The New York herald., 1851-12-07
APPEARANCE OF TIE BATTERY.

At the hour appointed for tbs arrival OF the steam.
boat the Battery presented appearance Of which the
word crowded " gives but faint idea The surround
ing doorways stoops, balconies, snd every available
place, filled with anxious spectators while many
"boys," Of various ages, perched Themselves In tho
trees exhibiting In their ascent sdmiabe fests OF
shinniDg." In one osse where the stem was rather
too thick to admit Of this operation, rope was ngen
iously thrown Of the arms, and afforded
several the Of reaching the desired sess In Shs
upper branches No means having been taken for
the Suspension OF business traffic, considerable
inconvenience experienced BY the passage Of
drays and carts, laden with various commodities.
At the of the ttery Bowling Green was
erected trumphal arch decorated with the colors OF
Hungary intermixed with the banner snd
the whole surmounted with cap of liberty formed OF
velvet Near this gate drawn up the barouchs in
tended for the Of Kossuth which were attached
sx bay horses and behind this were the other carriages
for the use of the civic authorities occupying the side
Of the Green on Battery Place The military consstiax
Of the First Division of New York State Militia having
formed in hollow square the ustrious vsiter on ths
conclusion Of the ceremonies In Castle Garden
their midst mounted, accompanied by Gen sandfoed
and staff and made brief inspection amidst the chsers
Of the surrounding throng Kossuth accom- ptisaed
and graceful horssman In reviewing the troops the
Battery, he mounted Black Warrior, the veteran
charger twenty years old belonging to Major Mer
ri, Of the United States drsgoons, by whom he was
ridden in the Florida and Mexican wars having pAr
cipated in al the battles and been twice wounded Tho
old horse seemed young again, amid the noise Of srms
which tended to show to advantage the fine
Of his distinguished rider Kossuth then entered chs
risge, together with the Mayor At this point, toad
shouts heard, G. Where is he,n (which is hs.i
and so forth The military, then forming into iae.
wheeled out through the gate State street, sad
took the route up Broadway the civic part of the pre-
cession, at the head of which Kossu.h. equipASs
remaining stationary until they had passed Great din
throng at the Of State street
Battery place and this together with the great
caused nearly two hours to be occupied before Kossu
carrsge began to move followed by others forth
in the programme already published.
SO dense was the multitude in Br oadway and 80 great
the pressure that thousands upon thousands wsrs
forced out of the procession into the side Streets sal
parallel stresps CT human beings rushed up Easss0
street on one side, and Greenwich the othss and.
after reaching the Park vast numbers pressed int
Church street Elm and Centre street, in osdsr TO get
little ahead, as to obtain sight OF the esssoa
For TIE entire route of the through
apd back through the Bowery, the people I'LL. every
available spot long before the procession started AN
along the line Of march, and. indeed throughout tina
city generally BURNERS suspended, and tas vhAs
denomination of the gre stes., os important
and most enthusiastic ever given in this city