Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln
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MARCH 16, 1861.] HARPER'S WEEKLY. 165 THE UNITED STATES FRIGATE "SABINE," OFF FORT PICKENS. _[FROM A SKETCH BY A UNITED STATES OFFICER. ]of those officers who have resigned United States property into the hands of the Secessionists. THE INAUGURATION.ABRAHAM LINCOLN was duly inaugurated at Washington on 4th March. We devote a large portion of our space in this number to the illustration of this important event. On pages 168 and 169 will be found a large view of the INAUGURATION CEREMONY; on page 161 a picture of the INAUGURAL PROCESSION and on this page an en- graving depicting the ENTRANCE OF THE TWO PRESIDENTS INTO THE SENATE CHAMBER. The procession began to form about nine o'clock on Pennsylvania Avenue. The centre of attraction was Willard's Hotel, where Mr. Lincoln was staying, and by 10 A.M the Avenue at that point was blocked up. The day was fine and every body was in the street. Over twenty-five thousand strangers were in the city, many of whom had slept the night previous in the Capitol and in the streets—it being absolutely impossible to find rooms or beds any where. According to custom, the Inaugural ceremonies should have begun at noon. But at that hour Mr. Buchanan was still in his chamber at the Capitol signing bills. It was not till ten minutes past twelve that he left the Capitol. He drove rapidly to the White House, entered an open barouche with servants in livery, and proceeded to Willard's. There the President-elect, and Senators Pearce and Baker of the Committee of Arrangements, entered the carriage, and a few minutes before one the procession began to move. The order of procession was as follows
Aids. Marshal-in-Chief. Aids.
Marshal of the United States for
the District of Columbia (Colonel William Selden) and his Deputies on their
right.
PRESIDENTS BUCHANAN AND LINCOLN ENTERING THE SENATE CHAMBER BEFORE THE INAUGURATION.—.[FROM A SKETCH BY OUR SPECIAL ARTIST.] |
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