He Road Horseback

Concerning the inauguraron of Gen. vVlIllam Henry Harrison the Century says: A magnificent carriage had been constructed by hls admirers and presented to Gen. Harrison, wiUi the expressed wish that he ride in it to the capítol, but he declined to do so, inMsting upon riding a horee instead. The crowd of visitors along the avenue from the white house to the capitol was the argest yet seen in Washington. The procession created such enthusiasm that the novel expedient was put in operation of havlng it march and countermarch several times before leaving ts hero at the capitol. Por two hours i.t went to and fro in the avenue before the spectators were supposed to have '.heir fill of it. Mr. Adams, who savv it 'rom nis window, under which it passed, describes it in his diary as a mixed military and civil cavalcade, with p'.atoons of militia companies, Tippecanoe clubs, students of colleges, schoolboys, a half-dozen veterans who had fought under the old hero in thá war of 1811, sundry awkward and ungainly painted banners and-log cabins, and without carriages or showy dressa. He says of the general: "He was on a mean-looking white norse, in the center of seven others, in plain frock coat or surtout, undistinguishable from any of those before, behind or around him." The day was cold and bleak with a chilly wind blowing. Gen. Harrison stood for an hour exposed to thia while delivering his address and at its close mounted his horse and returned lo the white house with the procession again as an escort.