy discharge of artillery from the
banks of the river gave rise to consi
derable excitement throughout the corps.
For a long time we have expected the
advent of Semmes, Che Alabama pirate,
and the rapid discharge from heavy guns
led all to believe that at last the rebel
fleet had determined to repeat the at
tempt which before proved a failure, and
were dropping down the stream to carry
out their programme of sinking our yes
sels and destroying our supplies at
Jones's Neck, City Point and Bermuda.
Couriers were sent in the proper direc
tion to obtain information, and in a short
time it was known that the fire was oc.
casioned by a picket boat of the enemy.
It seems that this boat has been in the
habit of dropping down every night past
our pickets and establishing itself almost
within a stone throw of Fort Brady. To
prevent a further exhibition of this au
dacity on the part of the enemy, our
pickets were throw out to Graveyard
bend, with orders to fire on the boat if
she again attempted to drop down the
river. As soon, therefore, as She made
her appearance behind the bend last
evening, she received a heavy musketry
fire from the picket, which must have
proved fatal to some of the crew. A
bombardment immediately commenced,
which was, however, confined entirely
to the enemy, who opened from one of
their land batteries aud from their gun
boat
INAUGURATION scenes.
The Herald has a very long descrip
tion of Lincoln's inauguration, from
which we select the following :
Ladies, senators, negroes, justices, se
cretaries, diplomats and people generally
tumbled upon the platform pell raell.
Stanton and Seward retired to the left
at some distance from the President, and
sat down together. They seemed very
friendly. Stanton bad his arm around
Seward's neck, and constantly whispered
in his ear. Welles sat by himself, and
nobody spoke to him. Andy Johnson
talked to everybody. Chief Justice Chase
sat erect and dignified, evidently reflec
ting that he ought to be in Lincoln's
place. Senator Sumner stood promi
nently forward, as if to attract attention.
Negroes excluded ladies from the rear of
the platform. Every black face beamed
with joy and pride. Major-Generals
Hooker and Ingalls were in sight Co
lonels and captains were as plentiful an
roses in June.
The President smiled to himself and
seemed greatly to enjoy the sunshine
which now streamed upon him. lie was
dressed in black, with a plain frock coat
In his hand he held a printed copy cf
his inaugural address.
The marshals of the day were grouped
around the President, swelling with pride,
and often excluding him from sight—
Tbe planks of the platform were wet,
and the airy position rather chilly. The
bands played away most lustily, and
their "Hail to the Chief" could scarcely
be stopped. From the platform, nothing
could be seen but a sea of Usees below
and a sea of mud beyond; but from the
crowd that stood patiently below in the
mho, a much more splendid scene was
presented.
Th« pUtfora, with tfct flow of Sena
tors, diplomats and other dinitariaa
who came from within the Capitol to wU
ness the taking of the Presidential oath
and every other part of the east face of
the edifice, also, at once became alive with
humanity. All the windows were filled
with ladies and the steps and esplanade
at the north wing presented the same
dense crowd that the central steps did.
while on the unfinished parts of the south
wing, on all the scaffolding, hundreds oj
soldiers had clamored up, and decorated
all that part with the- army blue. As
these masses settled into comparative
order and the mass of people on the pa
rade below had ilso become still, the
President was sec nin the centre of the
central group, witn Chief Justice Chase
and some of the other Cnief Justice* in
their gowns, seated on his left. As the
President came !>rward, there was a
cheer, but not a great one, and at the
same time the sun burst through the
clouds, and, though pretty well to the
sooth, lighted up the whole east face very
brilliantly. The coup d'uU at that mo
ment was magnificent.
At about 1 o'clock, the bands bein<*
at last hushed, the President rose and
stepped forward to the reading desk. ll e
was greeted with faint applause ; indeed
there was no enthusiasm throughout the
address. It was not strictly an inaugural
address, since it was read before* Mr!
Lincoln took the oa'h. It was more like
a valedictory. The President read in a
very loud, clear voice, and hundreds of
the audience could hear it.
During the delivery of the speech,
Stanton and Sewavd were remarkably
attentive, rising and bending forward to
listen. The crowd kept pushing nearer
and nearer the platf. rm. Sumner smiled
superciliously at tho frequent Scriptural
quotations. Negroes ejaculated " Dress
de Lord," in a low murmur, at the end
of almost every sentence. Beyond this
there was no cheering of any conse
quence. Even the soldiers did not
hurrah much. The statement that " the
progress of our arms is, I trust, reason
ably satisfactory and encouraging to all,"
met with no response, although the Pre
sident paused significantly. The decla
ration that we accepted tho war rather
than let the nation perish drew the first
cheer. The remark that slavery would
cease with the war was applauded. The
satirical observation that men asked
God's assistance in wringing bread from
other men's feces caused a half laugh.
These were the only marks of approba
tion until the close of the address.
After a brief pause, tho President and
Chief Justice rose together, and the oath
of oiCce aas administered. The voice of
the Chief Justice was inaudible, but the
woi kings of his* countenance could be
distinctly seen as he labored to be im
pressive. Then there wasaclteer, and
the President came forward mid bowed
and smiled. During the whole ceremony
he looked unusually handsome. When
delivering his speech, his face glowed
with enthusiasm, and he evidently felt
every word that he uttered.
Cries lor Andy Johnson next ensued.
There was ainomentary delay, and then
the Vice-President presented hiniseit"
and waved both hands. There were t all i
of "Speech," "Speech," and some ap
pluse when Andy appeared, lie rubbed
his red face with his hands, as if to clear
up his ideas, but did not succeed, and
said nothing. A lane was then opened
through the crowd on the platform, and
the Presidential party retired into the
Capitol, amid the thunders of the artil
lery in Capitol square and the music of
the bands. The tiring of the salute be««
gan the moment tbe President had taken
the oath, and before the salute was over
the assemblage hegaa to disperse.
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An interesting rcene took place while
the Senators were waiting the return ef
the Vice-President Messrs. Bonner,
Grimes, Wilson and Hamlin were stand
ing in close pro> imity to each other,
earnestly conversi: g, when aieepsctable
looking colored gf ntleman, with cane in
his hand and a bundle of papers under
his arms, approac led tho group. Ho
bowed very cordi illy to Senator Sum
ner, who returned the nod somewhat
coldly; and much .0 the disappointment
of those who witnessed the scene, did
not rush frantically forward to his em
brace. Mr. Sumner seemed busy arrang
ing the papers on his desk, and this
occupation lasted so long that tho
colored gentleman, who was supposed i»
be the new Supreme Court counsellor,
had time to try his politeness opoo
tie other Senators in the group. He
met with no better success in that juar
ter. Nothing daunted, he again pushed
for Senator Sumner's desk, apparently
thinking that he should be all right the
moment he confront*! that Senator. In
this he was disappointed. Senator Sum
ner received him with an air of coolness,
turned his back upon his colored friend,
and immediately addressed, with cor
dial welcome, one of his white constitu
ents. The aforesaid negro, beginning t«>
think he had found his way into the
wrong place, ltfr, somewhat chopfshW,
and marched out of the hail, muttering
something about the glory of being »
negro. In the meantime, the*window!
on the east and north side of the builu*
iig were tilled with ladies holding ifceir
skirts down, with umbrellas, and natch*
ing the procession as it passed by on m
return to the White liouse.
HOW THE NIUOKK* MM TKKATKt*.
The people who poured out of the Ca
pitol were swallowed up in* the crowa
outside like a drop in the ocean. Men,
women and children were all mixed to
gether and covered with mud. Tho mud
of Washington has been previously nreo
tioned in this report; but the wading
through it to get away from the Capitol
was the worst part of the performance.
Everybody was knee-deep at least—
Such pushing and crowding and jeumunfc