Show it is plea Fins to olce that grioua nation to dayube centen nial of the inauguration of its art pr B is bc in i in every wa in a aroix proix r patriotic manner we have every reason to i eburn thanks to him who aulds the destinies of all nations for his divine protection has in very deed been alii rind system of government frince thirteen colonies fur abid pained their independence rhe that happened tins day one hundred years ago when in new york city george washington vas in president aie certainly very after n journey from hiis hooie at mount vernon a distance now easily coverd in live or sis i oura biad arrived in new york city aaril the amu ney biad absen an ova ion and his reception at various tons to ns and cities biad been moat cordial and imposing ze v york welcomed him as slie had welcomed none isedore the six nevar to bo i dayd botwen his arrival and t on wyre ed to alie of preparations for the imposing ceremonial the calv opened its hospitable doors to the bent of guesta from all parts of the union tho crush was bewildering every public was filled to its utmost capacity and private mansions overflowed new york had never before and fed a of such magnitude body struggled for 1 glimpsy of geprge tle aged even declared their willingness to die if they could once behold hia face and tho couns described him as looking more grand and noble than any human bein they bad ever seen the inauguration should havo taken place march hb as congress biad after the constitution had been ratified by the requisite number of states named hat day for the meeting of congress of alie new government the electoral college bad met the birtt wednesday in 1 and by duani daous vote biad chosen washington president and jolin adams vice president divius however to poor facility s for transportation and to other causes there was a delay ef a month in forming a quorum of congress and the votes were not counted officially until april fth when alis senate declared washington elected president for tour years from larch jtb preceding the long delay suggests more forcibly the condition of the at that time than volumes of words could describe after bight years of war buu six years of domestic strife the country had at laba decided apon a form of government adopted its constitution and elected its chief and yet these officers ceis were not installed till two months after alie day appointed john landon president of the senate bifid immediately wai hinton aa cail bettyr informs him of hi election which charles thompson secretary of continental congress earned to mount vanion arriving there april two days was on his way to new york tap was delayed beveral days ly a question w liiro had risen as to the forai or title v aich ali president elect wa to IQ addred id and this biad been deliberated in A of both houses it MS finelly resolved lie should be simply the rant of alie united any addition A national salute u in tho mornin of april ruih al business was suspended tl c streets were filled with and women iii holiday attire chile constant arrival from alie adjoining country by the common and ferry boats and by packets which biad bc ea all night on mhd sound or coming down the hudson swelled the baer tl irons at 0 the bells pealed from every steeple in the city then paused and presently in clovi measured tones summoned th people to tho to implore the blessings of heaven on the nation aud its chosen president at noon the military matching from their respective quarters with unfurled banners and inspiring giudic formed opposite ano presidential mansion under alie immediate direction of colonel merman lewis the procession mored in the following order the military the of the city and county of new york the committee of the senate the president elect the committee of the house of chancellor R livingston secretary henry knox the commissioner of the ury and the citizens they marched from cherry street through pearl and broad streets to vall street within two hundred yards of federal hall where alie ceremonies were to take place washington and liis suite alight cd and on foot passed through the troops drawn up on either side into the mcnae chamber where alie vicc tho senate and house of representatives were assembled vice president john adams who biad taken the oarb of office two days before advanced and conducted to a chair of state at tho upper end of the haai A solemn silence prevailed when the vice arose and informed him that all things were prepared for him to take the oath of office required by the constitution the oath wai administered by alie chancellor nf the state of now york iu a balcony in front of alie senate chamber and in full view of an immense audience occupying the streets the aia doob and the roofs of adjacent houses commanding a view of tho impressive ceremony the balcony formed a kind of open recess with lofty columns sup porting the roof in the centre way a table with a covering of crimson velvet on supremely bound bible on a crimson velvet cushion this was all paraphernalia for tho august scene aud it was this event that w e today are honorins THE may forum contains a fine article on the republican party and the nezro by mr E L godkin editor of bew york evening post ami of alie mr godkin is a northern man who writer of the negro problem in the south ami of the republican management or of it from an independent point of bew but con are tint ohp progress made by the people tham selves in solving this problem has shown that ancy alone can solve it aud that the lican parly can do nothing practical tc aid in iha labor at least a n alor executive interference in mr godkins article is a table snowing the remarkable industrial progress of alie since 1880 we think that this addition to the discussion of the negro question which has appeared in recent numbers of the forum by both northern and southern writers be of special interest to southern readers the conclusions arrived at by an independent writer so nearly coincide the conclusions arrived at by alveral southern writers givina ia a different affair under tho harrison administration as shown by tho reversal of decisions made under Cleav elands one man hia been riven a pension for injuries received while playing with his comrades in camp at the old game of stooping behind the victim and thon pushing him over backwards was the case of 1 hospital attendant who in the dark drank sulphuric acid or other injurious stuff instead of the liquor he was after A third is that of a michigan soldier who while helping guard a circus wasi allowed by hia au officer to RO inside and see the show during the mance ke was hurt by the falling of alie seats these decisions indicate that pensions are to be granted for all injuries occurring to soldiers while on duty even though not occasioned by actual military operations superintendent porter expects in a short time to have a hundred clerks en faired on the preliminary work of ehg eleventh census ho will work next year but the smaller number aiu serve until tho actual work of enumeration is nearer at hand he says that he does not intend to appoint his clerks under the civil service law if he can help it and he does not believe the secretary of alie interior will inter lero with him in aliis he intends he ays to appoint his subordinates as he bould in a newspaper office according to their fitness fora special line of work and it is fair to say that ho seems to have followed this policy in the few appointments point ments already made TUB san luia valley col Ech in reference to the alleged mormon missionary mobbing iu alabama if the from data co n y alabama concerning the whipping of certain mormon missionaries be true it goes to chow that there are citizens citi zons in eliat state alio areas mild mannered gentlemen as ever scuttled ship or cut a throat |